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    position: absolute;
    top: 2px;
    left: 3px;
    width: 2.4rem;
    height: 2.4rem;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search .fill-color.wayback-search {
    fill: #999;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .wayback-search-1 form.wayback-search {
      margin: 0 auto;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 p.wayback-search {
      margin-bottom: 3rem;
      font-size: 1.6rem;
      text-align: center;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 img.wayback-search {
      margin: 0;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search {
      margin: 0 auto;
      font-size: 0;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search,
    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search {
      display: inline-block;
      width: 50%;
      vertical-align: middle;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search {
      text-align: center;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search svg.wayback-search {
      width: 2.8rem;
      height: 2.8rem;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search .fill-color.wayback-search {
      fill: #333;
    }

  }

  .wayback-search-1 p.wayback-search {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    font-size: 1.6rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search {
    padding: .5rem;
    border-radius: 5px;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search {
    padding-left: 3rem;
    margin-top: .3rem;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    border-color: #bca38e;
    background: #fff;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search::placeholder,
  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #8e8e8e;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search svg.wayback-search {
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search,
    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search {
      display: block;
      width: auto;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search {
      margin: 0 1.5rem;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for save-page-form -->
<style scope="save-page-form-1">
  .save-page-form-1 div.save-page-form {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    grid-column-gap: .8rem;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 input.save-page-form[type="text"] {
    width: 100%;
    height: 3rem;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    border: 1px solid #999;
    border-radius: .5rem;
    color: #222;
    font-size: inherit;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 input.save-page-form[type="submit"] {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    appearance: none;
    padding: .4rem .8rem;
    font: normal 1.3rem 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #fff;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 16px;
    background: #222;
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 .error.save-page-form {
    display: none;
    margin-top: .5rem;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #ffcd27;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 .visible.save-page-form {
    display: block;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .save-page-form-1 h3.save-page-form {
      margin-top: 0;
      font: normal 100 1.6rem 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for wayback-slider -->
<style scope="wayback-slider-1">
  .wayback-slider-1 h4.wayback-slider {
    font-size: 1.6rem;
  }

  .wayback-slider-1 a.wayback-slider {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
  }

  .wayback-slider-1 ul.wayback-slider {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style: none;
  }

  .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider+li.wayback-slider {
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .wayback-slider-1 h4.wayback-slider {
      margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
      font-weight: 100;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 ul.wayback-slider {
      font-size: 1.3rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider {
      padding-bottom: .5rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider+li.wayback-slider {
      padding-top: 0;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider a.wayback-slider {
      display: block;
      overflow: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .wayback-slider-1 {
      display: block;
      grid-column: 1 / 4;
      padding: 0 1.5rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 h4.wayback-slider {
      margin-top: 0;
      font: normal 100 1.6rem 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 .grid.wayback-slider {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: minmax(auto, 260px) 1fr minmax(auto, 260px);

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 .link-lists.wayback-slider {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: calc(50% - 1.25rem) calc(50% - 1.25rem);
      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for more-slider -->
<style scope="more-slider-1">
  .more-slider-1 ul.more-slider {
    padding: 0;
    margin: -1rem 0 0 0;
    list-style: none;
  }

  .more-slider-1 a.more-slider {
    display: block;
    padding: 1rem 0;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for media-subnav -->
<style scope="media-subnav-1">
  .media-subnav-1 h4.media-subnav {
    font-size: 1.6rem;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 a.media-subnav {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 ul.media-subnav {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style: none;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav+li.media-subnav {
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-subnav-1 h4.media-subnav {
      margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
      font-weight: 100;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 ul.media-subnav {
      font-size: 1.3rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav {
      padding-bottom: .5rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav+li.media-subnav {
      padding-top: 0;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav a.media-subnav {
      display: block;
      overflow: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
    }

  }

  .media-subnav-1 img.media-subnav {
    display: block;
    width: 90px;
    height: 90px;
    margin: 0 auto 1rem auto;
    border-radius: 45px;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 h3.media-subnav {
    margin-top: 0;
    font-size: 1.8rem;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav {
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
    -webkit-box-pack: space-evenly;
    -ms-flex-pack: space-evenly;
    justify-content: space-evenly;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav a.media-subnav {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 12rem;
    margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-align: center;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav a.media-subnav+a.media-subnav {
    margin-left: 2rem;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .featured.media-subnav h4.media-subnav {
    display: none;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-subnav-1 {
      display: -ms-grid;
      display: grid;
      -ms-grid-columns: 40% 20% 40%;
      grid-template-columns: 40% 20% 40%;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .wayback-search.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
      -ms-grid-column-span: 3;
      grid-column: 1 / 4;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 h3.media-subnav {
      display: none;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav a.media-subnav {
      padding-top: 3.5rem;
      max-width: 16rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .links.media-subnav {
      padding: 0 1.5rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .featured.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 2;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .featured.media-subnav h4.media-subnav {
      display: block;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav {
      display: -ms-grid;
      display: grid;
      -ms-grid-columns: 50% 3rem 50%;
      grid-template-columns: 50% 50%;
      -ms-grid-rows: (auto)[7];
      grid-template-rows: repeat(7, auto);
      grid-column-gap: 3rem;
      grid-auto-flow: column;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(1) {
      -ms-grid-row: 1;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(2) {
      -ms-grid-row: 2;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(3) {
      -ms-grid-row: 3;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(4) {
      -ms-grid-row: 4;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(5) {
      -ms-grid-row: 5;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(6) {
      -ms-grid-row: 6;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(7) {
      -ms-grid-row: 7;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(8) {
      -ms-grid-row: 1;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(9) {
      -ms-grid-row: 2;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(10) {
      -ms-grid-row: 3;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(11) {
      -ms-grid-row: 4;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(12) {
      -ms-grid-row: 5;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(13) {
      -ms-grid-row: 6;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(14) {
      -ms-grid-row: 7;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for media-slider -->
<style scope="media-slider-1">
  .media-slider-1 .media-slider-container.media-slider {
    position: relative;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.media-slider {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 3rem;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    transition: height 0.2s ease;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .information-menu.media-slider {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 0;
    height: 31.9rem;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    background: #333;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .open.media-slider {
    display: block;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .hidden.media-slider {
    display: none;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .info-box.media-slider {
    padding: 1rem;
  }

  @media (max-width: 889px) {
    .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.open.media-slider {
      display: block;
      height: 35.8rem;
      left: 4rem;
      top: 0;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.media-slider {
      display: block;
    }

    .media-slider-1 .information-menu.media-slider {
      left: 0;
      z-index: 3;
      height: auto;
      min-height: 21rem;
      background: #474747;
      transform: translate(0, -100%);
      transition: transform 0.2s ease;
    }

    .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.open.media-slider {
      height: 22rem;
    }

    .media-slider-1 .information-menu.open.media-slider {
      transform: translate(0, 0);
    }

    .media-slider-1 .info-box.media-slider {
      max-width: 100rem;
      padding: 1.5rem 0;
      margin: 0 auto;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for desktop-subnav -->
<style scope="desktop-subnav-1">
  .desktop-subnav-1 ul.desktop-subnav {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 3;
    padding: .8rem 0;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-align: center;
    background: #333;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 li.desktop-subnav {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0 15px;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #aaa;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav:hover,
  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav:active,
  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav:focus {
    color: #fff;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 .donate.desktop-subnav svg.desktop-subnav {
    width: 1.6rem;
    height: 1.6rem;
    vertical-align: top;
    fill: #f00;
  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for signed-out-dropdown -->
<style scope="signed-out-dropdown-1">
  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .nav-container.signed-out-dropdown {
    position: relative;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 nav.signed-out-dropdown {
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    z-index: 4;
    overflow: hidden;
    font-size: 1.6rem;
    background-color: #333;
    transition-property: top;
    transition-duration: 0.2s;
    transition-timing-function: ease;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown {
    top: -1500px;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown {
    transition-duration: 0.5s;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
    max-width: 100vw;
    overflow: auto;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 h3.signed-out-dropdown {
    padding: 0.6rem 2rem;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: inherit;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 ul.signed-out-dropdown {
    padding: 0.4rem 0 0.7rem 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style: none;

    max-height: calc(100vh - 7.2rem + 1px);
    overflow: auto;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .divider.signed-out-dropdown {
    margin: 0.5rem 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #666;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown,
  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .info-item.signed-out-dropdown {
    display: block;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 1rem 2rem;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .info-item.signed-out-dropdown {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    color: #a0a0a0;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .callout.signed-out-dropdown {
    position: absolute;
    margin-left: 10px;
    padding: 0 5px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    background: #fee257;
    color: #2c2c2c;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    font-weight: bold;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.mobile-upload.signed-out-dropdown {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: left;
    align-items: center;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.mobile-upload.signed-out-dropdown svg.signed-out-dropdown {
    fill: #fff;
    margin-right: 1rem;
    height: 1.4rem;
    width: 1.4rem;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 nav.signed-out-dropdown {
      display: flex;
      overflow: visible;
      top: 0;
      left: auto;
      z-index: 5;
      transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in-out;
      font-size: 1.4rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      background: #fff;
      box-shadow: 0 1px 2px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 nav.signed-out-dropdown:after {
      position: absolute;
      right: 7px;
      top: -7px;
      width: 12px;
      height: 7px;
      box-sizing: border-box;
      color: #fff;
      content: '';
      border-bottom: 7px solid currentColor;
      border-left: 6px solid transparent;
      border-right: 6px solid transparent;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 h3.signed-out-dropdown {
      display: none;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 ul.signed-out-dropdown {
      max-height: calc(100vh - 8.5rem + 1px);
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .divider.signed-out-dropdown {
      border-bottom-color: #666;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown {
      padding: 0.5rem 2rem;
      color: #333;
      transition: background 0.1s ease-out, color 0.1s ease-out;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .info-item.signed-out-dropdown {
      padding: 0.5rem 2rem;
      font-size: 0.8em;
      color: #6f6f6f;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown:hover,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown:active,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown:focus {
      color: #fff;
      background: #4b64ff;
      outline: none;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown {
      opacity: 0;
      transition-duration: 0.2s;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
      opacity: 1;
      overflow: visible;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.mobile-upload.signed-out-dropdown {
      display: none;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
      right: 18.5rem;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
      right: 26rem;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for ia-topnav -->
<style scope="ia-topnav-1">
  .ia-topnav-1 {
    ;

    color: #fff;
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 primary-nav.ia-topnav:focus {
    outline: none !important;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 #close-layer.ia-topnav {
    display: none;
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 3;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 #close-layer.visible.ia-topnav {
    display: block;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 .topnav.ia-topnav {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 4;
  }

  @media (max-width: 889px) {
    .ia-topnav-1 desktop-subnav.ia-topnav {
      display: none;
    }

  }
</style>
<style>
  body {
    transition: opacity ease-in 0.2s;
  }

  body[unresolved] {
    opacity: 0;
    display: block;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
  }
</style>








<ia-topnav locallinks="true" waybackpagesarchived="1 trillion" class="x-scope ia-topnav-1"><!---->
  <div class="topnav style-scope ia-topnav">
    <primary-nav class="style-scope ia-topnav x-scope primary-nav-1"><!---->
      <nav class="style-scope primary-nav">
        <button class="hamburger style-scope primary-nav" title="Open main menu"
          data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavHamburger">
          <icon-hamburger class="style-scope primary-nav x-scope icon-hamburger-1"><!---->
            <svg viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-labelledby="hamburgerTitleID hamburgerDescID"
              class="style-scope icon-hamburger">
              <title id="hamburgerTitleID" class="style-scope icon-hamburger">Hamburger icon</title>
              <desc id="hamburgerDescID" class="style-scope icon-hamburger">An icon used to represent a menu that can be
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by the KING. 
A PROCLAMATION 


GEORGE R. 


Hereas Our Parliament ftands prorogued to Tue/daj, 

the Eleventh Day of November next: We, with 
the Advice of our Privy Council, publifh and declare 
our Pleafure, That the faid Parliament fhall, on the faid 
Eleveath..Day of November. next, .be held, and fit, for 
the Difpatch of divers weighty and important Affairs ; 
And the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knightsy 


Citizens, and Burgeffes, and Commiffioners for Shires 
and Burghs, of the Houfe of Commons, are hereby re« 
quired, and commanded, to give their Attendance ac4 
cordingly, at Weftminfter, the hid Eleventh Day of No4 
vember next. , 
Given at our Court at Hampton-Court, the Twenty 
ninth Day of September 1718, in the Fifth Year of 
our Reign. er ee 


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Martis, 11° die Novembris. 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


A Mefflage from his Majefty; by Sir William San- 
derfon, Gentleman-U fher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourable Houfe 

to attend his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers. 

And, being returned; a 

Several Members, returned upon new Writs, took the 
Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration, and 
took and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, according to 
the Laws made for that Purpofe. 


Then a Bill for the more effectual preventing and 
punifhing the Stealing, or unlawful Killing, of Cattle, was 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers ; where his Majetty 
was pleafed to fay-s 

My Lords and Gentlemen, 


I Have given Order to my Lord Chancellor to declare 
- to you, in my Name and Words, the Caufes of my 
meeting you in Parliament at this time. 


_ And thereupon, his Majefty delivered into the Lord 
Chancellor’s Hands, from the Throne, a Speech; which 
his Lordfhip read to both Houfes: And of which, Mr. 
Speaker faid, he had, to prevent any Miftakes, obtained 
a Copy: Which he read to the Houfe; and is as fol- 
Joweth ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


Gince your laft Recefs, I have; by the Bleffing of Al- 

mighty God, concluded fuch Terms and Conditions 
of Peace and Alliance between the greateft Princes of 
Europe, as will, in all human Appearance, induce others to 
follow their Example, and make any Attempts to difturb 
the publick Tranquillity, not only dangerous, but im- 
practicabie : 

Thefe Engagements, I am perfuaded, will be fo much 
the more agreeable to all my good Subjects, as they bind 
the contracting Powers to fupport the Succeffion to thefe 
Kingdoms in my Family; to which fome were not at all, 
and others not fo fully, bound by any former Treaties. 

During the whole Couffe of thefe Negotiations, a moft 
ftrict Regard has been had to the Interefts of Spain; and 
better Conditions have been ftipulated for that King, 
than were infifted upon: in his behalf, even at the Treaty 
of Utrecht: But the War in Hungary, which, by our Me- 
diation, is fince happily ended, having tempted the Court 
of Spam, unjuftly, to attack the Emperor; and the Hopes 
they have fince conceived of raifing Difturbances in Great- 
Britain, France, and elfewhere, having encouraged them 
to believe, that we fhould not be able to act in purfuance 


Of our Treaties, for the Defence of the Dominions in- 
vaded by them, nor even to fupport thofe other effential 
and neceffary Conditions of the treaty of Utrecht, which 
provide againft the great Monarchies of Europe being at 
any time hereafter united under One Sovereign, they have 
hot only perfifted in fuch a notorious Violation of the 
publick Peace and Tranquillity ; but have rejected all our 
amicable Propofals; and have broke through their moft 
folemn Engagements for the Security of our Commerce: 

To vindicate, therefore, the Faith of our former Trea- 
ties, as well as to maintain thofe which we have lately 
made, and to protect and defend the Trade of my Sub- 
jects, which has, in every Branch, been violently and un- 
juftly oppreffed, it became neceffary for our Naval Forces 
to check their Progrefs: It was reafonable to hope; that, 
the Succefs of our Arms; the repeated offers of Friend- 
fhip, which I have never ceafed to make, in the moft 
preffling manner; and the Meafures taken, in Concert 
with the Emperor, and the moft Chriftian King, to reftore 
the publick Tranquillity; would have produced a better 
Difpofition in the Court of Spain: But I have received 
Informations, That, inftead of liftening to our reafonable 
Terms of Accommodation, that Court has,lately given 
Orders, at all the Ports of Spain, and of the We-Jndies, 
to fit out Privateers, and to take our Ships. 

Iam perfuaded, that a Briti/h Parliament will enable 
me to refent fuch Treatment, as becomes us; and it is 
with Pleafure that J can affure you of the ready and 
friendly Refolutions of our good Brother the Regent of 
France, to concur and join with me in the moft vigorous 
Meafures. _ 

The firm Confidence I repofe in the Affections of my 
People, together with my earneft Defire to eafe them of 
every Charge not abfolutely necefflary, determined me, 
immediately after the Exchange of the Ratifications of our 
great Alliance, to make a very confiderable Reduction of 
our Land Forces ; nor could I better exprefs, than by fo 
doing, how little we apprehend the Attempts of our 
Enemies to difturb the Peace of my Kingdoms; even 
though Spain fhould think fit to continue fome time in 
War: Our Naval Force, employed in Concert with our 
Allies, will, I truft in God, fuon put a happy End to 
the Troubles which the ambitious Views of that Court 
have begun, and fecure to my Subjects the Execution of 
the many Treaties in force relating to our Commerce. 

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

I muft defire you to grant me fuch Supplies as will 
enable me to carry on the Service of the Year: I have 
given Orders to have the proper Eftimates laid before you; 
whereby you will perceive I have reduced the Expence, 
as much as our Circumftances can well admit: I have the 
Pleafure to obferve to you, that the Funds appropriated 
for finking the publick Debts have anfwered above Ex- 
pectation : I muft, however, recommend to you, to con- 
fider of proper Methods for improving them, by pre- 
venting the Frauds and Abufes daily committed in the 
publick Revenues; not doubting but, in all your Pro- 
ceedings, you will have that Regard to the — 

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Prefervation bf the publick Credit, which may quiet the 
Minds of all thofe-that have trufted to Parhamentary 
Engagements. ; 

My Lords and Gentlemen, 

There never was a Time when your Unanimity, your 
Vigour, and Difpatch, were more necefiary, to 1o many 
good Ends as thofe we have now in View: I have done 
my Part: It remains with you to give the laft Finifhing 
to this great Work: Our Friends and our Enemies, both 
at hore and abroad, are waiting the Event of your Re- 
folutions; and I dare promife mytelf, that the firft have 
nothing to apprehend, nor the others to hope, from your 
Conduct in this important Junéture, who have, during 
the whole Courfe of my Reign, given fuch lively Proofs 
of your Zeal and Affection to my Perfon, and of your 
Love to your Country. 


" Afterwards, Mr. Secretary Craggs, by his Majefty’s 
Command, prefented to the Houle, Copies of feveral 
Treaties; with a Lift of them: 

And the Titles of the Copies of the faid Treaties were 
read; and are as follow; 

Copy of a Treaty for a defenfive Alliance between the 
‘Emperor and his Majefty; made at Wefminfter, the 25th 
of May 1716. 

Copy of a feparate Article of the Treaty for a defen- 
five Alliance between the Emperor and his Majefty; made 
at Weftminfter, the 25th of May 1716. 

Copy of an additional feparate and fecret Article of the 
Treaty for a defenfive Alliance between the Emperor and 
his Majefty,; made at Weftminfter, the 25th of May 1716. 

Signed at Vienna, the 1ft of September 1717. 

Copy of the Treaty of Alliance for reftoring and fet- 
tling the publick Peace; figned at Londen, the 22d of 
Fuly, O. S. 

Copy of the feparate and fecret Articles of the Treaty 
of Alliance for reftoring and fettling the publick Peace; 
figned at London, the 22d of Fuly 1718, O. S. 

Copy of the Firft feparate Article of the Treaty of 
Alliance for reftoring and fettling the publick Peace ; 
figned at London, the 22d of Fuly 1718, O. S. 

Copy of the Second feparate Article of the Treaty of 
Alliance for reftoring and fettling the publick Peace; 
figned at London, the 22d of Fuly 1718, O. S. 

Copy of the Third feparate Article of the Treaty of 
Alliance for reftoring and fettling the publick Peace; 
figned at London, the 22d of Fu'y #718, O. S. 

Copy of the Fourth feparate Article of the Treaty of 
Alliance for reftoring and fettling the publick Peace; 
figned at London, the 22d of Fuly 1718, O. S. 

Copy of the Act of Admiffion and Acceffion of the 
King of Sardinia to the Treaty of Alliance for reftoring 
and fettling the publick Peace; and the Articles belonging 
thereto; figned at London, the 22d of Fuly 1718, O. S. 

Signed at London, the 28th of Ofober 1718. 

Ordered, That the faid Copies of Treaties lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Copies of Treaties are bound up with the 

Papers of this Seffion. 


A Motion being made, That an humble Addrefs be 
prefented to his Majefty, returning the Thanks of this 
Hovufe for his moft gracious Speech from the Throne; 
and for the many and great Inftances which he has therein 
given his People, of his conftant Endeavours for their 
Security and Welfare; that this Houfe has entire Satif- 
faction in thofe Meafures which his Majefty has already 
taken for ftrengthening the Proteftant Succeffion, and 
eftablifhing a lafting Tranquillity in Europe,and particularly 
in relation to the Crown of Spain; and is refolved to 
enable his Majefty, in Concurrence with his Allies, not 
only to refent the Injuries that Crown has already done to 
the Commerce of thefe Kingdoms, in Breach of the Trea- 
ties fubfifting between the Two Nations, but will likewife 
fupport him in the moft vigorous and effcctual manner, 
in fuch farther Meafures as his Majefty fhall judge necef- 
fary to complete the publick Tranquillity, and cto check 
the Growth of that Naval Power, which muft otherwife 





Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





4.1718. 


prove dangerous to the Trade of thefe Kingdoms, and 
io the Repofe of Europe ; "3 

An Amendment was propofed to be made, by leaving’ 
out thefe Words, ‘ that this Houfe has entire Satisfaétion 
** in thofe Meafures which his Majetty has already taketi:” 

And the Queition being put, That thofe Words ftand 
Part of the Queftion; ' 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Sines t 215. 

: Sir Arthur Kay, 
Tellers for the Noes, } M Te rhea \S ie Si i 1558 

So it ws refolved in the Affirmative. 

The main Queftion being put; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up 
an Addrefs, to be prefented to his Majefty, upon the faid 
Refolution : 

And it is referred to the Lord Hinchenbrook, Lord Tir- 
connell, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mt. Comptroller, Colonel 
Bladen, Mr. Hampden, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of 
Burford, Sit David Dalrymple, Mr. Bailie, Mr. Stanhope, 
Mr. Ghancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Zreby, Mr, Solicitor- 
General, Mr. Smith, Sir Fobu Norris, Sir Nicholas Carew, 
Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Serjeant Birch; 
Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Serjeant Mead, Sir Charles Wager, 
Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Addifon, Mr. Pitt; or any Five of 
them: And they are to withdraw immediately into the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s Speech be referred to the 
faid Committee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercuriit, 12° die Nowembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 
QRéereds That the Grand Committee for Religion do 
fit every Tue/day in the Afternoon, in the Houle. 


_ Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances dé 
fit every Tburfday in the Afternoon, in the Houle. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Courts of 
Juftiee do fit every Saturday in the Afternoon, in the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Trade do fit 
every Friday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges and Elections 
be appointed, of Mr. Hampden, Mr. England, Mr. 
Fefferys, Sit Fobn Hobart, Mr. Townjfhend, Mr. Edg« 
cumbe, Mr. Herne, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. De/bovery, 
Mr. Difton, Sir Thomas Lee, Sir Fuftinian Iam, Sir 
Bryan Broughton, Mr. Hill, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Hil- 
lerfden, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Feffop, 
Mr. Farrer, Sit Fobn Norris, Mr. White, Sir Thomas 
Gave, Mr. Curzon, Mr. De Gray, Mr. Clark, Mr. Norris, 
Mr. Guibbon, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Clayton, Sir Wm. Lowther, 
Mr. Denton, Sir Fobn Stoneboufe, Mr. Thompfon, Lord 
Chetwynd, Mr. Ajoe, Sir Foha Trevelyan, Mr. Eden, Sir 
Fobn Phillips, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Honywood, 
the Earl of Burford, Sir Wilfred Law/fon, Mr. Pitt, Colonel 
Bladen, Sir Willo. Hickman, Mr. Smith, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Carter, Mr. Chetwynd,. Lord Tyrconnell, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Sir Henry Hoghtom, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Yonge, 
Sir Fobx Rufbout, Mr. Fenyns, Mr. Wyld, Mr. Addijon, 
Sir Thomas Hanmer, Mr. Bailie, Mr. Morice, Mr. London, 
Mr. Bacon, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Mead, Sir Wm. Fobnfton, 
Sir Jfaac Rebow, Mr. Guidot, Mr. Halfey, General 
Wroth, Mr. Brig fiock, Sit Hen. Afeburf, Mc. Travers, 

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Mr. Freman, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Neville, 
Mr. Molyneux, Sir Richard Farington, Mr. Majfon, Mr. 
Lade, Sir Wm. Gordon, Mr. Haldan, Mr. Cater, Mr. 
Brijiow, Sir fobn Ward, Mr. Snell, Mr. Lutwiche, Mr. 
Bond, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Sir Edward Earnley, Mr. Weft- 
phaling, Sir Charles Wager, Sir Charles Hotham, Mr. 
Butler, Mr. Foley, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Tufnell, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Wynn, Sit Richard Howe, 
General Harvey, Mr. Hopkins, Lord Hinchingbroke, Sir 
*tobn Hynd Cotton, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Standope, 
Mr. Rowney, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Lee, Mr. Serjeant 
Reynolds, Colonel Blakefion, Mr. Offer, Mr. Mickie- 
thwaite, Sir Arthur Kay, Dr. Clarke, Mr. Stephens, Mr. 
Pitt, Mr. Monfoa, Mr. Smith, Mr. Duckminique, Lord 
Molefworth, Mr. North, Mr. Bankes: And they are to 
meet upon this Day Sevennight, at Five of the Clock in the 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and to fit every 
Friday, Monday, and Wednejday, in the Afternoon: And 
all that come are to have Voices: And they are to take 
into Confideration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come 
in Queftion touching Returns, Elections, and Privileges; 
and to proceed upon Double Returns in the firit Place; 
and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinion there- 
in, to the Houfe, from time to time: And ail Perions 
that will queftion Returns, are to do it in Fourteen 
Days next, and fo within Fourteen Days next after any new 
Return thal] be brought in: And the Committee are to 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for 
their Information: And all Members who are returned 
for Two or more Piaces, are to make their Election by 
this Day Three Weeks for which of the Places they will 
ferve, provided there be no Queftion upon the Return for 
that Place: And if any thing fhall come in Queftion 
touching the Return, Election, or Matter of Privilege, of 
any Member, he is to withdraw during the time the Matter 
is in Debate: And that all Members returned upon 
Double Returns do withdraw till theig Returns are 
determined. 


Refolved, That no Peer of this Realm hath any Right 


to give his Vote in the Election of any Member to ferve 
in Parliament. 


Refolved, That where the Houfe fhall judge any 
Petition, touching Elections, to be frivolous and vexa- 
tious, the Houfe will order Satisfaction to be made to the 
Perion petitioned againtt. 


Refo'ved, That in cafe it fhall appear any Perfon hath 
procured himielf to be elected or returned as a Member of 
this Huufe, or endeavoured fo to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt Practices, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Perion. 


Refolved, That if it fhall appear, that any Perfon hath 
been tampering with any Wituels, in refpect of his Evi- 
dence to be given to this Houfe, or any Committee there- 
of; or directly, or indirely, hath endeavoured to deter or 
hinder any Perfon from appearing, or giving Evidence; 
the fame is declared to be a high Crime and Mifdemea- 
nor; and this Houfe will proceed with the utmoit 
Severity againft fuch Offender. 


Refolved, That if it fhall appear, that any Perfon hath 
given falfe Evidence in any Cafe before the Houfe, or any 
Committee thereof, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Offender. 


Refolved, That it is a high Infringement of the Liber- 
ties and Privileges of the Commons of Great Britain, for 
any Lord of Parliament, or any Lord Lieutenant of any 
County, to concern themfelves in the Elections of Mem- 
bers to ferve for the Commons in Parliament. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Hooute do, from time to time, take into his Cuftody any 
Stranger or Strangers, that he fhall fee, or be informed 
of, to be in the Houfe or Gallery, while the Houfe, or 
any Committee of the whole Hoofe, is fitting. 


Ordered, That the Back-door of the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber be locked up every Morning, at the Sitting of the 
Vou. XIX, 


Houfe, and the Key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked 
up by him: And that he do not prefume to deliver the 
fame to any Perfon whatfoever, without Order of the 
Houfe: And that the Serjeant at Arms attending this 


Houfe do take care to clear the Speaker’s Charhber every 
Day, before the door is locked up. 


Ordered, That no Member of this Houfe do prefume 
to bring any Stranger or Strangers into the Houfe, or 
Gallery thereof, while the Houfe is fitting, 


Ordered, That the Conftables, and other Officers, of 
Middlefex and Weftminfer, do take care, that, from Ten 
of the Clock in the Morning to Four in the Afternoon, 
during this Seffion of Parliament, the Paffages through 
the Streets between Temple-bar and Weftminfter-bali thall be 
kept free and open; and that no Obftrudtion be made by 
Cars, Drays, Carts, or otherwife, to hinder the Paffage of 
the Members to and from this Houfe: And that the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe do give Notice of 
this Order to the Officers aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the Conftables in Waiting do take caré 
there be no Gaming, or other Diforders, in Wefiminfter- 
ball, or the Paffage leading to the Houte, during the Sitting 
of Parliament; and that there be no Annoyance by Chair- 
men, Footmen, or otherwife, therein, or thereabouts. 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the High 


Bailiff of Weftminfter: And that he do fee the fame put in 
Execution, 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Hoxfe do take care, that no Footmen be permitted to be 


within the Lobby of the Houfe, or upon the Stairs leading 
thereto. 


Ordered, That the Votes of this Houfe be printed, 
being firft perufed by Mr. Speaker: And that he do ap- 
point the Printing thereof: And that no Perfon but fuch 
as he thal] appoint prefume to print the fame. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffué his Wartant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Lefwithiell, in the County of Cornwall, 
in the room of Thomas Liddel/ Efquire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament tor the County of Cambridge, in the room of 
John Bromley Efquire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 


the Borough of Weobdly, in the County of Hereford, in the 


room of Cearles Cornwall Efquire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Gorfe-Cafle, in the County of Dor/et, in 
the room of William Okeden Efquire, deceafed. 


The Lord Hinchingbrocke reported from the Committee, 
to whorn it was referred to draw up an Addrefs, to be 
prefented to his Majefty, upon the Refolution Yefter- 
day, That they had drawn up an Addrefs accordingly ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houle; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as tollows; wz. 


May it pleafe Your Majetty, , 


E, your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 

the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament af- 
fembled, do return our moft fincere and unfeigned Thanks 
to your Sacred Majefty, for your moft gracious Speech 
from the Throne; and for the many and great Inftances 
which you have been gracioufly pleafed thereia to give 
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your People, of your conftant Endeavours for their Se- 
curity and Welfare. : 

It is with the greateft Pleafure, that we have this Op- 
portunity to afflure your Majefty, That we have an entire 
Satisfaction in thofe Meafures which you have already 
taken, for ftrengthening the Proteftant Succeffion to the 
Crown of thefe Realms, in your own Family; and for 
eftablifhing lafting Tranquillity in Europe; and particu- 
larly in relation to the Crown of Spain: And we are 
refolved, on our Parts, to the utmott of our Power, to 
enable your Majefty, in Concurrence with your Allies, not 
only to refent the Injuries which that Crown has already 
done to the Commerce of thefe Kingdoms, in Breach of 
the Treaties fubfifting between the Two Nations; but will 
likewife fupport your Majetty, in the moft vigorous and 
effectual manner, in {uch farther Meafures as in your great 
Wifdom you fhall judge neceffary to complete the pub- 
lick Tranquillity, and to check the Growth of that Naval 
Power, which muft otherwife prove dangerous to the 
' Trade of thefe Kingdoms, and the Repofe of Europe. 

We fhould be wanting in our Duty to your Majefty, 
if we did not exprefs, in the moft affectionate manner, 
the great Senfe we have of that Inftance of your tender 
Concern for the Eafe of your People, in the farther 
Reduétion which you have made of your Land: Forces; 
which mutt be accepted by all your good Subjects, as the 
ftrongett Proof of your Wiidom and Goodnels, 

We crave Leave to concur with your Sacred Majefty, 
That Regard muft always be had to the inviolable Pre- 
fervation of the publick Credit, for the Quiet and juft 
Security of all thofe who have truited to Parliamentary 
Engagements: 

And do further affure your Majefty, That we will, by 
our Conduct in this important Juncture, give your Ma- 
jefty, and the whole World, all imaginable Proofs of our 
Zeal, and inviolable Duty and Affection, to your Perfon 
and Government, and of our Love to our Country. 


The faid Addfefs being read a Second time; 

Réefolved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Addrefs, to be prefented to his 
Majetty. 

Refolved, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy-Council do humbly 
know his Majefty’s Pleafure when he will be attended 
by this Houfe. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, take into Confideration his Majefty’s moft gracious 
Speech to both Houtes of Parliament. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 13° die Novembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


QRiered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 

the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Shafton, alias Shafte/bury, in the 
County of Dorfet, in the room of William Benfon Efquire ; 
who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Surveyor of his Majefty’s Works. 


Mr. Secretary Craggs prefented to the Houfe Tranf- 
lations of feveral Treaties of Alliance, and Articles be- 
longing thereunto; the Copies of which Treaties and Ar- 
ticles were prefented to the Houfe, upon Tue/day laft. 

And the Titles of the faid feveral Tranflations were 
read. 

Ordered, That the faid Tranflations do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





41718. 


The faid Tranflations are bound up with the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


A Petition of Walter Chetwynd Efquire was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, at the laft Elec- 
tion of a Member to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the City and County of Lichfeild, the Petitioner, and 
William Sneyd Elquire, ftood Candidates: That Jonati an 
Mallett, Sheriff of the faid County, in taking the Poll ac 
the faid Election, had no Regard to the laft Determina- 
tion of the Houfe of Commons, of the Right of Election 
in the faid City and County, notwith{tanding Notice 
given thereof: That the faid Sheriff rejected feveral 
Perfons who had a Right to vote, and tendered their Votes 
for the Petitioner, and admitted feveral Perfons to vote 
for the faid Mr. Sneyd, who had no Right to vote; not- 
withftanding which, the Petitioner had a Majority; but the 
faid Sheriff, under Pretence of a Scrutiny, did alter the 
faid Poll, and made a Majority for the faid Mr. Sneyd: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elections: 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report 
the fame, with their Opinion therein, to the Houfe. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he having, 
according to Order, attended his Majefty, humbly to know 
when he will be attended by this Houfe, his Majetty has 
appointed this Afternoon, at Hali an Hour atter Two 
of the Clock, at his Palace of Saint Fames’s. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 14° die Novembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners for Debr, 

in the County-Gaol for the County of Bucks, was 
preiented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners being clofely confined for Debts, which they 
are unable to pay; and are not only rendered incapable 
to make any Provifion for their Wives and Children, but 
alfo ufelefs in their Generation: And praying to be 
relieved. 


Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did Yefterday 
attend his Majefty with their Addrefs: To which his 
Majefty was pleafed to give this moft gracious Anfwer; 


Gentlemen, 


I AM extremely fenfible of the Duty and Affection you 

exprefs to my Perfon: Your Vigour and Refolution to 
{upport me, will encourage our Friends, and, by the Bleff- 
ing of God, enable me to defeat the ill-grounded Hopes of 
our Enemies: As I am perfuaded the Neceffity and Ufe- 
fulnefs of your Proceedings will be approved by the 


Event; J do return you my very hearty Thanks for this 
loyal Addrefs. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into Confideration his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament: 

And the fame was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

And a Motion being made, for a Supply to be granted 
to his Majefty ; , 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of that Motion. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 


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5 Geo. I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Sabbati, 15° die Novembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


QRaered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Aldeborough, in the County of Suffalk, 
in the room of William Fobnjon Efquire, deceafed. 


William Shippen Efquire, being elected a Burgefs to 
ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Salta, 
in the County of Cornwall, and alfo a Burgefs for the 
Borough of Newton, in the County of Lancafter; made 
kis Eleétion to ferve for the Borough of Newton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this, prefent Parliament 
for the faid Borough of Sa/ta/b, in the room of the faid 
William Shippen Efquire. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Affiftants, and 
Common-Council, of the Borough of Colchefler, in the 
County of Effex, on behalf of themfelves, and the other 
free Burgeffes, Traders, and Inhabitants, of the faid Town, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Borough of Colchefter is, by reafon of the Woollen 
Manufactory, a Place of great Trade and Commerce: 
That in the Ninth and Tenth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty King William the Third, a Statute was made 
for the cleanfing and making navigable the Chanel from the 
New Hythe in Colebefter to Wivenboe, in the faid County ; 
and, for performing the fame, a Duty was laid on ail Sorts 
of Goods and Merchandizes brought into, or landed 
from, the faid feveral Places therein mentioned; which 
Duty was to commence on the Firft Day of May 1698. 
and to continue Twenty-one Years; and which will expire 
the Firft of May 1719: That the Petitioners caufed the 
faid Chanel to be cut; and expended a very large Sum of 
Money, and contracted a heavy Debt, for which the 
whole Profits of the faid Term were engaged by the 
Petitioners, who were not otherwife able to perform the 
fame: That, by reafon of the fmall Duty raifed, the faid 
Debt is not difcharged, but there remains due Twelve 
hundred Pounds, notwithftanding the faid Term is fo 
near expiring: That there is an abfolute Neceffity to lay 
out a further Sum of Money to repair and amend the 
faid Chanel, and to render it ferviceable; which additional 
Charge the Petitioners are not able to provide for: And 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina Bill 
for continuing fuch Chanel-Duty; and for difcharging the 
Debt remaining due; as alfo for making the fuid River 
completely navigable. | 
‘The faid A&amp;t of the Tenth Year of the Reign of King 
William was read. 
Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame to the Houfe: 
. And it is referred to Sir [/aac Rebow, Mr. Serjeant 
Mead, Mr. Ducane, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. 

London, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Travers, Mr. Nortbey, Mr. 
Tufnell, Sir Philip Parker, Mr. Heath, Colonel Negus, 
Sir Richard Farington, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Weft, Mr. Pitt, 
Mr. Dockminique, Sir Wm. Fobnfton, Mr. Papillon, Mr. 
Brigftock, Mr. Nevill, Sir Tho. Hales, Sit Samuel Lennard, 
Mr. Barington; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Effex, Norfolk, and Suffolk: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 


Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Motion made Yefterday, for a Supply to 
be granted to his Majeity; 

Crdered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 


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both Houfes of Parliament be referred to the faid 
Committee. ae 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Comunittee. 

Mr. Speaker refuumed the Chair. . 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 17° die Novembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAVERS. 


R. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom ir was 
referred to confider of a Motion for 4 Supply to be 
granted to his Majefty, the Refolution they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place; 
and afcerwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Supply be granted to his Majeity. 
The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 
Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That this Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, That 
a Supply be granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
of the Deficiencies of the Grants for the Year 1718; and 
of the Deficiencies of Parliamentary Funds, 


Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Ordinary of the 
Navy, for the Year 1719, with the Half-Pay of the Of- 


ficers of the Navy, and Marines, be laid before this 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charges for Guards, 


and Garifons, and Land-Forces, for the Year 1719, be 
laid before this Houfe. 


Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance, for Land-Service, for the Year 1719, be 
laid before this Houfe. 


Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Debt of the Navy, 
to Chrifimas 1718, be laid before this Houfe. 


Ordered, That a Lift of the Regimental and Warrant 
Officers, that are to be in Half-Pay for the Year 1719, 
be laid before this Houle. 


Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe 
how the Money granted for extraordinary Repairs of the 
Navy, in the laft Seffion of Parliament, has been laid out. 


Ordered, That an Eftimate of what will be farther 
neceflary for extraordinary Repairs of the Navy, for the 
Year 1719, be laid before this Houfe. 


Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe 
how the Money given for the Service of the Year 1718 


hath been difpoled of; diltinguifhed under the feveral 
Heads. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be pleafed to give Directions to the 
proper Officers, to lay before this Houfe the faid feveral 
Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy-Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 
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8 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1718. 


his Majefty’s Navy, as it ftood on the zoth of September 


Martis, 18° die Novembris + 1718: And alfo, | 
2 . A Scheme and Eftimate of the extraordinary Repairs 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. of the Navy, for the Year 1719: And alfo, 
Extra-Charge at the feveral Yards, between the Firft of 
PRAYERS. January 1717, and the Thirty-firft of O@ober following : 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their And alfo, 
Addrefs of Yeiterday, That his Majefty would The ordinary Eftimate of his Majefty’s Navy, for the 
be pleafed to give Directions to lay before this Houfe the Year 1719. 
Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates, therein mentioned, having And the Titles of the faid Eftimates.were read. 
been prefented to his Majefty, his Majefty had been Ordered, That the faid Eftimates do lie upon the Table, 
pleafed to give Directions accordingly. to be perufed by the Members of this Houfe. 
The Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, as it 
Sir Fobn Fennings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to ftood on the 3oth of September 1718, is as followeth; 
their Addrefs to his Majefty, Eftimate of the Debt of viz. 


Navy-Office, AN Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter mentioned, as it ftood 
27 Offover 1718. on the 30th of September 1718. 


Particulars. 


Heads of the Naval Eftimates. —_— Total. 
Before this Reign. }Since this Reign. 








Wear and Tear, ordinary and extraordinary Repairs. i, heh d, Se «th i. = 
Due to pay off, and difcharge, all the Bills entered on 
the. Gourfe of the Navy, for Stores, &amp;c. fupplied for 
the Service thereof, including the Premiums of Naval 
Stores imported from the Plantations —~ — — os oe =) 274,762 14: 2 
For the Freight of Tenders; as alfo for Stores deli- 
vered into his Majefty’s feveral Yards, for which no 
Bills were made out, on the aforefaid 30th of Sep- 


tember 1718; as alfo to feveral Bills of Exchange 446 17 8] 20,797 9 4! 555,686 9 9 
To his Majefty’s Yards, and Rope-yards, for the Or- , 
dinary and Extraordinary thereof — —— — — — =&lt;! 230,984 0 Oo 


For the Half-Pay to Sea. Officers, according to an Efta- 
blifhment, made by his Majefty in Council, on that 
behalf -- _ ae a 2,733 4 ©} 25,962 4 6, 

Seamens Wages. 

Due to pay the Men unpaid on the Books of Ships 
paid off fince the late Revolution; which, per Efti- 
mate, may require the Sumof — — —| 89,992 611] 16,160 5 | 








To Ships in Sea-Pay, on the abovefaid 30th of Sep- 


tember 1718 — — — — — —| 296,928 90 
To difcharge, and pay off, all the Bills entered in 441,116 9 
Courfe, for Pilotage, Surgeons Neceffaries, Bounties ( 
to Widows and Orphans of Men flain at Sea, Ge. 
on the Head of Saamens Wages .— 93 — — —— 8,035 16° 9 


Victualing Debt, as per an Eflimate received from thofe 
Commiffioners. 

Due for Short- Allowance, to the Companies of his Ma- 
jefty’s Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off— 81,810 18 5) 14,439 1 7) 

For Bills on their Courfe; and alfo Bills of Exchange 
from foreign Parts; and for neceffary and extra-ne- 5 260,872 13 9 
ceffary Money, and Wages to the Officers, Work- 
men, and Labourers, employed at the feveral Ports, 
Se. — — — —_ — 507 4 9| 164,115 9 O04 

Sick and Wounded; the Debt of that Office, as per 
an Eftimate received from thofe Commiffioners. 

Due for the Quarters, and Cure, of fick and wounded 
Seamen, fent afhore from his Majefty’s Fleet, and 
the Contingencies relating to the faid Service — 3,025 7 9 4,175 19 3 5,201 6 10 








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The other Eftimates are bound up with the other Pa- 
pers of this Seffion. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
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rections, That an Account be laid before this Houfe of 
all Ships in Sea-Pay, which have been employed in the 
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Ships. 

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Majefty’s moft honourable Privy-Council. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1718. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
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Forces, in Great Britain, for the Year 1719: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in the 
Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraiter, tor the Year 1719. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Eftimates were read. 

And the faid Eftimates are as follow; viz. 


FStimate of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, and other his Majefty’s Land-Forces, in Great Britain, for the 


Year 1719s 


cluded 
Second Troop, ditto 
Third Troop, ditto 
Fourth Troop, ditto 


cers included 
Horfe. 4 Second Troop, ditto 


of 34 Men in each, Officers included 


Men in each, Officers included _ 
Men in each, Officers included 
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FRoyal Regiment of Dragoons, confifting 
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Colonel Campbell’s ditto 

Lieutenant-General Carpenter’s ditto 

Dragoons. &lt; Earl of Stair’s ditto 

Colonel Kerr’s ditto 

Major-General Evans’s ditto 

Brigadier Honywood’s ditto 

| Brigadier Gore’s ditto 


fFirft Regiment of Guards, confifting of 
59 Men in each, Officers included 


59 Men in each, Officers included 
Third Regiment of Guards, ditto 


Men in each. Officers included 
Colonel Berkley’s ditto 
Colonel Cholmley’s ditto 
Colonel Harrifon’s ditto 
Brigadier Groves’s ditto 
Colonel Mountague’s ditto 
Lieutenant-General Macartney’s ditto 
Lieutenant-General Wiils’s ditto 
Major-General Wightman’s ditto 
Colonel Clayton’s ditto 
| Brigadier Stanwix’s ditto 


A. 


Foot. 





Staff-Officers 
Garifons with Fire and Candle 
Contingencies, upon Account 


November 18. 1718. 


‘Firft Troop of Guards, inet. a 181 Men, Officers 


Firft Troop of Grenadier Guards, eenoing of 176 Men, Off- 


Royal Regiment of Horfe-Guards, confifting of Nine Troops, 
Lord Jrwin’s Regiment, confifting of Nine Troops, of 32 


Colonel Pitts’s Regiment, confifting of Six Troops, of 


Second Regiment of Guards, confifting of 18 Companies, 


Colonel Kirk’s Regiment, confifting of 10 Companies, of 44 


























Pay of the Troops 
and Kegiments, Total. 
for 365 Days. |; 
in- l. 5. d.| i. 5S. 
--- ~--| 16,546 13 gt 
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ois si 16,546 13 4 
oni ---| 16,546 13 4 
ies we} = £0,743 3 4 
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stim ---| 25,644 5 10 
--- ---| 24,823 010 
32 
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one --| 16,875 3 4 
172,018 8 4 
of Six Troops, of 
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--- ---| 11,226 15 Io 
--- ---| 11,226 15 10 
--- --- 11,226 15 10 
--- ---| 11,226 15 10 
--- ---|° 11,226 15 10 
--- ---| 11,226 15 10 
--- ---| 11,226 15 10 
89,814 6 8 
28 Companies, of 
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--- ---| 29,212 3 4 
--5 woe 10,502 17 6 
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218,890 10° © 
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Total | 526,964 11 8 








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5GeE0.1. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. II 


F;Sumate of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 1719. 


























[Pay of the Regi- 
ments, &amp;c. for Total. 
| | 365 Days. 
In the Plantations. Lt 8 Ee Se age 
Colonel Lucas’s Regiment --- = --&lt; --- 95775 18 4 
Four Independent Companies of Foot, at New-York *-- --- 75141 16 8 
Colonel Philiips’s Regiment --- 7° nae oo 9,830 13 4 
One Company at Bermudas --- = ee fi] == 1,003 15 0 
Two Companies at Jamaica --- a or “ 33653 @ 10 
One Company in the [land of Providence -:- o-* --- 1,821 19 2 
; ; ; . 332227 3 4 
Garifons at Annapolis Royal and Placentia --- oe --- w-- == =| 2,539 1 8 
In Minorca, 
Colonel Fames Otway’s Regiment --- --- ---| 12,814 10 10 
Colonel Cofy’s ditto --- o*- _ ---| 12,814 10 10 
Brigadier Biffett’s ditto -- “= -— -r--| 12,814 10 10 
Colonel Charles Otway’s ditto --- =&gt; --- ---| 12,814 10 10 
: 51,258 3 4- 
Officers of the Garifon, Sc. “5 one -- --- a-- === ---] 6,154 16 3 
In Gibraltar. 
Major-General Pearce’s Regiment ~e --- --- ---| 11,877 14 2 
Lieutenant-General Meredyth’s ditto . --* --- s--| 11,877 14 2 
Colonel Cotton's ditto _ a “ce -~| 411,877 14 2 
: 35:633 2 6 
Officers of the Garifon, &amp;c. am a 0h A m= ewe wef 33749 12 3k 
Provifions for Colonel Phillips's Regiment, in Garifon at Annapolis Royal 
and Placentia, deducting 4 d. per Diem, out of the Subfiftence of each 
Non-commiffion Officer,. and private Man, towards that Expence ; re- 
mains to be borne by the Government = --- oo 1,558 17 1 
Provifions for the Three Regiments in Garifon at Gibraltar -- "| 13,551 9 5 
dune | 15,110 6 6 
November 18. 1718. Total | 147,672 5 10% 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimates do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, Account fhewing how the Mo- 
nies given for the Service of the Year 1718 have been 





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difpofed; diftinguifhed under the feveral Heads, until 
the Eighteenth of November 1718 ; and the Parts there- 
of remaining undifpofed. 


And the Title of the faid Account was read. 
The faid Account is as follows; viz. 





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Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


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ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
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ing, Nine of the Glock. 





Mercurii, 19° die Novembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yefterday had been prefented to his 


Majefty, That he would be pleafed to give Directions; 


Vor. XTX. 








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the faid Account be laid before this Houte. 


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16 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


Mr. White, from the Board of Ordnance, prefented to 
the Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, an 


A. 1718. 


Eftimate of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, for the 
Year 1719, for Land-Service : 

And the Title thereof was read. 

The faid Eftimate is as follows; wz. 


AN Eftimate of the Charge of his Majefty’s Office of Ordnance, for the Year 17195 for Land-Service. 














The Ordinary of the Office, comprifing Salaries, Rents, Repairs of Store- A «a Lhe hy 
houtes, Barracks, Platforms, Carriages, Stores for Garifons, and other 
incident Charges — — _ — _ —| 38,835 7 6 
The Eftablifhments of Mabon, Gibraltar, Annapolis, Placentia, and North 
Britain a —_— — a _ _— — 9,962 3 9 
Half-Pay of the Officers, and Chaplain, who have ferved well in the Trains 
of Artillery, in Flanders, Spain, and on feveral Expeditions — _ 2,230 1 8 
Towards building a Gun-Wharf at Plymouth _ _ —_ 2,000 © O | 
—~ 53,027 12 11 
Extraordinaries for Fortifications and Repairs for the following Places; viz. 
- Minorca _ — — _ on 12,000 0 O 
Gibraltar -~ oo _ —_ ome 3,000 © O 
Annapolis == _ — _ om 1,000 © oO 
Placentia — _ ~ oo — 2,500 0:0 
im eer 18,500 oO @ 
£- 71,527 12 18 








M. Richards, T. Wheate, T. White, Tho. Frankland, Fobn Armstrong. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
sefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Ordinary Eftimate of his Majefty’s 
Navy, for the Year 1719, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Scheme, and Eftimate, of the ex- 
traordinary Repairs of the Navy, for the Year 17%9, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houle refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee; That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. . 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refoived, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Fioule, to confider further of the Sipply granted to his 
Majetty. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be pleafed tg give Directions, That 


a Lift of the Sea-Officersy who were in Half-Pay for the 
Year 1718, be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy-Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morns 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fuvis, 20° die Novembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


Prayers. | 
R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yefterday, That his Majefty would be 
pleaied to give Directions, That a Lift of the Sea-Officers, 
who were in Half-Pay for the Year 1718, might be laid 
before this Houfe, had been prefented to his Majetty ; 
and that his Majefty has been pleafed to give Directions, 
That the faid Lift be laid before this Houfe. 


Mr. Sloper prefented to the Houfe, an Account of the 
Number of Men in each particular Regiment contained 
in the Eftimate of the Guards and Garifons for the Year 
1719: And alfo, 

An Account of the Numbers of Men in each particular 
Regiment, and Independent Company, contained in the 
Eftimate of his Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations, 
Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 1719: 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

The faid Accounts are as follow; viz. 


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5 Geo. I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


17 


N Account of the Number of Men in each particular Regiment contained in the Eftimate of the Guards and 


Garifons for the Year 1719. 


Regiments. 


(Firft Troop of Guards — 

Second Troop of Guards ~ 

Third Troop of Guards —_ 

Fourth Troop of Guards — — — 

Horfe Firft Troop of Grenadiers _ oe _ 
{Second Troop of Grenadiers _ _ — 

Royal Regiment of Guards — _ -- — 

Lord Jrwin’s Regiment _ — — 

Colonel Pitis’s _ — 

| Major-General Wade's — ‘— 


f Royal Regiment — _ — 
Royal North Britifh _ — 
Lieutenant-General Carpenter’s —_ 
Earl of Staire’s _ _ — 
Colonel Kerr’s _ — 
Major-General Evans’s — —_ om 
Brigadier Honywood’s — — — 
Brigadier Gore’s _ — — 





Dragoons. 


(Firft Regiment of Guards _— =~ 
Second Regiment of Guards _ _ 
Third Regiment of Guards —~ — _— 
Colonel Kzrk’s Regiment — —_ 
Colonel Berkley’s _ — — 
Colonel Cholmley’s — —~ _ 
Colonel Harrifon’s 
Brigadier Groves’s 
Colonel Mountague’s — _ o— 
Lieutenant-General Macariney’s = — — 
Lieutenant-General Wills’s _ —_ — 
Major-General Wightman’s _— _ _ 
Povo Clayton's — con — — 
rigadier Stanwix’s — _ —_— 





Foot. 








20th November, 1718. 


2 Pa | POD oe avaeans PIPE ET Eee 


Regiments, &amp;&amp;c, 





(Colonel Lucas’s Regiment — — — — cme 

Four Independent Companies at New-York —_ _ _ 

In the Colonel Phillips’s Regiment _ — — — 
Plantations. \One Independent Company at Bermudas = — — om 
Two ditto at Famaica — —_ — os 

One ditto at the Ifland of Providence _ _ — = 

Colonel Fames Ofway’s Regiment _ _ —_ ones 

Colonel Co/by’s _— _— | _ _ a 

In Minorta. 5 Biivadier Biflett’s sols ms i ‘a a 
Colonel Cha. Orway’s _ — _ _— — 

, Major-General Pearce’s Regiment _ — — om 
In Gat} Leta General Meredyth’s -- _ _ _ 
Colonel Cotton’s = = _ — —_ _ 


2oth November 1718. 


Vor. XIX. F 


Effective 
Numbers. 


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181 
181 
181 
181 
176 
177 
310 
292 
196 
196 





207 
207 
207 
207 
207 
207 
207 
207 














2,078 


1,656 


8,708 





125435 





Ro. Pringle. 


AN Account of the Number of Men in each particular Regiment, and Independent Company, contained in the 
Eftimate of his Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 1719. 


Effective 
Numbers. 





435 
445 
434 
57 
224 
112 














1,707 


2,260 


1,464 





59431 


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Ro. Pringle. 


Ordered, 








18 


Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Deputy-Lieutenant, 
Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, F reeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, of the County of Oxford, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed; “was preféntéd to the Houte, and 
read ; fetting forth, ‘That the Highway leading from 
London to Oxford and Worcefter, ate of late Years become 
fo very ruinous, and out of Repair, from Stoken-Church- 
hill to Enflow-bridge, in the faid County, although the 
Inhabitants have conftantly done their Day-work, and 
been at other Expences in repaifing the fame; which, i 
not timely prevented, will become impaffable: And pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given for a Bill to be brought 
in, for the better repairing and amending thé faid Road. 

' Ordered, That the Confideration of the {aid Petition be 
referred to a Committée: And thatthey do examine the 
Matter of Fact; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe. 

And it is referredto Sir Tho. Wheate, Sir Hen. Ah- 
hurft, Mr. Cater, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. London, Lord 
Sondes, Mr. Reyzell; Mr. Herne, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. 


Brace, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Weftphaling, Sir David Dal-— 


rymple, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Wild, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Gwyn, 
Sir Richard Farington, Mr. Smith, Sir Theo. Fanfen, Mr. 
Whitmore, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir 
tohn Rufbout, Mr. Inge, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Bafett, Colonel 
Cadogan, Mr. Carterétt, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Sloper, Sir Wm. 
Lowther, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Travers, Mr. 
Edgcumb, Mr. Newland; and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Oxford, Worcefter, Gloucefter, Hereford, 
Salop, Stafford, and Warwick: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: and they have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker de iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs-to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Eafilow, in the County of Cornwall, 
in the room of Sir James Bateman Knight, deceafed. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider of the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jefty, the Refolutions they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; which he read in his Place ; and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Thirteen thoufand Five hundred Men be allowed 
for Sea-Service, for the Year 1719, beginning from the 
Firft Day of Fanuary 1718. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this- Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four Pounds per Man per 
Month, be allowed for maintaining the faid Thirteen theu- 
fand Five hundred Men, for Thirteen Months, includ- 
ing the Ordnance for Sea-Service. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion-of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred Eighty-feven 
thoufand Six hundred Thirty-eight Pounds Seventeen Shil- 
lings and Six Pence Halfpeny, be granted to his Majefty, 
for the Ordinary of the Navy, for the Year #719. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Hungerford, Sir 
Edward Ernley, Sir Wm. Humfryes, Mr. Weftphaling, 
Sir Wm. Lowther, be added to the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Affiftants, and 
Common-Council, of the Borough of Colchefter, in the 
County of Efex, on behalf of themfelves, and the other 
free Burgeffes, Traders, and Inhabitants, of the faid Town, 
is referred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


_chaelmas 1718: 





Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1718. 


Veneris, 21° die Novembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 

HE Houfe being acquainted, That fome of the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the 
Door ; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Honfe their Return, witit, the Accounts of prohibited 
Eaft-India Goods, and Naval Stores imported from Ru/- 
Jia, from Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1718, in pur- 
fuance of Claufes in feveral Acts of Parliament. 

And then the Commiffioners withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read; and 
are as follows; viz. 

An Account of Eaf-India prohibited Geods remain- 
ing in the Warehoufes at Saint HeHlen’s at Michaelmas 
17173 with what has been brought in fince that time ; 
what exported; as alfo, what remained at Michaelmas 
1718: . 

An Account of Eaf-India prohibited Goods remain- 
ing in the Warehoufes at Leaden-ball at Michaelmas 
1717; with what has been brought in fince that time ; 
what exported; as alfo, what remained at Michaelmas 
1718: 

An Account of Eaft-India prohibited Goods remain- 
ing in his Majefty’s Warehovfe at the Cuftom-houfe 
London at Michaelmas 1717; with what has been brought 


_in fince that time; what exported as alfo, what remain- 


ed at Michaelmas 1718: 

An Account of the Eaf-India prohibited Goods_re- 
maining in the refpective Warehoutes in the Out-Ports at 
Michaelmas 1717; with what has been brought in fince 
that time; what exported; as alfo, what remained at 
Michaelmas 1718 : 

An Account of Naval Stores imported from Rufia 
into the Port of Londow, from Michaelmas 1717 to Mi- 


An Account of Naval Stores imported from Rufia 
into the Ports commonly, called the Out-Ports, from 
Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1718. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Sir Fohn Fennings, from the Lords Commiffioners of 
the Admiralty, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, an Account of all his Majefty’s 
Ships and Veffels in Sea-Pay, whieh; have been employed 
in the Year 1718; and on what Stations; with their fe- 
veral Complements, and Numbers of Men. _. -. «&gt; 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 

refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted” to his Ma- 
jefty ; , 
‘ Ordered, Vhat the Account of Deficiencies; viz. of 
the Grants for the Year 1718; of the general yearly 
Fund of Seven hundred Twenty-four thoufand Eight 
hundred Forty-nine Pounds Six Shillings and Ten Pence 
One fifth of a Peny; of the South-Sea Company’s Fund, 
made good out of Navy-Money ; be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of Guards 
and Garifons, and other his Majefty’s Land-Forces, in 
Great Britain, for the Year 1719, be referred to the faid 
Committee. , 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of his Ma- 
jefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, 
for the Year 1719, be referred to the faid Committee. 

' Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Account of the Numbers of Men 
in each particular Regiment contained in the Eftimate of 
the Guards and Garifons for the Year 1719, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That an Account of the Numbers of Men in 
each particular Regiment, and Independent Company, 
contained in the Eitimate of his Majefty’s Forces in the 
Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 1719, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Of- 
fice of Ordnance for 1719, for Land-Service, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the-Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had direct- 
ed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the jame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 22° die Novembris ; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS, 
QReered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the eleéting a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 


prefent Parliament for the Shire of Lanerk, in the room 
of Fames Lockhart Efquire, deceafed. 


Sir Ifaac Rebow reported, from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Affiftants, 
and Common-Council, of the Borough of Colcheffer, on 
behalf of themfelves, and other free Burgefles, Traders, 
and Inhabicants of the faid Town, was reterred, the Mat- 
ter of Fact, as it appeared to the faid Committee; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where it was read; 
and is as follows ; viz. 

That the Committee having taken into Confideration 
the {aid Petition, it appeared, by the Infpection of feve- 
ral Accounts, that the Duty appointed by an Act of the 
Ninth and Tenth of King William the Third, for the 
cleanfing and making navigable the Chanel from the 
new Hythe, in.Colchefter, to Wivenhoe, in the faid County, 
has not anfwered the Expence that the faid Corporation 
has been at towards making the faid Chanel navigable : 

That likewife it appeared, that there is now charge- 
able a Debt of Twelve hundred Pounds, by Mortgage 
of the Profits of the faid Duties, by reafon of the {mall 
Sum it has raifed: 

That the Term of Years granted for the faid Duties 
is fo near expiring, that the whole Profits to that time 
will not be fufficient to repay the fame; and that the 
faid Chanel will, for want of Repairs, be ufelefs, unlefs 
fome further Provifion is made to cleanfe the fame. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the inlarging the Time, granted by an Aét of the Ninth 
and Tenth Years of King William, for cleanfing and 
making navigable the Chanel from the Hythe, at Col- 
chefter, to Wivenhoe; and for making the faid Act more 

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effectual: And that Sir [/aac Rebow, Mr. London, Mt. 
Ducane, Mr. Hungerford, and Sir Nathanael Mead, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, accordifg to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houtfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refolu« 
tions they had dire&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe; 
which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where they were read ; and are 
as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
ThataSum, not exceeding Five hundred Two thoufand 
Seven Hundred Nineteen Pounds Ten Shillings and Ten 
Pence Three Farthings, be granted to his Majetty, to 
= good the Deficiency of the Grants for the Year 
1718. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred Two thouland 
Ninety-two Pounds Thirteen Shillings One-fifth of a 
Peny, be granted to his Majetty, to make good the De- 
ficiency of the Fund, commonly called the General Fund, 
for railing Seven hundred Twenty-four thoufand Kight 
hundred Forty-nine Pounds Six Shillings and Teit Pence 
One-fifth of a Peny ‘per Annum. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Eignty-eight thoufand Four 
hundred Ninety-four Pounds, be granted to his Majetty 
for the extra’ Repairs of the Navy, for the Year 17 1g. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That the Number of effective Men to be provided for, 
for Guards and Garifons in Great Britain, and for Fer fey, 
and Guernfey, for the Year 1719, be Twelve thoufand 
Four hundred Thirty-five, Commiffion and Non-com- 
miffion Officers included. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred Twenty-Gx 
thoufand Nine Hundred Sixty-four Pounds Eleven Shil- 
lings and Eight Pence, be granted to his Majetty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of the faid Twelve Thoufand Four 
hundred Thirty-five effective Men, for Guards and Ga- 
rifons, and other his Majefty’s Land-Forces, in Great 
Britain, Ferfey, and Guernjey, for the Year 1719. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee,’ 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred Forty-feven 
thoufand Six hundred Seventy-two Pounds Five Shillings 
and Ten Pence Halfpeny, be granted to his Majeity, 
for maintaining his Majetty’s Forces and Garifons in the 
Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, and for Provifions 
for the Garifons at Anapolis Royal and Placentia, for the 
Year 1719. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Quettion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Moaday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 24° die Novembris; - 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Sloper, from the Paymafter of his Majefty’s 
Forces, prefented to the Houfe, an Account of what 
Money is faved ‘by the Reduction and Difbandment of 
his Majefty’s Forces in the Year 1718 and of {ome Dit- 
burfements occafioned thereby, which are propofed to be 
borne out of the faid Saving : 
And the Title thereof was read. 
The faid Account is as follows; viz. 
AN 








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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1718. 








N Account of what Money is faved by the Reduction and Difbandment of his Majefty’s Forces in the Year 
1718; and of fome Difburfements occafioned thereby, which are propofed to be borne out of the faid Savings ; 


Viz. 


Savings. 


By the full Pay of Two Regiments of Dragoons, commanded by Brigadier Bowles, and Brigadier _—/. 5. 


Munden, and of Six Regiments of Foot, commanded by Major-General Sabine, Brigadier 
Prefton, Lord Vifcount Shannon, Lord Hinchingbrooke, Colonel Handafyde, and Colonel Eger- 
ton; from the 11th of November 1718, to the 24th of December following, both inclufive ; be- 
ing transferred to the Eftablifhment of Jre/and, on the faid 11th of November, in the room of the 


like Number of Forces then difbanded there 


By the full Pay of Four Regiments of Dragoons, difbanded in Great Britain, late under the Com- 
mand of Sir Charles Hotham, Colonel William Stanhope, Colonel Mole/worth, and Colonel Tyrrell, 


from the 11th of November 1718, to the 24th of December following, both inclufive 


Difburfements propofed to be made thereout ; 
The ufual Bounty-Money, at Difbandment, to the Non-commiffioned Officers, and Z. 


private Men, difbanded 





The Half-pay to the difbanded Officers of the aforefaid Six Regiments of Dra- 
goons, and Six of Foot, from the 11th of November to the 24th of December 


1718, both inclufive 








The net Cloathing-money of the Non-commiffioned Officers, and private Soldiers, 
of the Four Regiments of Dragoons difbanded in Great Britain, and of the 
Men reduced out of the Eight Regiments transterred to Jre/and, from the Eleventh 
of November aforefaid, to be paid the Clothiers, in Difcharge of Affignments 
payable to them out of the Off-reckonings of the faid Regiments, for Cloathing 
and Accoutrements by them furnifhed, and delivered, for the Ufe of the faid 


Non-commiffioned Officers, and private Men 











a: 
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Total of the grofs Savings 15,716 16 o 
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on — 5178 § 5 
8,803 5 § 
Remains 6,913 10 7 





Memorandum: Out of this Sum of 6,913/. ros. 7d. is to be borne the Charge of tranfporting the aforefaid Regi- 
ments into Jreland: As alfo the Difference in the Pay allowed to Regiments upon the Eftablifhment of Great 
Britain, and that of Ireland when out of that Kingdom: But, as the Amount of thefe Charges cannot be yet 
exactly ftated, the fame are not here inferted, but may be eftimated to take up the faid Remainder. 


Pay-Office, Horfe-Guards, the 
24th November 1718. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


Sir Thomas Wheat reported, from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the High Sheriff, Deputy-Lieu- 
tenants, Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
and other Inhabitants, of the County of Oxon, was re- 
ferred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Re- 
port in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; 
and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of this 
Houfe, of the 2oth Inftant, have examined feveral Wit- 
nefles; viz. Mr. Carter, Mr. Beefon, and Mr. Wheate: 
Who teftified, That the Inhabitants of the feveral Pa- 
rifhes in which the Road mentioned in the faid Peti- 
tion doth lie, have not only conftantly done more than 
their Statute-work, but alfo raifed large Sums of Money, 
and duly applied the fame towards repairing their Roads; 
and that proper Materials for amending the Highways 
lie at a great Diftance from fome Parts of the faid Road; 
and that the Farifhioners have often been obliged to pay 

12 d. per Load, at leaft, for Stones : 

That, upon Examination of the whole Matter, it fully 
appeared to the Committee, That the Road from the 
Top of Stoaken-Church-Hill to Enflow-Bridge, in the 
County of Oxon, is fo very bad and ruinous in many 
Places thereof, in the Winter Seafon, that it is dangerous 
to Travellers; and that the fame cannot be amended, and 
put into good Repair, and fo kept, without the Affift- 
ance of an Act of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Roads from the Top of Stoken-Church-Hill 
to Enflow-Bridge, in the County of Oxon: And that Sir 


Lincoln. 


Thomas Wheat, Sir Fohn Rufbout, and Mr. Wylde, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 


Majetty. 


Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to confider of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaket refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had dire¢t- 
ed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. ) 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Mariis, 




















5 Geo. tk Journals of the Houle of Comimiotis. 21 


Martis; 25° die Wovembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgit Regis; 1718. 


Pravers, 

®% Petition of Dr. Thomas Green Vicar; Fames Rainge 
A and Philip Davis Churchwardens, as alfo of the 
Vettry, and Inhabitants, of the Parifh of St. Martin m 
the Fields, in the €ounty of Middlefex, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid Parifh- 
Church is become fo very ruinous; that it is adjudged 
uncapable of Repair, by reafon the Timber and Brick are 
fo much decayed, and rotten, that the Ground all about 
being higher, the Church is by’ that means very damp 
and unwholfomes; and can no-way be remedied but by 
an entire new Building: And praying, That the faid 
Parith-Church.may be new-builts in the room of One of 
thofe Churches which were defigned for the faid Parifh, 
in purfuance ofan Act of Parliament for Building of 
Fifty new Churches. Igy Oh | 

Ordered; That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fidération of a Committee: And that they do ‘examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it appears to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Cdulmley, 
Mr. Travers, Sir Edward Ernley, Mr. Lowndes, Mr: 
Clayton, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Farrer,'Sit Edward Phillips, 
Sir Orl. Bridgman, Mr. North, Mr. Northey, Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Clarke, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sit Tho. Wheate, Mr. 
Negus, Mr. London, Mr. Lawfon, Sir Tho. Cave, Mr. 
Trenchard, Mr. Smith, Mr. Inge, Mr. Drake, Sir Wil- 
fred Lawfon, Mr. TIreby, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Reynell, Mr. 
Nevill, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Heyfham, : Sir Tho. 
Croffz, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Earle; and all the Members: 
that ferve for the County of Middlefex, and Cities of 
‘London and. Weftminfter: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Daniel Earl of 
Nottingham, and Heneage Earl of Aylesford, Francis 
Gwyn and Fobn Conyers Efquires, for and on the behalf 
of the Coheirs of the Right honourable William late Lord 
Marquis of Hallifax, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the faid William Marquis of 
Hallifax, deceafed, by his Will, devifed to the Petitioners 
the Capital Meffuage called Hallifax-Houfe, and the Caftle, 
Manor, and Lordfhip of Fotheringhay, in the County of 
Northampton, for a Term of Five hundred Years, upon 
Troft, with the other Manors, Lands, and Heredita- 
ments, thereby devifed, to pay Debts and Legacies, and 
raife additional Portions for his Daughters, by his laft 
Wife; for the Difcharge of which Incumbrances thereon, 
it is thought neceflary to make Sale of the faid Capital 
Meffuage and Manor of Fosheringhay: That the faid 
Executors can only fell the faid Term devifed to them; 
and it will be an Encouragement to Purchafers, as well 
as an Advantage to the Coheirs, if, at the fame time, the 
Fee and Inheritance of the Premifes were fold together 
with the faid Term: That the Perfons next in Remainder 
after the faid Ferm are all Infants, and thereby difabled 
to join in the Sale: And praying, That the faid Fee 
and Inheritance may, by Act of Parliament, be vefted 
in Truftees, and their Heirs, to be fold together with 
the faid Ferm. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: Ard that 
Mr. Farrer and Mr. Northey do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Sir Tho. Wheate prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing the Roads from the Top of 
Stoken-Church-Hill to Enflow-Bridge, in the County of 
Oxon: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


Vor, XIX. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of William Glanville, formerly called Wil- 
liam Evelyn, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That Wiliam Glanville, late of the Middle- 
Temple, London, Efquire, deceafed, by his laft Will, 
devifed his real Eftate; and ‘the Surplus of his personal 
Eftate, to Truftees, to the Ufe of his only Daughter 
Frances Glanville, and cher Iffue, provided the Perfon to 
whom his Daughter fhowld be married took upon him 
the Name of Glanville, and bear the Arms of the Family 
of Glanville: ‘That the Petitioner hath intermartied with 
the faid Frances Glanville, purfuant to the Approbation 
of the faid William Glanville in his Life-time: And 
praying, That a Bill may be brought in to eftablith the 
Name of Glanville. in the Petitioner, and his Pofterity, 
by the faid Frances, his now Wife, inftead of the Name 
of Evelyn. 

Ordered, That Leave. be given to bring in a Bill; ac- 
cording. to the Prayer of the faid’ Petition: And that 
Mr. Evelyn, Sir Orlando Bridgman; and Mr. Neville, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the proper Officers do: lay béfore this 
Houfe the Accounts’ fhewing the Monies ‘arifen at or 
before Michaelmas \att paft, as well of or for the Excefs 
or Surplus of the Fund commonly called the Aggregate 
Fund: and of or for thé Excefs or Surplus of the Fund 
commonly called the South-Sea Fund; as alfo of and for 
the Excefs or Surplus of the Fund commonly called the 
General Fund; which feveral Exceffes or Surplufits are 
referved, for Difpofition by Parliament, for Payment of 
National Debts and Incumbrances, by virtue of certain 
Claufes.in an Act of the Third Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, in that behalf, 


Mr. Farrer reported, according to Order, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe;. whe were to confider of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to 
his Majefty, the Refolutions which they had ‘direéted 
him to report to the Houte 5) and: he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered’ them in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where they were reads and are as follow; 

Refoived, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 
the Sum of Three Shillings in the Pound, and no more, 
be raifed in the Year 4719, upon Lands, Tenements, 
Flereditamentsy Penfions, Offices, and perfonal Eftates, 
in that Part of Great Britain called England; Wales, and 
the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and that a propor- 
tionable Cefs, according to the Ninth Article of the 
Treaty for the Union, be laid upon that Part of Great 
Britain called Scotland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards the Supply granted to his Majefty, the 
Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, which, by 
former Acts of Parliament, have Continuance té the 
Twenty-fourth Day of Fune 1719, be further continucd 
and charged upon Male which fhall be made; and 4)! 
Mum which fhajl be made, or imported; and all Cyde: 
and Perry, which fhall be made for Sale; within the King- 
dom of Great Britain, from the Twenty-third Day of 
June 719, to the Twenty-fourth Day of Fume r720. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read’ a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Bills be brought in upon the faid Refo- 
lutions: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of -the 
Duchy, Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Neville, Mr. Lowndes, 


and Mr. Stanbope, do prepare, and bring; in, the faid 
Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


G Mercurii, 





22 Journals. of. the Houfe’ of Commons. 


Mercurii, 26° die Novembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
Prayers. \ sail 7 
R. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, aBill to -veft the Fee and Inheritance of 
the Capital Meffuage called Hallifax-Houfe, in St. ‘James's 
Square, in the Parifh ‘of St. Fames's, Weftminfter, and the 
Caftle and Manor of Fotheringbay,\ in the County of 
Northampton, in Truftees, to be fold, togethef with a 
Term of Five hundred Years, devifed by the faid Mar- 
quis of Hallifax, to his Executors, in Truft, for the better 
Performance of his Will: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft time. Le 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Sir Fobn Jennings, from the Lords Commiffionets of 
the Admiralty, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, a Lift of the Sea-Officers who 
were in Half-Pay for the Year 1718: 

And the Title thereof was read... de 

Ordered, That the faid Lift do lie upon the Table, to 
be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Lift is bound up with the other Papers of this 

Seffion. ras 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to inquire 
what Laws are expired, or near expiring; and to report 
which of them are fit to be revived, or continued: 

And it is referred to Mr. Heyfbam, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Lowndes, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Lowther, 
Mr. White, Sir Wm. Fobnfton, Mr. Lade, Sir Fobn Nor- 
ris, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Morice, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. 
York, Mr. Difton, Colonel Chandler, Mr. Smith, .Sir 
Wm. Daines, Mr. Wynn, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Hed- 
worth, Mrs Grove; Mr. Norris, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. 
Norther, Mr. Lifter, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Hampden, Mr. 
Hungerford, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Halfey, Sir Tho. Hanmer, 
Mr. Comptroller, Sir Jfaac Rebow, Mr. Clayton, Mr. 
Windfer, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Edward Ernley, Mr. 
Norcleigh, and all the Gentlemen of the Long Robe: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 
' Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a, Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majeity. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a Land- 
Tax, to be railed in Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year 1719: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned ti} To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





‘Fovis, 27° die Novembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS, 


. AR. Comptroller reported, from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of Dr. Thomas Green Vicar, James 

Rainge and Philip Davis Churehwardens, as alfo of the 
Veftry, and Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Saint Martin’s in 


the Fields, in the County of Middlefex, was referred, the _ 


Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered’ the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read’; and is as 
follows ; vz. 





‘dr 1718. 


That, the Committee having examined the Allegations 
contained in the daid Petition; it appeared ‘to them, by 
the Tettirhony of the Reverend Dr. Thomas Green, Vicar 
of the ijaid Parifh; as alfo. of Surveyors, arid experienced 
Workmen, and feveral other Inhabitants; That the faid 
Church was built of Rubble and Brick, fo mafiy Yéars 
paft, that it is now become very tuinotis; and:is adjudged 
incapableof any Repair, by reafon-that both the Timber 
and Brick are fo much decayed, and rotten; and that 
the Walls of the faid Church are fplit in many Places, 
and cramped with Iron: 7 1 bi 
_ That there is not Two Piers-in the Church but what 
are f{plit; and the Walls bulged, fo that it is impoffible 
that the fame can be repaired. | rn 
_ It alfo appeared to the Committee, That the Ground 
all about is higher than.the Church near Five Foot; by 
means whereot the faid Church is veryidamp, and un- 
sholiome, which can no-ways be remedied but by a new 

uilding : . wilah - sirlw 2 

That the faid Parith, being the largeft’ of the Out-Pa- 
rifhes, is burthened fo greatly with Poor, that the Ex- 
pence amounts to-upwards of 4,000/. per Annum: 

That the faid Church is fo ruinous, and decayed, that 
it is not fafé for the Inhabitants to refort thither for 
Divine Worthip : , 

That, Two of his Majefty’s Royal Palaces being fituate 
in the faid Parifh, feveral of the Nobility, and other 
Perfons of Quality and Diftinétion, refiding in the faid 
Parifh, are hindered from reforting thither, for want of a 
convenient Reception. wi 

All which Allegations were proved, to the Satisfaction 

of the Committee ; and are humbly fubmitted to the 
Confideration of this Houfes 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
impower the Commiffioners appointed to put in Execu- 
tion the Acts of the Ninth and Tenth Years of her late 
Majefty’s Reign, for building Fifty new. Churches in 
and about the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the 
Suburbs thereof, to direct the Parifth-Church of Saint 
Martin’s in the Fields to be rebuilt, inftead of One of the 
Churches which was defigned for the faid Parifh: And 
that Mr. Comptroller, the’ Earl of Hertford, Sir Robert 
Davers, and Sir Thomas Crofe, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


_ A Petition of the infolvent Debtors in Hereford County- 
Gaol, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands more’ 
in this Kingdgm, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, by reafon of many heavy ‘Taxes, and 
other Misfortunes, the Petitioners are reduced, and 
brought into Confinement; whereby they fuffer under un- 
fpeakable Calamities and Miferies; through which they 
are fubject.to daily Wants and Neceffities, and not in 
a Capacity to make Satisfaction to their Creditors; and 
they are ready to fatisfy their juft Debts, to the urmott 
of their Ability; and, were they at Liberty, might be 
ufeful to the Commonwealth; themfelves, and Families: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houle, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for continuing the Duties on Malr, Mum, 
Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1719; 
And the fame was received; and read the Firit time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, of the great Dif-. 


ficulty the Members have to come ta, and go from, this 
Houle, chiefly occafioned by reaion of the frequent Stops- 
of Coaches, Carrs, and Carts, mecting in the narrow 
Paffages leading to this Houle; 

Ordered, That it be referred to a Committee, to con- 
fider of proper Methods fer preventing the faid Incon- 
veniences to the Members, in their coming to, and 
going from, this Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Lowther, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr, Lowndei, Vord I'm. Pow/est, Sir Woe. 
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Munfon, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Clayton, Lord Molefworth, 
Mr. Travers, Mr. Coventry, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Ben- 
fon, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Monrte, Mr. Haldane, Mr. 
Cater, Mr. Freman, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Brodrick, Sit 
Richard Farington, Mr. Difton, Mr-Wef, Mr. Wefiphalin, 
Sir- Tho. D’ Ath, Sir John Hobart, Mr. Powlett, Mr. 
Carterett, Sir Robert Furnefe, Mr. Carter, Sir Cha. 
Turner, Mr. Aiflabié, Mr. Mafon; and all the Members 
-that ferve for the Cities of London and Weftminfter : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber: And they have Power to fend 
for Perfons, Papers; and Records, 


A Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a Land- 
Tax, to be raifed in Great: Britain, for the Service of 
he Year 1719, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. a 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a’ Committee 
of the whole Houfe. : 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Comimittee-of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. ret } 


Journals of the Houfe of Comirions. 


£3 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-mortow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 28° die Novembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. ; 


OQ Raered, That Sir Richard Farington, Mr. Inge; Co: 
lonel Blakefton, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Earl, 


Mr. Bertie, Mr. Eden, Mr. Winftanley, Mr: Colemore, 


Mt. Briftow, be added to the Committee appointed to 
inquire what Laws ate expired, or near expiring, 


_ Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, Account of ‘feveral Overplufes, ftated at Mi- 
chaelmas One thoufand Seven hundred and Eighteen, and 
referved for Difpofition, by Parliament. 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is in the annexéd Sheets of Paper. 


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Exd, 26th Novémbc? 1718. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply: granted to his 
Majetty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for granting to his Majefty 
an Aid, by a Land-Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, 
for the Service of the Year 1719. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. : . 
Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 


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Mr. Sloper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, a Lift of the Regimental and 
Warrant Officers that are to be in Half-Pay for the 
Year 17193 with an Eftimate of the Charge thereof: 
And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Charge of the Out-Penfioners of 
Chelfea-Ho/pital, for the Year 1719. 

~ the Titles of the faid Lift and Eftimate were 
read, 

Ordered, That the faid Lift and Eftimate do lie upon 
the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Lift is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 

And the faid Eftimate is as follows; 


AN Eftimate of the Charge of the Out-Penfioners of Chelfea-Hofpital, for tie Year 1719. 


4,764 Ont-Penfiorers, ftanding at prefent upon the Books of the Hofpital, dt 5d.| J 


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60 Petitioners deemed qualified, according to the Certificates they have produced, 


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100 Out-Penfioners, at 12 d, per Diem each - 


From which dedu&amp; : 


The Sum of 4,500/, applicable towards defraying this Expence, out of the Poundage 


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Remains to be granted, upon Account, for the Out-Penfioners of Cielfea-Ho/- 


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28th November 1718. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till ‘Fo-morrow Morn- 
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Sabbati, 29° die Novembris ;- 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis; 1718. 

PRAYERS. 

HE Houle being informed, That a Perfon from 
the Truftees for Repair of Dagenham-Breach at- 
tended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to an A&amp; of Parliament in that behalf, 
Account of the Treafurer to the Truftees for Dagenhain- 
Breach, for the Year ending at Michaelmas 1718. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Fable, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 





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Ro. Pringle. 


The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to inquire 
what Sums of Money have been laid out in particular 
Places, where any of the Fifty new Churches have been 
built, or are building ; and what is agreed for the Sites 
in fuch Places where any of thofe Churches are defigned 
to be built ; and of all other Expences relating thereto; 
and to report the fame to the Houfe: 

And it isreferred to Mr. Smith, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Fre- 
man, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Lade, 
Sir Tho. Wheat, Sit Fohn Rufbout, Mr. Comptroller, Sir 
Tho. Croffe, Mr. Rolle, Mr. Clayton, Sir Willoughby Hick- 
man, Mr. Inge, Mr. Williams, Lord Morpeth, Mr. 
White, Sir Nath, Mead, Sir Fohn Norris, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Heyfham, Sir Tfaac Rebow, Mr. Harrifon, Sir Wm. 
Fohnfton, Sit Fohn Ward, Mr. Archer, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
Hillerfden, Mr, Benfon, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Wallop, Mr. 
Chulmley, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sir Arthur Key, Mr. 

Wyld, 





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itvid, Mr. Ward, Sir ohn Phillips, Mr. Butler, Six 
Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Wm. Humfreys, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Matter of the Rolls, Sir Bryau Brough- 
ton, Sir Richard Gough, Sir Richard Farington, Mtr. 
Revnell, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Lawfon, Colonel Grahme, 
Colonel Bladen, Mr: Brodrick, Sir Robert Davers, Sir 
Philip Parker, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Mid- 
dlefex, Effex, Kent, and Surry, and City of London: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Reétor, Churchwardens, and the 
ancient Inhabitants of the Parith of Saint Buttolph’s with- 
out Bifboplgate, London, in their own, and in the Name 
of the reit of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe,; and read, fetting forth, That the 
faid Parith-Church is in a very ruinous Condition, in ma- 
nifeft want of Rebuilding; the Parifhioners of the afore- 
faid Parifh are unable to rebuild it: And praying, Thar 
the faid Parifh-Church may be taken and efteemed as 
One of the faid Fifty new Churches, to be built, or en- 
larged. 

Ordered,’ That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Contideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
appears to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Fohn Ward, Mr. Godfrey, Sir 
John Phillips, Lord Wm, Powlett, Mr. Freman, Sit 
Wilfred Lawfon, Sir Tho. Crofe, Colonel Grahme, Sir 
Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Farrer, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. In- 
gram, Mr. Neville, Mr. Brigftocke, Mr. Sandys, Mr. 
Clayton, Mr. Morite, Lord Zyrconnell, Mr. Cocks, Sir 
David Dalrymple, Nir. Benjfon, Mr. Chulmley, Mr. Gyb- 
bon, the Kar! of Burford, Mr. Majfon, Sir Charles Cook, 
Sir Tho. Lee, Sir Robert Rich, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Smith, 
Mr. Wortley, Sir Wm. Humfreys, Mr. Tufnell, Lord 
Caftlemain, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Briflow, Sir Charles 
Hotham, Mr. Hevfham, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Secre- 
tary Craggs, Mr. Lowther, Mr. London, Mr. Dockminique, 
Sir Arthur Key, Mr. Brudencll, Sir Richard Farington, Sir 
Richard Gough, Mr. Lowndes, General Roffe, Mr. Plumptre, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Halfey, Sir Hen. Afbhurft, Mr. Heathcote; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Cities of London 
and Weftminfter, and County of Middlefex : And they are 
to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Bill for repairing the Roads from the Top of Stoken- 
Church-Hill to Enflow-Bridge, in the County of Oxon, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Tho. 
Wheat, Mr. Farrer, Lord Wim. Powlett, Mr. Cater, Mr. 
Bertie, Mr. Smith, Sir Fohn Rufhout, Sir Richard Fa- 
rington, Mr. Inge, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Chetwynde, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Freman, Sir Arthur Owen, Mr. Powlett, 
Mr. Rowney, Sir Hen. Afbhurft, Six Fohn Cope, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Colonel Grahime, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Hilierfden, Mr. 
Smithfon, Mr. Clayton, Sir Nicholas Carew, Mr. Conyers, 
Sir Fobn Norris, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Sandys, Sir Ri- 
chard Gough, Mr. Windfor, Sit Hen. Hoghton, Sir Ifaac 
Rebow, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Archer, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr, 
Sloper, Sir Nath. Mead, Lord Tyrconnell, Colonel Mor- 
ton, Mr. Weftpbaling, Brigadier Sutton; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties of Oxon, Bucks, Berks, 
Wilts, Worcejter, Stafford, Salop, and Warwick: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock,. in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, That 

no Commiffioner or Truftee appointed by this Ac, or 
by any other Act, for Repairing of Highways, fhall be 
capable of any Place of Profit occafioned: by the faid 
Toll, or receiving any Profit out of the Toll arifing for 
fuch Highways, refpectively. 


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4. 1718, 


A Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year i719, was 
read a Second time. - 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to 2 Committee 
of the whole Houfe: ; 

Refolved; That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe; upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 1° die Decembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgi Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Bill to veft the Fee and Inheritance of the Capital. 
A Meffuage called Hallifax-Houfe, in St. Fames’s- 
Square, in the Parifh of St. Fames’s, Weftminfter, and 
the Caftle and Manor of Fotheringhay, in the County of 
Northampton, in Truftees, to be fold, together with a 
Term of Five hundred Years, devifed by William late 
Lord Marquis of Hallifax, to his Executors, in Truft, 
for the better Performance of his Will, was read a Se- 
cond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr, Smith, Sir Cha. Turner, Sir Sam. Lennard, Mr. Tra- 
vers, Sir Tho. Croffe, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Norris, Mr. 
Heyfoham, Mr. Inge, Mr. Curzon, Mr. Lade, Sir Edward 
Ernley, Colonel Bladen, Sir Cha. Hotham, Sir Robert 
Davers, Mr. Herne, Mr. Hampden, Sir Fuftinian I/bam, 
Lord Wim. Powlett, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Grove, Mr. 
Stephens, Lord Fermanagh, Sir Tho. Cave, Sir Win. Daines, 
Sir John Coriton, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Rudge, Sir Richard 
Farington, Lord Molefworth, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Sir Fobn 
Phillips, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Difton, Mr. Cater, Mr. 
Brodrick ; and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Northampton, Rutland, and Middlefex: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chambers. 


Mr. Comptroller prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to impower the Commiffioners appointed to 
put inExecution the Acts, of the Ninth and Tenth Years 
of her late Majefty’s Reign, for building Fifty new 
Churches in and about the Cities of London and Weftmin- 
fter, and Suburbs thereof, to dire&amp; the Parifh-Church of 
St. Martin in the Fields, in the County of. Middlefex, to 
be rebuilt, inftead of One of the faid Fifty new Churches: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and other 
Inhabitants, of the Parith of St. Botolph without Alder/- 
gate, London, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, in the late dreadful Fire in 1666, 
the faid Church took Fire; but, by the Induftry of the 
Inhabitants, was faved from being totally confumed ; that 
by the faid Calamity the faid Church became fo decayed, 
weak, and ruinous, that the Inhabitants are in Fear of 
Danger when they affemble at Divine Service; fo that 
there is an abfolute Neceflity of pulling down, and re- 
building, the fame: And praying, That their faid 
_Church may be one of the Fitty Churches appointed to: 
be built by Act of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Reétor, Church- 
wardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of the Parifh of 
St. Botolph’s without Bifhopfyate, London, is referred : And 
that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report 
the fame, as it appears to them, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and In- 
habitants, of the Parifh of St. Katharine Coleman, Fan- 
church- 


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s Gro. I. 


church-fireet, in the City of London, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth; That the faid Parith- 
Church is Become old and ruihous; and the Ground 
whereon it ftahds being near Six Foot lower than the 
Street, caufés the fame to be very damp, and unwhol- 
fome; the Repairing of which will arnotint to as much as 
will erect and build a new Brick Church: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to impower 
the Commiffioners appointed for building Fifty new 
Churches to direét the faid Parifh-Church to be built, in- 
ftead of One of them. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Reétor, Churchwardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of 
the Parith of Saint Botolph’s without Bifbopfgate, London, 
‘Gs referred: And that they do examine the Matter there- 
of; and report the fame, as it appears to them, to the 
Houfe. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That a menial 
Servant to Gray James Grove Efquire, a Member of 
this Houfe, bath been arrefted by Fohbn Ward Bailiff, at 
the Suit of Thomas Nicholls; in which Action Thomas 
Adney is the Attorney; in Breach of the Privilege of this 
Houfe ; : 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint ; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe. 


: The Orders of the Day being read 5 


Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon this Day Seven- _ 


night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means fof raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Hooufe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. | 


The Oder of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee, to confider further of 
the Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid; by a Land- 
‘Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of 
the Year 17193 

Ordered,. That the faid Committee have Power to re- 
ceive a Claufe of Credit. } 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill, and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider turther of the faid Bill, 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 2° die Decembris; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Tanners in and near the City of 
Worcefter, in the behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands of Families of Tanners, Shoemakers, Cur- 
riers, €Pc. within that Part of Great Britain called Eng- 
land, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Tanners of this Kingdom are now in a very 


great declining Condition; and many Thoufands of Work- 
Vou, XIX. 


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49 
men, depending tipon the faid Trade, are drove t6 ex- 
treme Poverty, and are forted to travel into foreign Parts 
for Bread; occafioned by the Exportation of Engii/h Bark 
to Ireland, where no Duty is paid for Leather; the Mer- 
chants or Dealers in Leather ferve all the foreign Markets 
with that Commodity, at a great deal cheaper Rates than 
the Englifh can: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Tanners in the County of Surry, 
arid Borough of Solithwark, &amp;c. was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the vaft Quantity 
of Bark exported yearly out of this Kingdom, into 
anothet, where no Duty is paid to his Majefty for Lea- 
ther, is not Only a gieat Prejudice to the Petitioners, 
but alfo a great Detriment to all other Dealers in the 
Leather-Manufacture: That unlef§ fome Equivalent be 
made, one way or another, to balance that Branch of Trade 
between the Two Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, 
the Tanning-Trade of this Kingdom muft inevitably 
fuffer, to the apparent Lofs of the People of England: 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
.. 4 Bill, of a Cldufe, for their Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. 


The. Houfe, according to Order, réfolved itfelf into 
a Committée of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for granting to his Majelty an Aid, by a Land- 
Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year 1719. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Parrer repotted from the Committee, That they 
had gone through thé Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they have directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thur/day 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii; 3° die Decembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Juftices of Peace, Gentlemen, and 

other Freeholders, and Inhabitants, living in and 
near the Road leading from Becconsfeild, in the County of 
Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the County of Oxon, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the faid Road; being much frequented by Waggons, and 
other heavy Carriages, is now become fo very ruinous, and 
out of Repair, that, in the Winter-Seafon, it is dan- 
gerous to Travellers; and although the Parifhioners have 
done their Statute-work, and been at other Charges in 
repairing the faid Road; yet the fame cannot be effec- 
tually amended, and fo kept, without fome further Af- 
fiftance: And praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for repairing the faid Road. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee, to examine the Matter thereof; and report the 
fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Lord Shelburn, Sir Tho. Wheate, 
Sir Fobn Rufbout, Mr. White, Colonel Morton, Colonel 
Cadogan, Sit Mountague Blundell, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Clay- 
ton, Sir Wm. Humfreys, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Sandys, Mr. 
Inge, Mr. Fleetwood, Mr. Benfon, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Her- 
vey, Sir Fuftinian Iam, Sit Hen. Afoburft, Mr. Ah, Mr. 
Earl, Mr. Norris, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Drew, 
Mr. Grove, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Barrington, Sir Arthur 
Kay, Mr. Freman, Mr. Northey, Mr. Lvelyn, Mr. Wil- 
liams, Mr. Lowndes, Sir Fobn Packington, Mr. Nicholas; 
and all the Members that ferve-for the Counties of Buckg, 


I Oxon, 





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Oxon, Warwick, Gloucefter; Worcefer, and Salop: And 


they are to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Fobn 
Hale, Fokn Townfend, Robert Pifey, and Fobn Bowles, 
have, in a forcible manner, entered upon the Poffeffions 
of Fifer Fobnfon, Fofiab Willis, and Fohn Lee, Tenants 
to Fobn Barrington E{quire, a Member of this Houfe, at 
Longcot, in the Parifh of Shrivenbam, in the County of 
Berks; and have committed Spoil there; in Breach of the 
Privilege of this Houfe; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Eleétions, to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houle. 


Mr. Evelyn prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enable William Glanville, alias Evelyn, 
Efquire, to take upon him the Surname of Glanville, in- 
ftead of his Surname of Evelyn, purfuant to the Will of 
William Glanville Efquire, deceafed: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Company of Tanners in the City of 
Chefter was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That by reafon of the Exportation of Bark to 
Treland, where no Duty is paid for Leather, which has 
taken away all our Merchants Trade; and Leather that 
ufed to be fent to foreign Parts, having formerly been 
bought in England, is now all furnifhed in Jreland; and is 
a great Detriment to the Revenue, both as to the Duty on 
Leather, and That formerly paid for the Importation of 
raw Irifb Hides: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Tabk. 


A Petition of Sir Edward Des Boverie Baronet was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioner, together with William Ben/on Efquire, ftood 
Candidate at the late Election of a Burgefs to ferve in 
this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Shafton, alias 
Shaft/bury, in the County of Dorfet: That the Precept 
was delivered to Mr. David Toomer, who atted as Re- 
turning-Officer: That the faid Mr. Zoomer did, moft ille- 
gally and arbitrarily, propofe a Declaration to the Inha- 
bitants who had a Right of voting, that all fuch as would 
not make the fame fhould not be polled; and refufed 
upwards of One hundred and Forty legal Votes, who did 
vote for the Petitioner; and admitted all fuch as offered 
to poll for Mr. Benfon, though divers of them were not 
qualified to vote: That the faid Mr. Toomer has returned 
the faid Mr. Benfon, to the Prejudice of the Petitioner, 
who ought to have been returned: And praying to be 
relieved. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Mattter of the faid Petition be heard at the 

_ Bar of this Houle; 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


, Mr. Strangewayes 
Tellers for the Yeas,} gg Ca 95. 


Tellers for the Noes, | Mir doees Cem, { 110 

So it pafied in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of Privileges and Elections : 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and re- 
pore the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Houte. 

A. Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants paying Scot 
and Lot, and Electors, of the Borough of Shafton, alias 
Shaftebury, in the County of Dorfet, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That on Friday the 
Twenty-firft Day of November came on the Eleétion of 
a: Member to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid 





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A. 1718. 


Borough: That Mr. Toomer, who acted as Returning- 
Officer, did moft arbitrarily propofe a Declaration to the 
Petitioners, and others, who had a Right of voting at the 
faid Eleétion ; and declared; That all fuch as would not 
make the fame fhould-not be polled: That the faid 
Toomer did refufe to allow, and infert in the Poll, up- 
wards of One hundred and Forty legal Votes of the Peti- 
tioners, and others, who tendered the fame: That the 
faid Mr. Toomer returned William Benfon Efquire duly 
elected; to the great Prejudice of the Petitioners, and In- 
fringement of their Rights and Privileges: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of Privileges and Elections: 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report 
the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


The Order of the Day, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider fur- 
ther of the Supply granted to his Majefty, being read ; 

Ordered, That the Account of feveral Surpluffes, ftated 
at Michaelmas One thoufand Seven hundred and Eighteen, 
and referved for Difpofition by Parliament, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

T hen the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe te receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, wpon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider fusther of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. P 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow 


Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


a 
— 





Fovis, 4° die Decembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Cet being made to the Houfe of Two printed 
Pamphlets; the one intituled, ** Te Exeter Mer- 
“* cury, or Weekly Intelligence, from Tuefday November 
** 25th, to Friday November 28th, 1718,” printed and 
fold by George Bifoop; the other, intituled, “* The Pro- 
“© teftant Mercury, or The Exeter Poft-Boy, Friday, No- 
&lt;&lt; vember the 28th,” printed by of: Bilis, 1718; where- 
in the Refolutions and Proceedings of this Houfe are 
falfly reprefented, and printed; in Contempt of the Or- 
der, and in Breach of the Privilege, of this Houfe; 
The faid Pamphlets were delivered in at the Table; 
and = Paragraphs out of them were read. ‘ 
Ordered, That the faid George Bifbop and ¥of. Bi; 
attend this Houfe upon this Day F sm or 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
more effectual Relief of fuch Children as are left by 
their Parents upon the Charge of the Parifh: And that 
Sir Willoughby Hickman, Mr. Comptroller, and Mr, Inge, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a Land-Tax, to be 
raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1719, 
was committed, the Amendments they had directed him 


to 


«Geo. 1. . Journals of the Houle of Coninioris. 


to report to the Houf; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill and Amendments 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments 
were once read throughout; and then a Second time, one 


by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon; 


agreed unto by the Houle. 
. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


grofled. 


Ordered, Phat the Report from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, who were to confider further of the 


Supply granted to his Majefty, be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





’ Veneris, 5° die Decembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PrRayERS. | 


Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders; and 
A others, living on the North Side of the City of 
Oxon, in the County of Oxon, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
hearing there is a Bill depending for the better repairing 
and amending Part of the great Road leading from the 
City of London to the City of Worcefter, and lying in the 
faid County of Oxon, from Stoken Church-Hill to Enflow- 
Bridge: That there is another Branch of the faid Road, 
which is very frequently ufed, lying through the City of 
Oxen, from Wheatly-Bridge to the Borough of New- 
Wondftock, Part ot which are become fo ruinous and 
founderous, that Travellerscannot pafs with Safety, though 
the Sratute-work hath been conflantly done, and more 
than Six Pence in the Pound raifed, and duly applied; 
And praying, That that Part of the Road from Wheatley 
to the End of the Mile-way, on the South-weft Side of 
Oxon; and the other Part of the Road from the End of 
the Mile-way, on the North-Side of Oxon, to Begbrook ; 
may be included in the faid Bill, to be repaired and amended 
as the other Road is by the faid Bill directed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Clayton, Mr. Comptroller, 
Mr. Hajhan, Mr. Majon, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Pelbam, 
Mr. Wylde, Sir Wm. Humfreys, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. 
Foley, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Rowney, Mr. Wrightfon, Sir 
Tho. Lee, Sir Richard Farington, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Bacon, Mr. Hopkins, Colonel Grabme, Mr. Wroth, 
Mr. Bertie, Mr. Smith; and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Oxon, Berks, Worceffer, Gloucefter, 
Salop, Bucks, and Wilts: And they are to meet this After- 
noon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Thomas Foley junior, Efquire, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioner was applied to by feveral of tiie Eleétors of 
the Borough of Weobly, to ferve them, on the Death of 
Charles Cornwall Efquire, as their Reprefentative in Par- 
liament; and fhould have been elected, but that Nicholas 
Philpct Efquire, by Bribery, and other indirect Practices, 
procured himfelf to be returned; in Prejudice to the 
Petitioner: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of Privileges and Elections: 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and re- 
port the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Fioufe. 


A Petition of the Tanners of Hides and Skins, and 
alfo of the Curriers and Sndemakers, in and near the Cor- 








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poration of Kendall; in the County of Weffmorland, was 
prefented to the Houfe; and read; fetting forth, That 
great Quantities of Oak-Bark are annually exported from 
the adjacent Northern Parts of Lancafbire into Ireland, to 
the great Prejudice of the Tanning-Trade here; which, if 
not {peedily prevented, muft undoubtedly ruin the Leather; 
becaufe there being no Duty on Leather tanned in Ireland, 
the Leather and Shoes made there will be fold cheaper than 
ahy made in this Realm; orf at leaft in thefe Parts can be 
afforded : And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and other 
Inhabitants, of the Parith of Ai/-ballowes upon London-wall, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Church of the faid Parith is very old, and in a decayed 
and ruinous Condition: That the Steeple, which is of 
Wood, received great Damage by means of the great 
and dreadful Fire; and hath ever fince been fupported by 
ftrong Cramps, and Iron Plates: That the Parifh is un- 
doubtedly one of the pooreft within the City, and the In- 
habitants altogether unable to rebuild the Church at their 
own Charge: And praying, That the faid Church may... 
rebuilt at the publick Charge, as one of the Fitty 
Churches. 

Ordered, That thé faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Rector, Churchwardens, and the antient Inhabitants, of 
the Parifh of Saint Boto!ph’: without Bifbop/gate, Londen, 
is referred: And that they do examine the Matter thereof; 


and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the 
Houfe. 


A Bill to impower the Commiffioners appointed to put 
in Execution the Acts, of the Ninth and Tenth Years of 
her late Majetty’s Reign, for building Fifty new Churches 
in and about the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and 
Suburbs thereof, to direét the Parifh Church of St. Martin 
in the Fields, in the County of Middlefex, to be rebuilt, 
inftead of one of the jaid Fifty new Churchess was read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 


night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Farrer; according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refo- 
lutions which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered them in at the Clerk’s Table: Where they were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 

Refolvea, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much Money be raifed as will be fufficient to 
redeem, at Lady-day 1719, the Annuity of Seventy-fix 
thoufand Eight hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings, 
payable to the Governor. and Company of: the Bank of 
England, for circulating and exchanging Exchequer-Bills, 
purfuant to the Notice which the Speaker of the Houfe 
of Commons did, on Saturday the Fifteenth of Marc’ 
1717, fignify, in Writing, to the faid Governor and Com- 
pany, in Obedience to an Order of the Houfe of the Tenth 
Day of the fame Month. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to his Majefty, towards raifing the Monies for 
redeeming the Annuity of Seventy-fix thoufand Fight 
hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings, payable to the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for cir- 
culating and exchanging Exchequer-Bills. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 


time, were, upon the Queftion feverally pue thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 


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The Order of the Day being read, fer the Houfe to 
tefolve ittelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the Bill for continuing the Duties upon Mait, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 171935 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for tran{- 
ferring to the Regifter to be kept by this Act, the Prin- 
cipal and Intereft deficient on the Regifter for the Malt- 
Act, ended at Midiummer 1718. - 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit: 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of Credit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to give 
further time for entering Affignments on Orders for cer- 
tain reverfionary Annuities. ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Clautes, 
for better fecuring the Duties on Hides and Callicoes. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Ferrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Larrer reported trom the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till! To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 6° die Decembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 

Bill to enable William Glanville, alias Evelyn, Efquire, 
A to take upon him the Surname of Glanville, inftead 
of his Surname of Evelyn, purfuant to the Will of William 
Glanville Efquire, deceafed, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Evelyn, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Cha. Wager, General Wroth, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Carterett, Sit Edward Ern- 
ley, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Stephens, Sir 
Tho. Wheate, Sir Hen. Afbburft, Sir Fobhn Rufhout, Sir 
Ifaac Rebow, Mr. Littleton, Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Smith, 
Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Colonel Negus, Mr. Coffin, Sir Wm, 
Daines, Mr. London, Mr. Heath, Sir Arth. Owen, Sir Geo, 
Cafwall, Mr. Windfor; and ail the Members that ferve for 
the Counties of Surrey and Suffex: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


Sir Ifaac Rebow prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for enlarging the Time granted by an Aét, of 
the NinthandTenth Years of KingW1/4am,for cleanfing,and 
making navigable, the Chanel from the Hythe, at Colchefter, 
to Wivenhoe; and for making the faid Act more effectual: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the principal Inhabitants of the Borough 
ef Go/port, in the County of Southampton, was prefented 
to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That divers Per- 
fons who are intitled to the Pay and Wages of feveral 
of the Seamen belonging to his Majefty’s Royal Navy, 
did, on the Credit of tuch Pay and Wages, advance Mo- 
ney for the Support of the faid Seamen, their Wives and 
Families: That there are eonfiderable Sums of Money 
due to the faid Seamen, their Wives, Widows, and other 
legal Reprefentatives,; fome Part whereof hath been due 
Fight, Nine, and Ten Years, by reafon of being re- 
moved out of one Ship into another, when at Sea: And 
praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition de lie upon the Table, 


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A. 1718. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermén; Burgeffes, and 
principal Inhabitants, of the Borough of Port/mouth, in 
the County of Southampton, was prelented to the Houfey 
and read; fetting forth, That within the faid Borough, 
and the Places adjacent, there are divers Perfons who are 
intitled to the Pay and Wages of feveral Seamen: That 
the faid Perfons did, on the Credie of fuch Pay and 
Wages, advance Money for the Support of the faid Sea- 
men, their Wives and Families; without which, they muft 
have been reduced to the greateft Extremity and Want: 
And praying to be relieved. 7 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table: 


A Petition of divers Seamen belonging to his Majefty’s 
Royal Navy, and the Wives of Seamén, whofe Hufbands 
are in his Majefty’s Service, together with feveral of the 
Widows and Relations, and other their Friends; with 
many other Perfons who are their Creditors, in behalf of 
themfelves, and fome Hundreds more, Inhabitants of the 
feveral Parifhes where Seamen refide, in the Out-parts of 
the City of London; was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners have Wages due 
for their Service, and the Service of their Hufbands, and 
other Relations, on the Lift of Arrears of his Majefty’s 
Ships of War; and divers of the Petitioners have fup- 
plied the faid Seamen, and their Wives and Widows, 
with Money to buy Ps wee Bread: That, by the Non- 
payment of the faid Lift of Arrears, the greateft Part of 
the faid Money hath been Eight, Nine, and Ten Years 
unpaid; fo that the Petitioners are not only rendered unca- 
pable of paying their juft Debts, but are in continual Fear 
of being arrefted : And praying to be relieved. 

Crdered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, and principal 
Inhabitants, of the Borough of Plymouth, in the County 
of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That within the faid Borough, and the Places 
adjacent, there are divers Perfons who are intitled to the 
Pay and Wages of feveral Seamen: That the faid Perfons 
did, on the Credit of fuch Pay and Wages, advance 
Money for the Support of the faid Seamen, their Wives 
and Families; without which they muft have been re- 
duced to the greateft Extremity and Want: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Willoughby Hickman prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing, to Order, a Bill for the more effeétual Relief of fuch 
Children as are left by their Parents upon the Charge of 
the Parifh: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft. time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, and other 
Inhabitants, of the Parith of Saint Mary Sington, within 
the weekly Bills of Mortality, in the County of Middlefex, 
on behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the Inhabitants 
of the faid Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the faid Parifh-Church is a very 
ancient Church, having been built above 400 Years: 
That the faid Church hath been, for many Years, very 
ruinous, and in great Decay; and the fame being fhored 
with feveral great Pieces of Timber, to fupport the Walls, 
which are very much {plit, and the Whole become very 
dangerous to the Inhabitants: That the faid Church have- 
ing been viewed by experienced Workmen, they find, 
that the fame is incapable of being repaired, but muft 
of Neceffity be rebuilt: And praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill to impower the Commiffioners 
for building Fifty new Churches to rebuild the faid Church, 
inftead of One of the faid Fifty new Churches. 

Ordered, Phat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Rector, Churchwardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of 
the Parith of St. Botolph’s without Bifbop/gate, London, is 
referred: And that they do examine the Matter thereof; 


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and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the 
Houfe. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe; to whom the Bill for 
continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, 
for the Service of the Year 1719, was committed, the 
Amendments which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill and Amendments in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Amendments were onte read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; as 
far as Claufe E: 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Claufe E being read a Second time, That all Callicoes, 
Linens, and Stuffs, in the Cuftody of any Printers, Stain- 
ers, Painters, or Dyers, of fuch Goods, fhould be liable 
to the Arrears of the Duties owing by fuch Printers, 
Stainers, Painters, or Dyers; 

And the Quettion being put, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Amendment ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Motning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 8° die Decembris ; 
f:nno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Farrer reported from the Committee, who were 
N appointed to inquire what Laws are expired, or 
near expiring; and to report which of them are fit to be 
revived, or continued; That they had confidered the 
Matters to them referred; and had come to feveral Refo- 
Jutions; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered them in at the Clerk’s Table: Where they were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Aét, made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of 
her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An A&amp; to regu- 
date the Price and Affize of Bread; which was to continue 
jor Three Years, and from thence to the End of the 
next Seffion of Parliament; which Act was further conti- 
nued by an Act made in the Firft Year of the Reign of 
his prefent Majefty King Gecrge, and will expire at the 
End of this Seffion of Parliament; is fit to be continued. 

Refolved, Tiiat it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Act, made in the 1 welfth Year of the Reign 
of the late Queen Anne, intituled, An A&amp;t for éncourage- 
ing the Tobacco-Trade; which was to continue for the 
Term of Five Years, from and after the Firft Day of 
June 1714, and from,thénce to the End of the next 
Seffion of Parliament; is fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Act, made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign 
of Queen Anne, intituledy An Aét for the better Encou- 
tagement of the making of Sail-cloth in Great Britain; 
which was to continue for Seven Years, from and after the 
Twenty-firft of Fuly 1713, and from thence to the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament ; is fit to be continued. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, purfuant 
to the faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Mo- 


rice, and Mr. Hexham, do prepare, and bring in, the faid 
Bill, or Bills. 


A Bill forthe more effectual Relief of fuch Children as 


are left by their Parents upon the Charge of the Parith, 
was read a Second time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committéd to Sir Willoughby 
Hickman, Mr. Winflanley, Mr. Northey, Mr. Whitmore, 
Sir Tho. Cave, Mr. Lade, Mr. Carterett, Sir To. Croffe, 
Mr. Rowney, Sir Robert Fenkinjon, Mt. Harrifon, Sir 
Orl. Bridgman, Sit Richard Faringtcn, Lord Fermanagh, 
Sir Tho. Wheate; General Rofe, Sic Tho. Lee, Mr. Sanays, 
Colonel Grabme, Sir Robert Davers, Mr, inge, Mr. Bertie, 
Sir John Rufbout, Sir Win. Monjon, Mr. Grantham, Mr. 
Windfor: Arid they are to meet this Afternoon at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Thomas Wheate reported; from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
and others; living on the North Side of the City of Oxon, 
in the County of Oxon, was referred, the Matters as it 
appeared to them; which he read in his Place; and after- 
watds delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as follows; wiz. 

That, the Committee to whom the faid Petition was 
referted, having taken the Matter of the faid Petition into 
their Confideration, it appeared to the Committee, Fhat 
the Road ftom Wheatley-Bridge, leading through the City 
of Oxon, to New Woodficck; in the faid County, is a 
Branch of the Road leading from the City of London to 
the City of Worcefter, and is frequently ufed as fuch: 

That the greateft Part of the faid Road is, by reafon 
of the many heavy Carriages which daily pats thac Way, 
become fo ruinous and founderous, that Travellers cannot 
pafs with Safety : 

That notwithftanding much more than the Sratute- 
work hath been performed, and more than Six Pence in 
the Pound conftantly contributed, and duly applied; yee 
that Part of the faid Road cannot be amended, and kept 
in good Repair, but by Affiftance of Parliament. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing the Roads from the Top of 
Stoken-Church-Hill to Enflow-Bridge, in the County of 
Oxon, is committed, That they do provide, by the faid 
Bill; for repairing the Road from Wheatley. Bridge, lead- 
ing through the City of Oxon, to New Woodftock, in the 
faid County. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid, 
by a Land-Tax, to be raiied in Great Britain, for the 
Service of the Year 1719, was read the Third time. 

The Améndments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 23. Line 40. After *¢ with,” add ‘* the :” 

Prefs 34. Line 24. After ** be,” add ‘* forthwith :” 

Prefs 34. Line 12. Before ‘* and,” add “ Cities :” 

Prefs 39. Line 11. After ‘* Place,” add *‘ or any 


“© Office or Place :” 


Line 14. Before ‘* That,” add ‘* afore- 
“* faid :” 
Prefs 57. Line ro. After ‘* Profits,” add ‘* of the:” 
Line 34. Afier ‘ that,” add * in:” 
Prefs 65. Line 5. After ** Tax,” add ‘ to be raifed :” 
Line 24. After ** Commiffioner,” add ** and 
“¢ whéreof he fhall be an Inhabitant at the time of the 
«© Execution of this At; nor from acting as a Commil- 
** fioner :” 
Prefs 67. Line 7. After ‘* to,” add “ the Refiden- 
‘* tiaries of :” 
Prefs 70, Line 32. After ‘* by,” add ‘* the:” 
Prefs go. Line 30. After ** Tax,” add “to be 
¢ raifed :” 
Prefs 95. Line 18. After ‘* by,” add ‘* any :” 
Line 20. Atter ** Debt,” add ** or on the 
*¢ Cafe, to pay the Value of the Debt:” 
And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. | 
Refolved, That the Bilt do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting an Aid to his Majelty, by a 
Land-Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Year 
1719. 
"Ordwed, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and defire their Concurrence. 
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The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, wpon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the-Supply granted to his 
Majeity. 


Ordered, That Sir Hen. Afbburft, Sir Richard Fowler, 
Sir Will. Lowther, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Smithfon, be 
added to the Committee, who are appointed to confider 
of proper Methods for preventing the Inconveniencies of 
the Members in their coming to and from the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Heron, Mr: 
Charles Bertie, Mr. Levinz, Lord Downe, Sir Fobn Tyr- 
whit, Mr. Curzon, Mr. Hill, Mr. Jeffop, Mr. Eden, Sir 
Arth, Kay, Mr. Tho. Conyers, be added to the Commit- 
tce, to whom the Bill for the more effectual Relief of fuch 
Children as are left by their Parents upon the Charge of 
the Pariflh...ccove 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 9° die Decembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 

PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Company of Butchers in the City of 
Worcefter, in the behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands of Families within the Kingdom of England, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the great Duty upon Leather, and the Export of 
Englifh Bark to Ireland, has fo. much funk the Prices of 
Hides, and Skins in the Hair, that the Petitioners cannot 
follow their faid Employments: That, there being no 
Duty paid in Jreland for any Hides or Skins tanned there, 
the Merchants, or other Dealers in Leather, ferve foreign 
Markets much cheaper than can be fent from England ; 
and will, in a fhort time, quite ruin the Leather-Trade in 
England: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter of Fact; and report the fame, as it appears to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Sandys, Mr. Carterett, Sir 
Hen. Afbburft, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Lord Shelburn, Mr. 
Archer, Mr. Inge, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. 
Comptroller, Sir Mountague Blundell, Mr. Walpole, Lord 
Finch, Mr. Smith, Mr. Reynell, Sir Wm. Pole, Sir Hun- 
gerford Hofkyns, Mr. Lade, Mr. Farrer,... Afoe, Mr. 
Guidott, Colonel Moreton, Mr. Rudge, Mr. Weftphaling, 
Sir Tho. Lee, Lord Wm. Powlett, Colonel Codrington, 
Mr. Heath, Mr. Freman, Mr. Yordan, Mr. Levinz, Sir 
Tho. Crofe, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Morice, Sir Robert Davers, 
Mr. Booth, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Papillon, Mr. 
Smithfon, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Knight, Colonel Bladen, Sir 
Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Bred 
rick, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Conyers, Sir John Rufbout, 
Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. Lewis; and all the Members that 
ferve for the Counties of Worcefer, Gloucefter, Hereford, 
Chefter, Lancafler, and Surry: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


Ordered, That fuch Petitions as have been prefented to 
this Houfe, relating to the Exportation of Bark, and 
which were ordered to lie upon the Table, be referred to 
the Confideration of the faid Committee. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in his Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol at Winton, for the County of Southampton, 


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4.1718. 


was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Tha® 
they have lain confined, fome Five Years, othets lefss 
and are ftill kept confined, by their unmerciful Creditors, 
till they have ruined themfelves and Families, and tired 
their Friends, to keep them from ftarving: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Heyfbam prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for continuing the A, made in the Twelfth 
Year of the Reign of the late Queen 4une, intituled, An 
Act for encouraging the Tobacco-Trade; which was to 
continue for the Term of Five Years, from and after 
the Firft Day of Sune 1714, and from thence to the End 
of the then next Seffion of Parliament: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Privileges and Elections, touching the Election for the 
City of Litchfeild, be received To-morrow Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, 
Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 
171g, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; wiz. 

Prefs laft, Line 12. After ** That,” to infert “** from 
*¢ and after the 10th Day of January 1718 :” 

Line laft but Three, After ‘* of,” to infert 
cc ‘by 99 


And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aét for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1719; and for 
enlarging the Time for entering at the Exchequer fuch 
Affignments of reverfionary Annuities as are therein 
mentioned; and for better fecuring the Duties on Hides 
and Skins, Vellom and Parchment. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 10° die Decembris; 


Ann@ 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the poor Prifoners for Debt, in the County 

of Wi'ts, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thou- 

fands more, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 

ting forth, That they are in a diftreffed and deplorable 

Condition, and in the greateft Danger of perifhing through 

Want, having, for feveral Years, been confined, and 

having no other Profpect but of being carried dead out 
of the Prifon: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors now in the 
Sheriff's Ward of the County of Devon was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they are, 
and fome of them have been for many Years, in a moft 
miferable and deplorable Condition, there being nothing 
allowed to any one Prifoner of that Ward; and that they 
muft inevitably perifh, unlefs fome Expedient be found 
out for their Difcharge, many of them being willing of 
accepting Banifhment, or Death, if it were to be granted, 
rather than perpetual Imprifonment: And praying to be 
relieved. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of 
Southgate in the City of Exon, was prefented to the Houfe 
; and 








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andread ; fetting forth, ThatthePetitionersEndeavours with 
their Creditors have proved altogether ineffectual, though 
they have made repeated Offers of delivering up their All 
to them, in cafe they might thereby gain their Enlarge- 
ment from their miferable Confinement; and, if any longer 
confined, they muft inevitably perifh: And praying, 
That a Bill may be brought tn for their Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opi- 
nion thereupon, to the Houle : 

And it is referred to Mr. Comptroller; Mr. Lowther, 
Mr. Drewe, Mr. London, Sir William Pole, Mr. Morice, 
Mr. Carter, Mr. Hungerford, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Rey- 
nell, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Inges Sit Ifaac Rebow, Mr. 
Lade, Mr. Briftow, Mr. Whitchcoit, Mr. Treby, Sir 
Gilbert Heathcott, Mr. Heathcott, Sir Fames Campbell, 
Mr. White, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Farrer, Sir Wm. Lowther, 
Mr. Hill, Mr. Heyfoam, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Rudge, 
Mr. Longueville, Mr. Herne, Sir Gregory Page, Mr. Haley, 
Mr. Norris, Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Wallop, Mr. Bayle; 
Mr. Ducane, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. 
Yonge, Mr. Walpele, Mr. Gwynn, Mr. Serjeant Rey- 
nolds, Sir Iho. Crofe, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Geo. Cafwall, 
Mr. Bacon, Sir Cha. Cooke, Mr. Difton, Mr. Hucks, Co- 
lonel Morton, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Hampden: And alk 
that come are to have Voices: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That the feveral Petitions fom infolvent Debt- 
ors, which have been prefented to the Houfe, and ordered 
to lie upon the Table, be referred to the Confideration of 
the faid Committee. 


- A Bill for enlarging the Time granted by an Adt, of 
the Ninth and Tenth Years of King William, for cleanf- 
ing, and making navigable, the Chanel from the Hythe 
at Colchefter to Wivenhoe; and for making the faid Axt 
more effectual; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Z/aac Re- 
bow, Mr. Ducane, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Mafon, Mr. 
Lowndes, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. London, Sir Nathanael 
Mead, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Herne, Mr. Hungerford, 
‘Mr Carter, Mr. White, Mr. Meyrick, Sir Edward Ern- 
ley, Mr. Lade, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Inge, Lord Fermanagh, 
Mr. Lowther, Mr. Yonge, Sir Richard Farington, Mr. 
Tufnell, Mr. Fennings, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Stanhope, Sir 
Wilfred Lawfon, Colonel Morton, Mr. Heath, Sir Phil. 
Parker, Mr. Heyfbam, Mr. Ireby, Mr. Carterett, Mr. 
Drewe, Sit Tho.-Croffe, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Norris, Mr. 
Hailfey, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Snell, Sit Win. Fobnfton, Mr. 
Lawson, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Reynell, Sir Richard Fowler, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Travers, Mr. Difton, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Yordan, Sir Wm. Lowther , and all that ferve for the 
Counties of Effex, Suffolk, and Kent: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of Fofbuae Churchill Efquire was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That at the laft 
Ele€tion of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Corfe-Caftle, in the County of Dorfet, 
in the reom of William Okeden, Eiquire, deceafed, the 
Petitioner, and Yobn Bankes Efquire, ftood Candidates ; 
That Fobn Benfeild Mayor of the faid Borough, efpoufing 
the Intereft of the faid Mr. Bankes, admitted of unquali- 
fied Votes to poll for him; and feveral other indireéct 
Praétices were made ufe of in favour of the faid Mr. 
Bankes; notwithftanding which illegal Proceedings, the 
Petitioner had a Majority of legal Votes: That the faid 
Mayor has neverthelefs, in farther Injury and Wrong to 
the Petitioner, and his Electors, made an illegal fpecial 
Return of the faid ‘obn Bankes and the Petitioner, al- 
though the Petitioner had a great Majority of Votes, even 
by the Mayor’s Poll, after the Scrutiny : And praying to 
be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of Privileges and Elections: 





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And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and re- 


port the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Houte. | 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common-Council, 
Burgeffes, and others the Freemen of the ancient City 
of Kochefter, in the County of Kew?. together with feveral 
other Perfons who are the Inhabitants of the Towns of 
Chatham and Stroud, in the aforefaid County, in behalf 
of themfelves, and fome Hundreds more, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners having given Credit to his Majefty’s Seamen, and 
their poor Families, upon account of Wages due to them 
on Lift-Tickets, and Recalls, for their Service performed 
in the Royal Navy, by fupplying them with Goods, and 
Money to buy them bread tor themfelves, and their poor 
Children; which otherwife muft have famithed, it thev had 
not; by the Petitioners, been fo relieved and fupported : 
That the Petitioners, having been great Sufferers by the 
Non-payment of the faid Lift-Tickets and Recalls; a 
gteat Part of which hath been Six, Seven, and Eight, 
and fome Part thereof Nine, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve, 
Years due; are in a great Degree rendered uncapa- 
ble of maintaining the Poor of their feveral Parishes: 
And praying, That the faid Recalls and Lift-Tickets 
may be paid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hampden; accotding to Order, reported, from 
the Committee of Privileges and Elections, the Matter, 
as it appeared to them, touching the EleCtion for the 
City of Litchfeild, and the Refolutions of the Committee 
thereupon; which he read in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Report 
and Refolutions were read; and are as follow; viz. 


That the Committee proceeded to examine the Merits 
of this Election. 


‘That the Right of EleGtion was agreed to be in the 
Bailiffs; Magiftrates, and Freeholders, of Forty Shillings 
per Annum; and all that hold by Burgage-Tenure; and 
in_ fuch Freemen only as are inrolled, paying Scot and 
Lot: With this Difference; the Petitioner’s Counfel in- 
fifted, It was necefflary the Freemen fhould pay Scot and 
Lot at Litchfeild, which was denied by the Sitting Mem- 
ber’s Counfel: Who infifted, That the paying Scot and 
Lot where the Freemen lived, though not at Litchfeild, 
was fufficient. _ 

The laft Determination of the Houfe, upon the Tenth 
of May 1701, was produced ; when it was refolved, That 
the Bailiff, Magiftrates, Freeholders of Forty Shillings 
per Annum, and all that hold by Burgage-Tenure; and 
fuch Freemen only of the faid City as are inrolled, and 
pay Scot and Lot; have a Right of voting. 

That the Committee came to this Refolution ; 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Right of Election of Citizens to ferve in Parlia- 
ment for the City of Litchfeild is in the Bailiffs, Magi- 
ftrates, Freeholders of Forty Shillings per Annum, and 
all that hold by Burgage-Tenure; and in fuch Freemen 
only of the faid City as are inrolled, paying Scot and 
Lot there. 

That the Poll was, 

For the Petitioner, 255. 
For the Sitting- Member, 254. 

Fhat, the Petitioner’s Number having been leffened on 
a Scrutiny, the Petitioner’s Counfel produced Witnefles, 
who difqualified feveral of the Sitting Member’s Voters. 

But the Sitting-Member interrupted their proceeding, 
by waving his Election; declaring, that he would give 
the Committee no farther trouble therein. 

Whereupon the Counfel on both Sides withdrew. 

And the Committee came to the following Refolutions; 
 Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That William Sneyd Efquire is not duly elected a Citizen 
to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the City of Litch- 
feild. 


Refolved, 











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— Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Walter Chetwynd Efquire is duly elected a Citizen 
to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the City of Litch- 


feild. 


The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Hovfe To-morrow Morning, to amend the Return for 
the City of Litchfeild, by rafing out the Name of Wil- 
liam Sneyd Efquire, and inferting the Name of Walter 
Chetwynd Efquire, inftead thereof. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
better fecuring the lawful Trade of bis Majefty’s Subjects 
to and from the Eaft-Jndies; and for the more effectual 
preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trading thither under 
toreign Commiffions: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Lowndes, Sir Edward Northey, and Mr. 
Hungerford, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufty pleafed to give Di- 
reCtions, That al} Memorials and Reprefentations from 
the Ea/t-India Company, relating to Ships trading to the 
Eaft-Indies under toreign Commiffions, with the An{fwers 
thereunto, and Proceedings thereupon, be laid before this 
Houle. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fach Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy-Council. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Comfnittee of the whole 
Hioufe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. : 





Fovis, 11° die Decembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 4718. 


PRAYERS. 

HE Lord Shelburn reported from the Committee, 

to whom the Petition of the Juftices of Peace, 
Gentlemen, and other Freeholders and Inhabitants, living 
in and near the Road leading from Becconsfeild, in the 
County of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the County of Oxon, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as follows; viz. 

That, the Committee to whom the faid Petition was 
referred, having examined the Matter thereof, it appeared 
to the faid Committee, upon the Examination. of 

Daniel Peirce, George Yates, and Fofeph Gray, Sur- 
veyors of the Highways of the Three feveral Parifhes 
through which the iaid Roads do lead, That the fame are 
now become fo very fuinous, and out of Repair, that, in 
the Winter-feafon, they are very dangerous to Travellers: 

That although the Parifhioners have duly done their 
Statute-work, and contributed and paid Six Pence in the 
Pound, which has been applied in repairing the faid Road; 
yet the fame is very much out of Repair. 

That, upon the Examination of the whole Matter, it 
appeared to. the Conumittee, that the Road from Beccon/- 
feild, in the County of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the 
County of Oxford, cannot be amended, and fo kept, with- 
out fome other Affiftance. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Road leading from Bectonsfeild in the 
County. of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the County of 


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Oxon: And that the Lord Shelborne and Sir Thomas Lee 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


4.1718. 


Sir Thomas Wheate reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing the Roads ftom the Top of 
Stoken-Church-Hill to Enflow- Bridge; in the County of 
Oxon, was committed, That they had made feveral Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had dire¢ted him to report 
to the Houfe; and le read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill and Amendments in at the 
Clerk’s Table; where the Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houfe: 

And fome other Amendments were made by the Houfe 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. | 


The Clerk of the Crawn attended; and, according to 
Order, amended the Return for the City of Litchfeild, 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yefterday had been prefented to his Majefty; 
and that his Majefty hath been pleafed to give Directions, 
That all Memorials and Reprefentations from the Ea/- 
India Company, relating to Ships trading to the Eaf- 
Indies under foreign Commiffions, with the Anfwers there- 
unto, and Proceedings thereupon, fhall be laid before the 
Houfe, as foon as poffible the fame can be done. 


fr Petition of many poor prifoners for Debt in the 
Caftle of Lancafter, being his Majefty’s Gaol for the 
County-Palatine of Lancajfer, as well on behalf of them- 
felves, as of many Thoufands under the fame Misfortune 
within this Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, or the greateft 
Part of them, have, at feveral times, made various Pro~ 
pofals to their Creditors; and, in fome of them, even out- 
bid almoft the Probability of Performance ; and therefore 
mutt inevitably perifh, if not {peedily relieved: And prays 
ing to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


_&amp; Petition of Fobn Bankes Efquire was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That at the laft Elec- 
tion of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Corfe-Cafle, in the County of Dorfet, ix 
the room of William Okeden Efquire, deceafed, the Pe- 
titioner and Fofoua Churchill ftood Candidates: Thar 
obn Benfeild, Mayor, admitted a great Number of 
Votes to poll for the faid Mr. Churchill which had- no 
Right to vote; that a confiderable Number of fplit Voices 
were admitted to poll for the faid Mr. Churchill, in mani- 
feft Violation of the Laws; to the great Prejudice of your 
Petitioner: That, notwithftanding thefe, and other ille- 
gal Practices,. the Petitioner had a.confiderable Majority 
on the Poll, of legal, undifputed Voices; yet the Mayor 
made a fpecial Return of the faid Fofbua Churchill; in 
Prejudice tothe Petitioner: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eleétions: 
And that they doexamine the Matter thereof; and report. 
the fame,. with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do hear the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion at the fame time that the Matter of the Petition of 
Fofbua Churchill Efquire, touching. the faid Eleétion, is 
appointed to be heard. 


Sir Willougkby Hickman reported from-the Committee,. 
to whom the Bill for the more effectual Relief of fach 
Children as are left by their Parents upon the Charge of 
the Parifh, was committed, That they had made fome 
Amendments'to the Bill; which they had direéted him 
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to report to the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Places 
and afterwards delivered the Bill and Amendments in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once read 
throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment to One of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


‘Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to prepare, 
and bring in, a Bill for afcertaining the Tythe of Hops: 

And it is referred to Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Serjeant 
Birch, Mr. Gybbon, Sir Robert Furnefe, Sir Samuel Len- 
nard, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Sandys, Sir Tho. Hales, Sir 
Wiilo. Hickman, Mr. Freman, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Lewis, 
Mr. Naylor, Mr. Pelham, Sir Fobu Rufbout, Mr. Drewe, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Phillpott, Sir Tho. 
Wheate, Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Norris, Mr. Lowther, Mr. 
Hampden, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Levinz, Mr. Stanbope, Co- 
lone) Fane, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Gwyn, 
Mr. Archer, Mr. Winajor, Mr. Hungerford Hofkyns, Mr. 
Heyfbam, Mr. Mafon, Sir Richard Farington, General 
Wroth, Mr. Inge, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Rowney, Sit Wm. 
St. Quintin, Mr. Hungerford, and all that ferve for the 
Counties of Suffex, Surry, Kent, Southampton, Hereford, 
Worcefter, Effex, Gloucefter, and Monmouth: And all 
that ccme are to have Voices: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon at Five.a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Lowther reported, from the Committee, who were 
appointed to confider of proper Methods for removing 
the Difficulty the Members have to come to, and go from, 
this Houfe, by reafon of the frequent Stops in the nar- 
row paflages leading to this Houfe, the Matter, as it ap- 
peared to them; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That, the Committee having taken into Confideration 
the Matters to them referred; and having examined Mr. 
Campbell, and fome other Officers of his Majefty’s Works; 
who, purfuant to their Direétion, have taken a Survey of 
the Two Gates between Whiteball and Wefiminfter , it ap- 
peared to the Committee, That the Gate next to the 
Banqueting-Houfe may be made near Two Feet and a 
Half wider than now it is; which will be fufficient for 
Coaches to pafs with Eafe ; the Expence whereof will be 
very inconfiderable : 

That as to the other Gate-way, next to King-frreet, the 
Paffage under it may be enlarged very confiderably, with- 
out any manner of Obftruction, or without prejudicing 
the Lodgings over the Gate-way ; the Expence whereof 
wil] not amount to above 150 /. 

It appeared to the Committee, That the whole Charge 
of widening the Two Gate-ways will not exceed Two 
hundred Pounds; and no Prejudice to the prefent Pro- 
prietors. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
his Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
fuch Directions, That the Gates in the Paffage between 
Whitehall and King-ftreet, Weftminfler, may either be 
taken down, or made wider, as his Majefty, in his great 
Wifdom, fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this: Houte as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy-Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Vou. XIX, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Veneris, 12° die Decembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS, 


A Bill for continuing the Aé&amp;, made in the Twelfth 
Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, inti- 
tuled, An Act for encouraging the Tobacco-Trade; which 
was to continue for the Term of Five Years from and 
after the Firft Day of Fune 1714, and from thence to the 
End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; was read a 
Second time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for continuing the Act, made in the Eighth 
Year of the late Queen Anne, to regulate the Price and 
Affize of Bread; and alfo for continuing the Aé&amp;t, made 
in the Twelfth Year of the faid late Queen, for the better 
Encouragement of the making of Sail-cloth in Great 
Britain: And the fame was received. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read To-morrow Morning. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to impower the Commiffioners appointed to put 
in Execution the Aéts, of the Ninth and Tenth Years of 
her late Majefty’s Reign, for building Fifty new Churches 
in and about the Cities of Lomion and Weftminfter, and 
Suburbs thereof, to direct the Parifh-Church of Saint 
Martin in the Fields, in the County of Middiefex, to be 
rebuilt, inftead of One of the faid Fifty new Churches; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefiay Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. , 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted co his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Account of feveral Surpluffes, ftated 
at Michaelmas 1718, and referved for Difpofition by Par- 
liament, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Matter to them referred ; 
and had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, this Day, at Half an 
Hour after Two of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Meller and -Mr. 
Orlebar : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a Land-Tax, to 
be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen, without any 
Amendment. As alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven 
hundred and. Nineteen; and for enlarging the Time fot 
entering at the Exchequer fuch Affignments of Rever- 
fionary Annuities as are therein mentioned ; and for bet- 
ter fecuring the Duties on Hides and Skins, Vellom and 
Parchment ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe,. that their 
Addrefs of Yefterday, souahing the taking acts or 

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widening .the Gates between Whiteball and King-fireet, the Twelfth Year of the faid late Queen, for the better 

W eftminfier, hath been prefented_ to his Majefty ; and that Encouragement of the making Sail-cloth in Great Bri- 

his Majefty was pleafed thereupon to fay, That he will ¢ain; was, according to Order, read the Firtt time. 

give Directions to the proper Officers to view them ; and Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

that the fame fhall be done in the moft convenient man- 

ner, according to the Defire of this Houfe. The Lord Shelborn prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
: ing to Order, a Bill for repairing the Read from Becconf- 

A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- feild, in the County of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the 
fon, Gentleman- Usher of the Black Rod: County of Oxon: And the fame was received ; and read 

Mr. Speaker, the Firft time. 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend Rejolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up An ingroffed Bill for the more effeétual Relief of fuch 
to the Houfe of Peers. Children as are left by their Parents upon the Charge of 

And being returned ; the Parifh, was read the Third time. 

Mr. Speaker reported, That his Majefty had been Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
pleafed to give the Royal Affent to Two publick Bills; be, An A&amp; for the more effeétual Relief of fach Wives 
viz. and Children as are left by their Hufbands and Parents 

An Aé&amp; for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a upon the Charge of the arith. 

Land-Tax, to be raifed in Great-Britain, tor the Service Ordered, That Sir Willoughby Hickman do carry the 
of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen: Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

An A&amp; for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, 

Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thou- A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Mr. Fobn 
fand Seven hundred and Nineteen; and for enlarging the Murgatreid, Mr. Edward Gee, Mr. Henry Facomb, and 
Time for entering at the Exchequer fuch Affignments of Mr. Chriffopher Barnard, have proceeded in the Court of 
revetfionary Annuities as are therein mentioned; and for Chancery againft Sir William Low’her baronet, a Mem- 
better fecuring the Duties on Hides and Skins, Vellom ber of this Houfe, during the Time of Privilege, in 
and Parchment. Breach of the Privilege of this Houle; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 

The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the faid 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider fur- Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with their 
ther of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 
to his Majefty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- An ingroffed Bill for repairing the Roads from the 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. of the Top of Stoken-Church-Hill to Enflow-Bridge, in the 
whole Houfe. County of Oxon, was read the Third time. 

I n llowing were feverall 
And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- ies : a ; A oats saree 
ing, Nine of the Clock. Prefs 3. Line 22. To infert ** William Rollinfon :” 
~- Line 12. To leave out ‘** One, or :” 


; , . Line * To infert ‘* than One;” and to leave 
Sabbati, ng die Decembris 5 out ‘* Gates,” and infert ** Gate;” and to leave out 
«¢ Turnpikes,” and infere ** Turnpike.” 

Prefs 16. Line * To leave out “ containing,” and 
PRAYERS. to infert ‘* continuing :” 
R. Secretary Craggs prefented to the Houfe, pur- Preis laft, Line * To leave out ‘ and :” 
NV -fuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, Copies of And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
all Memorials and Reprefentations from the Eaf-Ind:a feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: 
‘Company, relating to Ships trading to the Ea/f-Indies, And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 
under foreign Commiffions ; with the Anfwers thereunto, — Re/olved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the ‘litle be, 





Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


and Proceedings thereupon ; with a Lift of them : An A&amp; for repairing the Roads from the Top of Stoken- 
And the Titles of them were read, Church-Hill to Enflow-Bridge,; and the Road leading 
Ordered, That the faid Copies do lie upon the Table, trom Wheatly- Bridge through the City of Oxon, by Beg- 
“to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. brocke, to. New Woodjtock, in the County of Oxon, ex- 
The faid Copies are bound up with the other Papers of cept the Mi/e-way on each Side of the faid City; and to 
this Seffion. difable all Commiffioners or Truflees appointed for Re- 


pairing of any Highways or Roads to have any Place 

Mr. Evelyn reported from the Committee, to whom of Profit arifing out of the Toll for repairing fuch High- 
the Bill to enable William Glanvile, alias Evelyn, Efquire, ways or Roads. 
to take upon him the Surname of Glanville, inftead of his Ordered, That Sir Thomas Wheat do carry the Bill to 
Surname of Evelya, purfuant to the Will of William Glan- the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 
ville Efquire, deceafed, was committed, That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame = Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon Tue/day 
to be true; and that they had made fome Amendments the Thirteenth Day of Fanuary next. 
to the Bill ; which they had direéted him to report to Ordered, That fuch Members as fhall not then attend, . 
the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and af- be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
terwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at this Houfe. 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do write circular Letters 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; to the Sheriffs of the feveral Counties of Great Britain, 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed to fummon the Members, in their refpective Counties, to 


unto by the Houle. attend the Service of this Houfe upon Tuefday the Thir- 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- teenth Day of Yanuary next. 
grofied. 


; Mr. Hampden reported, from the Committee of Pri- 

A Bill for continuing the Act, made in the Eighth vileges and Elections, the Matter, as it appeared to them, 
Year of the late Queen Anne, to regulate the Price and touching the Complaint of a Breach of Privilege com- 
Affize of Bread; as alfo for continuing the Act, madein mitted, in arrefting a menial Servant to Gray Fames Grove 
Ev{quire, 











5 Geo. I. 


Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, and the Refolutions 
of the Committee thereupon ; which he read in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Report and Refolutions were read ; 
and are as follow; viz. 

That the Committee have examined the Matter of this 

Complaint. 

It appeared to the Committee, That Fobn Ward, Bai- 
liff, did, on the Ninth Day of OGoder \aft, arreft Fobn 
Not, a menial Servant to Mr. Grove, knowing the faid 
Not to be fuch Servant, and knowing Mr. Grove to be a 
Member of this Houfe; which Arreft was, in an Action 
of Trefpafs, upon a Writ of Capias, fued out by Thomas 
Adney, Attorney for the Plaintiff Thomas Nicholls. 

That the Committee came to the following Refolutions ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Foon Ward, Bailiff, having, on the Ninth Day of 
Offober \ait, arrefted Fobn Not, a menial Servant to Gray 
ames Grove Eiquire, a Member of this Houfe, upon a 
Writ of C:pias, in an Action of Trefpafs, wherein Tdo- 
mas Ni.bolls is Plaintiff, is guilty of a Breach of the Pri- 
vilege of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Ibomas Aditey, who fued out the faid Writ of Capias, 
upon which the faid Fobn Not was arreited, is guilty of a 
Breach of the Privilege of this Houle. 


The faid Refolutions, being feverally read aSecond time, 
were upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the faid Fobn Ward, for his faid Breach 
of Privilege, be taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Thomas Adney, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, be taken into the Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 15° die Decembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Juftice Tracy and 
Mr. Juftice Dormer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
quieting and eftablifhing Corporations: To which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, that the Serjeant at Arms do go with the 
Mace into Wefminfter-hall, and Court of Requefts, and 
Places adjacent, and fummon the Members there to at- 
"tend the Service of the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 
And, being returned ; 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for quieting and eftablifhing Corporations, was read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time To-mor- 
row Morning. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the Caftle 
of Lincoln was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners, by fundry Loffes and 
Difappointments, in way of Trade, and otherwife, are, with 
their Families, reduced to extreme Poverty and Want ; 
and are willing to refign their utmoft Subftance, to fatisfy 
. their refpective Creditors, in order to their having their 
Liberties, or they muft inevitably perifh : And praying to 
be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commoiis. 


poor Debtors of his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the A&amp;t, made in the 
Twelfth Year of the Reign of the late Queeh Anne, inti- 
tuled, An Act for encouraging the Tobacco-Trade, which 
was to continue for the Term of Five Years from and 
after the Firft Day of une 1714, and from thence to the 
End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, was read the 
Third time: 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs * Line * To leave out “ any thing herein con- 
‘© tained :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for continuing an Aét, made in the Twelfth 
Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Aue, in- 
tituled, An Act tor encouraging the Tobacco- Trade. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bladen do carry the Bill tq the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable William Glanville, alias Eve- 
lyn, Efquire, to take upon him the Surname of Glanville, 
inftead of his Surname of Evelyn, purfuant to the Will 
of William Glanville Efquire, deceafed, was read the 
Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs laft, Line * To leave out “ other.” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was amendéd at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac to enable William Glanville, alias Evelyn, 
Efquire, to take upon him the Surname of Glanville, in- 
ftead of his Surname of Evelyn, purfuant to the Will of 
William Glanville Efquire, deceafed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Evelyn do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 

Mr. Speaker lett the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
direéted by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty. 

And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn 

ing, Nine of the Clock. 


 Maritis, 











40 
Martis, 16° die Decembris; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Grafiers, Butchers, &amp;c. in and near 
the Fowns of Droitwich and Brom/grove, in the 
County of Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoutfands of Families within the Kingdom of England, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read, fetting forth, 
That the Leather-Trade of this Kingdom, and which is 
one of the principal Manufactures. thereof, is now in a 
very declining Condition, by reafon of the Export of 
Englifo Bark tor Ireland; where they tan vaft Quantities 
of Hides and Skins, amd where no Duty is paid for 
Leather; fo that the Jrif Merchants, and Dealers in 
eather there, ferve all the foreign Markets with that 
Commodity at fo cheap a Rate, that the Englifb, who 
did ty the fame, are forced to return with their Goods 
unfold, or elfe to fell them for much lefs than prime 
Coft; and if the Export of Bark for Ireland be not 
ftopped, the Englifh Hides and Skins muft be taken 
over, and tanned in Jreland: And praying to be relieved. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Company of 
Butchers, in the City of Worcefler, in the behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Families within the King- 
dom of England, is referred. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and Inha- 
bitants, of the Parifh of Saint Dunftan, Stepney, within 
the Bills of Mortality, and County of Middlefex, in be- 
half of themielves and others, was prelented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the faid Parifh- 
Church of St. Dunjtan, Stepn y, 1s become old and very 
ruinous; and the Body of the faid Church is Six Foor 
lower than the Ground whereon it ftands; whereby the 
faid Church is damp and unwholfoume; and, upon any 
great Rains, the Water finks through t'e Walls of the 
faid Church, and comes intothe Body of the fame ; which 
Inconveniencies cannot be remedied by repairing tie faid 
Church, although the Expence of fuch Repairs would 
very near build a new Church in lieu thereof: That the 
faid Parifh is very much inhabited by Seataring Perfons, 
which by Loffes in the late War:, many of their Fami- 
lies are become a Charge to the Parifh, and much in- 
ctealed the Poors Rate; and by the erecting Four new 
Churches within the faid Parifh, which are to have Parifhes 
to belong to them, taken out of the faid Parith ot Stepney, 
by which means great Numbers of the better Sort of In- 
habitants will be feparated from the remaining Part of the 
Parifh, where the old Church will belong to; which ren- 
ders it impoffible for them to maintain their Poor, and 
to repair, and keep up, their old Church : And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to impower 
the Commiffioners appointed to put in Execution the 
Aéts, of the Ninth and Tenth Years of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, for building Fifty new Churches, to direc the 
faid Parifh-Church of Saint Dunftan, Stepney, to be re- 
built; or to allot fuch Sum or Sums of Money as fhall 
be neceffary for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred ‘to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Re€tor, Church- 
wardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of the Parifh of 
Saint Botelph without Bifoopfgate, London, is referred: 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and re- 
port the fame, as it fhall appearto them, to the Houfe. 


Mr. Serjeant Birch prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for afcertaining the Tythes of Hops: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


‘Ordered, That the Commiffioners of Excife do lay 
before this Houfe an Account of what Number of Acres 
of Hop-Grounds have been in this Kingdom for Three 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Years laft paft; and what Quantities of Hops have been 
produced in each refpective County. 


A. 1718. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual Prefervation of the Game: And that 
Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Hungerford, and Sir William 
Pole, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were.to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply grant- 


ed to his Majefty, the Refolutions which they had di-. 


rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame 


in his Place; and afterwards delivered them in at the 


Clerk’s Table : 
low ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of One hundred Ninety-fix thoufand Four 
hundred Forty-four Pounds Eighteen Shillings Three 
Pence Halfpeny, which remained in the Exchequer at 
Michaelmas 1718, for the Overplus of the Fund com- 
monly called the Aggregate Fund, referved for Difpofi- 
tion of Parliament by an Act paffed in the Third Year 
of his Majefty’s Reign, being over and above the Excefs 
of the Civil-Lift Funds for Three Years ended at the 
fame Feaft Day, be applied towards raifing the Monies 
for redeeming the Annuity of Seventy- fix thoufand Eight 
hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings. payable to the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for cir- 
culating and exchanging Exchequer-Bills. 

Refolved, Tisat it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Overplus-Monies of the Civil-Lift Funds, for 
Three Years ended at Michaelmas 1718, which Over- 
plus was referved for Difpofition of Parliament by an 
A&amp; pafied in the Third Year of his Majefty’s Reign, be 
applied towards raifing the Monies for redeeming the An- 
puity of Seventy-fix thoufand Eight hundred Thirty 
Pounds Fifteen Shillings, payable to the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, for circulating and 
exchanging Exchequer-Bills. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Nineteen thoufand Five hundred Se- 
venty-feven Pounds Ten Shillings, which remained in the 
Exchequer at Michaelmas 1718, tor the Surplus or Over- 
plus of the Fund commonly called the Fund of the 
South-Sea Company, referved for Difpofition of Parlia- 
ment by an Act paffed in the Third Year of his Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, be applied towards raifing the Monies for 
redeeming the Annuity of Seventy-fix thoufand Eight 
hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings payable to the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for cir- 
culating and exchanging Exchequer-Bills. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of One hundred Ninety thoufand Four hun- 
dred Thirty-fix Pounds Fifteen Shillings Eleven Pence 
Nine-twentieth Parts of a Peny, being the Excefs or Sur- 
plus for the Year ended at Michaelmas 1718, upon the 
yearly Fund of Seven hundred Twenty-four thoufand 
Fight hundred Forty-nine Pounds Six Shillings Ten 
Pence One-fifth of a Peny, commonly called the General 
Fund, appropriated by feveral Aéts of the Third and 
Fourth Years of his Majefty’s Reign for Payment of cer- 
tain Annuities, at feveral Rates, and other Ufes, therein 
mentioned; and which, by the fame Acts, is likewife 
referved for Difpofition by Parliament, over and above 
One hundred Thirty thoufand Pounds, to be referved to- 
wards making good the Half-yearly Payment on the An- 
nuities charged on the faid General Fund for the Half- 
year to end‘ at Chrifimas 1718; be applied towards raif- 
ing the Monies for redeeming the Annuity of Seventy- 
fix thoufand Eight hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shil- 
lings, payable to the Governor and Company of the Bank 


Where they were read; and are as fol- 


‘of England, for circulating and exchanging Exchequer- 


Bills. : 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

That all the Excefs or Overplus Monies which within 

and for the Half-year to:end at Lady-day 1719 fhall 
4 arife 


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arife upon the feveral Funds commonly called the Ag- 
gregate Fund, the South-Sea Company’s Fund, and the 
General Fund, every or any of them, which, by an Act 
ot the Third Year of his Majeity’s Reign, are referved 
for Difpofition of Parliament, be applied towards raifing 
the Monies for redeeming the Annuity of Seventy-fix 
thoufand Eight hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings, 
payable to the Governor and Company of the Bank of 
England, for circulating and exchanging Exchequer-Bills. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all the Excefs or Overplus Monies which within 
and forthe Year to end at Lady-day 1720 fhall arife 

the feveral Funds commonly called the Aggregate 
Fund; the South:Sea Company’s Fund, and the General 
Fund, every or any of them, which, by an Act of the 
Third Year of his Majefty’s Reign, are referved for Dif- 
pofition of Parliament, be applied towards raifing the 
Monies for redeeming the Annuity of Seventy-fix thou- 
fand Eight hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings, pay- 
able to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Exg- 
jand, for circulating and exchanging Exchequer-Bills ; 
and that proper Powers be given to raife ready Money, 
by way of Loan, or otherwife, for that Ufe and Purpofe, 
upon Credit of the faid Excefs or Overplus Monies to 
arife within and for the faid Year to end at Liady-day 
1720. 
 Refolued, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That the Sum, not exceeding Five hundred thoufand 
Pounds, granted to his Majefty in this Seffion. of Par- 
liament, towards redeeming the Annuity of Seventy -fix 
thoufand Eight hundred Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings, 
now payable to the Governor and Company of the Bank 
of England, for circulating and exchanging Exchequer- 
Bills, be raifed by way of a Lottery; andthata Sum, not 
exceeding ‘I'wenty thoufand Pounds per Annum, Part of 
the Fund commonly called the Aggregate Fund, now 
applicable to the Payment of the faid Annuity fo to be 
redeemed, and the Intereft of the faid Exchequer-Bills, 
be made a Fund or Security for Satisfattion of the Con- 
tributors in the faid Lottery, and the incident Charges 
thereunto belonging. 

Refelved, That is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all the Monies which fhall be raifed by any A&amp; or 
Aéts of this Seffion of Parliament, for redeeming the An- 
nuity of Seventy-fix thoufand Eight hundred Thirty 
Pounds Fifteen Shillings, now payable to the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England; for circulating 
and exchanging Exchequer-Bills, be applied, fo far as it 
will extend, towards paying off thé Principal and Intereft 

-borne upon the faid Bills, and for cancelling the Bills 
whereof the Principal and Intereft fhall be fo paid off. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo many of the Exchequer-Bills as fhall remain un- 
difcharged, and uncancelled, by or with the Money that 
fhall be raifed by any At or Aéts of this Seffion of 
Parliament, for that Purpofe, fhall be circulated and ex- 
changed by fuch Perfons as his Majefty, or the Com- 
miffioners of the Treafury, or High Treafurer for the 
Time being, fhall conititute and appoint ; and that fufi- 

-eient Provifion be made for exchanging the Bills which 
fhall fo reniain uncanecelled, for Money, from time to 
time, upon Demand of any the Bearers thereof. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feveraily put thereupon, 

agreed unto by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the faid Re- 
folutions: Andthat Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, the Mafter of the Rolls, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Duchy, Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Clayton, Mr. 
Lowndes, and Mr.’ Stanhope, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


The Orders of the Day. being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houte, upon the Bill to impower the Commiffioners ap- 
pointed to put im Execution the Acts, of the Ninth and 

Vou. XLX. 





41 
Tenth Years of. her. late Majefty’s. Reign, for. building 
Fifty new Churches in and about theCities of London 
and Wefiminfter, and Suburbs thereof, to direét the Pa- 
rifh Church of Saint Martin in the Fields; in the County 
of Middlefex, to be rebuilt, inftead of One of the faid Fifty 
new Churches. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for quieting and eftablifhing Corporations, was read a Se- 
cond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houte. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, réfolve itfelf into a Conimittee of the whole 
Houle upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercuri, 17° die Decembris ; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 

PRAYERS. 

: Petition of the poor Prifoners in his Majefty’s Gaol 
A at Richmond, in the County of York, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petition- 
ers, together with feveral’ others of his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects, infolvent Debtors, and now in Cuftody in his Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol at Richmond aforefaid, being in ftreight Con- 
finement, and in great Poverty, and Diftrefs for want of 
fome Allowance, and thereby almoft famifhed for want 
of Subfiftence: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majeity’s Priton of Southgate, in 
the City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and other 
principal Inhabiiants, of the Parifh of Saint Leonard, 
Shoreditch, in the County of Middlefex, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid 
Parifh-Church is become very ruinous, and the Floor of 
the faid Church is Seven Foot, at leaft, below the Pave- 
ment in the Street; which renders the faid Church not 
only very inconvenient, but unhealthful, and for Iater- 
ment of thé Dead almoft ufelefs; and the Inhabitants 
are utterly incapable of rebuilding the fame at their own 
Charge: And praying, That a Bill may be brought in 
for the rebuilding the faid Parifh-Church, in the room of 
One of the Fifty Churches appointed to be built by A&amp; 
of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Rector, Churchwardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, 
of the Parifh of Saint Botolph without Bifhopfeate, Lon- 
don, is referred: And that they do examine the Matter 
thereof ; and report the fame, as it appears to them, to 
the Houfe. 


A Bill for repairing the Road from Beconsfeild, in the 
County of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the County of 
Oxon, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord She/- 
burn, Colonel. Morton, Lord Wm, Powlett, Mr. Bar- 
rington, Mr. Earle, Sir Fohn Rufbout, Six Tho. Lee, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Bond, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Chetwynde, Mr. 
Treby, Mr. Farrer, Sit Richard Farington, Mr. Inge, 
Mr. Stanhope, Sir Tho. Fohnfton, Mr. London, Mr. Car- 
terett, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sie Tho. Wheate, Mr. Windfor, 
Colonel Cadogan, Mr. White, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Chet- 
wynd, Mr. Morice, Sir Win, Fohnfon, Mr. Walpole, Mr, 
Brodrick, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Colemore, Sir Mountague 
Blundell, Mr. Pierce, Sir Robert Fenkinfon, Sir Nicholas 
Carew, Mr. Carter; and all the Members that ferve for © 
the Counties of Bucks, Oxon, Worcefter, Salop, Warwick, 

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Gloucefter, and Berks :2 And they are to meet this After- 
noon at Five a Clock, ‘wm the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being “acquainted, That, upon the Four- 
teenth Day of March, a Complaint was made, That Ben- 
jamin Wade, of New Grange, Efquire, and others, had 
made a forcible Entry upon the Moors and Waftes of 
Carlton; in the Welt Riding of the County of York; be- 
longing to Robert Hitch, Equire, a Member of this 
Houfe, in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe; and 
that it was referred to the Committee of Privileges and 
Elections to examine the Matter thereof; but thar the 
Houte did not fit long enough to examine the fame. 

Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions do examine the Matter of the faid Complaint ; and 
report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Houfe. 


Mr. Comptroller, by his Majefty’s Commarid, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That all his Majefty’s Endeavours, 
and thofe of the moit Chriftian King, to procure Redrefs 
of the many Injuries done to the Subjects of Great Bri- 
taia by the King of Spain, to the unlpeakable Detri- 
ment of the Trade of thefe Kirigdoms ; of even to obtain 
a Difcontinuance of the unjuft Hoftilities carrying on by 
that Crown ; having proved ineffectual; his Majefty has 
found it neceffary to declare War againit Spa.n. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, to 
return his Majefty our moft unfeigned Thanks for his 
having communicated to this Houle the neceffary Refo- 
lution-of declaring War again{t Spain; and to affure his 
Majefty, That this Houfe will, with the greateft Chear- 
fulnefs, and with the utmoft vigour, aflift and fupport 
his Majefty in the War with the King of Spain, ull Spain 
is reduced to accept of reafonable Terms of Peace, and 
to agree to fuch Conditions of Trade and Commerce as 
this Nation is juftly intitled to by their feveral Treaties ; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } i 178. 

Tellers for the Noes, } ge © St ap { 107. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refelved, That the faid Refolution be laid before his 
Majetty by the whole Houle. : 

Ordered, ‘That fuch Members of this Houle as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy-Council do wait 
upon his Majefty, humbly to,.know his Majefty’s Plea- 
fure, when he will be attended by this Houle, 


Mr. Weftern, 
Sir Charles Hotham: 
Mr. Freman, 


The Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That. this Houle will, upon Fridey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 18° die Decembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 

A; Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he 
NV having, according to Order, waited upon his 
Maijefty, humbly to know when he will be attended by 
this Houfe, his Majefty has been pleafed to appoint this 
Day at One of the Clock, at his Palace of Saint Fames’s. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That George Bifhop, Printer of the Pamphlet 
called ** The Exeter Mercury, or Weekly Intelligence 3” and 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1718. 








Jo: Blife, Printer of the Pamphlet called * The Proteftant 
‘© Mercury, or Exeter Poft-Boy; who were ordered to 
attend this Houfe this Day; do attend this Houle To- 
morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
tefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
quieting arid eftablifhing Corporations. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 19° die Decembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718, 


PRAYERS, 


Petition of the poor infolvent Prifoners for Debt itt 
A his Majefty’s Gaok at Horfoam, for the County of 
Suffex, in the Behalf of themfelves, and many Thoulands 
more in this Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners have lain along 
time in a moft miferable and ftarving Condition; being, 
for the moft Part, deftitute of Friends, or any Means to 
relieve themfelves out of this miferable State ; defiring to 
obtain their Liberty upon no other Terms than giving up 
their All, upon Oath, for fatisfying their Debts; which 
is all that can be obtained, if confined ever fo long: And 
praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Debtors, Prifoners in 
his Majefty’s Gaol of the Caftle of York, in the behalf of 
themfelves, and feveral others in Great Britain, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That, by 
Lofs, and other Misfortunes happening to the Petitioners, 
in their feveral Employments, and otherwife, they are re- 
duced to fuch extreme Poverty, tlt they are thereby 
utterly difabled to fatisfy the juft Debts for which they 
are confined ; their Creditors denying them Time and 
Liberty fo to do: That the greateft Part of the Petition- 
ers live upon the Allowance of the faid Gaol, without 
any other Support; fo that they are in great Danger of 
perifhing for Want, and their Families become burthen- 
fome tothe Parifh: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exoz, is referred, 


A Petition of Thomas Adney, in Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for a Breach of Pri- 
vilege committed againft Gray Fames Grove Efquire, 2 
Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner was committed 
to the Cuftody of the faid Serjeant by a Breach of Privi- 
lege, in fuing out a Writ of Capias in an Aétion of Tref- 
pats, wherein Thomas Nicholls was Plaintiff ; upon which 
John Not, a menial Servant to Gray James Grove Efquire, 
a Member of this Houfe, was arreitted: That the Peti- 
tioner is forry for having fallen under, the Difpleafure of 
this Houfe, and moft humbly begs Pardon for the fame: 
That the Petitioner’s Affairs in the Country fuffer very 
much by his Abfence, and having a Wife and Five Chil- 
dren to provide for: And praying to be releafed from 
his Confinement. 

Ordered, That the faid Thomas Adney be brought to the 
Bar of this Houfe upon Monday Morning next, in order 
to his being difcharged out of Cuftody. 


Crdered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown; to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent 

2 Parlia- 








a GEO: I. 


Parliament for the County of Moatgomery, in the room 
of Edward Vaughan Etquire, deceaied. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker’ do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make outa new Writ-for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Totnes, in the'County of Devon, in the 
room of Sir John Germain Knight and Baronet, deceated. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to veft the Fee and Inheritance of the: capital 
Meffuage called Haliifax-Houje, in Saint Fames’s Square, 
in the Parith of Saint Fames’s, Weftminfter, and the Cattle 
and Manor of Fotheringhey, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, in ‘Truftees, to be fold, together with a Term of 
Five hundred Years, devifed by William late Lord Mar- 
quis of Halifax, to his Executors, in Truft for the, better 
Performance of his Will; was committed, That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had made feveral Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houte; which he read in his Place ; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, and Amendavents, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments being once read through- 
out; and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, except one 
of them, agreed unto by the Houfe : 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


A Petition of Fohn Ward, Bailiff, in Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for a Breach of 
Privilege committed againit Gray Fames Grove Efquire, a 
Member of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houte, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner, purfuant to 
Command, attended on Weduefday lat; and, not being 
called, humbly moves, that he may be called, in order 
to make his Submiffion for a Breach of Privilege againtt 
Gray James Grove Efquire, a Member of Parliament; the 
Petitioner being a very poor Man, and havicg a great 
Family: And praying he may~be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Fein Ward be brought to the 
Bar of this Houfe on Monday Morning next, in order to 
his being dilcharged out ot Cuftody. 


Mr. Lowwudes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of 
his Majefty’s Subjects to and from the Eaft-Jndies , and 
for the more effectual preventing all his Majelty’s Sub- 
jects trading thither under foreign Commiffions: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Monday Morning next. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did, Yefterday, 
attend his Majefty, and laid before him the Refolution 
of Wednefdey iat: And that his Majefty was pleated 
thereupon to give this moft gracious Anfwer ; 


Gent!emen, 


Tis feafonable and loyat Addrefs will, I truft in God, 
contribute effectually to what you defire: I return 
you true Thanks for it. 


George Bifbop, Printer at Exeter, attending, according 
to Order ; 

He was called in to the Bar’: Where he owned the 
Printing of the Pamphlet complained of; and faid, He 
had the Intelligence from News-Letters fent to Coffee- 
houtes at Exeter ; Two of which he produced, and deli- 
vered In to the Houfe : 





Journals of thé Houfe of Coinnions. 


&gt; 


3 


4 

And feveral Paragraphs of them were read. 

And then he withdrew. 

Refolved, That George Bifbop, Printer at Exeter, hav- 
ing printed the Proceedings of this Hovufe, in Contempt 
of their Order, is guilty of a Breach of Privilege of this 
Houfe. 

Ordered; That the faid George Biiop be, for the faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cultody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houle. 

Fo. Blifs, Printer at Exeter, not attending ; 

The Serjeant at Arms, and his. Meflenger, were called 
upon to give an Account of the Service of the Order. of 
the Fourth Initant, upon the faid Fof Blife: Who gave 
an Account, That a Copy of the Order was left at his 
Hoatfe, with his Daughter; and read to her, he being not 
at home; and the faying, She did not know when he 
would be: 

Ordered, That the faid of Blife, having been fum- 
moned to attend this Houte the Eighteenth Inftant upon 
a Complaint made againft him the Fourth Enftant, for 
printing the Proceedings of this Houfe, in Contempt of 
their Order; and he not attending then, nor this Day ; be; 
for his faid Contempt, taken into the Cuftody ot the Ser- 
yeant at Arms acténding this Houfe. * 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to inquire 
who were the Authors or Writers of the Two News- 
Letters delivered in by George Bifbop, Printer at Exeter ; 
and report the fame to the Houfe, 

And it is referred to Mr. Comptroller, Mr. T7eby, 
Mr. Yrevanion, Lord Wim. Pewlett, Mr. Carter, Sir 
Tho. Crofe, Sit Robert Davers, Sir Wilfred Lazojon, 
Mr. Rowney, Sir fchn Coriton, Mr. Vernon; Sir Edward 
Northey, Mr. Diflon, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Baring- 
ton; Mr. Yonge; Sir Tho. Wheate; Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Nor- 
ris, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Finch, Mr. 

White, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Six Fohn 
Tyrwiitt, Sir arthur Kay, Mr. Ward, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Freman, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Northey, Mr. Northmore, Sir 
Geo. Beaumont, Mr. London; Mr. Heathcott, Sir Folin 
Eyles, Mr... Farrer; Mr. Stanhope, Sir Nathanael Mead, 
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Winftanley, Mr. Gwynz, Sir David 
Dalrymple; Colonel Mereton, Mr. Hampden, Sir Ifaac 
Rebow : And they are to meet this Afternoon at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker's Chamber: And have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, That the faid Two Letters be referred to the 
faid Committee. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, of a printed 
Pamphlet, intituled, ‘* The Poftmafter, or, The. Loyal 
“¢ Mercury, Friday, November the 28th, 1718; Exo, 
“© Printed by Audrew Brice, at the Head of the Serge- 
“© Market in Southgate-fireet 3’ wherein the Refolutions 
and Proceedings of this Houfe are falfly reprefented and 
printed; in Contempt of the Order, and in Breach of the 
Privilege, of this Houfe ; 

The fatd Pamphlet was delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: 

And feveral Paragraphs thereof were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Andrew Brice do attend this 


Houfe upon //ednefday the Fourteenth Day of Fanuary 
next, , 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majetty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider farther of the Supply granted to his Majelty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the irigroffed Bill from the Lords, inticuled, An Act for 
quieting and eftablifhing Corporations. 


Ordered, 





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Ordered, That thé Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions be adjourned. 


And thenthe Houft adjourned till To: morrow Mort- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 20° die Decembris ; 
Anho 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. : 

Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors confined in 
A the Town and County Gaol of Suffolk, at Ipfwichs 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That 
if fuch fpeedy Meafures be not taken, as that they may 
be difcharged from their Imprifonment, they muft inevi- 
tably perifh: And praying Relief, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the Prifoners for Debt in the common 
Gaol for the County of Anglefey, kept at Bewmares, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners, now under Confinement for Debt in the 
common Gaol for the County of Anglefey, kept at Bew- 
mares, being very poor, and in a miferable Condition, 
having not wherewith to fatisfy their Creditors, by reafon 
of their Poverty; and, for want of their Liberty, can- 
not fubfiit themielves nor Families: And praying Re- 
hef. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration 6f the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor Prifoners confined for Debt in 
the Town-hall of the City of Worcefter, in behalf of 
themfelves, and others confined for Debt in the feveral 
Gaols in this Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, by many great 
Lofles, and other Misfortunes, joined with their long 
Confinement, and a numerous Family of fmall Children, 
has reduced them to extreme Want, and are become very 
great Objects of Charity: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed infolvent Prifoners 
for Debt in his Majefty’s County and Borough Gaol of 
Leicefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufand 
of poor Prifoners in the feveral refpective County-Gaols 
of this Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners, through Loffes, and 
ether Misfortunes incident to Mankind, hath brought 
them to the faid Gaol, where they are, and have been 
long, Sufferers; and muft undoubtedly perifh for Want, 
unlefs relieved ; they being willing to make their Credi- 
tors the utmoft Satisfaction they are able, by delivering 
up unto them, upon Oath, all their Eftates and Effeds: 
and praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor Infolvents for Debt and Da- 
mages in the Sherift’s Ward, in the County of Cornzall, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners are reduced, by Misfortunes, and the ex- 
ceflive Demands for Coits and Damages, to an Incapa- 
city of paying the fame ; and have lain in Prijon, fome 
of them, Ten, Twenty Years, or more; and muft inevi- 


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tably perifh, and theif Families expofed to the utmoft 
Hardfhips and Severities ; they being willing to try their 
Fortunes in fome of his Majefty’s Plantations, after they 
have furrendered their All to their Creditors, rather than 
perifh under the Oppreffion of one fingle Creditor; and 
thofe that do not charge them there, would accept of 
what they could pay : And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners of Excife attended ; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of the Quantities of Fess produced 
in Three Years laft paft, to the 24th of Fune 1718. 

And then they withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


A Petition of George Bifkop, Printer at Exeter, in Cuf- 
tody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for 
printing the Proceedings of this Houfe, in Contempt of 
their Order, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioner was committed to the 
Cuitody of the.Serjeant at Arms, for a Breach of Privi- 
lege in printing the Proceedings of the Houfe of Com- 
mons: That the Petitioner is very forry for his faid Of- 
fence, and moft humbly begs Pardon for the fame: 
That the Petitioner having a Wite and Family to pro- 
vide for in the Country, his Affairs will fuffer very much 
by his Abfence : And praying, That he may be difcharg- 
ed out of Cuftody. 

Ordered, That the faid George Bifhop be immediately 
brought to the Bar, in order to be difcharged out of 
Cuftody. 

He was accordingly brought to the Bar: Where he, 
upon his Knees, received a Reprimand from Mr. Speak- 
er; and was difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


An ingroffed Bill to veft the Fee and Inheritance of the 
capital Meffuage called Hallifax-Houfe, mn Saint Fames’s 
Square, in the Parith of Saint Fames’s, Weftminfter, and 
the Caftle and Manor of Fotheringhay, in- the County of 
Northampton, in Truftees, to be fold: together with a 
Term of Five hundred Years, devifed by the faid Mar- 
quis of Hallifax to his Executors, in Truft, for the better 
Performance of his Will; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to veft the Fee and Inheritance of the capital 
Meffuage called Hallifax-Houfe, in Saint Fames’s Square, 
in the Parifh of Saint fames’s, Weftminfter, and the Caftle 
and Manor of Fotheringhay, in the County of Northamp- 
toa, in Truftees, to be fold; together with a Term of 
Five hundred Years devifed, by William late Lord Mar- 
quis of Hallifax to his Executors, in Truft, for the better 
Performance of his Will. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Farrer do. carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Lord William Powlett reported, from the Com- 
mittee, to whom it was referred to inquire what Sums of 
Money have been laid out in particular Places where any 
of the Fifty new Churches have been built, or are build- 
ing; and what is agreed for the Sites in fuch Places where 
any of thofe Churches are defigned to be built; and of 
all other Expences relating thereto; the Matter, as it 
appeared to them; which they had direéted him to. re- 
port to the Houfe; which he read in his Place ; and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Thur/day the 15th Day of Fanuary next. 


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The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Rejolved, That this Houle will, upon Friday the 16th 
Day of Fanuary next, reiolve itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to impower the Commul- 
fioners appointed to put in Execution the Acts, of the 
Ninth and Tenth Years of her late Majefty’s Reign, for 
building Fifty new Churches in and about the Cities of 
London and Wefiminfler, and Suburbs thereof, to direct 
the Parifh-Church of Saint Martin in the Fields, in the 
County of Middlefex, to be rebuilt, inftead of One of the 
faid Fifty new Churches, 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the ingrofled 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét for quieting and 
eitablifhing Corporations ; (epee 

Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claule to 
indemnify fuch Officers of Corporations as have omit- 
ted to receive the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, 
according to the Rites of the Church of England, within 
One Year next before their Admiffion into their refpective 
Offices; and to limit the Time of Profecution for fuch 
Cmifion for the future. 

Yhen the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Thomas Haniner took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Thomas Hanmer reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill; and made fome Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had dire¢ted him to report, 
when the Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Moraing next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 22° die Decembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 

(Réered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 

the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Plympton, in the County of Devoz, 
in the room of George Treby Efquire ; who, fince his Elec- 
tion for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of his 
Majeity’s Secretary at War. 


Mr. Tho. Adney, and Fobn Ward Bailiff, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for a 
Breach of Privilege committed againft Gray James Grove 
Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, were, according to 
Order, brought to the Bar: Where they, upon their 
Knees, received Reprimands. from Mr. Speaker; and 
were difcharged out of Cuftody, paying their Fees. 

A Petition of feveral of the Truftees of the Brief for 
rebuilding the Parifh-Charch of Woolwich, in the County 
of Kent, and of the principal Inhabitants of the faid 
Parifh, in behalf of themie!ves, and the reft of the Pa- 
rifhioners, was prefented to. the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That upon the humble Petition of the Parifhioners, 
as alfo by the Certificate under the Hands of the Juftices 
of the Peace for the County of Kent, her late Majefty 
Queen Anne did, by her Letters Patent, dated the 20th 
of Fu'y, in the Tenth Year of her Reign, grant to the 
faid Parifhioners a Brief to enable them to build their 
Parifh-Church, for the Reafons contained in the faid Brief ; 
fuch as, its great Antiquity ; its ftanding near the high 
Road, upon the Top of a fandy Hill, which daily wafteth; 
its being become fo ruinous, that the Foundation of the 
faid Church muft, in a fmall time, flide away: That the 
Charge to rebuild the {aid Church, attefted upon Oath, 

Vou. XIX, 





fe of Commons. AS 


amounts to the Sum of 5,069 /. and the Collections on 
the faid Brief amounts but to 1,141/7. 35. 114. exclufive 
of the Charges; fo that the Collection fell fhort 3,927. 
165. 1d. and the Petitioners are utterly unable to add 
more than they have done to the faid Collection: And 
praying, That the faid Church may be included ia the 
Number of the Fifty Churches; or that the Commiffion- 
ers appointed for building the faid Fifty Churches may 
be imspowered to receive, from the Truftees of the afore- 
faid Brief, the Money collected on the fame; and to be 
enabled with a farther Sum to build a Church convenient 
for the faid Parifh; and that Power may be granted to 
remove the Situation of the faid Church into a fmall 
Piece of plowed Land that joins to the prefent Church- 
yard, paying a valuable Coafideration to the Propriezors 
for the fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Reétor, Churchwardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, 
of the Parith of Saint Botolph without Bifbopfeate, Lon- 
don, is referred: And that they do examine the Matter 

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thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, 
to the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and an- 
cient Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Sint Yames at Clerken- 
well, in the County of Midvlefex, in their own, and in 
the Name of the reft of the Inhabirants of the faid Parith, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the faid Parifh-Church of Saint James, Clerkenwell, 
being within the Limits prefcribed by AC of Parliament, 
and is in a very ruinous Condition, in manifeft Want of 
rebuilding ; the Parifhioners being unable to rebuild it: 
And praying, That the faid Church may be taken and 
efteemed as One of the faid Fifty Churches, to be rebuilt, 
or enlarged, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Reétor, Church- 
wardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of the Parith of 
Saint Botolph without Bifbopfgate, London, is referred: 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and re- 
port the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and In- 
habitants, of the Parith of Saint Luke, Chelfea, in the 
County of Middlefex, in behalf of themfelves, and others, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, 
That Part of the faid Parifh-Church was rebuilt, at the 
Parifh-Charge, about Forty Years ago; fince which time, 
the Inhabitants are become very numerous; that the faid 
Church will not contain One-third of them ; and, by rea- 
fon of the Royal Hofpital, abundance of poor People have 
gained Settlements within the faid Parifh ; that it renders 
the faid Parifh uncapable to rebuild, or enlarge, the other 
Parc of the faid Church: And praying, That the Com- 
miffioners appointed for building Fifty new Churches may 
direct the rebuilding, and enlarging, Part of the faid Parith- 
Church, or to allow them a certain Sum of Money in lieu 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Rector, Churchwardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of 
the Parifh of Saint Botolph without Bibopfeate, London, 
is referred: And that they do examine the Matter there- 


of; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to 
the Houfe. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill for atcertaining the Tythes of Hops, be now 
read a Second time; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Gibbons, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Pelbam : t #. 
Sir Fobn Coriton, 

Tellers for the Noes, ine Nortbmore: { 47- 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
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The faid Bill was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday, the Se- 
venteenth Day of Yanuary next, refolve itfelf intoa Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, upof the faid Bill. 


Sir Thomas Hanmer, according to Order, reported, from 

the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the in- 
grofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for quiet- 
ing and eftablifhing Corporations, was committed, the 
Amendments they had direéted him to report tothe Houfe; 
which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were read; and are as follow; viz. 
Prefs 2. Line 24. After ‘* fhall,” infert ** be :” 
At the End of the Bill, add Claufe A; ‘* And where- 
as by the faid recited Act, made in the Thirteenth Year 
of King Charles the Second, it is Enacted, That no 
Perfon or Perfons fhall be placed, elected, or chofen, 
in or to any the Offices or Places relating to or con- 
cerning the Government of any City, Corporation, 
Borough, Cinque-Port and their Members, and other 
Port-'Towns, or any other Offices in the faid recited 
Act mentioned or expreffed, that fhall not have, with- 
in One Year next before fuch Election or Choice, taken 
the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, according to the 
Rites of the Church of Exg/and, and that, in Default 
thereof, every fuch Placing, Ele&amp;tion, and Choice, 
fhall be void; Be it further Enaéted, by the Authority 
aforefaid, That all and every Member and Members 
of any Corporation within this Kingdom, and all and 
every Perfon and Perions that were required by the 
faid above-recited Act to take the Sacrament of the 
Lord’s Supper, according to the Rites of the Church 
of England, within One Year next before his Eleétion 
** or Choice into fuch Office, fhall be, and are hereby, 
continued in their feveral and refpective Offices and 
Places, notwithftanding their Omiffion to take the Sa- 
“* crament of the Lord’s Supper, as aforefaid; and thall 
be indemnified, freed, and difcharged, and of and from 
all Incapacities, Difabilities, Forfeitures, and Penalties 
ariing from fuch-Omiffion ; and that none of their 
Aéts fhall be queftioned or avoided for or by reafon of 
*¢ the fame; but that all fuch Aéts fhail be, and are here- 
** by declared and enacted to be, as good and effectual, 
as if all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons had taken 
the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, in manner as 
aforefaid: And that no Profecution fhall, at any time 
hereafter, be brought or commenced againft any Per- 
fon or Perfons placed, elected, or chofen, in or to 
“© any the Offices aforefaid, tor or by reafon of fuch 
Omiffion, nor any Incapacity, Difability, Forfeiture, 
** or Penalty, incurred by reaion of the fame, unlefs fuch 
Profecution be commenced within Six Months after 
** fuch Perfon’s being placed or elected into his refpective 
“© Office, as aforefaid.” 

The Firft of the faid Amendments, being read a Se- 
cond time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

The Second and laft of the faid Amendments being read 
a Second time 5 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, by 
inferting, between the Word ‘ Perfon’s” and the Word 
** placed,” thefe Words,** who fhall be hereafter :” 

Which was agreed unto. 

The faid Amendment, fo amended, was, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third time To- 
morrow Morning. 


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Ordered, That the Reverend Dr. Waugh, Chaplain in 
Ordinary to his Majefty, be defired to preach before this 
Houle, at St. Margaret's, Wefiminfter, upon the 30th 
Day of Fanuary next: And that Mr Carteret and Mr. 
Plumpiree do acquaint him therewith, 





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The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

A Bill for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his 
Majefty’s Subjects to and from the Ea/t-Jndies; and for 
the more effectual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects 
trading thither under foreign Commiffions ; was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday the 
Fourteenth Day of Sanuary next, refolve. itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday the 
Twelfth Day of Fanuary next, refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider fur- 
ther of the Supply granted to his Majeity ; 

Ordered, That the Lift of the Sea-Officers, who were 
in idal.-Pay for the Year 1718, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Lift of the Regimental and Warrant 
Officers, that are to be in Half-Pay for the Year 1719, 
with an Eftimate of the Charge thereof, be referred to 
the {aid Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Out- 
Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital for the Year 1719, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer repotted from the faid Committee, That 
they had come to a Refolution; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe wiil, upon Monday the 
Twelfth Day of January next, refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 23° die Decembris ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS, 


Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors now in his 
Majefty’s Gaol at Durham, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, by 
many and great Misfortunes, are become infolvent, and 
incapable of paying the full Demands of their feveral Cre- 
ditors, and are likely to remain Prifoners for Life: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the poor Debtors in his 
Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the City of Exon, is 
referred, 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refolu- 
tion which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read ‘the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; vz. 


Refolved, 





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Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy-one thoufand Five 
hundred Twenty-feven Pounds Twelve Shillings Eleven 
Pence, be granted to his Majefty, for the Charge of the 
Office of Ordnance, for Land-Service, for the Year 1719. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That a Sum, not exceed- 
ing Seventy-one thoufand Five hundred Twenty-feven 
Pounds Twelve Shillings Eleven Pence, be granted to his 
Majefty, for the Chirge of the Office of Ordnance, for 
Land-Service, for the Year 1719. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for quieting and eftablithing Corporations, was, according 
to Order, read the Third time. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Bill with the 

Amendments, do pafs. 
- Ordered, That Sir Thomas Hanmer do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which 
they defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual preventing the clandeftine Running of 
uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for the more 
effectual Prevention of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms: 
And that Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Bond do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame, 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That this Houfe do adjourn until Monday the Twelfth 


Day of Fanuary next ; 
The Houle divided. 

t 79+ 

t 151. 


The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } pe mtd 
And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Tellers for the Noes, } as Se Steel, 


So it paffed in the Negative. 





Mercuriit, 24° die Decembris; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 
Rdered, ‘That the Report from the Committee of Pri- 
vileges, touching the Complaint of a Breach of Pri- 
vilege committed by Yobn Hale, Fobn Townend, Robert 
Piffey, and Fobn Bowles, by entering in a forcible man- 
ner, on the Poflefiion of Fobn Barrington Liquire, a 
Member of this Houfe, be received upon /7iday the Ninth 
Day of January next. 


_ A’ Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Juftice Dormer 
_and Mr. Baron Page: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
ftrengthening the Proteftant Intereft in thefe Kingdoms: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Lovibond: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for continuing an Act, made in the Twelfth Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Ana, intituled, An Act 
for encouraging the T obacco- Trade, without Amendment. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act for ftrengthening the Proteftant Intereft 
in thefe Kingdoms, be now read the Firft time. 


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The faid Bill was read the Firft time: 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. __ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon Wed- 
nefday the Seventh Day of January next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Saint Germans, in the County of Corn- 
wall, in the room of Yobn Knight Efquire; who, fince 
his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Secretary for the Leeward-Tflands. 


The Houfe being moved, That Yohn Bankes Efquire 
might be at Liberty to withdraw his Petition, prefented 
to the Houfe on the sith Inftant, complaining of an un- 
due Election, and Double Return, for the Borough of Corf- 
Cajile, in the County of Dorfet; 

The Certificate made by the Clerk of the Crown of 
the Double Return was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 


rT ete are to certify, That the Sheriff of the County 
of Dorfet hath returned the Writ which commanded 
him to caufe a Burgefs to be elected to ferve in the pre- 
fent Parliament for the Borough of Corfe-Cafile, in that 
County ; and certified, by Indorfement thereupon, that 
the Execution of the faid Writ appears in an Indenture 
annexed to it: And thefe are allo to certify, That in 
the faid Indenture, the only Words relating to any Elec- 
tion are thefe following; This Indenture (after mention- 
ing the Date of it, andthe Names and Additions of the 
Parties to it) witneffeth, That the faid Mayor, Barons, 
Freeholders, Leafeholders, and other Electors, by virtue 
of a Precept under the Hand and Seal of the faid Sheriff, 
on the I'wenty-feventh Day of November laft, proceeded 
to an Election of a Member to ferve in the prefent Parlia- 
ment, in the room of William Okeden Efquire, deceafed ; 
and, on cafting up the faid Poll, and a Scrutiny had 
thereupon, it appeared, That ‘obu Bankes Efguire had 
One -hundred Twenty-three Votes ; and Fofbua Churchill 
Eiquire One hundred Twenty-one Votes: And the faid 
Mayor doth, by thefe Prefents, farther certify and return, 
That, over and befides the feveral and refpective Votes 
herein before f{pecified, there were, at the faid Election, 
Thirty five Votes offered to poll, and did pol, as claim- 
ing a Title under the faid William Okeden, deceafed ; 
Twenty-nine of which Votes were for the faid Yofoua 
Churchill, and Six of the faid Votes were for the faid 
Fobn Bankes: And thefe Prefents farther witnefs, That, 
on taking the faid Poll, a Debate and Conteft arofe on a 
Point of Law, Whether the faid William Okeden had a 
Power of granting fuch Leafes and Conveyances to the 
Perfons who claimed the faid Votes: And, for the Reafons 
aforefaid, and the Difficulty being too weighty for the faid 
Mayor to take upon him to determine, he the faid Mayor, 
by virtue of the faid Precept to him direéted, hath re- 
turned, and by thefe Prefents doth return, the faid Fobn 
Bankes and Fofbua Churchill; humbly fubmitting it to the 
honourable Houfe of Commons, which of them, the faid 
Fobn Bankes and Fofoua Churchill, hath a legal Majority 
of Votes. Given under my Hand this 8th Day of De- 
cember, Anno Domini 1718. 
G. Wrighte, C. C. 


Whereupon the Matter was debated, Whether the faid 
Mr. Bankes fhould be at Liberty to withdraw the faid Pe- 
tition ; but no Order was made thereupon. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants and Traders of the City 
of London, on behalf of themfelves, and divers other 
Merchants and Traders of the faid City, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That a Bill being 
brought in, intituled, A Bill for the better fecuring the 
lawful Trade of his Majefty’s Subjects to and from the 
Eaft-Inaies ; and for the more affectual preventing all his 
Majefty’s Subjects trading thither under foreign Commil- 
fions; which Bill, fhould it pafs into an Aét, the Peti- 
tioners humbly conceive, will be highly prea P 

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Trade and Commerce: And praying, That they may be 
heard againit the faid Bill, either by themfelves, or Coun- 
fel. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the faid Bill is com- 
mitted ; 

The previous Queftion was put, That that Queftion 
be now put: 

And it paffed in the Negative, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Wednefaay the Se- 
venth Day of Yanuary next. 





Mercurii, 7° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 
Petition of the Tanners of Hides and Skins, for the 
Corporation of Buckingham, on the behalf of them- 
felves, and others, &amp;c. was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, for fome Years palt, vaft 
Quantities of Oak-Sark hath been exported out of this 
Kingdom into Ireland, where no Duty is paid to his 
Majefty for Leather; to the great Difa vantage of the 
Petitioners, and all other Dealers in /.zg//) Leather ; 
which, if not timely prevented, muft in a little time 
deftroy the Leather-T'rade : And praying, That the Ex- 
portation of Bark may be prohibited 
Ordered, That the iaid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Commitiee, to whom the Petition of the 
Company of Butchers in the City of Worce/ter, in the 
behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands of Families 
within the Kingdom of Zugland, &amp;c. is referred. 


A Petition of the diftreffed Prifoners confined in the 
Gaol of Ludgate, London, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are all free 
Men and Women of the City of London; who, by reafon 
of great Lofies in Trade, are moft of them become wholly 
uncapable of making any Reftitution to their refpective 
Creditors, being ready to refign up their All to them: 
That having been clofely confined, for feveral Years lafts 
paft, in the faid Prifon, and having large Families wholly 
unprovided for, are in a ftarving Condition; and muft 
unavoidably perifh, unlefs an immediate Remedy be found 
out for their Affiftance: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, 
in the City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Wap- 
ping Stepney, Saint ‘obn Wapping, and Aldgate, in 
behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufand Inhabitants in 
and about the faid Parifhes, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the Number of Warchoufes 
and Storehoufes for keeping Gunpowder, belonging to 
private Perfons, are of late Years very much increated, 
to the great Danger and Terror of many Thoufands of 
his Majefty’s Subjects ; That in the Two parifhes before- 
named, there are at prefent Twenty or more Warehoufes 
or Storehoufes, wherein are ufually Two or Three thou- 
fand Barrels of Gunpowder at a time : That fome of the 
faid Powder-houfes are contiguous to a Warehoufe ufed 
for melting Pitch and Tar, and are always in Danger of 
being blown up: That Accidents of Fire have of late 
Years been very frequent in and about the City of Lon- 
don, and Suburbs ; and if any fuch Accident fhould hap- 
pen to any of the faid Powder-houfes, the Petitioners are 
informed, that the reft of the faid Powder-houfes will 
blow up, and deftroy many Thoufand Families ; and alfo 
deftroy, or very much endanger, the Zower of London, 
with great Part of the City: And praying, That Leave 


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may be given to bring in a Bill to prevent the Mifchiefs 
which may happen by keeping or having tco great Quan- 
tities of Gunpowder in Storehoufes belonging to private 
Perfons, in and about the Cities of London and Weft- 
minfter. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opi- 
nion thereupon, to the Houtfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Fob Ward, Sir Gilbert Heath- 
cott, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Wm. Monfon, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Comptroller, Sir Io. Scawen, General Wills, Colo- 
nel Morton, Mr. White, Mr. Rudge, Mr. Coventry, Mr. 
Stanhope, Sir Hen. Afbburft, Mr. Smith, Mr. Herne, Lord 
Molefworth, Lord Middleton, Mir. Yonge, Sir Arthur Key, 
Sir Fifber Tench, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Archer, Sir Fobn 
Eyles, Mr. Norris, Mr.. London, Sir Fobn Norris, Mr. 
ey, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. 
Gibbon, Mr. Drake, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Difton, Mr. Se- 
cretary Craggs; and all the Members that ijerve for the 
City of London, and County of Middlefex: And they are 
to meet, this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
ftrengthening the Proteftant Intereft in thefe Kingdoms, 
was, according to Order, read a Second time. 

And fo much of the Act, of the Tenth Year of her 
Jate Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp;t for preferving the 
Proteftant Religion, by better fecuring the Church of 
England as by Law eftablifhed; and for confirming the 
Toieration granted to Proteftant Diffenters, by an Ad, 
intituled, An Act for exempting her Majefty’s Proteftant 
Subjeéis, diffenting from the Church of England, from 
the Penalties of certain Laws, and for fupplying the De- 
fects thereof; and for the further fecuring the Proteftane 
Succeffion, by requiring the PraClitioners of the Law in 
Norib-Britain to take the Oaths, and fubfcribe the De- 
claration, therein mentioned; as is intended to be repealed 
by the faid Bill; was read. 

And the A&amp;, of the Twelfth Year of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A&amp; to prevent the Growth of 
Schiim,; and for the further Security of the Churches of 
England and Ireland as by Law eftablifhed; was alfo 
read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, Thar the Bill be committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Hampden, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Ws. Cakveneas : t 243. 
\, Mr. Conyers, 
Tellers for the Noes, 4 4. gyi) « i 202: 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe 
upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Fridzy Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 9° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1715. 


PRAYERS. 
QReered, That Thomas Foley junior, Efquire, be at Li- 


berty to withdraw his Petition, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Weebly, 
in the County of Hereford. 

Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions be difcharged from proceeding upon the faid Peti- 
tion. 

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_- A Petition of the Rector, Churchwarderis, and Inha- 
bitants, or the Parith of Ss. Alphage, near Sion-College, 
Londoz, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the taid Church is become fo very ruinous, 
and decayed, That the Inhabitants are unable to rebuild 
the fame ; the Floor of the Church, being feveral Foot 
lower than the Street, is very damp, and unhealthy ; and 
is now decayed to that Degree, that it is not capable of 
being repaired : And praying, That the Commiffioners 
for building bitty new Churches may be enabled to re- 
build the faid Parifh-Church. 

— Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee; to whom the Petition of the 
Restor, Churchwardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of 
the Parith of Saint Botolph without Bifhopfzate, London, 
is referred : And that they do examine the Matter there- 
of; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to 
the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and other 
ancient Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Saint Mary, New- 
ington, in the County of Surrey, in behali of themfelves, 
and the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That, as well upon 
the Petition of the Parifhioners of the Parifh, as alfo by 
the Certificate under the Hands of the Juftices of the 
Peace for the faid County of Surrey, his Majefty, by Let- 
iers-Patents, dated the 26th of Faly 1717, did give and 
grant to the faid Parifhioners a Brief, to enable them to 
build the faid Church, for the Reafons contained in the 
faid Brief ; fuch as its being become {fo ruinous in the Pil- 
lars, Walls, and Beams, and in the Roof, and Founda- 
tion, that there was a Neceflity of taking down, and re- 
building the fame ; and the Inhabitants, being poor, can- 
not raife a Sum fufficient to rebuild the fame : That, up- 
on the Oath of feveral able Workmen, the Charge of 
rebuilding the faid Church will amount to the Sum of 
1,9267. ; and the Money collected on the Brief, exclufive 
of the Charge, amounted to but 400/.; fo that the Col- 
lection will fall fhort of the faid Eftimate, at leaft, the 
Sum of 1,500/,: And praying, That the faid Church may 
be included in the Number of the Fifty new Churches ; 
and that the Commiffioners may, be impowered to re- 
ceive of the Truftees of the aforefaid Brief the Money 
collected thereon ; and be enabled, with a farther Sum, 
to build a Church convenient for the faid Parthh. 

Ordered, That the iaid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Rector, Church- 
wardens, and the ancient Inhabitants, of the Parith of 
Saint Botolph, without Bifbop/gate, London, is referred: And 
that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the 
fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe, 


A Petition of the poor infolvyent Debtots in the Caftle 
of Chefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thouiands 
more in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by 
Lofies, and other Misfortunes, the Petitioners are re- 
duced, and brought into Confinement; whereby they 
daily fuffer under many unfpeakable Calamities and Mi- 
feries, through which they continually perifh for Want; 
and are utterly unable to make Satisfaction to their Cre- 


ditors, though every one is ready to yield up his All to 


and amoneft them, fo far as the jame will amount: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the infolvent Debtors ima ftreight and 
naufeous Gaol kept at the poor Town of Rothwell, for 
the Honour of Pontefraé?, in the County of York, unto 
which faid Gaol there is no Allowance towards the Main- 
senance of the poor Debtors, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thowufands more in the refpective Gaols in 
this Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 

Vout. XIX. 


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fetting forth, That, by the hard Ufage of Creditors, and 
by unmerciful and vexatious Profecutions, and many other 
Loffes atid Misforttines; the Petitioners are reduced, and 
brought into Confinement ; where they fuffer under un- 
{peakable Calamities and Mileries, through which they 
are daily perifhing for Want, and not in a Capacity of 
making Satisfaction to their Creditors, nor of procuring 
their Liberty: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the iaid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee; to whom the Petition of 
the poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in 
the City of Exow,; is referred. 


A Petition of the Tanners, Butchers; Curri¢rs, Taw- 
ers, and other Dealets and Traders in Leather, within 
the Borough of Eve/bam, in the County of Worcefter, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, 
‘Phat fince the Duty laid on Hides, the faid Trades are, 
mn a very great meafure, lefléned ; whereby abundance of 
Families and Perfons belonging to the faid Frades are 
almoft ruined and undone, and his Majefty’s Revenues 
alfo much impaired, occafioned by the great Exportation 
of Bark into Jreland: That fince the faid late Duty on 
Hides; there hath been few or no Jri/fh Cattle imported 
into England; which hath occafioned a great Scarcity of 
Cattle here, to the great Damage and Lofs of our Eng- 
life Butchers: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mitteej to whom the Petition of the Company of Butchers 
in the City of Worceffer, in behalf of themielves, and 
many Thoufands of Families within the Kingdom of 
England, &amp;c. is referred, ‘ 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army, and their Quarters: And that Mr. 
Trety and the Lord William Powlett do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


_ Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for 
the electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve im this pre- 
fent Parliament for the County of Rutland, in the rosm 
of the honourable Fchn Noel Efquire, deceafed. 


The Order of the Day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee ot Privileges and Eledtions, 
touching the Complaint of a Breach of Privilege, com- 
mitted by ‘Fohx Hales, ‘fohn Townefend, Rovert Piffey, 
and ohn Bowles, by entering, in a forcible manner, of 
the Poifeffion of Fohn Barrington Efquire, a Member of 
this Houle ; 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Report be received upon this 
Day Sevennight. 


The Ofder of the Day being read, for the Houfe ta 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, up- 
on the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for ftrengthening the Proteltant Intereft in thefe King- 
doms ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
that they have a Power to receive a Claufe, That any Per- 
fon; when he comes to take the Oath of Abjuration, and 
other Oaths fubfequent to the receiving the Sacrament, 
tn order to Iris Qualification, fhall acknowlege, That the 
Holy Scriptares of the Old and New Teftament, were 
given by Divine Infpiration ; and fhall acknowlege his 
firm Faith and Belief in the ever-bieffed Trinity , 

The previous Queftion was put, That that Queftion 
be now put: 

The Houfe divided. 

‘Fhe Noes go forth. 

Lord Guernfe 

Tellers for the Yeas, } vir Windfer ye f 136. 

: Sir Wilfred Lawfcn, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Adoiphus Gas Tien’ { 234. 

SY” 








ho 

So it pafled in the Negative.— 

A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. 
Hiccocks : , 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment, made by 
this Houfe, to the Bull, intituled, An A&amp; for quieting 
and eftablifhing Corporations, with fome Amendments : 
To which Arnendments the Lords defire the Concur- 
rence of this Houfe. Allo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vetting certain Lands and Tenements in the County of 
Somerfet, the Eftate of Thomas Fett Efquire, in Truttees, 
to be fold, and with the Monies arifing thereby to pur- 
chafe other Lands of the like Value, to be fettled to the 
fame Ufes: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the more effectual Relief of fuch Wives, and Children, 
as are left by their Hufbands, and Parents, upon the 
Charge of the Parith, without Amendment, 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Aét for ftrengthening the Proteftant Intereit 
_ in thefe Kingdoms. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Houfe being informed, That there was a Differ- 
ence in the Committee, who fhould take the Chair of the 
Committee ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Hampden do take the Chair of the 
Committee. 

The Houfe then refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Hempden took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hampden reported from the faid Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill; and had directed him 
to report the fame to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Fable. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Third time To- 
morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 10° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting certain Lands and Tenements in the 
County of Somerfet, the Eftate of Thomas Fett Efquire, 
in Truftees, to be fold, and with the Monies arifing 
thereby to purchafe other Lands of the like Value, to be 
fettled to the fame Ufes, was read the Firfttime. , 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

A Petition of the feveral Re&amp;tors and Vicars whofe 
Names are thereuto jet, on behalf of themfelves, and 
the reft of the Clergy of the Diocefe of Canterbury, in- 
titled to the Tythe of Hops, was prefented to the Houfe 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners find, by 
the Votes, that a Bill is depending for afcertaining the 
Tythe of Hops; which Bill, if it fhould pafs, will be 
very prejudicial to the Petitioners: And praying to be 
heard, by their Counfel, againit the faid Bill, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for aicertaining the Tythe of Hops is committed : 
And that they be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
Committee, thereupon, if they think fit. 


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A. 14718. 


The Houfe proceeded to take- into Confideration the 
Amendments, madé by the Lords, to the Amendment 
made by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
quieting and eftablifhing Corporations : 
~ And the faid Amendments were read; and are as fol- 
low ; wiz. 

Amendments made to Claufe A, added by the Coms 

mons to the faid Bill ; 

Line 16. After ‘* every,” infert ‘* the now:” 

18. After ‘* Perfons,” infert ** now in actual 
“ Poffeffion of any Office :” 

go. After “ Acts,” infert ‘* nor the Aéts not 
“yet avoided of any who have been Members of an 
** Corporation, or in actual Poffeffion of fuch Offices :” 

31. Leave out * the fame,” and infert * fuch 
* Omiffion.” 

34, 35, and 36. Leave out ‘* and that no Pro- 
* fecution fhall at any time hereafter be brought or 
“* commenced againft,” and infert ‘* nor fhall :” 

38. After ** aforefaid,” infert “* be removed by 
‘© the Corporation, or otherwife profecuted ” and, in the 
farne Line, after “‘ nor,” infert ‘* fhall :” 

39. ** After ‘* Penalty,” infert * be :” 

40. After ** fuch,” infert ** Perfon be fo remov- 
* ed, or fuch:” 

At the End of the Claufe, after the Word “ aforefaid,” 
infert * and that in cafe of a Profecution, the fame be 
“* carried on without wilful Delay.” 

_ The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Hanmer do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the Amendments, made by their Lord- 
pe a the Amendment, made by this Houfe, to the 
aid Bill. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for applying certain Overplus-monies, and 
further Sums to be raifed, as well by a Lottery as by 
Loans, towards paying off and cancelling Exchequer-Bills; 
and for leffening the prefent great Charge in relation to 
thofe Bills ; and for circulating, and exchanging for ready 
Monies, the Refidue of the fame Bills for the future : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. 
Hiccocks : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
to enable William Glanville Efquire to take upon him 
the Surname of Glazville, inftead of his Surname of Eve- 
lyn, purfuant to the Will of William Glanville Efquire, 
decealed, with an Amendment: To which Amendment 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for ftrengthening the Proteftant Intereft in’ thefe King- 
doms, was, according to order, read the Third time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill do pafs; 

The Houte divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas,} — d Pa = Powlett; 


i 215. 
Tellers for the Noes,} +8 - ‘ vat 


t I57- 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hampden do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


And then the Hou adjourned till AZouday Morni 
Mine-stithe Cloak, 1° AT enn bee 


‘“ Lune, 








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Lune, 12° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


(pRaered, That Mr. Onflow, Sir Charles Wager, Mr. 
Bere, Sir Foha Fennings, Mr. Buckingham, Lord Ayl- 
ner, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Geo. Carfwall, Sir 
Nath. Mead, Sir Theo. Fanfen, Sir Charles Cook, Mr. 
Inge, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Papillon, Sir Wm. Thomfon, 
Sir Wm. Pool, Sir Tho: Wheate, Mr. Lade, Mr. Brode- 
rick, Mr. Bacon, Sir Richard Farington, Mr. Grantham, 
be added to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Wapping, Stepney, St. John 
Wapping, and Aldgate, in behalf of themfelves, and 
waany Thoufand Inhabitants, in and about the faid Pa- 
rifhes, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners in the Coun- 
ty-Gaol of Salop for Debt, in the behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands more, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, by their 
great Loffes in Trade, and other Difappointments, toge- 
ther with their long Imprifonment, hath not only rendered 
them uncapable of making full Satisfaction to their Cre- 
ditors, but hath reduced them to the loweft Degree of 
Exigency, many dying for Want, others living in a 
miferable Condition of Famine and Penury; they being 
willing to deliver up their All to their Creditors, fo as 
they may be difcharged from their Confinement : And 
praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exou, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners for Debt in 
his Majefty’s Prifon in the Manors of Stepney and Hack- 
ney, the Hamlets and Liberties of the fame, commonly 
called Whitechapel Prifon, in behalf of themfelves, and 
feveral Thoufands of others in this Kingdom, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there 
is now a great Number of poor Souls in this Prifon, oc- 
cafioned through Loffes in Trade, and other adverfe For- 
tune; are here confined for Debt, where many of them 
have lain for feveral Years, in a very poor and miferable 
Condition, uncapable either of paying their Debts, or 
maintaining themfelves: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor Prifoners for Debt in the Coun- 
ty of Cardigan, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thou- 
fands more, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That many of the Petitioners, having for feve- 
ral Years been confined, are in the greateft Danger of 
perifhing through Want; being williag to furrender all 
they have in the World to their Creditors, fo they could 
have their Liberty: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor Prifoners for Debt in the 
County -Gaol of Glamorgan, in behalf of themfelves, and 
all others their Fellow-Sufferers, was prefented to the 
Houte, and read; fetting forth, That this as well as 
all other Prifons are become very poor Objects of Pity ; 
That their Miferies are not to be exprefled, but well 
known to their ftarving Families, who are at the Mercy 
of their Neighbours; but, if at Liberty, they would be 
able to maintain themfelves and Families: And praying, 
‘That a Bill may pafs for their Difcharge. 


2 





BE 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prijon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the Company of Clothiers in the City 
of Coventry was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners, on the behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands employed by them, being 
deeply fenfible of the Mifchiefs of Exportation of Wool 
of Great Britain and Ireland, to France, 8&amp;c.3 by which 
clandeftine Methods, and working up the faid Wool in 
foreign Parts, they are capacitated to under-fell us in fo- 
reign Markets; and, confequently, the Petitioners Trade 
and Employments is exceedingly reduced, and the Out- 
cries of the Poor are daily increafed, and the Nation im-. 
poverifhed: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Vernon, of London; Merchant, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, 
That the Petitioner is feifed,; for Three Lives, of and in 
the Re¢tory Impropriate of the Parifh of Farnham, in the 
County of Surry, by virtue of a Leafe from the Arch- 
deacon of Surry; for the Purchafe whereof the Petitioner 
lately paid above Five thoufand Pounds: That there are 
large Plantations of Hops within the faid Parith, the 
Tythe whereof arifing to the Petitioner, communibus An 
nis, amounts to Three hundred Pounds per Annum: 
That, by ancient Cuftom, the Petitioner, and others the 
Impropriators, have been intitled to, and have collected, 
every Tenth Pole for the Tythe of Hops within the faid 
Parith, when ripe, and ready to pick; which Cuftom 
hath been verified and afcertained by One er more De- 
cree or Decrees of the Court of Exchequer, made 
above Thirty Years ago; fiace which, not any Difpute or 
Difference hath happened touching the taking, gather- 
ing, or collecting, the Tythe of Hops within the faid 
Parifh: That, in regard the Bill, lately brought in, inti- 
tuled, A Bill for the afcertaining the Tythe of Hops, 
fhould it pafs into a Law, will be highly prejudicial to, 
if not deftruGive as well of the Petitioner’s Right, as 
Impropriator of the faid Parifh, as of the faid Arch- 
deacon, and his Succeffors: And praying, That he may 
be heard, by his Counfel, before the fame fhall pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houte, to 
whom the Bill for afcertaining the Tythe of Hops is 
committed: And that the Petitioner be heard before the 
Committee, by his Counfei, if he think fic. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed 
and prohibited Goods ; and for the more effectual Pre- 
venting of Frauds relating to the Cuitoms: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Friday Morning next. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendment, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to enable Wilkam Glanville Efquire to take upon. 
him the Surname of Glanville, inftead of his Surname 
of Evelyn, purfuant to the Will of Willem Glanville 
Efquire, deceafed : 

And the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Prefs 3. Line 29. After “ by,” to leave out “ and 
«¢ with the :” 

And the faid Amendment, being read a Second time, 
was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Evelyn do carty the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Hovfe hath agreed 
to the Amendment, made by their Lordfhips, to the 
faid Bill. 


A Bill, 











52 : 


A Bill for applying certain Overplus: monies, and fur- 
ther Sums to be raif=d, as well by Lottery as by Loans, 
towards paying off and cancelling Exchequer-Bills ; and 
for leffening the prefent great Charge in relation to thote 
Bills; and for circulating, and exchanging tor ready Mo- 
nies, the Refidue of the fame Bills for the future ; was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be conmmitted. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve ittelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Biil. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
~ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
fing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houie, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majeity. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





are pee 
Martis, 13° die Januari; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


A Mefiage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 
&amp; 


Mellor : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
render more effectual the Agreements that have been 
made between Thomas Holles Duke of Neweaftle, Henry 
Petham Efquire, Edward Lord Harley, and the Lady Hen- 
yietta his Wife, William Vane and Gilbert Vane Efquire, 
Sons of Chriftopher Lord Bernerd, or any of them, in re- 
Jation to the Will and Ettate of Fohn late Duke of New- 
caftie, and for fettling the fame in fuch Manner as may be 
asreeable to the Intent of the faid Agreement; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned : To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


"The faid Bill was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Farmers, Maltfters, and other Inha- 
bitants, of the Ie of Thanet, in Kent, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Practice 
daily increafes of Mens going over to Calais in {mall 
Boats, and from thence bring over vaft Quantities of 
Brandy; to the great Prejudice of the Petitioners, whofe 
Tarms are moftly occupied with fowing of Barley, the 
Price of which is funk by thefe illegal Practices: ‘That a 
confiderable Confumption of Barley ufed to be made by 
the Diftullers; whofe Trade is very much hindered, and 
in Danger of being wholly loft, by the Running of fuch 
vaft Quantities of Brandy; and vait Quantities of the 
current Coin of this Kingdom, both in Gold and Silver, 
are daily carried over to Calais; fo that his Majefty’s Re- 
venue is thereby confiderably lefiened: And praying, 
That Means may be found out, to put a Stop to the faid 
ereat and growing Mifchiefs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed 
and prohibited Goods ; and for the more effectual Pre- 
venting of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms ; fhall be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of Thomas Ekines Efquive was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 


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4.1718, 


in the Year 1700, bought a Right to trade to India for 
a Thouland ivounds for One Voyage ; and entered it in 
the Books of the India Company the 5th of December 
1700, being near 12 Years before that Time could be 
out; and it was allowed by the Company to be good and 
Jawful: And the Petitioner thereupon fitted out a Ship 
tor Lidia, of 400 Tons, named the Ekines Frigate, which 
coit him 7.000/, befides the Cargo, and fhe arrived in 
India to trade; but the Agents of the Eaf-India Com- 
pany wanting fuch a Ship for a new Settlement they were 
going to make at Pule Candore ; and, by indirect Practice 
with the Matter, they got him and the Ship in their 
Poffeffion, to ferve the Company till he died ;. and, after 
that, till the Natives cut off the Faétory, and burned the 
Ship, near Three Years after the Settlement was made: 
That by this the Petitioner was deprived of-his Ship, his 
Cargo, and his Right of trading for the 1,000 /. in Fudia; 
many Years before the Company got this laft Bill for the 
fole Trade of India; and kept the Petitioner till this Day, 
before he could determine if he had any Right at all; fo 
could not offer any Petition for a faving Claufe in that 
Bill; but now the Law, the Chancery; and the Houfe of 
Lords, have given the Petitioner Payment for what of 
the Ship and Cargo came to the Company’s Hands in 
India, with Intereit; but could not give him his Right 
of trading for 1,000/. for One Voyage: And praying to 
be relieved. 
Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejected. 


A Petition of Sir Fames Steuart Baronet was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That at the Elec- 
tion of aKnight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Shire of Lanerk, in the room of 
James Lockhart Eiquire deceafed, the Lord Archibald 
Hamilton and the Petitioner ftood Candidates; when the 
Petitioner was duly chofen to reprefent the {aid Shire, and 
therefore ought to have been returned accordingly ; but 
the faid Lord Archibald Hamilton, by the corrupt Prac- 
tices, and irregular Proceedings, of the Deputy-Sheriff of 
the faid Shire, is returned, although not duly elected to 
ferve for the faid Shire ; in Prejudice to the Petitioner : 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘hat the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houle. 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe upon this Day Month. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Call of the 
Houfe ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Call of the Houle be adjourned till this 
Day Sevennight ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The Houle was, according to Order, called over : 

And the Names of fuch Members as made Default to 
appear were noted down. 

Ordered, That the Names of fuch Members as made 
Default to appear be called over upon this Day Seven- 
night. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurit, 14° die Fanuarii ; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of the poor infolvent Debtorsin the County- 
A Gaol of Glouceffer, on behalf of themfelves, and all 
others in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
are, by great Loffes, and other Misfortunes, reduced to 
extreme Poverty, and confined for Debts which they are no- 
way capable of paying, and their Families are perifhing 
for Want; having ofiered, and are'willing, to deliver all 
their Effects,towards fatisfying theirCreditors; which being 

refuled, 





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refufed, they are likely to fuffer a perpetual Imprifon- 
ment: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners for Debt in 
his Majefly’s Prifon in the Poultry Compter, London, in 
behalf of themfelves, and feveral Thoufands more in this 
Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners, by Loffes in Trade, and 
otherwife, have lain in Prifon for feveral Years paft, and 
lead their Lives in Mifery and Want: That their prefent 
Confinement, and unhappy Circumtftances, haveoccalioned 
feveral of their Wives andChildren to become burthenfome 
to the Parifhes, and are now in a perifhing and ftarving 
Condition: And praying, That a Bill may pafs for their 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the infolvent Debtors in Northgate Prifon, 
in the City of Cheffer, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That moft of the Petitioners were 
Tradefmen formerly, and in good Circumftances in the 
World; but, through Decay of Trade, and other provi- 
dential Occurrences, are reduced to great Poverty and 
Want, by long Confinement; having nothing to live on 
but the Charity of well-difpofed Chriftians: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Common-Council, Mer- 
chants, and Inhabitants, of the Borough of Plymouth, in 
the County of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, ever fince the late Peace with 
France, a great Trade hath been carried on from thence, 
by running vaft Quantities of Wine and Brandy in all 
Parts of this Country; to the Prejudice of his Majefty’s 
Revenue, and Ruin of the fair Traders: That for thefe 
Commodities there is nothing carried thither but our 
Money and Wool: And praying, That a Stop may be 
put to this pernicious Trade. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed 
and prohibited Goods; and for the more effectual Pre- 
venting of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; fhall be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition. of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, Farmers, 
and Occupiers of Land, in the Eaftern Part of the County 
of Kent, near Saxdwich, Dover, and Deal, was prelented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there are 
great Quantities of French Brandy imported in thofe Parts, 
contrary to Law, and fold at a very low Price; which 
very evidently prevents the Confumption of Malt; to the 
great Prejudice not only of the Petitioners, but alfo of 
the general Part of this Kingdom: And praying, That 
fuch Meafures may be taken as will prevent the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill egainft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed 
and prohibited Goods; and for the more effeétual Pre- 


venting of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; fhall be read 
a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Somerfet, the Eftate of Thomas Fett Efquire, in Trut- 
tees to be fold, and with the Monies arifing thereby 
to purchafe other Lands of the like Value, to be fettled 


to the fame Ufes, was read a Second time. 
Vout. XIX. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Treby, Sic Richard Farington, Mr. 
Lovigueville, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Inge, Mr. Wright- 
fon, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Fordan, Mr. 
Hexfham, Mr. Freman, Sir Wiilo. Hickman, Mr. Earl, 
Colonel Morton, Sir Edward Northey, Mr. Hillerf- 
don, Mr. Cater, Mr. Carteret, Sit Fobn Rogers, Sir 
Richard Fowler, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Burridge, Mr. 
Carter, Mr. London, Mr. Travers, Mr. Northey, Mr. 
Godfrey, Sir Tho. Scawen, Mr Benfon, Mr. Harrijon, 
Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Trevanion, Mr. Onflow, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Chulmiey, Mr. Papillon, 
Mr. Thompfon, Colonel King, Sir Fifoer Tench, Sir Tho. 
Hales, Mr. Guidott, Mr. Snell, Mr. Cocks, Sir Geo. Ca/- 
wall, Lord Wm, Powle't, Colonel Stephens, Mr. Deck- 
minique, Mr. Anflis, Mr. Grantham, Mr. Wallis, Sir 
David Dalrymple, Sir Tho. Stepney, Colonel Long, Mr. 
Heath, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Newland, Mr. Ducane, Sir 
Philip Parker, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
Archer, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Walcott, Mr. Auditor Har- 
ley, Mr. White, Mr. Randyll, General Wroth, Colonel 
Delaune, Mr. Sawbridge, Mr Wylde, Mr. Bere, Mr. 
Betts; and all the Members that. ferve for the Counties 
of Bucks, Somerfet, Devon, and Cornwall: And they 


are to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That no Member of this Houfe do prefume 
to go out of Town, without Leave of the Houf. 

Ordered, That no Leave be afked for any Member to 
go out of Town, but between the Hours of One and 
Two of the Clock. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

And Andrew Brice, the Printer at Exon, attending, 
according to Order; 

He was called in, to the Bar: Where he owned the 
Printing of the Pamphlet complained of; and faid, He 
had the Intelligence from News-Letters fent to Coffee- 
houfes at Exeter. 

And then he withdrew. 

Refolved, That Andrew Brice, Printer at Exeter, having 
printed the Proceedings of this Houfe, in Contempe 
of their Order, is guilty of a Breach of the Privilege of 
this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Andrew Brice be, for the faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

The Serjeant at Arms, and his Meffenger, being called 
upon to give an Account of what had been done upon 
the Order of the Nineteenth Inftant, for his taking into 
Cuftody of: Blijje, Printer at Exeter; the Meffenger ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That he had been at the faid Fo/- 
Biiffe’s Houle, and had fearched the fame for him, and 
otherwife inquired after him; but that he could not find 
him, to take him into Cuitody. 

After which, Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That 
he had received a Letter from the faid of. Buje; by which 
he owned the printing the Pamphlet complained of; and 
acknowleged his Offence in fo doing, and begged the Par- 
don of the Houte for the fame; faithfully promifing never 
more to print any of their Refolutions, any Part of their 
Votes, or other thing whatfoever that may be in Breach of 
their Order: And, as upon his Knees at the Bar of this 
Houfe, humbly prayed, ‘That the Houfe would not pro- 
ceed any further againft him; which if they did, it would 
end in the Ruin of himfelf and his Children; he being 
wholly void of Friends and Money, and in no Condition 
to make Satisfaétion for any Part of his Fees. 

Ordered, That the faid 7o/. Bliffe be difcharged of his 
faid Commitment. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better fecuring the lawful 
Trade of his Majeity’s Subjects to and from the Eaf- 
Indies; and for the more effectual preventing all his 

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Majefty’s Subjects trading thither under foreign Com- 
miffions. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for applying certain Overplus-monies, and further 
Sums to be raifed,’as well by a Lottery as by Loans, 
towards paying off and cancelling “Exchequer-Bills, or 
leffening the prefent great Charge in relation to thofe Bills; 
and for circulating, and exchanging for ready Monies, 
the Refidue of the fame Bills for the future; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for ‘im- 
powering the Lords Commiffioners of the Trealury, 
where they fhall fee Caufe, to relieve thofe from whom 
the Rebels extorted any Sums of Money arifen by his 
Majefty’s Revenues, 

Then the Houle refolved icfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to move, Lhat they may have Leave to fit 
again. 
eRefolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That all Committees be adjourned ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Coventry, 
Tellers for the Yeas, + Mr Earl: 


Tellers for the Noes, 1M Jobn Bland, 


69. 


f 
es 


Mr. Nicholas: 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 15° die fanuarii ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718, 


PRAYERS. 


IR Henry|Hoghton, prefented to the Houfe, a further 
Report from the Commiffioners and Truftees who 

acted in Scotland, appointed by Two feveral Acts of Par- 
liament; the one made in the Firft Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Ac for appointing Commiffioners 
to inquire of the Eftates of certain Traitors, and of Popifh 
Reculants, and of Eftates given to fuperftitious Ufes, in 
order to raife Money out of them, feverally, for the Ufe 
of the Publick; and the other made in the Fourth Year 
of his Majeity’s Reign, intituled, An Ac for vefting the 
forfeited Eilates in Great Britain and Ireland in Truttees, 
to be fold for the Ufe of the Publick; and for giving 
Relief to lawful Creditors, by determining the Claims; 
and for the more effectual bringing into the refpective 
Exchequers the Rents and Profits of the faid Eftates, till 
fold. 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


A Petition of the Hop-Planters, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, living in the City of Canterbury, 
and Places adjacent, on the behalf of themfelves, and the 
others, Planters there, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, that 


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A. 1718. 


the Clergy of this Kingdom have petitioned to be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the Bill for afcertaining the 
Tythes upon Hops: And praying to be heard, by their 
Counfel, for the paffing the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for afcertaining the Tythe of Hops is committed: 
And that the Petitioners be heard, by their Countfel, be- 
fore the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Reétors and Vicars within the Dic- 
cefe of Hereford was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, that a 
Bill for afcertaining the Tythe of Hops is now depend- 
ing: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againtt 
the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for afcer- 
taining the Tythe of Hops is committed: And that the 
faid Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, if they think fic. 


A Petition of Andrew Brice, Printer at Exeter, in 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, for a Breach of Privi- 
lege, for printing the Refolutions of this Houfe, in Con- 
tempt of their Order, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner was committed 
to the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms for a Breach of 
Privilege, in printing the Proceedings of the Houfe of 
Commons, contrary to their Order: That he is forry 
for the faid Offence, and moft humbly begs Pardon for 
the fame, and promifes not to offend in the like Nature 
for the future: And praying to be difcharged out of 
Cuftody. 

Ordered, That the faid Andrew Brice be immediately 
brought to the Bar, in order to his being difcharged out 
of Cuftody. 

And he was accordingly brought to the Bar: Where 
he, upon his Knees, received a Reprimand from Mr. 
Speaker; and was difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his 
Fees. 


The Lord Sheloorn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing the Road from Becconsfetld, 
in the County of Bucks, to stoken-Church, in the County 
of Oxon, was committed, That they had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe,; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were read, 

And the Houfe being acquainted, That fome Miftakes 
had happened in relation to fome of the faid Amend- 
ments 5 

Ordered, That the faid Report be re-committed. 


The Houfe being informed, That one of the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle a Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Common-Council, of the City of Londoz. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; fetting forth, That 
the late Act of Parliament to prevent Frauds frequently 
committed by Bankrupts expired in Fume 1716; fince 
which time feveral Perfons, againft whom Commiffions of 
Bankruptcy have iffued, have refufed to furrender them- 
felves, and their Effects, to their Creditors, or make any 
Difcovery of their Eftate; but have privately conveyed 
the fame, and their Perfons, into fecret Places; whereby 
their Creditors are deprived of having any other Sarif- 
faction for their Debts than fuch Perions think fit to offer: 
That Perfons daily become Bankrupts, not fo much by 
Loffes, as with Intent to defraud their Creditors; which 
is a great Damage to Trade in general, and this City in 
particular: And praying, That a Bill may be brought in 
to prevent fuch Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 

4 ' Ordered, 








5 GEO. I. 


Sir Gilbert 


that Mr. Hevy/bam, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Herne, : 
an 


Heatbectt, and Mr. Solicitor-General, do prepare, 
bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That George Doddington Efquire have Leave 
to go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That George England Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; ; 

* Ordered, That the Report trom the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to inquire what Sums of Money 
have been laid out in particular Places where any of the 
Fifty new Churches have been built; and what was agreed 
for the Sites in fuch Places where any of thofe Churches 
are defigned to be built; and of all other Expences relating 
therero; be taken into Confideration upon Ti ue{day Morn- 
ing next. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
'— Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further 
of the Bill for applying certain Overplus-monies, and 
further Sums to be raifed, as well by a Lottery as by 
Loans, towards paying off and cancelling Exchequer- 
Bills; and ior leflening the prefent great Charge in rela- 
tion to thofe Bills; and for circulating, and exchanging 
for ready Monies, the Refidue of the fame Bills for the 
future. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. ; 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That the Committee may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houtfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 16° die fanuarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of Lodowick Chriftian Sprogell was prefented 
A to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioner is a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance, 
but profeffeth the true Proteftant Religion; and having 
given Teftimony of his humble, dutiful, and loyal Af- 
tection to his Majefty, and the Good of the Kingdom of 
Britain: And praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir William Lowther and*Mr. London do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of many of the Clergy of the Diocefes of 
Worcefter and Hereford, in behalf of themfelves and others, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
they are under the greateft Surprize and Concern to find, 
that their ancient and undoubted Rights are going to be 
invaded by a Bill, now before the Houfe, for afcertaining 
the Tythe of Hops; which Bill is, in its Tendency, very 
prejudicial to all Clergymen concerned, as they, and 
many more are, in Hops; and would undoubtedly fink 
and lefien their refpective Revenues, which they have hi- 
therto rightfully and quietly enjoyed: And praying to be 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for afcer- 





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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
better preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts: And 





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taining the Tythe of Hops is committed: And that the 
Petitioners be heard before the Committee, by their 
Counfel, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Hop-Planters, whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{cribed, living in the King’s Town and Parifh 
of Maidjtone, in the County of Kent, and other Parithes 
adjacent, in behalf of themfelves, and other Planters 
there, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners, and other Planters of Hops, 
are at very great Expences in their Plantations; and that 
the faid Plantations, befides the Duty arifing therefrom, 
are of great Advantage to the Publick, in maintaining 
great Numbers of poor Families; and that if the Clergy 
fhall think fit, and be permitted, to take the Tythe thereof 
in Kind, it muft be a manifeft Difcouragement, and at 
length a certain Occafion of laying down their faid Plan- 
tations: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, in 
behalf of the faid Bill, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for afcertaining the Tythe of 
Hops is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard 


before the Committee, by their Counfel, if they think 
fit. 


A Petition of the Skinners of the Borough of Northal- 
lerton, in the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houl+, and read; fetting forth, That great Abufes are 
committed by Butchers, and others, in flaying Sheep- 
fkins and Lamb-fkins, by cutting Holes therein, and 
gathing and {coring the fame, and otherwife; by reafon 
of which Abufes iuch Skins are rendered unfit for Ser- 
vice; to the great Prejudice of the Publick, and all Deal- 
ers therein; and the Revenues are avoided, or leffened, 
by the Abufes aforefaid,; and praying, That the faid 
Abufes may be redreffed. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Skinners and Tanners 
of the Borough of Knare/borough, in the County of York, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
great Abufes are committed by Butchers, and others, in 
flaying Sheep-fkins and Lamb-fkins, by cutting Holes 
therein, and in gafhing and icoring the fame, and other- 
wife; by reafon whereof, fuch Skins are rendered unler- 
viceable; to the great Lofs of the Dreffers, Buyers, and 
Wearers, thereof; and the publick Revenues are avoided, 
or confiderably leffened, thereby: And praying, That the 
faid Abufes may be redrefled. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refoived, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to impower the Commiffioners ap- 
pointed to put in Execution the Acts, of the Ninth and 
Tenth Years of her late Majefty’s Reign, for building 
Fifty new Churches in and about the Cities of London and 
Wefiminfier, and Suburbs thereof, to direét the Parifh- 
Church of Saint Martin in the Fields, in the County of 


Middlefex, to be rebuilt, inftead of One of the faid Fifty 
new Churches. 


Mr. Hampden reported, from the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, the Matter, as it appeared to them, 
touching the Complaint, That obn Hale, and others, 
had, in a forcible manner, entered, and committed Spoil, 
upon the Poffeffions of Fifer Fohnfon, and others, Te- 
nants to Yobn Barrington Efquire, a Member of this 
Houfe, in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe, with 
the Refolution of the Committee thereupon; which he 
read in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Report and Refolutions were 
read; and are as followeth; wz. 


That the Committee have examined the Matter of this 
Complaint. 


It 


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It was admitted, That Mr. Barrington is Lord of 
the Manor of Shrivenbam, within which Longcott is a 
Vill. 

That it appeared to the Committee, by the Evidence 
of Thomas Berry, That the faid Fiber Fobnfon, Fofiab 
Willis, and Fobn Lee, do feverally hold, by Leales, from 
Mr. Barrington, a Cottage or Tenement, with a Garden 
thereunto adjoining and belonging, in Longcott: Which 
Leafes are refpectively dated the Twentieth Day of No- 
vember \aft; and are granted for Ninety-nine Years; de- 
terminable, one on Two Lives, and the other on Three 
Lives, therein named; referving a Rent of Two Pence 
per Annum: And, 

The fame Witnefs faid, That, upon the One-and-twen- 
tieth Day of November \aft, in the Morning, he, by Mr. 
Barrington’s Order, gave Notice to the Churchwardens, 
Overfeers, and other Inhabitants, of Longcott, That Mr. 
Barrington bad granted fuch Leafes to thefe Perfons; and 
that he would protect his faid Tenants in their Poffeffions 
under the fame; and that if fuch Poffeffions fhould be 
difturbed, he would complain thereof in Parliament, as 
a Breach of Privilege: With all which the Pertons com- 
plained of were likewife made acquainted: And, 

That Yobn Townfend and Fobn Bowles, Two of thofe 
Perfons, did, upon their having notice of this Complaint, 
declare, That they fhould not have pulled down thefe 
Inclofures, if Mr. Barrington had not granted the Leafes 
before mentioned. ‘ 

That it alfo appeared, by the Evidence of Hefter Lee 
and Lydia Fobnjon, That, upon the next Day after grant- 
ing thefe Leaies, the Perfons complained of came and 
pulled down the Hedges which inclofed the Gardens be- 
longing to the Cottages before-mentioned ; declaring, at 
the fame time, that the Reafon of fuch Pulling down, 
was, becaufe of their having taken Leafes from Mr, Bar- 
rington : ; 

That thefe Cottages are repaired by the Cottagers 
themfelves: And, 

Hefter Lee, being afked how fhe came into her Houfe, 
faid, That it was bought of the former Poffeffor, to whom 
Four Pounds was given for it. 

That the Counfe! for the Perfons complained of infifted, 
That the Cottages in queftion belonged to the Parith, 
and were built upon the Common, at the Parifh- 
Charge, for the Ufe of their Poor only; and that 
the Inclofures added to them were new Inclofures, 
and therefure might be pulled down by the, Copy- 
ho!ders and Freeholders, as Encroachments upon their 
Right of Commoning: And they called, 

Albert Williams : Who faid, That he had known thefe 
Cottages Thirty Years: That they were reported to be 
built at the Charge of the Town, and he had known them 
repaired at the Parifh-Charge ; and faid, That the Church- 
wardens and Overfeers have, from time to time, placed 
poor people in them, entirely upon the Account of their 
Poverty: That he never heard of any Rent paid: That 
when any Inclofures have been made of the Common 
there, the Copyholders and Freeholders at Longcott have, 
from time to time, pulled down fuch Inclofures ; which 
has been frequently done, and none were ever punifhed 
for it: That the Cottages in queftion are ancient Cot- 
tages; but he never knew of any Gardens annexed to 

em, till now. 

" ohn Pointer faid, He has known thefe Cottages Fifty 
Years: That they were built before his Time : That the 
Churchwardens and Overfeers have always difpofed of 
them, and placed poor People therein, and repaired them 
when Occafion; and that he never knew thefe Cottages 
lett, nor any Rent paid for them : ' 

Being crofs-examined, he faid, That there were In- 
clofures to the Cottages in queftion before his Memory: 
That he never knew of any Inclofures but fuch as were 
made by the poor People ; and that the Copyholders and 
Freeholders had frequently pulled down fuch Inclofures. 

William Barnes faid, He had known thefe Cottages 
Forty Years: That they are reported to be built by the 
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his Time, thofe Churchwardens and Overfeers have re- 
paired them. 

After which Evidence, the Counfel for the Perfons com- 
plained of fubmitted their Cafe as the Cafe of poor 
People, and Matter of Compaffion. 

That the Counfel for Mr. Barrington replied, That 
thefe Cottages belonged to him, as Lord of the Manor: 
That the Inclofures were ancient [nclofures, and ought not 
to be pulled down: That the Matter of Title is triable at 
Law, and the Pofleffion ought not to be difturbed by 
Force. 

And, to prove that this is no Matter of Compaffion, 
but a Difpute with Mr. Barrington, fupported by a 
Combination againft him, they called, 

Thomas Berry: Who faid, that he was prefent at a 
Parith-Meeting at the Church at Longcott, upon T; burfday 
the Eleventh Day of Deceméer inftant; that about Twen: 
or more of the Parifhioners were there: That Mr. White, 
one of thofe Parithioners, told him, They-were going to 
Join together to try their Title with his Mafter Mr. Bar- 
rington, and that they would fpend Four hundred Pounds 
with him, before he fhould have the Houfes in queftion : 
That Mr. Stephens wrote an Inftrument, or Writing, in 
the Parifh-Book, and read it to them; the Import of 
which was, That the Subfcribers obliged themfeives to 
defend their Titles to the Houfes belonging to the Free- 
holders, for the Poor of Longcott, and to bear an equal 
Share or Proportion, according to their Eftates, of the 
Charge of the Perfons complained againft in the Houle 
of Commons: That he faw feveral of thole prefent fign 
this Writing ; particularly, George Stephens, Thomas W bite, 
William Harding, Thomas Williams, and Edward Strat- 
ton and that it was figned by others: 

Being crofs-examined, he faid, That he did believe the 
Perfons who figned this Inftrument had a Right of 
Commoning. 

And that the Committee came to the following Refo- 
lution ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Fobn Hale, Fobn Townfend, Robert Piffey, and Fobn 
Bowles, having, upon the One-and-twentieth Day of No- 
vember \aft, in a forcible manner, entered upon the Pof- 
feffions of Fifber Fobnjon, Fofiah Willis, and Fobn Lee, 
‘Tenants to Yobn Barrington Kiquire, a Member of this 
Houfe, at Longcot, in the Parifh of Shrivenbam, in the 
County of Berks, and pulled down the Inclofures belong- 
ing to fuch Poffeffions, are guilty of a Breach of the Pri- 
vilege of this Houte; 


The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe doth agree with the Committee in the {aid 
Refolution, That Yobn Hale, Fohn Townfend, Rebert Pif- 
Sey and Fobu Bowles, having, upon the One-and-twentieth 
Day of November laft, in a torcible Manner, entered upon 
the Poffeflions of Fisher Fobnjon, Fofiah Willis, and Fobn 
Lee, Tenants to Fobn Barrington Efquire, a Member of 
this Houfe, at Longcot, in the Parith of Shrivenbam, in 
the County of Berks, and pulled down the Inclofures be- 
longing to fuch Poffeffions, are guilty of a Breach of the 
Privilege of this Houfe ; - 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


Mr. Bond, 
Tellers for the Yeas.} Mr. Minjbull : } 119s 
Mr. Rowney, 
Tellers for the Noes,} Mr. North « { 92. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, that the faid ‘fohn Haile be, for his faid Breach 
of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid fobn Tewnfend be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
Jeant at Arms attending this Houle. 

Ordered, That the faid Robert Piffey be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuflody-of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


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Ordered, That the faid Fobn Bowles be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


_ A Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods; and for the more effectual Preventing 
of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committec of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. . 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for applying 
certain Overplus-monies, and further Sums to be raifed, 
as well by a Lottery as by Loans, towards paying off and 
cancelling Exchequer-Bills ; and for leffening the prefent 
great Charge in relation to thofe Bills; and for circulating, 
and exchanging for ready Monies, the Refidue of the 
fame Bills tor the future. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr, Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleaie to receive the fame. * 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Sabbati, 17° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords,“intituled, An Act 
A to render more effectual the Agreements that have 
been made between Zhomas Holles Duke of Newca/file, 
Henry Pelbam Etquire, Edward Lord Harley, and the 
Lady Henrietta his Wife, William Vane and Gilbert Vane 
Efquires, Sons of Chriftopher Lord Bernard, or any of 
them, in relation to the Will and Eftate of Yobn ate 
Duke of Newcajfile, and for fettling the fame in fuch 
manner as may be agreeable to the Intent of the faid 
Agreement; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned , 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Auditor Harley, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Secretary 
Pengelly, Mr. Randyll, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Auditor Foley, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Curzen, Sir Wm. 
Daines, Sir Wm. Monfon, Sir Wm. Pole, Sir Tho. Hanmer, 
Mr. Wynn, Mr. Archer, Sir Alexander Cuming, Mr. 
Lutwych, Sir Edward Ernley, Mr. Northey, Sit Wm, St. 
Quintin, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Smith, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. 
Bankes, Mr. Yonge, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Fefferves, 
Mr. Foley, Sir Edward Northey, Mr. Walter, Sir Richard 
Sandford, Mr. Currance, Mr. Gwynn, Sir Tho. Read, Mr. 
Cunninghame, Mr. Naylor, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Ver- 
non, Mr. Law/fon, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Inge, Sir Richard 
Farington, Mr. Levinz, Mr. Hopton, Mr. Rowney, 
Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Longueville, Mr. Knight; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Not- 
tingham, Derby, York, Northumberland, Middlefex, Hert- 
ford, Wilts, Suffex, Kent, Lincoln, Dorfet, Cambridge, 
and Bedford: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Charles Majfon Efquire have Leave to 


go into the Country for Ten Days, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Vor. XIX. 





57 


Ordered, That Richard Wynne Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


A Petition of the Clergy of Hampjhire was prefented 
to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That by a Bill 
now depending, for afcertaining the Tythe of Hops, and 
the more eafy Recovery of the fame, it is fuggefied, that 
great Difcouragement is given to the Planting of Hops: 
That the Hop-Plantations have greatly increaied for fome 
Years paft, and do increafe daily, and no Difcouragement 
given to the Planting of Hops; and no Encouragement 
feems to be wanting for the Planting of Hops, when 
fuch vaft Profit is known to arife to the Planters of them: 
That the Method now ufed in Tything of Hops, and in 
fuing for the fame, is fo eafy, and fo well known, that 
Inftances of vexatious and expenfive Suits have been. . . 
-. upon that Account; and the Sum of Twenty Shil- 
lings per Acre, which is the ufual Sum of Compofition in 
this County, when the ‘L'ythe of Hops is not exacted in 
Kind, is efteemed fo low and fo eafy a Rate, that it is 
readily accepted by the Planters: That, Hops being in 
moft Places deemed as fmall Tythes, the pooreft of their 
Brethren will lofe confiderable Sums of Money yearly, in 
their narrow Income, by the Change propofed; and the 
Money loft by the Clergy will be gained by the rich 
Planter only: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for afcertaining the Tythe of Hops, is committed: 
And that the Petitioners be heard before the faid Com- 
mittee, by their Counfel, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Clergy within the Diocefe of Rochefter 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners being informed, that there is a Bill depend- 
ing, relating to the Tythe of Hops, which Bill may be 
very prejudicial to very many Livings in this Diocefe, 
and tend to the Ruin of the Families of feveral Incum- 
bents on the fmaller Vicarages, a confiderable Part of 
whofe Income arifes from the faid Tythes: And praying 
to be heard, by their Countel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for afcertaining the Tythe of Hops is committed : 
And that the faid Petitioners be heard, by their Countel, 
before the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the Mar- 
foalfea Prifon, in Southwark, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are feveral 
Hundreds in Number, and reduced to the very ultimate 
Extremity; and muft unavoidably perifh, as many have 
already, for want of natural Suftenance, unlefs relieved; 
having no Allowance, as is ufual to the Debtors of other 
Gaols: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the poor Debtors in 
his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the City of Exon, is 
referred. 


A Reprefentation and Petition of the Mafter, Ward- 
ens, Searchers, and Affiftants, of the Company of Cutlers 
in Hallamfbire, in the County of York, and within Six 
Miles Compafs of the fame, incorporate by Act of Par- 
liament, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Cutlery-Trade hath been ever efteemed 
one of the greateft Manufacturies of the Kingdom, and 
employed and maintained many Thoufands of the King’s 
Subjects, and brought great Riches to the Nation: Thar, 
of late, divers ill-difpofed Perfons, contederating with 
Foreigners, have been, and are {ftill, endeavouring to 
tranfplant the Cutlery, and other Branches of the Iron- 
Trade, out of his Majcity’s Dominions; and, for that 
Purpote, have fhipped off and tranfported feveral of the 
King’s Subjeéts, Workmen in the faid Trades, with their 
Families, trom Newcaftle and London, into foreign Coun- 


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tries, and have there erected Furnaces for the making 
Steel, and have endeavoured to put and place Foreigners 
Servants and Apprentices in the Manufacturies of Iron and 
Steel in divers Parts of this Kingdom; and many Attempts 
made and uled to entice and draw away into foreign Coun- 
tries many of the Workmen within this Corporation; by 
means of which Praétices, the King’s Duties will be lefi- 
ened, and the Nation robbed of the faid Manufacturies : 
And praying, That fuch Remedies may be provided, as 
may prevent the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion therein, to the Houte: 

And it is referred to Mr. Jeffop, Colonel Bladen, Sir 
Arthur Kay, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Herne, Mr. Solicitor- 
General, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Bankes, Sir Wm, Lowther, 
Mr. Lowther, Lord Middleton, Lord Molefworto, Mr. 
Smith, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Richard Steel, Mr. Levinz, 
Mr. W’bite, General Wroth, Mr. Walier, Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. Archer, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Sir Edward 
Nerthey, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Baker, 
Sir Wm. Monfon, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. 
Yefferyes, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Sir Richard Farington;, and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties of York, Salop, Derby, 
Northumberland, Middlefex, and Warwick, and all the 
Merchants of the Houfe: And all that come are to have 
Voices: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


The Lord Shelburn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing the Road from Becconsfeild, 
in the County of Bucks, to Stoxen-Church, in the Coun- 
ty of Oxon, was re-committed, That they had made 
feveral other Amendments to the Bill; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in.at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Monday Morning. 


Sir William Lowther prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to naturalize Lodowick Chrijlian Spro- 
gell: And the fame was received; and read the Firit 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houle, according to Order, 
a Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Tuefday Morning next. 


A Petition of Sir Nicholas Tempeff Baronet was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, pur- 
fuant to an Act, intituled, An Act for appointing Com- 
miffioners to inquire into the Eftates of certain Traitors, 
and Popifh Recufants, and of Eftates given to fuperfti- 
tious Ufes, in order to raife Money out of them feverally 
for the Ute of the Publick, &amp;c. the Petitioner did, on the 
Twenty-third Day of November 1716, make and tender 
his Claim before the faid Commiffioners, according to the 
faid Act; thereby fetting forth, That William late Lord 
Widdrington, and Fane his Wife, by their Indenture of Leafe, 
dated the Firft Day of Yuly 1707, did demife and grant 
to the Petitioner feveral Meffuages and Lands in the County 
of Durbam, from the Firft of May 1707, for the Term 
of Ninety-nine Years, if the Petitioner fhould fo long 
live, under the yearly Rent of Five Shillings; and that 
the faid Lord Widdrington, and his Wife, did, on the 
Fourth of September in the fame Year, levy a Fine to the 
Petitioner, and his Wife, for the faid Term, if either of 
them lived fo long: That the Petitioner’s Claim coming 


A. 1718. 


on to be heard before the faid Commiffioners, it was ad- 
judged and decreed, That it fhould be difmifitd: That 
the Petitioner, during the late unnatural! Rebellion, never 
abfented himfelf from his Home, nor was in the leatt 
fufpected to aid or affift therein; having taken the feve- 
ral Oaths of Supremacy, Allegiance, and Abjuration, and 
received the Sacrament according to the Ufage of the 
Church of England, and openly, at the Quarter-Seffions 
of the Peace, declared and fub{‘cribed the Declaration 
againft Tranfubftantiation; and upon all Occafions hath 
diftinguifhed himfelf by fuch Marks of Loyalty as declare 
the Petitioner’s good Affection to his Majefty; the Lands 
and Eftate being One hundred and Ninety Pounds a 
Year, and the whole Subfiftence of the Petitioner, and his 
Family, which he would have enjoyed during his Life, 
if the faid late Lord Widdrington had not been attainted of 
that horrid Rebellion: That the Lord Widdrington was 
feifed ef the faid Eftate only for Life, in Right of his 
Wife; and the Petitioner is the next Proteftant Heir 
Male of his ancient Family; and hopes, that his Inno- 
cency fhaji not be involved in the Punifhment of another’s 
Treafon, and thereby, in his advanced Age, be forced to 
beg Charity, for Support of him, and his Family: And 
praying to be relieved. 

Whereupon Mr, Secretary Craggs acquainted the Houfe, 
That the Petitioner’s Cafe had been laid before his Ma- 
jefty; and that his Majefty hath been pleafed to command 
him to acquaint the Houfe, That his Majefty had no 
Objection ; but fhould be well pleafed with any Relief 
the Houfe fhail think fit to give the Petitioner. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
Relief of Sir Nicholas Tempe/t Baronet, touching an Eftate 
demifed to him by Wiliam \jate Lord Widdrington, and the 
Lady ane his Wife, many Years before the Attainder of 
the faid late Lord Widdrington: And that Mr. Hedworth, 
Lord William Powlett, Mr. Youge, and Mr. Farrer, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved irfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Moufe, upon the Bill for afcer- 
taining the Tythes of Hops. 

Mi. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Serjeant Birch took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 19° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


[_aewick Chriftian Sprogell took the Oaths appointed 
in order to his Naturalization, : 


A Petition of a great Number of poor diftreffed Debt- 
ors now lying in the Sheriff’s Gaol in the King’s Town 
and Parifh of Maidjtone, in the County of Kent, was pre- 
fented to the Houte, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners being in a very poor and deplorable Condition 
both them and their poor diltreffed Families almoft naked, 
and perifhing with Hunger and Cold, and ina deftitute 
and ftarving Condition: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the 
City of Exon, is referred. 


The Houfe, according to Order, took into Confidera- 
tion the Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill 
for repairing the Road from Becconsfeild, in the County 
of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the County of Oxon, was 
committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the 

there- 


ueftion feverally put’ 








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enon as 


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Mr. Hedworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the Relief of Sir Nicholas Tempeft Ba- 
ronet, touching an Eftate demifed to him by William 
late Lord Widdrington, and the Lady Fane his Wife, 
many Years before the Attainder of the faid late Lord 
Widarington: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Sir Richard Farington Baronet have 
Leave to go into the Country, for Recovery of his 
Health. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making more effectual the Laws appointing the Oaths, 
for Security of the Government, to be taken by Minifters 
and Preachers in Churches and Meeting-houfes in Scotland: 
And that Sir David Dalrymple and Mr. dbercromble do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the further Repert from the Commif- 
fioners and Truftecs, who*acted in Scotland, appointed 
by Two feveral Acts of Parliament; the one, made in the 
kirft Year of his Majetty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for 
appointing Commiffioners to inquire of the Eftates of cer- 
tain Traitors, and of Popith Recufants, and of Kitates given 
to fuperititious Ules,.in order to raile Money of them 
feverally, for the Ufe of the Publick; and the other, 
made in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Aét for vefling the forfeited Eftates in Great 
Britain and Ireland, in Trutftees, to be fold for the Ufe 
of the Publick; and for giving Relief to lawful Credi- 
tors, by determining the Claims; and for the more effec- 
tual bringing in to the refpective Exchequers the Rents 


and Rrofis of the faid Eftates, till fold; be printed. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Direc- 
tions to the proper Officer to lay before this Houfe, 
the Articles of War, now in being, for the better Go- 
vernment of the Army. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majeity by fuch Members of this Houle as are of his 
Majefty’s moit honourable Privy-Council. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for applying ce:tain Over- 
plus-monies, and further Sums to be raiied, as well by a 
Loitery as by Loans, towards paying cfF and cancelling 
Exchequer-Bills; and for lefiening the prefent great Charge 
in relation to thofe Bills; and for circulating, and exchang- 
ing for ready Monies, the Refidue of the fame Bills for 
the future; was committed, the Amendments they had 
made to the Bill, and directed to be reported to the 
Houfe; which he read in his Place; and aiterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendmenis, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion ieverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe refolved itielt into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to his Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
| Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 


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thereupon, with an Amendment to One of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe: 

And another Amendment was made, by the Houfe, to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, : That the Bill, with the Ameadments, be in- 
grofled. 





have come to feveral Refolutions; which they had di-+ 
rected him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to re- 
ceive the fame. 


Ordered, Tiat the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Refelved,. That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill for the better fecuring the lawful Trade 
ot his Majetty’s Subjeéts to and from the Lafl-Indics; 
and for the more effectual preventing all his Majefty’s 
Subjects trading thither under foreign Commiffions. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 20° die Fanuarii; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, Gentlemen, Free- 

holders, Farmers, Maltiters, and others, in and 
near the Town and Port of Dover, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there hath been in 
thefe Parts a deftructive Trade carried on, by the clan- 
deftine Importation of French Brandy, Wine, and other 
foreign Goods; and, as the Coft thereof is generally paid 
in the current Coin of this Kingdom, fuch evil Practices 
do confiderably wafte our Money, as well as leffen his 
Majefty’s Cuftoms; they are alfo Difcouragements to the 
fair Trader, and of pernicious Confequence to the Growth 
and Manufactures of this Kingdom: And praying, That 
a Law may be made to prevent the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Bill again{t clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods; and for the more effectual preventing 
of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; is committed. 


A Petition of the Freemen, Stallingers, and other In- 
habitants, of the Town of Sunderland, nigh the Sea, and 
of the principal Inhabitants within the Parith of Bifbop- 
Y’ecarmouth, in the County of Durbem, on the behalf of 
themfelves, and other the Inhabitants of the faid Town- 
fhip and Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the faid Town of Sunderland is a Town 
of great Trade, and very populous; that the faid Parifh 
contains alfo feveral other Townfhips; and the Trade 
and Families there daily increafing; and the Parifh-Church 
of Bifbop-Wearmouth being not fufficient to contain a 
Fourth Part of the Parifhioners; and the other Inhabi- 
tants of Sunderland have, with the Confent of the Lord 
Bithop of Durham, who is Bifhop of the Diocefe, and 
Lord of the Manor, at their great Expence, built a new 
Church, and Veltry-room, in Sunderland aforefaid: And 
the Petitioners, and the faid other Inhabitants, being de- 
firous, That the faid Townfhip of Sunderland may bea 
Parifh of itfelf, diftinét from the faid Parifh of BiLop- 
Wearmouth; the faid Bifhop being the Patron, and prefent 
Incumbent, of the faid Parith of Bifbop-Wearmouth, and 
confenting thereto: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for making the faid Town and 
Township of Sunderland a Parifh ot itlelf, feparate and 
dittinét from the faid Parifh of Bibop-Wearmouth; and 
for making an Endowment and Provifion for the Incum- 
bent of fuch new Parifh, and his Succeflors; and for the 
Maintenance of a Curate, and Parifh-Clerk. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it app&lt;ars to 
them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Eden, Mr. 
Conyers, Colonel Blakejton, Sir Richard Sandford, Mr. 
Bacon, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Weaver, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. 
Serjeant Pengelly, Lord Pagett, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir Wm. 
St. Quintin, Mr. Duckminique, Mr. Herne, Lord Bur- 

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ford, Lord Shelburn, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Wylde, Sir Sa- 
muel Lennard, Mr. London, My. Serjeant Birch, Sir Tho. 
Ffobnfon, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Windjcr, Mr. Difton, Sit 
Arthur Kay, Mr. Inge, Sir Geo. Warburton, Sir Fran. 
Leicefter, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Freman, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
Godfrey, Mr. Wrighsfon, and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Durham and York: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: Aad have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Petition of Multitudes of poor Prifoners for Debt 
confined in the Fleet, for and on behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thouiand other the like Prifoners, in the feve- 
ral Prifons in South Britain, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, by inevi- 
table Lofies of divers Natures, having been reduced to 
Poverty, or Infolvency, were notwithftanding forced into 
the Prifons aforefaid; and there have lain, many of them, 
feveral Years in great Mifery and Want, to the utter 
Deftruction of themfelves and Families; and others have 
been forced to confume their Eftates, by the exceflive 
Expences infeparable to Prifons, to the Detriment of 
themfelves, and their Creditors; which, if they had been 
at Liberty, might have paid their Debts; and fuch as 
have Eftates being willing to furrender up the fame to 
their Creditors: And praying to be relieved, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the peor Debtors in his 
Majefty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the City of Exon, is 
referred, 


A Petition of the infolvent Debtors in Wood-freet 
Compter, in the City of London, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
humbly conceive there cannot be produced greater or 
jufter Objects of Charity than themfelves; being ready 
to deliver, upon Oath, and under the fevereft Penalties, 
in cafe of Fraud or Collufion, their All, towards the 
Satisfaction of their Creditors, or rather of their Debts; 
many of them having miferably perifhed in this difmal 
Place with Hunger: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Peticion be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the poor Debtors in his 
Majetty’s Prifon of Southgate, in the City of Exon, is re- 
ferred. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend the Laws relating to Under-Sheriffs; 
and for the more impartial Returning of Juries: And 
that Mr. Fefferies, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Sir William 
Pole, Mr. Harley, and Mr. Lowndes, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of Yefterday, having been prefented to hisMajefty, 
That he would be gracioufly pleafed to give Direction to 
the proper Officer to lay before this Houfe, the Articles 
of War, now in being, for the better Government of the 
Army; his Majefty had been pleafed to give Directions, 
That the faid Articles fhould be laid before the Houfe. 

Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, Rules and Articles for the better 
Government of his Majefty’s Horfe and Foot Guards, 
and all other his Majefty’s Land-Forces in the Kingdoms 
- Of Great Britain and Ireland, and Dominions beyond the 
Seas : 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Rules and Articles do lie upon 
the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Rules and Articles are bound up with the 

other Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Privileges and Elections, touching the Election and Double 


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Return for the Borough of Corfe-Caftle, in the County 
ot Dorfet, be received To-morrow Morning. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefly, the Refo- 
lutions which they had directed to be reported to 
the Houfe; which he read in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where they were read; 
and are as follow; viz. 

Refo'ved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That 
a Sum, not exceeding One hundred Ten thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to his Majefty, for Half-Pay, for the Year 
1719, upon Account, to reduced Officers of his Ma- 
jefty’s Land-Forces and Marines. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty -five thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to his Majefty, for the extraordinary Charge 
of the Royal Hofpital, and Out-Penfioners, for the Year 
1719, over and above the Poundage, and Day’s Pay. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty-five thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to his Majefty, for Half-Pay for Sea-Officers, 
for the Year 17109. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


A Petition of Humphry Evans Gentleman, and Sarah 
his Wife, only Daughter of Thomas Fett the elder, de- 
ceafed, and Sitter of Thomas Fett, of the Parith of St. 
Margaret’s, Weftminfler, Efquire, was pretented to the 
Houte, and read; fetting forth, That an ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for vetting certain 
Lands and Tenements in the County of Somerjet, the 
Eftate of the faid Thomas Fett, in Truftees, to be fold; 
and, with the Monies arifing thereby, to purchafe other 
Lands, of the like Value, to be fettled to the fame Ufes; 
is now depending; and whereof the Petitioners had no 
other Notice than by the publick Votes: That the faid 
Thomas Fett, being at prefent but Tenant for Life in the 
faid Eftate, without Iffue Male; and the fame being only 
chargeable with a certain Term of Years, to raife For- 
tunes for the Iffue Male; and the Petitioner Sarab having 
a contingent Remainder therein, which is liable and 
fubject to be deftroyed if the faid Bill pafles into a Law: 
And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
Committee, againft the Paffing of the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vetting certain 
Lands and Tenements, in the County of Somerfet, the 
Eftate of Thomas Fett Efquire, in Truftees, to be fold; 
and, with the Monies ariling thereby, to purchafe other 
Lands, of the like Value, to be fettled to the fame Ufes: 
And that the Petitioners be heard before the Committee, 
by themfelves, or their Counfel, as they fhall think fit. 


The Order of the Day being read, for calling over 
the Names of fuch Members as made Default to appear 
upon the Call of the Houfe, the Thirteenth Inftant ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Calling over of the faid Names be adjourn- 
ed till this Day Sevennight; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Names were called over: 

And many of them appeared; and others were ex- 
cufed. . 

The Name of Sir Fobn Stoneboufe Baronet being called 
over ; 

And the Queftion being put, That his Excufe be al- 
lowed 3 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. sitiiteees 

cs Colonel Bladen, 
Tellers for the Y €88,) Si aisha Enahiird: i 153. 
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Tellers for the Noes, ae j pF a 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Fobn Stoneboufe Baronet 
be taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms at- 
tending this Houfe. 

The Name of Sir William Courtenay Baronet being 

And the Queftion being put, That he be exculed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Bertie, i 157- 

Sir John Hind Cotton, t 

Tellers for the Noes, eo dena 143. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Name of Yobn Rolle Efquire being called over ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Fobn Rolle Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle. 

Over ; 

And no Excufe being offered for him ; 

Ordered, That the faid Thomas Lifter Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 

The Name of Sir William Blackett Baronet being 
called over ; 

And the Queftion being put, That he be excufed ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attend- 
ing this Houte. 

The Name of Sir Jobs Walter Baronet being called 
overs; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Fohn Walter Baronet be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 
over ; 

And the Quefiion being put, That he be excufed ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Sir Harvey Elwes Baronet be 
this Houfe. 

The Name of Stephen Parry Efquire being called 
over; 

And no Excufe being offered for him ; 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle. 

The Name of Fobn Pugh Efquire being called over ; 

And no Excule being offered for him ; 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
have been Jaid out in particular Places where any of the 
Fifty new Churches have been built ; and what was agreed 
for the Sites in fuch Places, where any of thofe Churches 
are defigned to be built; and of all other Expences re- 
Morning next. 

Ordered, That the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and De- 
fertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and 
their Quarters, be read a Second time upon Thurfday 


‘ 163. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

called over; 
Mr. Tuckfeild : 

And the Queftion being put, that he be excufed; 

The Name of Thomas Lifer Efquire being called 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir William Blacket Baronet be 

And the Queftion being put, That he be excufed ; 

The Name of Sir Harvey Ekves Baronet being called 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 

Ordered, That the faid Stephen Parry Efquire be taken 

Ordered, That the faid Fobn Pugh Efquire be taken 
whom it was referred to inquire what Sums of Money 
lating thereto; be taken into Confideration upon Friday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned ti!l To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 
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Mercurii, 21° die Fanuarit; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


i, Sas of the poor infolvent Debtors, Prifoners 
in the Caftle of Norwich, for the County of Nor- 
folk; in the Name of themfelves, and many others, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
their chiefeft Hopes have been, in perfuading themfelves 
of being fet at Liberty, fince his Majefty has been pleafed, 
out of his princely Clemency, and pious Inclination, to 
grant a free Pardon'to all his rebellious and felonious 
Subjects: That their Numbers are great, and their Wants 
many, having lain confined many Years, and are thereby 
rendered utterly uncapable of ever extracting themfelves 
out of that Labyrinth of Hardfhips that furround them: 
And praying, That the Bill for Difcharge of poor Infol- 
vents may pats. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report from the Committee, to whom the Peti- 
tion of the poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of South- 
gate, in the City of Exon, was reterred, hall be made. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in his Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol of Newgate, within the City of Brifol, was 
prelented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners, after a long and fevere Imprifonment in 
the faid Gaol, are at length reduced to a moft mean 
and miferable Condition and Extremity, and are not in 
the leaft capacitated to pay, or any otherways difcharge, 
their Debts; and confequently uncapable, of themfelves, 
of ever being redeemed from this Paradox of Grief and 
Mifery: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report from the Committee, to whom the Peti- 
tion of the poor Debtors of his Majefty’s Prifon of South- 
gate, in the City of Exon, was referred, fhall be made. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners for Debt 
in his Majefty’s Gaol for the Town and County of the 
Town of Nottingham, on behalf of themfelves, and 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners, by reafon of unavoidable 
Loffes, Mifchances, and other heavy Preffures of Mif- 
fortune, becoming indebted, and unable to fatisfy their 
Creditors, have, notwith{tanding, been a Jong time con- 
fined in cliofe Prifon; where they fuffer extreme Want 
and Mifery : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do Jie upon the Table, 
until the Report from the Committee, to whom the Pe- 
tition of the poor Debtors in his Majefty’s Prifon of 


Southgate, in the City of Exon, was referred, fhall be 
made. 


A Petition of the Weavers, and others, employed in 
the Woollen Manufactury in and about the City of Bri- 
ftol, was prefented to the Houfe and read; fetting forth, 
That they have, by their Labour, for many Years paft, 
maintained themfelves and Families, and paid fuch Taxes 
as by Law required: That they are now become Objects 
of Charity, and rendered uncapable of fupporting their 
prefent Neceffities; occafioned by their Matters not em- 
ploying them as ufual; which is for want of Wool, oc- 
cafioned by the great Quantities fent from this Kingdom, 
as well as Ireland, to foreign Places, where the Labour 
is much lower than here; therefore can, notwith{tanding 
they give a greater Price for their Wool, afford their 
Woollen Manufactury much cheaper: And praying to be 
relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Weavers, in their 
Common-Hall affembled, in the City of New Sarum, 
in the County of Wilts, and of other Weavers there, nor 
in the faid Corporation, was prefented to the Houfe, and 

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read; fetting forth, That, by reafon of clandeftine Con- 
veying of Wool out of the Kingdoms of Great Britain 
and Ireland into France, notwithftanding the many fevere 
Laws to the contrary, Wool is become fo fcarce, that 
there is not fufficient to carry on the Woollen Trade of 
this Kingdom, and keep the many Thoufands therein 
employed, and particularly Two thoufand, at leaft, in 
this City; and, the Price of Wool being thereby fo much 
advanced, and the Markets abroad to low, that the 
Clothiers will be forced, for the future, more and more to 
leffen their Trade; to the great Prejudice of thofe em- 
ployed under them in the faid Woollen Manufacture: 
And praying to be relieved. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Stuff-makers and Clothiers in and 
about the City of Brifol, in behalf of themielves, and. 
many Thoufands, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners have, for many 
Years paft, employed and maintained feveral Thoufand 
Poor in the Woollen Manufactury, and thereby fupported 
themfelves and Families; but, for fome time paft, Wool 
hath been fo fcarce and dear, that they have not been 
able to purchale {uch Quantities, fufficient to keep the Poor 
fully employed; the Merchant refufing, at the fame time 
to give an advanced Price for their Goods, in propor- 
tion to the Price of Wool, by reafon of other Nations 
underfelling in foreign Markets; occafioned by the clan- 
deitine Exportation of Wool from this Kingdom, and 
from Ireland, which if not timely prevented, they fhall 
be fo far from employing others, that they fhall inevi- 
table want Employment, and Support, themfelves: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Ta- 
ble. 


Mr. Godfrey reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Inhabitants of Wapping, Stepney, Saint 
ohn Wapping, and Aldgate, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufand Inhabitants, in and about the faid 
Parithes, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them, 
with the Retolutions of the Committee thereupon; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report and 
Refolutions were read; and are as follow; vz. 

That the Committee have, according to Order of the 
Houfe, taken into ,Confideration the faid Petition; to 
whom it appeared, ‘by a Scheme delivered to them, and 
by the Teftimony of the following Perfons, Inhabitants in 
the faid Parifhes; wiz. Samuel Clewley, Fofeph Mak/ey, 
Robert Newell, ohn Keeler, James Britain, Dan. Savery, 
Herbert Edgerley, Sfames Curtis, Matthew Gregory, Fo/. 
Low, William Saunders, That, near 60 Years ago, there 
was not a Fourth Part fo many Warehoufes for Gun- 
powder as at this time; and then, One only blowing up 
did fome Damage: That there has been built One Ware- 
houfe for Gunpowder about 40, and another about 27, 
Years paft; and that shere is now Seven Magazines di- 
vided into Twenty-two Warehoufes; Six of them are with- 
in 12 Yards of Dwelling-houfes, and but 400 Yards from 
his Majefty’s Victualing-Office , which, having been mea- 
fured, are computed to hold 1,302 Barrels of Gun- 
powder, allowing room for Men to work: There’s 
Three contiguous to a Rope-yard, and Houfe, where 
there is great Quantities of Hemp; and Tar is melted, 
which lately boiled over, and had like to have fet the 
Houfe on Fire; and it muft of Neceflity, if it had not 
been happily prevented, have blown up the Powder; for 
nobody would have given their Affiftance to extinguifh 
it, knowing the Powder was fo near; and thofe are efti- 
mated to hold 1,076 Barrels: There’s likewife Nine, 
but 80 Yards from Broad-/reet, in Wapping ; and more, 
but [Twenty Yards diftant from other Houle; which, to- 
gether, will contain 4,776 Barrels; the whole Quantity 
that thefe Warehoufes will hold being 7,154 Barrels of 
Gunpowder. 

Matthew Gregory faid, He could not fee the Infide of 


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feveral of the Warehoufes; but in One, which was efti- 
mated to hold 404 Barrels, he believes there was ftowed 
440 Barrels of Gunpowder. 

Captain Fofepb Mak/fey faid, He faw in One of them 
between Two and Three hundred Barrels of Gunpowder. 

It-alfo appeared to the Committee, That the Inhabi- 
tants are in continual Apprehenfions, fearing they will 
daily be deftroyed by the Carelefnefs of Men at work in 
fome of the Warehoufes, where there hath been near 
100 Barrels of Gunpowder, who have been heard to 
drive Nails with Iron Hammers, when the Gunpowder 
has been fcattered upon the Floor like fand: That it has 
been ftrewed in the Rope-walk, by carrying to and from 
the Warehoufes, that ic has made a perfect Train; which, 
if it had took Fire, muft confequently have blown up the 
Magazine, and Numbers of People would have been 
ruined and deftroyed. 

That it further appeared, That the Inhabitants were, 
and are, under as great Fears, as terrible Apprehenfions, 
from any Nights of Lightning and Thunder ; the Ware- 
houfes for the Gunpowder being only covered with Pan- 
tiles, which are almoft always broke, and out of Re- 
pair; fo that there is fufficient Reafon to believe, that 
they may take Fire at fuch a time; or fhould a Fire happen 
though at a Diftance, by the Sparks flying over, they 
are liable to be blown up. 

It likewife appeared, That Barges lie at Wharfs, with 
Three or Four hundred Barrels of Gunpowder, without 
being covered; and that a Lighterman has been feen to 
{moke within Two Foot of them, and others walk over 
them with lighted Pipes in their Mouths; and that the 
Merchants have been complained to, to keep a Watch 
over them; but yet do not: 

And alfo, That the late deftructive Fire in Thames- 
Jireet was occafioned with fo {mall a Quantity as a Bar- 
rel. 

The Committee came to the Refolutions following ; 
Viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have proved the Allegations con- 
tained in their Petition, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Gunpowder Warehoufes above-mentioned are 
very dangerous to the Tower of London, his Majefty’s 
Victualing and other Offices, as well as to a Multitude 
of Inhabitants of the City and Suburbs of London. 

The Second Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out ‘* above-mentioned,” and, inftead thereof, to 
infert * lately erected in the Suburbs of London :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 

Refolved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That the Gun- 
powder Warehoufes, lately erected in the Suburbs of 
London, are very dangerous to the Zower of London, his 
Majefty’s Victualing and other Offices, as well as to a 
Multitude of Inhabitants of the City and Suburbs of 
London. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
prevent Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping or 
having too great Quantities of Gunpowder in Storehoufes, 
or Warehoufes, belonging to private Perfons, in and abouc 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and Suburbs there- 
of: And that Mr. Godfrey, Mr. London, and Sir William 
Pole, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting certain Lands and Tenements in the County of 
Somerfet, the Eftate of Thomas Fett Efquire, in Truflees, to be 
fold; and, with the Monies arifing thereby, to purchale 
other Lands of the like Value, to be fettled co the fame 
Ufes; was committed; That they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill," and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Committee had heard the Petitioners 
againft the Bill; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Com- 


mittee; 


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mittee; and chat they had directed him to report the fame 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Sir William Lowther reported, from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the poor Debtors in his Majefty’s 
Prifon of Southgate, in the City of Exon, and other Peti- 
tions of infolvent Debtors, Prifoners, were referred, the 
Matter, as it appeared to them, with the Refolutions of 
the Committee thereupon; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Report and Refolutions were read ; 
and are as follow; viz. 

That it appeared to the Committee, There are vatt 
Numbers of poor Debtors now in the feveral Prifons of 
this Kingdom, in a miferable and ftarving Condition ; 
fome who have lain in Gaol Five or Six Years, whofe 
Debts amounted to no more than Four or Five Pounds 
a Man: 

It appeared, That in the Poultry Compter, in London, 
Eleven poor Debtors have died there within Three Months, 


‘fome whereof were ina ftarving Condition; and, in the 


Marfbalfea, 2 Hundred Perfons have died in lefs than 
Three Months time. 

That, upon the whole Matter, the Committee came to 
the Refolutions following ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That great Numbers of poor infolvent Debtors in the 
feveral Gaols of this Kingdom are fit Objects of Compai- 
fion, and deferve to be relieved. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houle be moved for Leave to bring in a Bill for 
Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the feveral Gaols of 


this Kingdom. 


The Firft Refolution, being read a Second time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 


’ Houfe. 


The Second Refolution being read a Second time; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the feveral Gaols of 
this Kingdom: And that Sir William Lowther and the 
Lord William Powlet do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Hedworth reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Freemen, Stallingers and other Inha- 
bitants, of the Town of Sunderland, nigh the Sea, and of 
the principal Inhabitants within the Parifh of Bifbop- 
Wearmouth, in the County of Durbam, on the behalf of 
themfelves, and other the Inhabitants of the faid Town- 
fhip and Parifh, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared 
to them; which he read in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as follows; viz. 

That it appeared to the Committee, The Town of 
Sunderland, near the Seafide, is a Town of great Trade, 
and very populous; and that the Parifh-Church of 
‘Bifbop-Wearmou:h, in the County of Durbam, is not fufi- 
cient to contain a Fourth Part of the Inhabitants, who 
have, with the Confent of the Bifhop of Durbam, who is 
Bifhop of that Diocefe, and of Doétor Bowes, the prefent 
Incumbent, at 1,5007. Expence, built a new Church and 
Veftry-reom in Sunderland; and that the faid Bifhop, 
Doétor Bowes, and the principal Inhabitants of the faid 
Town of Sunderland, have coniented, that the faid Town 
and Townfhip of Sunderland be made a Parith of itfelf, 
feparate and diftinct from the faid Parifh of Bifbop-Wear- 
mouth; and for the making an Endowment and Provifion 
for the Incumbent of fuch new Parifh, and his Succeffors; 
and for the Maintenance of a Curate, and Parifh-Clerk. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a-Bill for 
making the Town and Township of Sunderland a diftine&amp; 
Parifh from the Parith of Bifbop-Wearmeuth, in the County 
of Durbam: And that Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Eden, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Wrightfon, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 





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Mr. Hampden, according to Order, reported, from 


‘the Committee of Privileges and Eleétions, the Matter, 


as it appeared to them, upon the Petitions of Fo/bua 
Churchill Efquire, and Fobn Banks Efquire, mutually com- 
plaining of the Double Return for the Borough of Corfe- 
Caftle, in the County of Dorfet, and the Retolutions of 
the Committee thereupon; which he read in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 


the faid Report and Refolutions were read; and are as fol- 
low; viz. 


That the Right of Ele&amp;tion was agreed to be in fuch 
Perfons as are feifed in Fee, in Poffeffion or Reverfion, of 
any Meffuage, Tenement, or corporeal Hereditament, 
within this Borough ; and in fuch Perfons as are Tenants 
for Life or Lives; and, for want of fuch Freehold, in 
Tenants for Years determinable on any Life or Lives; 


paying Scot and Lot; and in no others. 


That the Poll was, 

For Mr. Churchill — 150: And, 
For Mr. Banks — — 129. 

That Mr. Charcbill’s Counfel complained of great Par- 
tiality, and arbitrary Procesdings, of the Mayor, in 
favour of Mr. Banks: And called, 

Mr. Tho. Cooper junior: Who proved Service of an 
Order of the Committee, in Decemder laft, upon Mr. 
Fobn Benjeild, the prefent Mayor, and upon Mr. William 
Dowdall, the late Mayor, for producing the Charters 
in their Cuftody, to be infpected by Mr. Churchill's 
Agents: That they trifled with thofe Agents; put them 
off to different Times and Places; and then pretended 
the Order to be of no Authority, for want of a Seal; 
and did not, though required, produce the Charters, which 
they acknowleged to be in their Cuftody : 

That, at the Election, the Mayor fhewed all imagina- 
ble Partiality againft Mr. Céurchill, in favour of Mr. 
Banks; and made unreafonable Objections to Mr. Churcbill’s 
Voters; viz. to one, who had been in Poffeffion, and had 
voted Forty Years, for not proving the Marriage of his 
Father, that had been dead Sixty Years; to a Diffenter, 
for not proving that he had received the Sacrament within 
a Year before the Election; to a Tenant by the Cour- 
tefy, for not producing his Title; and to others, who had 
voted Twenty, Forty, and Sixty Years, for not produce- 
ing their Titles; and where Titles were in the very fame 
Circumftances as in Coparcenary, or the like, he refufed 
them for Mr. Churchill, and admitted them for Mr. Banks: 
That he put all poffible Difficulties on Mr. Céurcbill’s Side, 
and admitted all Mr. Banks’ Voters without any Scruple, 
though objected to; declaring, He knew thofe Votes to 
be good. 

‘Lhat the Counfel for Mr. Banks alleged, That the 
Mayor had Difficulties upon him at the time of the 
Election ; but had fince found, that his Poll, wherein 
Mr, Churchill has fuch Majority as is before-men- 
tioned, is right: And, in favour of the Mayor they 
called, 

Harry Parker Efquire: Who faid, he attended at the 
Eleétion; and that he thought the Mayor acted rather in 
favour of Mr. Churchill than Mr. Banks: That fome 
Point of Law and Difficulty did arife at the Election ; par- 
ticularly under Mr. Okeden’s Settlement, with refpect to 
his having levied, or not levied, a Fine; which Point 
affected feveral Voters; and though a Copy of thar Set- 
tlement was produced, there was no Satisfaction given, 
touching any Fine being levied thereupon; and that Mr. 
Okeden, in his Life-time, would give no Satisfaction in 
that Point, though often defired: That the Votes ob- 
jected to were taken. with Queries, in order to be adjulted 
upon a Scrutiny after the Poll; but Mr. Churchill, and 
his Agents, refufed to give any Satisfaction therein: And 
the Witnefs faid, He thought the Mayor’s Behaviour at 
the Election was fo fair, that, had he been in the Mayor’s 
Place, he fhould have done as the Mayor did. 

That Mr. Yobn Poulden faid, He has known the Borough 
above Twenty Years, has been Mayor, and was at chis 
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Election ; and that he thought the Mayor acted without 
Partiality. 

And that, upon the whole Matter, the Committee came 
to the following refolutions. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Fobn Banks Efquire is not duly elected a Burgefs to 
ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Corfe- 
Cafile, in the County of Dorfet. © 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fofoua Churchill Efquire is duly elected a Burgefs 
to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid Borough 
of Corfe-Ca/ile. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Committee, That 
Fobn Benfeild, Mayor ot the faid Borough of Corfe-Cafile, 
1s guilty of divers arbitrary and illegal Practices in the late 
Eleétion and Return of a Member to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the faid Borough; and of a Contempr, in 
not obeying the Order of this Committee for producing 
the Charters of the faid Borough in his Cuftody. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Committee, That 
William Dowdall, \ate Mayor of the faid Borough of 
Corfe-Cafile, is guilty of a Contempt, in not obeying the 
Order of this Committee for producing the Charters of 
the faid Borough in his Cuftody. 

The Firft Refoletion being read a Second time 5 

Refalved, Nemine contradicente, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Retolution, That 
John Banks Eiquire is not duly elected a Burgeis to ferve 
in this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Corfe- 
Caftle, in the County of Dor/et. 

The Second Refolution being read a Second time. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, That 
Fofoua Churchill Efquire is culy elected a Burgefs to ferve 
in this prefent Parliament for the faid Borough of Corfe- 
Caftle. 

The Third Refolution being read a Second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houle do agree with the Committee in the 
faid Refolution, That fobn Benfeild, Mayor of the faid 
Borough of Corfe-Caftle, is guilty of divers arbitrary and 
illegal Practices in the late Election and Return of a Mem- 
ber to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid Borough; 
and of a Contempt, in not obeying the Order of this 
Committee for producing the Charters of the faid Bo- 
rough in his Cuftody ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes go forth. 
Sir Barnham Ryder, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } ene tes 


209. 
Tellers for the Noes, } “ fs ties sone nis t 76, 
r. Strangeways : 

‘So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Fourth Refolution being read a Second time; 

Refolved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That William Dowdall, late 
Mayor of the faid Borough of Corfe-Cafile is guilty of a 
Contempt, in not obeying the Order of this Committee 
for producing the Charters of the faid Borough in his 
Cuftody. 

Ordered, That Fobn Benfeild, Mayor of the faid Bo- 
rough of Corfe-Cajtle, be, for his faid arbitrary and illegal 
Practices, and for his faid Contempt, taken into the Cuf- 
tody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That William Dowdall, \ate Mayor of the faid 
Borough of Corfe-Caftle, be, for his faid Contempt, taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, with the Return for the 
Borough of Corfe-Caftle, in the County of Dor/et, in order 
to amend the fame, by rafing out the Name of Fohn Banks 
Efquire, and all the fpecial Matter of the faid Return, 
and to infert fo much as will make the fame a perfect and 
regular Return of o/oua Churchill Efquire. 


An ingroffed Bill for applying certain Overplus-monies, 


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4. 1718. 


and further Sums to be raifed, as well by a Lottery as by 
Loans, towards paying off and cancelling Exchequer- 
Bills; and for Jeffening the prefent great Charge in rela- 
tion to thofe Bills; and for circulating, and exchanging for 
ready Monies, the Refidue of the fame Bills for the future; 
was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 1. Line 27. After ‘* to,” infert *an;” 

age 24. Line 19. Leave out “ Sixty,” and infere 
*Ses 37 

Prefs 36. Line 39. Leave out ** and,” and infert ‘* on:” 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for applying certain Overplus-monies, and fur- 
ther Sums to be raifed, as well by a Lottery as by Loans, 
towards paying off and cancelling Exchequer-Bills; and for 
leffening the prefent great Charge in relation to thofe Bills; 
and for circulating, and exchanging for ready Monies, the 
Refidue of the fame Bills for the future. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houie, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next,refolve icfelt into aCommittee of the whole Houfe, 
upun the Bill to impower the Commiffioners appointed to 
putin Execution the Acts, of the Ninth and Tenth Years of 
her late Majeity’s Reign, for building Fifty new Churches 
in and about the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and 
Suburbs thereof, to direét the Parifth-Church of Saint Mar- 
tin in the viclds, in the County of Middlefex, to be re- 
built, inftead of One of the faid Fifty new Churches. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods; and for the more effectual Preventing 
of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 22° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 
Bill to naturalize Lodowick Chriftian Sprogell was 
read a fecond time 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. London, Colonel Long, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Wm. 
Lowther, Sir Charles Turner, Sit Edward Ernley, Mr. 
Heyfoam, Sit Fobn Cope, Mr. Booth, Mr. Morice, Mr. 
Burridge, Mr. Levinz, Sir Wm. Pole, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
Hitch, Mr. Difton, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Weftern, Mr. 
Lowther: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for continuing the A&amp;, made in the Eighth 
Year of the late Queen Aum, to regulate the Price and 
Affize of Bread; as alfo, for continuing the Act, made 
in the Twelfth Year of the faid late Queen, for the better 
Encouragement of the making of Sailcloth in Greaé 
Britain, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Brigadier Ferrers, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Gu- 
bert Heathcott, Mr. Carter, Sir Tho. Wheate, Colonel 
Long, Mr. Herne, Lord Wm, Powlett, Mr. Inge, Sir 
Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Norris, Sir Wm. Monfon, Mr. Wef- 


tern, Sir Facob Afiley, Mr, Freman, Sir Richard Steel, 
4 Mr. 








5 GEO. I. 


Mr. Hiilerfden, Mr. Feilding, Mr. Booth, Sir Fobn Nor- 
ris, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Sir Win. Pol2, Mr. Heathcott, Mr. 
Burridge, Sir Tho. Creffe, Mr. Hungerford, Colonel Ne- 


gus, Mr. Brodrick, Mir. Guibon, Mr. Fennings, Mr. 


Wylde; and all the Members that ferve for the City of 
London, and County of Middlefex: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Trey prefented to the Houfe, the Report of fuch 
of the Commiffioners and Truftees as have been appointed 
to: execute the feveral Trufts and Powers in relation to 
England, Ireland, and elfewhere, except Scotland, con- 
tained in Two feveral Acts of Parliament; the one inti- 
tuled, An Act for appointing Commiffioners to inquire of 
the Eftates of certain Traitors, and of Popifh Recufants, 
and of Eftates given to fuperftitious Ufes, in order to 
raife Money out of them, feverally, for the Ufe of the Pub- 
lick ; the other intituled, An Act for velting the forfeited 
Eftates in Great Britain and Ireland in Truftees, to be 
fold for the Ufe of the Publick, and for giving Relief to 
Jawful Creditors by determining the Claims, and for the 
more effectual bringing into the refpective Exchequers the 
Rents and Profits of the faid Eftates, till fold: 

And the Title of the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, to 
be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion, 


A Petition of Peter Sejourne was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner was 
born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance; but profeffeth the 
true Proteftant Religion; and has given Teftimony of his 
dutiful and loyal Affection to his Majefty, and the Good 
of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for his Naturaliza- 
tion. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
London and Mr. Goafrey do prepare,’ and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Clothiers, Serge-makers, 
Fullers, Dyers, and other principal Inhabitants, of the 
Town of Taunton, in the County of Somerfet, on behalf 
of themfelves, and feveral Thoufand others employed in 
the Woollen Manufacture in and near the faid Town, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Staple Trade of the Town and Places adjacent is the 
making of Druggets, Serges, Cloth-Serges, Saggathies, 
Duroys, and other Woollen Goods; in the which, incre- 
dible Numbers of Hands are employed, and by means 
thereof many Thoufands of Poor are fupported: That 
notwithftanding the good Laws already in being to pre- 
vent the clandeftine Exportation of Wool into France 
from Ireland, and this Kingdom; yet that pernicious Prac- 
tice is ftill carried on; fo that Wool is become extreme 
fcarce, and rifen exceffively ; fo that the Woollen Trade 
in that Country is greatly diicouraged, and Multitudes of 
Poor are already out of Employ, and many others will 
foon be deftitute of Labour: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Boroughs of North Britain 
was prefented to the Houte, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Woollen Manufactury in Scotland, which is a confider- 
able Branch of their Trade, is of very great Advantage to 
the Subjects of that Part of the united Kingdom; and, 
being improved, will confiderably increafe the Woollen 
Manufattury of Great Britcin: That nothing can contri- 
bute more to the Improvement of that valuable Branch of 
Trade, than the opening a Port in Scotland for the Im- 
portation of Wool from Jreiand,; whereby a greater Va- 
riety of Sortments of Wool would be had, and the Manu- 
factury of Wool brought to a much greater Perfection: 


That the Port of. Liverpool is the neareft Port to Scot- 
Voi, XIX. 


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65 


land; but, the fame being at fo great a Diftance from 
Scotland, Wool cannot be brought from thence without a 
very great Charge: That the Town of Dumbarton, fitu- 
ated upon the Mouth of the River of C/yde, and upon the 
Werftern Coaft of Scotland, oppofite to Ireland, is, as the 
Petitioners apprehend, the moft proper Port in North 
Britain for that Purpofe: And praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring ina Bill to open the faid Port of Dum- 
barton, or fome other Port. in the Weft of Scotland, for 
the Importation of Wool from Ireland into Scotland, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opi- 
nion therein, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir David Dalrymple, Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Freman, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, 
Mr. Wylde, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Campbell, Sir Orl. Bridg- 
man, Myr. Carterett, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Norris, Lord 
Molefworth, Mr. Mickletbwaite, Sir Fobn Norris, Mr. 
Gybbon, Mr. Cuningham, Lord Cajfilecomer, Lord Tyr- 
conne'l, Sir Wm. Daines, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. M- 
rice, Sir Fobn Rujfbout, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Heyfham, 
Sir Geo. Warrender, Mr. Strickland, Mr. London, Mr. 
Difton, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Treby, Mr. Earl, Sir Fobu 
Hebart, Sir Richard Steel, Colonel Moreton, Mr. Deacle; 
and all the Members that ferve for North Britain; and for 
the Counties of Suffex, Kent, and the Cinque-Ports; and 
alfo for the Counties of Wilts, Somerfet, and Gloucefter : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Clerk of the Crown attended, and, according to 
Order, amended the Return for the Borough of Corfc- 
Caftle, in the County of Dorfer. 


Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon this Day 
Fortnight. 

Ordered, That fuch Members as fhall not then attend be 
fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe, 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing the Road from Beccon/- 
feild, in the County of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the 
County of Oxon, was read the Third time, 

Refelved, That the Biil do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for repairing the Road from Becconsfeild, in 
the County of Bucks, to Stoken-Church, in the County of 
Oxon. 

Ordered, That the Lord Shelbura do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. efferyes prefented to the Hovfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to explain and amend the Laws relating to 
Under-Sheriffs, and for the more impartial Returning of 
Juries: And the fame was received. 


Ordered, That Sir Copplejion Warwick Bampfylde, Baro- 
net, have Leave to go into the Country, upon extraordi- 
nary Occafions. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Privileges and Elections, touching the Election for the 


Borough of Shafte/bury, in the County of Dorfet, be re- 
ceived upon Saturday Morning next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he had been 
attended this Morning by fome of the Officers of his 
Majefty’s Works; and that they had delivered to him a 
State of the ruinous and dangerous Condition of the Pafi- 
age leading from this Houfe to the Painted Chamber ; 
and of the Roof, and Gable-end, of the Court of Re- 
quefts ; and of the Roof of the Speaker’s Chambers ; 
and of the Rooms belonging to the Clerk of this Houfe. 

Which Strate is as follows; v/z, 

PTE Paffage leading from the Houfe of Commons to 
the Painted Chamber is.extreme dangerous, by reafon 

that the Parapets of the Court of Requefts hang over; 
and likewife, by reafon of a Brick Building, contiguous 
to the Court of Reque(ts and Pafiage, that is cracked, in 
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feveral Places from Top to Bottom, leaning very much 
to one Side: 
The Brick Building is fecured, as well as can be, by 


Props. 

the Rafters of the Roof of the Court of Requeits 
are, in feveral Places, free of the Wall-Plate; and, the 
Wall leaning outwards, the Gable-end next to the Houfe 
of Lords is much decayed, through the Badnefs of the 
Stone, and often falls down in very great Flakes; and 
the Leading and Boarding of the Root are paft Repair. 

Mr. Fedrell’s Rooms are dangerous; the Leading 
Boarding, and Timbers, being quite decayed. 

The Roof over the Speaker’s Chambers is in great 
Danger of falling in; the Plates and Timber being quite 
decayed, and leaning to one Side. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to infpect in 
what State and Condition the Paffage leading to the Painted 
Chamber, the Rooms adjoining to this Houfe, and the 
Clerk’s Rooms, are in; and to report the fame, with 
their Opinion therein, to the Houfe: 

And itis referred to Mr, Secretary Craggs, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Wm, 
Powlett, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Treby, the Earl of Burford, 
Lord Molefworth, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Hillerfden, Lord Shelburn, Sir Fuftinian Ilham, Sir Sa- 
muel Lennard, Mr. Bertie, Dr. Clark, Mr. Bayl.e, Mr. 
Wallop, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Sloper, Sir 
Tho. Hales, Sir Richard Steel, Mr. Stephens, Sir Robert 
Davers, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Foley, Mr. Auditor Harley, 
Sit Gilbert Heathcott, Sir Edward Northey, Mr. Chuimiley, 
Mr. Windfor, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Pelbam, 
Mr. Fuller, Mr. Hey/ham, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Lowther, 
Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Inge, Mr. Coventry, Mr. We, Mr. 
Cuningham, Mr. Naylor, Mr. Hampsen, Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. 
Heathcott, Mr. Hungerford. Sit Wim. Lowther, Sir Richard 
Farington, Mr. Difion, Mr. Halfey: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And they have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do infpeét in what Condition the Build- 
ings of the Cottonian Library are in; and report the fame 
to the Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill 
againft clandeftine Running of uncultomed and prohibited 
Goods; and for the more effectual Preventing of Frauds 
relating to the Cuftoms; 

Ordered, That the feveral Petitions which have been 
prefented to the Houle, and ordered to lie upon the Ta- 
ble, complaining of the clandeftine Exportation of Wool 
from this Kingdom, and from Ireland, be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to pre- 
vent the Importation of unmerchantable Pitch or Tar 
from the Plantations, or Scotland, in order to obtain 
a Premium out of the publick Money for fuch un- 
warrantable Pitch and Tar. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 


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4.1718. 


Mr VFarrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill, and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 


Crdered, That Colonel Grabme, Mr. Eden, Mr. Ward, 
Mr. Carter, be added to the Committee, to whom the 
ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to ren- 
der more effectual the Agreements that have been made 
between Thomas Helles Duke of Newcaftle, Henry Pelbam 
Efguire, Edward Lord Harley, and the Lady Henrietia 
his Wite, William Vane and Gilbert Vane Efquires, Sons 
of Chriftopher Lord Bernard, or any of them, in relation 
to the Will and Eftate of Fobn late Duke of Newca/fle; 
and for fettling the fame in fuch manner as may be agree- 
able to the Intent of the faid Agreement; and jor other 
Purpofes therein mentioned; is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 23° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


A Bill for the Relief of Sir Nicholas Tempeft Baronet, 
touching an Eitate demiled to him by William late 
Lord Widrington, and the | ady Fane his Wife, many 
Years before the Attainder of the faid late Lord Widring- 
ton, was read a Second time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Mondcy Morning 
next, at [Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. ' 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the County- 
Gaol of Middlefex, in behalf of themfelves, and all other 
Infolvents in the feveral Gaols of Great Britam, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
major Part of them, now under Reftraine by unmerciful 
Creditors, being fo long confined clofe Prifoners, even to 
the Brinks of their inevitable Ruin, beirg under ftarving 
Circumftances, and Deftruétion, if continued under their 
prefent Severity: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the 
feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, fhall be brought in. 


A Petition of the Clothiers in and about the City of 
New Sarum was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That by reafon of clandeftinely Conveying of 
Wool out of this Kingdom, and Jreland, into France, 
it is becorne fo fcarce, that there is not fufficient to carry. 
on the Woollen Manufacture, and keep the poor employ- 
ed; and the Price thereof being fo much advanced, and 
the Markets abroad fo low, that the Petitioners will be 
forced to leffen their Trade; to the great Prejudice of the 
Poor employed by them, unlefs fome fpeedy Remedy to 
fuch a pernicious Practice be applied: And praying Re- 
lief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill againft 
clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; 
and for the more effectual Preventing of Frauds relating 
to the Cuftoms; is committed. 


A Bill to explain and amend the Laws relating to Under- 
Sheriffs; and for the more impartial Returning of Juries; 
was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


3 Ordered, 





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Ordered, That Richard Hopton E‘quire have Leave to 
go into the Country, his Lady being ill. 


Ordered, That William Northmore Efquire have Leave 
to go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That George Bridges Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Sir Jfaac Rebow reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Time granted by an Act, of the 
Ninth and Tenth Years of King William, for cleanfing, and 
making navigable, the Chanel trom the Hythe at Colcbefter, 
10 Wyvenboe, and for making the faid Act more effectual; 
was committed; That they had made feveral Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confider- 
ation To-morrow Morning. 


Mr. Hedworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for making the Town and Townfhip of 
Sunderland a diftiné&amp; Parifh from the Parifh of ByLop- 
Wearmouth, in the County of Durbam: And the tame 
was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Sir William Lowther prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors 
in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom: And the fame was 
received. 


Mr. London prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to naturalize Peter Sejourne: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of ohn Powell, of London, Merchant, 
was offered to the Houfe, relating to Demands he has 
upon the Ea/t- India Company : ' 

And the Queftion being put, That the Petition be 
brought up ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and Owners 
of Ships, Freeholders, and others, inhabiting in and near 
the Town of Bridlington, in the County of York,. was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
in the Firft Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, an A&amp; 
paffed, intituled, An Act to revive and continue an Act, 
of the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King William, for Repairs of the Piers of Brid- 
lington, alias Burlington, in the Eaft-Riding of the County 





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of York: That fince the Commencement of the faid 
Act, there has been expended, in repairing the faid Piers, 
the Sum of One thoufand Eight hundred and Sixty 
Pounds, and upwards: That, upon a ftrict Examination 
into the State of the faid Piers, the Commiffioners by the 
faid A&amp; appointed find it ablolutely neceffary, that the 
whole South Pier fhould be rebuilt, and lengthened, for 
the greater Security of Ships ufing the faid Harbour: 
That the faid South Pier, having been lengthened, from 
time to time, as the Land hath been wafhed away, is now 
built in fuch a Manner and Form, that, if the old Foun- 
dation were to be purfued, it will not be poffible to fecure 
the new Work from the Rage of the Sea: That the faid 
Pier is in fo ruinous a Condition, that the Petitioners hum- 
bly apprehend it neceffary, that the fame fhould be fpeedily 
rebuilt; which, together with additional Works necef- 
fary for the Support of the faid Piers, will require a great 
Sum of Money to be immediately raifed, for the Perfeét- 
ing thereof; which the Petitioners are utterly unable to 
raife: And praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for enlarging the Term granted by the faid Act 
pafied in the Firft Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, with 
fuch other Claufes as may be thought neceflary for making 
the faid Act effectual for repairing and fupporting the faid 
Pier, and for making the tame more convenient. 

Crdered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it appears to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Strickland, Mr. Smith, Lord 
Win. Powlett, Mr. Chulmly, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Mickle- 
thwaite, Mr. Whitchcott, Sir Fobn Rufbout, Mr. Farrer, 
Lord Middleton, Mr, Lowther, Mr. White, Mr. Briftow, 
Sir Wilfred Lacofon, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Denton, Mr. Pel- 
ham, Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Plumptre, Sir Aribur Kay, 
Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Lord Morpeth, Lord Caftlecomer, 
Mr. London, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Chancellor of the #xche- 
quer, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Darey, Sir Richard Steel, Sir 
Richard Farington, Sir Wm. Strickland, Mr. Hey/bam, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Difton, Sir Wim. Wynd- 
ham, Sir Tho. D’ Ath, General Roffe; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the County of York: And they are to 


meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom it was referred 
to inquire what Sums of Money had been laid out in par- 
ticular Places where any of the Fifty new Churches have 
been built; and what was agreed for the Sites in fuch 
Places where any of thofe Churches are defigned to be 
built; and of all other Expences relating thereto. 

And the Report was read; and is as follows; viz. 


AT 















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A. 1718. 


Al the Committee who were appointed to inquire what Sums of Money have been laid out in particular Places 
where any of the Fifty new Churches have been built, or are building ; and what is agreed for the Sites in fuch 
Places where any of thofe Churches are defigned to be built; and of all other Expences relating thereto. 


That the Committee have, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, taken into Confideration the Matters to them re- 


ferred ; and have thought proper, for their better Information, to direét the Commiffioners of the Cu 
before them an Account of the,annual Produce of the Duty laid upon Coals for building the Fifty new Chur 


was produced to the Committee :- And it appeared, 


d. 5. 


ftoms to lay 
ches: Which 


d. 


That the Amount of the faid Duties, from the 14th May 1716, to the 6th of December 1718, is 150,945 10 4 
It alfo appeared to the Committee, by a Paper prefented to them by Mr. Fames, from the Commiffioners ap- 
pointed for building Fifty new Churches, intituled, A State of the Churches in building under the Direction of the 


{aid Commiffioners, 


That Seven Churches were begun, fome of them being near finifhed, under the Direétion of the Two former 
Commiffions; and Two begun, and now carrying on, under the prefent Commiffion: The Particulars whereof fol- 


low; 


That there was one Church defigned, and is built, at Green- 
wich, on the Site of the former; and it was eftimated 
by Mr. Hawk/moore at 13,570/. os. od. 

That there has been expended in building the fame, under 
the Firft and Second Commiffions 
Under the prefent Commiffion 

And the Expence of Finifhing is eftimated at 


That there is one Church built at Deptford, on Two Par- 
cels of Ground; the one called the Garden-Crop, which 
coft — — 

The other purchafed of Mr. Wife, at 

That Mr. Archer was Surveyor, but had given no Efti- 
mate: And that there has been Jaid out upon the faid 
Church, by the former Commiffioners 
By the prefent Commifiioners 

And the Expence ot finifhing the fame will be 


— Cee oe 


ae ee 


That Two Churches were defigned to be built at St. 
Margaret's, Wefiminfier; one whereof is accordingly 
built at Mill-Bank, the Site bought of Mr. Smith tor 

But that there is no Eftimate of the Expence, Mr. Archer 
being Surveyor: And that there has been paid for build- 
ing the faid Church, by the former Commiffioners — 
By the prefent Commiffioners 

The remaining Expence to finifh the fame — 


That there was one Church defigned, and is built, at S¢. 
Mary le Strand; the Site of which was purchafed of 
Fobn Walker Elquire for — &lt;&lt; 

That Mr. Gidds his Eftimate comes to but 8,997/. os. od. 

That there has been expended in building the faid Church, 
under the Firft and Second Commiffions 
By the prefent _-_ —- — 

And that the Expence of Finifhing is eftimated at — 


—  £ oe 


That in Spittle-Feilds there was intended to be built Two 
Churches; one whereof is near built; and the Site of the 
fame was purchafed of Mr. Heath and Mr. Humpbreys 
for we saatin dete 

Thatit waseftimated by Mr. Hawk/mooreat 13,570.05. od. 

That there has been expended in building the faid Church, 
under the Two former Commiffions 
Under the prefent 

And the Expence of Finifhing is eftimated at 


_ 


That one Church was defigned at Limebou/e; that it is 
accordingly built; the Expence of which was eftimated 
by Mr. Hawk/moore at 13,5701. os. od. 

And that the Ground on which it is fituate is called Wef- 
feild, purchafed of Mr. Weft at 

That the Firft and Second Commiffions have expended | 
The prefent 

And that the Expence of Finifhing is eftimated at — 





| 

















Daal are er TotalsoftheExpence 
5 . ’ hurch;andwhatthe | of each Church al- 
Sites paid for. Fimfhingiseftimated ; ready begun; exclu- 
at. five of the Sites. 
l 8 i, Fo :ile i, a 2 
—_— — = 12,921 10 7 
&lt;=&gt;": ap” ae 32297 9 7 
18,269 oO 2 
70 0 O 
640 0 Oo 
— 12,944 3 5 
— a. ame 4,592 18 3 
&lt;—_- —_ &lt;n 1,800 0 Oo 
19,637 x: 8 
700 0 O 
sont Wares tate: 15.257 9 3 
_-_—_- — 10,914 2 I 
a 3,106 oO Oo 
29,277 II 2 
%e 
244 11 1 
-—_—- — 55738 6 10 
_-—- 8,482 14 4 
_- —_—_- — 2,120 0 Oo 
- 16,341 31 2 
1,260 0 oO 
_—_ — =&lt; 5.832 4 0 
_-_—- — 6,514 19 6 
_ — — 7,071 O O 
19,418 3 6 





35336 16 
13,212 16 


3,130 O 


OO m 














19,679 12 10 


That 











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TheExpenceofeach | Totalsof theExpence 
Sites paid for. Church; andwhat the of each Church al- 
Finifhingiseftimated | ready begun ; exclu- 
at. five of the Sites. 
&amp; Sede &amp; ta a a 
That there was defigned oné Church in Upper Wapping ; 
which is built upon a Site at Kascliffe-Highway, bought 
of Mrs. Watts for --- --- --- --- 400 O O 
That the Surveyors of it were Mr. Hewk/moor and Mr. 
Gibbs; and it was eftimated at 13,570/. os. od.; and 
the Expence is as follows ; | 
Under the Firft and Second Commiffions = -—-!b — — — 35342 11 2 
Under the prefent _—-=_—- — 10,284 12 1 
And it will colt to finifh --- --- --- &lt;-- ao oe 4:939 0 O : 
Beret ro ay 18,557 3 3 


That the Expence of Five of the above-mentioned Churches; which are very near finifhed, was eftimated but at 
63,277/. os. od.; and theré hath been, and will be, expended in building the fame, 92,265/. os. rtd. 

That the other Two, which were chiefly under the Direction of Mr. Archer, one at Deptford; and the other at 
W efininfier, were net eftimated at all; and the Expence of thofe amount to 48,9141. 125. 10d. 





Fhat the Two Churches row building: under the Direction 
of the prefent Commiffion are, Bloom/bury, at St. Giles’s 
in the Fields (in which Parifh Four Churches are in- 
tended to be built), and St. Mary Woolnoth: 

The Site for the Firft is Plow-Yard, purchafed of the Lady 
Rufell for 

The Expence of Building is eftimated at 9,790/. 05. od. 5 
and the Commiffioners have drfburfed 

The Expence of Finifhing being eftimated at 


The Second is building on the old Foundation; and the 

Eftimate by Mr. Hawk/finoor is 8,279 1. o5. od. 
The Commiffioners have expended --- “+= 
The Eftimate for Finifhing is 


oon “es oo 

















TheExpencé of éach | TotalsoftheExpence 
Sites paid for. Church; andwhat the of each Charch al- 
Finifhingiseftimated | ready begun; exclu- 
at. five of the Sites. 
Loss. ds Sf a € eS 
1,000 © Oo 
—-—- = 3,093 3 9 | 
_-_ — — | 6,700 O O 
95793 3 9 
—_ — — 2,605 7 2 
aa 6,000. 0 oO 
- 8,605 7 2 


That the Two Churches above-named appear to be eftimated by Mr. Hawk/maor at 18,0691. os. od.; and the 


Expence of Building hath and will amount to 18,398/. 10s. 11d. 


That it further appeared to the Committee, That there are feveral Sites purchafed, and paid for, and others only 
agreed for; and that no farther Progrefs hath been made either by the former or preient Commiffioners ; which 


are as follow; 


Except Two Ceineteries belonging to St. Andrew's Holboura; where Three 
Churches are defigned, upon which the fofmer Commiffioners, have ex- 
pended, in Walling, 1,6752. 105s. 9d.; andthe Purchafe of the fame coft 

Hatton Garden Chapel, in the faid Parifh, agreed for 

Another Site in the faid Parifly is the Three Cups in Holbourn; the Proprietor, 
Mr. Barker, agreed for -- 

And the Third is St. George’s Chapel, purchafed of Sir Nath. Curzon and 

_ Mr. Kent at - : 

A Site at St. Botalpb Aldgate, in which Parifh Two Churches are defigned 
to be built, is agreéd for; Sir Thomas Devall the Proprietor 

At St. Olave Southwark Two Churches are defigned ; and one Site, called 
the Artillery-Ground, is purchafed for --- --- : - 

AN Site at St. Pau!’s Shadwell, called Haftings’ Ground; Mr. Haftings Pro- 
prietor ; bought for 

A Site at Lower Wapping has bee 
for - ‘ 

A Site at Bermondfey agreed for; Mr. Bateman and Mr. Blunt Proprietors 


--- -—+ 


owe ena --- -&lt;-- -&lt;-- ss 


n purchafed’ of 


_—— 


Mr. Baftwick Fobnfon 


And one Site at St. Giles’s Cripplegate, where Three or Four Churches are 


defigned, fold by the Ironmongers Company for 
‘Fhat a Minifter’s Houfe at Bow is purchafed of Mr. Kemp for 


eee 


Vor. XIX. 


7 





SitesaCtually paid for. 


Sités only agreed for. 














— oe a ‘oe | 
6co 0 0 
—-—- — 1,290 0 oO 
_- —_—- — 1,900 0 a 
1,100 0 O 
—-——_— 1,000 oO ° 
600 6 oO 
1,000 0 Oo 
700 O O 
_- — = 650 0 @o 
“900 oo 
140 0 O 

That 








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That it alfo appeared to the Committee, by the feveral Papers produced 
to them, 


vie) 4.1718. 


a ee . «= 
That the Expence of Building, to Chriftmas 1717, under the Two former 

Commiffions, and the prefent 
That the Sites that have been paid for by the faid Commiffions amount 











124,346 15 § 














to —— woes 9.754 11 I 
That the Salaries of the Officers employed by the faid Commiffioners, to 
Midfummer 1718, amount to — 7:007 14 





Oe 


That the incident Charges amount to 


That the Expence of finifhing the Churches already begun is eftimated 














at. 
And the Sites only agreed for amount to 


— 


That it likewife appears, that there has been paid for Intereft of the Money 
borrowed upon Loans, upon the Credit of the Duty upon Coals 








oe 


2,720 15 1 
_ 143,829 16 3 

















ee 


And the Intereft due amounts to 


36,907 0 O 

— aa 4,840 O O 
41,747 0 4d 

— 16,213 5 5 

nana ott 272 8 § 





16,485 13 10 





£.202,062 1o 1 











That it further appeared to the Committee, That feveral Sites have been, and are, propofed at particular Prices, and 
fome offered gratis, for building the other Churches not yet begun; which have, for various Reafons, been 
not admitted, or rejected; Part for not being well fituated,; others, becaufe the Titles to them did not feem 


to be good. 


The Committee judge it neceflary to inform the Houfe, That Finifhing the infide Work, as Galleries, Pews, &amp;c. 
is placed to the Account of the Publick; and will, as Mr. Hawk/moor informs them, amount to about 2, ,000 /, 


apiece, one with another. 


Whether, therefore, the Benefit of fetting or felling fuch Galleries, Pews, &amp;c. ought not to be for the Benefit, and 
in Eafe, of the Publick, is humbly fubmitted to the Confideration of the Houfe. 
That there are fevera] Papers, which more at large exprefs what is before more concifely reported, which were deli- 


vered in with the Report; viz. 
N° 1 


N° 2. 


5. intituled, Sites bought by the faid Commiffioners: 


N° 7. Officers Salaries, and Incidents. 


. intituled, An Account of the annual Produce of the Duty upon Coals for Fifty new Churches : 
intituled, An Anfwer of the Commiffioners for building Fifty new Churches : 

. intituled, A State of the Churches in building under the Direction of the faid Commiffioners : 
. intituled, Contracts with Workmen by the former and prefent Commiffioners : 


. intituled, An Account of what Sums of Money have been borrowed : 


That there being an Omiffion, in Paper, N° 3. aforefaid, of 2,610/. os.od. which ae Oe 
more fully appears by a Paper marked N° 8. delivered by Mr. Hawk/moor and 


os oe 


Mr. James; the faid Sum 
added to the aforefaid Total of 


—_- 


Which Papers, fo delivered in, are bound up with the 

other Papers of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to 
his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
wpon the Bill for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of 
his Majefty’s Subjects to and from the Eaft-Indies ; and 
for the more effectual preventing all his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects trading thither under foreign Commiffions, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill againft clandeftine 
Running of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for 
the more effectual Preventing of Frauds relating to the 
Cuftoms. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 











etme 2,610 0 o being 
— dmmens m— 202,062 10 1 will then - 
—_— —- m—— 204,672 10 I 





Sabbati, 24° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


pH Sejourné took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for velting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Somerfet, the Eftate of Thomas Fett Efquire, in Trut- 
tees, to be fold; and, with the Monies arifing thereby, 
to purchafe cubes pa, of the like Value, to be fettled 
to the fame Ufes; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Sir ‘ohm Stoneboufe Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neglect- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


Ordered, That Sir Foba Walter Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neglect- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, paying his Fees.. 


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A Petition of the Glovers and Dreffers of Leather, 
within the City of Worcef/ter, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth that there is a great Duty laid 
upon Sheep and Lamb Skins, aiid no regard had to the 
preventing the cutting; gafhing; and fcoring the fame, 
by the Slaughterer, as there is to prevent the fame in Ox 
or Cow Hides 3 whereby they receive great Wafte and 
Damage in dreffing and cutting their Leather, and the 
Duty co the King very much leffened, by turning fuch 
damaged Skins to Alym-Leather, which otherwife would 
have been drefied in Oil, which pay Three Pence per 
Pound, and Alum but Five Farthings: And praying, 
That a Penalty may be laid upon the Slaughterer for every 
Skin of Sheep, or Lamb, that fhall hereafter be fo gafhed, 
cut, or fcored. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That 2a Committee be appointed to confider 
the State of the Woollen Manufacture of this Kingdom ; 
and particularly in relation to the Exportation of Woollen 
Cloth: And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion therein, to the Houle : 

And it is referred to Colonel Morton, Sir Fobn Eyles, 
Sir Jotn Rufhout, Mr. Difton, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Hop- 
kins, Mr. Sandy:, Lord Finch, Sir Nicholas Morice, Mr. 
Morice, Mr. Rudge, Mr. Herne, Mr. Coventry, Sir Cha. 
Cooke, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Heathcote, 
Sir Wm. Wyndbam, Sir Edward Ernley, Mr. Inge, Sir 
Richard Howe, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Chetwynde, 
Colonel Townfend, Mr. Harrifon, Mr. Duckminique, Mr. 
Betts, Mr. Bond, Mr. Heyfham, Sir Orl. Bridgman, Co- 
lonel Long, Colonel Bladen, Sir Fobn Cope, Sir Fonathan 
Cope, Sir Robert Davirs, Lord Guernfey, Mr. Feffop, Mr. 
Wylde, Sir Robert Furnefe, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Cock- 
burne, Mr. Naylor, Mr. Eyles, Mr. Cheteyad, Mr. On- 
flow, Sit Wm Daines, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sir Richard 
farington, Mec. Vernon, Mr. London, Mr. Shippen, Sir 
Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Freman, Lord Molefworth, Lord Mid- 
dleton, Lord Downe, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Guybbon, Ge- 
neral Perper, Mr. Treby, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. D’Gray, Mr. Bacon, Sir Cha. Turner, 
Mr. Colemore, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Carterett, Mr. 
Strickland, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Brigftock, Sir Wm. 
Pole; and all the Members that ferve tor the Counties 
of Gloucefter, Worcefler, Scmerfet, Wilts, Devon, and 
York: And all that come are to have Voices: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Fohn Pugh Efquire, in Cuitody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neglecting to 
attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out of 
Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of Yobn Hale, Fobn Townfend, Robert Pu- 
zey, and ‘Yobn Bowles, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms 
attending this Houfe, for a Breach of Privilege committed 
againft Fobn Barrington K{quire, a Member of this Houle, 
was preiented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners were committed to the Cuftody of the faid 
Serjeant, for a Breach of Privilege committed againft John 
Barrington Efquire, a Member of this Houfe: ‘Fhat they 
are very forry they fhould do any thing to incur the Dif- 
pleafure of this Houle, or any Member thereof; and 
humbly beg Pardon for the fame: That their Affairs fuf- 
fer very much by their Abfence: And praying to be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody. 

Ordered, That the faid Fehn Hale, John Townfend, Ro 
bert Puzey, and Fobn Bowles, be brought to the Bar up- 
on Monday Morning, in Order to their being difcharged 
out of Cultody. 


Ordered, That William Wilmer Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


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der-Sheriffss and for the more impartial Returning of 
Juries ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Feffreyés, 
Mr. Auditor Harley, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Heyham, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sir Barbam Kyder, 
Mr. Norris, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Foley, Mr. Fre- 
man, Colonel Morton, Mr.“Inge, Mr. Lade, Mr. Difton, 
Sir Edward Northey, Mr. Stanbope; Colonel Bladen; Mr. 
Plumptre, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Wentworth; Mr: Chetwynd, 
Mr. Ward, Sir Fohu Phillips, Mr. Brig ftock, Sir Wm. 
Humfreys, Sir Charles Cook, Sir Fobn Eyles, Mr. Herne, 
Sir Tho. Seabright, Lord Guernfey, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. 
Cowper, Mr. Wrightfon, Sir Wm. Wyndbam, Mr. Cur- 
zon, Mr: Bertie, Mrs Heathcote, Mr. Bond, Mr. Pel- 
bam, Sit Robert Davers, Mr. Longueville, Mr. Hopton, 
Mr. Powlett, Sir Charles Wager, Sir Fobn Ward, Lord 
Morpeth, Mr: Hampden, Mr. Eyles, Mr. Lowndes, Mr, 
Yonge; and all the Genlemen of the Long Robe: And 
all that come are to have Voices: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Hampden according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of Privileges and Ele€tions, the Matter, as 
it appeared to them, touching the Election for the Bo- 
rough of Shafton, alias Shafte/bury, in the County of Dor- 
Jet, and the Refolutions of the Committee thereupen ; 
which Report and Refolutions he read in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame were read ; and are as follow; viz. 


Upon the Petitions of Sir Edward Des Bouverie Baro- 
net, and feveral of the Inhabitants, paying Scot and 
Lot and Electors of the Borough of Shafton, alias 
Shaft/bury, in thé County of Dor/fet, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return of William Benfon 
Efquire, to ferve in Parliament for the faid Borough : 

The Semaine have examined the Merits of this 

Eleétion : 

That the Right of Eleétion was agreed to be in the 
Inhabitants of this Borough, paying Scot and Lot. 

That the Poll was ; 

For Mr. Benfon —— — — 89. 
Por Sir Edward Des Bouverie— 16. 

That the Petitioner’s Counfel complained of great Par- 
tiality in Mr. David Toomer, the Mayor, for refufing 146 
of the Petitioner’s Voters, becaufe they would not ac- 
knowlege his Right to the Mayoralty: And they allio 
complained of Bribery, and illegal Practices, in favour of 
the Sitting Member. 3 

On the firft Head they called the following Witneffes ; 

Richard Bingham Efquite, Henry Whitaker Efquire, 
and George Ryves Efquire: Who faid, They were pre- 
fent during the whole Poll: That Mr. Toomer prefided as 
Mayor, and had the Regalia before him: That, at the 
Beginning of the Poll, he declared, That he hoped it 
would be a very fair Election; and defired, That there 
might be no Difputes there, but that the doubtful Votes 
fhould be queried, and determined after the Poll, by Per- 
fons to be chofen by the Candidates; and faid, That 
there were in that Town Difputes about the Right to the 
Mayoralty ; that they had Fwo Mayors, or Two Half- 
Mayors, meaning himfelf and Mr. Gapper, who fat by 
him, which would make One whole one ; and thofe that 
would acknowlege him to be Mayor, let them poli for 
who they would, he would take their Votes; and that 
he would not take the Votes of any who would not ac- 
knowlege his Right: That when the Voters came, he 
put this Queftion to them; Sir, Do you acknowlege me 
to be Mayor? And ordered the Town-Clerk to poll 
thofe who did acknowlege him ; and refufed all who did 
not acknowlege him ; That the Queftion of acknowlege- 
ing Mr. Toomer’s Right to the Mayoralty was put to 
every one of the Voters, either by Mr. Toomer himfelf, 
or by Mr. Ring the Town-Clerk, or by the Sitting 
Member : . 


Mr. 


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Mr. Bbitaker faid, He obferved Sixty refufed for not 
acknowleging Mr. Tocmer’s Right: Mr. Ryves faid, 146 
were refuled oa that Account: 

Theie Witoefles, being crofs-examined, faid, That 
Mr. Gapper fat upon the Bench, next to Mr. Toomer, 
both Days of the Poll; but did not concern himtelf in 
the Election, nor take any Poll, or jay any thing about 
it, as they obferved; and that fome of the Aldermen 
would not own Mr. Yecmer to be Mayor: That the 
Voters generally faid, in Anfwer to the Queftion pur to 
them relating to Mr. Toomer, That they had a Right of 
voting at that Eleétion, and came to vote for Sir Edward 
Des Bouverie; and expected their Votes fhould be taken. 

Fames Glover faid, What the 16 Voters taken for Sir 
Edward Des Bouverie, by Mr. Teomer, did acknowlege 
Mr. Joomer to be Mayor: That 146 others, who the 
Witnefs named by a Lift, voted for Sir Edward Des Bou- 
verie; and were refufed by Mr. Zoomer, for no other 
Reafon than becaufe they would not acknowlege him to 
be Mayor; that there was no particular Objection to 
them at the Poll; that they have voted ac former Elec- 
tions; are Inhabitants; do pay Scot and Lot: And the 
Witnefs faid, He knew all of them, except about Eight, 
have a Right of voting: That the Queftion of acknow- 
Jeging Mr. Toomer to be Mayor was put to all the Voters 
as foon as ever they appeared at the Rail, previous to 
their giving their Vote, and before they were afked who 
they voted for; the Anfwer they generally made, was, 
That they did not come there to difpute who was Mayor, 
but to vote for Sir Edward Des Bouverie; and fome 
faid, They offered themfelves to the Court; others faid, 
to the honourable Bench: That none were admitted to 
vote who did not firft of all acknowlege Mr. Zoomer to 
be Mayor : 

The Witnefs alfo faid, That Mr. Gapper was prefent 
both Days; but did not act as Mayor, as the Witnefs ob- 
ferved; nor did the refufed Voters apply to him to take 
their Poll: That Mr. Toomer adjourned the Poll; and 
Mr. Gapper made no Objection to it. 

William Bowles Efquire faid, That the Queftion of 
acknowleging Mr. Zoomer to be Mayor was previoufly 

nut to the Voters, before ever they gave or offered their 
Poll; and the Anfwer given by thofe who were re- 
fufed, was, We come here to vote for a Parliament- man, 
and, not refpeéting who is Mayor, we give our Voice to 
the Court for Sir Edward Des Bouverie; and that all 
thofe who did not own Mr. Zoomer to be Mayor, were 
refufed. 

That, as to Bribery, and illegal Practices, the Peti- 

tioner’s Coun'el called, 

Nicholas Wright: Who laid, That Mr. Toomer, and Mr. 
Pope, who voted for the Sitting Member, did, upon the 
Tuefday before the Election, defire him to go among the 
Petitioner’s Friends, and {peak fcandalous Words againft 
the Sitting Member, of which they would take no No- 
tice; and they promifed him 50/. to fet up his Trade, 
if he could make any Difcovery of Bribery for the Peti- 
tioner. 

Tho. Mitchell faids That Mr. Toomer afked him, about 
Two or Three Days before the Election, How he thought 
it would go? ‘To which he anfwered, That he fuppoted 
Mr. Ben/fon would not fand it, confidering there was Ten 
to One againft him: Whereupon Toomer replied, That 
was nothing, for Mr. Benfon had the Government on his 
Side ; and, if he had but Five Voices, he would return 
him; and promifed the Witnels to fee him rewarded, if 
he voted for the Sitting Member. 

William Mayo {aic, That the Sitting Member promifed 
him, for his Vore, double any Money the Petitioner 
fhould give, if he brought what the Petitioner gave him. 

Tho. Young faid, Tnat he fiw Thomas Valentine give 
Two Guineas to Fofeph Young the Witnefs’ Father, to 
vote for the Sitting Member; and that Valentine afked 
Votes for the Sitting Member. 

Ambrofe Sandle faid, That Mr. William Huffey afked 
Votes for the Sitting Member, and gave the Witnefs 
Two Guineas to vote for him; but took a Note to him- 





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felf for the Money ; and that the Wiinefs never afked to 
borrow any of him. 

Fobn Roach laid, That he was to pay Five Shillings 
a Year Rent to the Sitting Member, for Water; and 
had Five Years Arrears remitted to him, when he came 
to the Poll, for his Vote for the Sitting Member. 

In Antwer to what had been offered, the Sitting Mem- 

ber’s Counfel called the followirig Witneffes ; viz. 

Mr. William Ring, Who faid, That, upon the Night 
before the Election, Mr. Gapper came to Mr. Toomer, and 
demandsd the Precept of him, claiming it as Mayor: 
That at the Beginning of the Poll, Mr. Gapper being 
upon the Bench before Mr. Toomer came, Mr. Toomer, 
aiked him, If he fat there as Mayor ? To which he an- 
fwered, That he did; and that he would take the Poll as 
Mayor; and he immediately ordered Mr. Goddard td 
take a Poll for him, as Mayor; which Geddard did ac- 
cordingly: And Goddard applied to Mr. Gapper, as 
Mayor, to determifie his Doubts in the Poll: 

That Mr. Toomer, at the Poll, publickly afferted his 
own Right tothe Mayoralty, and denied any other; and 
declared, That he would take the Poll of all {ich as would 
vote before him ; and would do Juftice there: That feve- 
ralcame, and voted for Sir Edward Des Bouverie, deny- 
ing Mr. Toomer’s Authority, and offering their Votes to 
Mr. Gapper, as Mayors and that only 14 did direétly 
own Mr. Joomer’s Authotity : That all that offered their 
Votes to Mr. Toomer were put down upon the Poll, 
whoever they voted for: That thofe who did not offer 
their Poll to him, were not put down; and that Mr. 
Toomer did not think himfelf obliged to take the Poll of 
fuch as did not offer their Poll to him: That feveral of 
the Voters for Sir Edward Des Bouverie declared, They 
offered their Votes for him to the honourable Bench; 
others to the Court, as they were directed by his Agents; 
feveral faying, ‘They had nothing to do with Mr. 
Toomer: : 

That Mr. Loomer has the Infignia, has held al! Courts, 
iffued Procefs, and has done all Aéts as Mayor, ever fince 
his coming into the Office, which was the Friday after 
Michaelmas-day \aft; and that Mr. Gapper never pre- 
tended to do any thing as Mayor, till the Election: ; 

This Witnefs being farther examined, faid, He was 
prefent during the whole Poll : That the Queftion which 
Mr. Toomer put to the Voters, and which Queftion was 
put to every Voter, was this; Do you offer your Poll co’ 
me, or to metas Mayor? If you do, 1 will take your 
Vote, vote for who you pleafe: And this Witnefs faid, 
He did not know that Mr. Zoomer afked them to ac- 
knowlege his Right, as Mayor: That, in Anfwer to the 
aforefaid Queftion, the Veters for the Petitioner faid to 
Mr. Toomer, No; they did not own him to be Mayor: 

That Mr. Foomer refufed thofe who did nog offer their 
Poll to him ; and all that offered their Poll to him wére 
received: That he has feen fometimes Mr. Foomer, and 
fometimes Mr. Gapper, fit in the Mayor’s Seat at Church;; 
and that he who came firft had the Seat. 

Mr. Zhomas Francis faid, Fhat, after reading the Pre- 
cept, Mr. Toomer afked Mr. Gapper, who fat upon thie 
Bench by him,. Whether he came there’as Mayor? And 
Gapper declared, He did ;. and that he would take a Poll; 
and ordered Mr. Goddard to take a Poll for him: Which 
Goddard did accordingly; and, upon difputable Votes, 
Goddard applied to Mr. Gapper, as Mayor, and followed 
his Directions therein: That Mr. Toomer declared him- 
felf to be the proper Officer, though Mr. Gefper pre- 
tended: to the Mayoralty; and Mr. Zoomer declared, 
That whoever came to offer his Vote to him, as Mayor, . 
he would take it, vote for who they would: 

That the Queftion of acknowleging Mr. Toomer’s Right 
was put to every Voter; but fome whocame for the Ve- 
titioner, cried out, before that Queftion could be put to 
them, That they offered their Votes for him to the 
Court, or to:'the honourable Bench: That feveral ot the 
Petitioner's Voters were objected to, as difqualified; and 
Queries were put upon them, to be examined after the 


Poll: 
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5 Geo. I. 

Being crofs-examined, this Witnefs faid, That Mr. 
Toomer never gave any Reafon for refufing the Petitioner’s 
Voters; bur they faid, They refufed to give their Votes 
to him, as Mayor: And the Witnefs faid, He believed, 
they might vote at former Elections; and that he knew 
of no particular Objection to them at this time: 

Mr. ames Atchifon produced _a Copy of a Poll taken 
at this Blection, before Mr. dbrabam Gapper, as Mayor 
of this Borough, by Mr. Goddard, who was appointed 
by Mr. Gapper to take the Poll for him. 

Then the Sitting Member’s Counfel objected to 79 
Voters for the Petitioner, as not being Inhabitants 
payiig Scot and Lot: But did not produce Evidence 

_ thereof : . 

That they alleged Bribery: and called, 

Fane Fobnfon: Who faid, That fhe faw the Petitioner 
give Six Guineas and Six Shillings to ohn King, a Bar- 
ber, for his Vote; and that it was given to him at Mr. 
W betcombl’s Houle, at Eight of the Clock in the Morning, 
Upon the Friday when the Election begun: 

That Mr. Goddard gave Robert Beivin Three Guineas, 
ard promifed him Two more, for his Vote for the Peti- 
tioner, who was then prefent; and that was in the Elec- 
tion- Week; but fhe could not fay whether it was before 
or after the Election. ; 

To invalidaie this Perfon’s Evidence, the Petitioner’s 

Counfel called. 

Mr. dnthony Cooth: Who faid, He faw the Petitioner 
in Bed at Ten of the Clock that Friday Morning, at Mr. 
Pyke’s Houle. 

_ And that, upon the whole Matter the Committee came 
to thefe Reiolutions; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That William Benfon E {quire is not duly elected a Burgefs to 
ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Shaf- 
ton, alias Shafte/bury, in the County of Dorfet. 

Rejolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Sir Ldward Des Bouverie Baronet is duiy elected a 
Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Bo-~ 
tough of Shaficu, alias Shafte/bury. 

The Firft Refolution being read a Second time; 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That Willicm Benfon 
Etquire is rot duly elected a Burgets to ferve in this pre- 
fent Parliament for the Borough of Shafton, alias Shafte/- 
bury, in the County of Der/et. 

The Second Refolution being read a Setond time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houfe doth agree with the Committee in 
the faid Refolution, That Sir Edward Des Bouverie Baro- 
net is duly elected a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
Jiament for the faid Borough of Shafton, alias Shafte/- 
bury; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, gs ia Js 220. 

7 Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Tellers for the Noes, Bie Biitialenian i 115. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved; That Mr. David Toomer was guilty of ar- 
bitrary and illegal Praétices at the late Election of a 
Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Shafton, alias Shaftefbury, in the County of 
Dorfet. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. David Todmer be, for his 
faid arbitrary and illegal Practices, taken into the Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, Fhat the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Hioufe upon Monday Morning, to amend the Return 

‘far the Borough of dhafton, alias Shaft foury, in the 
County of Dorfet, by rafing out the Name of William 
Benfon Efguire, and inferting the Name of Sir Edward 
Des Bouverie Baronet, inftead thereof. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 
Vor. XIX. 


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Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for enlarging the Time granted by an 
Act, of the Ninth and Tenth Years of King William, for 
cleanfing, and making navigabice, the Chanel trom the 
Hythe at Colchefter to i’yvenboe, and for making the faid 
Act more effectual; was committed; be taken into Con- 
fideration upon Ménday Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 26° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 17:8. 


PRAYERS. 


LOhn Hale, Fobn Townfend, Robert Puzey, and Fobn 
J Bowles, were, according to Order, brought to: the 
Bar: Where they, upon their Knees, received a Repri- 
mand from Mr. Speaker; and were: diféharged out of 
Cuftody; paying their Fees. 


_ Mr. Comptroller reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An 
Ac to render more effectual the Agreements that have 
been made between Thomas Ho'les Duke of Newcaffle, 
Henry Pelham Efquire, Edward Lord Harley, and the 
Liady Henrietta his Wife, William Vane, and Gilbert 
Vane, Efquires; Sons of Chriffoepher Lord Bernard, or any 
of them, in relation to the Will and Eftate of Fobn 
late Duke of Newcafle,; and fer fettling the fame ia 
fuch manner as may be agreeabie to the Intent of the 
faid Agreement; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; was committed; That they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill; and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that 
the Committee had made féveral Amendments to the Bill; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houle; 
and he read the fame m his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were read; and are as 

follow; viz. 
Prefs 21. Line 6. Leave out “ or,” and infert ‘tand:” 
Line 9. Leave out ‘* hath,” and infere 


haves: : | 
Prefs 26. Line 24. After ** fome,” infert ‘© One :” 
Prefs 28. Line 3. After *¢ ally’ infert ‘* other :” 
, Line 8. After the Firft “* Nottingham,” leave 
out ** or in the County of Nottingham :” 
Line 9. After ‘* them,” leave out * fo far 
*¢ forth only, as they are:” 
Line 19. Leave out ‘ both,” and infert 
“¢ and;” and, in the fame Line, after ** Freehold,” leave 
out ‘¢ and,” and infert “ or;” and after “* Copyhold,” 
infert ** Eftate, or Eftates:” 
Prefs 37. Line 39. After ‘* LZuntington,’ 
«¢ well Leafehold as Freehold:” 

Line 41. After “* Newca/ile,” leave out 
and,” and after ‘* Heirs,” infert ‘* and Affigns; and 
alfo except the Manor of Befingtborje, alias Bajing- 
thorpe cum Wefiby, in the Councy of Lincoln, and all 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, ia Bafingthorpe 
cum Weftby, Northftoke, and Southjoke, in the lad 
County of Lincoln:” 

Prefs 39. Line wit. After ‘ aforefaid,” infert ‘* and 
alfo except the faid Leafehold Efiates at Orton :” 
Prefs 42. Line 20. After ‘* paid,” infert Claufe A: 
And whereas the faid Manor of Bafingthorp cum 
Wefthy, in the faid County of Lincoln, and other the 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in Bafngthor pe 
&lt;¢ cum Wefthy, Northftoke, and Southftoke, im the faid 
“© County of Lincoln, herein before excepted, by Inden- 
tures of Leafe and Releafe, bearing Date refpectively 
the Twenty-fourth and Twenty: fitth Days of May One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Six; the Releafe being of 
U “Jen 


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infert, ‘* as 


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«© Ten Parts, and made between the moft Noble Evelin 
‘© Duke of King/on upon Hull, by the Name of Evelin 
“ Earl of Kington upon Hull, of the Firft Part; Fobn 
“© Plumer and Walter Plumer Efquires, of the Second 
«© Part; Thomas Bagfoaw Gentleman, of the Third Part; 
*« Yohn Thompfon Gentleman, of the Fourth Part; Sa- 
*s muel Digle Gentleman, of the Fifth Part; the faid Fobn 
“© Duke of Newca/fle, of the Sixth Part, Robert Monck- 
“© ton Efquire, of the Seventh Part; William Feffop Efquire, 
“of the Eighth Part; Anthony Guidott Eiquire, fince 
«© deceafed, of the Ninth Part; and Peter Water of 
«¢ the Tenth Part; are mentioned to be conveyed to the 
** faid Fobn Duke of Newcafile, and his Heirs, as a col- 
*¢ Jateral Security for making good the Title in and to 
** the faid excepted Manor, Lands, Tenements, and He- 
«« reditaments, in the County of Huntington, purchafed 
«© by the faid Fobn Duke of Newcaftle, ot the faid Evelin 
** now Duke of Kingffon; and the Refidue of the feveral 
‘© Terms of Five hundred Years, Four hundred Ninety- 
** and-nine Years, One thoufand Years, and Two 
‘© thoufand Years, are mentioned to be affigned to the 
“© faid Robert Monckton, William Feffop, Anthony Guidott, 
‘¢ and Peter Walter, as therein is mentioned: Be it there- 
 ¢¢ fore Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid, That the 
«« faid Manor, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, 
** jn and by the faid Jaft-recited Indentures of Leafe and 
‘© Releale mentioned to be conveyed and affigned, as 
«¢ aforefaid, fhall remain in the Heirs of the faid Fobu 
*« Jate Duke of Newcaj/tle; and the Refidue of the faid 
«¢ feveral Terms fhall remain in the faid Truftees re- 
« fpectively, or their feveral Reprefentatives; fubject to 
* the Redemption of the faid Evelia Earl and Duke of 
«s King fton, his Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators, and 
« Affigns, on his making good the Title in and to 
*¢ the faid Manor, Lands, Tenements, and Heredita- 
*¢ ments, in the County of Huntington, according to the 
‘¢ Provifo for that Purpofe, in the faid Indenture of Ten 
¢¢ Parts mentioned; in the fame manner as they would 
«¢ have been in the Heirs of the faid Yohn late Duke of 
“ Newcaftle, and in the Truflees of the faid feveral 
«© Terms, in cafe his faid Will, and this Aét, had not 
** been made :” 

Prefs 45. Line 27. After ‘* from,” infert all;” and 
after “* Taxes,” infert ** impofed, or to be impofed :”’ 

Prefs 45. Line 33. After the Second ** for,” infert *¢ or 
« in Part of :” 

Prefs 46. Line 27. Leave out the Second * and,” 
and infert ‘* or.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 


o 


time, were, upon the Queition feverally put thereupon, - 


agreed unto by the Houte. 


Ordered, That George Baker Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country, his Lady being very ill. 


Ordered, That Sit William Carew have Leave to go 
into the Country, his Lady being ill. 


Ordered, That Thomas Strangwayes Efquire have Leave 
to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordi- 
nary Occafions. 


The Clerk of the Crown attended, and, according to 
Order, amended the Return for the Borough of Sha/ton, 
alias Shaftefbury, in the County of Dorfet. 


A Petition of the Prefident, Wardens, and Affiftants, 
with the reft of the Company of Clothiers and Stuff- 
weavers, of the Borough of Kédderminfter, in the County 
of Wercefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, Thar,. notwithftanding the many Laws which 
have been enacted to prevent the Exportation of Wool 
from thefe Kingdoms: of Great Britain and Ireland; and 
although the Woollen Manufacture in general, as well 
as that Branch of it which the Petitioners are concerned 
in, in particular, be greatly decayed, and confequently 
lefs Wool manufactured than formerly; yet the Scarcity 
and Price of Wool is much increafed by the vaft Quan- 


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tities that are ftill exported; to the inexpreflible Detriment 


of the faid Manufaéture: And praying; That fuch Mea- 
fures may be taken as to prevent the Exportation of 
Wool out of this Kingdom, and Ireland. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill againft 
clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; 
and for the more effectual preventing of Frauds relating 
to the Cuftoms; is committed. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

' The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for the Relief of Sir Nicholas 
Tempeft Baronet, touching an Eftate demifed to him by 
William \ate Lord Widrington, and the Lady Fane his 
‘Wife, many Years before the Attainder of the faid late 
Lord Widrington. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

‘The Lord William Powlett took the Chair of the Com4 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord William Powlett reported from the faid 
Committee, That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had di- 
rected him to report the Bill to the Houfe, witheut any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


The Houfe took into Confideration the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for enlarging the Time 
granted by an Aét, of the Ninth and Tenth Years of 
King William, for cleanfing, and making navigable, the 
Channel from the Hythe at Colchefter to Wyvenboe; and 
for making the faid A&amp; more effectual; was committed: 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, fome of them were difagreed to, and the reft, 
with Amendments to fome of them, were agreed unto, by 
the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
the feveral Commiffioners fhould, at their Firft, and all 
fubfequent Meetings, defray their own Charges and Ex- 

ences : 

And the Claufe, being twice read, was, upon the Que- 
ftion. put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
obliging the Collectors to account: 

And the fame was twice read, with Blanks; which were 
filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, by Leave of the Houfe, 
withdrawn. 

Then feveral other Amendments were made by the 
Houfe to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houwfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill againft clandeftine 
Running of uncuftomed Goods; and for the more effec- 
tual Preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms. 


Sir John Fennings, from the Commiffioners of the Ad- 
miralty, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Ad- 
drefs to his Majefty, an Account of the Rebuildings, 
and extra’ Repairs, of the Navy, between the Firft of No- 
vember and Thirty-firft of December 1718; and alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Debt of the Navy,. as it. ftood on. 
the Thirty-firit of December 1-718 = 


And 


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¢Gro.1. Journals of the Houfe of Coninioiis. 


And the Title of thé faid Account and Eftimate were © The faid Account ard Eftimate are as follow; viz. 


tead. 


Navy-Office, 
230 January 17 i 8. 


tA 





75 


N Account of the Rebuildings, and extra’ Repairs, of his Majefty’s Ships, and other extra’ 

Works performed at his Majefty’s feveral Yards, between the ift of November 1718, and 
gift December following; with the beft Computations of the Charge of the faid Works that 
could be made by the Officers of the faid Yards: Prepared in putfuance of an Order from the 
Right honourable the Lords of the Admiralty; on that behalf. 







































































Rigging and 
, met Stores of the } yo,23 “3 
Place where. } Rate. Ships Names. Hull: Ships, whofe — 4 eg 
hy ATE Hulls were ; 
repaired. ; 
a ey &amp; ite eee Ter 
Po Tarbay —_ — _— — 13366 4 7 566 o 5 hi, iris 
4 5 Nottingham — —_— —_ 11g 10 11 i eer Silo sing, Aes: 
Deptford. &lt;&lt; 45 | Entetprize — —_ — goz2 6 5 © 15 3 aber dain Nase 
si Carrying on the Rebuilding of the Eaft 

3 Side of the great Storehoule— —]| --- --- -- wae wee wee 267 13 5 
Fg Britannia == = | 2,027 13 I 37 19-10} + — oe 
3 Revenge -- —-_ —_—_— = 137 18 11 33 14 7 a 

Carrying on the Works of the Matt- : 
Woolwich.  ¢ Dock and Brick-Wall — — —[ --- --- --- | 0 --- --- --- 52 18 9 
Three Sheds —_— — — fewer he wet wee 197 6 6 

Carrying on the Building of Two | 
L Houtes for the Officers —~ -—=]| --- --- --- wee nee ee 7 6 6 
‘a London _-_ —-— = —j| 1,393 4 8 a sete] Se, wane 
2 Prince —_— — — mf nee wee nee 79 3.5 ee ag 
4 Union —_ —_ _ _ 119 8 enn ewe enw | date Tete 
; 3 | Edinburgh gtd 3 mee cee me ee ne 
Chatham. &lt; Naffau _ — _— — 964 10 4 a ae anit cassis lated 
Suffolk —_ — —_ — 185 13 6 67 16 1 wos wee wee 
4 Swallow _ — — —| 1,469 6 6 ph, tie. ame peel. ant. Yaa 
New Cordage-Houfe ——- == —J| --- --. --- ee 169 8 6 
q Arches in the Maft-Pond — — com eee con a 450 2 6 
4 iTyger, = tole ss 
Sheernefs. | New Storehoufe — a aes ii | ade. aaa ale eens Sele 1119 1 
Wharf for the Graving-Dock — —J]| --- --- -- a 412 6 9 
Nae Royal William — — — 1,548 17 5 948 12 8 sloth nlindiy ina 
4 King fton —_ —_ — wb 15213 @ 9 o 6 3 a 
; SET. i ae _ alt 410 Of == --- --- 
Port/meuth. £ Great Bafon en es, Toe Uae ara 599 19 4 
. Officers Houfes ——— wre nee eee a 256 15 4 
| Four new Maft-houfes eae wee wee oe ee 343 8 5 
L | New Maft-houfe Ship ans sila ecte is el tel 81 2 6 
4 Deptford 996 o o| 1,974 19 6 conf meen tenis 
; 5 Dolphin 1,084.17 4 2,320 7 9 baie Sabin Ccalbes 
Phymontb. ng ere ae FS act 
Sail- Loft ens we wwe a 319 6 
Abftraé&amp;. 

i. 5. de 
The Works of the Ships —. —- — —— —. —— 13,814 8 11 
For completing the Rigging and Stores =—— — wean — —- 6,028 3 9 
For extra’ Buildings —- —- — —_— — 4,549 14 2 
Total 24,392 6 10 


Viz. Twenty-four thoufand Three hundred Ninety-two Pounds Six Shillings and Ten Pence. 








Thomas Swanton, Fa. Arworth, F. Fawler, Cha. Sergifon, R. Burton, Wm. Cleviand, 


Navy; 








6 


Navy- -Office, 
23 January 1715. 


cd 


/ 


Heads of the Naval Eftimates. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Particulars. 





Before this Reign. Since this 5 Reign 


A. 1718, 


“| AN Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefly’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter-mentioned, as it 
— on the 31ft of December 1718. 


Total. 





eniitent 


Wear and Tear, ordinary and extraordinary Repairs: 
Due, to pay off, and difcharge, all the Bills entered on 
the Courfe of the Navy, for Stores, &amp;¢. fupplied for 
the Service thereof ; including the Premiums of Na- 
val Stores imported from the Plantations 
For the Freight of Tenders; as alfo for Stores delivered 
into his Majefty’s feveral Yards, for which no Bills 
were made out on the aforefaid 31ft of December cthgig 
as alfo to feveral Biils of Exchange 
To his Majefty’s Yards, and Rope- Yards, for she Ordi- 
nary and Extraordinary thereof 
ForHalf-Pay totheSea-Officers,according toanE ftablith- 
ment made by his Majefty in Council, on that behalf— 


Seamens Wages : 

Due, to pay the Men unpaid on the Books of Ships paid 
off, fince the late revolution ; which, sates permet any 
require the fum of 

To Ships in Sea-Pay, on the abovefaid gaft of Denier 
1718 

To difcharge, and pay off, all ‘the Bills entered in Courfe, 
for Pilotage, Surgeons Neceffaries, Bounties to Widows 


and Orphans of Men flain at Sea, &amp;@c. on the Head of [ 


a_i emmmmm 


Seamens Wages 


Victualing Debt, as per an Eftimate received from thofe 
Commiffioners : 


Due, for Short- Allowance, to the Companies of his Ma- | 


jefty’s Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off— 
For Bills on their Courfe, and alfo Bills of Exchange 
from foreign Parts; and for neceffary and extra-necef- 
fary Money; and Wages to the Officers, Workmen, 
and Labourers, employed at the feveral Ports, c.— 


Sick and Wounded, the Debt of that Office, as per an 
Eftimate received from thofe Commiffioners; viz. 
Due for the Quarters, and Cure, of fick and wounded Sea- 
men, fent afhore from his Majefty’s Fleet; and the 
Contingencies relating to the faid Service — — — 


Total 


| 





i} Ras Se 


364,770 14 


446 17 8 21,483 14 


276,116 


2;713 4 O| 31,560 15 





20,791 


328,032 


7,669 10 





81,810 18 5 11,664 7 





489 17 10] 207,801 10 





| 
| 


1,025 7 8 


75538 I9 11 


. 445,629 4 


301,766 14 


697,091 5 § 


‘i 


8,564 7 








175,022 I1 A aw hace o oO 


1,453,051 11 


ans 





The Total amounts to the Sum of One mitlion Four hundred Fifty-three thoufand and Fifty-one Pounds Eleven 


Shillings and Seven Pence. 


2 


Tho. Swanton, Fa. Acworth, Cha, Sergifon, R. Burton, F. Fawler, Wm. Cleviaud. 


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by at ge Table, to be perufed-by the Members of the 


Houle. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 27° die Januari ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
render more effectual the Agreements that have been 
made between Thomas Holles Duke of Newcafile, Henry 
Pelbam Efquire, Edward Lord Harley, and the Lacy Hen- 
rietta his Wite, William Vane and Gilbert Vane Efquires, 
Sons of Chriftopbher Lord Bernard, or any of them, in 
relation tothe Will and Eftate of Fobn late Duke of New- 
caftle,; and for fettling the fame in fuch manner as may 
be ‘agreeable to the intent of the faid Agreement; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

afs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Comptroller do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which 
they defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


Sir William Pole prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the more effectual Prefervation of the 
Game: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
’ time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Lord Harry Pow/lett have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Thomas Maifter Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That William Whitmore Efquire have Leave 
to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Mr. Heyham prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for the better preventing Frauds committed by 
Bankrupts: And the fame was received. 


A Petition of the Ironmongers, Curlers, Smiths, and 
Artificers in the Iron Manufactory, living in and about 
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there hath 
been feveral Foreigners, which, as the Petitioners are in- 
formed, are Mu/covites, lately put Apprentice in this 
Place, to learn the Art. of making feveral of our Iron 
Manufactures, for which they have given large and un- 
ufual Sums of Money: That the Petitioners are appre- 
henfive the Perfons fo placed are ordered, and do intend, 
when they have learned our Art, to return to his Czarifh 
Majefty’s Dominions, to inftruct others; the doing of 
which will be of unfpeakable Prejudice to our Iron Manu- 
faétury, and tend to the ruin of many Thoufand Fami- 
lies in this Country; and praying, That fuch Remedies 
may be provided, as fhall prevent the Inconveniencies 
which may happen. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the report from the Committee, to whom the Re- 
prefentation and Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, Search- 
ers, and Affiftants, of the Company of Cutlers, in Hal- 
lamfbire, in the County of York, and within Six Miles 
Compafs of the fame, incorporate by Act of Parliament, 
was referred, fhall be made. 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


Ordered, That the faid Account and Eftimate do lie © 


A. 1718. 


Mr. Cholmiley reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and Owners - 
of Ships, Freeholders, and others, inhabiting in and near 
the Town of Bridlington, in the County of York, was re- 
ferred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they 


_ had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 


the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; 
and find, That an Act paffed, in the Firft Year of his pre- 
fent Majefty’s Reign, to reviveand continuean Act, pafled 
in the Kighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King William, for repairing the Piers of Bridling- 
ton, in the faid County; and that, fince the Commence- 
ment of the faid Act of the Firft Year of his prefent Ma-. 
Jefty, there has been expended in repairing the faid Piers 
the Sum of 1,800/. and upwards. 

It appeared to the Committee, That, for the better 
Security of Ships ufing the Harbour of Bridlington, it is 
abfolutely neceffary both of the faid Piers fhould be length- 
ened ; and that the whole South Pier fhould fpeedily be 
rebuilt, and the moft Part thereof upon a new Founda- 
tion: The Charge of repairing and lengthening one of 
the faid Piers, and rebuilding and lengthening the other, 
with other additional Works for Supporting and Preferv- 
ing of the faid Piers, will coft above the Sum of 7,500/. 

That, for the fpeedy rebuilding and completing the 
faid Piers, and other additional Works, it appeared to 
the Committee, That it is neceflary the faid Sum of 
7:500/, or the beft Part thereof, fhould be forthwith 
raifed; which cannot be done without fome further Affift- 
ance of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Time granted by an Aét, pafied in the Firft 
Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Act to revive and continue an Act, of the Eighth and 
Ninth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King Wil- 
liam, for Repair of the Piers of Bridlington, alias Bur- 
lington, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York; and 
for making the faid Aéts more effectual; and that Mr. 
Cholmley, Sir William Strickland, and Mx. Strickland, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Lord Hi//borough have leave to go 


into the Country for a Weck, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


Mr. Conyers reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Billto explain and amend the Laws relating to Under- 
Sheriffs ; and for the more impartial Returning of Juries; 
was committed ; That they had made feveral Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Saturday Morning next. 


Mr. Godfrey prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen by 
keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, or the Suburbs there- 
of: And the fame was received. 


Mr. Feffop reported, from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of theMafter, Wardens, Searchers,and A ffiftants,of 
the Company of Cutlers, in Hallam/bire, in the County of 
York, and within Six Miles Compafs of the fame, incor- 
porate by an Act of Parliament, was referred, the Mat- 
ter, as it appeared to them, and the Refolutions of the 
Committee thereupon ; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houle; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 


Ordered, 











5 GEO. 1. 


Ordéred, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Thurfday Morning next. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for pu- 
nifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Payment 
of the Army and their Quarters. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby tock the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Treby reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurfday 


Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 28° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 
CReered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant. to 


the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Leicefler, in the room of Yames Win- 
fianley Efquire, deceafed. 


A Petition of the Butchers and Grafiers in and about 
the City of Cheffer was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, for many Years paft, the Price of 
raw Hides in Markets in and about this City has depended 
on the Encouragement the Tanners have had, by felling 
their Leather to Merchants dealing to foreign Parts; 
which Branch of the faid Tanners Trade is very much 
decayed, and near to.... loft, by the Exportation of 
Oak-Bark for Jreland; where the Merchants are furnifhed 
with Leather, which pays no Duty as it does here in Great 
Britain, and, in confequence thereof, the Price of raw 
Hides is funk above Forty per Cent.; to the great Detri- 
ment both of Butchers and Grafiers in thefe Parts: And 
praying the fame may be prevented. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Company of Butchers, 
in the City of Worcefier, in behalf of themfelves,. and 


many Thoufands of Families within the Kingdom of Eng- 
land, 8c. is referred. 


A Bill to naturalize Peter Sejourné was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. London, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Morice, Sir Wm. Lowther, Mr. Foley, 
Mr. Winafor, Sir Tho. Cave, Mr. Skepbeard, Sir Wm, 
Pole, Sir Tho. Scawen, Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. 
Longueville, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Weaver, Lord Wm. Pow- 
let, Mr. Lowndes, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Fefferyes, Mr. 
Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Chetwynde, Sir John Philips, Lord 

~ Aylmer, Sir Win. Wyndbam, Mr. Afbe, Mr. Lowther, Sir 
Orl. Bridgman, Mr. Difton, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hitch, 
Mr. Philpott, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Harrifon, Sir Ifaac 
Rebow, Mr. Wylde: And they are to meet this Atter- 
noon, at Five aClock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen 
by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near 
the Cities of London and Weftminfier, or the Suburbs there- 
of, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for Relief of feveral poor infolvent Debtors in 
the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was read the Firit 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 





Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





79 


An ingroffed Bill for the Relief of Sir Nicholas Tempeft 
Baronet, touching an Eftate demifed to him by William 
late Lord Widrington, and the Lady Fane his Wites 
many Years before the Attainder of the faid late Lord 
Widrington, was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 2. Line * To leave out ‘‘ this,’ and infert 
“mer 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs ...... 

Ordered, That the Lord Wm. Powlett do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Edward Norris Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That Doddington Greville have Leave to go 


into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


- A Bill for making the Town and Townhhip of Sunder- 
land a diftinét Parith from the Parith of Bihop-Wearmouth, 
in the County of Durbam, was read a Second time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hedwortb, 
Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Lord Wm, Pow!lett, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Grimfton, Mr. Lawfon, 
Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Arthur Kay, Sir Tho. 
Crofe, Lord Molefworth, Lord Middleton, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Godfrey, Sir Wm. St.. Quintin, Sir aac Rebow, Sir 
Richard Favington, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Afbe, Colonel 
Cadegan, Mr. Travers, Mr. Coventry, Mr. Lade, Mr. 
Solicitor-General, Sir Richard Goffe, Mr. Neville, Mr. 
Powlett, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Harrifon, 
Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Bond, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Difton, Mr. London, 
Mr. Gould, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Inge, Mr. Fordan; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Durham, 
York, and Northumberland: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill for the better preventing Frauds committed 
by Bankrupts, be now read the Firft time ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee ot the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty’s 
Subjects to and from the Eaf Indies; and for the more 
effeétual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trading thi- 
ther under foreign Commiffions ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
that they have Power to receive a Claufe to fecure to all 
the Subjects of Great Britain the tree Liberty of trading 
to the Haft Indies from and after fuch time as the Eajt 
India Company fhall have enjoyed the Term of Years 
granted to them by Law, and fhall be repaid the principal 
Sum by them advanced, for having the Benefit of the 
faid Trade, with Intereft for the fame ; 

The previcus Queftion was put, That that Queftion 
be now put: 

And it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houte will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 
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Fovis, 29° die Fanuar; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Weavers, Serge-makers, and Wool- 
combers, of Kettering, in the County of Nortb- 
ampton, and the adjacent Parifhes, was prefented to the 
‘Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, on 
the behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands employed 
by them, being deeply fenfible of the Mifchiefs occa- 
fioned by the Exportation of the Wool of Great Britain 
and Jreland to France, and other foreign Countries ; by 
which clandeftine Methods, and the working up the Wool 
in foreign Parts, they are capacitated to under-fell them in 
foreign Markets; whereby their Trade and Employments 
are exceedingly reduced, and feveral Hundreds of Poor be- 
longing tothe {aid Employments muft inevitably be ruined: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed 
and prohibited Goods; and for the more effectual Pre- 
venting of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; is committed. 


A Bill for the more effectual Prefervation of the Game, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Chete 
wynd, Sir Wm. Pole, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Conyers, 
Mafter of the Rolls, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Corrance, Mr. 
Gybbon,. Lord Aylmer, Mr. Herne, Sir Robert Chaplyn, 
Sir John Norris, Mr. Travers, Sir Geo. Warren- 
der, Mr. Treby, Mr. Foley, Mr. Brigflock, Mr. Bertie, 
Sir Cha. Turner, General Wade, Mr. Weaver, Mr. 
Smithfon, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Heyfham, Sir Facob Afbley, 
Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Carter, Mr. Ward, 
Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mc. Northey, Mr. Carteret, Mr. 
Sefferyes, Mr. Clark, Sir Wm. Wyndbam, General Rofe, 
Sir Edward Stradling, Mr. Inge, Mr. Longueville, Sir 
Nath. Mead, Mr. Mickletbwaite, Mr. Difton, Sir Edward 
Turner, Mr. Morice, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Hampden, 
Mr. Lade: And they are to mect this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for the better preventing Frauds committed by 
Bankrupts, was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That William Fordan Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Browaing and Mr. 
Bennet: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
enable William Pulteney Efquire, and the Perfons in Re- 
mainder after him, to make Leafes of the Houfes and 
Ground therein mentioned; and to rectify fome Miftakes 
in Two Leafes from King Charles the Second to Sir Wil- 
liam Pulteney, and from King William the Third to Fobs 
Pulteney: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, inticuled, An Act 
to vet the Fee and Inheritance of the capital Meffu- 
age called Hallifex-Houfe, in Saint Fames’s Square, in 
the Parith of Saint Fames’s, Weftminjter, and the Caftle 
and Manor of Fotheringbay, in the County of Nortb- 
ampton, in Truftees, to be fold; together with a Term 
of Five hundred Years devifed by William \ate Lord 
Marquis of Hallifax to his Fxecutors, in Truft, for the 
better Performance of his Will; without Amendment. 
Allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Aét to render more 
effectual the Agreements that have been made between 
Thomas Holles Duke of Newcaftle, Henry Pelbam Efquire, 
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William Vane and Gilbert Vane Efquires, Sons of Chrifto- 
pher Lord Bernard, or any of them, in relation to the 
Will and Eftate of ‘fobn late Duke of Newca/tle,; and for 
fettling the fame in fuch manner as may be agreeable to 
the Intent of the faid Agreements; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, ‘intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Wilham Pulteney Efquire, and the Perfons in 
Remainder after him, to make Leafes of the Houfes and 
Ground therein mentioned; and to rectify fome Miftakes 
in Two Leafes from King Charles the Second to Sir Wii- 
liam Pulteney, and from King William the Third to Fobn 
Pulteney, was read the Firft time. 

And Mr. Lowndes acquainted the Houfe, That he had 
Directions from his Majefty to Jet them know, That he is 
willing the faid Bill fhould pafs. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Sir David Dalrymple prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for making more effectual the Laws ap- 
pointing the Oaths for Security of the Government to be 
taken by Minifters and Preachers in Churches and Meet- 
ing-houfes in Scotland: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


_ Ordered, ‘That the Under-Sheriff of the County of 
Middlefex, and the Secondaries of the Compters of the 
City of London, do lay before this Houfe, an Account of 
what Protections and written Certificates from any Mem- 
ber of this Houfe are entered in their refpective Offices. 


Mr. Zreby, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters, was committed, 
the Amendments which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Saturday Morning next. 


Ordered, That Sir Wiliiam Blackett Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms, for neglecting to attend his Ser- 
vice in Parliament, be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying 
his Fees. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods; and for the more effectual Preventing 
of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Comunittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the better fecuring the 
lawful Trade of his Majefty’s Subjects to and from the 
Eaft Indies; and for the more effectual preventing all his 
Majefty’s Subjects trading thither under foreign Commi‘ 
fions; was committed; be received upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, Searchers, 
and Affiftants, of the Company of Cutlers, in Hallam/biré, 
in the County of York, and within Six Miles Compafs of the 
4 fame, 











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fame, incorporate by an Act of Paliament, was referred, 


be taken into Confideration upon Monday Morning next, 
at Twelve of the Clock. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Saturday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 








Sabbati, 31° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
Pr AYERS, 


N ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Time granted by 

an Aét, of the Ninth and Tenth Years of King 

William, for cleanfing, and making navigable, the Chanel 

from the Hy:he at Colchefter to Wyvenboes and for make- 

ing the faid Aét more effectual; was read the Third 
time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill ; 

Prefs 4. Line * infert *¢ living :” : 

Prefs 5. Line 33. After ‘* elfewhere,” infert “* if, by 
“¢ the Judgment of the faid Commiffioners, or the mayor 
« Parc of them, affembled upon fuch Notice, as afore- 
faid, good and {ufficient Ballaft can be got in the Cha- 
“8: nel;” : 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

ReJolved, That the Bill do pafs: and that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Time granted by an Act, of 
the Ninth and Tenth Years of King William, for cleanf- 
ing, and making navigable, the Chanel from the Hythe 
at Colcbefier to Wyvenboe; and for making the faid Act 
more ettectual. 

Ordered, Vhat Sir Ifaac Rebow do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Ordered, That Thomas Lifter Efquite, in Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms, for neglecting to attend his Service 
in Parliament, be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his 
Fees. ; 

Ordered, That William Levine Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


o 
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Ordered, That Edevard Harvey Efquire have Leave to 


go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Sir Yobn Walter Baronet have Leave to 


go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Sir Thomas Cave Baronet have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Serge-makers, and Makers 
of Shalloons, Dyers, Fullers, and others employed in the 
Woollen Manufacture, in and near the Town of Andover, 
in the County of Southampton, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That, by reafon of the 
pernicious Practice of theclandeftine Exportation of Wool 
into France trom Ireland, and this Kingdom, the Peti- 
tioners cannot employ the Workers in the Woollen Ma- 
nufactures, or be able to carry on their Trade; which 
will, if not timely prevented, foon prove deftructive to 
all Traders therein; and at prefent puts a Stop to the 
Trade itfelf, many Hundred of Families being already re- 
duced to Poverty, and take Relief trom their Parithes ; 
And praying, That the faid Evil, for the future, may be 
effectually prevented. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of che Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods and tor the more effectual Preventing 
of Frauds relating ta the Cuftoms ; is. committed. 


Orderec, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
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Dr. Waugh, for the Sermon by him preached before thi; 
Houfe, Yefterday, at St. Margaret’s Weftminfter: An 
that he be defired to ptint the fame: And that Mr. Car- 
teret and Mr. Plumptre do acquaint him therewith. 


A Petition of Fobn Benfeild, Mayor, and William Dow- 
dall; \ate Mayor, of the Borough of Corfe Cafile, in 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe; 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioner 7chn Benfeild was committed to the Cuftody 
of the faid Serjeant at Arms, for being guilty of divers 
arbitrary and illegal Practices in the late Election and 
Return of a Member to ferve in this ptefent Parliament 
for the faid Borough; and of a Contempt; in not obeying 
the Order of the Committee for producing the Charters 
of the faid Borough, in his Cuftody: And the Petitioner 
William Dewdall was \ikewife committed for being guilty 
of a Contetnpt; in not obeying the Order of the Commit- 
tee for producing the Chatters of the faid Borough, in 
his Cuftody: That the Petitioners are very forry that 
they fhould do any thing to incur the Difpleafure of this 
Houfe, and humbly beg pardon for the fame: And pray- 
ing, That they may be difcharged out of Cuftody. 

Ordered, That the faid ‘fohn Benfeild and William Dow- 
dall be brought to the Bar, on Monday Morning, in order 
to their being difcharged out of Cuftody. 


Sit William Lowther reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to naturalize Lodowick Chriftiaz Sprogell, 
was committed, That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had di- 
rected him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bui in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of the Commiffioners for Difpofing of the 
Equivalent; and of Fames Campbell Efquire, Agent for 
the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland; for themfelves, 
and in the Name and behalf of the faid Creditors, was 
prefented to the Houfe and read; fetting forth, That, by 
an Act, 12° Anne Regine, intituled; An A&amp; to difcharge 
and acquit the Commiffioners of Equivalent, a capital 
Sum of 230,308/. gs. 104.5 was ftated and cettified due 
to the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland, to bear In- 
tereft at 5/. per Cent. per Annum, and, by an Act 1° Geo. 
intituled, An Act for taking and ftating the Debts due, 
and growing due, to Scotland, by way of Equivalent, 
&amp;c. Provifion was made for One Year’s Intereft of the 
{aid capital Debt, and for the Salaries of the faid Com- 
miffioners, and Fees and Salaries of their Servants, from 
24th Fune 1714 to 24th Fane 1715: That, by an- 
other Act, 1° Georgii, intituled, an Act for relieving 
William Paterfon Efquire, a further Debt was charged 
upon Scotland of 18,2417. tos. 104.4 Principal, with 
Intereft at the Rate of 5/. per Cext. per Annum, after the 
24th Fune 1715; and, by an Act, 3° Geo. intituled, 
An A&amp; to continue an Act, of the Firft Year of his 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for taking and ftate- 
ing the Debts due, and growing due, to Scotland, by way 
of Equivalent, &amp;¢. Provifion was made for Two Years 
Intereft of thatwhole capital Debt, amounting to248,550/. 
os. gd.4 and of the Salaries of the Commiffioners of the 
Equivalent, and Fees and Salaries of their Servants ; viz. 
from 24th Fané1715 to 24th Funei717: Thatthe Sum 
of 31,823/. 75. 14.5 will be due on the 24th Fune 
1719, as other Two Years Intereft of the faid capital 
Debt of 248,550/. os. 94.4 and for the Salaries ot the 
Commiffioners of Equivalent, the Fees and Salaries of 
their Servants, and the incident Charges of the Office g 
viz. from 24th Fune 1717 to 24th Fune 1719: That, by 
the 15th Article of Union, it is agreed, That the Com- 
miffioners for Difpofing of the Equivatent fhall be impow- 
ered to call for, receive, and difpofe of, all the Money 
which fhall arife to Scotland upon the Agreements in the 
Treaty, and apply the {ame for the Payment of the publick 
Debts of Scotland; andafterwards, towards encouraging and 


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promoting the Fifheries, and fuch other Manufacturies, 
ahd Improvements, in Scotland, as may moft conduce te the 
general Good of the United Kingdom: That, by an Act, 
6° Anne Regine, intituled, An Act for further directing 
the Payment of the Equivalentsmoney, the Commiffion- 
ers, and other Officers, of the Revenue, were directed 
to make Two authentick Abbreviates of the Produce of 
fuch Revenues, with the Amount of the feveral Sums 
which fhould become due, by way of Equivalent, to be 
delivered half-yearly; one to the Commiffioners of the 
Equivalent, the other to the Lords Commiffioners of the 
Treafury; who, upon Receipt of fuch Abbreviates, fhould 
and might grant their Warrant for immediate Payment of 
fuch Sums as fhould be fo found due: That the Commif- 
fioners and Officers of the Revenue did not comply with 
this Direction; and the Commiffioners of Equivalent, by 
reafon of feveral Difficulties, and particularly for want 
of proper Vouchers and Accounts, whereby the Debts of 
England incutced before the Union, and for which Pro- 
vifion has been made fince, might be diftinguifhed from 
the Charges and Service of the feveral following Years, 
could neither make up Accounts, nor keep fuch Books as 
the r5th Article of Union directed; which gave Rife to 
the faid Aéts of the Firft and Third of his prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, appointing Commiffioners totake and ftate the Debts 
due, and growing due, to Scotland, by way of Equivalent: 
That nétwithftanding the Pains taken by the Commiffi- 
oners appointed in purfuance of the Two Aéts laft-men- 
tioned, yet it feems plain from what they have already 
done, that fome Parts of that Account, through Length 
of Time, and Inadvertency to thefe Agreements, are be- 
come inextricable: That it will take a very long time 
yet to clear up, and bring to Light, what by much Pains 
and Labour is practicable; and that: an Account of that 
Kind muft continue, and be carried on, fo long as any of 
the prefent Debts of Britain remain unfatisfied: That the 
Condition of the Creditors of the Publick in Scetland can 
very ill bear with fuch long Delays as the Finifhing of 
thefe Accounts feem to require; and one of the principal 
Benefits propofed to both Nations by the Treaty will be 
mtirely difappointed; namely, the Applications towards 
encouraging and promoting the Fifheries, and fuch Manu- 
facturies, and Improvements, in Scotland, as may moft con- 
duce to the general Good of the United Kingdom: And 
praying, That Directions may be given for the Payment 
of the Sum of 31,823/. 7s. 14.3, which has grown 
due fince 23d Fume 1717, and fettle a Fund of Intereft 
for this National Debt of Scotland; and that Provifion 
may be made for encouraging the Fifheries and Manufac- 
turies. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do.lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fennings, Secondary of the Poultry Compter, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Lift of the 
Names of the Perfons protected by written Protections 
under the Hands of feveral Members of this Houfe, as 
the fame are entered in the Office of the Secondary of the 
Wood-ftreet Compter, London: And alfo, 

A Lift of what Protections and written Certificates 
from any Members of this Houfe are entered in the Office 
of the Poultry Compter. 

The Houle being informed, That the Under Sheriff of 
Middlefex attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, a Liit of the Names of Perfons protected by writ- 
ten Protections under the Names of feveral Members 
of the Houfe, as they are now entered in the Office of 
the Under Sheriff of Middlesex. . 

And then he withdrew. 

And the faid Lifts were read: 

Which are bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 


After which, the ftanding Order of the Houfe, of the 
Twenty-third of Fanuary, 1 William and. Mary, relating 
to Protections and written Certificates given. by Members 
of this Houfe, was read. 

And the Houfe being moved, That the faid Order 
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Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That all Protections and 
written Certificates of the Members of this Houfe be de- 
clared void in Law, and be forthwith withdrawn, and 
called in; and that none be granted for the future; and 
that if any fhall be granted by any Member; fuch Mem- 
ber fhall make Satisfaétion to the Party injured, and fhall 
be liable to the Cenfure of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Order be declared to be a ftands 
ing Order of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That this Order be publifhed, by fetting up 
the fame in the Lobby at the Houfe-Door, at Wefminfter- 
ball Gate, and at the feveral Courts in Weftminfter-ball, 
and at the Inns of Court and Inns of Chancery, and at the 
Royal Exchange, and at the Two Compters in London; 
And that the Knights and Commiffioners of the Shires 
do fend Copies thereof to the Sheriffs of their refpective 
Counties, and the Citizens to their refpective Cities, and 
the Burgefles and Commiffioners of the Boroughs to their 
re(pective Boroughs. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the encouraging Naval Stores to be brought to this King- 
dom: And that Mr. Secretary Craggs, Colonel Bladen, 
and Mr. Lowndes, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into Confideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and 
Defertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and 
their Quarters, was committed: 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houie, to whom the Bill for 
the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects to and from the Eaft Indies; and for the more effec- 
tual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trading thither 
under foreign Commiffions; was committed; the Amend- 

” ments they had directed *o be reported to the Houfe; which 
he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where they were once read throughout; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, with an Amend- 
ment to One of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend the Laws relating to 
Under Sheriffs; and for the more impartial Returning of 
Juries; was committed; be taken into Confideration upon 
this Day Fortnight. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 2° die Februari; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS, 
OHN Benfeild, Mayor, and William Dowdall, \ate 
Mayor, of Corfe-Caftle, in the County of Dorfet, in 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, were, according to Or- 


der, brought to the Bar: Where they, upon their Knees, 
received 








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A Petition of the Ironmongers and Cutlers in and about 
the City of London, and Suburbs thereof, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That feveral Perfons, 
as well Foreigners, as Subjects of this Kingdom, have en- 
deavoured, and ftill endeavour, to draw away, and feduce, 
by offering exceflive Wages, large Promifes, and other 
Arts, a great Number of Workmen and Artificers of 
this Kingdom, working in Iron, Steel, Tin, Brafs, and 
other Metals, to leave this Kingdom, and to dwell in fo- 
reign Countries, out of his Majefty’s Dominions, in order 
to fet up the faid Trades and Manufactures there, and 
thereby deprive and rob this Kingdom of thofe profitable 


Branches of Trade and Manufactures; to the great De- ~ 


triment of the Petitioners, and of this Kingdom: And 
praying the fame may be prevented. — 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Report from the Committee; to whom the Re- 
prefentation and Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, Search- 
ers, and Affiftants, of the Company of Cutlers, in Hallam- 
Jbire, in the County of York, and within Six Miles Com- 
pafs of the fame; incorporate by an Act of Parliament, 
was referred, be taken into Confideration. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords; intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable William Pulteney Efquire, and the,Perfons in Re- 
mainder afcer him, to*make Leafes of the Houfes and 
Ground therein mentioned; and to rectify fome Miftakes 
in Two Leafes, from King Charles the Second to Sir Wil- 
liam Pulteney, and from King William the Third to Fobn 
Pulteney; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cholmley, 
Mr. Walpole, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Honywood; Sir 
Cha. Turner, Mr. Barrington, Sir Richard Farington, Mr. 
Lowndes, Mr. Selwyn, Mr, Pelham, Mr. Whitchcott, 
Mr. Bankes, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Gybbon, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Cocks, 
Sir James Campbell, Mr. York, Sir Wm. St, Quintin, Mr. 
Afbe, Mr. Edgcumb, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Lawfon, 
Mr. Hampden, Mr. Eden, Mr. Methuen, Mr. Powlett, 
Mr. Bacon, Mr.Comptroller, Mr. Swith, Mr. De Gray, Mr. 
Inge, Mr. Brodrick, Sit Richard Gough, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. London, Mr. Freman, Mr. Pitt, Sir Wm. Pole, Mr. 
Secretary Craggs, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Herne, Sir Tho. Leigh, 
Sir Francis Leicefter, Sir Fifber Tench, and all that ferve 
for the Counties of Middlefex and York: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, im the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Thomas Lewis Efquire, Knight of the 
Shire for the County of Monmouth, have Leave to go into 
the Country, his Lady being very ill. 


Ordered, That Sir Fuftinian Ifpam Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Sit Thomas Stepney Baronet have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Oceafions. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Bankes Fenkinfon Baronet have 
Leave to go into the Country for Fhree Weeks, upon ex- 
traordinary Occafions. 


Ordered, That Sir ‘fobn Stoneboufe Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraor- 
dinary Occafions. 


Mr. Cholmley prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for enlarging the Time granted by Two Acts 
of Parliament, for Repairs of the Piers of Bridlington, alias 
Burlington, and for making the faid Aéts more cffectual: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, 


Sir /Villiam Pole reported from the Committee, to whom 





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the Bill for the more effe€tual Prefervation of the Game, 
was committed, That they had made fome Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had direéted him to réport to 
the Houfe; which’he read in His Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were once read through- 
out; and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon 
aa Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 

oule. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That the Bill for making more effectual the 
Laws appointing the Oaths, for Security of the Governe 
ment, to be taken by Minifters and Preachers in Churches 
and Meeting-houfes in Scotland, be read a Second time 
upon Thurfday next, in a full Houfe. 


_ The Houfé, according to Order, took into Confidera- 
tion the Report from the Committee, to whom the Peti- 
tion of the Mafter, Wardens, Searchers, and Affiftants, 
of the Company of Cutlers, in Hadlam/bire; in the County 
of York, and within Six Miles Compafs of the fame, in- 
corporate by an Act of Parliament, was referred: 

And the faid Report and Refolutions were read; and 
are as follow ; viz. . 

That the Committee have, according to the Order of 
the Houfe, taken the faid Petition into Confideration: 

And, upon the Examination of William Parkin and 
John Crawley, find the Matter to be as follows; viz. 

That divers ill-difpofed Perfons, Subjects of this King- 
dom, confederating with Foreigners, are endeavouring 
to tranfplant feveral Branches of the Iron Manufactures 
into foreign Countries, out of his Majefty’s Dominions, 
by making Attempts, and ufing Endeavours, to entice, 
and draw away, into the faid Places, Artificers, and Per- 
fons working in the faid Steel and Iron Manufactures, offer- 
ing them greater Wages than they can have in this Kino- 
dons: ‘Ard alfo, . y iain 

That great Numbers of Foreigners have been, and 
are endeavoured to be, put and placed Servants and Ap- 
prentices to the Manufacturers of Iron and Steel, and 
other Manufactures and Trades, by giving large Sums of 
Money, in order to learn the faid Trades, and return to 
their own Country. 

Upen the whole Matter; the Committee came to the 
following Refolutions ; ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That the Allegations contained in the Petition are proved, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That divers Attempts have been made to feduce the Ma- 
nufacturers and Artificers in Iron and Steel to depart out 
of his Majefty’s Dominions to foreign Countries. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That divers Foreigners have, of late Years, been put 
Apprentices to the Iron and Steel Manufaétures, and to 
feveral other Traces and Manufactures of this King- 
dom, — 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That the Houfe be moved for Leave to bring in a Bill 
to prevent the Inconveniences arifing from the Seducing 
of Artificers in the Iron and Steel] Manufactures into fo. 
reign Parts; and from the Taking of Foreigners Appren- 
tices in the faid Manufactures. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
prevent the Inconveniences arifing from feducing Artifi- 
cers in the Iron and Steel Manufacturies into foreign Parts ; 
and from taking Foreigners Apprentices in the faid Manu- 
facturies: And that Mr. Zeffop, Colonel Bladen, and Mr. 
Bankes, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the feve- 
ral Gaols of this Kingdom, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. London, 
Mr. Freman, Mr. Carteret, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Ste- 
phens, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Inge, Sir Edward Des Bouverie, 


Mr. 


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Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Bertie, Sir Wm. Lowther, Mr. Chet- 
wynd, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Lewis, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Plumptre, Sir Willo. Hickman, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Harvey, Colonel Bladen, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Hey- 
foam, Sir Richard Farington, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Reynell, 
Mr. Lowther, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Whitch- 
cott, Mr. Clark, Sir Richard How, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Cholm- 
ley, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Smith, Sir Tho. 
Crofs, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Hitch, Colonel Stephens, Mr. 
Thompfon, Mr. Lawfon, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Row- 
ney, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Difton, Sir Tho. Clark, Mr. Earl, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Ward, Sir Gilbert Heathcott, Mr. 
Comptroller, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. De 
Gray, Sir Wm. Pole, Sir Edward Williams, Sir Geo. War- 
render, Sit Hen. Hoghion, Mr. Corrance, Sir Robert Da- 
vers, Mr. Swanton, Colonel Helvar, Sir Wm. Daines, 
Mr. Nicholas, Sir David Dalrymple, Mr. Mafon; and all 
the Gentlemen of the Long Robe; and all the Mer- 
chants of the Houfe: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 
Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for re- 
gulating and fettling the Fees of Gaols and Prifons. 


A Bill for preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen 
by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter, or the Suburbs 
thereof, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Tho. 
Wheate, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. London, Mr. Stephens, 
Sir Tho. Crofs, Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. Bertie, 
Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wtitchcott, Lord Middleton, Mr. Bere, Mr. 
Inge, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Carterett, 
Mr. Selexyn, Mr. Farrer, Sir [aac Rebow, Mr. Gybbon, 
Sir Richard Farington, Mr. Afbe, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. God- 
frey, Mr. Ward, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Wylde, Sir Tho. Han- 
mer, Mr. Freman, Sit Arthur Kay, Sir Wm. Pole, Sir 
Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Fennings, Sir Win. Lowther, Mr. Bankes, 
Mr. Feffreyes, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Barington, 
Mr. Archer, Mr. Feilding, Mr. Lade, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. 
Brodrick, Mr. De Gray, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Morice, 
Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Snell, 
Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Dion, Mr. Pitt, Mr. 
Smith. Mr. Northey, Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Coventry, 
Sir Willo, Hickman, Lord Caftlecomer, Sir Wm. St. Quin- 
tin, Mr. Sloper, Colonel Bladen, Sir Fobn Eyles, Sir Thec- 
dore Fanfen, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Stanbope, Colonel Cado- 
gan, Mr. Methuen, Sit Adolphus Oughton, Mr. Hopkins, 
Mr. Halfey, Lord Sonds, Mr. C’ayton, Mr. Hampden, 
Mr. Bond, Sir Fobn Rufoout, Sir Gilbert Heathcott, Mr. 
Elliott, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Neville, Sir Geo. Cajwall, Mr. 
Bacon, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Wh:te, Mr. Frankland, 
and all that ferve for the Counties of Middlefex, Effex, and 
Surry; and for the City of London: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Honufe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill againft clandeftige Running of 
uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for the more 
effectual Preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
more effectual preventing the Abufes in Making and 
Mixing of Snuff. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, reloive itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houle, to confider further 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred, and had direéted him to move, That they ara 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Moro- 
ing next, retolve itfelf into a‘Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 3° die Februarit; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 

PRAYERS. 

Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Oriebar and Mr. - 
Dormer : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp;@ for 
vefting in Febn.Porret Gentleman, and his Heirs, Part 
of the Eftate of Thomas Davifin Efquire, at Stranton, 
Seaton Carew, and Thorp Thewles, in the County of Dur- 
ham, freed from the Ufes and Trufts of the {aid To- 
mas Davifon’s Marriage Settlement; and to fettle other 
Lands, of better Value, to the fame Ufes: To which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for applying certain Overplus-monies, and further Sums 
to be raifed, as well by way of a Lottery, as by Loans, 
towards paying off and cancelling Exchequer Bills; and 
for leffening the prefent great Charge in relation to thofe 
Bills; and for circulating, and exchanging for ‘ready 
Money, the Refidue of the fame Bills for the future; 
without any Amendment. Alfo. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing the Road from Beconsfeild, in the County of 
Bucks, to Stoken Church, in the County of Oxon, without 
any Amendment. Allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing the Roads from the Top of Stoken Church 
Hill to Enflow Bridge, and the Road leading from Wheas- 
ly Bridge; through the City of Oxon, by Begbrooke, to 
New Woodfiock. in the County of Oxon, except the Mil- 
way on each Side of the faid City; and to difable all 
Commiflioners or Truftees appointed for Repairing of 
any Highways or Roads to have any Place of Profit 
arifing out of the Toll for repairing fuch Highways and 
Roads; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Stuff-weavers, and others 
concerned in the Woollen Manufacture, within the Bo- 
rough of Bewdley, in the County of Worcefter, and Parts 
adjacent, in the behalf of themfelves, and many Hundred 
others in thofe Parts concerned in the faid Trades, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
notwithftanding the Laws which have been enacted to pre- 
vent the Exportation of Wool from Great Britain and 
Ireland, yet the Price of Wool is greatly increafed; which 
gives the Petitioners juft Ground to fufpect, that great 
Quantities of Wool are ftill clandeftinely exported; to the 
unexpreffible Detriment of the faid Manufacture: And 
praying, That the Exportation of Wool may be prevented. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill againft 
clandeitine Running of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; 
and for the more effectual Preventing of Frauds relating 
to the Cuftoms; is committed, 


A Petition of feveral Merchants, and others, Traders 
in Gunpowder, was prefented to the Houle, and read; 
fetting torth, That the Petitioners find by the Votes, that 
a Petition of teveral of the Inhabitants of the Parithes of 
Wapping, Stepney, St. Fobn Wapping, and Algate, in 
behalf of themielves, and others, was prefented, and 

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5 GSEO: I. 


read; complaining of the Number of Warehoufes and 
Storehoufes for Gunpowder, belonging to private Perfons; 
and the Dangers that may enfue from them, by having 
too great Quantities of Gunpowder in the faid Storehéules 
and Warehoules, belonging to private Perfons,; in and 
about the Cities of London and Weftminfier, and Suburbs 
thereof: And praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, 
by themfelves, or their Counfel, againgt the faid Pill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too 
great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter, and Suburbs thereof, is com- 
mitted. 


A Petition of Samuel Watlington, Benjamin Miller, 
and Sawiuel Sireator, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are Proprietors 
of Warehoufes for keeping Gunpowder in a Field called 
tobnfon's Field, in Wapping; which Field, being Marth 
Ground, is inclofed, on the Eaft, Weft, and North Sides; 
with a latge Ditch, ufually full of Water; and, on the 
South Side, the Entrance into the faid Field, with a Gare, 
which is kept locked, anda high Brick Wall, diftant from 
the faid Warehoufe 160 Yards, and diftant from any 
Dwelling-houfe upwards of 100 Yards, and from any 
Cart or Coach-way 250 Yards; whereby the Petitioners 
conceive, the faid Warehoufes are fo fafe, and conveniently 
fituated, that there can be no juft Grounds of Fear, or 
Danger to any Of thé adjacent Inhabitants : That the Pe- 
titioners are apprehenfive, by a Bill now depending for 
preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping 
too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities 
of Lendon and Weftminfter, and Suburbs thereof, that they 
may be deprived of their ancient Right in keeping Gun- 
powder in their faid Warehoufes; which would be of 
ereat Lofs to them: And praying, That a Saving Claufe 
may be interted in the faid Bill, whereby the Petitioners 
faid Rights and Properties may be preferved in their faid 
Powder Warehoufes. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too 
great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near thé Cities of 
Loudon and Weflminfter, or the Suburbs thereof, is com- 
snitted, 


A Petition of Francis Gricber, Philip Walton, Fobn 
Fogg, and Robert Stiles, Gunpowder-makers, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners finding, by the Votes, that a Bill was prefented 
for preventing Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping 
too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities 
of London and Weftminfter, or Suburbs thereof: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by themfelves, or Coun- 
jel, before the faid Bill do pafs. ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too 
great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter, or the Suburbs thereof, is com- 
mitted. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Prifoners for Debt in 
the Gaol of the City of Canterbury, and the County of the 
fame, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, Fhat the Petitioners have been confined many Years 
for Debts which they cannot difcharge; and that they 
have confumed all their Subftance in fupporting themfelves 
and Families, by lying there fo long; and are ready to 
perith for want ot Food and Raiment; and have no Pro- 
ipecl of Relief, but by his Majefty’s moft gracious A&amp; 
of Gaol Delivery: And praying the Bill may pafs for 
Difcharge of infolvent Debtors. 

Ordered, Vat the tfaid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for Relief 
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of poor infolvent Debtors in the feveral Gaols of this 
Kingdon, is committed. 


An ifgroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting in Fobn Porrett Gentleman, and his Heirs, 
Part of the Eftate of Thomas Davifon Elquire, at Stranton, 
Seaton Carew, and Thorp Thewles, .in the County of 
Durbam, freed from the Ules and Trufts of the {aid Téo- 
mas Davifon’s Marriage Settlement; and to fettle other 
Lands, of better Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill to naturalize Ledowick Chriftian Spro- 
gell, Was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill co pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to naturalize Lodowick Chriftian Sprogeil. 

Ordered, That Sir William Lowther do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Secretary Craggs prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for giving further Encouragement for 
importing Naval Stores ; And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft time. ie 

Refolvéd, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for continuing the Act, made in the Eighth 
Year of the iate Queen Anne, to regulate the Price and 
Affize of Bread, as aifo for continuing the A&amp;, made 
in the Twelfth Year of the faid late Queen, for the better 
Encouragement of the making of Sail-cloth in Great 
Britain; was committed; That they had made fome 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amevdments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Quettion feverally put therewpon, agreed 
unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. London reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to naturalize Peter Sejourné, was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and had directed him to’report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed, 


Ordered, That the Two Reports from the Commif- 
fioners appointed to inquite into the Eftates of certain 
Traitors, and of Popifh Recufants, and of Eftates given to 
fuperftitious Ufes, in order to raife Money out of them, fe- 
verally, for the Ufe of the Publick, be taken into Confi- 
deration To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That William Colmore Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country tor a Month, upon extraordinary Oc- 
cafions. 


Ordered, That James Herbert Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


A Petition of Fa/per Cullum, late of London, Linen- 
draper, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetcting 
forth, That the Petitioner became bound at the Cuftom- 
houfe, in fundry Bonds, to the Crown, for the Duties on 
Tobacco, for Richard Lee, Thomas Corbin, Henage Ro- 
binfon, and Fobn Fox: The laid Lee, Corbin, Rebinfon, 
and Fox, became infolvent ; and Extents were iffued out 
againft the Petitioner, whereby his Goods and Effects were 
feized ; and a Statute of Bankrupt was taken out againft 
the Petitioner, to the utter Ruin of him, and his res 

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and alfo an Extent in Aid was iffued forth againft him for a 
Debt due from him to the faid Lee and Corbin, which 
Debt is now in the Hands of-the Crown: That he be- 
ing in no manner of Bufinefs, and his Friends being de: 
firous to affift him in gaining his Liberty, by compound- 
ing the Debts he ftands engaged for to the Crown; he 
having complied with the Orders of the Houfe: And 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to 
impower the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or 
the Lord High Treafurer, for the Time being, to com- 
pound the Debts he ftands engaged for to the Crown, on 
Account of the faid Lee, Corbin, Robinfon, and Fox. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to 
his Majetty. 


A Bill for the better preventing Frauds committed by 
Bankrupts, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That the Matter of the Petition of Sir James 
Steuart, complaining of an undue Eleétion and Return 
for the Shire of Lanerk, which was appointed to be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe upon the Tenth Inftant, be 
heard upon Tae/day the Third Day of March next. 


An ingrofied Bill for the more effectual Prefervation 
of the Game, was read the Third tite. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill ; 
Prefs 1, Line * After ** affembled,” to infert ** and 
“‘ by the Authority of the fame :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended 
at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for the more effectual Prefervation of the 
Game. 

Ordered, That Sir William Pole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and delire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral Sufferers, and the Agents and 
Factors of other Sufferers, at Nevis and Saint Chriftopber’s 
in behalf of themfelves, and others, was preiented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by an A&amp;t, of 
the Ninth Year of her late Majefty Queen nue, intituled, 
An Aé for licenfing and regulating Hackney Coaches 
and Chairs; and for charging certain new Duties on 
ftamped Vellom, 2c. ; amongft other things, it is enacted, 
That a fum of 103,003/. 115. 4d. fhall be diftributed 
to and amongtt fuch Proprietors, and Inhabitants only, of 
the faid Iflands of Nevis and Saint Chrifsopher’s, which have 
refettled, or fhall refettle, their Plantations in the fame 
Iflands refpectively; the Lords Commiffioners for Trade 
and Plantations were to caufe a proportionable Part of the 
faid Sum for every one of the faid Proprietors, and In- 
habitants, as fuffered by the faid Invafion, who fhould 
re-fettle their Plantations in the faid Ifand, or either of 
them, according to their Loffes fuftained, by the’Return 
of a Commiffion for that Purpofe, formerly iffued, fhould 
make appear: And by another Act, of the 1oth of her 
late Majefty, intituled, An Act for explaining feveral 
Claufes in an Act, paffed laft Seffions of Parliament, for 
the Relief of the Sufftrers of the Iflands of Nevis and 
Saint Chrifopber’s, by reafon of the Invafion of the 
French, in the Year 1705, it is enaéted, That fuch Per- 
fons, only, fhall be intitled to Part of the 103,003 /. 
415. 4.4. who were Proprietors, or Planters, or Inhabi- 
tants, of one of the faid Iflands, at the time of the faid 
Envafion, and appear to be Sufierers by the Return of a 
Commifiion mentioned in ‘the faid Act, who, by them- 
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25th Day of December 1711: And it is declared, That 
the Refidence of any Planter, or his Agent, upon their 
refpective Plantations, and manuring, planting, and im- 
proving the fame; and the Return of fuch other Inha- 
bitants, or their Reprefentatives, to their former Houfes, 
or Dealings, or Occupations; fhall be deemed and con- 
ftrued a good Re-fettiement, and intitle them to a pro- 
paerorne Share of the Bounty aforefaid, and every fuch 

ufferer who fhall not, on or before the 2¢th of Decem- 
ber 1712, make fuch Proof of his Re-fettlement, as afore- 
faid, fhall be excluded from any Share of the Bounty ; 
The Petitioners, being Sufferers in the faid Iffands, and re- 
turned in the Commiffion as fuch to the Lords Commif- 
fioners for Trade and Plantations, are refufed to have their 
Debentures iffued to them, or their Agents, by reafon of 
the exprefs Words of the faid Aé&amp; of the Tenth of her 
late Majefty, to re-fettle their Plantations refpectively ; 
fome of them being deftroyed on one Ffland, and after- 
wards re-fettled on the other ; and others, through Negli- 
gence of their Agents, either did not, or could not, en- 
ter their Claims within the time limited by the faid Act 
of the 10th of her late Majefty: And as it may appear, 
by the Commiffion for examining into the Loffes of the 
Perfons fuftained in the faid Ifands, that the Petitioners 
were Sufferers, and equally intitled with others to the 
Bounty given by Parliament for the Benefit of the faid 
Sufferers: And praying, That a further Power may be 
given to the Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Planta- 
lions, to examine, and determine their Right of Claim 
to the Bounty, and to iffue forth to them their Debentures, 
upon their making it appear, that they were Sufferers in 
one of the faid IMands, and did re-fettle in either of 
them; and to relieve fuch, who were Sufferers, that their 
Agents did not, or could not, make their Claims within 
the tine limited by the faid Act. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it ap- 
pears to them to the Houfe : 

And it is referred.to Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Yonge, Colo- 
nel Bladen, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Calthorp, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Carterett, Sir Gilbert 
Heathcott, Mr. Herne, Mr. Treby, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. 
Brodrick, Mr. Windfor, Mr. De Gray, Mr. Smith, Sir 
Facob Aftley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Lade, Sir Robert Fur- 
nefe, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Heath, Mr. Longueville, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Colonel Long, Sir Edward Des Bouverie, 
Mr. Vernon, Sir Tho. Sebrighbt, Mr. Hill, Mr. Inge, Mr. 
White, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Lord 
Molefworth, Lord Middleton, Mr. Heathcott, Mr. Drake, 
Mr. Lowther, Mr. Butler, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Hed- 
worth, Mr. Corrance: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber : And 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 4° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, ' 


A Petition of the poor Prifoners now under Confine- 
ment for Debt, in his Majefty’s Gaol called New- 
gate, within the Town and County of Newcaftle upon 
Tyne, as well on behalf of themfelves, as of many other Pri- 
foners for Debt in the faid Gaol, being in Number about 
One hundred and Twenty, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That many of the Petitioners, 
by reafon of the Obftinacy of their Creditors have been 
continued feveral Years in Prifon in the faid Gaol, not- 
withftanding they are very well apprifed of their Infol- 
vency ; fo that the Petitioners have become burthenfome 
to their Friends, ufelefs tothe Publick, and wholly de- 
prived of all manner of Means and Endeavours to fu a 
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either themfelves, or Families ; and many of them, who 
have no Friends, are ready to ftarve in Gaol: And pray- 
ing Relief. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for Relief 
of poor infolvent Debtors in the feveral Gaols of this 
Kingdom, is committed. 


A Petition of Anthony Ettrick Gentleman, on behalf of 
himfelf, and divers Inhabitants of Sundzrland, againft the 
Bill for ovaking the Town and Townthip of Senderland 
a diftinét Parith from the Parith of Bibop Wearmouth, in 
the County of Durbam, was prefented to the Hovfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Freemen of Sunderland, and 
others, the Petitioners for the faid- Bill; propofe thereby to 
have the Power véfted in them, or fome of them, to fet- 
tie rhe Accounts of the Charges of building a new Church 
at Sunderland, and of taxing; and levying upon, the In- 
habitants there, all fuch Money as they the Freemen, and 
Petitioners for the Bill, think fit to allow, in fettling the 
faid Accoants; although they, or fome of them, were 
the chief Managers of the faid Building, and; as Tradef- 
men, fupplied great Part of the’Materials about the fame; 
for which they now'pretend great Debts are now con- 
tracted, and yet unpaid; and they having alfo received 
ereat Sums of Money, by the voluntary Contributions of 
many People, efcécially by ‘virtwé of his Majefty’s Brief 
or Letters’ Patents, granted for that Purpofe; the Accounts 
touching the faid Brief, being now depending before the 
Lord Chancellor, undetermined,~ have néver been made 
up about building the faid Church; fo that the Peti- 
tionet, being a Proprietor of feweral Houfes and Lands 
in Sunderland, and divers of the Inhabitants there, hum- 
bly conceive themfelves in Danger of being greatly op- 
prefied in cafe they fhould be taxed towards Payment 
of fuch pretended Debts ; and which may prove too heavy 
for them to bear: That the Petitioner was a voluntary 
Contributor, and, as fuch, had a Pew or Seat therein al- 
lotted to him, with the general Confent of the Inhabi- 
tants; neverthelefs the faid Freemen, and Petitioners for 
the Bill, thereby propofe to have a Power lodged in 
them, to difpofe of the Pews as they fhall think fit; 
whereby the Petitioner, and feveral Inhabitants, may be 
deprived of the Pews fo allotted them; though the Peti- 
tioner contributes annually to the Publick and Parith 
Taxes, more than -any other Inhabitant: That the Bo- 
rough of Sunderlend is a very populous Place, and ufually 
raifed very large annual Contributions towards the Repairs 
of the Parifh Church of Bifbop Wearmouth, and that the 
Town of Bifbop Wearmouth is, in refpect of Sunderland, 
but a fmall Village, and of little or no Trade; fo that 
the Petitioner’s Eftate in Bifbop Wearmouth, and the other 
Lands there, will be fore diftreffed.agd burthened with the 
Repairs of the faid Parifh Church, which is very large 
and old, in cafe the Borough of Sunderland, fhould be fo 
feparated, and exempted from contributing towards the 
Repairs of the faid Church: And praying to be heard 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid'Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the Town and Townfhip of Sunderland a diftin&amp; 
Parifh from the Parith of Bibop Wearmouth, in the County 
of Durham, is committed: And that the Petitioner be 
heard before the Committee, by his Counfel, if he thinks fit, 


_ A Petition of the Skinners, Leather-dreffers, and 
Glovers, of the City of York, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That great Abufes have been, 
and are frequently committed by Butchers, and others, 
in. flaying Sheep-fkins and Lamb-fkins; particularly, in 
cutting Holes in them; in cutting Pieces of the Wool 
and Pelt in the Necks and Sides; in gafhing, fcoring, 
and cutting them; through the Wilfulnefs and Negligence 
of the, Butchers; whereby the Skins are rendered un- 
ferviceable to Tradefmen, and are not fit for thofe who 
buy and wear them; which is a Detriment to the Pub- 
lick ; and a Leffening to the King’s Duty: That, by an 





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Act of the Ninth of Queen Anne, a Provifion was made to 
prevent the gafhing and cutting the raw Hide of any 
Ox, Bull, Steer, or Cow, or the Skins of any Calf, in 
Flaying thereof; but no Remedy is thereby provided againft 
the like Abufes in flaying any Sheep and Lamb Skins ; 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina 
- to prevent the Abuses in flaying Sheep and Lamb 

ins. 

Ordered; That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Thomas Stephens Efquire have Leave to 
§0 into the Country, his Lady being very ill. 


Ordered, That Yobn Hardres Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country, for Recovery of bis Health. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Traders to Sea, of the 
City of Brificl, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, notwithftanding the Laws, large Quan- 
tities of Wool have been,, and continues to be, clan- 
deftinely exported, as well from this Kingdom as from 
Freland, to the great Prejudice of the Manufactury of this 
Kingdom; which, if not fpeedily prevented, will render 
our Woollen Manufactury fo dear here, thar the neigh- 
bouring Nations, by the Cheapnefs of their Labour, &amp;c. 
will be capable of under-felling us ; and thereby our Trade 
mutt decline, our Poor be deftitute of Employ, and the 
Charge of fupporting them be very much increafed : 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods ; and for the more effectual Preventing 
of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; is committed. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Weavers, and other 
Workers in the Woollen Manufactury in Stourbridge, in 
the County of Worcefter, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That notwithftanding the good 
Laws to prevent the Exportation of Exglifd and Irifh 
Wool into foreign Parts, yet many evil-difpofed Perfons 
have found out means to export great Quantities of Wool 
from both Kingdoms ; which occafions Wool to be ex- 
ceeding dear here; but hath enabled Foreigners to bring 
great Quantities of Woollen Goods, of many Sorts, into 
foreign Markets, cheaper than our Merchants are able ; 
whence the Woollen Manufactury of this Kingdom hath 
of late been much difcouraged; and the Trade of this 
and the neighbouring Towns fo decayed, that many Fa- 
milies have been utterly ruined: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods ; and for the more effectual Preventing 
of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms ; is committed. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the County of Middle- 
fex, refiding in and near the Town of New Brent- 
ford; in the faid County, in behalf of themfelves, and 
great Numbers of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others, 
inhabiting as well in the faid County of Middlefex, as the 
County of Surry, near the faid Town, was prefented to the 
Howufe, and read; fetting forth, That the Proprietor of 
the Powder-Mills on Hounflow Heath hath taken a Ware- 
houfe in the faid Town of Brentford, originally defigned 
for the Reception of the Gunpowder that is brought, from 
time to time, in Waggons, from the faid Powder Mills 
to that Place, in order to be immediately conveyed away 
by Water to the Ships, or Place where to be delivered : 
That, inftead of conveying the fame immediately away 
by Water, the fame is now become a Magazine, wherein 
feveral Hundred Barrels of Gunpowder are conftantly 
kept: That there is great Danger of its being blown up, 
be reafon the faid Warehoufe is built up flightly with 
Boards, and the Negligence of the Perfons carrying the 
fame to and from the faid Warehowfe, or by neighbour- 
ing Inhabitants, particularly a Blackfmith having 

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Work-fhop very near, and oppofite thereto; and if by 
Accident the fame fhould blow up, not only the Town 
of New Brentford, but the adjoining Parifhes and Places, 
would be inevitably demolifhed, or damaged: That op- 
pofite co the faid Warehoufe, on the other Side the River 
Thames, the Seat, near Richmond, is fituate, wherein their 
Royal Highnefles the Prince and Princefs of Wales inba- 
bited beft Part of the lat Summer: And praying, That 
fuch Methods may be taken as fhall prevent the Mil- 
chiefs which may happen thereby. 

Ordered, That the taid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for prevent- 
ing the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too great 
Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of Lon- 
don and Weftminjler, or the Suburbs thereof, is committed ; 
And that the faid Committee have Power to fend for Per- 
ions, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual preventing clandeftine Marriages : And 
that Mr. Brig ftock and Sir Yobu Phillips do prepare, and 


bring in, the fame. v 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take in- 
to Confideration the Two Reports from the Commiffion- 
ers appointed to inquire into the Eftates of certain Trai- 
tors, and of Popifh Recufants, and of Eftates given to 
fuperftitious Ufes, in order to raife Money out of them, 
feverally, for the Ute of the Publick: 

And the faid Reports were read. 

‘\ Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Confideration of the faid Reports be ad- 
journed until Fue/day Morning next ; 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, i Me Wrightfor, t 76. 

Mr. Liffer : 
. te | Colonel Cadogan, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Me. Coveas : t 130. 


So it pafled in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


enlarging the Time to determine Claims on the forfeited 
Eftates: And that Mr. Charles Stanbope and Mr. Compt- 
roller do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
his Majefty, That he wiil be gracidufly pleafed to give 
Directions to the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe, 
an Account of the Produce, and Profits, that have been 
paid into the Exchequers of England and Scotland, ftom 
the forfeited Eftates and Intereits vefted in his Majefty 
by an A&amp;t, made in the Firft Year of his Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for appointing Commiffioners to inquire of 
the Eftates of certain Traitors, and of Popifh Recufants, 
and of Eftates given to fuperftitious Ufes, in order to 
raife Money out of them, feverally, for the Ufe of the 
Publick. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefly, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rection to the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe, an 
Account of what Money hath been iffued, and paid, to the 
faid Commiffioners, and for Payment of the Salaries of 
inferior Officers employed under them, and for incident 
Charges in and for the Performance of their feveral Trufts. 


Ordered, That the faid Addreffes be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Pringle, Mr. 
London, Mr. Guideit, Mr. Carter, be added to the Com- 
mittee, fo whom the Petition of the Company of Butchers 
in the City of Worcefer, in behalf of themfelves; and 
many Thoufands of Families within the Kingdom of 
England, is referred. 


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fioners and Truftees as have been appointed to execute 
the feveral Trufts and Powers, in relation to England, Ire- 
land, and elfewhere, except Scotland, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
making the Town and Townbhip of Sunderland a diftinét 
Parith from the Parith of Bifbop Wearmouth, in the 
County of Durbam, is committed, have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill againft clandeftine Running of 
uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for the more ef- 
fectual Preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to en- 
courage the Exportation of Clocks and Watches made in 
this Realm. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to ob- 
viate a Doubt concerning the Continuance of an Act of 
the Two-and-twentieth Year of King Charles the Second; 
againft planting Tobacco in England. | 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to pre- 
vent Frauds relating to the Duties on Goods printed, 
painted, or ftained, being found without Stamps. 

Ordered, That it. be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 

Relief of the South Sea Company, in relation to the 
Goods which were fhipped out on the Saint George; which 
Ship could not proceed on her Voyage for want of necef- 
fary Difpatches trom the King of Spain. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr, Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mrs. Farrer reported from'the Committee, That they 
had made a futher Progrefs in the Bill; and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houie, 
to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. ) 


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‘Fovis, 5° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


Prayers. 
Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of | 
the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City 

of Worcefer, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the Turky Company have very often 
made Orders, and entered into. Agreements amongft 
themfeives, to reftrain and prevent any Ships from go- 
ing off for Turky with Woollen Manufactury, under fuch 
atime as they think fit to appoint; which’ is a very 
great Detriment to their Cloathing Trade, by keeping a 
dead Stock upon Hand for fo long a time, that it a Se 
them uncapable of employing their Poor: That great 
Quantities of Bullion hath been fent to buy Silk, and 
other Commodities ; which leffens the Exportation of their 
Cloth: And praying, That the faid Company may be 
reftrained from fending away Bullion; and that there may 
be Shipping for the future, at leaft once in Twelve 
Months, or at the Liberty and Choice of any Merchant 

to go when he fhall think moft to his Advantage. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, who were appointed to 
confider of the State of the Woollen Manufacture of this 
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Kingdom ; and, in particular, in relation to the Exporta- 
tion of Woollen Cloth. 


Mr. 7:fop prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to prevent the Inconveniences arifing from 
feducing Artificers in the Iron and Steel Manutactures 
into foreign Parts: and from taking Foreigners Apprentices 
jn the faid Manufactures: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill to naturalize Peter Sejourné was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aét to naturalize Peter Sejourné. 

Ordered, That Mr. London do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters was read the Third time. 

Refolued, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters. 

Ordered, That Mr. Treby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr.Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their Ad- 
drefles of Yefterday having been prefented to his Majefty, 
That he would be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions, 
That feveral Accounts might be laid before the Houre, 
relating to the forfeited Eftates, his Majefty had been 
pleafed to give Directions, That the fame fhould be laid 
before the Houfe. 


A Petition of William Chauncy Merchant, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioner being poffeffed of a Bill of Exchange, drawn 
by Colonel Robert Hunter, in lieu of feveral other Bills 
by him drawn on the then Lord High Treaturer, or 
Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, for the Service of 
the Expedition to Canada, amounting to Five hundred 
Twenty-and-five Pounds; which Bills were returned pro- 
tefted ; but no other Satisfaction could be obtained from 
the faid Colonel Hunter, but the drawing the above- men- 
tioned Bill; which hath been preiented to the Lords of 
the Treafury for their Acceptance, and Payment; but 
the Petitioner is by them informed, That the Houfe hath 
made Provifion to feveral Merchants, for fundry Bills, 
drawn for the Ule of the faid Expedition; but that he 
hath no Relief thereby : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of fe- 
veral Sufferers, and the Agents and Factors of other fuf- 
ferers, at Nevis and Saint Chriftopber’s, is referred: And 
that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the 
the fame, as it appears to them, to the Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Fortnight. 


A Bill for making more effectual the Laws appointing 
the Oaths, for Security of the Government, to be taken by 
Minifters and Preachers in Churches and Meeting-houfes 
in Scotland, was read the Second time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed. . 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houle, to confider further of the Bill againft clan- 
deftine Running of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods ; 

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and for the more effectual Preventing of Frauds relating 
to the Cuftoms. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Satur- 
day Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





V encris, 6° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS, 


Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Company of 

White-tawers, Oil Leather-drefilers, and Glovers, 
within the City and County of Brifto/, was prefented to 
the Houfe aad read ; fetting forth, That there is a very 
great Duty on Sheep and Lamb Skins, and no notice 
taken for the preventing the gafhing, cutting, and flaw- 
tring, by the Butchers; will make the Petitioners, and 
all otners concerned in the faid Trade, unable of paying 
the Duty laid on them, unlefs timely prevented, by lay- 
ng a Penalty on fuch Offenders: And praying Re- 
ief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better fecuring the lawful 
Trade of his Majefty’s Subjects to and from the Eaf 
Indies; and for the more effectual preventing all his 
Majefty’s Subjects trading thither under foreign Com- 
miffions; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; for the better fecuring the lawtul Trade of 
his Majefty’s Subjects to and from the Eaft Indies ; and 
for the more effectual preventing all his Majetty’s Sub- 
jects trading thither under Foreign Commiffions. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Turner Knight have Leave 


to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Robert Hyde Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country, tor Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Privileges and Elections, touching the Complaint of a 
Breach of Privilege committed againft Sir William Low- 
ther Baronet, a Member of this Houte, be received upon 
Wednejday Morning next. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, 
of the Company of Clock-makers, London, in behalf 
of themfelves, and the reft of the faid Company, and 
many Hundreds more in Great Britain, of the fame 
Trade, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fettin 
forth, That great Numbers of his Majefty’s Subjects, 
Artifts in the Trade of Clock and Watch-making, 
have of late, by large Promifes, and in Hopes of great 
Profit to themfelves, been feduced to leave this King- 
dom, and fettle in France, where they follow the faid 
Employment; to the great Prejudice of tho'e concerned 
in maufacturing the faid Works here; and will, in a 
little time, rob this Nation of fo beneficial a Manu- 
facture, unlefs fpeedily remedied: And praying, That a 
law may be made for the preventing the Growth of 
fo great a Mitchief. 


Aa Ordered, 








go 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill to prevent the Inconveniences arifing from 
feducing Artificers in the Iron and Stee] Manufactures isto 
foreign Parts; and from taking Foreigners Apprentices 
in the faid Manufactures; fhall be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in 
the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, is committed, That 
they have Power to receive a Claufe, That this Bill, and all 
former Bills for the Repairing and Regulating of County 
Gaols, and Relief of Prifoners, fhall be conftrued to ex- 
tend to the Ife of Ely. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants in and about the Parifhes 
of Saint. Paul Shadwell, Saint Mary Whitechaple, and 
Saint Catharines Precinét, on behalf of themielves, and 
feveral Thoufand Families in and near the faid Parifhes, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forch, That 
in and about the faid City are many Houfes on ruinous and 
fhattered Foundations; and great Quantities of Gunpow- 
der are kept by private Perfons, to the great Terror of 
the faid Inhabitants; and the publick safety is very much 
endangered ; and the Mifchiefs happening therefrom by 
Fires, and other Accidents, are inexpreffibie: And pray- 
ing, That the Bill now depending, for preventing the Mif- 
chiefs which may happen by keeping too great Quantities 
of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of London and Weft- 
minjfier, or the Suburbs thereof, may pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too 
great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of 
London and Wefiminfier, or the Suburbs thereof, is com- 
mitted. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors, Inhabitants 
of Suffolk Place, in the Borough of Southwark, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners, by Lofles in Trade, and other Misfortunes, 
are fo reduced, as to fly from their Habitations, or other- 
wife muft have gone to foreign Countries, and have car- 
ried feveral ufeful Arts and Manutacturies with them; to 
the great Detriment of this Nation: That many of them 
were ruined by the late Wars, and have feveral Debts due 
from the Government: That the Badnefs of Trade, and 
the Terrors of a Gaol, have drove fo many into this Place, 
that they are in a ftarving Condition; which might be 
remedied, had they their Liberty ; being willing to deli- 
ver up their Effects to their Creditors, fo that they might 
have their Liberty, without being liable to be thrown into 
a Prifon, to perifh tor paft Misfortunes: And praying, 
That a Claufe may be inferted in the Bill for Relief of poor 
infolvent Debtors, for the Relief of the Petitioners. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for the Relief of poor infol- 
vent Debtors in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, is com- 
mitted. 


A Bill for giving further Encouragement for importing 
Naval Stores, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That Sir onathan Cope have leave to go 
into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


The Houfe-being acquainted, That Stephen Parry 
Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, having been ordered 
to be taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, for ne- 
glecting to attend his Service in Parliament, the Serjeant 
had fent One of his Meffengers into the Country, to take 
him into Cuftody accordingly ; but the Meflenger found 


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him in fo ill a State of Health, that he could not travel 
without Danger to his Life; 

Upon which the Mefienger was called in; and exa+ 
mined; and he acquainted the Houfe, that he found 
Mr. Parry fo ill, that he could not turn himfelf in his 
Bed; and produced a Certificate thereof from his Phyfi- 
cian, and the Minifter and Churchwardens of the Parith 
where he lay ill. 

Ordered, That the faid Stephen Parry Etquire be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of Yobn Thompfon, Fames Colebrook, Humes 
phry Fones, and Fofeph Rick/on, in behalf of themfelves, 
and others, Proprietors of feveral Navy, Victualing, and 
Tranfport, Bills, and Ordnance and Army Debentures, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners are vefted in feveral Navy, Victual- 
ing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Ordnance and Army De- 
bentures, amounting to 4,000/, or thereabouts; for which 
Provifion was made by the late Act of Parliament for fa- 
tisfying the publick Debts, and fettling the South Sea 
Company ; but, through the Abfence of fome, and other 
Hindrances, have not, or could not fubfcribe their faid 
Bills and Debentures into the South Sea Company on or 
before the Time limited for that Purpofe ; whereby they 
have been excluded the Benefit intended, in making their 
Debts Part of the capital Stock of the faid South Sea Come 
pany ; which faid Subfcription, if it could have been com- 
plied with, would have intitled them to: And praying, 
That Provifion may be made for paying the fame, with 
Intereft. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of fe- 
veral Sufferers, and the Agents and Faétors of other Suf- 
ferers, at Nevis and St. Chriftopher’s, in behalf of them- 
felves, and others, is referred: And that they do exa- 
mine. the Matter of Fact; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them to the Houfe, 


The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr, Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them refer- 
red; and had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati 7° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the poor diftreffed Weavers and Walkers, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Com- 

pany of Clothiers, in the City of Worceffer, in behalf of 
themfelves, and many Thoufands of poor Weavers, Walk- 
ers, Spinners, &amp;c. belonging to the faid Cloathing Trade, 
and living within the faid City, and Places adjacent, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Cloathing Trade has, for many Ages, flourifhed in this 
ancient City, and has been the main Support of many 
Thouland of Families; but now is in a very declining 
Condition, being obliged to abate One Fourth Part of the 
Wages; which is occafioned by the Exportation of Wool 
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to foreign Markets; and by an Order, made by the 
Turky Company in London, that no Member of the faid 


Company fhall fhip of any Cloth, bue at fuch times as 


the major Part fhall think proper; whereby the Ciothiers 
will not be able to carry on their Trade, for want of Sale; 
no Merchants being willing to buy, by reafon of the faid 
Order: And praying Relief touching the iame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, who were appointed to con- 
fider of the State of the Woollen Manufacture of this 
Kingdom, and, it. particular, in relation to the Exporta- 
tion of Woollen Cloth, 


A Petition of the Glovers and Skinners, Inhabitants 
of Kidderminfier, Bewdley, and Stowerbridge, in the County 
of Worcefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, Thar there is a great Duty laid on Sheep and 
Lamb Skins; aad no regard had to the preventing the 
cutting, gathing, and fcoring the fame, by the Slaugh- 
rerer, as is to prevent it in Ox and Cow Hides; whereby 
the Petitioners receive great Wafte and Damage in drefling 
and cutting their Leather; and alfo the King’s Duty 1s 
very much Jeflened by turning fuch damaged Skins to 
Alum Leather, which otherwife would be dreffed in Oil; 
the former paying but Five Farthings per Pound, and the 
Jatter Three Pence per Pound: And praying, That a 
Penalty may be Jaid upon fuch Perfons as fhall offer to 
Sale any fuch gafhed, cut, or fcored, Skins. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the County 
Gaol at Jibefer, in the ‘County of Somerfet, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That many 
of them have been confined to that fad Place; and that 
fome have actually perifhed for Want; and many of them 
are in very great Danger of the fame fad Fate; they being 
willing to give up their All, to fatisfy their Creditors ; 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, (hat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for Relief 


of poor infolvent Debtors in the feveral Gaols of this King- 
dom, is committed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@&amp; 
for vefting in Fobn Porret Gentleman, and his Heirs, Part 
of the Ettate of Thomas Davifon Elquire, at Stranton, 
Seaton Carew, and Thorpe Thewles, in the County of 
Durham, freed from the Ufes and ‘Trufts of the faid To- 
mas Davifon's Marriage Settlement; and to fettle other 
Lands, of better Value, to the fame Ufes; was read a 
Second time. 

Refo.ved, That the Bill be committed to Sir James 
Campbell, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Feffop, 
Sir Arthur Kay, Sit Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Sandy:, Sir Mount. Blun- 
dell, Sir Fobn Coryton, Sir Fobn Rufbout, Sir Tho. D’ Acth, 
Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Arthur Owen, Sir 
‘ohn Phillips, Sir Richard Gough, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. 
Feffreyes, Mr. Inge, Sir Hen. Afoburfi, Sir Geo. Beau- 
mont, Sir Wm. Strickland, Mr. Foley, Mr. Curzon, Mr. 
Snell, Mr. Morice, Sir Orl. Bridgman, Colonel Lam- 
bert, Mr. Smelt, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Hitl, 
Mr. Barington, Sit Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Lewis; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Durham, 
Northumberland, and York: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Bill for enlarging the Time granted by Two Aéts 
of Parliament, for Repairs of the Piers of Bridlington, 
alias Burlingtcn, and for making the faid Acts more effec- 
tual; was read a Second time. 

Refiived, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Strick- 
land, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Brigflock, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Cholm- 
ley, Sir Nich. Carew, Mr. Inge, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Sir 
Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. Lawfon, Sir Charles Turner, 
Sir Edward Sivading, Mr. Brodrick, Sir Robert Furnefe, 
Lord Molefworth, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. 


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Mickletbwaite, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Briftow, Sit Wi. Strickland; 
Mr. Butler, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Pigott, Sir Wilfred Law- 
fon, Sit Wm, Lowther, Mr. De Gray, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. 
Booth, Mr. Smelt, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Hillerfden, Sir Tho. 
Hales, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Morice, Sir Wm. Monfon, Sir 
Wm. St. Quintin; and all that ferve for the Counties of 
York, Northumberland, and Durham: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a,Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do inquire what Revenues have arifen 
out of the Lands chargeable to the faid Pier; and alfo 
what Lands are chargeable to the faid Pier; and alfo 
what has been expended upon the faid Pier fince the 
Commencement of the laft A&amp;: And the Committee 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Fobn Ivory Talbot Efquire have Leave 
to go into the Country, his Lady being ill. 


Ordered, That Henry Fleetwood Efquire have Leave to 


go into the Country for Six Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Francis Swanton Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, Vhat Sir William Wyndham have Leave to go 


inte the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Directors of the South Sea Company do lay be- 
fore this Houle,an Account how much of the Sum of One 
hundred thoufand Pounds has been laid out in the carry- 
ide on the Fifhery, purfuant to the Act tor their Efta- 
biifhment; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


Mr. Charles Sianbope prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for enlarging the Time to determine 
Claims on the forfeited Eftates: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Tuefday Morning next. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the Bill againft clandeftine Running of 
uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for the more effec- 
tual Preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; was 
committed; the Amendments they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
as far as Claufe E and, 3 the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, with an Amendment to One of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Claufe E being read a Second time, That it fhould be 
lawful for any Perfon to enter and export any Clocks and 
Watches made, beautified, or ornamented, with Gold or 
Silver, upon paying the Cuftoms, and being duly marked 
at Goldjmiths Hall, without making any Oath as to the 
Finenefs of the Gold or Silver thereof ; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee in the taid Amendment; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The reft of the faid Amendments, being feverally read 
a Second time, were, with Amendinents to tome of them, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houte.. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to pre- 
vent the ufing of Water, Greale, Butter, or any other 
Material whatioever, in Roafling of Coffee, to increafe 
the Weight, or damnify and prejudice Cofice in its Good- 
nefs: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 


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And then the Claufe was amended; and, tpon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
dire&amp;ting how long the feveral Parts of the Act fhall have 
Continuance : 

And the fame was twice read, with Blanks; which were 
filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Honfe to be made Part of the 

il 

Then feveral other Amendments were made by the 
Houfe to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better preventing Frauds 
committed by Bankrupts. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 9° die Februarii ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of divers Citizens and Inhabitants in and 

about London, on behalf of themielves, and feveral 
‘Thoufand Families in and near the faid City, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That in and about 
the faid City are many Houfes on ruinous and fhattered 
Foundations; and great Quantities of Gunpowder are 
kept by private Perions, to the great Terror of the faid 
Inhabitants; the publick Safety is very much endangered ; 
and the Miichiefs happening theretroin by Fires, and 
other Accidents, are unexpreffible: And praying the fame 
may be prevented. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting Mifchiets which may happen by keeping too great 
Quantities of Gunpowder in and near the Cities of London 
and Weftminfter, or the Suburbs thereof, is commitied. 


A Petition of feveral of the principal Inhabitants and 
Traders refiding and dweiling in and near to the ftreight 
and narrow Parts of the high Streets leading from the 
Royal Exchange to Wef!minfter was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; fetting forth, That many Inconveniences and 
Mifchiefs do frequently arife to the Perfons and Goods of 
the faid Inhabitants, and others, by the Stops, Letts, and 
Hindrances, of Hackney Coaches, Cars, Carts, Drays, 
and Waggons, occafioned through the irregular Standing, 
and unfkiltul Driving, thereof, amongft the greatConcourle 
of People within the Cities of London and Wefminfter: 
That whenever fuch Stops happen when it is dark, efpe- 
cially where there are no Pofts before the Houfes, the 
Lives of Paffengers on Foot are very much endangered; 
and Thefts and Robberies, in the long time that is fpent 
in removing the famie, are often committed; and Tumults, 
and other Diforders, created thereby; to the great Dif- 
quiet of the faid Inhabitants, and to their manifeft Lofs 
and Damage in their Trade and Commerce: That fome 
of the faid Petitioners, for feveral Years laft paft, at their 
own private Expences, hired and paid Perfons, by them 
employed, to prevent and remove the faid Stops; but, 
for want of a fufficient Authority to effect the fame, the 
Ends defigned thereby were not anfwered: And praying 
the fame may be.redrefied. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and :eport the fame, with their Opi- 
nion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


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And it is referred to Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Brig flock, 
Mr. Farrer, Sir Fobn Ward, Sir Tho. Scawen, Mr. Lifter, 
Mr. Pelbam, Sir Hen. Afbburft, Sir Gilbert Heathcott, Mr. 
Heathcott, Mr. Difton, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Travers, Sir Tho. 
W beate, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. 
De Gray, Mr. Hampden, Sit Cha. Turner, Sir Fifher Tench, 
Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Coventry, Lord Caftlemain, Lord Molef- 
worth, Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Feffreyes, Mr. Medlycott, Mr. 
Wefithaling, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Anjftis, Mr. Mounia- 
gue, Mr. Chifwell, Mr. Conyers; and all the Members 
that ferve for the County of Middlefex, and the City of 
London: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And they have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Cholmley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Bill trom the Lords, intituled, An Act to en- 
able William Pulteney Efquire, and the Perfonsin Remainder 
atter him, to make Leafes of the Houfes and Giound therein 
mentioned; and to rectify fome Miftakes in Two Leafes 
from King Charles the Second to Sir William Pultency, and 
from King William the Third to Fobn Pulteney, was 
committed; That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the fame in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

The faid Bill was read a Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cholmley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Lord Fermanagh have Leave to go 
into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


Ordered, That the Lord Downe have Leave to go into 
the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary Occafions. 


Mr. Brigfock prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the more effectual preventing clandeitine 
Marriages: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firit time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
recovering the Credit of the Britis Fithery in foreign 
Parts; and for the better fecuring the Duties on Sale: 
And that Mr. Charles Stanbope, Mr. Bayly, Mr. Law/on, 
Colonel Bladen, and Mr, Lowther, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houfe do, upon Wedne/day Morning next, 
refolve itfelf into the faid Committee ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Yeas go forth, 
Sir Wilfred Lawfon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Chetwynd: 171. 


Tellets for the Noes, beh iii i8i. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe co receive the fame. 
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Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 10° die Februarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for continuing the Act, made in 

the Eighth Year of the late Queen Anne, to regulate 

the Price and Affize of Bread; as alfo for continuing the 

Adc, made in the Twelfth Year of the faid late Queen, 

for the better Encouragement of making of Sail-cloth in 
Great Britain, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for continuing the Act, made in the Eighth 
Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen dune, to 
regulate the Price and Affize of Bread; and for continu- 
ing the Act, made in the Twelfth Year of her faid late 
Majefly’s Reign, for the better Encouragement of making 
Sail-cloth in Great Britain. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, of 
the City of Norwich, with the Headfmen, Wardens, and 
_ Affiftants, of the Worfted-weaving Trade there, Combers, 

Dyers, Fuilers, and Preffers, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufand others concerned in the Woollen 
Manufacture in the faid City, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the faid City is chiefly fup- 
ported by carrying on the Woollen Manufacture; which 
3s now fallen into great Decay by reafon of the Exporta- 
tion of Wool from Ireland, and this Kingdom, to France; 
by which means the fame bears fo high a Price, that the 
Manufactures thereof are greatly under-fold in foreign Mar- 
kets: And praying, That proper Remedies be provided 
againft the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of 
Briffol, in the behalf of.themfelves, and others, Inhabitants 
of the faid City, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, ‘(hat large Quantities of Gunpowder have, 
for many Years paft, been brought into this City, for 
Sale and Exportation; and have ufually been lodged in 
unfafe and inconvenient Places; to the great Danger of 
the Inhabitants thereof ; and there being now a Bill de- 
pending, to prevent Mifchiefs which may happen by keep- 
ing too great Quantities of Powder within the City of 
London and Wefiiminfter : And praying, That Leave may 
be given to add a Claufe to the faid Bill, for preventing 
the like Mifchiefs happening in this City. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too 
great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of 
Lyndon and Wefiminfter, or the Suburbs thereof, is com- 
mitted, 


A Petition of the Magiftrates of Inverne/s, for them- 
felves, and in the Names and Behalf of all the other Inha- 
bitants of the faid Borough, was prelented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Borough of Jnverne/s 
is fituate near the Sea, and the Inhabitants induttrious, 
and exceedingly difpofed to encourage and improve Com- 

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merce : That, for encouraging Commercesin that Town, 
they want much to have their Harbour repaired for the 
Conveniency of Shipping; and not only the Church they 
have at prefent requires very much to be repaired, but the 
Inhabitants are grown fo numerous, that they are in the 
utmoft Want of a new one to be built: That the ufual 
Relicf in the like Cafes has been by impofing a Duty or 
Tax of Two Penies Scots upon each Scors Pint of Ale 
brewed, vended, or tapped, within thefe Towns: And 
praying, That Leave mav be given to bring in a Bill for 
impofing. a Duty upon the Scots Pint of Ale; and the 
Revenue be applied to the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it appears 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Forbes, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Monro, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Earl, Mr. Nodle, Mr. Neville, 
Sir Robert Pollock, Colonel Town/fend, Colonel Long, Mr. 
Herne, Sir Cha. Turner, Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. 
Travers, Mr. Bertie, Sir Cha. Hotham, Mr. Thompfon, 
Sir Orl. Bridgman, Colonel Chandler, Sir Hen. Hoghton, 
Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Evelyn, Sir Tho. Lee, Sit Wm. Daines 
Mr. Pigott, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Hampden, Sir Ri- 
chard Fowler, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Brig flock, 
Mr. Leigh, Mr. Harley, Lord Molefworth, and all the 
Members that ferve for North Britain: And they are to 
meet, this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to jend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Ordered, That Gray Fames Grove Efquire have Leave 
to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


A Petition of Dorothy Lambton, Widow, and Admi- 
niftratrix of the Goods and Chattels, of Ralp Lambton 
Efquire, deceafed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Right Reverend the Lord Crew, 
Lord Bifhop of Durham, being feifed, to him and his 
Succeffors, in Right of his Church and See of Durham, 
of and in the Borough, and Town and Port, of Sunder- 
land, in the Parith of Bifhop Wearmouth, in the County 
of Durbam, and of all Waftes and Commons thereto be- 
longing, did, by Indenture under his County Palatine 
Seal, duly executed, and bearing Date the Thirteenth Day 
of Auguft, in the Firft Year of his prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, grant and demife the fame, amongft other Things, 
to the faid Ralph Lambton, in his Life-time, for the Term 
of Twenty-one Years from the making of the fame In- 
denture, at and under the yearly Rent of Ten Pounds ; 
which Leale is ftill in being: And the faid Ralpb Lamb. 
ton 1s fince dead; and Adminiftration of his Goods and 
Chattels hath been granted and committed to the Peti- 
tioner Dorcthy Lambton, who under the faid Leafe and 
Adminiftration, is become intitled to the faid Borough and 
Town, and the Waftes and Commons thereto belonging, 
for the Refidue of the faid Term : That the Inhabitants of 
the faid Town of Sunderland have, of late, without and 
againft the Confent of the Petitioner, not only built a 
Church or Chapel, and feveral other Buildings, upon Part 
of the Waftes or Commons of the faid Townfhip; but 
have lately caufed a Bill to be brought in, not only for 
the confirming and eftablifhing the fame, and for making 
the faid Parifh Church a Parifh Church, without provide- 
ing a Pew or Seat, and Burying-place, therein, for the 
Petitioner, or her Family ; but would endeavour to have 
vefted in themfelves, or fome of them, a Power to rate 
or tax, at their Pleafure, the Owners or Occupiers of the 
Refidue of the Petitioner’s Eftate, towards the Repairing 
and Endowment of the faid Church, and the Expence of 
obtaining the faid A&amp;t: That the fame is a manifeft In- 
vafion of the Petitioner’s Property, and is likely to tura 
to her very great Injury and Damage: And praying, 
That fhe may be heard by her Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report be made from the Committee, to whom 

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the Bill for making the Town and Townhhip of Sunderland 
a diftiné&amp;t Parifh from the Parith of Bifhop Wearmouth, in 
the County of Durham, is committed. 

Mr. Hedworth reported, from the faid Committee, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and had heard the Petitioners, 
whofe Petitions were before referred to the faid Commit- 
tee; and that they had made fevera} Amendments to the 
Bill; which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill, be re-committed to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the faid Dorothy Lambton 
be referred to the faid Committee: And that the be heard 
before them, by her Countel, if the think fit. 


A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the Parifh 
of Saint Saviour, in Southwarke, in behalf of themielves, and 
many others of the faid Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners live under 
continual Fear of Danger, both in refpeét to their Lives, 
as well as Eftates, by reafon of the great Quantities of 
Gunpowder kept in feveral Warehou‘es in and near the 
abovefaid Parifh: And praying, That the Bill tor pre- 
venting Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too great 
Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of London 
and Wejiminfter, or Suburbs thereof, may pafs into an 
Act. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too 
great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of 
London and Weftminfier, or Suburbs thereof, is com- 
mitted. 


A Bill for enlarging the Time to determine Claims on 
the forfeited Eftates, was, according to Order, read a Se- 
cond time. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill be committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Yeas go forth. 
Colonel Bladen, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Yi Sie. tana i ISI. 
Tellers for the Noes, inac-Prigee t 93: 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
_ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr, 
Holford: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Sale of feveral Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Here- 
ditaments, of the Right honourable Tomas Earl of Weft- 
morland, in County of Kent; and, with the Monies 
arifing by fuch Sale, to purchafe other Lands in or near 
the County of Northampton, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Thomas Willoughby Efquire, and the Perfons in 
Remainder after him, to make a Jointure: To which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted 
to his Majefty, That, the South Sea Company having 





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4. 1718. 


Jaid a Propofal before the faid Committee, the Committee 
had taken the fame into Confideration, and had come to 
a Refolution ; which Propoial and Refolution they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
faid Propofal and Refolution in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Propofal and Refolution were read; and are as fol- 
lows; viz. 
To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in 
Parliament afiembled: 
HE Governor and Company of Merchants of Great 
ritain trading to the South Seas, and other Parts of 
America, and for encouraging the Fifhery, being defirous 
to continue the Endeavours they have always fhewn to 
render themfelves ferviceable, in the moft effectual man- 
ner they can, to his Majefty, and his Government, and 
the Support of the publick Credit, do humbly propofe, 
Thar, if this honourable Houfe be defirous to redeem 
the Fund of 135,000/. per Annum, appropriated to the 
Payment of the Tickets of the Lottery for the Service 
of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Sub{cription of the 
Proprietors of thofe Tickets, the faid Company will con- 
fent, and do fubmit, that the faid Tickets may be fub- 
fcribed into the capital Stock of the faid Company; and 
that their prefent capital Stock of Ten Millions be in- 
creafed the Sum of Two millions Five hundred thou- 
fand Pounds; which will make their Capital up to theSum 
of Twelve millions Five hundred thoutand Pounds; upon 
the Terms and Conditions herein after-mentioned; viz. 
1. That the prefent Funds for the faid Lottery 1710 be 
united to, and incorporated with, the Funds at prefent 
appropriated to the Payment of the Company’s An- 
nuities; and all of them be made equally fubject to the 
Payment 2s well of the Company’s prefent Annuities of 
500,000/. and 8,o00/. as of an increafed or additional 
Annuity of 125,000/. per Annum, being after the Rate 
of 54. per Cent. per Annum, for the faid intended in- 
creafed Stock of 2,500,000/. together with an additional 
Annuity of 2,000/ per Annum, towards the Charges of 
Management, being in proportion to the annual Sum at 
prefent allowed the faid Company for that Purpofe; and 
that all the faid Annuities be payable out of the faid united 
Funds, preferable to all other Payments or Difpofitions 


, whatfoever; and that the Surplus, if any, of the faid 


united Funds, be fubjeét to the Di!pofition of Parliament. 

2. That the faid increafed Annuities of 125,000/. and 
2,000/, per Annum do commence from Chrifimas 1718 ; 
and be paid weekly to the Company, as the fame fhall 
arife in the Exchequer, in like manner as the Company’s 
prefent Annuities are payable 

3. That the, faid increafed Annuity of 125,000/. per 
Annum be redeemable by Parliament at the fame time, and 
in the fame manner, as the Company’s prefent Annuity 
of 500,000 /. per Annum is redeemable. 

4. That the additional Annuity of 2,000/. per Annum, 
towards the Charges of Management, be fecured to con- 
tinue to be paid to the Company for the like time, and in 
the like manner, as their prefent 8,o00/, per Annum is 
fecured to be paid. 

5. That towards, and in Part of, the faid intended to 
be increafed capital Stock of 2,500,000/. the Blank and 
Benefit Tickets of the faid Lottery 1710, computing 23% 
Years Annuity to be due thereupon from Chriftmas 1718, 
be fub{cribed into the Stock of the faid Company, at the 
Rate of 114 Years Purchafe; which will d. 
amount to the Sum of 

6. That the Benefit as well as Blank 
Tickets of the faid Lottery be paid off out 
of their prefent Fund, or otherwife pro- 
vided. for by the Government, to Michael- 
mas 1717 inclufive; and that the 1 Year 
and + Arrear-from Michaelmas 1717 to 
Chrifimas 1718 be likewife fub{cribed into 
the capital Stock of the faid Company, in 
Part of the faidincreafed Sumof2,500,000/. 
and which amounts to the Sum of 


od aoe 


1,552,500 


168,750 





So 








5 Gro. I. 


So that the faid Tickets and Arrear will l. 
amount together, in the Whole, to the 











Sum of —_ _ — — 1,721,250 
7. That the Remainder of the faid 
2,500,000 /, being the Sum of 778,750/. 
be paid, by the faid Company, into his 
Majefty’s Exchequer, for the publick Ser- 
vice, fubjeét to the Deductions, and at the 
times, and in manner, herein after-men- 
tioned — — — 778,750 
Total — £. 2,500,000 
8. That the Firft Payment of the faid 
778,750/. be made on the goth April 
1719 ; and be the Sum of — —_ 178,750 
That the Second Payment be made on 
the 30th Fuly 1719; and be the Sumof 200,000 
That the Third Payment be made on 
the goth Ofober 1719; and be the Sum 
of as _- — — 200,000 
And that the Fourth and laft Payment 
be made on the 31th of Fanuary 17193 
and be the Sum of — — — 200,000 
Total — £. 778,750 





. That whereas there will be, this enfuing Year, a 
confiderable Deficiency of the Company’s Annuities, oc- 
cafioned by about 150,000/. coming now, in Courfe, to 
be paid out of Part of the Funds appropriated to pay 
the Company’s Annuities; which 150,000/. was ftruck 
in Tallies and Orders, payable, in Courfe, out of thote 
Funds for the Service of the Year 1710; the faid Com- 
pany propole, That they be allowed to deduct out of 
the Firft Payment to be made by them, on the 30th April 
1719, fo much as fhall prove deficient for their prefent and 
increafed Annuities, at the Quarter which will end at Lady- 
day 1719; and likewile to deduct the Deficiences which 
may happen at Midfummer, Michaelmas, and Chri/tmas 
1719, refpectively, out of the faid Payments to be made 
by the Company, next fucceeding fuch refpective Quarters. 

10. That fora{much as the Company have already voted 
and ordered an increafed Dividend of Ten Shillings on 
each 1oo/. of their prefent capital Stock, for each of the 
‘Three next enfuing half-yearly Dividends, over and above 
the Annuity of Five per Cent. per Annum payable to 
them by the Government; and that ic will be neceffary, 
that the increafed Stock of 2,500,000/. be intitled to the 
like Dividends, and for the like Time; wh.ch, upon the 
increafed Stock, amounts to the Sum of 37,500/.; the 
Company do propofe, That the faid 37,500/. be allowed 
to them by the Publick; and be deducted, by the Com- 
pany, out of their faid Firft Payment to be made on the 
daid 30th April 1719. 

11, That after Chrifmas 1719, if any Deficiency hap- 
pen in the whole united Fund, jo as not to be fufficient to 
pay the Company the full Amount of all their Annuities, 
the fame to be made good to the Company in fuch man- 
ner as is provided for the Deficiency of their prefent An- 
muities of 500,000/. and 8,o00/1. per Annum; and, if 
any fuch Deficiency be paid to the Company by Annui- 
ties charged on the Surplus of the Aggregate Fund for 
the Lottery Annuities: 1711 and 1712, the Dilcount, if 
any, of fuch Annuities, be allowed to the Company by 
the Publick. 

12. That if all the Tickets of Lottery 1710 be not 
fubfcribed into the capital Stock of the faid Company 
within the Time to be limited for that Purpofe, that then 
the Company be not obliged to advance to the Govern- 
ment any more than fuch Part of the faid 778,750/. as 
fhall be in proportion to the whole Number of the Tickets 
which fhall be fubfcribed ; and that the Company be in- 
titled but to fuch Proportion of the faid intended to be 
increafed Annuities.of 125,000 /. and 2,000 /. per Annum, 
as fhall be in proportion to the Tickets which fhall be fub- 
icribed, and in proportion to fuch Part of the faid 778,750/. 


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95 


as the Company fhall fo pay into the Exchequer, or be 
deducted by them, as aforefaid ; and that the unfubfcribed 
Tickets be intitled to be paid, out of the Produce of their 
prefent Funds, in fuch Manner and Courfe of Payment 
as they would have been, had no Alteration been made in ° 
the Appropriation of thofe Funds. 

By Order of the General Court. 

South Sea Houfe, 


5 February 1718. Fobn Fellows, Sub Governor. 


Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Propofition made by the South Sea Company, 
for redeeming the Fund of 135,000] per Annum, appro- 
priated for the Payment of the Lottery Tickets for the 
Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Ten, by a voluntary Subfcription of the Proprietors of 
thofe Tickets, be accepted; and that all Savings arifing 
thereby fhall be applied for difcharging the Principal and 
Intereft of fuch National Debts and Incumbrances as were 
incurred before the Five-and-twentieth of December 1716, 
declared to be National Debts, and provided for by Act 
of Parliament. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houle. 

Ordered, That the faid Propofal of the South Sea Com- 
pany be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, who are to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn= ° 
ing next,refolve itfelt into aCommittee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for making more effectual the Laws appoint- 
ing the Oaths, for Security of the Government, to be 
taken by Minifters and Preachers in Churches and Meet- 
ing-houfes in Scotland, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 11° die Februarii; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being acquainted, That Sir Harwey Elwes 

Baronet, a Member of this Houfe, having been 
ordered to be taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, 
for neglecting to attend his Service in Parliament, the 
Serjeant had ient one of his Mefiengers into the Country, 
to take him into Cuftody accordingly ; but the Meffenger 
found him {fo very ill (by reafon of a Kick by his Horfe), 
that he was confined to his Chamber, and could not tra- 
vel; 

Upon which the Meffenger was called in; and exa- 
mined: And he acquainted the Houle, that he found 
him very lame. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Harvey Elwes be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of feveral Manors, Lands, Tenements, and He- 
reditaments, of the Right honourable Thomas Earl of 
Weftmorland, in the County of Kent; and, with the Mo- 
nies arifing by fuch Sale, to purchafe other Lands in or 
near the County of Northampton, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes; was read the Firft time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Thomas Willoughby Efquire, and the Perfons in 
Remainder after him, to make a Jointure, was read the 
Firft time. 

Refalved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Thomas Lifter Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, his Lady being very ill. 
Mr. 














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Mr. Charles Stanhope prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for recovering the Credit of the Bri- 
tifo Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring 
the Duties on Salt: And the {ame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Monday Morning next. : 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
poled, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions 
to the proper Officers to lay before this Houle, an Account 
of what Penfions have been granted by his Majefty; alfo, 
what Warrants for beneficial Grants have been directed to 
the Lords of the Treafury, fince the roth of May 17153 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Quef- 
tion, by inferting, after the Word ‘ Penfions,” thefe 
Words, ‘if any :” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ if 
‘© any” be there inferted ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. i 

Tellers for the Yeas, j t 54. 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Wrightfon : t 85. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. ' 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by inferting, after the Word ‘* Majefty,” and 
before the Word ‘“‘alfo,” thefe Words; viz. ‘to any 
«* Member of this Houfe during Pleafure, or for any 
‘© Term of Years; and :” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Refolved, ‘1 hat an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections to the proper Officers, to lay before this Houfe, 
an Account of what Penfions, if any, have been granted 
by his Majefty to any Member of this Houfe, during 
Pleafure, or for any Term of Years; and alfo, what War- 
rants fcr beneficial Grants have been directed to the Lords 
of the Treafury, fince the 1oth of May 1715. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 


Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Lord Win. Powlett, 
Mr. Yonge: 
Mr. Palmer, 


Mr. Hampden, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of Privileges and Elections, the Matter, 
as it appeared to them, touching the Complaint of a 
Breach of Privilege committed by Mr. Fobn Murgatroyd, 
Mr. Edward Gee, Mr. Henry Facomb, and Mr. Chrifio- 
= Barnard, againft Sir William Lowther Baronet, a 

ember of this Houfe, and the Refolutions of the Com- 
mittee thereupon; which Report he read in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the fame in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Report and Refolutions were read; and are as 
follow; viz. 


That the Committee have examined the Matter of the 
Complaint: That Mr. Joba Murgatroyd, Mr, Ed- 
ward Gee, Mr. Henry Facomb, and Mr. Chriffo- 
pher Bernard, have proceeded in the Court of Chan. 
cery againtt Sir Wiliam Lowther Baronet, a Member 
of this Houfe, during the Time of Privilege, in 
Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe: 

It appeared to the Committee, That there were Crofs 
Caufes in Chancery: In the original Caufe, R-bert Lowther 
Efquire, is Plaintiff againft Sir Wiliam Lowther; and, in 
the Crofs Caufe, Sir William Lowther Plaintiff againft the 
faid Mr. Lowther; which Crofs Bill, upon the Hearing 
of that Caufe, was difmiffed, with Colts to be taxed. 

That it was alleged by the Counfel for Sir William 
Lowther, That after the laft Prorogation, and before the 
Meeting of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, a Com- 
miffion of Sequeftration againft his Eftate was iffued and 
executed for Non-performance of a Decree in Chancery 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4 1718. 


for Payment of 382/. 125. 8d. to Mr. Lowther: That 
Mr. Chriftopher Barnard was one of the Commiffioners of 
Sequeftration ; and, though it could not be faid, that any 
thing was done therein during Time of Privilege; yet the 
Counlel for Sir William Lowth.r mentioned this, to fhew 
a rigorous Proceeding in Chancery againit him. 

That the Proceeding infifted on, to be in Breach of Pri- 
vilege, was, the giving Twe Notices of Motion, 
and the taking cut a Summons to tax Cofts: 

And, on behalf of Sir Wiliam Lowther, the following 

Witnefies were called; viz. 

Mr. Fobu Stillingfleet (Sir William Lowtber’s Solicitor) : 
Who faid, That, about the Tenth of December 1717, a 
Notice of Motion came to him from Sir William Lowther’s 
Clerkin Court; purporting, Thatthe Court would be moved 
in the Caufe wherein Sir William Lowther was Plaintiff 
againft Mr. Lowther, to ftay Proceedings in that Caule, 
unlefs Sir Wm. Lowther, would wave his Privilege in the 
other Caufe wherein Mr. Low+sher is Plaintiff againft him ; 
which Motion was made and granted the Tweltth of De- 
cember; and the Order was drawn up, but not entered, 
nor ever ferved: That this Notice was not ferved upon 
him ; nor could he fay who gave it, or who drew up the 
Order. 

Williem Raymond produced a Memorandum in his 
Book of the Eighth of March 17:7, That a Notice in 
Lowther and Lowther was then given, to move to make 
an Order abfolute: But he could not fay in which of the 
Caufes that Notice was given, or who gave it, or that any 
thing was done upon it. 

Mr. Thomas Steele faid, That he had the Honour to be 
concerned for Sir William Lowther, as his Solicitor, when 
this Notice of the Eighth of March 1717 was given; and 
that he having, for Sir William Lowther, then given Notice 
in both Caules, to move, That Sir Wiliam Lowther 
might have a Commiffion in his Caufe; and that Mr. 
Lowther might join and {trike Commiffioners Names in a 
Week; or that Sir William might have it to his own 
Commiffioners and might proceed thereon, ex parte; and 
that both Sides might examine their Witnefies that Vaca- 
tion, and Publication pafs the Firit Day of the next Term; 
and that, in the mean time, Sir William Lowther might 
be at Liberty to fet down his Caufe to be heard fome time 
the fame Term; and that both Caules might be then 
heard together; and that the Depofitions taken in one 
Cau‘e might be read in the other: Upon Occafion of this 
Notice it was, that the Notice complained of, of the 
Eighth of March, was given; which Notice complained 
of was given in the Caufe wherein Mr. Lewrber is Plain- 
tiff; and it was to move, at the fame time that Sir Wil- 
liam Lowtber’s Noticé fhould be moved, That the Order, 
made on the Hearing of the Caule wherein Mr. Lowther 
is Plaintiff ex parte, might be made adjolute: That Sir 
William Lowtber’s Motion was made; but the other was 
not made; and that he could not fay who gave that Notice. 

That, as to taxing the Cofts; 

Mr. Daniel Kingsman was called: Who faid, There 
were Three Summonfes taken out in November lat, be- 
fore the Meeting of the Parliament, to tax Mr. Lowtber’s 
Bill of Cofts in the Crofs Caufe; one of which was, to attend 
the Firft ; another, the Sixth; and the other, the Eighth 
of November: That, upon the laft of thefe Summonfes, 
the Taxation was put off, at the Inftance of Mr. Steele, 
Sir William Lowther’s Agent; and the Cofts were after- 
wards taxed, ex parte, Sir William Lowther's Agent not 
attending : That the Summons, upon which the Cofts were 
taxed, was taken out, by Mr. Stecle, for Sir William Low- 
ther: That he could not fay when the Taxation was; nor 
why Mr. Steele put it off. 

‘That the Counfel on the other Side complained of great 
Hardthips, which, they faid, Mr. Lowther had fuffered 
by Sir William Lowtber’s infiting on Privilege againtt 
a juft Demand: 

That Sequeftrations are the common Executions of De- 
crees in Chancery; and may be executed, as this was, in 
Time out of Privilege : 


4 That 


ode" 








gs Geo. I. 


That the Perfons complained of have always been very 
careful to avoid giving Offence to this Houle; and have 
done nothing in this Cafe, in time of Privilege: 

That the Summons complained of, upon which the 
Cofts were taxed, and which was the Inftance chiefly re- 
lied on as a Proceeding in Breach of Privilege, was 
granted in favour of Sir William Lowther; was a Pro- 
ceeding by Confent; and was taken out, on behalf of Sir 
William Lowther, by Mr. Steele, his own Solicitor; 
and therefore could not be called a Proceeding by them 
in Breach of Privilege: 

And they called: 

Mr. Steele: Who faid, That Sir William Lowtber’s 
Bill being difmiffed, with Cofts; and it being referred to 
Mr. Hiccocks to tax thole Cofts; there was One or more 
Summons’s taken out for that Purpofe; and, upon that 
for the Eighth of November, he defired time to write to 
Sir William Lowther; there being feveral Items in the 
Bill of Expences, in the Country, he thought it neceflary 
to have Sir William in Town, to give an Account of 
them; and he wrote to Sir William accordingly: That, 
upon his defiring time, it was objected to him, That Pri- 
vilege would come in; and, to take away that Objection, 
himfelf propofed to take out a Summons, on behalf of Sir 
William Lowther, which is the Summons now complained 
of; and that he, for Sir Wiliam Lowther, did, accord- 
ingly, take out that Summons, to attend upon Friday 
the Fourteenth Day of iVovember; and did, at the fame 
time, confent, that the Report fhouid be dated, as if made 
upon Attendance on the Summons for the Eighth of No- 
vember; without which Confent the Mafter declared, he 
would, upon that Summons for the Eighth of November, 
proceed to tax the Cofts : 

Being crofs-examined, he faid, He believed, he had 
no Order from Sir William Lowther in this Particular; but 
that he thought what he did was for Sir Wiliiam’s Ser- 
vice; and that he acquainted Sir William Lowther with 
what he had done, as foon as Sir William came to Town; 
and believed it was before this Complaint made to the 
Houle. 

And, upon the whole Matter, the Committee came to 
the following Refolutions ; 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Mr. ohn Murgatroyd hath not proceeded in the 
Court of Chancery againft Sir William Lowther Baronet, 
a Member of this Houle, during the time of Privilege, 
in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Refa'ved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Mr. Edward Gee hath not proceeded in the Court 
of Chancéry againft Sir William Lowther Baronet, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, during the time of Privilege, in Breach 
of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That 
Mr. Henry Facomb hath not proceeded in the Court of 
Chancery againft Sir Wiliam Lowther Baronet, a Member 
of this Houfe, during the time of Privilege, in Breach 
of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Refolved, What it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Mr. Chriffopber Barnard hath not proceeded in the 
Court of Chancery againft Sir William Lowther Baronet, 
a Member of this Houfe, during the time of Privilege, 
in Breach of the Privilege of this Houle. 


The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

Mr. Cater, 


Tellers for the Yeas,4 Mir Peiedia's 


t 65. 
Tellers for the Noes, Sir Arth. Kay, 
Mr. Conyers: 


t ss. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 
A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 


pofed, That there was no Ground for a Complaint of a 
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Breach of Privilege committed by Mr. Fobn Murgatroyd, 
Mr. Edward Gee, Mr. Henry Jacomb, and Mr, Chrijto- 
peer Barnard, againtt Sir William Lowber Baronet, a 
Member of this Houfe; 

And a Debate arifing thereupon; 

Refolved, That the Debate be adjourned until Tue/day 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 12° die Februarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


A Petition of the Creditors of Fofeph Long, late of the 
City of London, Merchant, lately declared a Bank- 


rupt, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf 
of themfelves, and all other Creditors of the faid Fo/epb 
Long, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That the faid Fofeph Long, fome fhort time be- 
fore his becoming Bankrupt, bought up great Quantities 
of Goods, and got into his Hands great Sums of Money 
on Credit, to the Value of Thirty thoufand Pounds, or 
upwards, as he himlelf hath declared; and, by Con- 
trivance, got out of the Cuftody of the Marfhal of his 
Majefty’s Court of King’s Bench; and hath withdrawn 
himfelf, and Effects, into foreign Parts; whereas, could 
the Petitioners difcover, and come at, the faid Long’s 
Effects, the fame would be fufficienc to fatisfy all, or 
the greateft Part, of his Debts: And praying, That a 
Claufe may be inferted in the Act, now pafling, touch- 
ing Bankrupts, requiring the faid Fofeph Long to furren- 
der himfelf within a time to be limited; and that he, and 
his Agents, may produce his Books, and a true Account 
of all his Effects, upon Oath, before the Commiffioners 
of Bankrupt tor that Purpofe appointed, under the Pe- 
nalty of being guilty of Felony, in cafe of Refufal; or 
that fome other Claufe may be inferced for their Relief, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for the better Preventing of Frauds committed 
by Bankrupts, is committed. 


Mr. Forbes reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Magiftrates of Juverne/s, for themfelves, 
and in the Names and Behalf of all the other Inhabi- 
tants of the faid Borough, was referred, the Matter, as it 
appeared to them, which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and hé read the fime in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 


Upon the Petition of the Magiftrates of Znverne/s, for 
themfelves, and in the Names and Behalf of all the 
other Inhabitants of the faid Borough: 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houle, have examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and find, by the Examination of Witneffes; viz. 

Mr. Frederick Frazier, Captain Lewis Grant, and Lieu- 
tenaut William Forbes; That the Town of Jnverne/s be- 
ing fituate near the Sea, and the Inhabitants induftrious, 
is capable of great Improvement in its Trade and Com- 
merce; but they have a very fmall publick Revenue for 
{upporting the Government of the Town, which has been 
long incumbered with Debts, and were exceedingly in- 
creafed by the Appearance they were obliged in Duty to 
make for the Service of his Majefty, and the prefent Go- 
vernment, at the time of the late unnatural Rebellion, 
in the Latter-end of the Year 1715. 

That the Committee alfo find, for encouraging Com- 
merce in the Town, it is abfolutely neceffary their Harbour 
fhould be repaired, fo that the fame ,may be made con- 
venient for Shipping; and that their Church, which is 
now very much out of Repair, fhould be enlarged, or 

c rebuilt, 











rebuilt, by reafon the Inhabitants are of late become fo 
very numerous. 

That, upon Examination of the whole Matter, it ap- 
peared to the Committee, That the Inhabitants of the faid 
Town are not able to repair the faid Harbour, and en- 
large, or rebuild, their Church, fo as to make the fame 
commedious, without fome Affiftance for that Purpofe. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part of 
a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer, that 
fhall be fold in the Town of Jnverne/s, and Privileges 
thereof, for rebuilding the Church, making a Harbour, 
and paying the Debts of the faid Town: And that Mr. 
Forbes, Mr. Wikiam Stewart, and Mr. Monro, do pre- 
pare, and bring in the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill againft clandeftine Running of un- 
cuftomed and prohibited Goods; ard for the more ef- 
fectual Preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; was 
read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; vz. 

Prefs 4. Line 7. After “ feized,” to infert ‘* profe- 
«* cuted:” 

Prefs 14. Line 16. After ‘* Nineteen,” to infert 
*¢ during the Continuance of the faid Duties :” 

Prefs 24. Line 37. Before ‘‘ Imparlance,” to infert 
‘* more than One:” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pats: And that the Title 
be, An Aé againft clandeftine Running of prohibited 
Goods; and for the more effectual Preventing of Frauds 
relating to the Cuftoms. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yefterday having been prefented to his Ma- 
je(ty, That he would be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections to the proper Officers, to lay. before this Houfe 
an Account of what Penfions, if any, have been granted 
by his Majefty to any Members of this Houle, during 
Pleafure, or for any Term of Years; and alfo what War- 
rants for beneficial Grants have been directed to the 


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Lords of the Treafury, fince the Tenth Day of May 1715; 
his Majefty has been pleafed to give Direction to the 
proper Officers to lay before this Houfe, the Accounts 
defired by their Addrefs. 


Mr. Cholmley reported, from the Committee appointed 
to infpect the State and Condition of the Paffage lead- 
ing to the Painted Chamber, the Rooms adjoining to the 
Houfe, and the Clerk’s Rooms, the Matter, as it ap- 
peared to them; which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houle; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table. 

_ Ordered, That the Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Saturday Morning next. : 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for giving further Encouragement for importing 
Naval Stores. . 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill for the better preventing Frauds com- 
mitted by Bankrupts. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into aCommittee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ; 

Mr. Farrer reported from the faid Committee, That 
they had come to a Refolution; which they had di- 
rected him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to re-. 
ceive the fame. ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move the Houfe, That 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. . 





OHN Duke of Argyle, Lord Steward of his Majefty’s 

Houfhold, Knight of the moft Noble Order of the 
Garter, and One of his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy 
Council, To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, Greet- 
ing: Know ye, That I the faid Lord Steward, by virtue 
of my faid Office of Lord Steward, have conftituted, 
named, and appointed, and, by thefe Prefents, do con- 
ftitute, name, and appoint Sir Facob Ailey, Matthew 
Lord Aylmer of the Kingdom of Ireland; William Af, 
Fobn Anfis, Fofeph Addifon, the Right honourable Hugh 
Bofcawen, Comptroller of his Majefty’s Houfhold, the 
honourable Charles Bertie, George Bridges, William Bray, 
Samuel Bracebridge, John Bigg, Thomas Brodrick, Stephen, 
Bifs, Efquires; George Lord Carberry, of the Kingdom 
of Ireland, Sir Thomas Croffe, Sir Fobn Coryton, Sir Alex- 
ander Cummyns, Sir Fobu Curzon, Baronets; Reginald Cal- 
thorp, Godfrey Clark, Clement Corrance, Efquires; Walter 
Lord Chetwynd, of the Kingdom of Ireland; George 
Chafin, Sbhiifton Calmady, Henry Cartwright, Efquires; 
Sir Robert Davers, Baronet ; Sir Wm. Daines ; Fobn Digby, 
Francis Drewe, William Dowdefwell, William Edgerton, 
Richard Edgcumb, Fofeph Earl, ‘fobn Eden, Giles Earl, 
Efquires; Daniel Lord Finch, Sir Richard Farington, 
Sir Robert Furnefe, Baronets; Thomas Ferrers, William 
Farrer, William Forefer, Richard Fleming, E quires; 
Sir Richard Fowler Baronet ; Thomas De Gray, Richard 
Grantham, William Hucks, William Helyar, Fofepb Herne, 


Fobn Henley, John Hungerford, Richard Hampden, Fames 
Fennings, William Inge, William Kerr, Thomas King, 
Fobn Leigh, Charles. Longueville, William Lowndes, Tho- 
mas Lewis, Efquires; Sir Nathanael Mead Knight; Charles 
Mafon, Thomas Miller, Anthony Morgan, Owen Meyrick, 
Efquires; Sir Fobn Norris Knight; Edward Nicholas, 
William Newland, Wm. Nortbey, Efquires; Sir Arthur 
Owen Baronet; Denzill Onfow; the Lord Wm. Powéett; 
the Lord Harry Powlett; Philip Papillon, Fokn Pepper, 
Thomas Pafke, Efquires; Sir Folu Rogers, Sir Thomas 
Read, Sir Robert Rich, Baronets; Fobn Rolle, Richard 
Reynell, Thomas Rowney, ‘fobu Selwyn, William Stan- 
hope, William Shippen, William Stephens, Thomas Ste- 
phens, William Sloper, George Trenchard, Henry Tren- 
chard, Horatio Townfaend, William Thompfon, Efquires ; 
Sir Thomas Wheate, Sir Robert Worfeley, Sir Edward Wil- 
liams, Baronets; Thomas White, Thomas Wylde, Richard 
Wynn, William Ward, Fobn Weft, Efquires; or any Six, 
Five, Four, Three, Two, or One, of them; my Depu- 
ties, and Deputy, in my place and ftead, to tender and 
adminifter the Oaths mentioned in the Statute, made in 
the Firft Year of the Reign of their late Majefties King 
William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Aé for remove- 
ing and preventing all Queftions and Difputes concern- 
ing the Affembling and Sitting of this prefent Parliament, 
according to the Direction of the faid Statute, and of all 
and every other Statute and Statutes directing the Taking 
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of the faid Oaths before me, to all and every Perfon and 
Perfons, which is, are, or fhall be, ele&amp;ted, or appointed, 
a Koight, Citizen, Burgefs, Baron of any of the Five 
Ports, or Commiffioners for Shires or Burghs, of the 
Parliament, to meet the Seventeenth Day of March One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Fourteen; and to take and 
receive the Oaths of all and every the faid Perfon and 
Perfons, which is, are, or fhall be, elected, or appointed, 
a Knight, Citizen, Burgels, Baron of any of the Five 
Ports, or Commiffioners for Shires or Burghs, as afore- 
faid, for the faid Parliament; giving them, Six, Five, 
Four, Three, Two, or One, of them, full Power and 
Authority to execute and perform the fame; ratifying 


and confirming all and whatfoever my Deputies, or De- 
puty, fhall do and perform in this .behalf, in as ample, 
pertect, and full manner, as if I myfelf had perfonally 
been prefent, and done the fame: In Teftimony wiereof, 
I have hereunto fet my Hand and Seal, this Thirteenth 
Day of February, in the Fitth Year of the Reign of our 
Sovereign Lord George, by the Grace of God, of Great 
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the 
Faith ; Anno Domini 1718. 
Signed, fealed, and delivered, 
in the Prefence of 
Robert Gardner, 
Faines Cockburi. 


Argyll (L. S.). 





Veneris, 13° die Februari; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to con- 
fider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
granted to his Majefty, the Refolution which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
Joweth ; viz. 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, for raifing Money, to be applied toward difcharg- 
ing the Principal and Jntereft of iuch National Debts and 
Incumbrances as were incurred before the Twenty-fifth 
Day of December 1716, declared to be National Debts, 
and provided for by Aét of Parliament, all the Duties 
and Revenues which were granted, revived, or continued, 
by an Aét of Parliament, of the Eighth Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne (of bleffed Me- 
mory), intituled, An Aét for continuing Part of the Du- 
ties upon Coals, Culm, and Cinders; and granting new 
Duties upon Houfes having Twenty Windows, or more; 
to raife the Sum of Fifteen hundred thoufand Pounds, 
by way of a Lottery, for the Service of the Year 1710; 


fhali, after the Term of Thirty two Years, thereby grant- © 


ed, of and in the fame, be continued, and made perpe- 
tual, to anfwer and make good the yearly Fund, and 
other Payments intended to be fatisfied out of the fame, 
by the Propofition of the Soush Sea Company, accepted 
by the Houfe, on the Tenth of this inftant February; tub- 
je to fuch Redemption by Parliament, and fuch other 
Conditions, Matters, and Things, as are therein pro- 
fed. 

The faid Refolution, being read a Second time, was, 

upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 
-' Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Retolution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. 
Solicitor General, the Mafter of the Rolls, Mr. Lowndes, 
and Mr. Charles Stanbope, do prepare, and ‘bring in, the 
fame. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; ! 

The Houle refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for giving further Encourage- 
ment for importing Naval Stores. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. : 

Colonel Bladen took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Colonel Bladen reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill; and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 


whole Houfe, upon the Bill for the better preventing 
Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 

Mr: Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Herne took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Herne reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill, and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houtfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That Sir Wm. Lowther, Mr. Treby, Mr. 
Whitchcott, Mr. Heath, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Sir Tho. Clark, 
Mr. Burridge, Mr. Weaver, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Cater, Mr. 
Rudge, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Haljey, Mr. Ducane, Mr. Lede, 
Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Banks, Mr. Allanfon, Mr. Feild- 
ing, Sic Ifaac Rebow, Mr. Onflow, Sir Cha. Cook, Sir 
Fobn Phillips, Sir Wm. Lewen, Mr. Monroe, Sir Fobn 
Tiles, Mr. Coventry, Mr. Smith, Lord Powlett, Mr. 
Whitmore, Mr. Pynfent, Mr. Reynolds, be added to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of feveral of the prin- 
cipal Inhabitants, and Traders, refiding and dwelling in 
and near to the ftrait and narrow Parts of the high 


Streets, leading from the Royal Exchange to Weftminjier, 
is referred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, | 





Sabbati, 14° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 17:8. 


PRAYERS. 


Bill for the more effectual preventing clandeftine 
Marriages, was read a Second time. | 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Brig flock, 
Mr. Pugh, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Butler, Mr. Smith, Sir 
Cha. Hotham, Mr. Corbett, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Noble, 
Sir Adolphus Oughton, General Wade, Mr. Sandys, Sir 
Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. Herne, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. Palmer, Lord Shelburne, Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Inge, Co- 
lonel Bladen, Lord Molefworith, Lord Middleton, Mr. 
Vincent, Mr. Lawfon, Lord Caftlecomer, Mr. Plumptre, 
Mr. Curzon, Mr. Treby, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Boteler, 
Mr. Pringle, Sir Facob Aftley, Mr. Eden, Sir Geo. Beau- 
mont, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Tho. Palmer, Mr. Foley, 
Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr. Hill, Sir Fra. Leicefer, Lord 
ames. Murray, Colonel Douglas, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Earl, 
Mr. Shippen, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Cater, Mr. Serjeant Pen- 
gelly, Mr. Drewe, Sir fohn Hind Cotton, Sir Tho. Cave, 
Mr. Difton, Sit Tho. Croffe, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Feffop, Sir 
Charles Turner, Sir Samuel Lennard, Sir Robert Furnefe, 
Mr. Forbes, Mr. Scott, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Northey, Sir 
Fifber Tench, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Halfey, Sir 
Nicholas Carew, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Naylor, Sir Wm. 
Humphreys, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Pitz, 
Sir Philip Parker, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Freman: And 

they 








100 


they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Sir Thomas D’ Aecth Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Sir Henry Afbburft Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Fchn Weaver Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


Ordered, That Mr. Serjeant Reynalds have Leave to go 
into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill to ex- 
plain and amend the Laws relating to Under Sheriffs; 
and for the more impartial Returning of Juries; was com- 
mitted: 

And the fame was read: And the Amendments were 
feverally read a Second time; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, with an Amendment to One of 
them, agreed unto by the Houfe: And other Amend- 
ments were made, by the Houie, to the Bill. 

A Motion being made, and the Queition being put, 
That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, . 

Tellers for the Yeas, a See . Walpole: i 126. 

Tellers for the Noes,} eo pews eiadiie t 118, 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for 
enlarging the Time to determine Claims on the forfeited 
Eftates ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for Re- 
lief of all Perfons who may think their Interefts prejudiced 
by the Poffeffion of Eftates taken, or Precepts for Pay- 
ment of Money into the Exchequer iffued, by the Com- 
miffioners and Truftees of the forfeited Eftates in Scot- 
land; and for making effectual the Decrees which fhall be 
paffed thereupon. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday next, 
at Twelve a Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day next, 
at Twelve a Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for making more effectual 
the Laws appointing the Oaths, for Security of the Go- 
vernment, to be taken by Minifters and Preachers in 
Churches and Meeting-houfes in Scotland. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, who 
were appointed to infpect the State and Condition of 
the Paffage leading to the Painted Chamber, the Rooms 
adjoining tothe Houfe, and the Clerk’s Rooms, be taken 
into Confideration upon Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for giving further En- 
couragement for importing Naval Stores, was committed, 
be received upon Wednefday Morning next. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Browning and 
Mr:--4iolford : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
confirming an Agreement between the Mayor and Com- 
monalty, and Citizens, of the City of London, Govern- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1718. 


ors of the Poffeffions, Revenues, and Goods, of the 
Hofpitals of Edward, King of England, the Sixth, of 
Chrift, -Bridewell, and Saint Thomas the Apoftle, and the 
Governors of the Schools founded by Erafmus Smith 
Efquire: To which they defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe: 

And have alfo paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for veft- 
ing an Eftate, late of Francis Phelips Efquire, in Barking, 
in the County of Eféx, in Truftees, to be fold for the 
Purpofes therein mentioned: To which they defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn-~ 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 16° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

for Sale of feveral Manors, Lands, Tenements, and 

ifereditaments, of the Right honourable Tomas Earl 

of Wefimorland, in the County of Kent; and, with the 

Monies arifing by fuch Sale, to purchafe other Lands, in 

or near the County of Northampton, to be fettled to the 
fame Ufes; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gybbon, 
Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Conyers, Lora Molefworth, Sir Ro- 
ger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Noble, Mr. Papillon, 
Mr. Brodrick, Sir Hum. Briggs, Sir Fobn Hind Cotton, 
Mr. Baylie, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Ori. Bridgman, Mr, 
Maynara, Mir. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Nortbey, 
Mr. Comptroller, Sir To. Hanmer, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Inge, Mr. Briffow, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Brig flock, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Earl, Lord Middleton, 
Sit Wm. Lowther, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Peirce, 
Mr. Lowther, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Lade, Sir The. 
Croffe, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Clayton, Mr. England; and all 
the Members that ferve for the Counties of Northampton, 
Kent, Nor:bumberland, and the Cinque-Ports: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Thomas Willoughby Eiquire, and the Pertons in 
Remainder aiter him, to make a Jointure, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Roger 
Bradjhaigh, Mr. Nevill, Sir Geo. Beaumont,’ Mr. Inge, 
Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Noble, Mr. Feffop, 
Mr. Trevanion, Lord Middleton, Lord Molefworth, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Northey, Mr. Feffreyes, Mr. 
Lewis, Mr. Pugh, Sir Wm. Humpbreys, Mr. Delavall, Sir 
Fobn Phillips, Mr. Ward, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Eden, Mr. 
Wrightfon, Mr. Brig ftock, Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. 
Shippen, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Longueville, 
Colonel Hillyar, Mr. Hill, Mr. Snell, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. 
Briftow; and all that ferve for the Counties of York, Not- 
tingham, and Lincoln: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting an Eftate late ot Francis Pbelips Efquire, in 
Barking, in the County of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill to explain and amend 
the Laws relating to Under Sheriffs; and for the more 
impartial Returning of Juries; be read the Third time 
To-morrow, in a full Houfe. 


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A Bill to prevent the Inconveniences arifing from fe- 
ducing Artificers in the Iron and Steel Manufaétures into 
foreign Parts; and from taking Foreigners Apprentices in 
the faid Manufactures ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Fefop, 
Mr. Bankes, Mr. Inge, Mr. Hevham, Mr. Weftphaling, 
Mr. Bradfbaigh, Mr. Neville, Mr. Monfon, Mr. Serjeant 
Birch, Mr. Conyers, Sir Arth. Owen, Mr. Hampden, Mr. 
Vernon, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Lowther, Sit Edward des 
Bouverie, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Pigott, Co- 
lonel Bladen, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Feffreys, Colonel Town/- 
endy Mr. Herne, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Chetwyn, Mr. God- 
frey, Mr. Pelbam, Sir Robert Corbett, Lord Middleton, 
Mr. Briffow, Mr. Weftern, Mr. Saell, Lord Molefwortb, 
Mr. Secretary Craggs, General Rofe, Mr. Dockminique, 
Mr. Smith, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Sir Wm. Monfon, Mr. 
Cholmley, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Cockburn, Sir 7 bo. Crofe, 
Mr. John Hedworth, Mr. Lads, Sir Fifber Tench; and all 
that ferve for the Counties of York, Stafford, Noribum- 
berland, Suffex, Worefler, Monmouth, Salop, Warwick, 
and Northampton: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Ironmongers and Cut- 
lers in and about the City of Zondon, and the Suburbs 
thereof, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, 
and Affittants, of the Corapany of Clockmakers of Lon- 
Gon, on behalf .of themfelves, and the reft of the faid 
Company, and many Hundreds more in Great Britain of 
the fame Trade, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an lnftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do rrovide, by the faid Bill, againft 
enticing away any Workmen employed in any brit 
Manulacture. 


Mr. Forbes prefented to the Houfe according to Order, 
a Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale 
ot Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of 
Tnvernefs, and privileges thereof, for the paying the Debts 
of the faid Town, and for buildinga Church, and making 
a Harbour there: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firit time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Fames Faa’, in the Name of the Magi- 
ftrates, Common Council, and Inhabitants, of the Borough 
of Dunbar, in Scotland, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the iaid Borough, lying on the 
Mouth of the River of Forth, on the South Side of the 
German Ocean, is the moft confiderable Port on that Side, 
where Ships going in, or coming out of, that River, or 
put in by Strets of Weather, may be fheltered and ca- 
reened; That the Borough is likewife very confiderable 
for the Number of Boats and Barks that attend the Her- 
ing Fifhing, and lies very convenient for that Trade ; 
That the Magiftrates and Common Council of the faid 
Borough have exerted themfeives to the utmoft, for cut- 
ting deep Rocks in the Mouth of the Harbour; whereby 
the Entry thereto is made much fafer, and more conve- 
nient, for Ships, where they lye at Low-water on foft Clay 
or Ouze; but the Pier Head and Harbour require prefent 
and annual Repairs; which the faid Magiftrates cannot 
do, without fome other Affiftance: That the Town-houfe 
and School are, by Age, decayed; and mutt go to Ruin, 
unlefs ipeedily repaired ; and which Expence the common 
Good cannot anfwer: That the faid Borough, being a 
Market and Sea-port Town, is of great Service to the 
County of Eaft Lothian, where it is fituated: And pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bringin a Bill for grant- 
ing a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part of a 
Peny Sterling, on every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer to 
be brewed, vended, tapped, or fold, within the faid Bo- 
rough, fora Term ot Years, to be employed in build- 
ing any new Work, or repairing. the Works already made, 


for Improving and Preferving of the Harbour, and for 
Vou, XIX. 


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repairing the Town-houfe, and Building of a School, and 
other publick Buildings, within the faid Borough. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of aCommittee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir David Dalrymple, Mr. Forbes, 
Mr. Suart, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Neville, Sir 
Roger Bradfhaigh, Sit Wm. Fobnjton, Mr. Trevanion, Mr. 
Treby, Lord* Chetwynd, General Carpenter, Lord Middle- 
ton, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Cuningbam, Mr. Haldane, 
Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Delaval, Mr. Law/on, Sir Adolphus 
Oughton, Mr. Inge, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. 
Heyfham, Mr. Hern, Mr. Brodrick; And all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for Norsh Britain; and they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Ordered, That Lieutenant General Havey have Leave 


to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgeffes, and 
Commonalty, of the Burgh of Great Yarmouth, in the 
County of Norfolk, in Common Council, affembled, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
by the printed Votes, they find, that Leave is given to 
bring th a Bill for the better Recovery of the Credit of the 
Britijh Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for the better fe- 
curing the Duties on Salt; in both which Cafes thofe con- 
cerned, in this T’own, either in the Importation of Salt, 
or the Exportation of their Fith, are entirely free from 
any Imputation of Fraud or Abufe therein; however, as 
it is fugyefted to them, that th:re may be fome Intention 
to take off, or abate, the drawback that is now payable on 
all falted Fifh that is exported to Parts beyond the Seas ; 
which wouid be fo very difcouraging and deitrutive to 
the Fifhery in general, and ruinous to thofe in them Parts: 
And praying, That they may be heard, by their Counfel, 
before the Bill pafles. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britis Fith- 


ery in foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring the Du- 
ties on Salt; be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Tradefmen, and Fifher- 
men, in the Town of Loweftoff, in the County of Suf- 
folk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That perceiving, by the printed Votes, that a Bill is 
brought in, for the better Recovery of the Credit of the 
Brith Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring 
the Duties of Salt ; and believing, that there may be an 
Intention thereby to take off, or abate, the Drawback on 
all falted Fifh exported; which will be very prejudicial to 
all thofe concerned in the Fifhery in this Town; The Peti- 
tioners being free from any Fraud relating to the Duty on 
Salt expended on the Fifh exported, or of the Salt im- 
ported : And praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Briti/h Fith- 


ery in foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring the Du- 
ties on Salt; be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Juftices, Aldermen, Mini- 
fters, and other Inhabitants, of the Town and Port of 
Penzance, And alfo of the Gentlemen and Inhabirants’ of 
feveral Parifhes in the faid Port, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are 
informed, that a Motion hath been made. to leffen the 
Encouragement of the Fifhing Trade, by taking off fome 
of the Bounty on Fifh exported, and yet continuing the 
full Duties on Salt; which, if it takes Effeét, will wholly 
ruin the Fifhing Trade, and many Hundred of Families, 
and be a Leffening to his Majefty’s Cuftoms: And praying 
the faid Encouragement may be: continued. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britifo Fith- 

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ery in foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring the Du- 
ties on Salt; be read a Second time. 


A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of Mevagizey 
and Gorran, in the County of Cornwall, concerned in the 
Pilchard Fifhery, was preiented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That a Hogfhead of Pilchards cannot be 
well faved or cured with lefs than Five Bufhels of foreign 
Salt: The Price of Salt, fince the Duty has been laid 
upon it, hath been advanced from One Peny per Gallon 
to Five Pence, and fometimes to Seven or Eight Pence, 
per Gallon: That they formerly bought their Salt for 
Eight Pence per Bufhel; they now, fince the Duty is 
laid on, pay from Ten to Fourteen Shillings per Bufhel: 
That, from the time the Salt comes into the Fifhermens 
Cellars, to the time it is ufed in Curing of Fifh, it waftes 
at leaft Ten per Cent. and is not ufed in One, Two, or 
Three Years : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Briti/o Fith- 
ery in foreign Parts; and tor the better fecuring the Du- 
ties on Salt; be read a Second time, 


A Petition of feveral Inhabitants of the Parifhes of 
Saint Auftell, Saint Blaze, and Saint Eive, in the County 
of Cornwall, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That Five Winchefters of foreign Salt is the 
leaft Quantity neceffary for the well Curing of One Hogf- 
head of Pilchards: That, fince the Duty laid upon Salt, 
the Price of foreign Salt hath been advanced from One 
Peny per Gallon to Five Pence, and often to Seven or 
Eight Pence: That they could formerly cure an Hogf- 
head of Pilchards with foreign Salt for Three Shillings 
and Four Pence; but cannot now for lefs than Fifty Shil- 
lings; fo that the Pilchard Fifhery is now upon a worfe 
Foot, fince the Duty on Salt hath been Jaid on, than it 
was before, notwithftanding the Drawback of Forty Shil- 
lings: And praying Reliet, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Biil for recovering the Credit of the Britifb Fith- 
ery in foreign Parts, and tor the better fecuring the Du- 
ties on Salt; be read a Second time, 


A Petition of Robert Weemes, of Stranton, in the County 
of Durbam, was preifented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That, on the Seventh of May 1707, Judg- 
ment was obtained againft the Petitioner, at the Suit of 
her late Majefty Queen Anne, for 1,510/. upon a Profe- 
cution directed by the then Commiffioners of the Salt 
Duty ; whereupon the Petitioner furrendered himfelf a 
Prifoner in the F/eet, and continued above Eight Years 
Prifoner there, and was reduced to great Poverty : That 
he is utterly unable to fatisfy the faid Debt; and, by rea- 
fon of the faid Judgment, he cannot get Credit to carry 
on his Bufinefs, in order to get a Livelihood for himfelf, 
and Five {mall Children; for which Reafonthe Petitioner’s 
Relations are willing to affift him with Two hundred 
Pounds, which they will pay for his Majefty’s Ule, fo as 
the fame be accepted in full Difcharge of the Petitioner’s 
Debt to his Majefty: That, the Commiffioners of the Salt 
Duty having, by a Report, ftated the Petitioner’s Cafe to 
the Lords of his Majefty’s Treafury, their Lordfhips, 
upon the faid Report, and Propofal made by the Petitioner’s 
Friends, have been pleafetl to give Leave, that the Peti- 
tioner may apply for Relief: And praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill, or that a Claufe may be 
added to jome Bill, to impower the Lord High Trea- 
jurer, or the Commiffioners of his Majefty’s Treafury for 
the iime being, to compound with the Petitioner for 
the Debt due from him to his Majetty. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majetty. 


A Petition of Thomas Thatcher, of London, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 


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Petitioner is poffeffed of Army Debentures, which ought 
to have been writ into the Scutb Sea Stock in the Year 
17113; but, the fame being not to be found at that time, 
nor before the completing the faid Stock, he was deprived 
of the Benefit intended thereby, in making them Part of 
the capital Stock of the faid Company ; and alfo being 
poffeffed of Bills of Exchange from New York, drawn by 
Colonel Hunter on the Lords of the Treafury, which ftill 
remain unpaid ; the faid Debentures and Bills amounting 
to Two hundred Pounds, or thereabouts; which remains 
in the Hands of the Petitioner, and unprovided for: And 
praying, that the faid Bills and Debentures, with the In- 
tereft due thereon, in his Poffeffion, may be provided for. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of feveral Sufferers, and 
the Agents and Fa¢tors of other Sufferers, at Nevis and 
Saint Chriftopher’s, in behalf of themfelves, and others, 
is referred: And that they do examine the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and report the fame, as it appears to them, 
to the Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

A Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britt Fifhery 
in foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring the Duties 
on Salt ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to his Majetty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. : 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee ap- 
pointed to infpect the State and Condition of the Paffage 
leading to the Painted Chamber, the Rooms adjoining to 
the Houfe, and the Clerk’s Rooms, be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Wedne/day Morning next. 


Ordered That Sir Fobn Philips, Sir Wm. Lowther, 
Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Gould, Mr. Papillon, ‘Mr. Neville, 
Mr. Barrington, Sir Tho. Scawen, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Hampden, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Ward, be 
added to the Committee to whom the Bill for the more 
effectual preventing clandeftine Marriages, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 17° die Februarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Acc 
for confirming an Agreement between the Mayor 
and Commonalty, and Citizens, of the City of London, 
4 Governors 


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Governors of the Pofeffions, Revenues, and Goods, of 
the Hotpitals of Edward, King of England, the Sixth, 
of Cbrift, Bridewell, and Saint Thomas the Apoftle, and 
the Governors of the Schools founded by Eva/mus Smith 
Efquire, was read the Firft ume. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


_ Then Mr. Speaker put the Houfe in mind of the ftand- 
ing Order, ot the Sixth of February 1706, which re- 
quires, that there fhould be Thirty Days between the F irft 
and Second Reading of private Bills relating to Eftates in 
Ireland: 

Whereupon the Lord Vifcount Middleton, in the King- 
dom of Ireland, and Lord Chancellor of that Kingdom, 
and a Member of this Houfe, acquainted the Houfe, That 
he is one of the Truftees for the Three Schools in the 
Bill mentioned; that he was prefent in Ireland at making 
the Agreement which the Bill is to confirm; and that all 
the Truftees for the Schools do confent to the Bill, and 
defire it may pafs, and that it may be expedited as much 
as poflible: 

After which Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That 
he had received a Letter from the Lord Archbifhop of 
Dublin; That the Governors of the faid Schools are con- 
fenting to the Bill, and defire it may receive all poffible 
Difpatch, as being for a publick Good. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Saturday Morning next. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. 
Bennett: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable Katharine Paul, an Infant, to transfer the Truft 
therein mentioned, as if fhe were of the Age of One-and- 
twenty Years: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe: And alfo, 

An Aét for Sale of the Eftate of Nathanael Long, Nate 
of London, Merchant, deceafed, for Payment of his 
Debts; and for applying the Refidue according to the 
Directions of his Will: To which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houle: And alfo, 

An A&amp; for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Robert Bar- 
well Efquire; and for purchafing other Lands, to be fet- 
tled to the fame Ules as the Eftate to be fold is fettled: 
‘To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Hedworth reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vetting in ‘fobn Porrett Gentleman, and his Heirs, Part 
of the Eftate of Thomas Davifon Efquire, at Stranton, 
Seaton Carew, and Thorp Thewles, in the County of Dur- 
ham, freed trom the Ufes and Trufts of the faid Thomas 
Davifon’s Marriage Settlement; and to fettle other Lands, 
of better Value, to the fame Ufes; was committed; That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Biil, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment; 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Merchants, and 
principal Traders, of the City of Brificl, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Con- 
fumption of Iron in Great Britain has, of late, amounted 
to about Forty thoufand Tuns per Annum; about Two- 
thirds whereof has been imported from neighbouring 
Countries; and our own Woods being fo far exhaufted, 
as neither to admit the making an additional Quaniity of 
{ron, or even to continue, for many Years longer, the 
Quantity now made; for that, whenfoever the Courfe of 
]mportation is interrupted, that Commodity will not only 
become fearce, and confequently dear, to the general Colt 
of the Nation; but the Manufacturing thereof muft decay ; 
the Smiths and Nailors lofe much of their Employ; Gen- 


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tlemen and Merchants be oppreffed in the Charge of their 
Jron-work, for Houfe and Ship-building; and our Colo- 
nies be fupplied, as now in great meafure they are, by a 
clandeftine Importation of Iron-wares from Foreigners: 
To prevent which Confequences, they conceive, that 
whereas our American Colonies abound with Wood, and 
Iron-ore, the Climate is healthful, and Provifions cheap, 
were Encouragement given to the making only Pig-Iron 
there, a fufficient Quantity might be made to fupply our 
Demands at home; where the erecting more Forges would 
employ more Hands; make double the Quantity of Iron 
with the fame Quantity of Wood now expended; the 
extravagant Price of Iron would become more moderate; 
and the Manufacturers thereof increafe; Poor be employed; 
Trade fupported;, Navigation encouraged; and the Britifo 
Iflands and Plantations in America intirely furnifhed with 
Iron, and Iron-wares, from hence, on eafier Terms than 
by any clandeftine Importation: And praying, That En- 
couragement may be given. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom the Bill for giving further Encouragement for 
importing Naval Siores, was committed, be received. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Katharine Paul, an Infant, to transfer the Truft 
therein mentioned, as if fhe were of the Age of One-and- 
twenty Years, was read the Firlt time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of the Eftate of Nathanael Long, \ate of London, 
Merchant, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts; and for 
applying the Refidue according to the Directions of his 
Will; was read the Firft cime. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Robert Barwell Efquire ; 
and for purchafing other Lands, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufles as the Eftate to be fold is fettled; was read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of William (late Lord) Widdrington was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioner was feifed, as Tenant in Tail, of his pater- 
nal Eftate, of about Three thoufand Pounds per Annum; 
Part of which has been fold for 32,400/. for the Ufe of 
the Publick, and the Whole is forfeited from him, and his 
Family, for ever: That he was likewife feifed, as Tenant 
by the Courtefy, of the Eftate of his late Wife, deceafed, 
of the Value of about 8o0o0/. per Annum in Land, with 
One Coal-mine, and } Parts of another, and fome uncer- 
tain Rents arifing by Way-leaves; which is forfeited du- 
ring the Petitioner’s Life only; and is decreed, by the 
Commiffioners and Truftees for the Publick, to defcend, 
after his Death, to his Iffue by his faid late Wife; and is, 
in the mean time, to be preferved from Wafte, which the 
Petitioner had no Power to commit: That 250/. per 
Annum of the faid Land is in Mortgage to Sir Robert 
Eden, and Mr. Swinburne, for 2,045/. principal Money, 
for which their Claim is allowed by the faid Commiffioners 
and Truftees; That the River Zyne has lately broke in 
upon the richeft Part of this Eftate; which is every Day 
liable to more Damage, and will be chargeable in repair- 
ing: That the old Seam of Coal being near wrought out, 
and not likely to yield any Profit, the Engines, which 
were fet up at a great Expence, for draining the Water, 
have neither been kept at Work, nor in Repair, for fome 
time palt,; whereby not only the little Remainder of the 
faid old Seam is overflowed, and the Pits ready to fall in; 
but the Profpect of gaining a new one will be irretrievably 
loft to the Reverfioner,; and the Rents of the Land (the 
Tenants, in a great meafure, depending upon the Coal- 
works) will be much leffened: And praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Claufe, to be added to the 

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Bill now depending, in relation to the forfeited Eftates, to 
énable his Majefty, by his Royal Grant, to veft the faid 
Eftate, for the Petitioner’s Life, in Charles Earl of Car- 
life, who is Guardian to the Reverfioner, that the fame 
may be preferved from Wafte and Ruin; and that fo 
much of the Rents and Profits thereof, as his Majefty 
fhall think fit, not exceeding Seven hundred Pounds per 
Annum, may be applied towards the Support and Main- 
tenance of the Petitioner, and his diftreffed Family, who 
have for ever loit their whole paternal F {tate to fo confi- 
derable a Value, and have no other Profpect of Subfift- 
ence than from his Majefty’s Bounty and Goodnefs; and 
that the Refidue of the faid Profits may be paid into the 
Exchequer, for the Ufe of the Publick. 

And Mr. Secretary Craggs acquainted the Houfe, That 
the faid Petition had been laid before his Majefty, and 
that his Majefty had ordered him to acquaint the Houle, 
That his Majeity had no Objection to what the Houfe 
fhall do therein. 

Several Claufes in the A&amp;t, of the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Act for vefting the forfeited Eftates 
in Great Britain and Ireland in Truftees, to be fold, for 
the Ufe of the Publick; and for giving Relief for lawful 
Creditors, by determining the Claims; and for the more 
effectual bringing into the refpective Exchequers the Rents 
and Profits of the faid Eftates, till fold; were read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for enlarging the Time to 
determine Claims on the forfeited Eftates, is committed, 
That they have Power to receive a Claufe to enable his 
Majefty to make a Provifion, not exceeding 700/. per 
Annum, for the late Lord Widdrington, out ot the Eftate 
of which he was feiled as Tenant by the Courtefy, and 
which is forfeited, during the faid late Lord’s Life only; 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

i 126. 
i 159. 


Tellers for the Yeas.} 

Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider fur- 
ther of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to 
his Majefty, the Refolutions which they had directed to 
be reported to the Houfe; and he read the faid Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Refolutions were read; and are 
as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the feveral Duties of Three Shillings for every Chal- 
dron of Coals and Culm, and Tun of Coals, to be im- 
ported and brought into the Port of the City of London, 
or River of Thames within the Liberty of the faid City, 
upon the fame River, before the Twenty ninth Day of 
September 1724, payable by virtue of an Act of Parlia- 
ment, made in the Ninth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, An Act for granting to her Majefty feveral Du- 
ties upon Coals, for building Fifty new Churches in and 
about the Cities of London and Weftminfler, and Suburbs 
thereof; and other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the 
like Duties for Coals and Culm to be imported or brought 
into the fame from and after the Twenty-feventh Day of 
September 1724, and before the Twenty-eighth Day of 
September 1725, being payable by an Act of Parliament, 
made in the Firft Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé for making Provifion for the Minifters of the 
Fifty new Churches which are to be built in and about 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and Suburbs thereof; 
and for rebuilding and finifhing the Parifh Church of Saint 
Mary Woolnoth, in the faid City of London; be continued, 
and be charged, and made payable, to his Majefty, his 
Heirs and Succeffors, for the Term of Thirty-two Years, 
to be reckoned from Lady-day 1719. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 


Lord Morpeth, 

Mr. Strickland: 
Lord Wm. Powlett, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hillerfden: 


So it pafied in the Negative. 


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That the faid Duties, fo to be continued, charged, and 
made payable, be apportioned, difpofed, and fettled, in 
fuch manner, that a certain Sum of Money fhall be raifed 
thereby, or upon Credit thereof, to be applied, fo far 
as the fame will extend, in and for the Building and Finifh- 
ing of Churches; purchafing Sites, Churchyards, Bury- 
ing-places, and Houfes for Minifters; repairing and finifh- 
ing the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Weftminfter, and 
the Chapels of the fame; finifhing Greenwich Hofpital 
and the Chapel thereunto belonging; making Provifion 
for Minifters, and other Charges relating to the faid 
Churches; and that a certain Sum of Money may like- 
wile be raifed, by or upon Credit of the fame Duties 

to be applied to or for the making good of the Supply 
granted to his Majefty in this Seffion of Parliament. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty one thoufand Six 
hundred Pounds per Annum, during the faid Term of 
Thirty-two Years, to be charged on the faid Duties, be 
made a Fund or Security for raifing a Sum, not exceeding 
‘Three hundred and fixty thoufand Pounds, to be employed 
in and for the Building and Finifhing of Churches; Pur- 
chafing of Sites, Churchyards, Burying-places, and Houfes 
for Minilters; repairing and finifhing the faid Collegiate 
Church of Saint Peter Weftminfter, and the Chapels of the 
fame; finifhing Greenwich Hotpital, and the Chapel there- 
unto belonging; making Provifion for Minitters, and 
other Charges relating to the faid Churches; and for re- 
paying and fatisfying the Principal and Intereft of the 
Money fo to be raifed; which Intereft fhall not exceed the 
Rate of Four Pounds per Cent. per Annum. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That.a Sum, not exceeding Thirty one thoufand Six hun- 
dred Ninety nine Pounds Four Shillings One Peny Half- 
peny per Annum, during the faid Term of Thirty-two 
Years, to be charged on the faid Duties, be madea Fund 
or Security for raifing a Sum, not exceed:ng Five hundred 
twenty-eight thouiand Three hundred Twenty PoundsOne 
Shilling and Nine Pence, by way of a Lottery, or other- 
wile, to make good the Supply granted to his Majetty in 
this Seffion of Parliament; and for repaying and facisfying 
the Principal and Intereft of the Money fo to be railed; 
which Intereft fhall not exceed the Rate of Four Pounds 
per Cent. per Annum. 

Kefolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Surplus, if any be, which fhall, quarterly, during 
the faid Term, arife by the taid Duties on Coals and 
Culm, over and above {fo much as fhall be fufficient to 
difcharge the Monies payable on the faid yeariy Funds; 
and tne Surplus, if any be, of the faid Duties on Coals 
and Culm, which fhall or may remain after all the Prin- 
cipal and Interett to be charged on the faid Funds thall be 
paid off, and fatisfied; fhall be referved for Difpofition of 
Parliament, and not be difpoied or applied to any Ufe or 
Purpofe whatfoever, but by Authority of Parliament. 

_ The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon 
agreed unto by the Houte. ' 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, purfuant 
to the faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Lowndes, and 


Mr. Charles Stanbope, do prepare, and bring in, the faid 
Bill or Bills. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and 
Mr. Bennet : : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A for 
punifhing Mutiny and Delertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army andtheir Quarters, without Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. : 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend the Laws re- 
lating to Under Sheriffs, and for the more impartial Re- 
turning of Juries; was, according to Order, read the 
Thigd time. , 

The 





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The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made tothe Bills viz. 

Prefs * Line * To leave out “the,” and infert 
« fome :” 

Prefs * Line * After ‘‘ contained,” to infert ** con- 
** cerning the Offices of Sheriff, or Under Sheriff :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
the Bijl was amended at the Table accordingly. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
pet, That the Bill do pais ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } oe rH ati 
Tellers for the Noes, } 5 a 4s 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


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The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day Morn- 
ing next, refoive itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for enlarging the Time to determine 
Claims on the forteited Eftates. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next; refolve itfelf intoa Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill for the better preventing 
Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 


And then the Houfe adjourned tili To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 18° die Februarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718: 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. 
Bennet : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Relief of Sir Nicholas Tempeft Baronet, touching an Eftate 
demifed tohim by William late Lord Widdrington, and Lady 
Fane his late Wife, many Years before the Attainder of 
the faid late Lord Widdrington, without Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An Act 
for vetting in ‘fobn Porrett Gentleman, and his Heirs, Part 
of the Eftate of Thomas Davifon Efquire, at Stranton, 
Seaton Carew, and Thorp Thewles, in the County of Dur- 
bam, freed from the Ufes and Trufts of the faid Thomas 
Davifon’s Marriage Settlement ; and to fettle other Lands, 
of better Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hedworth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

_ Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had confidered of the Petitions of ¥a/per Cullum, late of 
London, Linen-draper; and of Robert Weemes, of Stran- 
ton, in the County ot Durbam; which were referred to 
them; and that the Committee had dire&amp;ted him to 
move, That Leave be given to bring in Bills for enabling 
the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury to compound 
with the faid Fa/per Cullum and Robert Weemes for the 
Debts owing by them refpectively to the Crown. 

Von, XIX, 


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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Lords Commiffionets of the Treafury, or Lord 
High Treafurer, for the Time being, to compound with 
Fajper Cullum for the Debts he ftands engaged for to the 
Crown on Account of Richard Lee, Thomas Corbin, 
Heneage Robinfon, and Fobn Fox, for Duties on Tobacco: 
And that Mr. Farrer, and the Lord William Powleit, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to en- 
able the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or Lord 
High Treafurer, for the Time being, to compound with 
Robert Weemes for the Debt due from him to his Majefty 
on Account of Duties on Salt: And that Mr. Farrer and 
Mr. Nevill do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

_Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
direé&amp;ted by the Committee to move; That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night; refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifine the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. * 


Ordered, That Jobn Heathcote Efquire have eive to 


go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions, 


Ordered, That the honourable William Egerton Efquire 
have Leave to go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon 
extraordinary Occafions, 


Colonel Bladen, according to Order, reported, from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
giving further Encouragement for importing Naval Stores 
was committed, the Amendments they had direéted to be 
reported to the Houfe; which Report he read in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Table. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Report be taken into Confideration upon 
Saturday Morning next ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Friday Morning next. 


Ordered, That Sbilfton Calmedy Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


The Houfe, according to Order, took into Confidera- 
tion the Report from the Committee, who were appointed 
to infpect the State and Condition of the Paffage leading 
to the Painted Chamber, the Rooms adjoining to the 
Houfe, and the Clerk’s Rooms. 

And the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 


That the Committee have infpected the State and Con- 
dition of the Paffage leading to the Painted Cham- 
ber, the Rooms adjoining to this Houle, the Clerk’s 
Rooms, and Cotton Library; and it appears to the 
Committee, as well by their View, as by the Report 
of feveral experienced Men in Building, thereto an- 
nexed, That all the faid Buildings may be repaired, 
except the Cotton Library. 

The Report of the experienced Men in Building is as 

follows : 


To the honourable Committee of the Houfe of Com- 
mons appointed to infpeét what State and Condition 
the Pafflage leading to the Painted Chamber, the 
Rooms adjoining to the Houfe of Commons, and 
the Clerk’s Rooms, are in. 


May it pleafe this honourable Committee, 
IX Obedience to your Order of the 6th Inftant, the Par- 

ticulars therein mentioned have been viewed and exa- 
mined; and we, whofe Names are inferted in the faid 
Order, together with other Perfons who have affifted in 
the Infpeétion, humbly lay the following State thereof 
before you : 

1. That, as to the Paffage leading to the Painted Cham- 
ber, we do not apprehend any immediate Danger trom 
the prefent State of the mat it which is of Brick, fer, 

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106 


as an Addition, upon the Stone-work; Part of which 
feems to be originally advanced on Corbels: We obferve, 
however, that fome of the upper Courfes of the Brick 
Parapet are damaged by the Weather; but may be re- 
paired at a {mall Expence. 

There is a Brick Building at the North End of the faid 
Gallery, that formerly belonged to Sir Fobn Cotton, which 
is ina ruinous Condition; and, though we do not appre- 
hend any prefent Danger from it to the Gallery, yet it 
may be requifite to take it down; and to rebuild it, if it 
be judged of any future Service. 

We beg Leave to obferve further on this Head, That, 
the Cieling of the Gallery being at prefent of flit Deal, 
we conceive it may be put into a better State by making 
it a plaiftered Cieling. 

2. As to the Rooms adjoining to the Houfe, the Speak- 
er’s Chambers, the Clerk’s Rooms under the fame, and 
the Houfekeeper’s Lodgings above; we do not find any 
vifible Defects therein; the Floors and Cielings feeming 
to be level, and to keep their Place, and the Roof to be 
in as good a Condition as can be expected in a Building of 
that Kind, the Front being only of Timber-work plaiftered 
over. 

3. Asto the Rooms pertaining to the Clerk of the 
Houfe of Commons, adjoining to the Court of Wards; 
we find the Timbers which fupport the Flats under the 
lLead-covering to be fo funk, as that there is not a fuffi- 
cient Current to carry off the Water: And therefore we 
conceive it necefiary, that, when the Seafon will admit, 
the Lead may be taken up, that the State of the Timbers 
may be examined, which probably have been injured by 
the Drips of Wet, as we find fome of the Wainfcot to 
have been. 

4. As to the Court of Requeft; we conceive, that the 
Side Walls are now in as good Condition as they have been 
for many Years paft; and that they may long continue a 
fufficient Support to the Roof, being of good Subftance, 
and, fo far as appears, have been wrought with very du- 
rable Materials. 

The Gable-end of this Room, tothe South, being A fhler 
Stone on the Outfide, the fame is much decayed, and re- 
quires repairing. 

As tothe Roof of the faid Room; feveral of the Rafters 
appear to be defective at the Foot, and not to reach the 
Wall-plate; but we judge them capable of being repaired 
with Safety. 

5- As to the Cotton Library; we findit in fo ruinous a 
Condition, that we can offer nothing lefs to your Confider- 
ation than rebuilding it. 

All which is moit humbly fubmitted to the Judgment 

of this honourable Committee by 
Tho. Bateman, 
Jobn Fames, 
‘fames Gibbs, 
Edward Tufnell, 
Tho. Rathbone, 
Benj. Fackfon, 
James Grove. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned till Monday Morning next. 


vith February 1718. 


A Meflage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- 

Jon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

And Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, accordingly went 
to the Houfe of Peers, to attend his Majefty. 

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majelty, in the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty 
had been pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
publick and private Bills following; viz. 

An Act for applying certain Overplus-monies, and fur- 
ther Sums to be raifed, as well by way of a Lottery as by 
Loans ,towards paying off and cancelling Exchequer Bills ; 
and for leffening the prefent great Charge in relation to 





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4.1718. 


thofe Bills; and for circulating, and exchanging for ready 
Money, the Refidue of the fame Bills for the future : 

An A&amp; for ftrengthening the Proteflant Intereft in 
thefe Kingdoms : 

An Aé for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters: 

An Aét for quieting and eftablifhing Corporations : 

An Aé for continuing an A&amp;t, made in the Twelfth 
Year of her late Majefty Queen 4yme, intituled, An A&amp; 
for encouraging the Tobacco Trade: 

An A&amp; for the more effectual Relief of fuch Wives and 
Children as are left by their Hufbands and Parents upon 
the Charge of the Parifh: 

An Aét for repairing the Road from Becconsfeild, in 
the County of Bucks, to Stoken Church, in the County of 
Oxon: 

An A&amp; for repairing the Roads from the Top of Sicken 
Church Hill to Enflow Bridge, and the Road leading from 
Wheatly Bridge, through the City of Oxon, by Begorooke, 
to New Woodftock, in the County of Oxon, except the 
Mileway on each Side of the faid City; and to difable all 
Commiffioners or Truftees appointed for Repairing of any 
Highways or Roads to have any Place of Profit arifing out 
of the Toll for repairing fuch Highways or Roads: 

An Aét torender moreeffectual the Agreements that have 
been made between Thomas Holles Duke of Newcafile, 
Henry Pelbam Efquire, Edward Lord Harley, and the 
Lady Henrietta his Wife, William Vane and Gilbert Vane 
Efquires, Sons of Chriftopher Lord Bernard, or any of 
them, in relation to the Will and Eftate of Jobz late 
Duke of Newca/ftle,; and for fettling the fame in fuch 
manner as may be agreeable to the Intent of the faid 
Agreements ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An A&amp; to veft the Fee and Inheritance of the capital 
Meffuage called Hallifax Houfe, in Saint James's Square, 
in the Parith of Saint Fames’s, Wefiminfler, and the Cattle 
and Manor of Fotberinghay, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, in Truftees, to be fold; together with a Term of 
Five hundred Years, deviled by William late Lord Mar- 
quis of Hallifax to his Executors, in Truit for the better 
Performance of his Will: , 

An Aé for vefting certain Lands and Tenemeints in the 
County of Somerfer, the Eftate of Thomas Fett Efquire, 
in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Monies arifing 
thereby, to purchafe other Lands of the like Value, to 
be fettled to the fame Ufes: 

An A&amp; to enable William Glanvill Efquire to take 
upon him the Surname of Glanvill, inftead of his Sur- 
name of Evelyn, purfuant to the Will of William Glan- 
ville Efquire, deceafed : 

An Aé&amp; to enable William Pulteney Efquire, and the 
Perfons in Remainder after him, to make Leafes of the 
Houfes and Ground therein mentioned; and to rectify 
fome Miftakes in Two Leafes from King Charles the Se- 
cond to Sir William Pulteney, and from King William the 
Third to Fobn Pulteney Efquire : 

AnA&amp;t forRelief of Sir Nicholas Tempe Baronet, touch- 
ing an Eftate demifed to him by William late Lord Wid- 
drington, and Lady Fane his late Wife, many Years before 
the Attainder of the faid late Lord Waddrington : 

An Aé for vefting in John Porrett Gentleman, and his 
Heirs, Part of the Eftate of Thomas Davifon Efguire, at 
Stranton, Seaton Carew, and Thorp Thewles, in the County 
of Durham, freed from the Ufes and Trufts of the faid 
Thomas Davifon’s Marriage Settlement; and to fettle other 
Lands, of better Value, to the fame Ufes. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. 
Sandys, be added to the Committee, to whom the Bill to 
prevent the Inconveniences arifing from feducing Artifi- 
cers in the Iron and Steel Manufacturies into foreign Parts; 


-and from taking Foreigners Apprentices in the faid Manu- 


facturies; is committed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Eden, Mr. Fennings, 
Mr. North, Mr. Devereux, Lord Guernfey, Mr. Medly- 
cot, Colonel King, Mr. Elford, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Richard 
How, Mr. Bracebridge;.Mr. Lambert, Sir Peter Mew, 
Mr, 








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Mr. Cha. Bertie, Dr. Pafke, Mr. Wrighifon, Mr. Lutwich, 
Sir Wiilo. Hickman, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Longueville, Mtr. 
Lad, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Hacks, Sir Fohn Coryten, Mr. 
Swanton, be added to the Committee, to whom the Bill 
for the more effectual preventing clandeftine Marriages, 
is committed. 


And¢ then the Houfe adjourned till To-motrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 19° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of 

the Borough and Corporation of Liverpoole, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, was préefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That as that Town is a Sea-port 
Town, and great Quantities of Gunpowder being fre- 
quently brought thither, which are often very inconfider- 
ately lodged, and difpofed of, in unfafe and inconvenient 
Piaces, by the Perfons that bring them, and others, that 
have fuch Quantities in their Cuftody, that the Ships in 
their new Bafon, and the Inhabitants of the Town, are 
in great Danger of being deftroyed: And praying, That 
the Bill depending, for preventing the Mifchiefs which may 
happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in 
or near the Cities of London and Weftminfter, or the Sub- 
urbs thereof, may be extended to the faid Borough; that 
the Mifchiefs which may happen there may be prevented. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Billi is com- 
niitted. . 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for preventing the Mifchiefs which may 
happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in 
in or near the Cities of London and Weftminfter, or the 
Suburbs thereof, is committed; That they have Power 
to receive a Claule, according to the Prayer of the faid 
Petition. 


A Petition of Fobn Chapman, of London, Mercer, one 

of the Affignees of the Commiffioners in a Commiffion 
of Bankrupt awarded againft Charles Hewet, Fobn Faw- 
fon, and Comfort Wadley, of Cloth Fair, London, Mer- 
cers and Partners, on behalf of himfelf, and other Cre- 
ditors of the faid Bankrupts, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, ‘That, about the One-and-thirtieth 
of December laft, and before the Commiffion iffued forth, 
the faid Bankrupts went into the dint, where they car- 
ried great Part of their Goods and Effects, with their Books 
of Accounts; and refufe to come before the Commiffioners 
in fuch Commiffion named, or to furrender their Books 
and Effects, for the Ufe of their Creditors: And praying, 
That fome Claufe may be inferted in the Bill now depend- 
ing, relating to Bankrupts, to compel the faid Bankrupts 
to come in, and deliver up their Books, Goods, and 
Effects, for the Ufe of the Petitioner, and the reft of 
their Creditors. , 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
better preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts, is com- 
mitted. 


A Petition of the Lady Philippa Standifh, Daughter of 
the moft Noble Henry late Duke of Norfolk, deceafed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioner’s Hufband being convict and attaint of High 
Treafon, his Majefty was pleafed, by his Royal A&amp; of 
Grace, to give him his Life and Liberty : That the Eftate 
real and perfonal of the Petitioner’s faid Hufband is vefted 
in Truftees, for the Ufe of the Publick; and though the 
Petitioner has a Jointure, yet fhe can have no Support 
from the fame during her Hufband’s Life; whereby the 
Petitioner, and her Five poor innocent Children, are re- 


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duced to 4 miferable Condition, and utterly deftitute of 
Maintenance, and without any Profpect of Relief: And 
praying, That Leave be given to add a Claufe to the Bill 
for enlarging the Time to determine Claims on the for- 
feited Eftates, in order to enable his Majefty to grant fuch 
Provifion or Maintenance, out of her Hufband’s for- 
feited Eftate (not exceeding what the Petitioner would be 
intitled to, had her Hufband been naturally dead), as his 
Majefty, in his great Wifdom and Goodnefs fhall think 
fir. 

And Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he 
had it in Command from his Majefty to acquaint them, 
That, if the Houfe fhall think fit to do any thing upon 
this Petition, his Majefty had no Objection to it. 

The Claufe in the Act of Parliament, of the laft Sef- 
fion, intituled, An Act for vefting the Forfeited Ettates 
in Great Britaia and Ireland in Truftees; to be fold for 
the Vie of the Publick; and for giving Relief to lawful 
Creditors, by determining the Claims; and for the more 
effectual bringing into the refpeétive Exchequers the Rents 
and Profits of the faid-Eftates; till fold; wasread; im- 
powering his Majetty, on or before the Firft Day of Au- 
guft 1718, to make fuch Provifion, as his Majefty fhould 
think fit, for the Wives of the forfeiting Perfons not al- 
ready provided for... . 

And a Motion being made and the Queftion being put, 
That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, to whom the 
faid Bill is committed, That they have Power to receive a 
Claufe for enlarging the Time for impowering his Majefty 
to grant fuch Maintenance, as his Majefty fhall think fir, 
to the Wives or Children of fuch forfeiting Perfons as his 
Majefty fhall judge to be proper Objects of his Royal 
Compaffion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {Me ea " 


Tellers for the Noes, 1 Ms . Vefiphaling, 


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Mr. Nevill prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill to enabie the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, 
or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time being, to compound 
with Robert Weemes for the Debt due from him to his 
Majefty, in relation to the Duties on Salt: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


- Heath: 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tve/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for making more effectual the Laws 
appointing the Oaths, for Security of the Government, to 
be taken by Minifters and Preachers in Churches and 
Meeting-houfes in Scotland. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelr 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill 
for enlarging the Time to determine Claims on the forfeited 
Eftates ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the enlarge- 
ing the Time for giving in Claims in that Part of Great 
Britain called Scotland , 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. ‘ 

Tellers for the Yeas, ion oveetay re 


. Briftow, 
Tellers for the Noes, a Bis: 


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i 125. 

So it paffed in the Negative. _ ' 
Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to impower 
the Commiffioners to determine upon the Validity of the 
Claims that have been entered in their Office, according 
to 

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108 


to the Validity of the Right upon which fuch Claims are 
founded, notwithftanding any Error in the manner of 
entering or fubfcribing fuch Claims. 

“A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Committee, That 
they have Power to receive a Claufe to impower the Com- 
miffioners to award Cofts to fuch Claimanis whofe Claims 
fhall be allowed; 

It pafied in the Negative. . 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had cire¢ted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Saturday 
Morning next ; 


Ordered, That Mr. Hedworth be added to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill to prevent the Inconveniences 
arifing from feducing Artificers in the Iron and Steel Ma- 
nufa‘turies into foreign Parts ; and from taking Foreigners 
Apprentices in the faid Manufacturies ; is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





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Veneris, 20° die Februarit; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One 

fixth Part of a Peny Serling, upon every Pint of 
Ale, or Beer, that fhall be vended or fold within the 
Town of Juvernefs, and Privileges thereof, for the pay- 
ing the Debts of the faid Town; and for building a 
Church, and making a Harbour there; was read a Se- 
cond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Forbes, 
Mr. Herne, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. London, Sir Fobn 
Terwhit, Sir Cha. Hotham, Mr. Lawfon, Lord Wm. Pow- 
lett, Mr. Monroe, Sir Wm. Fobnftone, Sir Fobn Phillips, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Haldane, Mr. Brig frock, 
Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Butler, Mr. Freman, Mr. Smith, 
Mr. Hampden, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Foley, Mr. Rey- 
nell, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Lade, Mr. Hopkins; and all the 
Members that ferve for North Britain: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for velting an Eftate late of Francis Phelips Efquire, in 
Barking, in the County of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold, 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn Tyr- 
whit, Mr. Freman, Sir Wm. Monfon, Mr. Serjeant Birch, 
Mr. Lewis, Mr. Foley, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. 
Conyers, Sir Richard Sandford, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Smith, 
Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Dockiminique, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. 
Carteret, Mr. Mountague, Mr. Bacon, General Rofe, Sir 
ames Campbell, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Far- 
rer, Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Butler, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Lade, 
Sir Robert Furnefe, Sir Willc. Hickman, Mr. North, Mr. 
Cartwright, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. England, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Maynard, Mr. 
De Gray, Mr. Clark, Mr. Inge; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Effex, Suffex, Lincoln, and 
Wilts: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. . 


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A. 1718. 


The Lord William Pewlett prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill to enable the Lords Commif- 
fioners ot the Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the 
Time being, to compound with Fa/per Cullum, for the 
Debts he ftands engaged for to the Crown, on Account 
of Richard Lee, Thomas Corbin, Heneage Robinfon, and 
Fobn Fox, for Duties on Tobacco: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Strickland reported. from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Time granted by Two Aéts of 
Parliament, fot Repairs of the tiers of Bridhngton, alias 
Burlington; and for making the faid Acts more effectual ; 
was committed; That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and had made 
feveral Amendments; which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once 
read throughcut; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, That an Account be laid before this Houfe of 
all Gifts and Grants that have been made of any Part of 
the Weft Indies, yielded up by France to Great Britain, 
by the Treaty of Utrecht ; with all Papers and Memorials 
relating thereunto; and the Proceedings thereupon. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are to prepare a Bill, or Bills, purfuant to the Re- 
folutions of the Committee of Ways and Means, which 
were agreed to by the Houfe the Seventeenth of this 
inftant February, That they do provide, by properClaufes, 
more effectually to reftrain all unlawful and private Lot- 
teries, and all finifter Practices of Perfons relating to any 
Lottery authorized, or to be authorized, by Parliament; 
and alfo a Claufe to declare nuli and void all Bargains, 
Sales, or Contracts, for any Lottery Tickets iffued, or 
to be iffued, by virtue of any Act or Aéts of this Seffion 
of Parliament, which have or fhall be made, or agreed 
for, before the paffing the faid refpective Acts. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole and Mr. Freman be added 
to the Gentlemen who are to prepare the faid Bill or 
Bills. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Honfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for the better preventing Frauds 
committed by Bankrupts; 

A Petition of Lewis Yonge, of London, Linen-draper, 
Affignee of the Commiffioners of Bankrupt, in the Com- 
miffions of Bankrupt awarded againft fobn Foreman, of 
Saint Martin’s in the Fields, in the County of Middlefex, 
Hair Merchant, and Andrew Boyd, of Ware, in the 
County of Hertford, Chapman, in behalf of himfelf, and 
others of the Creditors of the faid Bankrupts, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That fince 
the faid Commiffions have iffued forth, which was about 
Chrifimas laft, the faid Bankrupts have withdrawn them- 
felves, with their Books, Goods, and Effeéts, into the 
Mint; where they continue, in Defiance of their Cre- 
ditors ; which Inconveniences cannot be remedied, unlefs 
fome Law be provided to prevent the like Practice, and 
to oblige Bankrupts to come in, and furrender themfelves, 
and Effects, within a time limiied: That the Petitioner 
underftands, that there is a Bill now depending, to pre- 
vent Frauds committed by Bankrupts: And prayine: 

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5 GEO. I. 


That fome Claufe may be inferted in the faid Bill, for 
the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for the better preventing Frauds by Bank- 
rupts, is committed. 

Then the Hovfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Herne took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Herne reported from the faid Committee, That 
they had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

” Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Zue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for giving further En- 
couragement for importing Naval Stores, was committed, 
be taken into Confideration upon Wedue/day Morning 
next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 21° die Februari; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, ne 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


for confirming an Agreement between the Mayor 
and Commonalty, and Citizens, of the City of London, 
Governors of the Poffeffions, Revenues, and Goods, of 
the Hofpitals of Edward, King of England, the Sixth, 
of Ghrift, Bridewell, and Saint Thomas the Apoftle, and 
the Governors of Schools founded by Eraj/imus Smith 
Efquire, was read a Second time: 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Mia- 
dleton, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Robert Cor- 
bett, Mr. Herne, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Brodrick, 
Mr. Briftow, Lord Shelburn, Mr. Inge, Sir Arthur Kay, 
Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Sir Hen. Bunbury, Mr. Car- 
terett, Mr. Smith, Sir David Dalrymple, Mr. Baylie, Sir 
Roger Bradpaigh, Sir Wm. Daines, Sit Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. 
Pelbam, Mr. Freman, Mr. Corbett, Mr. Earl, Mr. Wyld, 
Mr. Halfey, Mr. Lade, Mr. Bertie, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Hopkins, Sir Cha, Turner, Sir Wm. Lowther, Mr. 
Walpole, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Gwyn, Sir Wm, Fobnfton, 
Mr. Eden, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Difton; and all the 
Members that ferve for the City of London, and County 
of Middlefex: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Richard Chandler Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Ka/barine Paul, an Infant, to transfer the Truft 
therein mentioned, as if fhe were of the Age of One-and- 
twenty Years, was read a Second time: ; 

Refolved, That che Bill be committed to Mr. Bertie, 
Sir Geo. Beaumont, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. 
Herne, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Devereux, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Freman, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. 
Packer, Mr. White, Mr. Heyfham, Sir Robert Corbett, 
Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Difton, Mr. Herbert, Sir Edward 
Des Bouverie, Sir Willo. Hickman, Mr. Lewis, Sir Fobn 
Coryton, Sir Fobu Cope, Sit Tho. Wheate, Mr. Wylde, Mr. 
Haifey, Mr. Lade, Mr. Butler, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Duchy, Mr. Inge, Sit Tho. Colepeper, Sir Wilfred Law- 
fon, Colonel Fane, Mr. Sandys, Mr: Hungerford, Mr. 
Forbes, Sir Geo. Warrender, Sir Fifher Tench; Mr. fle 

Vou. AIX, 


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I 09 
ming, Sir Fobn Hind Cotton, Mr. Briftcw, Mr. Grimfton, 
Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Earl, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Bruere, Mr. Conyers, Sit Barnbam Rider, Mr. Litileton, 
Mr. Bramfton, Mr. Wykes, Mr. Rowney, Sit onathan 
Cope, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. London, Mr. 
Longueville, Sir Fokn Eyles, Mr. Fenkins, Mr. Thompfon, 
Mr. Papillon, Sir Win. Humphreys; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties ot Northampton, Rutiand, 
Huntington, Middlefex, and the City of Londo: And they 


are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clotk, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill fromm the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


for Sale of the Eftate of Nathanael Long, late of London; 


Merchant, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts, and for 
applying the Refidue according to the Direétions of his 
Wiils; was read a Second time. - 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Herbert; 
Mr. Sandys, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Whitch- 
cott, Mr. Inge, Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Ser- 
jeant Birch, Lord Mole/worth, Mr. Booth, Mr. Gwyn, 
Mr. Eden, Mr. Lade, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. 
Cater, Sir Hen. Bunbury, Sir Mountague Blundell, Sir 
Wm, Lowther, Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. Wrightfon 
Mr. Herne, Mr. Corbett, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, 
Mr. Walpole, Sit Wm. Pole, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Lawfon 
Sir Fobn Rufoout, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Goafrey, Mr. Camp- 
beli, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Hedworih, Mr. 
Papillon, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Fenkins, Sir Fobn Eyles 
Mr. Longueville, Mr. London, Mr. Bracebridge, Sir obn 
Cope, Mr. Rowney, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wykes, Mr. Conyers 
Mr. Brampjton, Mr. Littleton, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Bruere, 
Mr. Earl, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Briftow Mr. 
Grimfton, Sir Fobn Hind Cotton, Sir Fifber Tench. My. 
Fleming, Mr. Forbes, Sir Geo. Warrender; Mr. Heath, 
Mr. Pbilpot, Mr. Wylde; and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Glouceffer and Oxford, and the City of 
London: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intittiled, An A&amp;t 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Rodert Barwell Efquire ; 
and for purchafing other Lands, to be fettled to the 
fame Ufes as the Eftate to be fold is fettled; was read a 
Second timie. . 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Haley, Sir Arthur Kay, Lord Wm. Powlett; Mr. 
Lawfon, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Churcbil/, Mr. Butler, Mr. 
Inge, Mr. Whitchcott, Lord Middleton, Lord Mole/- 
worth, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Bracebridge, Sir Tho. Wheate, 
Mr. Strickland, Sir James Campbell, Mr. Methuen, Lord 
Guernjey, Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Powlett, Sir 
Edward Des Bouverie, Sir Richard Gough, Sir Charles 
Turner, Mr. Freman, Mr. Herne, Mr. Garterett, Sir 
Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Bertie, Colonel Blakefton, Mr. 
Campbell, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Sawbridge, Mr. Hillerfden, Sir Fifher Tench, Mr. Cater, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hacks, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Godfrey, 
Sir Geo. Ca/fwall, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Barrington, Mr. 
Weftern, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Eden, Mr. Rowney, Sir Tho. 
Crofz, Colonel Negus, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Conyers, Sir 
Wm. Daines, Mr. Difton, Sir Hen. Bunbury; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Effex, Surry, 
Middlefex, Hertford, and Kent: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon; at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
bet. 


_ The Houfe being informed, That fome Words of Heat 
had paffed in the Houfe, between Mr. Ai/labie, Chancel- 
lor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Vincent, Two of the 
Members of this Houfe; and that they were gone out of 
the Houfe ; 

Whereupon the Serjeant at Arms was ordered to re- 
quire them to attend the Service of the Houfe imme- 
diately : 

And, being come into the Houfe accordingly ; 


Ff Ordered, 








IIo 


Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 
Mr. Vincent, be enjoined by this Houfe, not to profe- 
cute any Quarrel, or to fhew any further Refentment, for 
what has paffed between them in this Houle: 

Upon which, Mr. Vincent ftood up in his Place, and 
faid, He was very forry the Houfe had had any Trouble 
upor his Account; and that, for his Part, he was ready to 
ebcy the Commands of the Houte. 

After which, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer ftood 
up in his Place, and faid, He muft obey the Orders of 


the Houle. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants Adventurers, and 
others, concerned in the Fifhery within the County of 
Cornwall, on behalf of themfelves,-and others concerned 
in the Fifhery there, and elfewhere, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid Fifhery is 
of general Advantage to this Kingdom, by employing 
great Numbers of Men, and is a Nurfery for Seamen; 
That, by reafon of the great Duties on Salt, the Fifhery 
muft inurely fink, and Thoufands of poor People become 
chargeable to their refpective Parifhes, without a propor- 
tionable Drawback: And praying, That either the Draw- 
back may be continued, or the Duties on Salt propor- 
tionably lJeffened. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants Adventurers, and 
others, concerned in the Fifhery within the County of 
Cornwall, in behalf of themfelves, and others concerned 
in the faid Fifhery there, and elfewhere, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid 
Fifhery is of great Advantage to ‘thefe Kingdoms, as a 
Nurfery for Seamen, but by employing great Numbers 
of Poor, and feveral Tradefmen, as Shipwrights, Coopers, 
Net-makers, and others, and preventing them from ieek- 
ing their Livelihoods in foreign Parts: That, by the lm- 
portation of great Quantities of Merchandizes, and Sums 
of Money, in Return for Fifh exported out of the faid 
County, ‘and elfewhere in Great Britain, the Nation is 
enriched: That, by the great Duties on Salt, the Fifhery 
muft utterly fink, without a Continuance of the Draw- 
back at prefent allowed of on Fifh, which bears but a Pro- 
portion to the Excife Duties on the Salt, neceffary for the 
well Saving and Curing thereof: And praying, That the 
Drawback may be continued, or the Duties on Salt lefl- 
ened. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bailiff, Juftices, Capital Burgeffes, 
Commonalty, and Fifhermen, of the Borough and Town 
of Aldeburgh, in the County of Suffolk, in behalf of 
themfelves, and feveral other Fifhing Towns, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Inhabitants of this ancient Corporation have, for feveral 
Years laft paft, employed themfelves in Catching of Her- 
rings and Sprats, for the Maintaining of fome Hundreds 
of poor Families; and fold their Fifh, when dried and 
cured, to Merchants, or others; which Encouragement 
to the Buyer of faid Fifh was by reafon of the Draw- 
back of the Duty or Duties of Salt, which was allowed 
them, in exporting the faid Fith to Parts beyond the Seas; 
That, underftanding that the Drawback of the Duty or 
Duties of faid Salt is to be recalled, and not allowed to 
the Subjects, or others, that will export faid Fifh; which 
will a€tually be the utter Ruin of the Fifhery: And pray- 
ing, That the faid Drawback may be continued. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants Adventurers, and 
others, concerned in the Fifhery, within the County of 
Cornwall, in behalf of themfelves, and others concerned 
in the faid Fifhery there, and elfewhere, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid 
Fifhery is of great Importance and Advantage to this 
Kingdom, as being a Nurfery for Seamen, and by em- 
ploying not only great Numbers of Fifhermen, but alfo 


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feveral Tradefmen, as Shipwrights, Coopers, Net-makers, 
and others: That, by reafon of the great Duties on Sailr, 
the Fifhery muft utterly fink, and Thoulands of poor 
People be neceflitated to feek Employment abroad, with- 
out a Continuance of the Drawback allowed of on Fifth, 
which bears but a Proportion to the Excife Duties on the 
Salt, neceffary for the well Saving and Curing thereof: 
And praying, That the faid Drawback may be continued, 
or the Duties on Salt leflened. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cartwright, from the Commiffioners of the Equi+ 
valent, prefented to the Houfe a Report from the Com- 
miflioners nominated and appointed by his Majefty’s Let- 
ters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, pur- 
fuant to Two feveral Acts of this prefent Parliament; the 
one Primo Georgii, intituled, An Act for taking and ftate- 
ing the Debts due, and growing due, to Scotland, by 
way of Equivalent, in the Terms of the Union; and for 
Relief of the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland, and 
the Commiffioners of Equivalent; the other, Tertio Geor- 
gii, intituled, An Act to continue the Powers of the 
former: And alfo, 

A Report of the Commiffioners nominated and ap- 
pointed’ by his Majefty’s Letters Patents, under the Great 
Seal of Great Britain, purfuant to an Act of this prefent 
Parliament, intituled, An A@ to continue an Aé for 
taking and ftating the Debts due, and growing due, to 
Scotland, by way of Equivalent, in the Terms of the 
Union; and for Reliet of the Creditors of the Publick in 
Scotland, and the Commiffioners of the Equivalent. 

And the Titles of the faid Reports were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Reports do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Reports are, in one Book, bound up with the 

other Papers of this Seffion. 

Mr. Baird alfo, one of the faid Commiffioners, pre= 
fented to the Houfe, a Memorial concerning the manner 
of accounting for thefe Branches of the Cuftoms and Ex- 
cife in Scotland, which took place there with the Union, 
and upon which the Agreements in the Fifteenth Article 
of the Union were made, comprehending Mr. Baira’s 
Reafons againft ftating the Equivalents due, and growing 
due, to Scotland, upon the Produce of the feveral Branches 
of thefe Revenues, and the Cafe of the Deficiency of the 
Cuftoms ftated. 

And the Title of the faid Memorial was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Memorial do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Memorial is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the faid Reports and Memorial be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Report from the former Commif- 
fioners of the Equivalent, which was prefented to the 
Houfe the Eighth Day of Zune 1717, be printed. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
enlarging the Time to determine Claims on the forfeited 
Eftates, is committed, the Amendments which they had 
directed to be reported to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Tue/day Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Lune; 











5 Gero. I. Journals of the H 


Lune 23° die Februarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being acquainted, That an Officer of 
the Exchequer attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe an Account of the Produce, and Profits, that have 
been paid into the Exchequer of England, from the for- 
feited Eftates; and what Money hath been iffued, and 
paid, to the Commiffioners, and others, for Salaries and 
Incidents. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read ; 

And the faid Account is as follows; viz. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Bur- 
geffes, in Parliament affembled. 


AN Account of the produce and Profits that have 
been paid into the Exchequer of England from the 
forfeited Eftates; and what Money hath been iffued, and 
paid, to the Commiffioners, and others, for Salaries and 
Incidents. 


Paid into the Receipt of the Exche- 
quet, on Account of the forfeited 
Eftates vefted in his Majefty, by an 














AG of Parliament made in the Firftt 1, a a. 

Year of his Reign —= == == 73,716 1 45 
Iffued to the Commiffioners, for theirSa- 

Jaries, at One thoufand Pounds per 

Annum each, for Two Years and a 

Quarter, from Midfummer 1716 to 

Michaelmas 1718 _ — 29,250 0 0 
To Chambers Slaughter, and William 
Kennedy, Two of their Officers, for 

Salaries to inferior Officers, and 

Clerks, &amp;Sc.; andforincident Charges 2,000 0 oO 
To Chambers Slaughier, for the like 

Seivice in England —— —— — 12,180 1 OF 
To William Kennedy, for the lke Ser- 

vice in Scotland -—— —— — 8,120 9 4% 

51,550 10 5 

Balance remaining in the Exchequer, ~ 

this Day _ —_ — 22,165 10 114 

73,716 1 4% 

Exchequer, 

23d February 1718. _ S. Fox. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Mr. Wright/on reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Thomas Willoughby Efquire, and the Perfons in 
Remainder after him, to make a Jointure, was committed, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bull, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had directed 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


A Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners of the Trea- 
fury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time being, to 
compound with Robert Weemes, for a Debt due from 
him to his Majefty, in relation to the Duties on Salt, was 
read a Second time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houte. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 


oufe of Commons. 





iit 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. , 


A Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners of the Trea- 
fury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time being, to * 
compound with Fa/per Cullum, for the Debts he ftands 
engaged for to the Crown, on Account of Richard Lee, 
Thomas Corbin, Heneage Robinfon, and Fobn Fox, tor 
Duties on Tobacco, was read a Second time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfaay Morn- 


ing next, refolve itfelt into a Committee of the whole 
HRoufe, upon the faid Bill. 


Sir William Lowther reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the 
feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was committed, That they 
had made feveral Amendments ; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houle; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
meéits were once read. 

Ordered, That the {aid Bill be re-committed. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Friday latt hati been pretenied to his Ma- 
jefty, that he would be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, That an Account be laid before this ,ioufe of 
all Gifts and Grants that have been made of any Part of 
the Weft Indies yielded up by France to Great B itain 
by the Treaty of Utrecht; with ail Papers and Memos 
rials relating thereunto ; and the Proceedings thereupon: 
And that his Majefty had been pleafed to give Direétions 
to the proper Officers, That the faid Account, Papers, 
Memorials, and Proceedings, be laid before the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Nathanael Rogers Efquire have Leave 


to go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That the honourable Henry Bertie Efquire 
have Leave to go into the Country fora Month, upon 
extraordinary Occafions. 


Sir Nathanael Mead reported, from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the principal Inhabitants 
and Traders, refiding and dwelling in and near to the ftrait 
and narrow Parts of the high Streets, leading from the 
Royal Exchange to Wefminfter, was referred, the Matter, 
as it appeared to them, and the Refolutions of the Com- 
mittee thereupon; which they had dircéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read. 

The Firft of the faid Refolutions being read a Second 
time; 

Ordered, That the faid Report be re-committed. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for recovering the Credit of 
the Britifo Fifhery in foreign Parts; and tor the better 
fecuring the Duties on Salt. © 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill, and had directed 
him to move, that they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Reporte 
from the Committee, who were appointed to infpeét the 
State and Condition of the Paffage leading to the Painted 

Chamber, 





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Chamber, the Rooms adjoining to the Houfe, and the 
Cierk’s Rooms, be adjourned until Saturday Morning 
next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 24° die-Februarit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for enlarging the time granted by 

Two Acts of Parliament, for Repairs of the Piefs 

of Bridlington, alias Burlington, and for making the faid 
Acts more effectual ; was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 
Prefs 5. Line * to infert the Word ‘ the:” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs; and that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Time granted by Two Acts 
of Parliament, for Repairs of the Piers of Bridlington, 
alias Burlington; and for making the faid Acts more ef- 
fectual. 

Ordered, That Mr. Strickland do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Tannets, Tawets, Shoemakers, and 
Dealers in Leather, in the Borough of Sunderland near the 
Sea, in the County of Durham, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by an Act, of the 
Ninth of her late Majefty’s Reign, for laying a certain 
Duty on Hides and Skins tanned, Gc. it was enacted, 
by a Claufe in the faid Act, That if the raw Hide of any 
Ox, Bull, Steer, or Cow, or the Skin of any Calf, fhall 
wilfully or negligently be gafhed, flaughtered, or cut, in 
Flaying thereof, and offered to Sale by any Butcher, &amp;c, 
who impaired the fame, fuch Butcher, &amp;c. fhall be liable 
to the Forfeitures in the faid Claufe mentioned: That, not- 
withftanding the faid Claufe, the Butchers in the faid Bo- 
rough do ftill continue, wilfully, or negligently, to gafh 
and cut the Hides and Skins aforefaid, and to offer them 
to Sale, faying, they do it not wilfully: That the faid 
Butchers do likewife, in Flaying of Sheep and Lambs, 
much abufe and impair the Skins, by cutting and gafhing 
of them; which is a great Difadvantage to the Petition- 
ers, who are Traders or Dealers therein ; and might, by 
a {mall Care of the faid Butchers, in the Flaying, be pre- 
vented : And praying the fame may be redrefled. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gibbon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for fale of feveral Manors, Lands, Tenements, and He- 
reditaments, of the Right honourable Zomas Earl of 
Weftmorland, in the County of Kent; and, with the Mo- 
nies arifing by fuch Sale, to purchafe other Lands in or 
near the County of Northampton, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes; was committed; That they had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to the 
_ Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee: And that 
the Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Sandys reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Company of Butchers in the City of 
Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands 
of Families within the Kingdom of England; as alfo 
feveral other Petitions, in relation to the Exportation of 
Bark to /reland, were referred; the Matter, as ic appeared 
to them; which they had directed him to report to the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1718. 


Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being. put, 
That the faid Report be taken into Confideration upon 
Saturday Morning next; 

The Houte divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 


Lord Win. Powlett 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Gybbon : ' 


Sir Hen. Bunbury, 
Tellers for the Noes, } a Sigg Sir amatas 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


i 88, 
i 66, 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the making more effectual an Aét, of the Third and 
Fourth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen 
Mary, intituled, An Act tor the more effectual Difco- 
very and Punifhment of Deer-ftealers: And that Sir 
Nathanael Mead, Mr. Comptroller, Major General Pep- 
per, and Mr. Zreby, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; upon 
the Bill for making more-effectual the Laws appoiating 
the Oaths, for Security of the Government, to be taken 
by Minifters and Preachers in Churches and Meeting- 
houfes in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair: 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Houfe being informed, That there was a Diffe- 
ence who fhould take the Chair of the Committee ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Abercrombie do take the Chair of 
the Committee. | , 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Abercrombie took the Chair of the Committee.’ 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Abercrombie reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Saturday 
Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next; refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Biil for the better pre- 
venting Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for enlarging the Time 
to determineClaims on the forfeited Eftates, is committed, 
be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock 





Mercurii, 25° die Februari; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS, 


Petition of feveral Merchants Adventurers, and others 

concerned in the Fifhery within the County of 
Cornwall, on behalf of themfelves, and others concerned 
in the Fifhery there, afid elfewhere, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid Fithery is 
of gerieral Advantage to this Kingdom in general, by em- 
ploying great Numbers of Men, and as a Nurfery for 
Seamen, and contributing confiderably towards gaining 
to Great Britain the Balahce of Trade with other Na- 
tions: That, by reafon of the great Duties on Salt, the 
Fifhery, as to thefe; as well as other Purpofes, mutt 
intirely fink, and Thoufands of poor People be forced to 
become chargeable to their refpective Parifhes, wi:hout 4 
proportionable Drawback: And praying, That the ein 
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5 Geo. L. 


back may be continued, or the Duties on Salt be propor- 
tionably leffened. . | 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Thomas Willoughby Efquire, and the Perfons in 
Remainder after him, to make a Jointure, was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Wrightfon do carty the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for Sale of feveral Manors, Lands, Ténements, and He- 
reditaments of the Right honourable Thomas Earl of 
Weftmarland, in the County of Kent; and, with the Mo- 
nies atifinge by fuch Sale, to purchafe other Lands in or 
near the County of Northampuon, to be {ettled to the fame 
Ufes ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gybbon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, afd acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Athendment. 


Sir David Dalrymple reported, fron the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of ‘fames Fall, in the Name of the 
Migiftrates, Common Council, and Inhabitants, of the 
Borough of Dunbar, in Scotland, was referred, the Mat- 
ter, as it appeared to them ; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and atterwards delivéred the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where it was read; and is as followeth ; 
VIZ. 


That the Committee, in purfuance of the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and find, by the Examination of Mr. White- 
iain, 

That the faid Borough, lying on the Mouth of the 
River Forth, on the South Side of the German Ocean, is 
the moft confiderable Port on that Side; where Ships go- 
ing in, or coming out of that River, or put in by Strefs 
of Weather, may be fheltered or careened. 

That the faid Borough is likewife very confiderable 
for the Number of Boats and Barks that attend the Her- 
ring Fifhing, and lies very convenient for that Trade; 
and that the Magiftrates and Common Council of the faid 
Borough have exerted themfelves to the utmoft for cut- 
ting deep Rocks in the Mouth of the Harbour; whereby 
the Entry thereto is made much more fafe and convenient 
for Ships, where they lie at Low-water on foft Clay or 
Ouze; but that the Pier Head and Harbour require pre- 
fent and annual Repairs; which the faid Magiftrates can- 
not do, without fome other Affiftance ; the Revenue, or 
common Good, of the faid Borough, not being able to 
fupport that Charge: And, 

That, befides the neceflary Repair of the Pier and 

Harbour, the Town-houfe and School are, by Age, de- 
cayed; and muft go to Ruin, unlefs fpeedily repaired ; 
and which Expence the common Good cannot anfwer: 
_ And it appeared to the Committee, That the faid Bo- 
rough being a Market and Sea-port Town, is of great 
rng to the County of Eaf Lothian, where it is fitu- 
ated. 

That, upon Examination of the whole Matter, it ap- 

peared to the Committee, 

That the Inhabitants of the faid Borough of Dunbar 
are not able to repair the Works already made, or to build 
any new Work, for Improving and Preterving of the Har- 
bour of the faid Town ; and repair the Town-houfe, and 
build a School, and other publick Buildings, within the 
faid Borough , without fome Affiftance for that Purpofe. 

_ Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for lay- 
ing a Duty of Two Peny Scots, or One-fixth Part of a 
Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer that thall 
be vended or fold within the Town of Dunbar, for im- 


proving and preferving the Harbour; and for repairing 
Vou. XIX. r = 
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113 
the Town-houfe, and building a School; and other pub- 
lick Buildings, there ; and for fupplying the faid Town 


with Water: And that Sir David Dalrymple and Sir George 
Warvrender do prepare, and bring in; the fame. 


Mr. Youge, from the Commiffioners appointed to take, 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due tothe Army, 
prefented to the Houfe a Lift of Certificates made out to 
the feveral late Payrnafters of the Army, by the faid Com- 
miffioners ; together with the Sums démandéd upon each 
Head certified for, réfpectively : 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Lift lie upon thé Table, to be 
perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Lift is bourid up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe took into Confideration the Report from 
the’ Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
giving further Encouragement for importing Naval Stores, 
was committed. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee; were 
Ofice read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 
ViZ. 

To leave out the Words * and Bars,” in order to in- 
fert ** and:” 

And the Queftion being put, That between the Word 
*¢ Pigs,” and the Word ‘ Sows,” the Word ‘ and”. 
be interted ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } + esd ; i gt. 

Tellers for the Noes,} Myr Batley 7 i 92. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe; to whom the Bill for enlarging the Time 
to determine Claims on the forfeited Eftates, was commit- 
ted, be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 26° die Februari; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 
Petition of feveral infolvent Prifoners for Debt in the 
Caftle of Lancafter was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners humbly beg 
Leave to return their unfeigned Thanks in general to the 
Houfe of Commons, for their Endeavours to difcharge 
fo many infolvent Debtors from the feveral Gaols of this 
Kingdom, that are no more indebted than Thirty Pounds 
principal Money to One Perion; which will undoubtedly 
releafe very many; and others, who are indebted much 
more Money, can reap no Benefit thereby ; and muft, if 
not relieved by enlarging the Sum therein to be limited, 
inevitably ftarve: and praying, That the faid Sum may 
be enlarged. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
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114 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into aCommittee of the whole 
Houle, upon the Bill to enable che Lords Commiffioners 
of the Treafury, or Lord High ‘Treafurer, for the Time 
being, to compound with Robert Weemes, for the Debt 
due from him to his Majeity, in relation to the Duties on 
Salt. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. - 

Mr. Nevill took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Nevill reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made fome Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning 


T he Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners 
of the Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time 
being, to compound with Fa/per Cullum, for the Debts he 
ftands engaged for to the Crown, on Account of Richard 
Lee, Thomas Corbin, Heneage Robinfon, and Fobu Fox, for 
Duties on Tobacco. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

The Lord William Powlett took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
fome Amendments thereunto ; which ghey had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleale to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill for the better preventing 
Frauds committed by Bankrupts, 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Time to determine Claims on 
the forfeited Eftates, was committed. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, as far as Claufe A, were once read throughout; and 
then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thercupon, agreed unto by the Houfe, 

Claufe A being read a Second time ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the faid 
Claufe, by leaving out the Words “ faid Courts :” 

-And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ faid 
«¢ Courts” ftand Part of the faid Claufe ; 

In was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Claufe B, being the laft Amendment, was read a Se- 
cond time; and upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houte. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to im- 
power the Court of Delegates in England to hear and de- 
termine all Appeals whatfoever, relating to real, or per- 
fonal Eftates in Jre/and, upon any Claims which fhall be 
heard or determined by the Commiffioners or Truftees in 
England: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That all Offices of Keepers or Conftables of his Majefty’s 
Palaces or Caftles in Scotland, whereof any Perfon at- 
tainted was feifed, and in Poffeffion, and all Rights, Jurif- 
dictions, Fees, Lands, Profits, and Cafualties, thereunto 
belonging, fhall be at his Majefty’s Difpofal ; and alfo all 
Rights of Patronage of Churches, Univerfities, Colleges, 
or Schools, which did belong to any Perfon attainted. 
thall belong to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors : 

And the faid Clauie being twice read ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
ieaving out the Words ‘* or Conftables:” 


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4.1718, 


And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 7 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Claufe, by leaving out the Word ‘* Jurifdictions :” 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, | Me ne t 76. 

Mr. Earl, 

Tellers for the Noes, 1 har. Wallis: t 78. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Claufe was amended; and agreed unto by 
the Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
declaring what Number of the Commiffioners refiding in 
England, and who may refide in Ireland, fhould be a 
_—" fo as to make a Court of Record in that King- 

om: 

And the faid Claufe was brought up; and read: 

But, there being no Blank left in it for the Number of 
Commiffioners, the faid Claufe was, by Leave of the 
Houfe, withdrawn. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That his Majefty might make fuch Provifion as he fhould 
think fit for the Wives of the forfeiting Perfons not already 
provided for, in purfuance of any former Aét of Parlia- 
ment, out of the Eftates of their Hufbands; but that fuch 
Grant fhould not prejudice any lawful Creditor, as to any 
Debt affecting fuch Eftate : 

The Refolution of the Houfe, of the Nineteenth of this 
Inftant was read, againft giving an Inftruction to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the faid Bill 
was committed, That they fhould have power to receive 
a Claufe for enlarging the Time to enable his Majefty to 
grant fuch Maintenance to the Wives or Children of fuch 
forfeiting Perfons as his Majefty fhould judge to be pro- 
per Objects of his Royal Compafiion : 

And the Claufe, in the Act 1° Georgii Regis, granting 
his Majefty fuch a Power within a limited Time, was alfo 
read : 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe, whether the Claufe, 
now offered fhould be brought up, being for the fame 
Matter ; or whether the Order of the Houte be not againft 
it ; 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe, now 
offered, he brought up; ' 

The previous Queftion was put, That that Queftion 
be now put: 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

Mr. Forefter, ' 

Tellers for the Yeas. } Nix Gartave * t 62. 

Tellers for the Noes. Mar at g eg t 67. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for obviating fome Doubts relating to Eftates in Scotland, 
of which Poffeffion has been taken by the Officers of the 
Commiffioners and Truftees for the forfeited Eftates : 

And the fame was once read. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Claufe be adjourned until Monday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Inge, Mr. Gould, 
Mr. Yordan, be added to the Committee for making the 


Townthip of Sunderland a diftinét Parith from the Parifh 
of Bifbop Wearmouth, in the County of Durbam. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 


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5 GEO. I. 


Venevis, 27° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
Pr AYERS: 


Petition of feveral Merchants Adventurers, and other 
A the Inhabitants within the Town and Port of Fal- 
mouth, in the County of Cornwall, on behalf of them- 
felvés, and otlters concerned in the Fifhery there, and elfe- 
where, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Fifhery is of great Advantage to this 
Kingdom, by employing gteat Numbers of poor Men ; 
and itis a Nurfery for Seamen; befides many other Ad- 
vantages which accrue, by its contributing fo confider- 
ably towards gaining the Balance of Trade with other Na- 
tions: That the lefflening the Drawback, without leffen- 
ing the Excife upon Salt in proportion, muft effectually 
deftroy the Fifhery ; which is fo beneficial a Branch of 
our Trade; whereby Thoufands of poor People, who now 
fubfift by the fame, will be forced to become chargeable 
to their refpeétive Parifhes; and praying, That either 
the faid Drawback may be continued, or the Duties on 
Salt proportionally leflened. ~~ 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr, Conyers reported from, the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac for 
veiting an Eftate late of Francis Phelips Efquire, in Bark- 
ing, in the County of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold, for 
the Purpoies therein mentioned, was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Major General Pepper prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for the making more effectual an 
Aét, of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of 
King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for 
the more effectual Difcovery and Punishment of Deer- 
ftealers : And the fame was received. 


Sir Thomas Wheate reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for preventing the Mifchiefs which may 
happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in 
or near the Cities of Londow and Weftminfter, or the Sub- 
urbs thereof, was committed, That they had made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, ‘hat the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Tuefday Morning next. 


The Lord William Powlett, according to Order, re- 
ported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners of the Trea- 
fury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time being, to 
compound with Fa/per Cullum, for the Debts he ftands 
engaged for to the Crown, on Account of Richard Lee, 
Thomas Corbin, Heneage Robinfon, and Fohn Fox, for 
Duties on Tobacco, was committed, the Amendments 
they had directed to be reported to the Houfe; which 
he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were once read throughout ; aad then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Biil, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Nevilie, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to en- 
able the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or Lord 
High Treafurer, for the Time being, to compound with 


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Robert Weemes, for the Debt due from him to his Ma- 
jefty, in relation to the Duties on Salt, was committed, | 
the Amendments they had directed to be reported to 
the Houfe; which he read in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
times one by one; and upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


groffed. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for giving further 


Encouragement for importing Naval Stores, be read the 
Third time upon Tue/day Morning next. 


Mr. Forbes teported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One- 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale 
or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town 
of Inverne/s, and Privileges thereof, for the paying the 
Debts of the faid Town; and for building a Church, 
and making a Harbour, there; was committed; That the 
Committee had made feveral Amendments thereunto; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were once read through- 
out; and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon 
- = feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 

oufe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for continuing certain Duties upon Coals and Culm; 
and for eftablifhing certain Funds to raife Money as well 
to proceed in Building of New Churches, as alfo to com- 
plete the Supply granted to his Majefty ; and to referve 
the Overplus-monies of the faid Duties for the Difpofition 
of Parliament: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bili be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Matter of the Petition of Sir James 
Steuart, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Shire of Lanerk, which is appointed to be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe upon Tue/day the Third Day of 


March next, be heard upon Friday the Third Day of April 
next. 


A Bill for the making more effectual an Aét, of the 
Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William 
and Queen Mary, intituled, An A&amp; for the more effec- 
tual Difcovery and Punifhment of Deer-ftealers, was read 
the Firft time. 

And, there not being proper Blanks left in the fame, 
the faid Bill was, by Leave of the Houfe, withdrawn. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for recovering the Credit of 
the Britifo Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for the better 
fecuring the Duties on Salt ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine.of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 28° die Februarii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Ajor General Pepper prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the making more ef- 
fectual an Act, of the Third and Fourth Years of the 


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116 


Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled,, An 
A&amp; for the more effectual Dilcovery and Punifhment of 
Deer-ftealers: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners 
of the Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time 
being, to compound with Fa/per Cullum, for the Debts 
he ftands engaged for to the Crown, on Account of Ri- 
chard Lee, Thomas Corbin, Heneage Robinfon, and Fobn 
Fox, for Duties on Tobacco, was read the Third time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to enable the Lords Commiffioners of the 
Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time being, 
to compound with Fa/per Cullum, for the Debts he ftands 
engaged for to the Crown, on Account of Richard Lee, 
Thomas Corbin, Heneage Robinfon, and Fohn Fox, for 
Duties on Tobacco. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill co the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Yefop reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill to prevent the Inconveniences arifing from feducing 
Artificers in the Lron and Steel Manufactures into foreign 
Parts; and from taking Foreigners Apprentices in the faid 
Manufactures; was committed; That they had made fe- 
veral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houle. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Sheriffs of the 
City of Lozdon attended at the Door ; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Common Council, of the City of London. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; fetting forth, That, 
by Two feveral Acts of Parliament, the one made in the 
Ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, 
and the other in the kirft Year of the Reign of his pre- 
jent Majefty, a Duty of Three Shillings per Chalder, and 
Three Shillings per Ton, is laid upon all Coals imported 
and brought into the Port of the City of London, or the 
River of Thames, within the Liberty of the faid City, to 
continue till the Twenty-eighth Day of September 1725, 
to be applied towards building Fifty new Churches in and 
about the Cities of London and Wefiminffer, and Suburbs 
thereof; and other Purpoles mentioned in the faid Two 
feveral Aéts: That the Petitioners are informed, that a 
Bill is now ordered to be brought in, whereby the faid 
Duties are to be continued for Thirty-two Years from 


Lady-day next, and made a Fund for the publick Service : 


That the Continuance of this Duty will only affect the 
City of London, and Parts adjacent, efpecially in their 
Trade and Manufacture; although the Money to be railed 
thereby is intended for the Service of the Nation in gene- 
ral: And praying Relief. 

Refolved, That the Petition be rejected. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Report 
from the Committee, who were appointed to infpeét the 
State and Condition of the Paffage leacing to the Painted 
Chamber, the Rooms adjoining to the Houfe, and the 
Clerk’s Rooms, be adjourned until this Day Sevennighe. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put 
That the Report from the Committee, to whom the Peti- 


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tion of the Company of Butchers in the City, of Worce- 
fier, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands of 
Families within the Kingdom of England ; as alfo feveral 
other Petitions, in relation to the Exportation of Bark to 
Ireland; were referred be now read; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Thurfday Morning next. 


Mr. Abercrombie reported from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for making more effectual 
the Laws appointing the Oaths, for Security of the Govern- 
ment, to be taken by Minifters and Preachers in Churches 
and Meeting-houfes in Scotland, was committed, the 
Amendments they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Fable. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Thurfday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 2° die Martii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Merchants, 
trading to his Majefty’s Plantations in America, of 
and from the Borough and Port of Liverpoole, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafer, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That, as by a Bill now under Con- 
fideration, to give further Encouragement for importing 
Naval Stores trom the Plantations, the Petitioners con- 
ceive, that the Importation of Iron from thence will very 
much tend to promote Navigation, and the Manufactures 
of this Nation in general: And praying, That the Im- 
portation of Iron trom the American Plantations may be 
included in the faid Bill; and that the fame may pafs into 
a Law. 
Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table, until 
the faid Bill be read a Third time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting an Eftate late of Francis Phelips Efquire, in 
Barking, in the County of Efex, in Truftees, to be fold, 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Conyers do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Thomas Crofs reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aét to enable Katharine Paul, an Infant, to transfer the 
Trufts therein mentioned, as if fhe were of the Age of 
One-and-twenty Years, was committed, That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t for Sale 
of Part of the Eftate of Robert Barwell Efquire; and for 
purchafing other Lands, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as 
the Eftate to be fold is fettled,; was committed; That they 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


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5 Geo. I. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners 
of the Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time 
being, to compound with Robert Weemes, for the Debt 
due from him to his Majefty, in relation to the Duties on 
Salt, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to enable the Lords Commiffioners of the 
Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer, for the Time being, 
to compound with Robert Weemes, for the Debt due from 
him*to his Majefty, in relation to the Duties on Salt. 

Ordered, That Mr. Nevilledo carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for the making more effectual an AG, of the 
Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William 
and Queen Mary, intituled, An Aét for the more effec- 


tual Diicovery and Punifhment of Deer-ftealers, was read - 


a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to General Pep- 
per, Mr. Butler, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Carter, Sir Natha- 
nael Mead, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Forefer, Mr. Hillerfden, 
Mr. Honywood, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Mr. Walpole, Sir Tho. 
Lee, Mr. Treby, Sir Nicholas Carew, Sir Fobn White- 
wronge, Sir Cha. Hotham, Sir Hen. Hoghton, Mr. Leigh, 
Mr. Weftphaling, Mr. Neville, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. 
Offiey, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Dockminique, 
Mr. Foley, Mr. Conyers, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Lutwich, Mr. Herne, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Pitt, 
Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Noerthey, Mr. Gre- 
gory, Mr. White, Mr. Calthorp, Sir Edward Des Bouve- 
vie, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Heath, Mr. Tuf- 
nll, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Cartwright, Colonel Leigh, Mr. 
Banks, Mr. Ferrers; and all the Members that ferve for 
the Counties of Kent, Sufex, Surry, Bucks, Hertford, 
and Northampton: And they are to meet chis Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Lord Middleton, reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Ac for confirming an Agreement between the Mayor 
and Commonalty, and Citizens, of the City of London, 
Governors of the Poffeffions, Revenues. and Goods, of 
the Hofpitals of Edward, King oi Lngland, the Sixth, of 
Chrift, Bridewell, and Saint Thomas the Apoftle, and the 
Governors of Schools founded by Era/mus Smith, Efquire, 
was committed, That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had made fome Amendments to the Bill; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and atterwards delivered the 
Bill and Amendments in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the faid Amendments were read; and are as follow; 
VIZ. 

Prefs 8. Line 31. Fill the Firft Blank with “* Seven- 
“teenth ;” the Second Blank with ‘* December One 
‘* thoufand Seven hundred and Eighteen :” 

Prefs g. Line 2g, After the Word * of,” infert the 
Word “all :” 

Prefs 11. Line 21. Before the Word ‘ which,” leave 
out the Word “to :” 

Line 22. After ‘* otherwife,” infert the 
Word “ and :” 

Prefs 12. Line 22. After ‘*impowered,” infert ‘* and 
** required.” , 

_ The Firft of the faid Amendments being read a Second 
time; ? 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out Part of the faid Amendment; viz. the Words 
‘* One thoufand Seven hundred and Eighteen:” Which 
were agreed unto: 

And then the faid Amendment, fo amended, was agreed 
unto by the Houfe, : 

The reft of the faid Amendments, being feverally read 
a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

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A Bill for continuing certain Duties upon Coals and 
Culm, and for eftablifhing certain Funds, tc raife Money 
as well to proceed in Building of new Churches, as alfo 
to complete the Supply granted to his Majefty ; and to 
referve the Overplus-monies of the faid Duties for the 
Difpofition of Parliament; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do write circular Letters 
to the feveral Sheriffs of this Kingdom, to fummon the 
Members, in their refpective Counties, forthwith to attend 
the Service of this Houfe upon Pain of being proceeded 
again{t.with the utmoft Severity : And that the {aid She- 
riffs do. return to Mr. Speaker what they have done there- 
upon, upon Pain of incurring the Difpleafure of this 
Houfe. 


The Form of which Letter is as followeth; viz. 


From the Houfe of Commons. 
Sir, 2d March 1718. 
J AM commanded by the Houfe of Commons to ac- 
quaint you, that you are, immediately on the Receipt 
of this, to f{ummon the refpective Reprefentatives of your 
County, and Boroughs within the fame, forthwith to at- 
tend their Service in Parliament, upon Pain of being pro- 
ceeded againft with the utmoft Severity ; notwithftanding 
any Orders of Leave to be abfent ; all fuch Orders being 
vacated by the Houfe: And you are to give me an Ac- 
count of the Receipt of this, and what you have done 
thereupon, upon Pain of incurring the Diipleafure of the 
Houle. Iam, Sir, 
Your humble Servant, 
Sp. Compton, Speaker, 


Ordered, That all Orders, for Leave to any Members 
to ve abfent, be vacated. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Confideration of 
the Claufe offered upon the confidering the Report from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
enlarging the Time to determine Claims on the forfeited 
Eftates, was committed : 

And the Claufe was read a Second time; and the Blank 
therein was filled up; and the Claufe amended ; and then, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe to neste Part of the Bill. , ; 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
declaring what Number of the Commiffioners, now refide- 
ing in England, and who in Ireland, fhall be a Quorum, 
in order to be a Court of Record there: 

And the fame was twice read, with a Blank; which was 
filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for Relief of the Creditors in Scotland, by Payment of 
their Intereft : 

Anda Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Claufe be brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon Saturday next, 
at Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, upon the Biil for the better pre- 
venting Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Martis, 3° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 


Petition of the Iron-makers, Cutlers, Smiths, Arti- 
ficers, and Freeholders, in and about the Town of 
Birmingham, in behalf of themfelves, and many others 
who are concerned in the Making and Manufacturing of 
Iron within this Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, That, fhould there be Encourage- 
ment given to the Making or Manutacturing of Iron 
in any of the foreign Plantations belonging to his Ma- 
jefty’s Dominions, it will inevitably tend to the Ruin and 
Deftruction of the Iron Trade of this Kingdom; which 
is inferior to none but the Woollen, and maintains at 
leaft Two hundred thoufand People; which. if loft, muft 
become an heavy Burthen to the Nation, befides the Pre- 
judice it will be to the Merchants, and vaft Number of 
Ships that are employed in the Exportations of the Iron 
Manufaéture to the Plantations; as alfo the vaft Lofs a 
great Number of his Majefty’s Subjects will fuftain in the 
Value of their Eftates, who have Woods, and Ore for 
Making of Iron; and the Tenants employed in the Car- 
riages to the Iron-works of this Nation muft be totally 
ruined for want of Employment, and will be in so Con- 
dition to pay their Rents; but the Value of tueir Farms 
mutt be confiderably reduced: And praying there may be 
no Encouragement given to the Making of Pig or Bar 
Iron in America, 
Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table, until 
the Bill tor giving further Encouragement for importing 
Naval Stores, be read the Third time. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Manu- 

facturers, Artificers, Miners, Colliers, Founders, Forge- 
men, Workmen, and Labourers, concerned in the Manu- 
factury of Iron, on the behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands more within the feveral Counties of Gloucefter, 
Hereford, and Monmouth, and his Majefty’s Forett of 
Dean, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners, as well as many others within 
the Counties aforefaid, who are Freeholders, are Owners 

of feveral large Quantities of Coppice-woods and other 
Woods, Iron, Cinders, and Ore; which are made ufe of 
for the Supply of the Iron-works within the fame Coun- 

ties, and the Value of their E.ftates much increaled there- 
by; as alfo the Tenants are enabled to pay a greater 
Rent, and a vaft Number of poor People employed ; and 
kept at Work; all which Advantages they fhall be de- 

prived of, fhould there be Encouragement given for 
making Pig or Bar Iron in the Plantations, and import- 
ing the fame into this Kingdom, as is defigned by the faid 
Bill; and will only tend to enlarge the Trade, and enrich 
the remote Parts; no forbidding Claufe, or Reftraint, if 
Iron be made in the Plantations, can prevent their Manu- 
facturing of it in thofe Countries, where there is Coal in 
fuch Plenty, and Conveniences for it; and then this Na- 
tion will not only be deprived of that Advantage it reaps 
by the Making of Pig and Bar Iron; but alfo the Manu- 
facturers, who are fo very numerous, will be deprived of 
their Livelihood ; and they, and their Families muft be 
maintained by the Parifhes: That the Petitioners could 
not apprehend a Bill, under the Title of encourage- 
ing the Importation of Naval Stores into this King- 
dom, could deprive a Nation of fo valuable a Manufac- 
ture as the Making of Iron; which Attempt, were it 
made publick, would draw an Oppofition from moft Parts 
of this Kingdom: And praying to be heard by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table, until 

the Bill for giving further Encouragement for importing 
Naval Stores, be read the Third time. 


A Petition of the Ironmongers, Cutlers, Smiths, Arti- 
ficers, and Freeholders, in and about the Town of Wa!- 
fal, inthe County of Stafford, in behalf of themifelves, 
and many others who are concerned in the Making and 


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44.1718. 


Manufacturing of Iron within this Kingdom, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Thar, if 
the foreign Plantations within his Majefty’s Dominions 
fhould be encouraged in the Making or Manufacturing of 
Tron, it muft needs be very prejudicial to the Iron Trade 
of this Kingdom ; which at prefent is very confiderable, 
and maintains fome Thoufands of People; and alfo it 
will be very prejudicical to the Perfons and Ships that are 
employed in exporting the Iron Manufacture; and parti- 
cularly to {uch who have Wood on their Eftates, and 
Iron-ftone, for Making of Iron; in carrying whereof, a 
great many of the Tenants and Freeholders of this Nation 
are employed, and thereby not only raife their Rents, but 
fubfift themlelves and Families : And praying, That there 
may be no Encouragement given to the Making of Pig or 
Bar Iron in America. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table, until 
the Bill for giving further Encouragement for importing 
Naval Scores, be read the Third time. 


Mr. Hedworth reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill tor making the Town and Townhhip of Sunderland 
a diftinét Parifh from the Parith of Bishop Wearmoxuth, in 
the County of Durbam, was committed, That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and confidered the 
Petition of Mrs. Lampton, referred to the Committee 3 and 
heard Counfel thereupon ; and had inferted a Claufe for 
faving her Rights; and that the Committee had made fe- 
veral zimendments to the Bill; which they had directed 
him co report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments 
were once read throughout; and then a Second time, one 
by ones; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
the faid Amendments were, except One of them, which 
was difagreed with, agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groliea, 


Mr. Hungerford reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Billi from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of the Eftate ot Nathanael Long, \ate of London, 
Merchant, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts ; and for 
applying the Refidue according to the Directions of his 
Will; was committed; hat they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Sir Nathanael Mead reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Report upon the Petition of the principal In- 
habitants and Traders refiding anc dwelling in, and near 
to the ftrait and narrow Parts of the high Streets lead- 
ing from the Royal Exchange to Weftiinfier, was re-com- 
mitted, That the Committee had further confidered the 
Matter; and had come to feveral Reiolutions ; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the faid Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Report and Re- 
folutions were read; and are as follow; vz. 


That the Committee have, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, examined feveral Witneffes, touching the Allega- 
tions of the faid Petition; and find the Matter of Fact to 
be as follows; viz. 

Frederick Stanton, William Davis, Fobn Hoe, Thomas 
Port, and Robert Kendall, Inhabitants within the Street 
called the Poultry, London, all affirmed to the Commit- 
tee, That, by reafon of the Narrownefs of the faid 
Street, and the great Thoroughfare thereof to and from 
the Bank, Excife Office, and elfewhere, many Mifchiefs 
and Inconveniences frequently happen to the Inhabitants, 
and other Perfons, by reafon of the Plying there by Hack- 
ney Coachmen, ang the Stops occafioned by them, and 
Carts and Drays, for Two or Three Hours -together 5 
notwithftanding 








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notwithftanding the Inhabitants have paid their Beadle 
12d. per Quarter per Houfe, for feveral Years laft patt, 
to prevent the fame, and within thefe Two Years laft, 
Two Perfons have been killed in that Street; viz. a Wo- 
man; and Chri/topher Denton, their then Beadle, in the 
Execution of his Office; and that they are informed, the 
Bank alfo pays fomething yearly to prevent thefe Stops 
thereabouts. 

Clement Leworth, Beadle of the Poultry, confirmed 
what is faid befure ; and owns, He received 12 d. a Quar- 
ter of the Inhabitants, to hinder Stops in the Street ; 
which he is not able to do, by reafon of the Unrulinefs 
of the Hackney Coachmen and Carmen, who either whip 
him, or run their Horfes againft him. 

Mr. William Stone faid, He has Three Houfes at the 
Lower-end of Chancery-lane, near Fleet:fireet, one of 
which he cannot lett, by réafon of the frequent Srops 
thereabouts by Coaches and Carts; and his other Two 
Houfes, for the fame Caufe, are fallen 157. per Annum 
in their Rent: 

That, the faid End of the Lane being narrow, and 
fencelefs againft Coaches and Carts, he applied to the 
Commiffioners of Sewers; who viewed the fame, and 
found it fo dangerous to Foot Paffengers, that, by their 
Order of the Ninth of November 1716, they gave the 
Inhabitants Leave to pave a Foot Paffage Two Foot wide, 
and to fet up Pofts to preferve it; which Mr. Stone did, 
but others did not: And faid, That a Man was there 
killed on New Year’s Day latt. 

And that, upon the whole Matter, the Committee came 
to the feveral Refolutions following; «iz. 

1. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have made good the Allegations of 
their Petition. : 

2. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Waggons, Carts, and Drays, paffing and repafling 
the Streets of the Cities of London and Wefiminfler, and 
the Suburbs thereof, called Saint Mildred’s Poultry, Cheap- 
fide, Saint Paul’s Churchyard, Ludgaie-fireet and Hill, 
Fleet-ftreet, the Strand, and King-fireet, Weftminfter, be- 
tween the Hours of Eleven a Clock in the Forenoon, and 
Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, during the Seffions 
of Parliament, is a very great Annoyance, Inconvenience, 
and Obftruction, to the Paffing and Repaffing of the 
Members of Parliament to and from Wefminfer every 
Seffions of Parliament. 

3. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Waggons, Carts, Brewers Drays, and Hackney 
Coaches, irregularly ftanding and driving in the afore- 
faid Streets, caufes great Stops therein; whereby Pafien- 
gers are often damnified, and their Actefs to Tradef- 
mens Shops obftructed , and therefore ought to be regu- 
lated. 

4. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Stage and Hackney Coaches ought, in the Streets 
of London and Weftminfter, and the Suburbs thereof, to 
give the Way to Nobiemens or Gentlemens Coaches, pro- 
vided fuch Hackney and Stage Coaches be not drawn by 
a greater Number of Horfes than fuch Noblemen or 
Gentlemens Coaches. 


5. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, . 


That many of the Penalties given by former Laws, in 
relation to the Offences of Hackney Coachmen, and 
Drivers of Carts, are fo very fmall, that the fame is a 
manifeft Hindrance and Difcouragement to Profecutions 
againft them for Offences in the Streets; and, forme of 
fuch Penalties being not made forfeitable or payable to the 
Perfons damnified, or to the Profecutor, the Perfons 
damnified, and the Profecutors, are, by reafon thereof, 
put to very great Trouble and Charge to obtain Redreis, 
and alfo neceffitated to bear their own Charges. 

The Four laft Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 


A Petition of the united Company of Merchants of Eng- 
land trading to the Eaft Indies, was prefented to the Houte, 





‘ 


119 


and read; fetting forth, That, by virtue of an AGQ made 
in the Ninth Year of King /Yilliam, the Petitioners are 
intitled to an Annuity of One hundred and fixty thoufand 
Pounds out of the Duties thea laid upon Salt, ftamped Vel- 
lom, Parchment, and Paper, in Confideration of their ad- 
vancing Two Millions for the Service of the Government; 
fince which, they have advanced the further Sum of One 
million Two hundred thoufand Pound, without any addi- 
tional Fund for the fame: That, by the faid Act, it is 
provided, if the faid Annuity fall fhort in any One Year, 
fuch Deficiency fhou!ld be made good out of the next 
Aids granted by Parliament: That the {aid Annuity hath 
every Year, for the laft Five Years, failen thort; fo that 
the Arrears due at Michaelmas 1718 amount to One hun- 
dred fifty-five thoufand Bight hundredeighty-feven Pounds 
Four Shillings: And praying to be relieved, 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Ariti Fifhery in 
foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring the Duties on 
Salt; is committed. 


Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Commiffioners appointed to tak, examine, 
{tate, and determine, the Debts due to the A my; and 
to examine and {tate the Demands of fevera! foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War: And that 


Mr. Treby and Mr. Comptroller do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. si 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom. the Bill for preventing the Mitchiefs which may 
happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in 
or near the Cities of London and Wefiminfier, or the 
Suburbs thereof, was committed, be taken in Confi- 
deration upon Thur/day Morning next. 


_ An ingroffed Bill for giving further Encouragement for 
importing Naval Stores, was read the Third time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Biil, for the more effectual preventing the 
manufacturing into Iron-wares, within any of his Ma- 
jefty’s Britifo Colonies or Vlantations in Zimerica, any Sows, 
Pigs, or Bars, whatfoever : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks: 

And then the Claufe was, by Leave of the Houfe, with- 
drawn. 

An Amendement was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 3. Line 6. To infert between the Word “ Pias.”? 
and the’ Word ‘ Sows,” the Word “or,” in order, 
afterwards to leave out the Words, ‘‘or Bars :” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word * or? 
be inferted ; 7 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Mr. Gydbon, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Evelyn : ; 148, 
SMr. Eyles, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Plumptre t 93. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 
Thena Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Words “and Bars,” ftand Part of the Bill; 
It pafied in the Negative : 
And the Bill was amendéd at the Tabie accordingly. 
aohnites “Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
1s 
Prefs 3. Line * To leave out “ except Iron flit or 
‘** hammered into Rods, commonly known by the Name 
** of Rod Iron; and except Iron drawn or hammered 
*¢ lefs than Three-fourths of an Inch fquare; and except 
“© all other Iron-wares manufactured, whether they be 
*© caft or hammered :” 
And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte: 
And the Bill was aniended at the Table accordingly. 


Rejoived, 


I20 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for giving further Encouragement for im- 
porting Naval Stores. 

Ordered, That Colonel Bladen do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 4° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


IR David Dalrymple prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every 
Pint of Ale, or Beer, that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Dunbar, for improving and preferving the 
Harbour; and for repairing the Town-houfe and Build - 
ings there; and for fupplying the faid Town with Water: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every 
Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Inverne/s, and Privileges thereof, for the 
paying the Debts of the faid Town; and for building a 
Church, and making a Harbour, there; was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of 
Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the 
Town of Inverne/s, and Privileges thereof, for the pay- 
ing the Debts of the faid Town; and for building a 
Church, and making a Harbour, there. 

Ordered, That Mr. Forbes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Fellows; 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill to nmaturalize Peter 
Sejourné, with tome Amendments: To which they defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

Have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for natura- 
lizing Ledowick Chriftian Sprogell, without any Amend- 
ment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Major General Pepper reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for the making more effectual an A&amp;, of 
the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King Wil- 
liam and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for the more 
effectual Difcovery and Punifhment of Deer-ftealers, was 
committed; That they had made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had dire¢ted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houte. 

A Claufe was offered to the Bill, That Perfons con- 
victed by the Statute fhouid, before their being diicharged 
out of Cuftody, give Security for their future good Be- 
haviour; and that they would not offend in like manner: 

And the faid Claufe was once read. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Claufe be adjourned until Saturday Morning next. 


Sir William Lowther reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors 





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in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was re-committed, 
That they had -made feveral Amendments to the Bill, 
which they had dire&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Monday Morning next. 


Mr. Zreby prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue the Commiffioners appointed to 
take, examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral 
foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late 
War: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time, To- 
morrow Morning. 


The Orders of the Day being read. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for recovering the 
Credit of the Britif Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for 
the better fecuring the Duties on Salt. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 5° die Martii ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718, 


PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill to prevent the Inconveniencés 

arifing from feducing Artificers in the Iron and Steel 
Manvfactures into foreign Parts; and from taking Fo- 
reigners Aprrentices in the faid Manufactures; was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp;t, to prevent the Inconveniences arifing from fe- 
ducing Artificers in the Manufactures of Great Britain 
into foreign Parts; and to prevent Foreigners being in- 
ftruéted in the faid Manufa¢tures. 

Ordered, That Mr effop do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Coopers, and others, of the Borough 
of Penryn, and Places adjacent, was prefented to the 
Houte, and read; fetting forth, That the great Quantities 
of empty Cafks, and Cafks filled with Water, imported 
from Holland, and other Places, is of great Prejudice to 
their Trade; and tends to the Impoverifhing of them, 
and their Families: And praying, That the lmportation 
of empty Cafks, and Cafks filled with Water, be prohi- 
bited. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from she Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for confirming an Agreement between the Mayor and 
Commonalty, and Citizens, of the City of Lezdon, Go- 
vernors of the Poffeffions, Revenues, and Goods, of the 
Hofpitals of Edward, King of England, the Sixth, of 
Chrift, Bridewell, and Saint Thomas the Apoitie, and 
the Governors of the Schools founded by Eva/mus Smith 
Efquire, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

afs. 

Ordered, That the Lord Middleton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquainttherr, That this Houle hath agreed 


4 to 








5 Geo. I. 


to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Katharine Paul, an Infant, to transfer the Trufts 
therein mentioned, as if fhe were of the Age of One- 
and-twenty, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Tomas Croffe, do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Salt Duties 
do lay before this Houfe; an Account of the grofs and 
net Produce of the faid Duties, for tle Years 1714, 
1715, 1716, and 17173. with the Drawbacks, and inci- 
dent Charges, thereupon. ' 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Commiffioners for dif- 
pofing of the Equivalent, and of Fames Campbell Efquire, 
Agent for the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland, for 
themfelves, and in the Name and Behalf of the faid Cre- 
ditors, prefented to the Houfe on the One-and-thirtieth 
of Fanuary \aft, be referred to the Confideration of a 
Committee: And that they do examine the Matter of 
Fact; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, 
to the Houfe: 7 

And it is referred to Mr. Palmer, General Rofé, Mr. 
Gwyn, Sir David Dalrymple, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Chancel- 
Jor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wallop, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. 
Lewther, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Aber- 
crombie, Mr. Gould, Mr. Smith, Sit Wm. Strickland, Mr. 
Comptroller, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Stanhope, Lord Mar- 
quis of Granby, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Brudenell, Mr. 
ingram, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. York, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Mr. Brifow, Mr. Walpole, Sir Tho. Hanmer, 
Mr. Freman, General Lumley, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Secre- 
tary Creggs, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Camp- 
bell, Mr. Inge, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Geo. Warburton, Mr. 
Wiidfer, Mr. Herne, Dr. Oliphant, Mr. Neville, Mr. 
Powlett, Sir Alexander Cumming, Mr. Lade, Mr. Bacon, 
Mr. Hel/ey, Mr. Carterett, Sir Wm. Lowther, Lord Hin- 
chingbrcke, Mr. Clayton, Colonel Bladen: And ail that 
come are to have Voices: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 
they have Power to fend for Perions, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houle proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Company of Butchers, in the City of Worcefer, in 
behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands of Families 
within the Kingdom of England; as alfo feveral other 
Petitions, in relation to the Exportation of Bark to Ire- 
land, were referred, 

And the Report was read; and is as follows; viz. 


That the Committee have, according to the Order of 
the Houfe, the gth of December, taken the faid Petitions 
into Confideration ; and it appears, upon examining Ben- 
jemin Hickman, Vhat the Duty on Leather, and the Ex- 
portation of Bark to J/reland, has reduced the Price of 
Hides to a fmall matter, and fcarce faleable: 

hat, Three Years ago, they ufed to fell their belt 


Vor. XIX, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


I21 


Hides, rough and fmooth, at 2d.i, and 2d.z, per Pound, 
And now not above Seven Farthings. 

Robert Waller faid to the fame Effect. 

Fofeph Eaton: That there ufed to be Thoufands of 
Hides imported to Briffoll and London, to be tanned at 
thofe Places ; and afterwards were exported abroad, and 
fold at good Prices: Now, Bark being exported into /re- 
land, they tari the Leather there ; by which fieans great 
Numbers of Manufacturers of Leather here, being un- 
employed, have gone to foreign Parts, as Coning /burg, 
Pruffia, Ireland, and elfewhere : 

That 4,000 Ton of Bark will tan 100,000 Hides, 
which pay 15,000/. Duty to the Crown; and that Leather 
is fold One Peny per Pound cheaper than formerly. 

Fobn Woodroffe ; That there is not near the Quantity of 
Leather bought now as fortherly; for that the Lib 
Leather is preferable to the Englifh, in Portugal; and the 
Markets up the Streights, though the Jri Leather is not 
quite fo good as the Engi ; and that his Correfpondent 
has wrote him Word, that he cannot take his Leather as 
ufual, becaufe the Jr Leather is fold cheaper there. 

* Olley: That feveral Merchants he deals with, has 
told him the fame that Mr. Woodroffe gave in Evidence : 

That Dublin is the chief Market for fending Leather 
from Jreland, and tans more Hides than they do at 
Bandon ; becaule they kill fo many Beafts there, that they 
cannot tan them at home: 

That there are abundance of raw Hides exported: from 
Cork; but, generally f{peaking, there are more tanned 
Hides, than raw, exported from Ireland. 

Fofeph May, an Exporter of Leather: That he lras 
formerly fhipped more tanned Hides for the foreign 
Markets, at once, than he has done all this Year, thofe 
Markets being filled with Jri/o Hides: That his Goods 
have lain by tor Two Years before they could be fold; for 
that there are. Six Jrifh Hides to One Engi in thofe 
Markets. 

Thomas Heems, Merchant: That he was at Leghorn, in 
Trade, about Six Years ago, when the Markets were 
full of Complaints againft the Engi Hides, of their be- 
ing neither fo well tanned, not fo dry, but heavier in 
Weight than the Jri/ Hides; and were not then efteemed 
fo good by Fourteen or Fifteen Pounds per Centum; be- 
ing better manufactured, and lighter, Hide by Hide, and 
are better and more carefully flayed than the Engli/h 
Hides, the latter being gafhed; and that the Enyiifo 
Leather has fallen, in the toreign Markets, Four or Five 
Years fince paft; and believes the Markets were not 
worle laft Year, than Four or Five Years ago. 

The Committee, for their better Information, have 
called for the following Accounts; vz. 

An Account of raw Hides imported from Ireland 
in Three Years ; and to what Ports; from Chrifimas 1715 
to Corifimas 1718 : 

An Account of Bark exported to Ireland in Three 
Years diftinguifhing from what Ports, trom Chrifimes 
1715 to Chrifimas 1718: 

An Account of Leather tanned, exported from Eyg- 
land {ince the Duty laid thereon, and for Three Years 
before : 

An Account of Debentures paid for tanned Hides, &amp;c. 
exported from England and Wales, from tne 24th Fune 
1711 to 24th Fune 1718, to about the gth of December 
following : 

Which Accounts are as follow , vz. 








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An Account fhewing the Quantity of raw Hides imported from ireland; and to what Ports; in Three Years, from 


Chrifimas 1715 to Chrifimas 1718 3 viz. 








From Chrifimas To To 
The feveral Ports. 1715 to Chrifimas Chrifimas 

Chrifimas 1716. 1717. 1718. 
Beaumaris — -_—_—— -_— 111 N? —_&gt; — —-— = 
Bidiford —————= pe ee ————- ———— ae 21 Ne oe ae 
Briftal —- ee — 4,380 N° 2,366 N° 59773 N° 
Chepftow — — _— 124 N® 11 N° _-_ —_—- — 
Chefer a — a 636 N° 995 N° 112 N? 
Lancafter se ae ee 1,194 N° 668 N° 279 N° 
Lanelly a a —_——- 41 N° —_-_-_—- = —_-_——-— 
Liverpool —_———- —_—- —- 5,561 N? 7,176 N° 5,089 N” 
Milford — —_ _—_— 20 N° _-_—- _—_—- — 
Minehead _ —_— —- 21 N° 21 N° — eed 
Poulton —— _—— — 114 N° 2 N? seek chain hemi 
W bitebaven —_—— —_—_—— — 1,993 N° 621 N° 1,232 N° 

Totals 14,195 11,881 13,180 


Cuftom-houfe, Infpector Gen. Office, 
January 1735 
Ex. Yobn Oxenford, pro Infpector General. 














An Account fhewing the Quantity of Leather tanned, exported from England fince the Duty laid thereon, and for 
Three Years before; viz. 


The feveral Years. 


Since the Duty. 


Before the Duty. 

















[1707) £1708) —— 
1708 1709 — 
2 | 1709 1710 ——— 
= | 1710 g 1711 — 
&gt; 7S 1712 a: ais 
S {1712-8 4 1713 p ness 
&amp; 117131 5 | 1714 wr 
241714! e 11715 eo 
m 11715 1716 —— 
1716 1717 mee 
L1717$ (4718) 














WETTTTT 
HTT 


Cuftom-houfe, Infpector General’s Office, 


9° February 1718. 





C.- @. 
22,509 
22,034 
215391 
28,576 
19,162 
20,083 
29,199 
19,130 


lb 
7 
10 
26 
15 
23 
26 
{I 


~~ mt CO mw NW O 


12 





C. qs. lb. 
23,204 2 21 
24,252 O 26 
239475 1 18 


Fobn Oxenford, pro I. General. 


Duties on? Account of Debentures paid for tanned Hides, &amp;c. exported from England and Wales, from 24th Fune 
Hides, &amp;c. $1711 to 24th Fune 1718; and from faid 24th June 1718 to about the 9th December following; viz. 


Debentures paid from 24th Fane 1711 to 24th Fune 





1712 ee 
- hans 24th June 1712 to 24th Fune 1713 
D° from 24th Fune 1713 to 24th June 1714 
D° from 24th Fune 1714 to 24th Fune 1715 
D° from 24th June 1715 to 24th Fune 1716 
D° from 24th Fune 1716 to 24th Fune-1717 
D° from 24th Fune 1717 to 24th Fune 1718 





i 








D° from 24th June 1718 to about the gth December fol- 





Old Duty com- 
menced 24th Fune 


Additional Duty 


commenced 


Total of both 








1711. 1ft Auguft 1712. Duties. 

/. a» &amp; l Ss dd d. a &amp; 

444 6 64, — — — 444 6 6% 
6,807 9 8 1,562 18 4% 8,433 8 o§ 
6,949 I 9 3.465 1 10] 10,414 3 7 
6,518 19 6%] 3,248 6 8%] 9,767 6 3 
6,124 7 113] 3,020 19 6 9145 7 52 
72523 12 7 35732 15 2%] 11,256 7 9g: 
9,256 1 43] 4,625 19 33] 13,882 0 75 
2,933 7 33] 1450 16 113) 4,384 4 25 
46,620 6 7%] 21,106 17 103] 67,727 4 6 














N. B. No Account of Hides, &amp;¢. exported, can be given from the Excife Office, for any time before 
the 24th Fume 1711, becaufe the Duties on Hides, &amp;c.. commenced but from that time. 


Hen Needler. 


And 








5 Geo. I. 


_. And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Report be referred to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty ; ; 

ft pafled in the Negative. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee of -the whole Houle, to 
whom the Bill for making more effectual the Laws ap- 
pointing the Oaths, for Security of the Government, to 
be taken by Minifters and Preachers in Churches and 
Meeting-houfes in Scotland, was committed. _ 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, One by ones. and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, with an Amendment to one of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. « 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Oath 
in, and intendéd by, the Bill, to be taken, by leaving out 
thefe Words, ‘* this Realm,” and, inftead thereof, to in- 
fert the Words ** Great Britain.:” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words ‘* this 
&amp; Realm” ftand Part of the Bill; 

The Houfe divided: 

The Noes go forth. 

Mr.. Baird, 


Tellers for the Yeas,} Mr. Murray: 


i 38. 
Tellers for the Noes, Fred Cuntegbass ~ 


bag. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Bill, by adding to the Claufe of Indemnity therein, thefe 
Words, * and thofe of the Epifcopal Communion there :” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
added ; 

Ic pafied in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for preventing the Mifchiefs which may 
happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder 
in or near the Cities of London and Weftminfter, or the 
Suburbs thereof, was committed, be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Monday next, at Twelve of the Clock. 


Ordered, That the Bill to continue the Commiffioners 
appointed to take, examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts 
due to the Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands 
of feveral foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during 
the late War; be read aSecondtime To-morrow, at Twelve 
gf the Clock. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 6° die Martii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


Bill to continue the Commiffioners- appointed to 
A take, examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due 
to the Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands of 
feveral foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during the 
late War; was, according to Order, read.a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn» 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for con- 


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123 


tinuing cértain Duties upon Coals and Culm; and for efta- 
blifhing certain Funds to raife Money, as well to proceed 
in Building of new Churches, as alfo to complete the 
Supply granted to his Majefty; and to referve the Over- 
plus-monies of the faid Duties for the Difpofition of Par- 
liament. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 7° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


ee Houfe being informed, That the Commiffion- 
ers for the Salt Duties attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and, purfuant to the Order of 
the Fifth Inftant, prefented to the Houfe, an Account of 
the grofs and net Produce of the faid Duties on Salt, for 
the Years 1714, 1715, 1716, and 1717; with the Draw- 
backs, and incident Charges, thereupon 

And then they withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Salt Duties do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the grofs and! net 
Produce of the faid Duties, for the Years 1709, 1710, 
1711, 1712, and 1713; and an Account of the yearly 
Payments made on the feveral Species of Fith exported, 
from the Twenty-fifth of March 1709 to the Twenty- 
fifth of Adarch 1718; and alfo an Account of the yearly 
Payments into the Exchequer, of the Monies ariten by 
the Duties on Salt, from the Twenty-fifth of March 1709 
to the Twenty-filth of March 1718. 


An ingroffed Bill for making the Town and Town- 
fhip of Sunderland a diftinét Parifh from the Parith of 
Bifbop Wearmouth, in the County of Durham, was read 
the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Bill; 

Prefs 11. Line 25. To leave out “ refpective,” and 
infert ** refpectively :” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftic 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe; and the Bil! 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Ti: 
be, An A&amp; for making the Town and Townhhip of Su. 
derland a diftin&amp; Parith from the Parith of Bifbop Wear - 
mouth, in the County of Durbam. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hedworth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee. of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
continuing certain Duties upon Coals and Culm; and tor 
eftablifhing certain Funds, to raife Money, as well to pro 
ceed in building of new Churches, as alfo to complete 
the Supply granted to his Majefty; and-to referve thi 
Overplus-monies of the faid Duties for the Difpofition « : 
Parliament; was committed; the Amendments which th- 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read ti 


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124 


fame in his Places and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, except One, for making void former Con- 
traéts in relation to Lottery Tickets, which was difagreed 
with, were agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for better prevent- 
ing Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 


Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Claufe 
offered to the Bill for making more effectual an At, of 
the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King Wil- 
liam and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for the more 
effectual Difcovery and Punifhment of Deer-ftealers, be 
adjourned till Zvefday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 9° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being acquainted, That the Commif- 
fioners for the Salt Duties attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and, according to Order, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, an Account of the grofs and net 
Produce of the Duties on Salt, for the Years 1709, 
1710, 1711, 1712, and 1713: And allo, 

An Account of the yearly Payments made on the feve- 
ral Species of Fifh exported, from the 25th of March 
1709 to the 25th of March 1718: And alfo, 

An Account of the yearly Payments into the Exche- 
quer of the Monies arifing by the Duties on Salt, trom 
the 25th of March 1709 to the 25th of March 1718. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion, 


A Petition of the Coopers, and others, of the Town 
of Plymouth, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the great Quantities of empty Cafks, 
and Cafks filled with Water, imported from Holland, 
and other Places, is of great Prejudice to their Trade; 
and tends to the Impoverifhing of them, and their Fami- 
lies: And praying, That the Importation of empty Cafks, 
or Cafks filled with Water, may be prohibited, 

Ordered, That the taid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Traders of the City.of Norwich was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners are obliged to give great Credit in Trade: 
That, fince the Expiration of the late Aéts, made in her 
late Majefty’s Reign, to prevent Frauds committed by 
Bankrupts, Perfons have broke for very great Sums of 
Money; and have either carried their Books and Effects 
into the Mint, or beyond the Seas, in Defiance of their 
Creditors, and to the great Difcouragement of the Trade 
of this Kingdom, and of this City in particular: That, 
as the Laws now ftand, in relation to Bankrupts, the Pe- 
titioners cannot, by a Commiffion, prevent fuch fraudu- 
lent Practices; there being no Penalty to oblize the Bank- 


rupts to furrender, or deliver up, their Effects: And pray- 
jog Relief. 


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A. 1718. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con. 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for better preventing Frauds committed by 
Bankrupts, is committed. 


A Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One- 
fixth Part ot a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or 
Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of 
Dunbar, for improving and preferving the Harbour; and 
for repairing the Town-houfe and Buildings there; and 
for fupplying the faid Town with Water; ‘was read a Se. 
cond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mer- 
crombie, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Lawfon, Lord Middleton, Mr. 
Wefiphaling, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr. Treby, Mr. Brig- 
Stock, Mr. Neville, Mr. Butler, Mr. Thompjon, Sir Tho. 
Wheate, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. 
Inge, Mr. London, Mr. Whitchcott, Mr. Medlycott, Sir 
David Dalrymple, Sir Fobn Rogers, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. 
Gybbon, Mr. Travers, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Hampden; and 
all the Members that ferve for North Britain: .And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
venting the Mifchiefs which may happen by keeping too 
great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter, or the Suburbs thereof, was com- 
mitted : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, were read: And feveral of them, being feverally 
read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned until Turfday Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing certain Duties upon 
Coals and Culm; and for eftablifhing certain Funds to 
raile Money, as well to proceed in the Building of new 
Churches, as alfo to complete the Supply granted to his 
Majefty ; and to referve the Overplus-monies of the faid 
Duties for the Difpofition of Parliament; was read the 
Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 16. Line 7, 8, 9. Leave out “ faid Sum of 
‘© 505,995.” and infert * the fortunate Lots or Chances 
** herein atter-mentioned :” ; 

Prefs 17. Line 8. After ‘* they,” infert ‘* in cafe of a 
** fortunate Lot:” . 

Line 20. After ‘* they,” infert ‘* if fortu- 
“* nate :” 

Prefs 32. Line * Before * fhall,” infert “* which fhall 
“* prove fortunate :” 

Prefs 43. Line 10. After ‘* paid,” infert * out of the 
* fame:” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for continuing certain Duties upon Coals and 
Culm; and for eftablifhing certain Funds, to raife Money, 
as well to proceed in the Building of new Churches, as 
alfo to complete the Supply granted to his Majefty; and 
to referve the Overplus-monies of the faid Duties for the 
Difpofition of Parliament; and for more effectual fup- 
preffing private Lotteries. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the 
feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was committed, be taken 
into Confideration upon Tburfday Morning next. 

The 





5 Gero. I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
‘nto a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to 
continue the Commiffioners appointed to take, examine, 
{tate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and 
to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign 
Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late War; 

A Petition of Henry Cornifh and ohn Heylyn was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Thar, in 
November 1710, the Petitioners, in Confideration of the 
Sum of 4,125/. contracted with Lieutenant General Har- 
vey for a full Cloathing, and Accoutrements, for the Ufe 
of a Regiment of Horfe then under his Command in 
Spain; and, on the 15th of Fanuary following, the faid 
Cloathing and Accoutrements, having been viewed, and 
approved of, by a Board of General Officers appointed by 
her late Majefty to view and infpeé&amp; the Cloathing of the 
Army, were, according to Contraét, delivered to the faid 
Lieutenant General Harvey; who thereupon gave the Pe- 
titioners an Affignment on the Off-reckonings of the faid 
Regiment, therein acknowleging the Receipt of the faid 
Cloathing and Accoutrements, and thereby impowering 
the Petitioners to receive the faid Sum of 4,125 /. out of 
the faid Off-reckonings; which faid Sum was alfo certi- 
fied, by a Board of General Officers, to be due and pay- 
able to the Petitioners on the faid Affignment; which was 
regularly entered in the proper Offices: That the Off- 
reckonings of the faid Regiment, when put upon the 
‘Trifo Eftablifhment, amounted, all former Affignments 
anfwered, to the Sum of 1,544]. 9s. 2d.4 payable in 
England, and applicable towards Satisfaction of the faid 
Sum of 4,125 4. according to the Earl of Carnarvon’s 
Certificate, fent tothe Treafury in Ireland: That the Pe- 
titioners conceive themfelves juftly intitled to a Certificate 
from the Commifiioners appointed to determine the Debts 
of the Army, for Payment of the faid Sum of 1,544/. 
gs. 24.3; have very often applied to the faid Commifli- 
oners, but without Effect: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 

fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 

the Bill to continue the Commiffioners appointed to take, 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral 
foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late 
War; is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claule for the 
Petitioners Relief. 

A Petition of Major General Wightman was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner, being Major General of her late Majefty’s Forces, 
was, by Commiffion bearing Date the 13th of Zune 1712, 
appointed Commander in Chief of her faid Majefty’s 
Forces in North Britain, in the Abfence of his Grace the 
Duke of Argyle, and Major General Whetham: That, 
after the Receipt of the faid Commiffion, he did repair 
to his Poft; and, about the Beginning of January fol- 
lowing, did take upon him the Command of the faid 
Troops; and did continue in actual Service in North Bri- 
tain trom that time till the late unnatural Rebellion was in- 
tirely quelled: That the Petitioner hath been at very con- 
fiderable Expence, beyond’ the Allowance made him for 
his Services in North Britain, having received no more 
than the Pay of Brigadier, although he was actually a 
Major General at the time he was firft employed there: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to continue the Commiffioners appointed to take, 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral 


foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late 
War. | 


Ordered, That Sir Ths. Crofs, Mr. Vincent, Mr. God- 
frey, Mr. Longuéwille, Mr. Earl, Sir Hen. Bunbury, Mr. 


Turnor, Mc. Hedworth, Sir Cha. Hotham, Mr. Conyers, 
Vou, XIX. 





125 


Mr. Eden, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Archer, Sir Wilfred Lawfon’ 
Mr. Sandys, Lord Guernfey, be added to the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Commiffioners for difpofing 
of the Equivalent; and of Fames Campbell Efquire, Agent 
for the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland; is referred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 10° die Marti; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718, 
PRAYERS, 


HE Houfe took into Confideration the Amend- 
ments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; to naturalize Peter Sejourne. 
And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 
1 Prefs, 1 Line, Leave out ** befeecheth,” and infert 
*¢ befeech:” 

5 Line, After ** France,” infert ** Samuel 
Dufrefnay, Son of Fobn Dufrefnay, by Martha his 
Wife, born at Londun, in the Province of Touraine, 
in France; and Peter Lucas, Son of Gotfried Lucas, 


by Catherina his Wife, born at Elverfeild in Ger- 
many: 


iT 
6e 
ee 
iT 


ce 


pes 7 Line, Leave out ** his,” and infert 
their: 


14 Line, After Sejourné, infert * Samuel 
‘© Dufrefnay, and Peter Lucas :” 


15 Line, Leave out * his,” and infert 
ss grey”? 


17 Line, After ‘* as,” leave out “ a:” 
__ 18 Line, Leave out Subject,” and infert 
“ Subjects :” 


19 Line, Leave out “ he is,” and infert ** they 
“ are:* 
22 Line, Leave out ** he,” and infert 
9 . . ° 
they;” and, in the fame Line, leave out * Subject,” 
*¢ and infert “ Subjeéts:” 

2 3 Line, Before ‘‘ natural,” leave out ‘* a ;” 
and, in the fame Line, leave out ‘ Subject,” and in- 
fert ** Subjects :” , ; 

27 Line, After * Sejourné,” infert * Sa- 
“© muel Dufrefnay and Peter Lucas; and, in the fame 
Line, leave out ** is,” and infert ** are :” 


37 Line, Leave out * his,” and infert 


ce 


‘¢ their:” 


38 Line, Leave out * his,”?’ and infert 


‘¢ their:” 


2 Prefs, 1 Line, 


Beis Leave out “ him,” and infert 
s* their: 
i 3 Line, Leave out “ he,” and infert 
them: 
g Line, Leave out “ he,” and _ infert 


*¢ they :” 
10 Line, After “ Sejourné,” infert ‘* Samuel 
“© Dufrefnay and Peter Lucas :” 
15 Line, Leave out ‘ a:” 
’ 16 Line, Leave out ‘* Subject,” and infert 
© Subjects :” 
22 Line, Leave out ** he,” and infert 
“: ¢hey” 
23 Line, After ** Sejourné, infert ** Samuel 
“© Dufrefnay and Peter Lucas:” 
24 Line, Leave out ** a Member,” and in- 
fert ** Members :” 
28 Line, Leave out “ himfelf,” and infert 
‘© themfelves :” 
30 Line, 
** them:” 
Tothe Title of the Bill, add ‘* Samuel Dufrefnay and 
“© Peter Lucas.” 
The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 


time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Kk 


Leave out * him,” and infert 


Ordered, 








126 


Ordered, That Mr. London do carry the Bill to rhe 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houf: hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Ludlow, in the County of Salop, in 
the room of Francis Herbert Efquire, deceaied. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords; intituled, An Act 
for Sale of the Eftate of Nathanael Long, \ate of London, 
Merchant, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts; and for 
applying the Refidue according to the Directions of his 
Will; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Robert Barwell Efquire,; 
and for purchafing other Lands, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes as the Eftate to be fold is fettled; was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to the 
fame, without any Amendment. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take into 
Confideration the Claufe offered, on Wedne/day laft, to the 
Bill for the making more effectual an Act, of the Third 
and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William and 
Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for the more effectual 
Difcovery and Punifhment of Deer-ftealers : 

And the fame was, by Leave of the Houfe; with- 
drawn: 

And another Claufe was offered, inftead thereof; which 
was agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to 
prevent Keepers, or other Officers, of any Forefts, Chaces, 
‘ Purlieus, Paddocks, Woods, Parks, or Places where 
Deer are ufually kept, being in Confederacy with Deer- 
ftealers: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was amended ; and, upon the Quef- 
tion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made 
Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for fur- 
ther Punifhment of fuch Perfons as fhall unlawfully kill or 
deftroy Deer in Parks, Paddocks, or inclofed Grounds: 
And that Mr. Hungerford and the Lord Chetwynde do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britifh Fifhery 
in foreign Parts, and for the better fecuring the Duties 
on Salt; 

Refolved, That this Roufe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whdle 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Order of the Day being read, for ie Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to continue the Commiffioners appointed to take, 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due tothe Army; 
and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign 
Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late War; 

A Petition of feveral Britif Officers, who ferved 
above Five Years in America, at the Reduction of 
Port Royal, now Anapolis Royal, and on feveral other 


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Ti 


Commands, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, on the Arrival of General Nichol- 
fon at Bofton, the Thirteenth of O@ober 1713, they 
were informed, by her late Majefty’s Orders, they were 
reduced to Half Pay, from the 22d Day of December 
1712; but they, not receiving the leaft Notice thereof 
before that time, did continue on Duty until the Arrival of 
the faid General: That they, being very much aggrieved 
by thofe Orders, did apply to her fate Majefty for Relief; 
on which the then Paymafter General was ordered, and 
thereupon did lay before the Houfe, in the Year 1714, 
the Demand of the Petitioners; which, by the then felect 
Conimittee of the Eftimates, was reported as a juft Debr; 
but, the Commiffioners appointed to determine the Debts 
of the Army not thinking themfelves fufficiently autho- 
rized, by any Aéts, to certify their Demands, they have 
not yet received the Benefit of full Pay, as was then agreed 
unto by the Houfe, on the Report from the faid Com- 
mittee: That the many Hardfhips the Petitioners fuffered, 
in being broke before they had Knowlege thereof, and 
that in a foreign Country, where they had no Means to 
get any Competency for their Support, or to defray the 
Expence they were at in performing above Nine Months 
Duty after December 1712, was the Matter which moved 
the late Queen and Parliament to approve and allow their 
Demand; in regard of which, and that his Majefty, 
as well as the late Queen, always allowéd full Pay to Offi- 
cers in actual Service, whether in their own Country, or in 
Places abroad: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con-' 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill to continue 
the Commiffioners appointed to take, examine, ftate, and 
determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine 
and {tate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late. War; is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
Petitioners Relief. 

A Petition of the Officers of the Regiments of Foot 
commanded by Brigadier Theodore Vefey, Colonel Edward 
Jones, and Colonel James Butler, who were reduced in 
Portugal on the late Peace, was offered to the Houfe; 
That the Commiffioners for determining the Debts of the 
Army may be enabled to make out Certificates for the 
Petitioners full Pay, while they did Duty at the Garifon 
of Gibraltar; they having received only Half Pay from 
the time of their being reduced in Portugal : 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put; That the Petition be brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

A Petition of Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Mackenzie 
was offered to the Houfe; That the Commiffioners for 
{tating the Debts due to the Army may be impowered to 
ftate the Petitioner’s Demand for his Pay, as Captain of 
the Guards, from the Twenty-fourth of December 1707 
to the Twenty-fourth of Ofober 1712, according to the 
Englifo Eftablifhment, while he was in Service in Scot- 
land, as Captain of a Company of the then Scotch Regi- 
ment of Guards; he being omitted, by Miftake, to be 
put upon the Eftablifhment: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Petition be brought up; 

It paffed-in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill to continue the Com- 
miffioners appointed to take, examine, ftate, and deter- 
mine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine and 
ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and States for 
Subfidies, during the late War. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Zreby reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again, . 

Refolved, 











5 Gro. I. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Meller and Mr. 
Dormer : 

Mr. Speaker, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t for 
continuing certain Duties upon Coals and Culm; and for 
eftablifhing certain Funds to raife Money as well to pro- 
ceed in the Building of new Churches, as alfo to com- 
plete the Supply granted to his Majefty; and to referve 
the Overplus-monies of the faid Duties for the Difpofition 
of Parliament; and for more effectual fupprefling private 
Lotteries ; without any Amendment: 

And have alfo agreed to the Amendments, made by this 
Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for continuing an 
Agreement between the Mayor and Commonalty, and 
Citizens, of the City of London, Governors of the Pot- 
feffions, Revenues, and Goods, of the Hofpitals ot Ed- 
ward King of England, the Sixth, of Chrif, Bridewell, 
and Saint Thomas the Apoftle, and the Governors of the 
Schools founded by Era/mus Smith Efquire ; 

And have alfo agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
enlarging the Timegranted by Two Acts of Parliament for 
Repairs of the Piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, and 
for making the faid Acts more effectual; without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- 
fon, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, eee 

‘The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers. 

And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majefty, in the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majelty 
had been pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
publick and private Bills following ; viz. 

An Att for continuing certain Duties upon Coals and 
Culm ; and for eftablifhing certain Funds to raife Money, 
as well to proceed in the Building of new Churches, as 
alfo to complete the Supply granted to his Majefty ; and 
to referve the Overplus monies of the faid Duties for the 
Difpofition of Parliament; and for more effectual fup- 
preffing private Lotteries : 

An Act for enlarging the Time granted by Two Aéts 
of Parliament for Repair of the Piers of Bridlington, alias 
Burlington; and for making the faid Acts more effectual : 

An Aét for Sale of feveral Manors, Lands, Tenements, 
and Hereditaments, of the Right honourable Thomas Earl 
of Weftmorland, in the County of Kent; and, with the 
Monies arifing by fuch Sale, to purchafe other Lands, in 
or near the County of Northampton, to be fettled to the 
fame Ufes : 

An Aét for vefting an Eftate late of Francis Phelips 
Efquire, in Barking, in the County of Efex, in Truftees, 
to be fold for the Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An A&amp; to enable Tomas Willoughby Efquire, and the 
Perfons in Remainder after him, to make a Jointure: 

An A&amp; to enable Catharine Paul, an Infant, to transfer 
the Truft therein mentioned, as if fhe were of the Age of 
One-and-twenty Years : 

An Aét for confirming an Agreement, between the 
Mayor and Commonalty, and Citizens, of the City of 
London, Governors of the Poffeffions, Revenues; and 
Goods, of the Hofpitals of Edward, King of England, 
the Sixth,~ of Chrift, Bridewell, and Saint Thomas the 
Apottle, and the Governors of the Schools founded by 
Erajmus Smith Efquire : 

An Act for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Robert Bar- 
well Efguire ; and for purchafing other Lands, to be fet- 
tled to the fame Ufes as the Eftate to be fold is fettled : 

An Act for Sale of the Eftate of Nathanael Long, late 


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127 
of London, Merchant, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts ; 
and for applying the Refidue according to the Direction 
of his Will: 

An A&amp; to naturalize Peser Sejourné, Samuel Difrefnay, 
and Peter Lucas: 

An Act for naturalizing Lodowick Chriftian Sprogell: 

And that afterwards his Majefty was pleafed to fay ; 

My Lords and Gentlemen, . 

I Have given Orders to my Lord Chancellor to declare 
to you, in my Name and Words, a Matter I think of 
the greateft Importance. | 

And the Lord Chancellor thereupon acquainted both 
Houles, That he had received his Majeity’s Commands 
from the Throne, to declare to them, in his Majefty’s 
Name, and in his Majefty’s own Words, the Reatons of 
his coming this Day to Parliament. 

And then the Lord Chancellor read a Speech to both 
Houfes, which his Majefty had delivered to him fram the 
Throne; of which, Mr. Speaker faid, he had, to prevent 
any Miftake, obtained a Copy: Which he read to the 
Houfe ; and is as followeth: viz. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 

Havies received from our good Brother and Ally, the 

moft Chriftian King, repeated Advices, That an In- 
vafion will fuddenly be attempted from Spain, againft my 
Dominions, in favour of the Pretender to my Crown, I 
have judged it convenient to make you acquainted with 
it; and fhall, on my Part, take all the neceflary Mea- 
fures to defeat the Defigns of our Enemies, 

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 
_ This Attempt, if it proceed, muft engage me in fome 
further Expences, by Sea and Land, than Povifion has 
been made for: I muft therefore recommend it to you, 
That 1 be enabled. ir fuch manner as you fail judge con- 
venient, to make the neceffary Difpofitions for our Secu- 
rity; and you may depend upon it, that I fhall, upon this, 
and all Occzfions, have as much regard to the Eafé of my 
People, as fhall be confiftent with their Safety. 

My Lords and Gentlemen, 

The many Proofs I have had of the Affection and Loy- 
alty of this Parliament, leave me no room to doubt of 
your fteady and vigorous Perfeverance in Support of my 
Perfon and Government upon this Octafion, 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, to return him the duti- 
ful and uafeigned Thanks of this Houfe, for having gra- 
ciouflycommunicated tohisParliament, Thathehasreceived 
Intelligence ofan Invafion intended trom Spainagaintt thefe 
Kingdoms; and to affure his Majefty, That this Houfe 
will fupport him, with the utmoft Vigour and Efforts, to 
defeat fo extraordinary an Attempt; and to defire, That 
his Majefty would give the neceflary Orders to ftrengthen 
and augment his Forces by Sea and Land, in {uch man- 
ner as he in his great Wildom, fhall think fit; affuring 
his Majefty, That this Houfe will effectully make good 
any Increafe of Expence that fhall arife from fuch an Aug- 
mentation; and effectually enable his Majefty, not only to 
difappoint thefe Defigns of his Enemies both at home and 
abroad, but by the Bleffing of God, to turn them to 
their own Confufion. 

Refolved, That the faid Refolution be laid before his 
Majeity by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 
know his Majefty’s Pleafure, when he will be attended by 
this Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Mercurii, 11° die Martit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 

PRAYERS. 

Petition of divers Merchants and Traders in and 

about the City of London, for and on the behalf 
of themfelves, and others, was prefented to the Houie, 
- and read; fetting forthy That, through the exceffive 
Charges of Commiffions of Bankrupts, and Proceedings 
thereupon, in moft Cafes of Bankruptcy, the Eftate and 
Effeéts of Bankrupts are {wallowed up, and the Creditors 
become Lofers, moft commonly very confiderably : That 
the Commiffioners nominated in thele Commiffions, being 
commonly Attornies, and Perfons of an inferior Quality 
to thofe in Commiffions of the Peace; and under no Ob- 
ligation of an Oath, for the true and faithful Difcharge 
of their Trufts ; are apt to be very partial and dilatory in 
their Proceedings, out of finifter Ends of Gain to them- 
felves; to the Prejudice of both Creditor and Debtor : 
And praying, That the Commiffioners may be obliged 
to take an Oath for that Purpole. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts, is commit- 
ted. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he hav- 
ing, according to Order, attended his Majefty, hum- 
bly to know when he will be attended by this Houfe, his 
Majefty has been pleafed to appoint this Day at Three of 
the Clock, at his Palace of Saint Fames’s. 


Mr. Godfrey reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Sufferers, and the Agents and 
Faétors of other Sufferers, at Nevis and Saint Chrifto- 
pher’s, in behalf of themfelves, and others, was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into Confideration 
upon ."viday Morning next. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majetty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill for the better preventing 
Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill to continue 
the Commiflioners appointed to take, examine, ftate, and 
determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine 
and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Zreby reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments; which they had dire¢ted him to report, when the 
Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Meller and Mr. 
Deriner. 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repair- 
ing and amending the Highways cf this Kingdom: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


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A. 1718. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till To morrow Mora- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 12° die Marti ; 


Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for the making more effectual an 

Act of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign 

of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Aét tor 

the more effectual Diicovery and Punifhment of Deer- 
ftealers, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the making more effectual an Act, of the 
Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William 
and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act tor the more effec- 
tual Difcovery and Punifhment of Deer-flealers. 

Ordered, That Major General Pepper do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe proceeced, according to Order; to take 
into further Confideration the Report from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Biil for preventing the Mifchiefs which 
may happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpow- 
der in or near the Cities of London and Weftminfter, or 
the Suburbs thereof, was committed : 

And the Refidue of the Amendments, as far as Claufe 
A, being read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion 
{everally put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of 
them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Claufe A being read a Second time, to prevent Mif- 
chiefs which may happen by keeping great Quantities 
of Gunpowder in the City of Brifol, by appointing Places 
in the faid City convenient for keeping fuch Gunpowder; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe doth agree 
with the Committee in the faid Amendment ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Claufe B being read a Second time, for erecting new 
Warehoufes for keeping Gunpowder, at a convenient 
Diftance from the City of London; 

And the faid Claufe was amended ; and, upon the Quef- 
tion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Claufe C being read a Second time, for appointing con- 
venient places in the Town of Liverpoole for Keeping of 
Gunpowder, to prevent Mifchiefs to the Town: 

And the Queftion being put, that the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Amendment ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
the Proprietors and Tenants of fuch Warehoufes in Wap- 


ping as are now, and for feveral Years paft have been, 


ufed folely for keeping Gunpowder, may have a reafona- 
ble Satisfaction for fuch real Lois as they may fuftain by 
reafon of the Act: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Claufe be made Part of the Bill; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did Yefter- 
day, attend his Majefty with their Refolution of Tue/day 
Jaft : To which his Majefty was pleafed to give this moft 
gracious Anf{wer ; 


Gentlemen, 
I Take this Addrefs as a frefh Inftance of that Duty and 
Affection which you have fo often expreffed for my 
Perfon and Government : I truftin God it will enable me 
to defeat the Defigns of our Enemies; and to provide 
effectually for, what is deareft to me, the Security and 
Welfare of my People. 
1 


Mr. 








5 GEo. I. 


Mr. Zreby, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
continue the Commiffioners appointed to take, examine, 
ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to 
examine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War; was com- 
mitted; the Amendments the Committee had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame were read; and, with Amendments to fome of 
them, agreed unto by the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to im- 
power the Commiffioners to examine, ftate, determine, 
and certify, the Demands of foreign Princes and Stateg 
in relation to their Forces in the Pay and Service of Great 
Britain and, upon their Certificates, the late Paymatter 
General of the Army to make out Debentures, as directed 
by the former Acts: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; 
which were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Commiffioners fhall take, examine, ftate, and 
determine, and make out, Certificates to the General 
Officers who ferved in Flanders the Campaign in 1712, 
for their Pay granted them by Parliament: 

And the faid Clauie was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
tipon, agreed unto by the Houie to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Challenge had 
pafied, in the Houfe, between Major General Harvey 
and Mr. Neville; Members of this Houfe; and that 
General Harvey was gone out of the Houfe ; 

Orderea, Vhat the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe 
do go and fummon General Harvey to attend the Service 
of the Houfe immediately. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the 
feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was committed, be taken 
‘into Confideration upon Saturday Morning next. 


Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
relolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britifh Fifhery 


in foreign Parts ; and for the better fecuring the Duties on 
Salt. 


Ordered, That Mr. Treby have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion; it being after Five a Clock. 

And he moved accordingly, That the ingroffed Bill for 
enlarging the Time for determining Claims on the for- 
feited Eftates, might be read the Third time. 

Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Time 
to determine Claims on the forfeited Eftates, be now read 
the Third time. 

The faid Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


be, An A&amp;t for enlarging the Time to determine Claims 
on the forfeited Ejftates. 


Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the- 


Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


George Treby Efquire having acquainted the Houfe, 
That he defired Leave to refign his Employ as one of the 
Commiffioners and Truftees for Sale of the forfeited 
Eftates, by reafon of his not being able now to attend 
the Duty neceffarily required ; 

_ Ordered, That Mr. Yonge have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion; it being after Five of the Clock. 

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And he moved accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
appointing a Commiffioner and Truftee to put in Execu- 
tion the Powers and Authorities of the feveral Aéts of 
Parliament relating to the forfeited Eftates, in the room 
of George Treby Eiquire, who has defired Leave to refign 
the faid Truft : And that Mr. Yonge and the Lord William 
Powlett do prepare and bring in, the fame. 


The Serjeant at Arms’s Meffenger, fent to fummons 
General Harvey to attend the Service of the Houfe, being 
returned; and General Harvey being come into the 
Houfe ; 

Mr. Speaker acquainted him with what the Houfe had 
been informed, in relation to himfelf and Mr. Neville: 
And that the Houle expected they both fhould give the 
Houfe an Affurance, That they would not profecute the 
Matter any farther. 

Whereupon General Harvey, after acquainting the 
Houfe with the Caufe of his Refentment, ftood up in his 
Place; and affured the Houfe, That, in Obedience to the 
Houfe, he would not profecute the Matter any farther. 

After which, Mr. Neville ftood up in his Place; and 
gave the Houfe the like Affurance on his Part. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 13° die Martit; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Hungerford prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for the further Punifhment of 
fuch Perfons as fhall unlawfully kill or deftroy Deer in 
Parks, Paddocks, and other inclofed Grounds: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for re- 
pairing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, 
was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of divers Makers and Dealers in Cards and 
Dice, on behalf of themfelves, and others, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by the Act, 
paffed in the Tenth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, for 
laying Duties upon printed Callicoes, (ec. it is provided, 
That Cards and Dice may be exported free of the Stamp 
Duty, upon giving Bonds with fufficient Sureties for the 
due Export thereof; and that the fame fhali not be re- 
landed in Great Britain; which Bonds are to be left in 
the Hands of the Commiffioners for the Stamp Duties: 
That the Exporters of fuch Cards and Dice have, purfu- 
ant to the faid At, entered into feveral Bonds in Penal- 
ties, and have duly made their Exports 5 notwitiftand- 
ing which, the Commiffioners have lately caufed divers of 
the faid Bonds to be put in Suit; and Judgments have 
been obtained for the Penalties thereof, although no Proof 
hath been made of any Breach of the Conditions of the 
faid Bonds; and the. Petitioners are fubject to pay the 
Penalties of the faid Bonds, though innocent, unlefs they 
can produce living Witneffes from foreign Parts to prove 
fuch Exports aétually made to the Places appointed, and 
that there has not been any Re-landing within feveral 
Years before fuch Bonds put in Suit ; which, in this Cale, 
is impratticable, and impoffible to be performed, in re- 
gard the Petitioners have not been guilty of any Crime : 
And p aying, That the faid Act may be fo explained and 
amended, that the Exportation of Cards and Dice may 
be made practicable; that the Duties may not be loft ; 
and that the Securities given for fuch Exportation may be 
difcharged, upon the Oaths of the Exporters, and proper 
Certificates, as in Cafes of like Nature. 


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Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Earl, Mr. 
Lowndes, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Brodrick, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir 
Richard Farrington, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Morice, Sir 
Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Hillerfden, Sir 
Gregory Page, Mr. Harrifon, Colonel Townefbend, Mr. 
Hungerford, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Drake, Sir Coa. Turner, 
Sir Arth. Owen, Sir Edward Northey, Sir John Ward, Sir 
Win. Fobnfton, Mr. Herne, Mr. Inge, Mr. Honywood, 
Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Heath, 
Mr. Sandyes, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Fen- 
nings, Sir Fobn Rogers, Colone! Vanfe, Sir Francis Drake, 
Sir Fifher Tench, Mr. Lade, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Difton, 
Sir Theodore Fanfen, Mr. Deacle, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Sir 
Charles Hotham, Mr. Eden, Lord Finch, General Wrotb, 
Mr. Randyll, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Forefter Mr. London, 
Sir Tho. Scawen: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend for Perfuns, Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do hear the Commiilioners for the Stamp 
Duties, before they make any Keport. 


Mr. Godfrey reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of ‘obn Thompfon, Fames Colebrooke, Hum- 
phry Jones, and Fofeph Rickjon, in behalf of themfelves, 
and other Proprietors of feveral Navy, Victualing, and 
Tranfport Bills, and Ordnance and Army Debentures, was 
referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brigftock reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for the more effectual preventing clandeftine Mar- 
riages, was committed, That they had made feverai Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read, 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Tuefday Morning next. 


A Petition of fobn Scudamore and George Henfhaw 
Merchants was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That, in the Month of May 1710, the Earl Stan- 
hope, then General Stanhope, and Commander in Chief 
of the Briti/h Forces in Spain, pafling through Genoa, 
in his Way to Cata/onia, contracted with the Petitioners ; 
and they did oblige themfelves to deliver a certain Quan- 
tity of Barley at Barcelona, not exceeding 25,000 Quar- 
ter, as for the Ufe of her Britannic Majefty’s Forces in 
Catalonia: That the Petitioners, according to the faid 
Agreement, were to have been paid for the fame, upon 
Delivery thereof at Barcelona, as aforefaid, by Fobn Mead 
Efquire, Paymafter of the Briti Army, in Bills to be 
drawn, at 57 Pence the Dollar, upon the honourable 
ames Bridges, now Earl of Carnarvon, Paymafter General 
of her Britannic Majefty’s Forces: That, in purfuance 
of the aforefaid Contract, the Petitioners did, by their 
Agents, deliver to Fohn Mead, Efquire, at Barcelona, 
22,764 Quarters of Barley, and did receive Payment 
for 20,000 of that Number; bur, the Army of the Allies 
marching into Arragon before Warrants were obtained 
from General Stanhope, to juftify Mr. Mead in the Pay- 
ment of the Remainder, there is ftill due to the Petition- 
ers the Sum of 1,359/. 155. gd. being the Value of 
2,764 Quarters, according to the Rate agreed: That, in 
the Year 1713, the Petitioners Demand was laid before 
a Committee of the Houfe, and allowed to be a juft 


Debt due from the Nation ; but, notwithftanding the Pre. 
mifes, the Petitioners have had no Relief: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Milner, Mr. Papillon, Mr. 
Stanhope, Mr. Lowndes, Lord Middleton, Lord Mole/- 
worth, Mr. Neville, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Gilbert 
Heathcote, Mr. London, Mr. Morice, Sir Tho. Wheate, 
Mr. Zrety, Mr. Inge, Mr. Herne, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. 
Trevanion, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Methuen, 
Mr. Micklethwaite, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Gybbon, Sir 
Tho. Hanmer, Sir Richard Farington, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, 
Mr. Sloper, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Ear/, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
Pitt: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And they have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue the Commiflioners ap- 
pointed to take, examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts 
due tothe Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands 
of feveral foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during 
the lace War; was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill ; 

Prefs 10, Line 38. Between the Word “ State,” and 
the Word ‘ determined,” to infert the ‘Word ‘ and,” 
in order to leave out the Words *¢ and certify :” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word ** and” 
be inferted ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, A — t 77s 
Tellers for the Noes, + ie: ead : { 173. 


So it pafied in the Negative. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act to continue the Commiffioners appointed to take, 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Deb:s due to the Army; 
and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign 
Princes and States tor Subfidies, during the late War. 

Ordered, That Mr. Treby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for the better pre- 
venting Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Herne took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Herne reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wedne/day 
Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for recovering the 
Credit of the Britif Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for the 
better fecuring the Duties on Salt. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 


IR David Dalrymple reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every 
Pint of Ale, or Beer, that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Dunbar, for improving and preferving the 
Harbour ; and for repairing the Town-houfe and Build- 
ings there; and for fupplying the faid Town with Water; 
was committed; That they had made feveral Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto: 
And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Petition of the Creditors of Fo/eph Long, late of 
London, Merchant, living and refiding in and near Shep- 
ton Mallett, in the County of Somerfet, on behalf of 
themfelves and all other Creditors of the faid Fofepb 
Long, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the faid ofeph Long, by divers and conti- 
nued finifter Practices, on no Foundation, obtained Cre- 
dit for divers great Quantities of Woollen Manufactures, 
and other Goods, and for great Sums of Money, to the 
Value of 30,000/. as he himfelf declared: That, fome 
fhort time before a great Fair held at Briffol, in Fanuary 
1717, intending to defraud his Creditors, to whom he 
was indebted, he fraudulently confefled One or more 
Judgment or Judgments to his Brother George Long, 
and prepared feveral fraudulent Transfers and Affign- 
ments of his Effects, for little or no Confideration; and 
further co carry on his unjuft Defigns, he, by Collufion, 
and otherwife, obtained Credit for divers Quantities of 
Goods in London, to the Value of 700/. and upwards, 
which he brought dowm to the faid Fair at Briftol, and, 
made a pretended Sale thereof to Fobn Long, another of 
his Brothers; and took his Notes for the fame; to the 
great Detriment of the Petitioners: And one Mr. Ro- 
bert Serle, likewife, to make a better Figure for him, laid 
Goods, to the Value of 5007. or thereabouts, into the 
faid Fofeph Long’s Shop, or Warehoufle, at Bri/tol, which 
did pats for the faid Long’s Goods, and were fold in his 
Name, but to the faid Serle’s Ule; and by the Credit 
thereof, and making fuch an Appearance, he carried on 
great Dealings with the Petitioners, and others, for Wool- 
len Manufactures; and prevailed on them to entruft him 
with Goods to the Value of feveral Thoufand Pounds, 
taking his Notes for the fame: That, as foon as the faid 
Fofeph Long had bought any Goods, he immediately made 
Bills of Sale to transfer the Property to his faid Brother 
George Long; for which blank Notes were filled up, to the 
Value thereof, payable to the faid Fcfeph Long, as the 
only Confideration: That the faid Goods were immedi- 
ately conveyed away to London, and by the faid George 
Long, exported to Holland; and the faid Fofepb Long, 
having, by fome undue Practices, gotten out of the Cu- 
ftody of the Marfhal of the King’s Bench Prifon, into 
which, being arrefted by fome of his Creditors, he turned 
himfelf over, is gone thither alfo: That a Commiflion of 
Bankrupt being awarded againft the faid Fofeph Long, 
by the Connivance of Nathanael Stallard and Fobn Bur- 
nett, Affignees of the faid Bankrupt’s Eftate, who, hav- 
ing refufed, or wilfully neglected, in due time, to get 
in, or take proper Meafures for Difcovery of, the fame, 
and having, as they pretend, releafed the faid George Long 


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for 1507. or thereabouts, though they well knew he was 
indebted to the {aid Bankrupt’s Eftate, upwards of 7,000/. 
and by the collufive Practices of divers others of the 
faid Long’s Accomplices, who conceal great Part of his 
Effects, or fet up fraudulent Titles thereto, the Petition- 
ers, and the reft of the faid Fo/eph Long’s Creditors, are 
moft unjuftly defrauded of their Debts; to the utter 
Ruin of feveral of them, and their Families: And for- 
afmuch as the vile Practices of the faid Fofeph Long, and 
his Accomplices, cannot by the common Courfe of any 
Law, now extant, be difcovered, and they enforced to 
make a due Satisfaction for fuch their unjuft Dealings: 
And the faid George Long, ‘fobn Long, Robert Serle, Na- 
thanael Stallard, and ‘fobn Burnett, and their Accom- 
plices, combining with the faid Fofeph Long, deceived 
the Petitioners, and the other Creditors, of fuch great 
Sums of Money: And praying, That a Bill may be 
brought in for the effe€tual Difcovery of the Praétices 
aforefaid; and that the faid Geerge Long, Fobn Long, 
Robert Serle, Nathanael Stallard, and Fobn Burnett, and 
their Accomplices, that have been guilty of any fraudu- 
lent Practices, may be fubjected to make due Satisfaction 
out of their own proper F.ftates. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Peirfe, Mr. Earl, Mr. Sye- 
phens, Mr. Bond, Sir Tho. Fobnjon, Colonel Bladen, Mr. 
Sandys, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr, Dockininique, Mr. Bro- 
drick, Mr. Inge, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Sir Rober: Corbett, 
Sir Robert Davers, Sir Cha. Turner, Lord Mole/worth, 
Mr. Cater, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Walpole, Sir Waa. ‘Fobn- 
Stone, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Brigflock, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. 
Gholmley, Mr. Turner, Sir Wim. Humfreys, Mr. TJ ufnell, 
Mr. Monroe, General Rojle, Mr. Dijfton, Mr. London, 
Mr. Lade, Mr. Ha'fey ; and the Members that (erve for 
the Counties of Somerfet, Dorjet, Middlefex, and the City 
of London: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Fivea 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to direct his 
Minifter, at the Hague, to make Inftances to the States 
General of the United Provinces, for paying to the Regi- 
ments of Wood, Douglas, and Hamilton, which were put 
in the Service of the States General, during the late War, 
and were difbanded fince, al] Arrears due to the faid Re- 
giments, on Account of their Service, before the De- 
mands of the faid States on the Crown of Great Britain 
be paid. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for 
repairing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill be committed to Sir Charks 
Turner, Mr. Stephens, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Inge, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, 
Mr. ‘femngs, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Chetwynde, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Clayton, Lord Sonds, 
Mr. Neville, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Booth, Mr. Plumptre, 
Mr. Butler, Colonel Chandler, Mr. North, Sir Robert 
Davers, Sir Robert Fenkins, Sir Ffobn Cope, Mir. Gybbon, 
Mr. Corbett, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Noble, Sit Wm. Lowther, 
Sir Richard Farington, Sir Fobn Rufbout, Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Cater, Mr. Docknnnique, Sir Fuftinian Ifpam, Mr. 
Carteret, Mr. Difton, Mr. Yonge, Sir Win. Fobnftone, Mr. 
Philpott, Mr. Brigffock, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Lowther, Mr. Chulmley, Mr. Denton, Mr. Hungerford, 
Mr. Heyfoam: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 

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A Bill for the further Punifhment of fuch Perfons as 
fhail unlawfully kill or deftroy Deer in Parks, Paddocks, 
and other inclofed Grounds, was read a Second time. 

Refalved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Feffop, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Charles 
Turner, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Butler, Mr. Briftow, 
Lord Molejworth, Colonel Chandler, ‘Mr. Hillerfden, Sir 
Robert Davers, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Heath, Sir 
Wm. Strickland, Sit Wm. Humfreys, Sit Edward Des 
Beuverice, Mr. Dockminique, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. On- 
flow, Sir Facob Ajiley, Sic Wm. Lowther, Mr. Cater, Mr. 
Farrer, Sir Hungerford Hofkyns, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Plump- 
tre, Mr. Stepbens, Mr. Conyers, Lord Harry Powlett, 
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Chulmley, Mr. Noble, Sir Robert Pol- 
lock, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Inge, Mr. Boteler, 
Mr. Strickland, Sir Edward Turner, Mr. Lade, Lord 
Middleton, General Wroth, Mr. Freman, Mr. Earl, Mr. 
Cartright, Mr. Calmady, Mr. Baffett, Sir Geo. Faring- 
ton, Sir Fuftinian Iam, and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Suffex, Kent, and Southampion: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take 
into Confideration the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in the 
feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was committed. 

And the Amendments made by the Committee there- 
unto, were once read throughout ; and then a Second time, 
one by one, as far as Claufe A; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, feveral of them were difagreed 
with, and the reft were agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

Claufe A being read a Second time, That no Perfon 
fhould be kept in Gaol by any Perfon, whofe Debt 
did not amount to above the Sum of Thirty Pounds, 
befides Intereft, Cofts, and Charges; and the fame was 
amended ; 

And then the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do 
agree with the Committee, in the faid Clauie, fo amended; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The reft of the faid Amendments, as far as Claufe E, 
being read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Claufe E being read a Second time, That the Warden 
of the Fleet Prilon, or Marfhal of the King’s Bench Pri- 
fon, fhail not be obliged to take fuch Oaths as are by 
the Act appointed, of or concerning fuch Prifoners who, 
on the Twenty-ninth of September 1718, refided within 
the Liberty of the Rules of either of the faid Prifons; 
but fhail refpeétively certify, for every fuch Prifoner, who 
fhall defire the iame, the Day of his or her Commitment, 
for what Debt, by what Judge, and at whofe Suit; and 
that fuch Prifoner remains undifcharged trom the faid 
Prifon; and, if fuch Certificate be not true, fuch War- 
den, or Marfhal, fo certifying, fhall forfeit and pay as 
any other Sheriff, Gaoler, or Keeper, for inferting a falfe 
Name in any of their Lifts; andthe Prifoner in fuch 
Rules fhall take the Oath, and proceed in fuch manner, 
as any other Prifoner claiming the Benefit of the A; 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Re- 
port be adjourned till Monday Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





16° die Moartii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


Luna, 


PRAYERS. 
QRiered, That Fobn Rolle Efquire, in Cuftody of the 
~ Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neglect- 
ing to attend his Servicein Parliament, be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, paying his Fees, 


Mr. Hungerford reported from the Committee, to 


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whom the Bill for the further Punifhment of fuch Perfons 
as fhall unlawfully kill or deftroy Deer in Parks, Pad- 
docks, and other inclofed Grounds, was committed, That 
they had made fome Amendments thereunto; which 
they had dire¢ted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the faid Amendments were once read throughout; and 
then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Que- 
ftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Mr. Yonge prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for appointing a Commiffioner and Trultee to put 
in Execution the Powers and Authorities of the feveral 
Aéts of Parliament relating to the forfeited Eftates, in 
the room of George Treby Efquire: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for preventing the Mifchiefs which 
may happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gun- 
powder in or near the Cities of London and Weftminfter, 
or the Suburbs thereof, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; vz. 

Prefs 4. Line 1, After “ conveyed,” to infert “in 
‘* any Carts or Carriages :” 

Line 8. To leave out ‘ Porters,” and to in- 
fert ** Horfe or Man:” 

Prefs 6. Line 10. After ‘* Acres,” to infert ‘* in any 
** one Place :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe : And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen 
by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near 
the Cities of London and Weftminfier, or the Suburbs 
thereof. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Wheate do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Saturday lait, relating to the Three Scotch 
Regiments, which were in the Service of the States Ge- 
neral of the United Provinces, had been prefented to his 
Majefty: And that his Majefty was pleafcd to fay, That 
he will give Directions to his Minifter at the Hague, to 
make fuch Inftances as are defired by the faid Addrefs, 


Ordered, That the Two Reports, and the Memorial, 
which have been prefented to the Houfe, by the Com- 
miffioners for the Equivalent, this Seffion of Parliament, 
be referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Commiffioners for difpofing of the Equivalent, and 
of Fames Campbell Etquire, Agent for the Creditors of 
the Publick in Scotland, for themfelves, and in the Name 
and Behalf of the faid Creditors, is referred. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Commiffioners of 
the Equivalent, which was prefented to the Houfe the 
Eighth of Zune 1717, be referred to the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon this Day 
Sevennight. 

Ordered, That fuch Members as hall not then attend, 
be fent for in Cuitody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
the Service of this Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolued, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


. The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider fur- 
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ther of the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britifb 
Fithery in foreign Parts ; and for the better fecuring the 
Duties on Salt ; 

A Claufe in the A&amp; of the Third Year of his prefent 
Majelty, for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, 
Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1717, &amp;e. 
was read, relating to Goods being imported Duty-free from 
the Iflands of Ferfey, Guernfey, Sarke, and Alderney. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Clauie to repeal, 
or amend, the faid Claufe, fo far as the fame relates to 
Salt. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. , 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill, and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bull. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in 
the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was committed, be 
taken into further Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine a Clock, 





Martis, 17° die Martii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Godfrey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Thomas Thatcher, of London, a 
Proprietor of fome Army Debentures, and of One Bill of 
Exchange, upon Account of the Canada Expedition, was 
referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the faid Report was read. 
Ovdeved, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


The Houfe, according to Order, refumed the ad- 
journed Confideration of the Report from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for Relief of poor infolvent Debtors in 
the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was committed : 

And Claufe F, being the laft Amendment made by the 
Committee to the Bill, was difagreed with. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
Jimiting the Sum any Prifoner fhall really, and dona fide, 
ftand charged, and be indebted, to any one Perfon, for 
Debt, Damages, and Cofts of Suit : 

And the fame was twice read, with a Blank; which 
was filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill : 

And feveral Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for the more effectual preventing clan- 
deftine Marriages, was committed, be taken into further 
Confideration upon Thur/day Morning next. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for recover- 
ing the Credit of the Bris Fifhery in foreign Parts; 
and for the better fecuring the Duties on Salt. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

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Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

fir, Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill and had directed 
him to move, that they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Tburfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf intoa Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurit, 18° die Martii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


IR Thomas Wheate reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An A&amp; for making more effectual the feveral Acts pafled 
for repairing and amending the Highways of this Kir 7- 
dom, was committed, That they had made fome Amend- 
ments to the Bill ; which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
read; and areas follow ; vz. 
Prefs 2. Line 34. After ** Benefit,” leave out ‘* and:” 
Line 36. After ‘ allow,” add ** and direct ;” 
and afterwards infert Claufe A; ‘* And be it further 
“© enacted, by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Per- 
‘s fon or Perfons fhall or do hinder, or, with force 
*¢ or otherwife attempt or endeavour to hinder or ob- 
“ ftruét the Seizing, Diftraining, ‘Taking, or Carrying 
«* away, of any Seizure, or Diftrefs, or Matter or Thing 
“ feized, or diftrained, for any the Penalties or Forfeit- 
‘© ures incurred, or to be incurred or forfeited, by virtue 
“© of this Act; or fhall refcue the fame; or fhall ufe any 
‘© Violence to the Perfon or Perfons concerned in making 
«¢ fuch Seizure or Diftrefs; each and every of fuch Perfon 
« or Perfons fhall, upon due Proof made, upon Oath, 
«¢ by One or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, before 
«© One or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for the 
«* County wherein fuch Offence is done, be committed, 
« by fuch Juftice or Juftices, to the common Gaol for 
«¢ the faid County, for Three Months, there to remain 
‘¢ without Bail or Mainprize; and fhall alfo lofe and for- 
«6 feit for every fuch offence, the Sum of Ten Pounds, 
“¢ to be levied and recovered by Diftrefs and Sale of the 
«¢ Offenders Goods and Chattels, by virtue of a Warrant 
«© under the Hand and Seal of fuch Juftice and Juftices, 
‘© who is and are hereby authorized and required to grant 
«¢ the fame; and in cafe the faid Penalty be not paid 
&lt;¢ within Three Days after fuch Diftrefs made, then ir 
‘6 fhall and may be lawful to and for the Perfon or Per- 
&lt;¢ fons, fo diftratning as aforefaid, to fell the Goods and 
«© Chattels, fo diftrained, rendering the Overplus to the 
«© Owner or Owners, the Charge ot fuch Diitraining and 
‘© Selling being firft deducted :” 
Prefs 3. Line 29. Before “* Hay,” add * Cheefe, 
«¢ Butter :” 
Line 31. Before ‘* Stone,” add ‘** One:” 
Line 34. After ‘© Timber,” leave out ** or:” 
Line 38. After * any,” and before ‘* Aétion,” 
leave out ‘* fuch:” 
Prefs 4. Line 2. Leave out ** whatfoever.” 
The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, with an Amendment to Claufe A, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every 
Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Dunbar, for improving and preferving the 
Harbour; and for repairing the Town-houfe and Build- 

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ings there; and for fupplying the faid Town with Waters 
was read the Third time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be; An Aét for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of 
Ale or Beer that {hall be vended or fold within the Town 
ot Dunbar, tor improving and preferving the Harbour ; 
and for repairing the Town-houfe -and Buildings there ; 
and for fupplying the faid Town with frefh Water. 

Ordered, that Sir David Dalrymple do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; for making more effectual the feveral 
Acts paffed for repairing and amending the Highways of 
this Kingdom, be read the Third time upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, in a full Houfe. 


A Petition of Colonel James St. Clair, Colonel Fobn 
Erfkine, and William Morijon ot Prefton Grange, Efquire, 
for themfelves,and in the Name of many Thoufands con- 
cerned in the Fifhing and Salt-works in Scotland, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by 
the art/ul Infinuations and Suggeftions of fome Dealers in 
foreign Salt, Two feveral Acts were, with great Diffi- 
culty, obtained in the Parliament of Scotland, Anno 1705; 
by which it is provided, That all Herrings, and other 
Fifhes and Flefh, to be exported, muft be cured with 
foreign Salt only; though, before then, a much more 
national and beneficial Trade was carried on, by the Ex- 
portation of Herrings cured with Scofs Salt, than that time, 
e{pecially to the Haff Seas: That when a Motion was 
made, the then next Seffion of Parliament there, for re- 
dieffing the Grievances occafioned by thoie Two Aéts, the 
fame was, without entering then upon the particular Con- 
fideration thereof, confirmed by the Eighth Article of the 
Union; but exprefly fubject to fuch Alterations as fhall 
be made by the Parliament of Great Britain: That, asa 
farther Remedy to thofe and other Grievances then com- 
plained of, it is exprefly ftipulated and provided, by the 
Sixth Article of the Union, That all Parts of the united 
Kingdom fhall, for ever after the Union, have the fame 
Allowances, Encouragements, and Drawbacks, and be 
under the fame Regulations of Trade, as to Import and 
Lixport, inall refpects: That, neverthelefs, the Petitioners 
are, to their great Lofs, not only kept hitherto under the 
unequal and moft injurious Prohibitions and Reftrictions 
of the above-mentioned Two Acts, in relation to the Cure- 
ing of kath and leith for kxportation, while the Englifh 
lic under no fuch Reftraint; but even the Carrying of 
Salt, and Fifh cured with Scots Salt, Coaftways, from 
Scotland into England, is, contrary to the Articles of the 
Union, likewife manifeftly difcouraged: That the conti- 
nuing the Petitioners thus under the Prohibitions and Re- 
{trictions aforefaid, while the Exgli/h are not fo reftrained, 
being dire€tly contrary to the Sixth and other Articles of 
the Union, as aforelaid ; and there being, moreover, fuch 
fufficient Evidence, as can be cafually had at this Diftance, 
ready to be produced, for difproving the pretended 
Grounds and Suggettions upon which the above-mentioned 
Two Aéts happened to be obtained: And praying to be 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the Bill for the Encourage- 
ment of the Fifhery. 

And the Eighth Article of the Union was read. 

Ordered, that the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
Gderation of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britt Fithery 
in foreign Parts; and tor the better fecuring the Duties 
en Salt; is committed. 

Ordered, Fhat it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do hear fuch Perfons, to the Matters 
of the faid Petition, as they fhall think fic. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Orlebar and Mr. 
Lovibond: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 


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the Amendment of Writs of Error; and for the further 
preventing the Arrefting or Reverfing of Judgments after 
Verdi&amp;t: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


Mr. Herne reported, from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the Bill for the better preventing Frauds 
committed by Bankrupts, was committed, thé Amend- 
ments which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once read 
throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houie. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Commiffioners, of 
the Great Seal, may order all Commiffions taken out, and 
Depofitions taken thereupon, and Certificates allowed and 
confirmed, and other Matters or Things relating to the 
Commiffions, or the Proceedings thereupon, to be entered 
of Record, and fafely kept: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bull. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Creditors of any Bankrupt may meet together, 
upon publick Notice to be given, and either allow of, or 
remove, any Affignee chofen by the Commiffioners acting 
under any Commiflion of Bankrupt iffued; and elect and 
and appoint another Affignee in his place, as the Creditors 
fhall judge moft fit; and, upon electing fuch new Affignee, 
the Commiffioners fhall bere-invefted, and fully re-intitled 
to the Bankrupt’s Eftate, and be impowered to difpofe of 
the fame, as if no former Affignment had been made; 
and fhall execute a new Affignment to fuch new Affignee 
elected ; in which the former Affignee fhall join, if there- 
unto required: 

And the faid Claufe was once read. 

Ordered, ‘That the further Confideration of the faid 
Claufe be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 19° die Martii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 
Bill for appointing a Commiffioner and Truftee to 
putin Execution the Powers and Authorities of the 
feveral Acts of Parliament relating to the Forfeited Eftates, 
in the room of George Treby Efquire, was read a Second 
time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 


refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Commiffioners 
of Sewers, and principal Inhabitants, in and near the 
Town of Greenwich, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That there has been ereéted, of late 
Years, a Magazine for Powder within a few Paces of the 
faid Town, in which there is commonly feveral Thoufand 
Barrels of Powder; and the Houfle for proving the faid 

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5 Geo. I. 


Powder by Fire adjoins to the faid Magazine; which 
caules terrible Apprehenfions in the Petitioners, and all the 
Inhabitants of the faid Town, fearing that, if any Acci- 
dent fhould happen to the faid Magazine, the faid Town, 
andthe Royal Hofpital for Seamen within the faid Town, 
will be intirely deftroyed : And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion therein, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Freman, Mr. Comptroller, 
Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. Wefipbaling, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. 
jodfrey, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Farrer, 
Sir Richard Gough, Sir Arthur Kay, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Cuningham, Mr. Butler, Sir Fokn Trevalyan, Sir Wm. 
Humfreys, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Brigftcck, Sir David 
Dairymple, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Lowther, Sir Edward 
Des Bouverie, Sir Richard Farington, Mr. Harrifon, 
Mr. Earl, Sir Gregery Page, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Chulm- 
ley, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Corbet, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Boteler, Sir Fobn Coryton, Mr. Bankes, Sir Wm. 
Lowther, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Devereux, Mr. Norris, Sir 
Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. England, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Ro- 
berts; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of 
Keat, Effex, Middlefex, and the City of London: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refumed the further 
Confideration of the Claufe offered to the Bill for the bet- 
ter preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts. 

And the faid Claufe was read a Second time; and the 
Blanks therein were filled up: 

And then theClaufe was amended and, upon the Quef- 
tion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Commiffioners fhall be incapable of ating, until 
they fhall refpectively have taken an Oath, therein men- 
tioned, for their faithful and impartial Execution of the 
Powers and Trufts repofed in them: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with a Blank ; which 
was filled up; ' 

And then the Claufe amended; and, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part 
of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groficd. 


The Houle, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
Confideration the Report from -the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for the more effectual preventing clandeftine Mar- 
Fiages, was committed. 

The faid Amendments, as far as Claufe B, being feve- 
rally read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

Claufe B being read a Second time, to prevent Licences 
being granted for Marriage, until the Parties to be mar- 
ried by fuch Licence make Oath, That they are, as they 
verily believe, of the full Age of Twenty-one Years, and 
at their own Difpofal; and, if either of the Parties to be 
married is under that Age, then the Parents or Guardian 
of fuch Perfon under Age fhall appear perfonally, aud 
make Oath, That they are confenting to the Marriage ; 

The faid Claufe was amended: 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee in the faid Amendment; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Claufe C, the laft Amendment made by the Commit- 
tee, being read a Second time, That the Act fhould not 
extend to prejudice the Marriages of Quakers, folemnized 
by Quakers between Quakers ; 

4ind the faid Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houte. 


And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
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Thena Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 


That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingroffed; 
It paffed in the Negative. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Orlebar, and Mr. 
Lovibond: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the Manors of Ake, Catterton, and other Lands, 
in the County of York, and County and City of York, 
Part of the Eftate of Philip Duke of Wharton, in Truf- 
tees, to be fold, or mortgaged, for the Purpofes therein 


mentioned: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 


And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for recovering the Credit of the Britifh Fifhery in 


foreign Parts; and for the better fecuring the Duties oa 
Salt. 


Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr, Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. ; 


Ordered, That Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Gwyn, Sir Arth. 
Kay, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. York, Mr. Foley, Mr Freman, 
be added to the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
divers Makers and Dealers in Cards and Dice, on behalf 
of themielves and others, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- | 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





V eneris, 20° die Martii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS, 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

for the vefting Manors of Ake, Catterton, and 

other Lands, in the County of York, and County and 

City of York, Part of the Ettate ot Philip Duke of Whar- 

ton, in Truftees, to be fold, or mortgaged, for the Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned, was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Refolved; That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to confer 
fome Dignity in the Church upon the Keverend Mr. Ma- 
ningham, Chaplain to this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid.Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council, 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act for the Amendment of Writs of Error; 
and for the further preventing the Arrefting or Reverfing 
of Judgments after Verdict; be read a Second time upon 
Monday Morning next. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 

a Bill for recovering the Fund appropriated for Payment 
of the Lottery Tickets which were made forth for the 
Service of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription of 
the Proprietors in the capital Stock of the South Sea Com- 
pany; and for raifing a Sum of Money to pay off fuch 
Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
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Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for the further Punifhment of fuch 
Perfons as fhall unlawfully kill or deflroy Deer in Parks, 
Paddocks, and other inclofed Grounds, was read the Third 
time. 

Refalved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for the further Punifhment of fuch Perfons as 
fhall unlawfully kill or dettroy Deer in Parks, Paddocks, 
and other inclofed Grounds. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Orlebar: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
again{t clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and prohi- 
bited Goods; and for the more effeétual Preventing of 
Frauds relating to the Cuftoms; with fome Amendments: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An Act 
for laying a Duty of ‘1'wo Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part 
of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer that 
thall be vended or fold within the Town of Jnverne/s, 
and Privileges thereof, for paying the Debts of the faid 
Town; and for building a Church, and making a Har- 
bour, there; without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, jotituled, An A&amp;t 
to continue the Commiflioners appointed to examine, 
ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and 
to examine and {tate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War; without 
any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill for making more effectual the Laws 
appointing the Oaths for Security of the Government to 
be taken by Minifters and Preachers in Churches and 
Meeting-houfes in Scotland, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bil! do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for making more effectual the Laws appoint- 
ing the Oaths for Security of the Government to be taken 
by Minifters and Preachers in Churches and Meeting- 
houfes in Scot’and. 

Ordered, That Mr. Abercrombie do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Afonday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


‘The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Ficute, upon the Bill for appointing a Commiffioner and 
‘fruttee to put in Execution the Powers and Authorities 
of the feveral Acts of Parliament relating to the forfeited 
Eftates, in the room of George Treby Eiquire. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Youge took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houle, to confider further of the Bill for recovering 
the Credit of the Brit Fifhery in foreign Parts; and 
for the better fecuring the Duties on Sale. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 


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had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 21° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 


Mi‘ Godfrey reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of William Chancy Merchant was re- 
ferred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Farrer, from the Commiffioners appointed by his 
Majefty for building Fifty new Churches in and about the 
Cities of London and Wefiminfter, and Suburbs thereof, 
Sc. prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to Aét of Parlia- 
ment, a Duplicate of their humble Reprefentation to his 
moft Gracious Majefty, touching the Manner of providing 
a Maintenance for the Minifters who are to officiate in the 
new Churches: 

And the Title thereof was read. 

The faid Duplicate of the faid Reprefentation is as fol- 
lows 3 Viz. 

May it pleafe Your moft Excellent Majefty, 

W Hereas in and by an Act of Parliament, paffed in 
the Firft Year of your Majefty’s happy Reign, in- 
tituled, An Ac for making Provifion for the Minifters 
of the Fifty new Churches which are to be built in and 
about the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and Suburbs 
thereof, Sc. it is required, That the Commiffioners ap- 
pointed by your Majefty to execute the Powers in that 
and other Acts relating to the faid Fifty new Churches, 
contained and fpecified, fhould inquire, and inform them. 
felves, in what manner, by and out of the Duties by the 
faid Act granted, and otherwife, a due Maintenance may 
be provided and fettied for the Minifters who are to at- 
tend the Service of God in the faid Fifty new Churches; 
and fhould, in Writing under their Hands and Seals, se 
port and certify to your Majefty fuch Matters and Things 
as fhould appear to them upon their Inquiries, as afore- 
faid, with their Opinions thereon; and prefent a Dupli- 
cate of fuch Report, or Certificate, to each of the Two 
Houfes of Parliament; to the end fuch further Direc- 
tions might be given thereupon, as might be purfuant to 
your Majefty’s pious Intentions in the Premifes: 

Now we, your Majefty’s moft dutiful Subjects, Com- 
miffioners appointed, as aforefaid, having, in Obedience 
to the faid Act, and the Direction of your Majefty’s Com- 
miflion, inquired into, and informed ourfelves of, this 
Matter, do, with all Humility, beg Leave to reprefent to 
your Majefty our Opinions thereupon, as follows; 

In regard the Parith or Diftrict afligned to each of the 
Fifty new Churches will, moft probably, contain Six thou- 
fand Souls, at feweft, the Duties incumbent on the Mini- 
fter of every fuch Parifh cannot be difcharged as they 
ought, without the Help of a Clergyman, who may read 
the publick Service; and alfo of, at leaft, One able and 
diligent Affiftant Preacher, who may take his Part alfo in 
vifiting the Sick, and other Minifterial Offices; the Ex- 
pence of which Affiftants being confidered, we are humbly 
of Opinion, That no Provifion can be reafonably efteemed 
a due Maintenance for the refpective Reétors of fuch Pa- 
rifhes, with their Affiftants, which doth not, in every 


one, amount to the clear yearly Income of Three hundred 


Pounds: And we conceive, that, in fome among thofe 
Rectories, where the Parifhes will be moft populous, and 


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the Cures moft painful, the Rectors, with their Affiftants, 
may. very well deferve Four hundred Pounds per Annum. 

In order to the providing and fettling fuch a Main- 
tenance, we conceive the following Expedients may be 
ufeful : 

ift, That a Claufe of a Statute, in the Tenth of 
her !ate Majefty Queen Anne; of pious Memory, enact- 
ing, That no Burial fhall be in or under any of the Fifty 
new Cliurches, be fo explained by Parliament, as to give 
Leave for depofiting dead Bodies in the Vaults. under the 
faid Churches, fo as no Ground be broken; and that the 
Commiffioners for the faid Churches may have Power, at 
their Difcretion, to afcertain fuch Fees tor every Body fo 
depofited, whether in the common Vaults, or in pfivate 
and Family Vaults, as may hot only fatisfy the juft De- 
mands of the prefent Incumbents of the old Church, but 
may alfo contribute to the Maintenance of the Rector of 
the new Church: 

ad, That yout Majefty’s faid Commiffioners may have 
a Power granted to them by Parliament of affefling 
all Houfes, whofe Inhabitants are not, by reafon of their 
Poverty, exempted from paying to Church and Poor, by 
a Pound Rate upon the yearly Rent, towards the Main- 
tenance of the Minifters; which Power may be ufed ia 
fuch new Parifhes, and in fuch Proportions, only, as they 
the faid Commiffioners, in their Difcretion, fhall fee fit; 
yet always fo, that in no Place whatever the Rate made 
for this Ufe do exceed the Proportion of Six Pence in the 
Pound: igs 

3d, That your Majefly’s faid Commiffioners may alfo 
have a Power of laying upon Pews, fet up at the publick 
Charge in the new Churches, a moderate yearly Duty, 
towards the Maintenance of the refpective Minifters, 
where they fhall find, upon Inquiry, fuch Duty to be 
practicable and proper; and which, we prefume, it will 
generally be thought, becaufe already cuftomary, and well 
received, in feveral Churches and Chapels of late Erection 
in and about thefe Cities : 

4th, That fuch Methods fort collecting and receiving 
quarterly the faid Pound Rates and Duties upon Pews may 
be appointed by Parliament, as fhall render fuch Payments 
moft punctual, and effectual to the Minifters; and beft pre- 
vent all reafonable Caufe of Complaint, or vexatious Suits, 
between them and their refpective Parifhioners: 

5th, That your Majefty’s faid Commiffioners may like- 
wite have a Power granted to them by Parliament of draw- 
ing out, from time to time, as each of the new Churches 
fhall be finifhed, and made fit for Ufe, fuch Part of the 
Monies referved for this Purpofe, by virtue of the Act 
pafied in the Firit of your Majefty’s Reign, as fhall be 
thought neceffary for the different Circumftances of each 
Parifh: That, for every Parifh where fuch Application 
fhall be found needful, the Money fo applied be laid out 
in Purchafing of Lands, Ground Rents, Fee-farm Rents, 
or other fure Perpetuities, of a greater or lefs Value, as 
the Condition and Neceffities of that Parith thall require; 
but that to no one Parifh whatfoever a greater Share of 
this Fund fhould be applied, than may affure to the Rector 
thereof, and his Succeffors, the clear yearly Income of 
One hundred and Twenty Pounds. 

Thefe Expedients are moft humbly fubmitted to your 
Majefty’s Wifdom and Goodnefs, as, in our Opinion, the 
moit likely, and leaft grievous, for providing and fettling 
a due Maintenance for the Minifters who are to attend 
the Service of God in the new Churches already built, or 
to be built. 

In the mean while we cannot intirely acquit ourfelves 
of the Duty we owe to your Majefty, for the Truft re- 
pofed in us, without begging Leave, on this Occafion, 
humbly to reprefent, Fhat your Commiffioners are im- 
powered, by the Acts in the Ninth and Tenth of Queen 
Anne, to convert Chapels already erected, fuch as fhalt 
be judged fit and proper, into Parifh Churches, which 
yet will not be intitled to any Share of the Maintenance 
provided in the Act paffed in the Firft of your Majefty’s 
happy Reign: For which Reafon it is, with all poffible Sub- 


miflion, referred to your Majefty’s great Goodnefs, and 
Von, XIX, 


137 
to the Wifdom of your Parliament, what further Powers 
fhali be deemed needful to be given to your Commiffion- 
ers, in order to remedy this Defect; and to appoint a 
like Maintenance for the Rectors and Curates of fuch Cha- 
pels as fhall be turned into Parifh Churches, as of other 
the Churches newly erected. 

From the Previfion already made by Parliament to- 
wards the Maintenance of the faid Minifters, purfuant to 
your Majefty’s Piety, and gracious Intentions to them 
fignified, we affure ourfelves, That due Encouragement 
vill always be given to a Defign of fo excellent a Nature, 
and of fo manifeft-a Tendency to promote the Honour 
and Practice of our moft holy Religion; to fupply the 
fpiritual Wants of fo many Thoufands of your People; 
and to derive down, in moft fignal manner, the Bleffings 
of Almighty God upon yout Majefty’s Perfon and Pofte- 
rity. 
In Witnefs whereof, your Majefty’s Commiffioners have 


hereunto fet their Hands and Seals this 12th Day of March 
1715. 


W, Ebor: (L. S$.) 
Fo. Wigorn. (L. S.) 
C. Norwich, (L.S.) 
G. Briftol. (L. S.) 
W. Sarum. (L. S.) 
Samuel Carlile: (L. S.) 
Wb. Peterbor. (L. S.) 
Geo. Stanhope, (Li. S.) 
Will. Stanley; (L.S.) + 
Rob. Mof;, (L. S.) 
John Waugh; (LL. S.) 
Fobn Elis; (L. S.) 
7. Meller. (L. S.) 


Ordered, That the faid Duplicate of the faid Reprefen- 
tation do lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Mem- 
bers of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That thé feveral Reports from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of feveral Sufferers, and the 
Agents and Factors of other Sufferers, at Nevis and Saint 
Chriftopber’s, in behalf of themfelves, and others; and 
alfo the Petition of Fobn Thompfon, ames Colebrooke, 
Humphry Fones, and Fofeph Rick/on; in behalf of them- 
felves, and others, Proprietors of feveral Navy, Victual- 
ing, and Tranfport Bills; and Ordnance and Army De- 
bentures; and alfo the Petition of Tomas Thatcher; and 
alfo the Petition of William Chancy Merchant; were re- 


ferred; be taken into Confideration upon Wedne/day 
Morning next. 


A Bill for recovering the Fund appropriated for Pay- 
ment of the Lottery Tickets which were made forth, for 
the Service of the Year 1710; by a voluntary Subfcrip- 
tion of the Proprietors in the capitak Stock of the Sou:b 
Sea Company ; and for raifing a Sum of Money to pay 
off fuch Debts and Incumbrances as are therein men- 
tioned; was read a Second time. 

Refolvéd, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe wiil,; upon Tuefday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yetterday, ‘hat his Majefty would be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to conter fome Dignity in the Church upon 
the Reverend Mr. Maningbam, Chaplain to this Houfe, 
hath been prefented to his Majefty: And that his Majeity 
was pleafed to fay, That he will, in purfuance of the - 
Defires of this Houfe, beftow fome Dignity in the Church 
upon their Chaplain, as Opportunity offers. 


- Mr. Yonge, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
appointing a Commiffioner and Truftee to put in Execu- 

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128 | 


tion the Powers and Authorities of the feveral Aéts of 
Parliament relating to the forfeited Eftates, in the room 
ot George Treby Eiquire, was committed, the Amendments 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were once read throughout; and then 
a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in+ 

roiled, 

Refolved, That the faid Commiffioner be chofen by 
Balloting. 

Refolved, That no Perfon be capable of being the faid 
Commifiioner, who hath any Office of Profit, or is ac- 
countable to his Majefty. 

Refolved, That the faid Commiffioner may be a Mem- 
ber of this Houle. 

Ordered, That the Members of the Houfe do, upon 
Monday next, at One of the Clock, prepare Lifts, ‘to be 
put into Glaffes, of One Perfon’s Name, to be a Com- 
miffioner in the faid Bill. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Adc 
for making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for re- 
pairing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, 
was, according to Order, read the Third time. 

An ingrofled Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Bill, for making the Laws for repairing the 
Highways in Scotland more eifectual : 

and the fame was once read. 

Then the Eighth A&amp; of the Firft Pagliament of King 
Fames the Seventh was read: 

And the ingroff~d Claufe, offered to be added as a 
Rider, was read a Second time; and, by Leave of the 
Houfe, withdrawn. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the. Amendments, do 

afs, 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Wheat do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending, and making more effectual, the Laws for re- 
pairing Highways and Bridges in that Part of Great Bri- 
tain called Scotland: And that Sir David Dalrymple and 
Sit Alexander Cuming do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


And thea the Houfe adjourned till AZoaday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 23° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for the better preventing Frauds 

A committed by Bankrupts, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prets 2. Line * To leave out ** the:” 

Prefs 5. Line * To leave out ‘ of:” 

Prefs 23. Line 24. After “ impowéred,” to leave out 
** by and with the Confent of Two or more of the Cre- 
** ditots, who fhall have duly proved their Debts before 
** the Commiffioners :” 

Prefs 25. Line * After “ intitled,” to infert ** as 
“© fuch :»” ‘i 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
teverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act ter the better preventing Frauds committed. by 
Bankrupts. ' 

Ordered, That Mr. Herne do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4. 1718. 


Mr. Freman reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Juftices of Peace, Commiffioners of, 
Sewers, and principal Inhabitants, in and near the Town 
of Greenwich, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to 
them, and the Refolution of the Committee thereupon ; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read: And the Report and Refolution are as follows; viz. 

That it appeared to the faid Committee, That the Al- 
legations in the faid Petition are true: And that the Com- 
mittee came to the following Refolution ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved, That an humble Addrefs be 
prefented to his Majefty, That he would moft gracioufly 
be pleafed to give Directions to the proper Officers, That 
the Magazine of Gunpowder within a few Paces of the 
Town of Greenwich may be removed to fome more conve- 
nient Place, amd further Diftance from the faid Town, and 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he would moft gracioufly be pleafed to 
give Directions to the proper Officers, That the Maga- 
zine of Gunpowder within a few Paces of the Town of 
Greenwich may be removed to fome more convenient 
Place, and further Diftance from the faid Town, and the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majetty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Amendments, made by the Lords, 
to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; againft clandeftine Running 
of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for the more 
effectual Prevenging of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms ; 
be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
Wednefday Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; | 


for the Amendment of Writs of Error; and for the fur- 
ther preventing the Arrefting or Reverfing of Judgments 
after Verdict; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee ot the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Clerk, and Clerk Amiftant, went on each Side of 
the Houfe with Glafies, to receive from the Members the 
Lifts, prepared by them, of a Perfon’s Name, to be a 
Commuffioner and Truftee for putting in Execution the 
Powers and Authorities of the feveral Acts of Parlia- 
ment relating to the forfeited Eftates, in the room of 
George Treby Efquire. 

And the Lifts being received, and brought up to the 
Table 5 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed toinfpedt the 
Lifts; and to report to the Houfe upon what Perfon the 
Majority falls : 

_ And it is referred to Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Yonge, Colonel King, 
Mr. Boteler, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Wilfred Law/on, Sir 
Tho. Sebright, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Lowe, 
Mr. Medlycott, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Ingram, Sir Foby Rufb- 
out, Sit Richard Farington, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Plump- 
tre, Mr. Devereux, Mr. Garteret, Sic Cha. Hotham, Mr. 
Longueville, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Fennings, Mr. Halfey, Mr. 
Calmady, Sir Tho. Wheat, General Pepper; Mr. Tredy, 
Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Ibompfon,. Lord ‘Wm. Powlett, 

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Lord Hinchinbroke, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Britiffé, Mr. Ward, 
Mr. Brigfock: And they are to withdraw immediate'y 
4nto the Speaker’s Chamber. 

And they withdrew accordingly. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine ofthe Clock. 





Martis, 24° die Martii ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1718. 


PRAYERS. 

N ingrofied Bill from the Lords, tntituled;-An- Ac 
A for vetting ‘the Manors of Afke, -Catterton, ~and 
other Lands in the Country of York, and County of- the 
City of York, Part-of the Eftate of Philip Duke of 
Wharton, in Truflees, to be dold, or Mortgaged, for the 
Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Yonge, 
Sir Robert Chaplyn, Sir Nath. Mead, 4ord Wm. Powlett, 
Sir Tho. Samwell, Sir Tho. Fobsfton, Mr. York, Sir 
Obarles Fiotham, (Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. 
Carterett, Mr. Gybbon, Sir Wm. Lowther, Sir Richard 
Farington, Mr. Harle; Mr. Trelawny, Mr. Honywood, 


ville, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Bradylil, Mr. Monroe, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Elford, Mr. Calmady, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. dnge, 
Mr. Stanhope, Mir. Lowther, Sir Wan. ‘Fobnjtone, Mr. 
reman, Mr. Vinoent, My. Tufnell, Sir Robert-Davers, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Mr. North, 
Mr. Harrifon, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Mr. Earl, Mr. 
Bertie, Mr. Smithfon,, Mec. Clayton, and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Bucks and York: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five aClock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. ; 


A Petition of the Coopers, and others, of the-Town of 
Saint Mawes, and Places Adjacent, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetoing forth, that the great Quantities 
of empty Cafks, and Cafks filled with Water, imported 
from Holland, and other Places, is of great Prejudice to 
our Trade; and tends very much to the Impoverihing of 
them, and their Families: And praying, that the Im- 
portation of empty Cafks, and Cafks filled with Water, 
may be prohibited. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrofied Bill for Relief of feveral poor infolvent 
Debtors in the. feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was read. 
the Third time: 

And an Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Bill; 

Prefs laft. Line * After ‘* Debt,” to infert ** befides 
“¢ Intereft :” : 

And the fame was; vpen the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: 

And the Bill was ameaded at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Fitle 
be, An Act for the Relief of poor Prifoners for-Debt. 

Ordered, That Sir: Walliam Lowiher do carry-the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A -Meffage from the Lords, by’ Mr. Browning and 
M:. Holford : aha" 
Mr. Speaker, 
TheLords haveagreed tothe Bill, intituled, An A&amp; toen- 
able the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or the Lord 


High Treafurer, for the Time being, ‘to compound with - 


Ja/per Cullum for the Debts he ftands engaged for to the 
Crown, on Account of Richard Lee, Thomas Corbin, He- 
neage Robinfon, and Fobn Fox, for Duties on Tobacco, 
without any Amendment: And atfo; 

To the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to enable the Lords 
Commiffioners of the Treafury, or the Lord High Trea- 


furer, for the Time being, to compound with Robert 

Weemes, for the Debt due from him to his Majefty, in re- 

lation to the Duties‘on Salt, without any Amendment. 
And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yefterday, relating to the Magazine of Gun- 
powder near Greenwich, hath been prefented to his Ma- 
jefty : And that his Majefty had been pleafed to command 
him to acquaint the Houfe, That he has given Orders to 
the Officers of Ordnance to remove the taid Magazine, 
according to the Defires of this Houfe. 


Sir Charles Hotham reported from’ the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to infpedt the Lifts given in by the 
Members Yefterday, of a Perfons Name to be a Com- 
miffioner and Truftee for putting in Execution the Pow- 
ers and Authofities of the feveral Acts of Parliament in 
relation to the forfeited Eftates, in the room of George 
Treby Eiquire; and to report upon what Perfon the Ma- 
jority of Votes fell; That the Committee had infpected 
the Lifts accordingly ; and that the Majority of Votes had 
fallen upon Charles Long Efquire, he having the Number 
of Two hundred and’ Sixty Votes. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
until the ingroffed Bill for appointing a Commiffioner 


‘and Truftee t ing in Execution the Powers and Au- 
Mr. Law/fon, Mr.. Ferrer, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Leongue- singin rete beatin at ae ae 


thorities of the teveral Acts of Parliament relating to the 
forfeited Eftates, in the room of George Treby Kiquire, be 
read the Third time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the Third time. 

The Bill for appointing a Commiffioner and Truftee to 
put in Execution the Powers and Authorities of the feve- 
ral Acts of Parliament relating to the forfeited Eftates, in 
the room of George Treéy Eiquire, was read the Third 
time: . 

And the Blanks left therein for a Commiffioner’s Name 
were filled up with the Name of Charles Long Efquire. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for appointing a Commiffioner and Truftee to 
put in Execution the Powers and Authorities of the feve- 
ral Aéts of Parliament relating to the forfeited Eftates, 
and Eftates given to fuperftitious Ufes, in the room of 
George Treby Elquire, who has defired to be dilcharged 
from the faid Trufts, 

Ordered, That Mr. Yonge do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and defire their Concurrencé 


Ordered, That the Hearing the Matter of the Petition, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the Shire 
of Lanerk, which was appointed to, be heard: the Third 
Day of April next, be heard at the Bar of this Houfe 
upon Friday the Twenty-fourth Day of April next. 


Colonel Bladen reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Commiffioners for difpofing of the Equi- 
valent, and of Hames Campbell Efquire, Agent for the Cre- 
ditors of the Publick in Scotland, for themfelves, and in 
the Name and Behalf of the faid Creditors, was referred: 
and to whom the feveral Reports from the Commiffioners 
for the Equivalent were referred ; the Matter, as it ap- 
peared tothem; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame’in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 


That the Committee, according to the Order of the 
Fifth Inftant, have taken the faid Petition into Confidera- 
tion; and dofind, That the Petitioners have proved the 
feveral Allegations in their Petition. 

But the Committee obferve, That the Sum of 31,823/. 
75. 1d.% is only vouched by an Account figned by thé 
Commiffioners of Equivalent in Scotland: Which Account 
is annexed to the Report, and {ubmitted to the Confidera- 
tion of the Houfe. Los 

.And the Account is as follows; viz. 


Account 


140 Journals of the Houfe “of Commons. ‘4. 1718. 


ACSoount of Intereft due upon the Debentures, the incident Charges of the Equivalent, Fees and Salaries to. Offi- 
cers and Servant, and the Commiffioners Salaries, from 24th Fume 1717 to 24th Fune 17185 and an Eftimate 
of the fame, from 24th Fane 1718 to 24th June 1719. 















































































































































































































































































































































Principal. 
Intereft due upon the Debentures; viz. ; 
Upon the ift Clafs Civil Lift, tormerly payable in Money : i94 8 7 
1ft Clais of the Military Lift, dito 1565 15 4 
ad Clafs, ditto 3 3,627 16 10% 
ift Clafs of the Civil Lift - §3:034 10 oO 
2d Clafs 7 - 6,745 6 2 
3d - 38,422 If 3 
2d Clafs of the Military Lift ood -——~ 61,224 6 4: 
3d Clafs “ 20,235 2 8 
2d Genetal Account “ 14,289 12 7% 
The Commiffioners Salaries 31,568 3 
Mr. Paterfon’s Debentures ———- 18,241 10 105 
Total of Principal of the Debentures —— — mm 2475739 4 IF 
Intereft of the faid 247,739/. 45. 14.4 
From 24th Fume 1717 to 24th Fune 1718 a 12,386 19 23 
Ditto, from 24th pune 1718 to 24th Funet7ig = =—— 12,386 19 2% 
- 24,773 18 43 
Incident Encore from 24th June 1717 to 24th Fume 1718 5 viz. 
Charges and Incidents of the Office 8 9g 10% 
Ditto 8 0 oO 
The Charges in expeding the laft new Commiffion 102 10 oO 
For Stationary- ware 6 I9 11 
The Lofs on 5,240 3 Guineas in the Commiffioners Hands when called down 131 0 3 
Charges in negotiating the Affairs of the Commiffion at London —_ 500 O Oo 
Incidents cf the Office 15 0 O 
Paper for the Debentures, and printing them — - 4 I gi 
George Murebead, for Agency 15°00 
Ditto, for Charges difburfed by him nae —— 8 0 oO 
799 95 
Eftimate of the incident Charges from the 24th Fume 1718 to 24th June 1719. 
Charges, at feveral Offices, in receiving the Money I2 12 0 
Charges and Incidents — —— — 40 0 O 
Stationary-ware 22 19 6 
Charges in negotiating the Affairs of the Commiffion at London -—- 500 0 O 
George Murebead, for Agency 15 0 0 
Ditto, for Charges —— — — — 4 3 -23 
594 14 83 
Salaries to Officers from 24th Fune 1717 to 24th Fune 718; Viz. 
To the Secretary os —- 200 0 Oo 
To the Cafhiers ; viz. 
To Anthony Murray —- 200 0 O 
To Gawin Plummer, from 24th June 1717 to 28th February 
1718, is 249 Days; at 1501. per Annum —— 102 6 63 
To Fobn Hay, his Succeflor, from 12th March 1718 to 24th 
Fune 17318, is 104 Days; at 150/. 42 14 9f 
345 ¥ 4 
Tothe Accountant —— 140 0 O 
To the Solicitor —- 25 00 
To the Seeretary’s Clerk 45 © O 
To the Teller —- 20 0 Oo 
775 I 4 
Salaries to Officers from 24th Fune 5718 to 24th Fune 7193 5 Vid. 
To the Secretary 200 0 O 
To the Cafhiers 350 0 O 
To the Accountant 140 0 0 
To the Solicitor 25 0 O 
To the Secretary’s Clerk — : 45 0 0 
To the Teller 20 0 0 
780 0 © 
Salaries to the Commiffioners from the 24th Fane 1717 to 24th Fune 1718; 
VIZ. 
To Five Commiffioners, at 300/. each 1,500 O O 
To Mr. William Seton, from 24th Fume 1717 to 23 Ofober 1717, is 121 
Days; at 300/. per Annum 99 9 OF 
To Mr. Patrick Campbell, of Monzie, from 23 Offober 1717 to 24th Fune 
1718, is 244 Days; at 300/, - 200 10 I12 
To Robert Fobnjfion, of Hilton, for that Time —_—_ = - 200 10 II 
2,000 10 11¢ 





-. Salaries 








5 Geo. I. 


To Seven Commiffioners, at 300/. each 


Edinburgh, the 26th November 1718. 


John Symimer, Accomptant. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, apon Tdurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Equivalent due, and growing 
due, to Scotland. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Reports, and Memorial from the 
Commiffioners of the Equivalent, which have been pre- 
fented to this Houfe this Seffion, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for recovering the Credit 
of the Britifb Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for the better 
fecuring the Duties on Salt; was committed; be received 
To-morrow Morning. ~ 


Refolved, That this Houfe will; To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for recovering the Fund appropriated for Payment 
of the Lottery Tickets, which were made forth for the 
Service of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription of 
the Proprietors in the capital Stock of the South Sea Com- 
pany ; and for raifing a Sum of Money to pay off fuch 
Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned. 


Ordered, ‘That the Amendments, made by the Lords, 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act againft clandeftine Run- 
ning of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for the 
more effectual Preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuf- 
toms; be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morn- 
ing. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercuri, 25° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS, 


HE Orders of the Day being read ; 

T Ordered, That the feveral Reports from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of feveral Sufferers, 
and the Agents and Factors of other Sufferers, at Nevis 
and Saint Chriflopber’s, in behalf of themfelves, and 
others: and alfo the Petition of Fobn Thompson, Fames 
Colebrooke, Humphry ‘ones, and Fofeph Rickfon, in 
behalf of themfelves, and others, Proprietors of feveral 
Navy, Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Ordnance 
and Army Debentures; and alfo the Petition of Tho- 
mas Thatcher; and alfo the Petition of William Chancy 
Merchant ; were referred; be taken into Confideration 
upon Friday Sevennight. 


Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
To-morrow Sevennight. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Aét tor the Amendment of Writs of Error; 
and for the further preventing the Arrefting or Reverfing 
of Judgments after Verdict. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

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Wii. Dalrymple; 

Jobn Swinton, - 
Robert Fobnfton, 

Fa. Smollett, 

Pat. Campbell, 

Pat. Fobnfton, 
Alexander Abercrombie; 


Mr. Carterett took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carterett reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and had directed him to re- 
port the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Méller and 
Mr. Holford. 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lotds have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for making the Town and Townhhip of Sunderland a dif- 
tinct Parifh from the Parifii of Bifbop Wearmouth, in the 
County of Durbam, with fome Amendments: To which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: 

And have alfo agteed to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, an Act for making 
more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and 
amending the Highways of this Kingdom. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


.Mr. Charles Stanbope reported, from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for recovering the Cre- 
dit of the Britis Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for the 
better fecuring the Duties on Salt ; was committed; the 
Amendments they had directed to be reported to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Whiete the fare were once read through- 
out; and then a Second time, one by one, as far as 
Claufe F: 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Claufe F being read a Second time, to prevent Ship- 
ping of Salt to be carried Coaft-wife, from one Port or 
Place in Great Britain to any other Port or Place in 
Great Britain, until the Duty of fuch Salt fhall be firft 
paid, or Security given for Payment thereof ; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do 
agrée with the Committee in the faid Amendment; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The reft of the faid Amendments, being feverally read 
a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
impowering the Officers for the Salt Duties to make out 
Debentures forthe Drawbacks for fuch Fith loft or de- 
ftroyed, as were on board the Ships the Severn Gally of 
Briftol, the George Gally of London, and the James of 
Leith, caft away: Ptoof being made, on Oath, of the 
Lofs of fuch Fith, after the fame had been entered out 
for Exportation, without Intention of being relanded in 
Great Britain: 


And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 


Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
That the Officers of the Salt Duties might make out a 


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Debenture for the Fith, or Pilchards, caft away near 
fome Port in the County of Cornwal; Proof being made, 
on Oath, that fuch Fith were oft after the fame were 
jaden for Exportation: — 

And the faid Claufe was once read : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be read 
a Second time ; 

It paffed in the Negative. - 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
to prevent Frauds and Embezzlement of foreign Salt, 
after it is imported, and before it is cellared ; and Britifo 
Salt, after it is weighed, and taken from the Salt Works, 
or Salt Pits, of Great Britain, and before it is locked 
ec. 4 
And the Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

And other Amendments were madg by the Houfe to 
the Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into d Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for recovering the Fund appropriated for 
Payment of the Lottery Tickets, which were made forth 
for the Service of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Sub- 
fcription of the Proprietors in the capital Stock of the 
South Sea Company ; and for raifing a Sum of Money to 
pay off fuch Debts and Incumbrances as are therein men- 
tioned. ; 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; againft clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and 
prohibited Goods ;' and for thé more effectual preventing 
of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms : 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol- 
low: viz. 

Prefs 16. Line i7, 18. Leave out “is not fitting to 
*¢ be ufed for making Cordage; and that :” 

Line 20. After ‘‘ clean,” infert * bright :” 

Prefs17. Line 10. After ‘* clean,” infert ‘* bright :” 

Line 11, 12. Leave out * and fit for making Cord- 
ace.” 

The Firlt of the faid Amendments being read a Se- 
cond time; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Lords in the faid Amendment ; 

It pailed in the Negative. 

The Second of the taid Amendments being read a Se- 
cond time; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe dothagree 
with the Lords in the faid Amendsnent ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The Third of the faid Amendments being read a Se- 
cond time ; 

And the Queftion being put, that the Houfe doth 
agree with the Lords in the faid Amendment; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The Fourth of the faid Amendments being read a Se- 
cond time; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Lords in the faid Amendment; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up 
Reafons, to be offered to the Lords, at a Conference, for 
difagreeing to the faid Amendments : 

And it is referred to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Secretary Craggs, Lord Middleton, Mr. Stanbope, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Wortley, Mr. 
Yonge, Mr. Brodrick, Sir Tho. Hales, Sir David Dal- 
rymple, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Fobn Phillips, Sir Roger Hill, 
Lord Molefworth, Mr. Herue, Mr. Morice, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Clayton, Mr. Hill, Lord Wm. Powkett, Mr. Inge, 


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Mr. Wylde, Mt. Gybbon, Mr. Ae, Sir Wm. Lowther : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 26° die Martii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. , 

Petition of Edward Clent Efquire, Executor of 
A Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Clent, late of the Cold- 
Jtream Regiment of Guards, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting:forth, that the Petitioner’s Brother, 
Lieutenant Colonel C/ent, had due to him, for his Service 
in Flanders, Seer of 763/. 45. 114.2; which was cer« 
tified to the"Lord Ranelagh, by the Commiffioners of 
Accounts, of which the Petitioner, as Executor to his 
Brother, received a Debenture of 463/. 45. 114.23; and 
the remaining 300/. was voluntarily depofited by him in 
the Office, to fatisfy a Gentleman’s Demand upon the faid 
Colonel’s Pay, if he could make it appear to be juft ; 
which he never did; but this Debenture, by fome un- 
happy Accident, being loft, or miflayed in the Office, it 
was not regiftred, as appears by a Certificate of Wm. 
Sloper Efquire;, by which Misfortune it has unluckily fallen 
into the Claffis of Debentures unregiftred; and therefore 
not fatisfied, nor fubfcribed into the Capital of the South 
Sea Company: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it thall appear 
to them, to the Houle: 7 

And it is referred to Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Richard Farington, 
Mr. Carterett, Mr. Inge, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Hey/bam, 
Mr. Herne, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Afee, Sir 
Samuel Leonard, Mr. Gybbon, Colonel Bladen, Mr. On- 
Jlow, Mr. Clerke, Mr. Calthorpe, Mr. Coventry, Sir Nath. 
Mead, Sir Fobn Cope, Sir Wm. Scawen, Mr. Clayton, Mr. 
Drake, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Fonathan 
Cope, Sir Francis Drake, Mr. Morice, Mr. Snell, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Smith, Mr. Hampden, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Peirfe, Mr. Feffop: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And have Power to fend tor Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


Mr. Secretary Craggs reported from the Committee 
appointed to draw up Keafons, to be offered to the Lords, 
at a Conference, for dilagreeing with the Amendments, 
made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; againft 
clandeftine Running of uncuftomed and prohibited 
Goods ; and for the more effectual Preventing of Frauds 
relating to the Cuftoms; That the Committee had drawn 
up Reafons accordingly; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houle; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered them in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where they were read; and are as follow; 
Viz. 


The Commons cannot agree to the Firft Amendment, 
made by your Lordfhips, Prefs 16. Line 17, and 18. 
Leave out ‘* is not fitting to be ufed for making Cord- 
“ age; and that:” 

Becaufe the faid Amendment is a Difpofition of pub- 
lick Money; contrary to the undoubted Right of the 
Commons ; from which they can never depart. 

The Commons cannot agree to the Second Amend- 
ment, made by your Lordfhips, Prefs 16. Line 20. After 
** clean,” to infert ** bright :” 

Becaufe the faid Amendment. is. an Alteration of the 
Commons Difpofition of publick Money ; which is like- 
wife contrary to the undoubted Right of the Commons; 
and from which they can never depart. 


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The Commons cannot agree to your Lordfhips Third 
Amendment, Prefs 17. Line 10, After ‘* clean,” to in- 
fert ‘* bright ;” for the fame Reafon for which they dif- 
agree to your Lordfhips Second Amendment. 

° The Commons cannot agree to your Lordfhips Fourth 

and laft Amendment, Prefs 17. Lines 11, and-12. To 
leave out ** and fit for making Cordage;” for the fame 
Reafon for which they difagree to your Lordhhips Firft 
Amendment. 


The faid Reafons, being feverally read a Second time, 
were, upon the Queftion jeverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wefern do go to the Lords, and 
defire a Conference with their Lordfhips, upon the Sub- 
ject-matter of the faid Amendments. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for the Amendment of Writs of Error; and for the 
further preventing the Arrefting or Reverfing of Judg- 
ments after Verdict; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, Fhat Mr. Carteret do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Hey/ham reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of divers Makers and Dealers in Cards and 
Dice, on behalf of themfelves, and others, was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had di- 
re€led him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered’ the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; 
and is as follows; viz. 


That the Committee have examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition; and have heard the Commiffioners for the 
Stamp Duties, purfuant to the Inftruction from the Houfe: 

And find, That, by the Act of the Tenth of Queen Anne, 
for laying Duties on printed Callicoes, &amp;c, Cards or Dice 
may be exported free of the Stamp Duties, upon entering 
into Bonds, with Sureties, in Penalties ot double the 
Duties, with Condition, for exporting fuch Cards or 
Dice into fome Part, or Port, beyond the Seas, within a 
limited time; and that the fame, or any of them, fhall 
not be relanded in any Part of Great Britain; which 
Bonds are to be left in the Hands of the Commiffioners 
for the Stamp Duties: 

That it appeared by the Evidence of Archibald Vans, 
Samuel Decamper, fobn Yaldwin, Robert Grofweller, and 
other Makers and Sellers of Cards and Dice, That, pur- 
fuant to the faid Act, Bonds have been given upon the 
Exportation of Cards and Dice; and feveral of the faid 
Bonds have been putin Suit, and profecuted to Judg- 
ment and Execution, and the Penalties levied, notwith- 
ftandine a Certificate was produced at one of the Tryals, 
under the Hand of the Surety for the principal Obligor, 
atte(ted by credible Witneffes, That the Cards were actu- 
ally landed in Ireland, and expended there; and although 
no Fraud, or Relanding, was ever proved; it being required 
from the Obligors to prove, by living Witnefies, to be 
produced at Tryals here, where fuch Gards and Dice ex- 
ported were landed in foreign Parts; which is impracti- 
cable; and there is no Provifion in the faid Act for dif- 
charging the faid Bonds at any time. ao. 

It alfo appeared to the Committee, That the Sureties, 
bound with the Makers or Sellers of Cards and Dice for 
Exportation, are generally the Perfons who actually ex- 
ported the fame; and who, by reafon of fuch Suretifhip, 
are objected to, as not legal Evidence for the Principals 
in fuch Bonds: 

That Profecutions are depending upon feveral of the 
faid Bonds, under the Circumftances aforefaid; and many 
others, as the Cafe now ftands, are liable to the like 
Profecutions in future times, when it may not be poffible 
to make any legal Defence: 

That the Difficulties before-mentioned have greatly 


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difcouraged the Exportation of thefe Manufactures; and 
will probably tend to the leflening the Duty on Paper ex- 
ported, unlefs Relief be provided: ) 

That the Commiffioners for the Stamp Duties acknow- 
leged, That the Exporters of thefe Manufactures do lie 
under Difficulties, on Account of thefe Bonds; and that 
it may be reafonable to give Relief therein: But faid, 
That they were obliged to profecute the faid Dealers by 
the Strictnefs of the Law, as it now ftands. 


Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for recovering the Fund appropriated for Pay- 
ment of the Lottery Tickets, which were made forth for 
the Service of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription 
of the Proprietors in the capital Stock of the South Sea 
Company ; and for raifing a Sum of Money, to pay off 
fuch Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned 
is committed. 

Ordered, That the faid.Committee have Power to re- 
ceive a Claufe, or Claufes, for Relief of the Makers and 
Dealers in Cards and Dice. 


Mr. Piers acquainted the Houfe, from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Creditors of Fc/eph Long, 
late of London, Merchant, living and refiding in and near 
Shepton Mallet, in the County of Somerfet, on behalf of 
themielves, and all other Creditors of the faid Fofeph Long, 
was referred, That one Benjamin Hodg/on, a Mefienger to 
the Commiffioners in a Commiffion of Bankrupt againft 
Fofeph Long, having been fummoned to attend the faid 
Committee, the 17th of March inftant; when he received 
the Order of the Committee, he faid, He would advife 
whether he fhould come, or not; and has not yet at- 
tended, 

Ordered, That the faid Benjamin Hodgfon be, for his 
faid Contempt, in not obeying the Summons of the faid 
Committee, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houle. 


Mr. Weftern reported, That he having, according to 
Order, been at the Lords, to defire a Conference with 
their Lordthips, upon the Subject-matter of their Amend- 
ments to the Bill, intituled, An A againft clandeftine 
Running of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for 
the more effectual Preventing of Frauds relating to the 
Cuftoms; the Lords do agree to a Conference; and ap- 
point the fame prefently, in the Painted Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Committee, who were appointed to 
draw up Reafons, to be offered to the Lords, at a Con- 
ference, for difagreeing with the Amendments, made by 
the Lords, to the faid Bill, do manage the faid Confer- 
ence. 

And the Managers went to the Conference. 

And, being returned; 

Mr. Secretary Craggs reported, That they had given 
the Lords the Reafons for difagreeing to the faid 
Amendments; and left the Bill, and Amendments, with 
their Lordfhips, : 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for making the Town and Townthip of Sunder- 
land a diftin&amp; Parifh from the Parith of BiLop Wearmouth, 
in the County of Durham: 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 4. Line. 15, 16. Leave out ‘ who fhall:be of 
* the Communion of the Church of England, as now 
‘© by Law eftablifhed:” 

Prefs 10. Line 31. Before ** Saving,” infert ‘¢ and the 
“* Settlement and Determination of the faid Court of 
‘* Seffions fhall be final; and no Appeal to be had, or 
“© made, from the fame.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queltion feveraily put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


Ordered, 











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Ordered, That Mr. Wright/on do carry the Bill to the 
Lards, and acquaint them, ‘lhat this Houle hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. . 


4 

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houle, to confider of the Equi- 
valent due, and growing due, to Scotland. 

Mr. Speaker lett the Chair, © 

Mr. Charles Stanhope took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ; 

Mr. Charles Stanhope reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions; which they 
have directed him to report, when the Houle will pleate 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon this Day 
Sevennight 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. 
Holford : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do not infift upon their Amendments, made 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act againft clandeftine Running 
of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods; and for the more 
effectual Preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Turfday the Second 
Day of April next, Nine of the Clock in the Morn- 
ing. 


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Ffovis, 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

R. Yonge reported from the Committee, to whom 
ML. the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act tor vefting the Manors of Ake, Catterton, and other 
Lands in the County of York, and County of the City of 
York, Part of the Eftate of Philip Duke of Wharton, 
in Truftees, to be fold, or mortgaged, for the Purpofes 
therein mentioned, was committed, That they had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had directed him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the fame in at the Glerk’s Table. 

The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yonge do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


&gt; 

A Petition of Nathanael Stallard, of London, Merchant 
one of the Affignees of the Commiffion of Bankrupt 
awarded againft Fofeph Long, and likewife of George 
Garrard, on behalf of himfelf, and Fofeph and George 
Long, now in Holland, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners obferving, by the 
Votes, that a Petition of the Creditors of Fofeph Long, 
late of London, Merchant, is referred to the Confidera- 
tion of a Committee; who are to examine the Matter 
thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe; whereby the Petitioners conceive, 
that they may be affected, in point of their Reputations 
and Efiates: And praying to beheard by their Counfel, 
before the Report be made. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Creditors of Fofeph Long, is referred: And that the 
Petitioners be heard before the faid Committee, by their 
Counfel, if they think fir. 


The Lord William Powlett, reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of Edward Cleat Etquire, 


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A. 1719, 


Executor of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Clent, late of 
the Coldiream Regiment of Guards, was referred, the 
Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe: And he read the 
fame in his. Place ; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion To-morrow Morning, when the feveral Reports 
from the Committee, to whom the Petition of the feveral 
Sufferers, and the Agents and Factors of other Sufferers, 
at Nevis and Saint Cbriftopber’s, in behalf of themfelves, 
and others, was referred, are to be taken into Confidera- 
tion. 


Mr. Charles Stanhope, according to Order, reported, 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to 
confider of the Equivalent due, and growing due, to Scot- 
land, the Refolutions which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
they were read; and areas follow; viz. 

ft, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the Debt due to the Creditors of the Pub- 
lick in Scotland, as ftated in the Act of the Twelfth Year 
of Queen Anne, and feveral other Acts of Parliament, 
amounting to the Sum of Two hundred forty-eight thou- 
fand Five hundred Fifty Pounds Nine Pence Halfpeny, 
and no more, is a juft and legal Debt, due from the King- 
dom of Scotland, before the Union, to the Creditors of 
Scotlard, and ought to be provided for. 

2d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the Sum of Ten thoufand Pounds per An- 
num, arifing out of the Cuftoms, Excife, and other Re- 
venues in Scotland, be made a Fund for Payment of the 
Intereft of the faid Debt, at the Rate of Four Pounds 
per Centum per Annum. 

3d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the further Sum of Two thoufand Pounds 
per Annum, arifing out of the Revenues of Scotland, be 
applied to the Improvement of the Fifhery and Manu- 
factures of Scotland, in lieu and full Difcharge of all Equi- 
valents whatfoever claimed by Scotland. | 

4th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the faid Sum of Two thoufand Pounds per 
Annum be granted for the Term of Ninety-nine Years, 
redeemable by Parliament, upon Payment of the Sum of 
Forty thoufand Pounds. 

The Firft Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
Ieaving out the Words ‘* and no more :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Refolution, by adding, at the End thereof, thefe 
Words, * befides the Sum due for Intereft, at Five Pounds 
‘* per Centum, and Charges of the Commiffions for dif- 
** pofing of the Equivalent from the Twenty-fourth of 
&lt;6 June 1717:” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That the Debt 
due to the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland, as ftated 
in the Act of the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne, and feve- 
ral other Acts of Parliament, amounting to the Sum of 
Two hundred forty-eight thoufand Five hundred Fifty 
Pounds Nine Pence Halfpeny, is a juft and legal Debt, 
due from the Kingdom of Scotland, before the Union, to 
the Creditors of Scotland; and ought to be provided for, 
befides the Sum due for Intereft, at Five per Centum, and 
Charges of the Commiffions for difpofing the Equiva- 
lent, from the Twenty-fourth of June 1717, 

The Second Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
inferting, after the Word ‘‘ Debt,” thefe Words, * Two 
** hundred forty-eight cthoufand Five hundred Fifty 
‘© Pounds Nine Pence Halfpeny:” 


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And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Refolution, by adding, at the End thereof, thefe 
Words, ** redeemable by Parliament, on Payment of the 
«+ faid Sum of Two hundred Forty-eight thoufand Five 
«¢ hundred Fifty Pounds Nine Pence Halfpeny :” 

And the fame was upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That the Sum 
of Ten thoufand Pounds per Annum, arifing out of the 
Cuftoms, Excife, and other Revenues in Scotland, be 
made a Fund for Payment of the Intereft of the faid 
Debt of Two bundred Forty-eight thoufand Five hundred 
Fifty Pounds Nine Pence Halfpeny, at the Rate of Four 
Pounds per Centum per Annum, redeemable by Parliament, 
on Payment of the faid Sum of Two hundred Forty-eight 
thoufand Five hundred Fifty Pounds Nine Pence Half- 

eny. 

The Third Refolution being read a Second time; 

Refolved, ‘That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the further Sum of 
Two thoufand Pounds per Annum, arifing out of the Re- 
venues of Scotland, be applied to the Improvement of 
the Fifhery and Manufactures of Scotland, in lieu and 
full Difcharge of all Equivalents whatever claimed by 
Scotland. 

The Fourth Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propoted to be made therein, by 
leaving out ‘granted for the Term of Ninety-nine 
“Years” 

And the fame was upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That the faid 
Sum of Two thoufand Pounds per Annum be redeema- 
ble by Parliament, upon Payment of the Sum of Forty 
thoufand Pounds. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Charles Stan- 
bope, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Lowndes, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Meller, and Mr. 
Bennett: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part of 
a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer that 
fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Dunbar, 
for improving and preferving the Harbour; and for re- 
pairing the Town-houfe and Buildings there; and for 
jupplying the faid Town with Water; without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Order of the Day, for the Call of the Houfe, 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
til Tuefday Morning next. 


The Order of the Daybeing read, for the Houfe to refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, upon the Bill 
for recovering the Fund appropriated for Payment of the 
Lottery Tickets which were made forth for the Service of 
the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription of the Pro- 
prietors in the capital Stock of the South Sea Company ; 
and for raifing a Sum of Money to pay off fuch Debts 
and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee; That they have Power to receive a Claufe for en- 
abling the Commiffioners of his Majefty’s Treafury, or 
High Treafurer, for the Time being, to apply all, or any 
Part of, the Monies to be advanced by the South Sea 
Company, into the Exchequer, for paying fuch Debts 
and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned, to or for any 

Vou, XIX, 





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the publick Ufes or fetvices for which Provifion i made, 
or intended to be miade, by the faid Bill ; foas the faid Com- 
miffioners of the Treafury, or High Treafurer, for the Time 


. being, dotake effectual Care; that fuch Sum or Sums, Part 


of the Land Tax, or Duties on Malt; Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, granted in this Seffion of Parliament; or Part of the 
Loans authorized to be made feverally thereupon, as thal! 
be equal to the Sum or Sums of the faid Advance-money 
fo applied to the faid publick Ufes or Services, be care- 
fully referved, and kept apart, to be applied for or to- 
wards difcharging the faid Debts and Incumbrances, ac- 
cording to fuch Act or Aéts of Parliament as fhall here- 
after be made in that behalf. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of Ap- 
propriation. 

Ordered, That it be an InftruAtion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for enabling 
the Commiffioners of his Majefty’s Treafury toiffue and ap- 
ply fuch Part of the Monies by the faid Bill intended to be 
appropriated for the publick Ufes and Services, as fhall 
be neceffary to be iffued or applied for or towards the In- 
creafe of Expence arifen, or to arife, from fuch Augmen- 
tation as his Majefty, in his great Wifdom, hath made, 
or fhall think fit to make, ot his Forces, by Sea and 
Land, to difappoint the Defigns of his Enemies both at 
home and abroad. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to enable his 
Majeity to difpofe of fo much of the Sum of Ninety-four 
thoufand Pounds, given for Half Pay for the Year 1718, 
as fhall be more than fufficient to pay the Half Pay Off- 
cers, to fuch Officets as have been maimed in the Ser- 
vice, or, by their long Services, may be proper Objects 
of his Majefty’s Compaffion. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To:morrow Morning, 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleated to direct the 
proper Officers to lay before this Houle, an Account of 
what Monies have been iffued out of the Exchequer to 
the refpective Pafmafters, on account of Halt Pay; and 
what remains in the faid Paymafters Hands. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as aie of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 3° die Aprilis; 
? &gt; 

Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Coraptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addtefs of Yefterday hath been prefented to his 
Majefty, That he would be pleafed to direct the proper 


‘ Officers to lay before this Houfe an Account of what 


Monies have been iffued out of the Exchequer to the 
refpective Paymalters, on Account of Half Pay ; and 
what remains in the faid Paymafters Hands: And that 
his Majefty hath been pleafed to give Directions, That 
the faid Accounts be laid before the Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the. 
Repott from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Sufferers, and the Agents and Factors of other 
Sufferers, at Nevis and Saint Chrifiopber’s, in behalf of 
themfelves, and others, was referred : 

And the faid Report was read ; and is as follows ; vz. 

That the Committee, according to the Order of the 
Houfe, have taken the faid Petition into Confideration, 
and perufed Two Acts of Parliament, of the Ninth and 

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Tenth of Queen Anne, together with feveral Papers deli- 
vered to them by the Secretary of the Lords Commif- 
fioners for Trade and Plantations, relating to the Subject- 
matter of the faid Petition ; whereby they do find, 

That the Sum of 103,003 /., 11 5. 4d. was granted to 
be diftributed to and amongft fuch Proprietors, and In- 
habitants of the: faid-Iflands, as were Sufferers by the In- 
vafion of the French in 1705, and fhould re-fettle their 
Plantations in the fame Iflands refpectively ; and that the 
Lords Commiffioners for-Trade and Plantations were to 
caufe a proportionable Part of the»faid Sum to be diftri- 
buted to juch Sufferers who fhould appear, by the Return 
of a Commiffion to be iffued for that Purpofe, to have 
re-fettled, before the 25th December 1711, in the fame 
IMands, but that fuch Re-fettlers were to prove their Re- 
fettlement before 25th December 1712: 

That feveral of the Petitioners, being Propietors, and 
Inhabitants of the faid IMands, do appear to be Sufferers 
there by the faid returned Commiffion; and have proved 
in due time, that they have re-fettled on one of the faid 
Iflands ; but cannot have Debentures iffued to them, or to 
their Agents, for their Loffes; by reafon of fome Words 
in the faid Aét of the Tenth of Queen Aane, which are 
conftrued to oblige them to re-fettle on the fame Ifland 
where they fuftained their Loffes; though they appear to 
have re-fettled on the other of the faid Iflands within the 
Time limited, as aforefaid: 

And Jikewife, That fome others of the Petitioners had 
been Sufferers by the faid returned Commiffion, and did 
re-fettle on one of the faid IMands within the Time limited 
by the faid Act for Re-fettlement; but, having not proved 
their Re-fettlement before tite 25th December 1712, as 
directed by the A&amp; of the Tenth of the Queen, cannot, 
wichout the Favour of the Houfe, have Debentures iffued 
for their Loffes,; which Omiffion, they allege, was occa- 
fioned by the Death of fome of their Agents, the Neglect 
of others, and the general Difcouragemeat they laid under 
from the wording the laft A&amp; of Parliament. 

The Committee further find, That there remains a Sur- 
plus of the faid Bounty, granted to the faid Sufferers, 
yet uniflued ; partly occafioned by the abovefaid Sufferers 
not having their Debentures iffued out; which they would 
be intitled to, if the faid Act might further be explained. 

And a Claufe in the faid Act, of the Tenth Year of 
Queen Anne, relating to the faid Sufferers at Nevis and 
Saint Chrifiopker’s was alfo read. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
Retief of fuch Sufferers of the Ifland of Nevis and Saint 
Chriflopber’s as have fettled in either of thofe Iands, and 
made due Proof of fuch Settlement, before the 25th Day 
of Decémber One thoufand Seven hundred and Twelve: 
And that Mr. Godfrey and Colonel Bladen do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
Fobhn Thompjon, ames Colebrooke, Humphry ‘fones, and 
Fofeph Rickjon, in behalf of themfelves, and others, Pro- 
prietors of feveral Navy, Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, 
and Ordnance and Army Debentures, was referred: 

And the faid Report was again read; andis as follows; 

Ui. 
That the Committee have in purfuance of the Order 
of the Houfe, taken into Confideration the faid Petition; 
and, upon the Perufal of feveral Papers produced by Mr. 
Knight from the South Sea Company, do find the Matter 
to be as follows; 

‘That the Petitioners are vefted in feveral Navy, Victu- 
aling, and Tranfport, Bills, and Army Debentures, amount- 
ing to the Sum of 4,824/. 25.3 for which Provifion was 
made by the late Act of Parliament for fatisfying the 
publick Debts, and fettling the South Sea Company : 

That the faid Sum, together with Intereft thereon from 
the 25th December 1711, appears due to the faid Peti- 
tioners; which faid Sum of 4,824/7. 25. is Part of 
i8,002/, 165. 2d. yet remaining unfubfcribed into the 
capiial Stock of the Sous Seca Company, due on Navy, 


Journals of the Houfe .of Commons. 


4.1719. 


Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Ordnance, Army, 
and Traniport, Debentures, by reafon of the Abfence of 
fome, and other Hindrances; whereby they have been 
excluded the Benefit intended, in making their Debts Part 
of the capital Stock of the faid Companys; which Sub- 
fcription, could it have been complied with, would have 
intitled them to. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
Relief of the Proprietors of feveral Navy, Victualing, 
and Tranfport, Bills, and Army Debentures, amounting 
to Four thoufand Eight hundred Twenty-four Pounds 
Two Shillings; for which Provifion was made by the late 
A&amp; of Parliament for fatisfying the publick Debts, and 
fettling the South Sea Company: And that Mr. Godfrey 
and Mr. Morice, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
Thomas Thatcher, of London, was referred : 

And the Report was again read; and is as follows; 
VIZ. 

That the Committee have taken the faid Petition into 
Confideration, in Obedience to the Order of the Houfe ; 
and upon the Perufal of feveral Papers prefented to the 
Committee by Mr. Knight, from the South Sea Company ; 
Mr. Bifbop, from the Victualing Office; and Mr. Ocklev, 
from the Auditors of the Imprefts; relating to the Sub- 
ject-matter of the faid Petition; do find, 

That the Petitioner is poffefled of Seven Army De- 
bentures, Six whereof amount to 152 /. 75. 2d. for Prin- 
cipal and Intereft, to the 25th of December, 1711; the 
other, for ro /. is not intitled to Intereft, becaufe not re- 
giftred ; which therefore makes the whole Sum 1622. 
75. 2d. provided for by an Act, of the-Ninth of Queen 
Aun, for fatisfying the publick Debts, and eftablifhing 
the South Sea Company : 

That the faid Sum of 1627. 7s. 2d. appears due to 
the Petitioner; which is Part of 7,454/4. gs. 11d. re- 
maining unfub{cribed to the capital Stock of the South 
Sea Company in Army and Tranfport Debentures; by 
reafon the faid Debentures could not be found before the 
Time limited for completing the faid Stock; whereby he 
was deprived of the Benefit intended by the faid A&amp;, in 
making the Debt Part of the capital Stock of the faid 
Company; which he would have been intitled to, could 
the Subfcription have been complied with : 

And that the Petitioner is vefted in a Bill of Exchange 
for 40/. dated 7th of September 1711, drawn by Colonel 
Hunter, for the Service of the Expedition againft Canada ; 
which Bill appears to be drawn, and unfatisfed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are to bring in a Bill for Relief of the Proprietors of 
feveral Navy, Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Army 
Debentures, That they do prepare, and bring in, a Claufe 
in the faid Bill, for the Relicf of Thomas Thatcher, for 
the Sum of One hundred Sixty-two Pounds Seven Shil-. 
lings Two Pence, which ought to have been fubfcribed 
into the capital Stock of the South Sea Company, purfu- 
ant to the Act of the Ninth Year of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, for fatisfying the publick Debts, and eftablifhing 
the South Sea Company. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
William Chancy Merchant was referred: 

And the faid Report was read ; and is as follows ; viz. 

That the Committee have, purfuant to the Order of 
the Houfe, of the Fifth of February, taken the faid Pe- 
tition into Confideration :. And, upon the Perufal of feve- 
ral Papers relating to the Subject- matter thereof, prefented 
to the Committee by Mr. Oakley, from the Auditors of 
the Imprefts; and Mr. Bihop, from the Victualing Office ; 
do find, 

That the Petitioner is poffeffed of a Bill of Exchange, 
dated the 26th of Fanuary 1714, drawn by Colonel Hun- 
ter, in lieu of feveral other Sets of Bills, amounting to 
525/.:. The Copy of whichis as follows; viz. 


Burlington 





yy 


woe. © wees Fe VreoensCU Vo 


5 Geo. I. 


Burlington in New Ferfey, 26th Fanuary 1714. 
My Lords, 
T Thirty Days Sight of this my Firft of Exchange, 
my Second nor Third being paid, be pleafed to pay 
to Mr. Clement Plumfted and Mr. Charles Read, Executors 
of the Jaft Will and Teftament of Mr. Edward Shippen 
junior, or to their or either of their Orders, the Sum of 
5251. Sterling; this being, if paid, in full Difcharge of 
the feveral Bills of Exchange hereafter mentioned, drawn 
by me on the then Lords Commiffioners of her then Ma- 
jefty’s Treafury, and applied to the Service of the then 
Expedition againft Canada; viz. One Set of Bills of Ex- 
change dated the 23d Fune1711, for 25/. Sterling, pay- 
able to the faid Edward Shippen, or Order, at Thirty 
‘Days Sight; one other, dated the 25th Fune 1711, for 
25/. Sterling, payable as’ above; one other, dated the 
25th Fune1711; for 1001. Sterling, payable as above; 
one other, dated the 23d Yume1711, for sol. Sterling, 
payable as above’;- one other Set, dated the 23d Fuly 
1711, for 5o/. Sterling, payable as above; one other 
Set, dated the 21f Fuly 1714, for 5o/. Sterling, paya- 
“ble as above; one other Set, dated the 22d June 1711, 
for 50/. Sterling, payable as above; one other Set, dated 
the 22d June 1711, for 257. Sterling, payable as above; 
one other Set, dated the 23d Fune 1711, for 100/. Sterl- 
ing, payable as above; one other Set, dated. the 21ft 
June 1711, for 50/. Sterling, payable as above ; all which 
feveral Bills having been protefted, and being now deli- 
vered up to me by the faid P/umfted and Read, | have 
given them this Set of Exchange; which, when paid, is 
in full Difcharge thereof: Praying your Lordfhips will 
be pleafed to caufe Payment to be made, and to place 
the fame to the Account of the faid Expedition, as per 
«Advice from, 

- My Lords, . 

To the Right honour- Your Lordfhips moft humble 


ble the Lords Commif- and obedient Servant, 
 fioners of his Majefty’s Robert Hunter. 

Treafury of Great Bri- 

tain. 


By this Bill, which is copied above, and now petitioned 
for, it appears, That Colonel Hunter gave the fame for 
Ten Sets of Bills, which were returned him protefted ; 
which he enumerated, both as to the Sums and Dates. 

Upon Examination as well of the authentic Copies of 
Colonel Hunter’s Advices, as alfo of Certificates from the 
Vidtualing Office, the Matter of Fact, in relation to the 
faid Bills, is as follows ; 

That one Second Bill for the Sum of 25/. Sterling, 
bearing Date the 23d Fune 1711, payable to Edward 
Shippen junior, was paid to William Feed; viz. Two- 
thirds in South Sea Stock, the 21ft September 1713; and 
the remaining Third, fince paid, in Four per Cent. An- 
nuitics ; ' 

That one Second Bill, for the Sum of 25/7. bearing 
Date 25th Yume 1711, payable as above, was paid in the 
fame manner: 

That one Second Bill, for the Sum of rool. bearing 
Daie the 25th fume 1711, payable as above, was paid in 
the fame manner : 

That one Second Bill, for the Sum of 100/. bearing 
Date the 23d ‘/uue'1711, payable as above, was paid in 
the fame manner : 


That one Firft Bill for the Sum of 507. bearing Date 


» the 21ft June, 1711, payable as above, was paid in the 


fame manner. 
— The Committee obferve, That the Date of one other 
Bill for so/. feems to be altered, from the 25th, to the 
23d, of fume 17113 and, if the real Date of the faid Bill 
was the 25th, a Firft Bill, of the fame Date and Tenor, 
appears to be paid to William Smith the 30th June 1715; 
Two-thirds in South Sea Stock ; and the remaining Third 
lies in the Hands of the Cafhier of the Victualing Office, 
till called for; but, if the real Date be the 23d of June 
1711, it does not appear to be paid: 
That one other Bill for 502. dated the 23d Fuly 1711, 
“by the Certificates of Colonel Hunter’s Advices, is men- 





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tioned to have been drawn; and, by a Certificate from 
the Victualing Office, to have been paid; but, upon fur- 
ther Examination, trom. the Advices of George Clarke, 
Colonel Hunter’s Agent, and of the Cafhier and Account- 
ant of the Victualing Office, the Committee find no fuch 
Bill to have been drawn, or paid; but a Miftake, in the 
Advices, for a Second Bill, dated the 20th Fuly 1711, 
appears to have been drawn, and paid to the Order of 
Thomas Lloyd; Two-thirds in South-Sea Stock, 21{t Sep- 
tember,t713 5 and the remaining Third, fince paid, in 
Four per Cent. Annuities : f 

That there is alfo enumerated one Bill for 50/. dated 
the 21ft uly 1711; but no fuch Bill appears to have been 
drawn, by any Advices either from Colonel Hunter, or 
his Agent; though a Third Bill, of the fame Date and 
Tenor, is produced to the Committee unpaid ; and, by the 
Regifter Book of Robert Torrens, Notary Publick, a Se- 
cond Bill was protefted the 7th Day of Fanuary 1712, of 
the fame Tenor and Date. 

That it appeared to the Committee, That, out of the 
Ten Bills demanded, but Two Bills can be allowed with 
Certainty to remain unpaid, which were at firft drawn, 
both dated the 22d June 1711, one for 50/. andthe 
other \for 257. making but 75/. inftead of 525/. -de- 
manded: Which put the Committee upon a ftrict Inquiry 
how fuch a Miftake fhould happen; and they find, That 
though the Ten feveral Sets of Bills are faid to have been 
returned protefted, and delivered up to Colonel Hun:er, 
that yet Two of the Firft Bills, and Five of the Second 
Bills, were not fent back ; but fatisfied, as aforefaid ; and 
that the Bill now demanded for thofe Bills is dated in 
January 1714-3 which was given Three Years and Four 
Months after fome Perfons in Great Britain had received 
Two-thirds of the Value from the Government. 

Whereupon: the Petitioner William Chaney, to juttify 
his Innocence in this Matter, produced Three Letters 
from the Executors of Edward Shippen junior, dated in 
Philadelphia the 27th Fanuary 1716, the 14th September 
1717, and the 28th Oéober 1718; whereby it appeared, 
That the faid Executors, upon the Bills going back pro- 
tefted, muft have repaid the Money to thole they had ne- 
gotiated them with; and fo. procured this Bill for the 
Whole, from Colonel Hunter, dated in Burlington in New 
Ferfey, the 26th January 171+. 

The Committee, thereupon, having further examined — 
the faid William Feed, in relation to the aforefaid Bills, he 
acknowleged to have received, by Order of the Govern- 
ment, the Import of Five of them, amounting to 300/. ; 
and to have made good the fame forthwith, as he re- 
ceived the Payments, to his Correfpondents in Scot/and. 

And the faid William Feed, in order for his own Jufti- 
fication, and the Satisfaction of the Committee, produced 
Two Letters fince they have had this Matter under their 
Confideration; one, dated in Glafcow the 16th February 
1718, trom Michael Coulter; and the other, dated in 
Glafcow the 18th February 1718, from [ugh Rodger, by 
which Letters it doth appear, That neither Edward Ship- 
pin junior, nor his Executors, have been made acquainted 
with the faid Bills being paid by the Government; bur 
that the Money is remaining in the Hands of thofe in 
Scotland, who had fent back the Bills protefted. 

The Copies of which Letters are as followeth; viz. 

Mr Wm. Feed, Glafcow, February 16th 1713. 

Sir, 

I AM forry, that you fhould be brought into any 
Trouble by the Government about Colonel Hunter’s 
Bills: You may very well remember, that I wrote to 
you, that I had fent back the Firft Bill that you cauled 
protefted; and the young Man, to whom it was fent, died 
foon after; but left the Bills in the Hands of another at 
Philadelphia, who has tranfacted it with Shippen’s Heirs ; 
fo that I have got far fhort of what was due, and received 
a Part of it home by Bill: But, the laft September, I neg- 
leéted not to write; to fend me back the faid Bill and 
Proteft ; but, whether they had a mind to keep it, or nor, 
for Love of their Commiffion, I cannot tell; or my Order 
did not get to their Hand: But fo it is, the Bill is celi- 
vered 





148 


vered up at Philadelpbia; which 1 cannot now help, or 
recall; but I think the Government cannot demand more 
than what I got from them by your Hands; which was only 
86/. at firft, and 37/. 105. lately, and 2/. 155. 6d. Intereft ; 
which is, in ail, 1262. 55. 6d. ; which, you know as well as 
I do; as alfo my Nephew Michael Coulter, who indorfed 
the Bill, was loft at Sea, and I am a confiderable Lofer 
by him; the Half of it belonged to him; and my Name 
was never at any of thofe Bills : However, you may make 
ufe of any of thefe Arguments as far as you may think 
fit; but I purpofe not to let you be a Lofer by what 
you received that way, and paid to me, though Iam a 
confiderable Lofer myfelf; but, at prefent, I cannot fend 
you a Bill, being ftreightened beyond what I have been 
for thefe feveral Years by you; but fhall, in a little time, 
endeavour to fend you a Bill for the above Sum. 

Directed, Signed, 

ToWnm. Feead, Mer- Michael Coulter. 
chant in London. 

Sir, Glafcow, Febr. 18th, 1714. 
I Received yours, of the roth current, to my Father-in- 

law, advifing, That the Parliament had Colonel Hun- 
ter’s Bills on the Government under Confideration ; and, 
as that you had returned me the Firft protefted, and had 
medrsed | Payment of the Second from the Government : 
It alfo appears, that the Firft is paid abroad ; which I ac- 
knowlege is fo; and am very willing to clear with the 
Government, or the Heirs of Mr. Shippen, for what I 
received from the Government, by your Hand; which, 
you know, was, the 24th of September 1713, Eighty- 
fix Pounds from South Sea Stock; and, 17th Fuly, 1714, 
Intereft on the faid Stock, Two Pounds Fifteen Shillings 
and Six-pence; and, by yours of the 23d of November 
1718, Thirty-feven Pounds Ten Shillings; which is, in 
all, One hundred Twenty-fix Pounds Five Shillings and 
Six-pence ; which I hope the Government will demand 
no more than I received: But make it up as eafy as you 
can, and advife me the Sum you pay; and, on Receipt of 
yours, I thall forthwith remit you the Money. 

Directed, Signed, 

To Wm. Feed, Mer- Hugh Rodger. 
chant in London. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That this Houfe will 
receive no more Petitions for Money to be paid for any 
Bills of Exchange drawn on Account of the Expedition 
againft Canada. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 

Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
‘award Clent Efquire, Executor of Lieutenant Colonel 

Thomas Clent, late of the Coldfream Regiment of Guards, 
was referred. 

And the faid Report was read ; and is as follows; viz. 

That it appeared to the faid Committee, by the Certi- 
ficate of the Commiffioners for ftating and determining 
the Debts due to the Army, That there was due to Co- 
lonel Thomas Clent, decealed, 763 /. 45. 114.4; and that 
the Executors of the faid Colonel C/ent deceafed,.. . 
a Debenture of 463/. 45. 114.3, Part of the faid Sum 
of 7631. 45. £4.43; and alfo another Debenture for 
the remaining 300/.; which faid Debenture was left in 
the late Earl of Ranelagh’s Office, as a Depofit, to anfwer 
what fhould appear to be due to one Mr. Pauncefort, 
who, fince that time, has not made out any Right to any 
Part thereof ; and which Debenture, by fome Accident, 
has been there Joft, or miflaid; and the faid Debenture 
of 300/. by the aforefaid Accident, has not been fub- 
fcribed into the capital Stock of the South Sea Company, 
as appears by a Certificate from the faid Office; by which 
means the fame has not been fatisfied. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are to bring in a Bill for Relief of the Proprietors of 
feveral Navy, Vidlualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Army 
Debentures, That they prepare, and bring in, a Claufe in 
the faid Bill, for Relief of Adcvard Clent Kiquire, Execu- 
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Debenture of Three hundred Pounds; which Debenture 
was loft or miflaid, in the Pay Office. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Meller and Mr. 

Bennet: 
Mr. Speaker, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the making more effectual an Act, of the Third and 
Fourth Years of the Reign of King Wiliam and Queen 
Mary, intituled, An Act tor the more effectual Difcovery 
and Punifhmentof Deer-ftealers, with an Amendment: Ta 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for recovering the Fund appropriated for Pay- 
ment of the Lottery Tickets which were made forth for 
the Service of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcrip- 
tion of the Proprietors in the capital Stock of the South 
Sea Company; and for raifing a Sum of Money to pay 
off fuch Debts and Incumibrances as are therein men- 
tioned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 4° die Aprilis; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of Peter Lamy De Hame was prefented to 

the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner was born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance ; bur pro- 
feffeth the Proteftant Religion ; and has given good Tefti- 
mony of his dutiful and loyal Affection to his Majefty, 
and the Good of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And 
praying, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for his 
Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. London and Mr. Godfrey do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Mr. Gedfrey prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for Relief of fuch Sufferers of the Iflands 
of Nevis and Saint Chriftopber’s, as have fettled in either 
of thofe Iflands, and made due Proof of fuch Settlement, 
before the 25th of December 1712: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Order of Yefterday, for an Inftruc- 
tion to the Gentlemen who are to bring in a Bill for Re- 
lief of the Proprietors of feveral Navy, Victualing, and 
Tranfport, Bills, and Army Debentures, That they pre- 
pare and bring in a Claufe, in the faid Bill, for Relief 
of Edward Clent Efquire, Executor of Lieutenant Colonel 
Thomas Clent, for an Army Debenture of Three hundred 
Pounds ; which Debenture was loft, or miflaid, in the Pay- 
Office; be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Relief of Edward Clent Efquire, Executor of Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Thomas Clent, for an Army Deben- 
ture of Three hundred Pounds; which Debenture was 
loft, or miflaid, in the Pay Office: And that the Lord 
William Powlett and Mr. Farrer do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Sir David Dalrymple prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for amending, and making more effec- 
tual, the Laws for repairing the Highways and Bridges 
in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

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a Bill for Relief of the Proprietors of feveral Navy, Vic- 
tualing, arid Tranfport, Bills, and Army Debentures: And 


the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Refolved, That the Biff be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Lord Vifcount Middleton, Lord 
Chancellor of the Kingdom of Ireland, have Leave to 
go into that Kingdom. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendment, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé for the making more effectual an Act, of the 
Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William 
and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for the more effec- 
tual Difcovery and Punifhment of Deer-ftealers : 

And the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

Prefs 2. Line 2. After ** Condition,” to infert ** to 
‘¢ profecute fuch Writ of Certiorari with Effect; and:” 

The faid Amendment, being read a Second time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 

oufe. 

a Ordered, That Sir Robert Davers do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendment. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for reco- 
vering the Fund appropriated for Payment of the Lot- 
tery lickets which were made forth for the Service of the 
Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription of the Proprie- 
tors in the capital Stock of the South Sea Company; and 
for raifing a Sum of Money to pay off fuch Debts and 
Incumbrances as are therein mentioned. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 6° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. . 


N ingroffed Bill for recovering the Credit of the Bri- 
A tifo Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for better fecuring 
the Duties on Salt; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;ct for recovering the Credit of the Britifh Fith- 
ery in foreign Parts; and for better feeuring the Duties 
on Salt. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Stanhope do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of Benjamin Hodgfon, in Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 
was, by an Order of this Houfe, committed to the Ser- 
jeant’s Cuftody, for not obeying a Summons of the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Creditors of Fofeph 
Long was referred: That he is very forry for having fallen 
under the Difpleafure of the Houfe, and humbly begs 
Pardon for the fame: And praying, That he may be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody. 

Ordered, That the faid Benjamin Hodgfon be brought 
to the Bar of this Houfe To-morrow Morning, in order 
to his being difcharged out of Cuftody. 


Mr. London prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to naturalize Peter Lamy de Hame: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Morice prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
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A Bill for amending, and making more effectual, thé 
Laws for repairing Highways and Bridges in that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland, was read a Second time. 

Refolved,; That the Bill be committed to Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Morice, Sir David Dalrymple, Mr. Treby, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Bond, Mr. Afe, Mr. 
Clayton, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Carteret, Sir Richard: Fa- 
rington, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Bridgmat, Lotd Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Inge, Mr, Travers, Mr Baylie, Mr. Heyfham, Sir Charles 
Turner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Butler, Mr. Herne, Mr. Pringle; 
Lord Molefworth, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. 
Walpole, Lord Harry Powlett, Mr. Ingram; and all the 
Members that ferve for North Britain: And they até to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: 


Ordered, That a Bill for Relief of the Proprietors of 
feveral Navy, Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Army 
Debentures, be read a Second time upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for reco- 
vering the Fund appropriated for Payment of the Lortery 
Tickets which were made forth for the Service of the 
Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription of the Proprie- 
tors in the capital Stock of the South Sea Company; and 
for raifing a Sum of Money to pay off fuch Debts and 
Incumbrances as are therein mentioned. ! 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair: 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee; That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That Sir Jobn Stoneboufe, Mr. Packer, Sir 
Hungerford Hofkyns, Lord Wm, Powlett, Mr. Hunger- 
ford, Mr. Devereux, Mr. Sloper, Lord Molefworth, Mr. 
Philpott, Mr. Fennings, be added to the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Creditors of Jofeph Long, late 
of London, Merchant, living and refiding in and near 
Shepton Mallet, in the County of Somerset; on behalf of 
themfelves, and all other Creditors of the faid Fo/esb 
Long, is referred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 7° die Aprilis; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


pH Lamy de Hame took the Oaths appointed, in order 
to his Naturalization. 


Benjamin Hodgfon, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, 
was, according to Order, brought to the Bar of the 
Houfe: Where he; upon his Knees, received a Repri- 
mand from Mr. Speaker, and was difcharged out of 
Cuftody,; paying his Fees. 

A Bill to naturalize Peter Lamy de Hame, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Difton, Mr. London, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. Hampden, Mr. Farrer, Sit Fobn Cope, Mr. Rudge, 
Mr. Butler, Mr. Aloe, Mr. Trefufis, Sir Richard Faring- 

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ton, Mr. Inge, Mr. Bond, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Law/on, 
Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Smith, Mr. Chifwell, Mr. Bacon, 
Mr. Heyham, Mr. Sawbridge, Mr. Lade, Mr. Halfey 
Sr Tho. Croff, Mr. Freman, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Harvey: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
ja the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for Relief of fuch Sufferers of the Ifands of 
Nevis and Saint Chriftopber’s as have fettled in either of 
thofe Iflands, and made due Proot of fuch Settlement, 
before the 25th of December 1712, was read a Second 


time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Hovfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into.a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and 
Mr. Meller: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen by keep- 
ing too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Ci- 
ties of London and Weftminfter, or the Suburbs thereof, 
with an Amendment: To which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for enlarging the Time granted by an Aét, of the Ninth 
and Tenth Years of King William, for cleanfing, and 
making navigable, the Chanel from the Hythe at Colche/- 
ter to Wivenhoe; and for making the faid Act more ef- 
fectual; without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue the Act, made in the Eighth Year of the Reign 
of her late Majefty Queen Anne, to regulate the Price and 
Affize of Bread; and for continuing the Act, made in 
the Twelfth Year of her faid late Majefty’s Reign, for the 
better Encouragement of the making Sail-cloth in Great 
Britain; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
recovering the Fund appropriated for Payment of the 
Lottery Tickets which were made forth for the Service of 
the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription of the Pro- 
prietors in the capital Stock of the South Sea Company; 
and for raifing a Sum of Money to pay off fuch Debts 
and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned ; was com- 
mitted; the Amendments which they had directed to be 
reported to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment to One of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Petition of Robert Packer Efquire, and Mary his 
Wife, Winchcemb Howard Packer, a Minor, their Son 
and Heir apparent, and [enrietta Winchcomb Spinfter, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the faid Mary Packer is Sifter and Heir of Frances Saint 
‘fchn, late Wife of Henry late Vifcount Bolingbroke, at- 
tainted for High Treafon, whote Eftate is vetted in the 
Commiffioners and Truftees appointed by Act of Parlia- 
ment, and their Heirs, for the Ufe of the Publick: That 
the faid Petitioner Henrietta Winchcomb is, by feveral 
Deeds, intitled to a Portion of Four thoufand Pounds, 
payable at her Age of Twenty-one Years, or Marriage, 
given her by her late Father Sir Henry Winchcomb, de- 
ceafed, and Maintenance for the fame until Payment, 
charged upon, and payable out of, that Part of the Eitate 
of the faid Frances St. Fobn, of which the faid Henry 


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late Vifcount Bolingbroke was {@fed for his Life; which 
faid Portion and Maintenance fhe omitted to claim, bi» 
fore the faid Commiffioners and Truftees, within the 
Times limited by Acts of Parliament for that Purpofe: 
That the faid Frances Saint Fobn, having confented to 
charge her.Eftate with very great Sums, at the Inftance 
of her faid Hufband, amounting to the Sum of Six- 
and-thirty thoufand Pounds, or more, had Power 
to difpofe of the fame as fhe fhould think fit: That, by 
Deed Poll, the faid Frances Saint Fobn, in purfuance of 
all and every Power and Powers in her vetted, did limit 
and appoint all her Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, 
fituate and being in the County of Berks, fubjeét to feve- 
ral Terms for Years, after her Deceafe without Iffue of 
her Body, to the Petitioner Winchcomb Packer, and the 
Heirs of his Body; and, for Default of fuch Iffue, to the 
right Heirs of the faid Frances Saint Fobn tor ever: That 
the faid Frances omitted to enter her Claim; and fome 
Doubt is made whether the Petitioners Mary Packer and 
her Son ought not to enter their Claims for their refpeétive 
Rights, for preventing any Doubt concerning the Pre- 
mifes; and that Henrietta Winchcomb may not be deprived 
of her Portion and Maintenance, which is all the Support 
fhe hath; nor the faid Winchcomb Packer of the Eftate {6 
limited to him; nor the faid Mary Packer of the Inheri- 
tance defcended and come to her by the Death of the faid 
Frances Saint Fobn: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill to enable all the Petitioners to 
enter their refpective Claims ; and to impower the Com- 
miffioners and Truftees to hear and detefmine the fame. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Sloper, Mr. Neville, and Mr. Hungerford, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day, for calling over the Houfe, 
being read; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
Thurfday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 8° die Aprilis; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719, 


PRAYERS, 


R. London reported from the Committee, to whom 

the Bill to naturalize Peer Lamy de Hame, was 

committed, That they had examined the Allegations of 

the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 

Committee had directed him to report the fame to the 

Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be ingroffed. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendment, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen, 
by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near 
the Cities of London and Weftminfier, or the Suburbs 
thereof: 

And the fame was read; and is as follows; vz. 
At the End of the Bill, add Claufe marked A: 
Claufe A; “ And whereas feveral Leafes, Covenants, 
Articles, and Agreements, have been made and granted 
to feveral Perfons, of Warehoufes and Storehoufes for 
Keeping of Gunpowder; be it therefore Enaéted, by 
the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Leafes, Cove- 
nants, Articles, and Agreements, made or entered into, 
as aforefaid, of any fuch Warehoufes or Storehoufes 
within the Cities of London and Weftminfier, and Sub- 
urbs thereof, fhall, if the Tenants or Leffves fhall de- 
** fire the fame, from and after the Firft Day of Augut 


: “* 17195 


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“ 3719, be null and void, to all Intents and Purpofes 
“© whatfoever, as abfolutely as if fuch Leafes, Covenants, 
“© Articles, and Agreements, had never been made or 
«© granted; any Law, Aét, Statute, Provifion, Cuftom, 
«« Matter, or Thing, to the contrary, in any-wife not- 
«© withftanding: Provided, That nothing herein contained 
« fhall difcharge any Rent due on or before the 25th 
“© Day of March 1719, or any Demand for Breach of 
‘© any Covenant before that time.” 

The faid Amendment, being read a Second time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 

oufe. 
a That Sir Thomas Wheat do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle hath 
agreed to the faid Amendment. 


The Houfe, according to Order refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill tor Re- 
lief of fuch Sufferers in the Ifland of Nevis and Saint 
Chriftopher’s as have fettled in either of thofe Iflands, 
and made due Proof of fuch Settlement, before the 25th 
of December 1712. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Godfrey took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ; 

Mr. Godfrey reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made an Amendment 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


A Bill for Relief of the Proprietors of feveral Navy, 
Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Army Debentures, 
was, according to Order, read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole: Houfe. ' 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


A Petition of fundry Proprietors of Nevis and Saint 
Chriftopber’s Debentures, in behalf of themfelves, and 
others, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That, the Petitioners being authorized by Act of 
Parliament, of the Ninth of Queen une, to regifter fuch 
Debentures as was iffued according to the Direction of 
the faid Aé&amp;t, they have accordingly done the fame: And, 
by another Act, of the Tenth of her faid Majefty’s 
Reign, it was provided, That the faid Debentures fhould 
be paid as the Ji Debentures have been paid; to wit, by 
fubicribing into the capital Stock of the South Sea Com- 
pany: That, on the Tenth une 1713, the Petitioners 
attended the Court of Directors of the South Sea Compa- 
ny, who were Commiffioners for taking Subfcriptions, 
with the Aéts of Parliament, and their Debentures; and 
demanded to be admitted to fubfcribe them into the capi- 
tal Stock; but were refufed, on Pretence that the Fund 
ot Intereft was not fufficient to extend to thofe Deben- 
tures: Whereupon the Sufferers laid the Cafe before the 
then Lord High Treafurer, and his Lordfhip referred 
the fame to her then Majefty’s Attorney and Solicitor 
General: who made their Report: Which being read, 
his Lordfhip referred the Report to the Commiffioners of 
Trade; who certified to the Lord Treafurer, That the 
Sufferers had performed all the neceflary Requifites: And 
thereupon a Commiffion paffed, authorizing the faid Di- 
re€tors to admit the Petitioners to fubfcribe faid Deben- 
tures; which Commiffion being brought to the South 
Sea Houfe, the faid Directors did not give any Attendance 
until the Time limited for taking Subfcriptions was elapfed ; 
whereby the Provifion granted the Petitioners by Parliament 
was defeated: That, upon Application to the Houfe of 
Commons, Anno 1714, no turther Provifion was made, 
but for the Payment of Three Years Intereft due the 
26th December 1711, to the 25th December 17143 which 





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hath been applied accordingly: And praying, That Pro- 
vifion may be made for the faid Debentures, and the In- 
tereft now due, and to grow due. | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into. a Committee of the whole, Houfe; 
to confider of the Matter of the faid Petition, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sovis, 9° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 


N ingroffed Bill for recovering the Fund appropri- 
ated for Payment of the Lottery Tickets which 
were made forth for the Service of the Year 1710, by a 
voluntary Subfcription of the Proprietors in the capital 
Stock of the South Sea Company ; and for raifing a Sum 
of Money to pay off fuch Debts and Incumbrances as, 
are therein mentioned ; was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for redeeming the Fund appropriated for Payment 
of the Lottery Tickets which were made forth for the 
Service of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subf{cription of 
the Proprietors into the capital Stock of the South Sea 
Company ; and for raifing a Sum of Money to pay off 
fuch Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned ; 
and for appropriating the Supplies granted in this Seffion 
of Parliament; and tolimit Limes for Profecutions upon 
Bonds for exporting Cards and Dice. 
Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


_ The Houfe being acquainted, That a Perfon from the 
Treafury attended at the Door, with fome Papers to pre- 
fent to the Houfe ; | 

He was called iny and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, by his Majefty’s Commands, and puriuant to feve- 
ral Addrefies to his Majefty, an Account of what War- 
rants for beneficial Grants, to any Members of this Houfe, 
have been directed to the Lords of the Treafury fince the 
Tenth of May 1715: And alfo, 

A Copy of Mr. Attorney General’s Report, relating 
to a Grant of Lands in Nova Scotia: And alto, 

Copy of a Letter from the Commiffioners of Trade, 
relating to a new Settlement in Nova Scotia: And alfo, 

Copy of his Majefty’s Grant of Lands in Nova Scotia, 
for Thirty-one Years, to Fohn Dow/ett and Peter Capon 
Efquires: And alfo, 

An Account of the Produce and Profits of the for- 
feited Eftates, and Interefts in Scotland. 

And then he withdrew. 


And the Titles of the faid Accounts and Copies were 
read. 


‘The faid Accounts and Copies are. as follow ; viz. 


io Obedience to his Majefty’s Commands, fignified upon 
an Addrefs of this honourable Houfe, of the Eleventh 
of February laft, here is humbly prefented an Account of 
what Warrants for beneficial Grants, to any Members of 
this Houfe, have been directed to the Lords of the Trea- 
fury fince the Tenth May 1715; viz. 
06 6 6G 
12th November 1715, to Sir George Byng, 
as a Mark of his Majefty’s Royal Boun- 
ty, and of the Efteem his Majelty has 
of the good and acceptabie Services 
which he hath periormed unto his Ma- 
jefty meee 
2gth Fuly 1717, To Colin Campbell Doctor 
of Laws, Five thoufand Pounds, to be 
employed in the pulling down the Houfe 
of converted Jews in Chancery lane, be- 
longing to the Office of Matter of the 








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Rolls; and in building a new Edifice 
there, to belong to the fame Office ; 
and in repairing and impfoving the 
Chapel of the Rolls, and other Appur- 
tenances of the fame Hovfe; and to be 
expended and laid out by him the faid 
Colin Campbell, or his Affigns, according 
to fuch Directions as he or they ‘hall re- 
ceive from time to time; and payable 
in manner following; to wit, 2,000/. 
on 25th December 17173; 1,500/. on 
25th December 1718; and 1,500/. on 
25th December 1719 





5,000 O O 


pon 


£. 6,000 0 O 








And I do humbly certify, That I have made diligent 
Search in the Books and Papers in the Office of the Right 
honourable the Lords Commiffioners of his Majefty’s 
Treafury ; and do not find, that any Penfion hath been 

ranted by his Majefty to any Member of the Houfe of 
_ eet during Pleafure, or for any Term of Years, 
fince the faid Tenth Day of May 1715. ) 

oth .fpril 1719. Henry Kelfall. 


To the Right honourable the Lords Commiffioners of 
his Majefty’s Treafury. 
May it pleafe your Lordhhips, 
I N humble Obedience to your Lordfhips Commands, 
fignified to me by Mr. Stanhope, I have perufed and 
confidered of the inclofed Heads, propofed in order to a 
Grant of Cape Dore in Nova Scotia, for making a pro- 
pofed Settlement there; and alfo of the Conditions pro- 
pofed to be annexed thereto by the Commiffioners for 
Trade and Plantations: And I do moft humbly certify 
your Lordfhips, That the Heads propofed in the inclofed 
Draught of a Leafe may be fo far proper, being reduced 
into Form: And I fubmit to your Lordfhips, Whether it 
is not proper to add a Claufe, obliging the Leffees to make 
a Settlement, upon fome part of the granted Premiffes to 
be afcertained, by building, peopling and cultivating the 
fame, in fuch manner, and within fuch a time, as your 
Lordfhips fhall think fit; and annually to render an Ac- 
count to the Crown of their Proceedings therein; and, in 
Default of making fuch Settlement, &amp;c, the Leafe to be 
void, by a Provifo to be inferted therein for that Purpofe: 
And it is further humbly fubmitted, Whether, if the 
Place at prefent be will ftocked with Wood, there may 
not be a Refervation to his Majefty of fuch Timber-trees 
as are proper to make Mafts on; and a Claufe to oblige 
the Planters to apply themfelves to fuch Manufacture and 
Improvement as fhall be agreeable to that Country, and 
may be ufeful to Great Britain, and a Power alfo referved 
to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, on fuch Part of 
the Wafte-ground as fhall be unbuilt, to erect Forts and 
Fortifications, and retain the fame to his own Ufe; with 
the Liberty of making and vufing, by himfelf and Sub- 
jects, all Ports, and Places of Entrance from the Sea, 
into the faid Lands, and of proper Highways through the 
fame: And, in regard the Fifth Part of the net Produce 
of all Mines of Gold and Silver, and the Fifth Part of all 
Gold, Silver, and Pearls, which fhall be found on the 
Shore, or fifhed out of the Water, belonging to the Land 
to be leafed, are intended to be referved to his Majeity, 
it may be proper to oblige the Leffees annually to render 
an Account of all the Gold, Silver, and Pearls, fo to be 
ained. 
All which is moft humbly fubmitted to your Lordthips 
great Wifdom. 
Examined by me, 
Henry Kelfa’l. 
28th. February 17.9. 


Edward Northey. 
3d Fanuary 1714. 


Sir, 

N_ Obedience to the Commands of the Right honour- 

able the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, figni- 
fied to me by Mr. Kel/all the 22d of the laft Month, I 


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have laid before my Lords Commiffioners for Trade and 
Plantations the inclofed Draught of a Leafe for a certain 
Portion of Land in Nova Scotia; who having confidered 
the fame, command me to fignify to you, That, as it is 
his Majefty’s undoubted Right to make Leafes of Lands 
belonging to the Crown, they are of Opinion, That Mr. 
Attorney General, or fome of his Majefty’s Counfel at 
Law, are the proper Judges whether the Draught of the 
Leafe be in due Form: But, as the Lefites are not named 
in the Draught, their Lordfhips could not fend for any 
Perfons to difcourfe with them upon the Matter, as they 
did to Sir Alexander Cairns, upon a Petition of his, and 
others, for another Tract of Land in that Country; upon 
which they have writ a Letter to Mr. Secretary Addifon, 
a Copy whereof is here inclofed; and fubmit it, Whether 
it may not be proper, that the Leafes be under the fame 
or the like Conditions as are propofed by Sir Alexander 
Cairnes, and others; which you will pleafe to lay before 
my Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury. I am, Sir, 
Your moft humble Servant, 
Whiteball September the 26th, 1717. Wm. Popple. 
Wm. Lowndes E{quire. 


Sir, 
IN Obedience to his Majefty’s Commands, fignified to 

us by your Reference of the Second Inftant, we have 
confidered the Petition of Sir Alexander Cairnes Baronet, 
Fames Douglas, and Fofoua Gee, Merchants, on behalf of 
themfelves, and others concerned with them, praying his 
Majefty will be gracioufly pleafed to grant them a Tract 
of Land upon the Coaft of his Majefty’s Province of 
Nova Scotia in America, containing Five Leagues to the 
South-weft, and Five Leagues to the North-eaft, of the 
River and Harbour of Chibouton, and ten Leagues dee 
into the Country ; with the Iflands along the faid Diftri€, 
within Three Leagues of the main Land: Whereupon 
we humbly take Leave to reprefent, 

That having been attended by the Petitioners; and 
having inquired of them how far they would engage for 
the making fuch Settlement, and peopling the Place; 
‘* they have propofed to make a Settlement, on the River 
‘* Chibouton, of Two hundred Perfons, in the fpace of 
‘© Three Years, in cafe there be no War with France or 
‘* Spain: That the Number of Perfons fhall be increafed, 
“* from time to time, according as the Undertakers thall 
‘* find Encouragement from the Place, and Trade they 
** intend to carry on there. 

‘* The Firft thing they intend to do, is, the building 
*¢ a fmall Town, ftockaded round, for fettling and {e- 
“* curing the People they fhall fend over, to be employed 
‘© in planting of Hemp, manufacturing Tar, in cutting 
“© down Timber, and making Barrel and Pipe ftaves, or 
‘s whatever elfe the Place will be proper for : 

** That if at any time his Majefty thall think it necef- 
“¢ fary, to erect a Fort on that Coaft, for the better De- 
“ fence of the Country ; the Undertakers agree, That 
‘© fuch Place, as fhall be pitched upon by thofe employed 
«* by his Majefty for that Service, be affigned for that 
‘* End; provided it be a Place not already built upon. 

*¢ And, as this Country is at prefent of no Benefit, but 
«¢ rather a Burthen, to the Kingdom, the Undertakers 
“© hope, in a few Years, by their Induftry, though ata 
“© great Charge, to introduce a confiderable Trade from 
«© thence; which may, in many refpects, be of great 
«© Advantage; that Country not being much above Half 
“«¢ fo far from England as the Capes of Virginia are: It 
‘* is hoped a profitable Navigation may be carried on, to 
«* the great Advantage of this Kingdom, from whence 
*¢ their whole Dependence mutt be for Wearables; for it 
‘* is to be obferved, that, this Country being habicable 
‘© jin Winter, the Inhabitants will fettle and continue 


vw 


© there, asin other Plantations, and make Improvement 


** in all Naval Stores ; in which refpect it will be of more 
«© Advantage to England than Newfoundland : 

« And, as this Country is cold, and not fit for any 
*¢ Manufacture, they muft have their whole Supplies from 
“* Great Britain: 


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s¢ That they will not hinder any Perfons ftom fifhing 
‘¢ in the Seas of the Diftricts: they petition for; but to 
‘¢ be under fuch Regulations, Orders, and Form of Go- 
&lt;&lt; vernment, as his Majefty thall hereafter be pleafed to 
‘&lt; appoint and eftablith there. , $0 
«« As this Country is a mere Wildernefs; ’tis hoped all 
« due Encouragement will be given to the Undeftakers, 
«« who are the firit Propofers, for the Settlement thereof; 
« in doing of which they muft lay out confiderable Sums 
«© of Money,” | 
This Undertaking of the Petitioners appearing to us to 
be for his Majefty’s Service, in peopling the Place; and 
for the Benefit of this Kingdom, by laying the Founda- 
tion for a Trade from thence; we have no Objection why 
his Majefty may not be gracioufly pleafed to grant the 
Petitioners Requeft, upon the Conditions afore-mentioned. 
We are, F 
Sir, , 
Your moft obedient, and 
molt humble Servants, 


Whiteball, Suffolk, 
Sepiember 20. 1717. J: Chetwynd, 
Charles, Cooke; 
7. Mole/worth, 


D. Pulteney. 
GEORGE R. ; 
WV Hereas our Trufty and Well-beloved Hohn Dow/fett 
and Peter Capon Efquires have been humble Suitors 

to us, to grant unto them, and their Executors, Admini- 
ftrators, and Affigns, a Part or Portion of the Country 
commonly known by the Name of Nova Scotia, or Acca- 
dia, for them to inhabit, plant, and cultivate, at their 
own proper Coft and Charges, as well in regard to the 
Tran{portation of Inhabitants, as to the Provifions necef- 
fary tor their Subfiftence: Our Will-and Pleafure therefore 
is, That you forthwith prepare a Bill for our Royal Signa- 
tute, to pafs our Great Seal of Great Britain, containing 
a Grant or Demife from us, our Heirs and Succeffors, 
vinto the faid Fohn- Dew/ett and Peter Capon, and their 
Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, for and during 
the Term of Thirty-one Years, to commence from the 
Date thereof, of all that Fract or Parcel of Land, 
commonly known by the Name of Cape Dore, in the 
Bay of Fundy, being Part of Nova Scotia, or Accadia, and 
fituated on the Weftern Shore of the faid Bay, about 
Eighteen Leagues North-weft from Annapolis Royal, in the 
Way from thence to Minas; and of all that Traét or Par- 
cel of Land extending along the Shore of the fame, 
Two Leagues on each Side of the Point of the faid Cape, 
and Four Leagues from the Shore to the Landward ; fo 
as the faid Tracts or Parcels of Land, hereby intended to 
be granted, may, as near as poffible, form a Square, -in- 


cluding Cape Dore, each Side of which Square fhall be: 


‘our dueagues, or Fwelve Englifh Miles, in Length: And 
che faid Bill is adfo to contain our Grant to the faid Lef- 
fees, their Executors, Admintftrators, and Affigns, during 
the Term aforefaid, of all thofe Iflands lying juft before 
the Premiles, within Two Leagues of the Shore, with all 
the Soil and Waters, and all Woods and Trees, and all 
Mines of Gold; Silver, Tin, Lead, Copper, Sulphur, 
8rimftone, or any other Metal, or mineral Matter what- 
joever, with Power to open the fame; and of all Stones 
and Quarries within the faid Limits, opened or hidden; 
and of alk Gold, Silver; Pearl, precious Stones, and Am- 
bergreefe, which fhall at any time, during the faid Term, 
be tound on, or within; the faid Lands or Waters, or any 
Part thereof; and of all other Profits, Benefits, and Com- 
modities, growing, coming, accruing, or happening, by 
the Cultivating or Improvement of the Premiles; toge- 
ther with the Right and Privilege of killing, taking, and 
felling, or ufings all or any Beats; Fowl, and Fihh, cf all 
forts, within the Premites; -yielding and paying there- 
tore, yearly, on the Feaft of Saint Michael, in each Year, 
untae us, our Heirs and-Succeflors, during-the faid Term, 
‘Yen Beaver. fkins, if demianded; and alfo One-fifth Part 
of the net Produce of-all Mines of Gold and Silver, and 
Voz. XIX. 


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of all Gold, Silver, and Pearls, which fliall be found on 
the Shore, or fifhed out of the Waters, belonging co the 
Premifes: And whereas we are willing and defirous to 
encourage the Inhabiting; Planting, and Cultivating, of 
our. faid County of Nova Scotia, or Accadia, for that 
End and Purpofe; therefore it is to be declared, for us, 
our Heirs and Succeffors, in the Grant hereby intended, 
That the fame fhall be a fufficient Licence and Warrant 
for any Perfon or Perfons, being ous natural-born Sub- 
jects, who fhall be fent, or employed, to or on the Pre- 
miles, by the faid Grantees, their Executors, Adminiftra- 
tors, and Affigns, or who fhall affociate themfelves by 
Agreement with them; to inhabit and cultivate the Pre- 
mifes hereby intended to be granted: And the faid Grant 
is alfo to give full Power and Authority to the faid Grant- 
ees, and their Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, to 
build Houfes on the Premifes; and to feparate the fame 
into Farms and Tenements; and to grant Leafes, to con- 
tinue during the faid Term, or lefs time; and to keep 
Arms. and Ammunition fufficient for Defence, again{t 
the Indians, or any Robbers or Pirates: And in our faid 
Grant it is to be provided, That the faid Grantees, and 
their Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, and theit 
Affociates, Tenants, and Servants; fhall be fubject to fucti 
our Laws, both Ecclefiaftical and Civil, as thall be efta- 
blithed for the general Government of the faid Province 
or County of Nova Scotia, or Accadia; faving always the 
Faith, Allegiance, and fupreme Dominion, due.o us, our 
Heirs and Succeffors: Alfo therein it is to bz further pro- 
vided, That whatever Gold, Silver; Copper, Sulphur, 
Brimftone, precious Stones, and Pearl, fhall be dug 
out, or found on, or in the Premifes; and all Timber 
which fhall be cut down, and made fit for Matts and 
Shipping, and all Pitch and Tar which fha!l be made 
within the Premifes fit for Sale; fhall be tranfported and 
configned to the Port of Loudon, in our Kingdom of 
Great Britain, and not to any other Port or Place whatfo- 
ever; except fuch Timber, Pitch, and Tar, asmay be necef= 
fary for the Grantees own Ufe in the Plantations, and 
for building Boats, Barks, and Veffels, for their own 
Fifhery and Traffick: And our faid Letters Patents are 
further to declare and grant, That if the faid Grantees, 
their Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, fhall here- 
after conceive, or be advifed, that there is any Defedt, as 
to the Validity or Meaning of our Grant hereby intended ; 
and thereupon fhall be defirous to renew the fame from 
usy our Heirs and Succeffors, with Amendments of any 
fuch Defects; then, upon their humble Petition, and at 
their own proper Cofts and Charges, fuch further and bet- 
ter Affurance of all and fingular the Premifes, or any Part 
thereof, fhall, from time to time, by us, our Heirs and 
Succeffors, be made and granted unto the faid Grantees, 
their Executors, Adminiltrators, and Affigns, as by the 
Attorney General of us, our Heirs and Succeffors, fhal!, 
in that behalf, be advifed: And you are to take care, that ° 
apt and proper Claufes be inferted in the faid Bill, for the 
Purpofes following; that is to fay, For obliging the faid 
Leffees, their Executors,; Adminiftrators, and Affigns, to 
make a Settlement upon Part of the Premifes, fo to be 
demifed, by building, peopling, and cultivating, the fame, 
within the Space of Five Years from the Date thereof; fo 
as One_hundred Perfons, at leaft, fhal!, within the faid 
Space, be fettled and refiding there , as alfo for obliging 
the faid Lefives annually to tranfmit an Account to the 
Crown, how they proceed in fuch Settlement, or elfe the 
Leafe to be void; as alfo to oblige the Planters to apply 
themfelves to fuch Manufacture and Improvement as may 
be ufeful to Great Britain, and for obliging the faid Lef- 
fees to tranfmit an Account, upon Oath, annually, to the 
Commifiioners of the Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer, 
for the Time being, of the grofs and net Produce of the 
Gold, Silver, and Pearls, that fhall be gained by them; 
fo as One-fifth Part of the faid net Produce may be yield- 
ed, and an{wered, to or to the Ufe of us, our Heirs, and 
Succeffors, as aforefaid: And you are alfo to infert in 
the faid Bill apt and proper Clauies, whereby all Timber- 

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trees proper for Mafts, and other Ufes for the Navy of 
us, our Heirs or Succeffots, may be excepted and referved 
to the Crown; with Power for’ us, our Heirs and Suc- 
ceffors, on fuch Part of the wafte Ground as fhall be un- 
built, to ere€t Forts and Fortifications, and retain the 
{ame to our and their own Ufe; with the Liberty of make- 
ing and ufing all Ports, and Places of Entrance from the 
Sea into the faid Lands, and of proper Highways through 
the fame, for the Benefit of us, our Heirs and Succeffors, 
and our and their Subjects: And you are likewife’ to in- 
fert therein a Claufé for referving or excepting fuch a 
Space of Ground out of the Land, extending every Way 
along the Shore, front Highwater Mark, as may be fuf- 
ficient for any of the Subjects of Great Britain to erect 
Stages, and other neceffary Conveniences, for the Manage- 


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lege, if the faid Grant were not made; and all fach other 
apt and neceffary Claufes,; Conditions, Limitations, Re-’ | 
ftrictions, Powers, Privileges, Immunities, Matters, and 
Things, as are ufual in Grants of the like Nature, and as 
you fall think advifeable for our Service, and the render- 
ing our Intentions to the Grantees moft firm, valid, and 
effectual: And for fo doing this fhall be your Warrant. 
Given at our Court at Kenjington, the 15th Day of July: 
1718, in the Fourth Year of our Reign, . 
’ By his Majefty’s Command, 
Sunderland, P. 
F. Aiflabie, — 
JF. Wallop, 
Geo. Baillie, 
Wm. Clayton. 


To our Right Trufty and Weil-beloved 


ing and Curing of Fifh; and to direct and appoint, that 
Counllor Nicholas Lechmere Efquire, 


the Ground, fo to be ‘fet apart, fhall be kept free and 
open for that Purpofe, and be ufed by any the Subjects our Attorney General ; and to our Truf- 


of Great Britain, accordingly, without any Lett, Hin- ty and Well-beloved Sir William 

drance, or Moleftation, whatfoever: And you are to in- I bompfon Knight, our Solicitor General. 

jert in the faid Grant a Provifo, That nothing ‘therein This is a true Copy of his Majefty’s Warrant, en- 
contained fhall extend, or be conftrued, to reftrain any the tered in the Treafury Books, and examined by 
Subjects of us, our Heirs or Succeffors, from fuch Privi- me, 
Jege of Fithing upon all or any the Sea-coafts of the Pre- 

miles, and curing or faving their Fifth there, as amply and 

beneficially as they might have enjoyed the fame Privi- 


Henry Kelfall. 
28th February 173%. 


AN Acccunt of the Produce and Profits that have been paid to the Receivers General of his Majefty’s Land Rents 

and Cafualties in Scotland (being the Receipt of the Exchequer there) from the forfeited Eftates, and Interefts, in 
that Part of Great Britain, vefted in his Majefty, by an Act, made in the Firft Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Act for appointing Commiffioners to inquire of the Eftates of certain Traitors, and of Popith Recufants, and of 
I'ftates given to fuperttitious Utes, in order to raife Money out of them feverally, for the Ufe of the Publick ; pre- 
ceding the Date hereof. . 


To Arch. Douglas Efquire, his Majefty’s late Receiver General, by Sir Robert Conftable, late Agent 2, 5. dd. 
































































































































































































































to the faid Commiffioners of Inquiry, to Account of the perfonal Eftate of the late Earl of Winton 797 10 8% 
To Sir Robert Sinclair, prefent Receiver General by the Treafurer to the Bank of Scotland, on Ac- 
count of the late Earl of Panmure’s Eftates, and Interefts 23 6 8 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Fohn Mathie, on Account of the late Earl of Winton’s Eftates; 

and Interefts 5 7 5 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Fames Nafmith, on Account of Andrew Caffey, late of Kirkboufe — 7 16 114 
To the fail Sir Robert Sinclair, by George Stark, on Account of Sir Fobn Prefton, late of Prefton- 

Hall 12 8s. 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Thomas Mathie, on Account of the late Ear] of Winton’s Eftates, ’ be 

and Interefts ' 1200 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Patrick Zeman, on Account of James Ramfey, late of Drumlochie 

his Eftate, and Interefts 18 5 8 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by William Robertfon, on Account of the late Earl of Winton’s Eftates, 

and Interefts —— 6516 8 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by David Home, an Account of the late Earl of Winton’s Eftates and 

Interefts 2,084 2 of 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Fohn Lumfdaine, on Account of the late Earl of Panmure’s Eftates, 

and Interefts 2,127 5 65 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Mr. John M‘Ewan, on Account of Fobn Blair, late of Gla/clune, 

Eftates, and Interefts 30 0 Oo 
Yo the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by David Home, on Account of Mr. Fames Home, late Earl of Carn- 

wath’, F ftates, and Interefts 131. 3 25 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Dame Henrietta Murray, on Account of Robert late Earl of Carn- 

wath, Eftates, and Interefts - g8 igi 82 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Thomas Arbuthnott, on Account of the late Earl Marifoall’ Eftates, - 

and Incerefts 627 13 11 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Alexander Alves, on Account of the late Earl of Nidde/dale Eftates, 

and Interefts 278 9g 8 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Sir ¥obn Carnegy, on Account of the late Earl of Southe/que’ Eftates, 

and Interefls - 959 0 Oo 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by fobn Lum/daine, on Account of the late Earl of Panmure Eftates, 

and Interefts 154 6 8 
To the faid Sir Rebert Sinclair, by Alexander M*Rackett, on Account of Robert Craw; late of Eaf 

Refion’, Eftates, and Interefts 78 4 101% 
To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Yobn Robertfon younger, on Account of Alexander Robertfon, | 

late of Strewan 81 7 of 
To = faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by Mr. ¥obn Grabam, on Account of Robert Roy’ Eftates, and In- 

terefts 22 6 18 
To the faid Sir Rodert Sinclair, by Fobn M‘Ewan, on Account of Fobn Blair, late of Glaffelune, 

{tates and Interefts 35 II 105 


To the faid Sir Robert Sinclair, by David Home, on Account of the late Earl of Winton’s Eftates, 
and Interefts 








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Total £. 8,619 14 

















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Out of which Monies theré has been nothing iffuéd and paid to the faid Commiffioners of Inquiry, and for Pay- 
ment of the Salaries of inferior Officers, employed under thems and for incident Charges in and for the Perform- 


ance of their feveral Trufts. 
Edinburgh Exchequer, 
14 February 1713 


Ordered, That the faid Accounts and Copies do lie 
upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 
Houte. | 


The Lord Wiliam Powlet prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order,’ a ‘Bill. for rhe Relief of Edward Clent 
Efquire, Executor of Lieutenant Colonel Idomas Clent, 
for an Army. ‘Debenture, loft: in the Pay Office: And 
the fame was received. 


Mr. Charles Stanhope prefented:to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for fettling certain yearly Funds, 
payable out of the Revenue’of Scotland, to fatisfy pub- 
fick Debts in Scotland, and other Ufes mentioned in the 
Treaty of Union, and to difcharge the Equivalents claimed 
on behalf of Scotdand, in the ‘Terms of the faid Treaty ; 
and for obviating all future Difputes, Charges, and Ex- 
pences, concerning thofe Equivalents: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time, To- 
morrow Morning. 


The Orders of the Day being read. 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
til Tue/dey Morning next. 


Mr. Godfrey reported, from the Committee of the 
whole Houle, .ta whom the Bill for Relief of fuch Suf- 
-ferers.of the Iflands of Nevis and Saint Chriftopber’s, as 
have fettled in either of thofe Iflands, and made due Proof 
of fuch Settlement, before the 25th of December 1712, 
was committed, the Amendment, they had directed him 
to report to the Honfe; and he read the fame in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered the Bill; and Amendment, in 
at the Clerk’s Table; Where the Amendment was twice 
read ; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, Fhat the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
groffed. - 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for Relief of the Proprietors 
of feveral Navy; Victualing, and Franfport, Bills, and 
Army Debentures. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Morice took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Morice reported from the Committee, Fhat they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill, and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bill. : 


Refolved, That this Houfe will; To-morrow Morning, 


refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 


confider of the Matter of the Petition of fundry Pro- 
prietors of Nevis and Saint Chriftopher’s Debentures, in 
behalf of themfelves, and others. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Glock, 


All which is moft humbly certified; by 
Fobn Philp, Audr 


Veneris, 10° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


A Bill for the Relief of Edward Clent Efquire, Executor 
of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Clent, for an Army 
Debenture, loft in the Pay Office, was read the Firlt 
time, 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Sir David Dalrymple reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for amending; and making more effectual, 
the Laws for repairing Highways and Bridges ia that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland, was committed, 
that they had made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the fame in his Plate; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were once read throughout ; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon tlre 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. | 

‘Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


An ingroffed Bill to naturalize Peter Lamy De Hame 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to naturalize Peter Lamy De Hame. 

Ordered, Fhat Mr. London do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for Relief of fuch Sufferers of the Iflands of 
Nevis and Saint Chriftopber’s, as have fettled in either of 
thofe Iflands, and made due Proof of fuch Settlement, 
before the 25th of December 1712, was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, ‘Fhat the Bill do pafs: And that the Fitle be, 
As A&amp;é for Relief of fuch Sufferers of the Iffands of Ne- 
vis and Saint Cbriftopber’s, as have fettled in either of 
thofe Iilands, and made due Proof of fuch Settlement, © 
before the 25th of December 1712. 

Ordered, That Mr. Godfrey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Sloper préfented to the Houfe; according to Or- 
dery a Bill to enable Robert Packer Eiquire, and Mary his 
Wife, Winchcomb Howard Packer, their Son, a Minor, 
and Henrietta Winchcomb, to enter their refpective Claims 
before the Commiffioners and Truftees; for determining ° 
Claims upon the forfeited Eftates, and to impower the 
faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and determine 
the faid Claims: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft time, 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

A Bill for fettling certain yearly Funds, payable out of 
the Revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy publick Debts in Scot- 
Jand,; and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union ; 
and to difcharge the Equivalents claimed on behalf of 
Scotland, in the Terms of the fame Treaty; and for obvi- 
ating all future Difputes, Charges, and Expences, con- 
cerning thofe Equivalents ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 

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The Houfe refolved it&amp;lf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for Relief of 
the Proprietors of feveral Navy, Vidtualing, and Tranf- 
port, Bills, and Army Debentures. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Morice took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Morice reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


A Meflage from the- Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Meller : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty’s 
Subjects to and from the Eaf Indies, and for the more 
effectual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trading thi- 
ther under foreign Commiffions; with fome Amendments: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for recovering the Credit of the Briti/h Fifhery in foreign 
Parts; and for better fecuring the Duties on Salt; with- 
out any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee ot the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Matter of the Petition of fun- 
dry Proprietors of Nevis and Saint Chrifopber’s Deben- 
tures, in behalf of themfelves, and others. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To morrow Morn- 


ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 11° die Aprilis; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. | 
Bill for the Relief of Edward Clent Efquire, Execu- 

A tor of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Clent, for an 
army Debenture, loft in the Pay Office, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle, : 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aét for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Ma- 

jelty’s Subjects to and from the Eaf Indies; and for the 
more. effectual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trade- 
ing thither under foreign Commiffions. 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 3. Line 1. After ‘* Enacted,” infert ‘* De- 
“* clared:” 

Line 5. Leave out from ‘* fame” to “¢ that,” 
in the 37 Line of the fame Preis: 

Line 38. Leave out ‘* faid :” 

Line 39. Leave out ‘ faid :” 

Prefs 4. Line 21, 22. Leave out “ and Declared :” 

Prefs 5. Line 1. Before ** Provided,” add Claufes A 
and. B: 

Claufe A: ‘* Provided neverthelefs, and it is hereby 
further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid, That it 
fhall and may be lawful to and fer his Majefty’s Attor- 
ney General for the Time being, at the Relation of 
« the faid Company, to exhibic Bill or Bills of Com. 


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plaint in his Majefty’s High Court of Chancery; or 
Court of Exchequer, againft any Perfon or Perfons 
trading, dealing, trafficking, or adventuring, or -fu- 
fpected to have traded, dealt, trafficked, or. adven- 
tured, at any time, from and after the faid Fifth Day 
of February 1718, in, to, or from, the Eaf Indies, 
or Places aforefaid, contrary to Law;-for Difcavety of 
fuch their Trading, Dealing, Traffickig, and Adven- 
turing; and for Difcovery of fuch Duties and Damages 
as are herein after-mentioned; waving and difclaiming, 
in every fuch Bill, all the Penalties ineurred by fuch 
Perfon or Perfons for the Matters.in fuch Bill con- 
tained; and that fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall anfwer the 
faid Bill or Bills, and not plead or demur to the Difco- 
very thereby fought; and paid.to his: Majefty the Cu- 
ftoms and Duties of the Goods and Merchandizing 
arifing, produced, or purchafed, by the faid unlawful 
Trade, Traffick, or Adventuring; and fhall alfo an. 
{wer and pay to the faid Company reafonable Damages, 
to be afcertained by a Jury, upon a Tryal to be directed 
for that Purpofe: And if fuch Offender or Offenders 
pay the faid Duties and Cuftoms to his Majefty, and 
Damages to the faid Company, by virtue of any Pro- 
ceedings upon this Act, he or they fhall not be profe- 
cuted, upon any other Law or Statute whatfoever, for 
the fame Offence: And if any fuch Bill or Bills be dif- 
miffed by the Court where the fame fhall be exhibited, 
the faid Eaft India Company fhall pay every fuch De- 
fendant or Defendants his and their full Cofts of Suit; 
and, in cafe there be a Decree obtained againft the De- 
fendant or Defendants, fuch Defendant or Defendants 
fhall pay Cofts to the Relator :” 

Claufe B: ‘* Provided always, That this Act, or any 
thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be con- 
ftrued, deemed, or taken, to extend, to fubje&amp; the 
Governor or Company of Merchants of England trade- 
ing into the Levant Seas, or any Member thereof, to 
aniwer any fuch Bill, for or in refpect of his or their 
trading into the Levant Seas, or within any fuch Limits 
as the faid Governor and Company of Merchants: of 
England trading into the Levant Seas have been accu- 
ftomed to trade; any thing herein contained to the con- 
** trary in any-wife notwith{tanding.” . 

The Firft, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth, of the 
faid Amendments, being read a Second time, were, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by 
the Houfe. , 

Claufe A. being read a Second time; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Lords in the faid Amendment; 

It paffed in the Negative, Nemine contradicente. 

Claufe B being read a Second times 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Lords in the faid Amendment; 

It pafied in the Negative, Nemine contradicente. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up 
Reafons, to be offered to the Lords at a Conference, for 
difagreeing with their Lordfhips in the Amendments to 
which this Houfe has difagreed : 

And itis referred to Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Lord William Powlet, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Sloper, Lord 
Molefworth, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Brodrick, Co- 
lonet Grabme, Sir Tho. Lee, Lord Milton, Mr. Carteret, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Herne, Mr. Stanbope, Sir Ed- 
ward Northey, Mr. Northey, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Treby, Mr. 
Neville: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


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A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Jobn 
May, Servant to Fobn Bampfylde Efquire, a Member of 
this Houfe, hath been arrefted by Yobn Kern and Edward 
Hartford Bailiffs, at the Suit of Richard Perryman, in 
which Action one Mr. Thomas Nott is Attorney for the 
Plaintiff; in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe,; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of ~ faid 

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Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill for amending, and making more ef- 
fectual, the Laws for repairing Highways and Bridges in 
that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, was read the 
Third time. 

The Amendments following were propofed to be made 
to the Bill; 

ene 2. Line laft but one, After “‘ work’® to infert 
“¢ for :” 


Prefs 4. Line 27. Leave out ‘* Man,” and infert 
«© Men :” 

Prefs 5. Line 11. Leave out * alfo,” and infert “ al- 
«© ways :” 

Which were feverally twice read 3 and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe; 
and the Bill amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Ac for amending, and making more effectual, the 
Laws for repairing Highways, Bridges, and Ferries, in 
that Part of Great Britain called: Scotland. 

Ordered, That Sir David Dalrymple do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill to enable Robert Packer Efquire, and Mary his 
Wife, Winchcomb Howard Packer their Son, a Minor, 
and Henrietta Winchcomb, to enter their refpective Claims 
before the Commiffioners and’ Truftees for determining 
Claims upon the forfeited. Eftates; and to impower the 
faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and determine 
the faid Claims ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Sloper, 
Mr. Neville, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Wylde, Sir Wm. 
Wyndham, Sit Richard Farington, Mr. Inge, Mr. Wef- 
pealing, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Earl, Mr. Bacon, Sir Tho. 
Lee, Mr. Clark, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Pugh, Mr. Cal- 
mady, Mr. Longueville, Sir Edward Williams, Mr. Trety, 
Mr. Hyde, Mr. London, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Hill, Sir Ri- 
chard Gough, Mr. Snell, Mr. Hopton, Mr. Bathurft, Sir 
Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Freman, Mr. Maifiers, Mr. Herne, 
Sir Tho. Palmer, Sir Wm. Pole, Mr. Barrington, Mr. 
Northey, Sir Harry Afbburft,; and all the Members that 
ferve for the Counties of Berks, Wilts, and Oxford: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Thomas Skerret Efquire, and Dame Eliza- 
beth Winchcomb his Wife, who was the Relict of Sir Henry 
Winchcomb Baronet, deceafed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, That upon the Marriage of the 
Petitioner Elizabeth with the {aid Sir Henry Winchcomb her 
former Hufband, divers Lands and Hereditaments in the 
County of Berks, of the yearly Value of 600/. were fet- 
tled upon her for Life, for her Jointure: That, after his 
Deceafe, his Eftate defcended to his Daughters; and, to 
make the Partition of the Lands more ealy and convenient 
to the Family, the Petitioner Elizabeth confented to part 
with her Jointure Lands, and accept of a Rent-charge of 
5001. per Aunum for her Life; whereof 263/. 85. 64. 
per Annum was to be iffuing out of that Part of the Eftate 
which was divided to Frances Saint Fobn, deceafed, (late 
Wife of Henry late Vifcount Bolingbroke, attainted for 
High Treafon), one of the Daughters of the faid Sir 
Henry Winchcomb ; and the remaining 236/. 115. 64. 
per Annum was to be iffuing out of the Part divided to 
Mary the Wife of Robert Packer Efquire, the other 
Daughter of the faid Sir Henry Winchcomb ; and Convey- 
ances were made accordingly, in purfuance of a Decree 
of the Court of Chancery for that Purpofe: That the 
Eftate of the faid late Lord Bolingbroke being vefted in 
the Commiffioners and Truftees appointed by Act of Par- 
liament, and their Heirs, for the Ufe of the Publick ; 
and the Petitioner having omitted to claim her faid Rent- 
charge before the faid Commiffioners and Truftces 
within the Time limited by the faid At: And praying, 

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That Leave may be given to bring in a Claufe, to be in- 
ferted in the Bill now depending to enable the Petitioners 
to enter their Claim for the faid Annuity or Rentcharge; 
and to impower the faid Commiffioners and Truftees to 
hear and determine the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referréd to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill to enable 
Robert Packer Efquire, and Mary his Wife, Winchcomd 
Howard Packer their Son, a Minor, and Henrietta Winch- 
comb, to enter their refpective Claims before the Commif- 
fioners and Truftees for determining Claims upon the for- 
feited Eftates ; and to impower the faid Commiffioners 
and Truftees to hear and determine the faid- Claims ; is 
committed. ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for tlie 
Petitioners Relief. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hern do carry the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to naturalize Peter Lamy de Hae, to the Lords, 


-and defire their Concurrence thereunto. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for fettling certain yearly Funds, payable out of 
the Revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy publick Debts in Sco¢- 
land, and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union, 
and to difcharge the Equivalents claimed on behalf of 
Scotland, in the Terms of the fame Treaty ; and for ob- 
viating all future Difputes, Charges, and Expences, con- 
cerning thofe Equivalents ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive aClaufe for allow- 
ing incident Charges to the Corporation to’ be erected by 
his Majefty, purfuant to the faid Bill. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 13° die Aprilis; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
QReered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 


for the Borough of Lewes, in the County of Sufex, in 
the room of Fohn Morley Trevor Efquire, deceafed. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will not receive any more 
private Bufinefs during this Seffion of Parliament. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
fettling certain yearly Funds, payable out of the Revenue 
of Scotland, to fatisfy publick Debts in Scotland, and 
other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union; and to 
difcharge the Equivalents claimed on behalf of Scotland, 
in the Terms of the fame Treaty ; and for obviating all 
future Difputes, Charges, and Expences, concerning thofe 
Equivalents; was committed; the Amendments they had 
made to the Bill; and which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe ard he read the fame in his Place 5. and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, 1n at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by 
one, and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 

3 by the Houte. 
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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 

Mr. Comptroller reported from the Committee appoint- 
ed to draw up Reafons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, fér difagreeing to fome of the Amendments, 
made by their Lordfhips, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of ‘his Majefty’s 
Subjeéts to and from the Haft Indies; and for the more 
effectual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trading 
thither under foreign Commiffions ; That they had drawn 
up Reafons accordingly; which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered. them in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame were read ; and are as follow; vz. 

‘To the Firft Amendment, made by your Lordfhips, 
Prefs 3. Line 1. the Commons agree: 

They alfo agree to your Lordfhips Amendment, 
Line 5: 

They alfo agree to your Lordfhips Amendments, 
Line 38 and 39: 

They alfo agree to your Lordfhips Amendment, 

Prefs 4, Lines 20 and 21. 

The Commons cannot agree tothe Amendment, made 
by your Lordfhips, Prefs 5 Line 1. Before ‘* Provided,” 
add Claufes A and B; becaufe Claufe A levies Money 
on the Subject by a new Subfidy, not granted by the 
Commons ; and which it is the undoubted and fole Right 
of the Commons to grant; and from which they can never 
depart. 

The Commons cannot agree to Claufe B; becaufe it is 
intirely dependent upon Claute A. 

The faid Reafons, being feverally read a Second time, 
were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Conference be defired with the Lords 
vpon the Subjeét-matter of the Amendments, made by 
their Lordthips, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
better fecuring the lawful [rade of his Majefty’s Subjects 
to and from the Eaj? Indses; and for the more effectual 
preventing all his Majelty’s Subjects traging thither under 
foreign Commiffions. 

Ordered, That the Lord Marquis of Granby do go to 
the Lords, and defire the faid Conference. 


Mr. Morice, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
Relief of the Proprietors of feveral Navy, Victualing, and 
Tranfport, Bills, and Army Debentures, was committed, 
the Amendments they had made to the Bill; and which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the faid Amendments were once read throughout; and 
then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. Carteret reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to enable Robert Packer Efquire, and Mary his 
Wife, Winchcomb Howard Packer their Son, a Minor, 
and Henrietta Winchcomb, to enter their refpective Claims 
before the Commiffioners and Truftees for determining 
Claims upon the forfeited Eftates; and to impower the 
faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and determine 
the faid Claims; was committed, That they had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and of the Petition of 
Thomas Skerret, and Dame Elizabeth Winchcomb his 
Wife, and found the fame to be true; and that they had 
made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout ; and then a Se- 
cond time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. : 





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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled. 6 


The Lord Marquis of Grandy, reported, That he have- 
ing, according to Order, been at the Lords, to defire a 
Conference with their Lordfhips upon the Subject-matter 
of their Amendments to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects to and from the Zaft Indies ; and for the more effec. 
tual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trading thither 
under foreign Commiflions ; the Lords do agree toa Con. 
ference; and appoint the fame, prefently, in the Painted 
Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Committee appointed to draw up 
Reafons, to be offered to the Lords at a Conference, do 
manage the faid Conference. 

And the Managers went to the Conference. 

And, being returned; 

Mr. Comptroller reported, That, they had been at the 
Conference; and had given the Lords the Reafons for 
difagreeing to fome of the faid Amendments; and had 
left the Bill, and Amendments, with the Lords. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf intoa 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for the 
Relief of Edward Clent Efquire, Executor of Lieutenant 
Colonel Thomas Clent, for an Army Debenture, loft in the 
Pay Office. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

The Lord William Powlett took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mictee, That they had gone through the Billi, and made 
fome Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 14° die Aprilis; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill to enable Robert Packer Efquire, 

and Mary his Wife, Winchcomb Howard Packer 
their Son, a Minor, and Henrietta Winchcomb, to enter 
their refpective Claims before the Commiflioners and 
Truftees for determining Claims upon the forfeited Eftates; 
and to impower the faid Commiffioners and Truftees to 
hear and determine the faid Claims ; was read the Third 
time. 

Refolued, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act to enable Robert Packer Efquire, and Mary his 
Wife, Winchcomb Howard Packer their Son, a Minor, 
Henrietta Winchcombe, and Thomas Skerrett Efquire, and 
Dame Elizabeth Winchcomb his Wife, to enter their re- 
fpective Claims before the Commiffioners and Truftees 
for determining Claims upon the forfeited Eftates ; and to 
impower the faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and 
determine the faid Claims. 

Ordered, That Mr. Carteret do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Lord William Powlett reported, from the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
Relief of Edward Clent Efquire, Executor of Lieute- 
nant Colonel Thomas Clent, for an Army Debenture, loft 
in the Pay Office, was committed, the Amendments they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout ; and then aSe- 

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cond time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellowes and 

Mr. Meller: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do not infift oa the Amendments made by 
their Lordfhips, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for the 
better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects to and from the Ea/- Indies ; and tor the more eftfec- 
tual preventing all his Majefty’s Subjects trading thither 
under foreign Commiffions; to which this Houle dif- 
agreed. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
giving further Encouragement for importing Naval Stores, 
with fome Amendments: To which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the further Punifhment of fuch Perfons as fhall un- 
Jawfully kill or deftroy Deer in Parks, Paddocks, and 
other inclofed Grounds, without any Amendment. And 
alf6, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for redeeming the Fund appropriated for Payment of the 
Lottery Tickets, which were made forth for the Service 
of the Year 1710, by a voluntary Subfcription of the 
Proprietors into the capital Stock of the South Sea Com- 
pany; and for raifing a Sum ‘of Money to pay off fuch 
Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and 
for appropriating the Supplies granted in this Seflion of 
Parliament; and to limit Times for Profecutions upon 
Bonds for exporting Cards and Dice; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

To the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for enlarging the Time 
to determine Claims on the forfeited Eftates, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

To the Bill, intituled, An Act for appointing a Com- 
miffioner and Truftee to put in Execution the Powers 
and Authorities of the feveral Acts of Parliament relating 
to the forfeited Eftates, and the Eftates given to fuper- 
ftitious Ufes, in the room of George Treby Efquire, who 
has defired to be difcharged from the faid Truft, with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

To the Bill, intituled, An Aéct for Relief of fuch Suf- 
ferers of the Iflands of Nevis and Saint Chriftopher’s as 
have fettled in either of thofe IMands, and made due 
Proof of fuch Settlement, before the Twenty-fifth Day of 
December 1712, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill for Relief of the Proprietors of feve- 
val Navy, Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Army 
Debentures, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for Relief of the Proprietors of feveral Navy, 
Victualing, and Tranfport, Bills, and Army Debentures. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morice do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingrofied Bill for fettling certain yearly Funds, pay- 
able out of the Revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy publick 
Debts in Scotland, and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty 
of Union; and to difcharge the Equivalents claimed on 
behalf of Scotland, in the Terms of the fame Treaty; 
and for obviating all future Difputes, Charges, and Ex- 
pences, concerning thofe Equivalents; was read the Third 
time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill ; 

Prefs 18. Line 29. After the Word ‘* Exchequer,” to 
infert ** in Scotland :” 

And the fame was upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
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the Revenue of Scot’and, to fatisfy publick Debts in Scot: 
land, and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union j 
and to difcharge the Equivalents claimed on behalf of 
Scotland, in the Terms of the fame Treaty; and for ob- 
viating all future Difputes, Charges, and Expences, con- 
cerning thofe Equivalents. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 
Meller : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts, 
without any Amendment. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for making more effectual the Laws appointing the Oaths, 
for Security of the Government, to be taken by Minifters 
and Preachers in Churches and Meeting-houfes in Scot- 
land, with fome Amendments: To which the Lords, 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 


The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Amendments 
into Confideration : 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 2. Line 17. Leave out ‘this Realm,” and in- 
fert ‘* of England, of Scotland, or of Great Britain :? 

Prefs 6. Line 22, Leave out ‘ Oaths, ” and infert 
** Oath :” 

Line 23. Before ** Affurance,” infert ‘* the :” 
Line 25. After ‘* fubfcribed,”infert ‘in lieu 
‘* of the Oath of Abjuration formerly required by Law.” 

The Firft Amendment being read a Second time. 

An Amendment was propoted to be made thereto, by 
leaving out ** of England, of Scotland, or of :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Lords 
in the faid' Amendment, fo amended. 

The reft of the faid Amendments, being feverally read 
a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That Sir David Dalrymple do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the faid Amendments, with an Amendment to 
One of them: To which Amendment this Houfe defires 
their Lordthips Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for the Relief of Edward Clent 
Efquire, Executor of Lieutenant Colonel 7 bomas Clent, 
for an Army Debenture, lott in the Pay Office, was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the Relief of Edward Glent Efquire, Exe- 
cutor of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Clent, for an Army 
Debenture, loft in the Pay Office. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
til Friday Morning next. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Matter of the Petition of fun- 
dry Proprietors of Nevis and Saint Chriftopber’s Deben- 
tures, in behalf of themfelves, and others. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Friday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock, 


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Veneris, 17° die Aprilis; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

R. Piers reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Creditors of Fofeph Long, a 
Bankrupt; and the Petition of Nathanael Stallard, of 
London, Merchant, one of the Affignees of the Commif- 
fion of Bankrupt awarded againft the faid Fofepb Long; 
and likewife of George Garrard, on behalf- of himfelf, 
and Fofeph and George Long ; were referred; the Matter, 
as it appeared to them; which they had dire¢ted him to 
report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the fame in at the Clerk’s Ta- 

ble: Where it was read; and is as follows; viz. 


That the Committee have examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition; and have heard Counfel for all Par- 
ties: 

The Counfel for the Petitioners, the Creditors, charged 
the faid Fo/eph Long the Bankrupt with notorious Frauds, 
to the Value of 30,000/. and upwards, contrived to 
cheat and defraud his Creditors, and committed by and 
with the Contrivance, Advice, Aid, and Affiftance, of 
his Brothers George and John Long, and Robert Serle, 
Nathanael Stallard, John Burnett, and George Garrard, 
their Accomplices: And produced the following Evidence; 
VIZ. 

Mr. Wm. Poyntz faid, That, to his Knowlege, Fofeph 
Long the Bankrupt did, upon no Foundation, gain Credit 
for Goods and Money, to the Amount of 18,000/. or 
thereabouts : 

That, in July 1717, he confeffed a fraudulent Judg- 
ment for 1,400 /. to his Brother George, when there was 
but 200/,. due; and Conveyances and Affignments of 
the Bankrupt’s Goods and Effects were prepared, to de- 
fraud his Creditors : 

That, in January 1717, the faid Bankrupt obtained 
Credit in London for Goods for Briffol Fair, to the Value 
of 700/. and upwards; and madea fraudulent Sale thereof 
to his Brother Fobm, to alter the Property; and took Two 
Notes, therefore, from Fobn, for 700/.; which Notes, 
as ‘fcbn hath fince declared, were burnt and deftroyed, 
without Payment : That, the faid Goods. being attached at 
Brificl, by fome of the Bankrupt’s Creditors, Zobm there- 
upon claimed them, by Pretence of the faid fraudulent 
Sale ; and brought feveral Actions againft thofe Creditors, 
which are as yet depending : 

That Mr. Robert Serle was privy to the Bankrupt’s 
fraudulent Practices, and affifted him therein: That Serle 
laid Goods, to the Value of 500/. in the Bankrupt’s Shop 
at Brifiol Fair, in Fanuary 17173; which Goods paffed 
for the Bankrupt’s, and were fold in his Name, but to 
the faid Serle’s Ufe; and, by Ser/e’s Afliftance, the Bank- 
rupt gained great Credit at that Fair: 

That ‘fobx Long attended at the Fair, with promiffory 
Notes in George Long’s Name, in Blank, payable to the 
Bankrupt; and thofe Notes were filled up for Goods 
bought by the Bankrupt ; und, as foon as the Goods were 
bought, Bills of Sale thereof were made to George, to 
alter the Property ; and the Witnefs was privy to one of 
thefe Inftances, which was for above 1,000 /. : 

That the Goods, fo bought, were fent,to George, and 
he exported them to Holland: 

That, in April 1718, a Commiffion of Bankrupt was 
taken out againft Jo/eph Long; and the Commiffioners 
appointed Nathanael Stallard, and Fobn Burnett Affignees, 
without the Knowlege of the Creditors : 

That thofe Affignees refufed to get in or fecure the 
Bankrupt’s Effects, or to take any Meafures for fecuring 
thofe in Holland; and thereby gave the Bankrupt an Op- 
portunity of fending thither to his Brother George; and, 
by his Affiftance, deprived the Creditors of Effects be- 
longing to the Bankrupt, to above 7,000/. Value, which 
was done with the Privity of both thofe Affignees : 

That the faid Affignees have, for 154 /. releafed and 
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Bankrupt’s Eftate: And Burnett has confeffed, That he 
had iworn to Fobn Long, upon the Bible, to do what lay 
in his Power in favour of the Bankrupt : 

That, by the Affignees wilful Neglect and Refufal to 
profecute feveral Perfons indebted to the Bankrupt’s 
Eftate, and who had Goods of his in their Hands, feve- 
ral Hundred Pounds-have been loft to the Creditors : 

That, when the Bankrupt was in the King’s Bench 
Prifon, the Affignees would by no means fuffer him to be 
examined, for difcovering bis Effects; alleging, that their 
indulging him was more confiftent with their private [a- 
tereft and Advantage: 

That, within few Days after the Commiffion iffued, the 
Affignee Stallard received Letters from Holland, from 
George Long, directed to the Bankrupt; in one of which 
Two promiffory Notes were incloied, in George’s Hand, 
payable to the Bankrupt, or Order, for 1,000/. each, or 
thereabouts; and Two Bills of Exchange, for 500/. or 
thereabouts, accepted by George, and intended to be figned 
by the Bankrupt, as drawn by him on George, payable 
to the Bankrupt’s own Order : 

That Stallard propofed to the Witnefs to fecrete the 
faid 500/. from the Bankrupt’s Eftate: | 

That, in one of thofe Letters, George Long wrate, 
That the faid Sums of 2,500/. were for Goods received 
from the Bankrupt fince the then laft Briffol Fair : 

That fobn Long told the Witnefs, in November and 
December \aft, That he had offered 600/ to Stallard, to 
aflign over to him his Intereft in the Bankrupt’s Eftate as 
Affignee, though there was but 200/. due to him: 

That Stallard refufed to do it for 600/.; but intimated 
he would do it for 1,000/,; and that, by Mr. Serie’s 
Interpofition, they have fince agreed in that Matter: 

That John Long hath declared, That Mr. George Gar- 
rard did principally advife and affift the Bankrupt in his 
unfair Proceedings; and has above s5oo/. in his Hands, 
of the Bankrupt’s Monies, which he will not account 
for: 
That, in February 1717, George Long commended his 
own Management as to his Brother Fo/eph’s Affair; de 
claring, That he had only 800/. to pay for Fo/epb, and 
had feveral 1,0002. of his in his Hands: 

That Fofeph Long, upon his Marriage, .cheated his 
Wife of her Fortune, by placing it into his Brother Fobm 
Long’s Hands; who pretended to fettle an Eftate of his 
upon her, which Eftate was out of his Power, being be- 
fore fettled, and fraudulently incumbered over and over 
again, and the prior Incumbrances concealed from the 
fubfequent Incumbrancers : 

That the Affignee Burnet ufually fupplied the Bank- 
rupt with Money, on Pledges of Goods, at 25 /. or 30/. 
per Cent, Premium; and that Fofeph Long, for feveral 
Years before he went off, made it his conftant Pratice 
to pawn Goods, and to fell what he took upon Credit for 
confiderably lefs than they coft; and to difcount Notes, 
and to borrow Notes, for that Purpofe, and particularly of 
the Affignees, and Robert Serle, and that fuch Notes were 
difcounted at the time of his being Bankrupt, to the Value 
of fome Thoufands of Pounds : 

That Fofeph Long, a little before he went off, got 
Notes for above 200/. from Edward Hale, then in the 
Mint; and afterwards difcounted thofe Notes with Mr. 
George Anderfon: 

That he fold a Parcel of Wines to Thomas Pardoe for 
200/. or thereabouts, and took his Notes for it, though 
he knew Pardoe could not pay; giving this Reafon for 
it, That the Wines were worth but littie; and he could 
difpofe of the Notes to Mr. Barnett, or Mr. Anderfon, as 
well as if Pardoe was a refponfible Man: 

That, when thofe Notes became payable, he got Par- 
doe to give frefh Notes for the fame Sums, under Pre- 
tence of giving longer Time for Payment, and pronzifing 
to deliver up the former Notes; but never did: 

That Robert Serle was privy to Fofeph Long’s Inten- 
tions of going off after Brifol Fair, which began the 
25th of Fanuary 1717; and therefore took an Affignment 
of the Leafe of his Houfe in Broad-freet; which Affign- 


ment 














5 Geo. I. 


ment was executed on the 17th of Fanuary 1717, but 
dated the 28th of November before, as was alfo the Re- 
ceipt for the pretended Confideration-money, which was 
mentioned to be 400/. though no Money was paid; but 
Serle, at the fame time, gave a Receipt, of the fame Date, 
for fo much Money as received from Long, in Part of 
Account; and Long, at the fame time, lent Serle Notes 
of his Hand for 200/. which are faid to be fince paid out 
of Long’s Eftate; though Ser/e then claimed but 5001. 
trom Long, if their Accounts were balanced : 

That Serle and Fofeph Long had frequent Meetings and 
Confultations in private and fecret Places, from time to 
time, juft before the Fair; and that, at a fecret Meeting at 
Hamftead, Long refuted to come into any Meafures for 
paying his Debts; alleging, He was weary of Bufinels, 
and refolved to leave it off, and go beyond-fea, where he 
would Jive like a Gentleman; and now he had the firteft 
Opportunity; for that he fhould never have fo much 
Money and Effects again in his Hands as he then had: 

That the Commiffion of Bankrupt againft Yofepb Long 
was taken out the 14th of April 1718; and the Affign- 
ment of his Eficéts executed at the fame time to Stallard 
and Burnett: 

That Serle and Fobn Long afterwards propofed to fatisfy 
the Witnefs his full Demands of the Bankrupr, if he 
vould fupprefs the Depofitions taken before the Commit- 
fioners, which were then in his Cuttody; and not at any 
time afterwards come in as an Evidence againft Fo/epb 
Long: And Stallard often prefled him to come into fecret 
Meafures in favour of the Bankrupt: , 

That Sta lard poffetied himielf of all the Bankrupt’s 
Effects that were feized: And Burnett, being irritated 
with his Uiage, declared to the Witnefs, That he found 
the greateft Part of the World were Rogues, and he was 
refolved to be one too; for that there was no living with- 
Out it: 

That Thomes Gilbam fold Serle’s Goods, at Briftol 
Fair, as Zeve’s Goods, and with his; and gave the Mo- 
ney eveiy iwight to ohn Long, who afterwards accounted 
with Serie: That there were diftin¢ét Marks on each of 
their Goods; and Gi/bam kept an Account how much 
was fold of each: 

That both ofeph and Fobn Long have often told the 
Witnefs, That George Long was ient into Holland only as 
a Factor for Fofeph; and was to have 40/. per Annum as 
a Salary, and no more, befides ufual Ailowances to Factors 
in his Station; and that the 200/. betore-mentioned to 
be due from Fofeph to George Long, were for Goods which 
George obliged Fefeph to buy wien he came into his Ser- 
vice, though they were not worth Half the Money: 

That Fobu Long, a little before Fofeph’s abtconding, 
prevailed on feveral of his Creditors to accept Notes from 
Fofeph, and difcharge him; and Foba Long hath often 
told the Witnefs, That the faid Fo/epd, at his firlt going 
into LZelland, {pent 50/. per Week: 

And this Witneis faid, That he knew many other In- 
itances, too tedious to be enumerated, of Frauds and 
Confederacies by Fofeph, Fobn, and George Long, and 
their Accomplices Kobert Serle, Nathanael Stallard, ‘fobn 
Burnet, and George Garrard, to coeat and defraud the 
Creditors of the taid Fo/eph Long. 

Mr. Thomas Barnet gave feveral Inftances of fraudulent 
Practices by Fo/eph Long, in giving Notes, payable by 
other Perfons, for Goods he took up; and afterwards 
going to thoie Perfons, and difcharging thofe Notes, and 
taking others, or receiving the Money; and mentioned 
an Initance in a Parcel of Crapes, to the Value of 500/. 
which he was fraudulently drawn into by Fofeph Long and 
John Burnet: 

And faid, That Yobn Burnet, about the time of taking 
out the Commiffion of Bankrupt againft Fo/eph Long, 
declared to the Witnefs, That there was, amongft the 
Bankrupt’s Papers, a Letter from George. Long to the 
Bankrupt; acknowleging, That the faid George Long 
had 50,000 Guilders in his Hands, in good Debts, on 
the Bankrupt’s Account, in Holland, belides Stock and 

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Goods in Hand: And that Mr. Stallard and Mr. Burner, 
the Affignees, had received Notes from the faid George 
Long, for Payment of 2,500/. or thereabouts, which was 
Money due to the Bankrupt: 

That George Garrard, the Bankrupt’s Attorney, fome 
time fince, informed the Witnefs, That he had paid the 
faid Fohn Burnt 200/. for the Ufe of George Leng; ior 
whom, and for which Sum, he had got a general Releafe, 
from the faid Affignees, of all Demands on the Bankrupt’s 
Account; particularly as to the faid 2,500/. Notes; which, 
Garrard {aid, he had got up: And alfo faid, Thar, if the 
Bankrupt was able to pay his Creditors ros. in the Pound, 
he would advile him to pay but Nine Pence. 

Jobn Hawkins, Mercer, teftified to the very fame Effect, 
as to the Crapes before-mentioned ; and as to George Long’s 
Letter of his having 50,000 Guilders in Holland, befides 
Stock and Goods, belonging to the Bankrupt; and as to 
the Affignees having received 2,500/ in Notes from 
George Long, tor Money due to the Bankrupt: 

And that Barnet the Affignce had told him, That he 
had gone thrqugh and examined the Books and Accounts 
of the Bankrupt Jofeph Leng, and tound bim to be worth 
5,000), all his Debts paid:. And that Barnett faid allo, 
That he had, in Confideration of 150d. releafed and dif- 
charged George Long irom ali Demands on the Bankrupt’s 
Account; and particularly trom the faid 2,,00/. upon 
the faid Notes : 

That the iaid Burnet, ia Confederacy with Long, frau- 
dulently made ufe of the Witnefs’s Name, to Noies 
drawn by Burnett. 

Mr. George Ancerfon mentioned feveral Frauds put 
upon him by FYofepyh Long, in giving him infolvent Per- 
fons Notes, and in borrowing Money upon Packs of va- 
luable Goods, as they were pretended to be; but, when 
opened, appeared to be Bricks and Rubbifh: 

That Fchn Long was privy to this Fraud; and made 
Satisfaction for it, upon Difcovery thereof. 

Bartholomew Gale faid, That Fofeph Long, a little after 
his Bankruptcy, confeffed to him, That he owed 30,000/ 
and called it a Milk fcore: And conteffed, That he had 
got off goo/. after the Seizure, which he fent to Mr, 
Serle’s; and had alfo got off his Pocket-books and Bills; 
and offered to exchange Notes, which he had, for 1052. 
payable to himiclf, for Notes payable to ovhers: And 
often declared, That he had Money enough in Holland to 
maintain him like a Gentleman: 

And that the Aifignee Sta/lard owed his Uncle soo/. 
and he owed Stal/ard not above 200/.; and, unleis Stal- 
lard would be civil to him, the Bankrupt, he fhould be 
protecuted for the faid 500/ 

Benjamin Davis mentioned Frauds put upon him by 
Fojeph Long, in obtaining Second Notes from him tor the 
fame Sums for which he had given former Notes, upon 
Promifes to deliver up the Firft; which he not doing, 
the Witnels, after Payment of the laft Notes, is fued for 
the Firft. 

Fofeph Skeppard, Packer, faid, That, in February 1714, 
he packed Eight Bales, containing Ninety-four Pieces of 
Broad Cloth, for George Long, by whofe Order he con- 
figned them to Jace Delure in Rotterdam, and carried 
the Bill of Lading to Fof pb Long, who paid him for the 
Package. 

Randall Fearnley, Packer, faith, That, in the Begin- 
ning of February 1717, George Long being then in Lox- 
don, and Fofeph Long not come from Brijiol Fair, he, by 
the Order ot George Long, packed One hundred and 
Nineteen White Shalloons, 76 Waddings, 24 Ground 
Lindfeys, 65 Druggets, 73 Kerieys, 60 ftriped Flannings, 
24 Broad Cloths, 30, imboffed Ells; all which Goods 
were delivered to Philip Stock, then Servant to Fo/eph 
Long, who prefled him to make all imaginable Speed in 
packing; which was no fooner done, but he conveyed the 
fame immediately on Ship-board, in order to be exported 
to Holland. 

Thomas Gilbam confefled his being employed by Yo/eph 
Tong, in January 1717, to fell Goods at Brifol Fair for 

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him: That fome Part of thofe Goods were Fofeph Long’s 
and the reft were Serle’s: That the faid Goods had refpec- 
tively their private Marks, for Diftinction ; but that all 
the Money taken by thofe Sales was paid by him to Fobn 
Long, without any Diftinction : 

That, after Fofeph Long became Bankrupt, he fent the 
Witnefs with a Letter to his Brother George Long, then 
in Holland, and gave him Six Guineas for carrying it. 

Philip Stock, Book keeper to Fo/eph Long, faid, That 
he found by the Balance of his Mafter’s Books in his 
time, which was a Year and Half before the Bankruptcy 
that his Mafter was a Lofer: 

That, as foon as his Mafter became Bankrupt, he car- 
ried, by his Order, a Handkerchief to Mrs. Ser/e; but 
could not fay whether Money or Notes were in it: And 
that the Meffenger to the Commiffioners of Bankrupt 
told him, the Morning the Seizure was made of his 
Mafter’s Goods, that a Trunk was broke open, and a 
Pocket-book taken thereout, which be had marked : 

That, when he was in Hol’and with his Mafter Fofeph, 
George Leng delivered to him 20 Notes, payable to 7o- 
Jeph, amounting to Six or Seven hundred Pounds, to make 
Copies of; which he did, and delivered the Originals and 
Copies to George: That he could not name all the Perfons 
by whom thoie Notes were payable; but remembred, 
that fome of them were payable by Mr. Fox, and others 
by Mr. Norman: 

That ‘obn Long gave him a Note of 7/7. which he 
received or Mrs, Freeman; and that Note was payable to 
the Bankrupt. 

Fames Lefley faid, That Fobn Long fent him into Hol- 
land with a Letter to his Brother JYofeph, after he had 
made his Efcape out of the King’s Bench Prifon, with Di- 
reCtions to tell him, That his Uncle, Attorney, and Bro- 
ther, could not agree about Notice in the Gazette, relate- 
ing to his Creditors; and that Fob Long bore his 
Charges : 

That he has heard Fohn Long fay, That he had feveral 
Notes in his Hands, of his Brother Fofeph’s ; and defired 
the Witnefs to receive One of them, which was for 1ol. 
of William Fox. 

This Witnefs produced a Letter, which he received 
from Fofeph Long, dated at Utrecht the 3d of March, 
N. S.; in which the faid Fo/eph Long declares, That, with 
what he hath faved. and what Difcoveries will be made, 
there will be a handfome compolition for his Creditors, 
confidering what vaft Charges he has been at thefe Twelve 
Months paft ; and that he fhall be amazed at Pil. mean- 
ing Pbilip Stock, if he tattles about any of his Affairs ; 
and threatens it fhall be the worie for him ; and defires the 
Witnefs to tell him fo. 

fobn Dickfon and Benjamin Hodgfcn faid, That, on the 
Seizure of ‘fofepb Long’s Goods, on the Commiffion of 
Bankruptcy, he and Brudenell Greenwood, being in Bed 
together, were locked up in the Chamber till they were 
drefied; and, while they were in the Chamber a Trunk, 
that was there, was broke open; and that Jobs Skorter, 
Philip Stock, Robert Serle, Nathanael Stallard, Mr. Na- 
thanael Buffell, and Bruaenell Greenwood, trequently went 
in and out of the Room. 

On behalf of the other Petitioners, the Affignees, Na- 
thanael Stallard and George Garrard, ‘fofeph Long 
and George Long, the following Evidence was pro- 
duced : 

Fobn Burnett, one of the Affignees, faid, That he gave 
George Long a Releafe, in Confideration of 150/. which 
was all that appeared due to Yo/eph, on balancing the Ac- 
counts, which he ftated by ¥o/eph’s Books ; and believes, 
if he had not got that Money then, he fhould have had 
nothing, George being fince gone to Holland: 

That, before Fofeph Long went to Briffol Fair, he was 
his Book-keeper; and made a Balance of his Books, and 
found he was a Debtor not above 5,000/.; and, by the 
Credit he got at that Fair, that Debt might be increafed 
to 14 or 15,000/,: 

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had 50,000 Guilders in Holland of Fofeph’s, the Witnels 
and his Brother were drawn in to give Fofeph Credit for 
more than 3,o000/. : , 

That Fofeph Long gave extravagant Intereft for Money, 
from 12 to 60 and 100/. per Cent. : ' 

That Mr. Anderfon took of him 3d. per Pound per 
Month IJntereft : 

That Mr. Barnett took 105. per Gallon for Brandy ; 
which he refufed to take again at 45.3; and that it was not 
worth more than 45.: 

That Bowdry took 12/1. per Cent Intereft for Money : 

That Fobn Long had ulually the Remainder of the Goods 
that were left at the Fair. 

John Shorter faid, That Fofeph Long agreed to give 
him 50 Guineas for bailing him to all Aétions; and that 
he has bailed him in 32, and had a Parcel of Stuffs for 
his Security. 

Mr. Robert Serle faid, That he fent 5 or 600/. worth 
of Goods to Briffol Fair, and directed them to be put 
into Foleph Long’s Warehoufe: That John Long received 
the Money they were fold for, and accounted to him for 
it: That there was a Sale of Goods made to Yobu Long 
by Fofeph; and that obs gave Notes to Fofeps for the 
Money. 

James Lefley faid, That, when Jofeph Long fold Wines, 
he generally took Notes for the Money; and, when he 
borrowed Money upon Goods, to the Value of 4 or 500/ 
he ufed to leave Notes, to the Value of 16 or 1,700/. 

George Garrard, Attorney for the Bankrupt, and for 
the Affignees, faid, That he had computed the Bank- 
rupt’s Debts at 15,000/.: And that, at a Meeting of his 
Creditors, he offered them 55. in the Pound, which fome 
of thofe prefent were willing to accept; but, others re- 
fufing, and infifting on their whole Demands, that Pro- 
pofal came to nothing : 

That George Ancerfon owned to him, That he had a 
Demand of 1,200/. upon the Bankrupt; and that, if he 
could receive but 5007. he fhould be whole, and fully 
fatisfied ; 

That, the 4th of Fuly1718, he fettled Accounts be- 
tween George Long and the Affignee of the Commiffion 
of Bankrupt; and gave the Bankrupt’s Eftate Credit for 
2,516/. which was due by Notes intercepted by the Af- 
fignee Stallard; and that there was due, upon this Ba- 
lance, to the Bankrupt’s Eftate, 154 /..which the Witnefs 
paid to the Affignee Barnett. 

Mrs, Serle faid, That, when Fofeph Long’s Goods were 
feized, Philip Stock brought to her, from him, a Hand- 
kercheif; but fhe could not fay what was init; and that, 
alittle while after the had it, ‘fo/eph Long came, and, draw- 
ing his Sword, forced the Hiandkerchief from her. 

Mr. Stallard, one of the Affignees, denied any Fraud 
in him; and faid, He was fo tar from it, that Fo/epb 
Long has actually threatened his Life for a¢ting againit 
him, and has taken all Means imaginable to diftrefs him: 
and denied his being privy to giving the Releafe to George 
Long ; and charged Mr. William Pointz with being a Con- 
tederate with the Bankrupt, and acting in fecret Combina- 
tion with him to defraud his Creditors. 

John Norman mentioned a fraud put upon him in 
July 1717, in a Parcel of Wines, for which he gave 
the Bankrupt Notes for 168/.; and that the Bankrupt 
afterwards prevailed upon him togive him other Notes for 
the fame Money, upon his promifing to deliver up the 
Firft Notes ; which Promife he never performed; and fo 
the Witnels remains liable to pay both Notes: 

And he further faid, That the Wines proved to be not 
faleable Wines; and that he was forced to fell them to a 
Vinegar Brewer, at a great Lofs. 

A Letter from Fofeph Long to his Creditors, dated the 
23th of April 1718, was produced; wherein he offered 
to furrender himfelf and Effects, if all his Creditors would 
agree to allow him 500/. andshis Houfhold Goods, and 
gave him his Liberty: And fome other Letters of like 
Nature, from him, were alfo produced to the Committee. 


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s Geo. I. 


And it appeared by feveral Letters and Accounts, that 
George Long is confiderably indebted to Fofeph Long’s 
Eftate, and is in Confederacy with him. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Dormer and 
Mr. Browning: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lord have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to naturalize Peter Lamy De Hame, with fome Amend- 
ments: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to preventthe Inconveniences arifing from feducing Artifi- 
cers in the Iron and Stee! Manufactures into foreign Parts; 
and from taking Foreigners Apprentices in the faid Manu- 
fa&amp;tures ; with fome Amendments: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment, made 
by this Houfe, to One of their Lordthips Amendments, 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act for making more effeétual 
the Laws appointing the Oaths, for Security of the Go- 
vernment, te be taken by the Minifters and Preachers in 
Churches and Meeting-houfes in Scotlind. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ to 
enable Robert Packer Efquire, and Mary his Wite, Wincb- 
comb Howard Packer their Son, a Minor, Henrietta Winch- 
comb, and Thomas Skerret Efquire, and Dame Elizabeth 
Winchcomb his Wife, to enter their refpective Claims be- 
fore the Commiffioners and Truftees for determining 
Claims upon the forfeited Eftates; and to impower the 
{aid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and determine 
the faid Claims; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

To the Bill, intituled, An Act for amending, and 
making more effectual, the Laws for repairing the High- 
ways, Bridges, and Ferries, in that Part of Great Bri- 
iain called Scotiand, without any Amendment, 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé to prevent the Inconveniences arifing from {e- 
ducing Artificers in the Iron and Steel Manufatures into 
foreign Parts; and from taking Foreigners Apprentices in 
the faid Manufactures. : 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 1. Line 16. Leave out from * away,” to “* And 
ss whereas,” in the 26th Line of the fame Prefs : 

Prefs 2. Line 32. Leave out from * paid,” to ‘* Pro- 
“¢- yided,” in the 32d Line of the next Prefs : 

Prefs 6. Line 19. leave out from the Word * given,” 
to the end of the Bill: 

At the end of the Bill, add claufe A: 

‘In the Title of the Bill, 3d Line, leave out from 
*s Parts,” to the End of the Title. 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were vpon the Queftion feverally pur thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That Mr. Feffop do carry the’ Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; to naturalize Peter Lamy De Hame. 

And the fame were read ; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 1. Line 1ft, Leave out “ befeecheth,” and infert 
*© befeech :” 

Line 6. After ** France,” infert ** and Char- 
lotte Whetftone, Daughter of George and Henrietta 
* Whetftone, born at Berlin in Germany :” 

Line 9. Leave out ‘* his, and infert * their :” 

Line 17. After ‘* Hame,” infert * and Char- 
lotte Whetftone,” and, in the fame Line, leave out 
ss is,” and infert ‘ are ;” 


Line 20. Leave out ‘a free-born Subject,” 
and infert ‘* free-born Subjects :” 


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&amp; 


a. 


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Line 21. Leave out “ he is,” and infert ** they 
“aes” 

Line 24. Leave out “‘he,” and infert ‘* they :” 

Line 25. Leave out ** was,” and infert ‘* were,” 
and, in the fame Line, leave out ** a natural Subject,” 
and infert ‘* natural Subjects :” 

Line 29. After ** Hame,” infert ‘* and Char- 
“© Jotte Whetftone;” and, in the fame Line, leave out 
6 is,” and infert ** are :” 

Prefs 2. Line 1. Leave out the ficft ** his,” and infert 

‘© their;” and, in the fame Line, leave out ‘* Heir,” and 
infert ** Heirs,” and alfo, in that Line, leave out ‘ his,” 
mentioned in the Second Place, and infert ** their ;” 

Line 6. Leave out ‘* him,” and infert them :” 

Line 8. Leave out ‘* he,” and infert * they, 
“© or either of them :” 

Line 14. Leave out “he,” and infert “ they” 
and, after ‘* Hame,” infert ‘* and Charlotte Whetftone :” 

Line 19. Leave out “ a :” 

Line 20. Leave out ** Subject,” and infert 
© Subjects :” 

Line 27. After ** Hame,” infert “ and Char- 
‘S Jotte Whetfione :” 


Line 28. Leave out ** a Member,” and infert 
‘* Members :” 


Line 32. Leave out “ himfelf,” and infert 
“© themfelves :” 
Line 33. Leave out **him,”’ andinfert **them :” 

To the Title of the Bill, add ‘* and Charlotte Woet- 
‘¢ ftone.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. London do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to the 
faid Amendments. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ, for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Totneffe, in the County of Devon, in the 
room of Charles Wills Efquire; who fince his Eleétion 
for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of Lieute- 
nant General of his Majefty’s Ordnance. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati 18° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Lovibond: 
Mr. Speaker, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for fettling certain yearly Funds, payable out of the Re- 
venue of Scotland, to fatisfy publick Debts in Scotland, and 
other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union; and to dif- 
charge the Equivalents claimed on behalf of Scotland, in 
the Terms of the fame Treaty ; and for obviating all fu- 
ture Difputes, Charges, and Expences, concerning thofe 
Equivalents; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

To the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Relief of Ed- 
ward Clent Efquire, Executor of Lieutenant Colonel 
Thomas Clent, for an Army Debenture, loft in the Pay 
Office, without any Amendment. . 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- 
Jon, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod; 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 
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Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty was pleafed 
to give the Royal Affent to feveral publick and private 
Bills. 

And afterwards his Majefty was pleafed to fay; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 
I Have commanded my Lord Chancellor to deliver, in 

my Name and Words, what I think fit fhould be faid 
to you, on my putting an End to this Seffion of Parlia- 
ment. 


And thereupon his Lordfhip received, from his Ma- 


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A. 1719. 


Jefty’s Hands, from the Throne, his Majefty’s Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament; which he read to both 
Houfes. 

And afterwards the Lord Chancellor, by his Majefty’s 
Command, faid; 

My J.ords and Gentlemen, 

It is his Majefty’s Royal Pleafure, That this Parlia- 
ment be prorogued to Zue/day the Nineteenth Day of 
May next, 


And the Parliament was accordingly prorogued to Tue/- 
day the Nineteenth Day of May next. 





Martis, 19° die Mai; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Jucledon, Deputy 


Gentleman Uther of the Black Red: 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 
miflion, defire the immediate Aitendance ot this honour- 


able Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commif- 
fion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers: Where the faid Commiffion was 
read, for proroguing the Parliament until Tue/day ‘the 
Thirtieth Day ot Zune next. 


And the Parliament was prorogued accordingly, until 
Tuefday the Thirtieth Day of June next. 





Martis, 30° die Funii; 
Anno 5° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


Mefiage from the Lords, by Sir William Saunderfon, 
Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 
miffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this honour- 


able Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commif- 
fion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houte of Peers: Where the faid Commiffion was 
read, for proroguing the Parliament until Tuefday the 
Eighteenth Day of 4uguft next. 


And the Parliament was prorogued accordingly, until 
Tuefday the Eighteenth Day of Auguf next. 





Martis, 18° die Augufti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Sir William Saunder/on, 
A Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, , 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 
miffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this honour- 


able Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commif- 
fion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers: Where the faid Commiffion was 
read, for proroguing the Parliament until Zdurfday the 
Firft Day of Ofoder next. 


And the Parliament was prorogued accordingly, until 
Thurfday the Firft Day of Odfober next. 





Fovis, 1° die Oktobris; 


‘ ” a Gi 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


Gentleman Ubher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 
miffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this honour- 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Jncledon, Deputy 


able Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commif- 
fion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houle of Peers: Where the faid Commiffion was 
read, for proroguing the Parliament until Monday the 
Twenty-third Day ot November next. 


And the Parliament was prorogued accordingly, until 
Monday the Twenty-third Day of November next. 


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By the Lord Juftices, 


Parker, C. Kent C. P. §. Holles Neweaftle, Roxburghe, 
F. Craggs. 
A PROCLAMATION. 


W Hereas this prefent Parliament {tands prorogued to 
the Firft Day of Ofober next: We, with the Ad- 
vice of his Majefty’s Privy Council, do hereby publith 
and declare, That the faid Parliament fhall be further 
prorogued, on the faid Firft Day of Oéober next, to 
Monday the Three-and-twentieth Day of November next ; 
and we have given Order, That a Commiffion be pre- 
pared for proroguing the fame aecordingly: And we do 


hereby further declare his’ Majefty’s Pleafure, That the 
faid Parliament fhall, on the faid Three-and-twentieth Day 
of November next, be held, and fit, for the Difpatch of 
divers weighty and important Affairs: And the Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and 
Burgeffes, and the Commiffioners of Shires and Burghs, 
of the Houfe of Commons, are hereby required and 
commanded to give their Attendance, accordingly, at 
Weftminfler, on the faid Three-and-twentieth Day of No- 

vember next. 
Given at Whiteball, the Twenty-ninth Day of Septem- 
ber 1719, in the Sixth Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


GOD fave the Kina. 





Luna, 23° die Novembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- 
fon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourab!e Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers. 
And, being returned 5 
Several Members, returned upon new Writs, took the 
Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration, and 
took and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, according to 
the Laws made for that Purpofe. 


A Bill for the more effectual Prefervation of the Game, 
was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty 
was pleafed to fay; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 
I Have given Order to my Lord Chancellor, to declare 
to you, in my Name and Words, the Caufes of m 
meeting you in Parliament at this time. ; 


And the Lord Chancellor thereupon acquainted both 
Houfes, That he had received a Speech from his Majefty, 
from the Throne; which the Lord Chancellor read; and 
of which Mr. Speaker faid, he had, to prevent any Mif- 
takes, obtained a Copy ; which he read to the Houle; and 
is as followeth; viz. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 
HE Satisfaction with which I always meet you 1s 
very much increafed at this time, when it has pleafed 
Almighty God fo to ftrengthen the Arms of Great Bri- 
tain, and our Confederates, and fo to profper our feveral 
Negotiations, that, by his Bleffing on our Endeavours, 
we may reafonably promife ourfelves to reap very foon 
the Fruits of our Succefles. 1 am perfuaded it will be 
accounted, by all my good Subjects, a fufficient Reward 
for fome extraordinary Expence, that all Europe, as well 
as thefe Kingdoms, is upon the Point of being delivered 
from the Calamities of War, by the Influence of Britifh 
Arms and Counfels: One Proteftant Kingdom has already 
been relieved by our feafonable Interpofition ; and fuch a 
Foundation is Jaid, by our late Treaties, for an Union 
amongft other great Proteftant Powers, as will very much 
tend to the Security of our holy Religion. 
Vor, XIX, 





I believe you cannot but be furprifed at the Continua- 
tion of a War, where our Enemies have nothing to hope, 
and fo much to fear: It is indeed difficult to trame any 
Judgment of thofe Counfels which have broke out of late 
in fo many rath and ill-concerted Meafures : If they de- 
pend upon our Divifions at home, I doubt not but, in 
a very fhort time, their Hopes, founded upon this Ex- 
pectation, will prove as vain and ill-grounded as any of 
their former Projects. / 

In congratulating with you on this happy Pofture of 
Affairs, I muft tell you, That as I have been very juft 
and faithful co my Engagements, fo I have met fuch frank 
and powerful Returns of Affiftance from my Allies, as 
will, I doubt not, eftablifh a lafting Friendfhip among 
us, 

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

You will fee, by the Accounts I have ordered to be 
delivered to you, how moderate a Ufe I have made of the 
Power intrufted with me, to augment my Forces by Sea 


and Land. I depend upon the eminent Duty and Affec- 


tion you have always fhewn to my Perfon and Govern- 

ment, that you will be vigorous in difpatching the necef- 

fary Supplies for the Year: To which Purpoie I have or- 

dered the Eftimates to be laid before you ; and, at the 

fame time, I muft defire you to turn your Thoughts to 

all proper Means for leffening the Debts of the Nation. 
My Lords and Gentlemen, ' 

You muft all be fenfible of the many undeferved and 
unnatural Troubles I have met with during the Courte of 
my Reign: Our Divilions at home have gone magnified 
abroad ; and by infpiring into fome foreign Powers a 
faife Opinon of our Force, have encouraged them to treat 
us in a manner which the Crown of Great Britain thall 
never endure, while [ wear it. 

The Trouble and Expence which this hath brought up- 
on us, have been moft loudly complained of by thole who 
were the Occafion of them: But, with your Affiltance, I 
have hitherto got through all thefe Difficulties ; and, by 
the Continuance of your Help, | hope very foon to over- 
come them, fince the Hand of God has fo vifibly been 
with us in all our Undertakings, 

If the Neceffities of my Government have fometimes 
engaged your Duty and Affections to truft me with 
Powers, of which you have always, with good Reafon, 
been jealous; the whole world mufl acknowlege they 
have been fo ufed, as to juitily the Confidence you have 
repofed in me: And as J can truly affirm, That no Prince 
was ever more zealous to increafe his own Authority, than 
] am to perpetuate-the Liberty of my People, I hope you 
will think of all proper Methods to eltablifh, and tranfmit 
to your Poiterity, the Freedom of our happy Contfticu- 
tion; and, particularly, to fecure that Part which is moft 
liable to Abule: I value mytelf upon being the firft who 

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hath given you an Opportunity to do it; and I muft re- 
commend it to you to complete thofe Meafures which re- 
mained impertect the laft Seffion. 

So far as human Prudence can foretel, the Unanimity 
of this Seffion of Parliament muft eftablifh, with the Peace 
of all Europe, the Glory and Trade of thefe Kingdoms, 
on a lafting Foundation : 1 think-every Man may fee the 
End of our Labours: All I have to afk of you is, That 
you would agree to be a great and flourifhing People, 
fince it is the only Means by which I defire to become a 
happy King. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majelty, affuring him of the unfpeakable Joy of this 
Houle upon his fafe Return to thefe his Kingdoms; and 
of the juft and grateful Senfe which his Commons have 
of his unwearied Labours for their Welfare, and the Se- 
curity of the Proteftant Religion; heartily to congratulate 
with his Majefty on the Succefs of the Britis Arms; and 
to return the Thanks of this Houfe, in the moft dutiful 
manner, for fuch Meafures taken, by the Influence of 
Britifo Counfels, as afford the neareft Profpect of a general 
Peace abroad, and of enjoying, with Glory, the Benefits 
of Trace and Tranquillity : That this Houfe will, by their 
vigorous Refolutions, for the Support of his Majefty’s 
Government, and in difpatching the Supplies, convince 
all the World, That, if our Enemies have conceived any 
Hopes from our Divifions at home, this hath been the 
vainelt of a!] their Projects; and they will enable his Ma- 
jefty, in Co. ert with his good Allies, effectually to fup- 
port and pericct thofe juft and equitable Meafures which 
have been taken to eftablifh a general Peace: That this 
Houfe will apply themfelves to find out the beft Means 
for icflening che Debts of the Nation, and fupporting the 
publick Credit; and will concur in all proper Methods to 
eftablifh and preferve the Freedom of our happy Confti- 
tution, for which his Majefly has given fo many tender 
Proofs of his Care and Affection. 

Cr ered, Yhat a Committee be appointed to draw up 
an Addieis, to be prefented to his Majefty, upon the 
faid Refolution : 

And it is referred to the Earl of Hertford, the Lord 
Wm. Powlett. Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Comptroller, 
Mr. Hampden, Mr. Treby, Mr. Lowe, Lord Peircy Sey- 
sour, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Serjeant Birch, 
Mr, Chancellor of the Duchy, Mafter of the Rolls, Mr. 
Whitmore, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Carter, Lord Morpeth, 
Lord Chetwynde, Mr. Smith, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. 
Morice, Mr. Churchill, General Harvey, Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Hungerford, Lord Molefworth, And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s Speech be referred to the 
faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Religion do 
fit every Tue/day in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances do 
fit every Thurféay in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Courts of 


Jultice do fit every Saturday in the Afternoon, in the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Trade do fit 
every Friday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions be appointed of Mr. Hampden, Mr. Secretary 
Crages, Mr. Yonge, Sir Fobhn Hynd Cotton, Mr. Treby, 
Mr. Lowe, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Neville, Lord Stanhope, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Godfrey, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Lord Mor- 
peth, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Carter, General Harvey, Mr, 
Walpole, Mr. Egecumb, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Sir Vm. Daines, 
Mr. Eden, Mr. Cater, Lord Molefworth, Mr. North, Mr. 


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A. 1719. 


Ward, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Powlett, Mr. 
Freeman, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Bredrick, Mr. Barrington, 
Mr. Harvey, Mr. Corbett, Mr. Travers, Sir Robert Da- 
vers, Mr. Gould, Mr. Bailie, Mr. Knight, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
Morice, Mr. Heath, Mr. Lade, Mr. Seippen, the Earl of 
Hartford, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Vernon, Sir Gil- 
bert Heathcot, Mr. Palmer, Sir Win. St. Quintin, Sir Fobn 
Stonehoufe, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Guidott, Sir Nath. Mead, 
Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Tufnell, Sir Fobn Cope, Mr. 
Milner, Mr. Weftphaling, Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Pitt, 
Colonel Grabme, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Wallis, Colonel Ca- 
dogan, Lord Tyrconnell, Sir Win, Strickland, Mr. Aber- 
crombie, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Monroe, Mr. 
Lowther, Mr. Newland, Sir Nicholas Carew, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Herne, Mr. Methuen, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Lon- 
don, Mr. Difton, Mr. Haldane, Sir Richard How, Mr. 
Bellamy, Mr. Bigg, Mr. Windfor, Sir Tho. Wheate, Sir 
Adolphus Oughton, Mr. Stanhope, Sir Philip Parker, Mr. 
Dockminique, Colonel Morton, Mr. Evelyn, Sir Fobn Fen- 
nings, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Gregory, Sir Fobn 
Pakington, Sir Mountague Blundell, Sir Richard Steel, Mtr. 
Whitmore, Mr. Bond, Mr. Foley, Mr. Sloper, Lord Peirey 
Seymour, Mr. Naylor, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, 
Mr. Gwynn, Mr. Humfreys, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Smith. Mr. Lowndes, Mr. 
York, Mr.'Solicitor General, Lord Caftlemaine: And they 
are to meet upon Wednefday Sevennight, at Five of the 
Clock in the Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
to fit every Friday, Monday, and Wednefday, in the Af- 
ternoon: And all that come are to have Voices: And 
they are to take into Confideration all fuch Matters as 
fhall or may come in queftion, touching Returns, Elec- 
tions, and Privileges ; and to proceed upon Double Re- 
turns in the Firft place; and to report their Proceedings, 
with their Opinion therein, to the Houle, from time to 
time: And ai] Perfons that will queftion Returns, are to 
do it in Fourteen Days next, and fo within Fourteen Days 
next after any new Return fhall be brought in: And the 
Committee are to have Power to “ ‘or Perfons, Papers, 
and Records, for their Infor:.:.0n: And all Members 
who are returned for Two or more Places, are to make 
their Election by this Day Three Weeks, for which of 
the Places they will ferve; provided there be no Quef- 
tion upon the Return for that Place: And if any thing 
fhal] come in queftion touching the Return, Election, or 
Matter of Privilege, of any Member, he is to withdraw 
during the time the Matter is in Debate: And that all 
Members returned upon Double Returns do withdraw till 
their Returns are determined. 


Refolved, That no Peer of this Realm hath any Right 
to give his Vote in the Election of any Member to ferve 
in Parliament. 

Refolved, That where the Houfe fhall judge any Peti- 
tion, touching Elections, to be frivolous and vexatious, the 
Houfe will order Satisfaction to be made to the Perfon pe- 
titioned againtt. 

Refolved, That in cafe it fhall appear any Perfon hath 
procured himfelf to be elected or returned a Member of 
this Houfe, or endeavoured fo to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt Practices, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoit Severity againft fuch Perfon. 


Refolved, That if it fhall appear, that any Perfon hath 
been tampering with any Witnefs, in refpect of his Evi- 
dence to be given to this Houfe, or any Committee there- 
of; or, directly or indireétly, hath endeavoured to deter or 
hinder any Perfon from appearing, or giving Evidence; 
the fame is declared to be a high Crime and Mifdemeanor; 
and this Houfe will proceed with the utmoft Severity 
againit fuch Offender. 

Refolved, That if it thall appear, that any Perfon hath 
given falfe Evidence, in any Cale before the Houfe, or 
any Committee thereof, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Offender. 


Rejolved, That it is a high Infringement of the Liber- 
ties and Privileges of the Commons of Great Britain, for 
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any Lord of Parliament, or any Lord Lieutenant of any 
County, to concern themfelves in the Elections of Mem- 
bers to ferve for the Commons in Parliament. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do, from time to time, take into his Cuftody any 
Stranger or Strangers that he fhall fee, or be informed of 
to be, in the Houfe, or Gallery, while the Houfe, or 
any Committee of the whole Houfe, is fitting. 

Ordered, That the Back-door of the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber be locked up every Morning, at the Sitting of the 
Houfe; and the Key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked 
up by him: And that he do not prefume to deliver the 
fame to any Perfon whatfoever, without Order of the 
Houfe: And that the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take care to clear the Speaker’s Chamber every 
Day, before the Door is locked up. 

Ordered, That no Member of this Houfe do prefume 
to bring any Stranger or Strangers into the Houfe, or 
Gallery thereof, while the Houle is fitting. 


Ordered, That the Conftables, and other Officers, of 
Middlefex and Weftminfter, do take care, that, from 
‘Ten of the Clock in the Morning, to Four in the After- 
noon, during this Seffion of Parliament, the Paffages 
through the Streets between Temple Bar and Weftminier- 
ball thall be kept free and cpen; and that no Obttruction 
be made by Cars, Drays, Carts, or otherwi/e, to hinder the 
Paffage of the Members to and froin this Houle: And 
that the Serjeant at Arms attending tiis Houfe do give 
Notice of this Order to the Officers aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the Conftables in Waiting do take care 
there be no Gaming, or other Dilorders, in Wefmin- 
fter-ball, or the, Paffages leading to the Houfe, during 
the Sitting of Parliament: And that there be no Annoy- 
ance by Chairmen, Footmen, or otherwife, therein, or 
thereabouts. 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the High 
Bailiff of Weftminfter: And that he do fee the fame put 
in Execution. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take care, that no Footmen be permitted to 
be within the Lobby of the Houfe, or upon the Stairs 
leading thereto. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Aldborough, in the County of Suffolk, in 
the room of Sir Henry Fobnfon Knight, deceated. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the County of Surry, in the room of the 
Right honourable Heneage Finch Efquire, commonly 
called Lord Guernfey, now Earl of Aylesford, called up to 
the Houte of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Rippon, in the County of York, in 
the room of the Right honourable Chriffopher Lord 
Vifcount Caflecomer, in the Kingdom of Ireland, de- 
ceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough ot Bofon, in the County of Lincoln, in the 
room of Richard Wynne Efquire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Bridport, in the County of Dorft, 


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in the room of William Coventry Efquire, now Earl of 
Coventry, called up to the Houle of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue iis Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Wallingford, in the County of Berks, in 
the room of Edmund Dunch Efquire deceated. 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Malme/bury, in the County of /ilts, 
in the room of the Right honourable Fofeph Addin 
Efquire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iff his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Shire of Elgin, in the room of Alexander 
Grant Efquire, deceafed, 


Ordered, That the Votes of this Houfe be printed, be- 
ing firft perufed by Mr. Speaker: And that he do appoint 
the Printing thereof: And that no Perfon, but fuch as 
he fhall appoiut, prefume to print the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. ; 





Martis, 24° die Novembris; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


CRaered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 

the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 
prefent Parliament for the County of Leicefer, in the 
room of Sir Thomas Cave Baronet, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Callington, alias Kellington, in the 
County of Cornwall, in the room of Samuel Rolle Efquire, 
deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Wrir for the 
electing a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the City of Chichefter, in the room of Sir Richard Far- 
rington Baronet, deceafed. 


The Earl of Hertford reported from the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to draw up an Addrefs, to be pre- 
fented to his Majefty, upon the Refolution Yefterday, 
That they had drawn up an Addrefs accordingly; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as follows; viz. 


May it pleafe your Majefty, 

WE: your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 

the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament af- 
fembled, do return our moft unfeigned Thanks to your 
Majefty for your moft gracious Speech from the Throne; 
and affure your Majefty, That our Hearts are filled with 
un{peakable Joy, upon your fafe and happy Return to 
thefe your Kingdoms; and with the moft juft and grate- 
ful Senfe of your unwearied Labours for our Welfare, 
and the Security of the Proteftant Religion. 

We heartily congratulate with your Majefty on the 
Succefs of your Britif Arms; and return the Thanks of 
this Houfe, in the moft dutiful manner, for fuch Mea- 
fures taken, by the Influence of Briti/fh Countfels, as afford 


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the neareft Profpeét of a general Peace abroad, and of 
enjoying, with Glory, the Benefits of Trade and Tran- 
uillity : 
; And we crave Leave to affure your Majefty, That we 
will, on our Parts, by the Vigour of our Refolutions for 
the Support of your Government, and by the Difpatch 
which we will give to the neceffary Supplies, convince the 
World, That, if our Enemies have conceived any Hopes 
from our Divifions at home, this hath been the vaineft of 
all their Projects: And we will enable your Majefty, in 
Concert with your Allies, effectually to fupport and per- 
fect thofe juft and equitable Meafures which have been 
taken to eftablith a general Peace: 
And we further affure your Majefty, That we will 
apply ourlelves to find out the beft Means for leffening 
the Debts of the Nation, and fupporting the publick Cre- 
dit; and will concur in all proper Methods to eftablifh 
and preferve the Freedom of our happy Conftitution, for 
which your Sacred Majefty has given fo many tender 
Proofs of your Care and Affection. 


The faid Addrefs was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Houle doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Addrefs. 

Refolved, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majetty by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch:Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 
know his Majefty’s Pleafure, when he will be attended by 
this Houfe. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
take into Confideration his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech 
to both Houfes of Parliament. 


Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon Monday 
the Seventh Day of December next. 

Ordered, That fuch Members as fhall not then attend 
be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 


A Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers, in the City of Worceffer, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of the faid Trade, and alfo in the behalf 
of many Hundred thoulands of poor diftreffed Families 
belonging to the Woollen Manutactures of Great Britain, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
Taat the Cloathing Trade, joined with the reft of the 
Woollen Maaufacturies of this Kingdom, has, for many 
Years laft paft, been the greateft Support of the Landed 
Intereft, the Employing of the Poor, and Strength of 
the Nation: That the taid Trade is in a very declining 
Condition, and many Thoulands of poor Families ready 
to perifh for want of Labour; which is occafioned by 
the Exportation of Wool to foreign Markets, and by 
Wearing of Calicoes, and ftained Linens, in Great Britain; 
which, if not timely prevented, may be of fatal Confe- 
quence, by forcing many Thoufands of Workmen to 
foreign Parts; and ruin many Thoufands of good Fami- 
lies, who have hitherto employed the Poor; and the Poor 
in general muft perifh: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three 
Weeks, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee, 


Mr, Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he 
having waited upon his Majefty, humbly to know when 
he will be attended by this Houfe, his Majefty has been 
pleafed to appoint this Afternoon, at Half an Hour after 
Two of the Clock, at his Palace of Saint Fames’s. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 


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for the Borough of Fowey, in the County of Cornwall, 
in the room of Henry Vincent Efquire, deceafed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn. 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 25° die Novembris ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 


A ‘Fane's. being made to the Houfe, That Ychx 
Wilfon, Servant to Thomas Pelbam Efquire, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, hath been arrefted by Timothy King, 
Bailiff, at the Suit of Edward Penbridge; in which Aétion 
Henry Mold is Attorney for the Plaintiff; in Breach of the 
Privilege of this Houte; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Eleétions to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houle. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did Yefterday 
attend his Majefty with their Addrefs: To which his Ma- 
jelty was pleated to give this moft gracious Anfwer; 


Gentlemen, 


THis loyal Addrefs deferves my beft Thanks: It 


contains the moft dutiful and affectionate Expreffions 
to my Perfon and Government; and you fhall perceive 
my Senfe of them, by the Endeavours I will always ufe 
to procure your Welfare and Profperity. | 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take into 
Confideration his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to both 
Houfes of Parliament: 

And the fame was again read by Mr. Speaker : 

And a Motion being made for a Supply to be granted 
to his Majefty; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 


ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of that Motion. 


And then the Houfe adjourned til! To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 26° die Novembris; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


QReered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 


the City of Wells, in the room of Fobs Dodd Efquire 
deceafed, ‘ 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Motion, made Yefterday, for a Supply 
to be granted to his Majetty ; 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfeif into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had direéted 


him to report, when the Houle will pleafe to receive 
the fame, 


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Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 27° die Novembris ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider of the Motion for a Supply to be 
granted to his Majefty, the Refolution they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as follows; 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Supply be granted to his Majefty. 
The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 
Refolved, That the Houfe do agree with the Commit- 
tee in the faid Refolution, That a Supply be granted to 
his Majetty. 


Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
of the Deficiences of the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Year 1718. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
of the Deficiences, for the Year ended at Michaelmas 
1719, of the Duties on Coals and Houfes, granted in the 
Year 1710, to make up a Fund of 135,000/, 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Ordinary of the Navy 
for the Year 1720, with the Half Pay of the Officers of 
the Navy, and Marines, be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charges tor Guards 
and Garifons, and Land Forces, for the Year 1720, be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance, for the Land Service, for the Year 1720, be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Debt of the Navy 
to Chrifimas 1719 be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Lift of the Regimental and Warrant 
Officers that are to be in Half Pay for the Year 1720 be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
how the Money granted for extraordinary Repairs of the 
Navy in the laft Seffion of Parliament has been laid out. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of what will be farther ne- 
ceflary for extraordinary Repairs of the Navy for the Year 
1720 be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 


how the Money given for the Service of the Year 171'9° 


hath been difpoted of, diftinguifhed under the feveral 
Heads. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
of all Ships in Sea Pay which have been employed-in the 
Year 1719; in what Stations; with the feveral Comple- 
ments or Number of Men borne or muftered in the “{aid 
Ships. . 

Girlie That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
fhewing the Monies arifen at or before Michaelmas \att 
paft, as well of or for the Excefs or Surplus of the Fund 
commonly called the Aggregate Fund, as of or for the 
Excefs or Surplus of the Fund commonly called the South 
Sea Fund; as allo of or for the Excefs or Surplus of the 
Fund commonly éalled the General Fund. , 

Refoived, That an humble Addrefs -be prefented to 
his Majefty, That he will be pleated to give Direétions 
to the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe the faid 
feveral Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates. 

Ordered, That the faid: Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 

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And then the Hou‘ adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 28° die Novembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS, 


M* Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yefterday, That his Majefty would 
be pleafed to give Direétions to lay before this Houfe the 
Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates, therein mentioned have- 
ing been prefented to his Majefty, his Majefty had been 
pleafed to give Directions accordingly. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, and Manufa¢turets in 
Druggets, and other Inhabitants, in and about the Town of 
Calne, in the County of Wilts, and Parts adjacent, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners are confiderable Dealers in the Woollen 
Manufacture, and particularly in the Clothing and Drug- 
get Trades; by which the Petitioners have always em- 
ployed great Numbers of poor Families, who mutt other- 
wife become very chargeable to their refpective Parithes : 
That the Goods the Petitioners make are generally fold to 
the Turky and Italian Merchants, who export the fame 
to Turky and Italy, from whence they return great Quan- 
tities of raw Silk, which is again manufactured in other 
Parts of England, and employ great Numbers of poor 
People where thofe Manufactures are wrought: That, by 
the almoft univerfal Wear and Ufing of printed and paint- 
ed Callicoes and Ea/t India prohibited Goods, the Con- 
fumption of the faid Returns of raw Silk is fo much leff- 
ened, and the Exportation of Woollen Cloth, and Drug- 
gets, fo much interrupted, that the Petitioners are no 
longer able to carry on their Trade; whereby they are re- 
duced to very miferable Circumftances, and the faid Ma- 
nufacture in great Danger of being loft :. And praying to 
be relieved, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers, in the City of Worez/ter, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoulands of Poor employed in the 
fevera! Branches of the faid Trade, and alfo in the behalf 
of many Hundred thoufands of poor diftre fled Families 
belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain, 


- is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Warden, and Affiftants, of 


--the Company of Worfted Weavers in the City of Coven- 


try, on-behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands con- 
cerned; in the faid City, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read ; -fetting forth, That the Wearing of Callicocs, 
printed and ftained Linen, is very pernicious to the Wool- 
len Manufacture of this Kingdom in general, and hath re- 
duced the Worfted Trade thereof; fo that Thoufands of 
poor People are ready to ftarve, for want of Employ- 
ment: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 


-fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 


the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, -and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers, in the City,of Worcefter,.in -bchalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the ie- 
veral Branches of the faid Trade, and allo in behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefled Families be- 
Jonging to-the Woollen Manufactunes of Great Britain, 
is referred. 


A Petition of the Company of Clothiers in the City of 
Coventry, on behalf of themielves, and many Hundreds 
employed by them, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, having enjoyed 

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a Series of Trade in the Woollen Manufacture, with En- 
couragement, for many Years paft, are, by the Importa- 
tion and Le of Callicoes, and Linens printed or ftained, 
inculcated by the Eaf India Company, reduced to the 
loweft Ebb of Trade ; and many Families are in extreme 
Want and Neceffity ; and the Evil is growing daily, and 
will be more deplorable, unlefs timely remedied: And 
praying to be relieved in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers, in the City of Worcefer, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the fe- 
veral Branches of the faid Trade, and alfo in the behalf 
of many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families 
belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain, 
is referred. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That David 


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Shooter, Servant to Henry Heron Efquire, a Member of 
this Houfe, hath been arrefted by Fofeph Short, Serjeant, 
or Bailiff, at the Suit af William Henry Grimftead, in 
Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe, | 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, a Lift of the reduced Officers 
that are to be in Half Pay for the Year 1720, with ao 
Eftimate of the Charge thereof: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of the Guards and Garifons, 
and other his Majefty’s Land Forces, in Great Britain, for 
the Year 1720: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in the 
Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 1720. 

And the Titles thereof were read. 

The faid Two Eftimates are as follow; viz. 


F Stimate of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, and other his Majefty’s Land Forces, in Great Britain, for the 











Year 1720. 
Pay of the Troops 
Numbers, and Regiments Total. 
for 366 Days. 
(Firft Troop of Guards — _ —| 181 _ 16,692 O O 
Second Troop of Guards — — 181 _— 16,592 O O 
Third Troop of Guards — — —| 381 — 16,592 oO: © 
Fourth Troop of Guards — —_ 181 — 16,592 O O 
Horfe 4 Firft Troop of Grenadier Guards — —| 176) — 10,772 12 O 
| , Second Troop of Grenadier Guards — 177 —_ 10,900 14 O 
Royal Regiment of Guards — —| 310 _ 25,714 11 O 
Lord Jrwin’s Regiment — —| 292 _ 24,891 1: O 
Lord Londonderry’s — ~ _ 196 — 16,92r 8 Oo} 
| Major General Wade's ~~ _ 196] — 16,921 8 © 
—— | 2,071 172,489 14 9 . 
[Royal Regiment of Dragoons _ —| 27], — 11,257 II O 
Colonel Campbell’s Regiment ~— _ 207 —_ 11,257 Ir O 
Lord pend _ _ _ 207 —_ 11,257 11 O 
Earl of Stair’s —_ os _ —_ 20’ _ 11,257 11 O 
Dragoons. 4 Colonel Kerr's — _ _-_ —_ ne — I cans II Oo 
Major General Evans’s — = _ 207 — 11,257 11 O 
Brigadier Gore’s _ — _ 207 | —— 11,257 11 O 
| Brigadier Honywood’s = — _ _ 207, — 11,257 11 O 
1,656 90,060 8 @ 
fFirft Regiment of Foot Guards = —! 1,669, — 45,057 13 0 
Second Regiment of Foot Guards —| 1,072 — 29;292 4 O 
Third Regiment of Foot Guards —= —J} 1,072 _ 29,292 4 0 
Colonel Kirk’s Regiment _ —| 445, — 10,531 13 O 
| Lieutenant...... Wills’s ~ _ 445 _ 10,531 13 oO 
Colonel Cadogan’s —_ — _ 445 — 10,531 13 O 
Colonel Cholmley’s o — —} 445 — 10,531 13 0 
Foot. + Colonel Harrifon’s _- _ —| 445/ — 10,531 13 O 
Brigadier Grove’s ~ ~ —| 445, — 10,531 13. © 
Colonel Mountague’s _ —| 445 _ 10,531 13 0 
Lieutenant General Macariney’s — —| 445 — 10,531 13 © 
Major General Wightman’s ~ —| 445 _ 10,531 13. © 
Colonel Clayton’s —_ ~ —| 445 — 10,531 13 © 
(Brigadier Stanwix's -_ —| 445, — 10,531 13 © 
: 8,708 219,490 4 O 
Invalids Colonel Feilding’s Regiment = —| 584/-— 10,467 12 0 | 
7 * {25 Independent Companies —_ —| 1,450) — 23,980 12 6 
2,034 34,448 4 6 
14,469. 
Staff Officers _ - _ -_ — — 7,175 19 7% 
Garifons with Fire and Candle —_ _ —_-| — _ 29,844 4 10; 
Contingencies upon Account _ —_ —_ — — 10,000 O O 
. 47,020 4 6 
Geo. Treby. — 
Total =| 563,508 15 0 


















































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PEStinate of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Yeat 1720. 





Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 171 


Pay of the Regi- 






































Numbers. ments, &amp;#c. tor Total, 
366 Days. 
In the Plantations ; 
Colonel Lucas’s Regiment — _ _ 435 _— 9,802 14 oO 
Colonel Phillips’s Regiment —~ _ —| 434); — 9,857 12 Oo 
Four independent Companies of Foot at New York ——] 445 oe 7,161 8 o 
One Company at Bermudas — — _ 57 — 1,006 10 0 
Two Campanies at Famaica _— —_ _— 224 — 3,662 1 o| 
One Company in the Ifland of Providence — —} 112 —_— 1,826 19 0 
om 1,707 33,318 4 © 
Garifons at Annapolis Royal and Placentia _ —| — — _— — 2,546 0 Qt 
In Minorca; 
Colonel Fames Otway’s Regiment — — —| 565) — 12,849 13 © 
Colonel Cofby’s ditto — oes — — 565 —_ 12,849 13 © 
Brigadier Biffe‘t’s ditto _— _— —_ 565 _— 12,849 13 0 
Colonel Charles Otway’s ditto — — _ 565 ~— 12,849 13 0 
I————. | 2,260 51,398 12 © 
Officers of the Garifon, &amp;e. — =&gt; —| — — —_—_ — 6,171 13 6 
In Gidbraliar ; 
Major General Pearce’s Regiment — _ —| 488 —_ 11,910 5 O 
Colonel Egerton’s ditto _ _ _ —| 488 otis 11,910 5 O 
Colonel Cotton’s ditio _ _ _ —| 488 — 11,910 5 O 
: 1,464 35,730 15 0 
5243! 
Officers of the Garifon, ec. _ _ —| — _-_—_—- — 3,759 17 9 
Provifions for Colonel Pdillips’s Regiment in Garifon at 
Annapolis Royal and Placentia, deducting 44. per Diem 
out of the Subfiftence of each Non-commiffion Officer, 
and private Man, towards that Expence; remains to be 
borne by the Government —_ —_— a ————— | one 1,558 17 1 
Provifions for the Three Regiments in Garifon at Gibraltar |———- | = 13,551 9 5 
- 15,110 6 6 
Geo, Treby, Total —| — _ m— = me [148,035 9 6+ 


Ordered, That the faid Lift and Eftimates do lie upon 
the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Lift of the reduced Officers, that are to be 
in Half Pay for the Year 1720, is bound up with 
the other Papers of this Seffion. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, tefolve itfelf into aCommittee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 30° die Novembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS, 


IR Fobn Fennings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Addrefs to his Majefty, the Ordinary Efti- 














mate of his Majefty’s Navy for the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Twenty: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Debt of the Navy on the Thir- 
tieth of September One thoufand Seven hundred and Nine- 
teen: And alfo, 

A Scheme and Eftimate of the extraordinary Repairs 
of the Navy for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Twenty: And alfo, 

An Account how the Money granted for extraordinary 
Repairs of the Navy, in the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
has been laid out. 

And the Titles of the faid Eftimates, Scheme, and Ac- 
count, were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Eftimates, Scheme, and Ac- 
count, do lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Mem- 
bers of the Houfe. 

The Ordinary Eftimate of his Majefty’s Navy for the 
Year 1720, and alfo the Scheme and Account, are 
bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 

And the Eftimate of the Debt of the Navy, on the 3oth 

September 1719, is contained in the annexed Sheet of 
Paper. 





Navy- 








r72 


Navy-Office, 
6 November 1719. 


Heads of the Naval Eftimates. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


AN Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter mentioned, as it 
ttood on the’ 30th of September 1719. 


A. 1719. 








Wear and Tear; ordinary and extraordinary Repairs : 
Due to pay off, and difcharge, all the Bills entered on the 
Courle of the Navy, for Stores, Gc. fupplied for the 
Service thereof; including the Premiums of Naval 
Stores imported from the Plantations 
For the Freight of Tenders, as alfo for Stores delivered 
into his Majefty’ s feveral Yards, tor which no Bills 
were made out on the aforefaid 30ih of September 1719; 
as alfo to feveral Bills of Exchange 
To his Majefty’s Yards and Rope “Yards, for the Ordi- 
nary and Extraordinary thereof 
For Half Pay to the Sea Officers, according to an Efta- 
blifnment made by his Majefty in Council on that be- 
half 


Seamens Wages : 

Due to pay the Men unpaid on the Books of Ships paid 
off fince the late Revolution ; which, per Eftimate, 
may require the Sum of — 

To Ships in Sea Pay on the abovelaid goth of Septem- 
ber 1719 _ 

To difcharge, and pay off, all the Bills entered in Courfe 
for Pilotage, Surgeons Neceffaries, Bounties to Widows 
and Orphans of Men flain at Sea, &amp;c. on the Head 
of Seamens Wages 
Victualing Debt, as per an Eftimate received from thofe 

Commiffioners : 

Due for Short Allowance to the Companies of his Ma- 
jefty’s Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off — 

For Bills on their Courfe, and alfo Bills of Exchange from 
foreign Parts; and for neceflary and extra-neceflary 
Money and Wages to the Officers, Workmen, and 
Labourers, employed at the feveral Ports, &amp;c. 
Sick and Wounded: The Debt of that Office, as per 


an Eftimate received from thofe Commiffioners; 


VIZ. 

Due for the Quarters and Cure of fick and wounded Sea- 
men fent afhore from his Majefty’s Fleet ; and the Con- 
tingencies relating to the faid Service 


Total — 








Particulars. 
: Total. 
Before this Reign. | Since this Reign. 
A &amp; @ &amp; &amp; &amp; Kj &amp; «€ 
— — —| 314799 15 9} 
446 17 8 24,082 7 ae 708,592 8 £ 
— — —| 341,771 0 0 
2,713 4 0 24.779 3 2 
88,077 1 5 20,558 14 $1) 
— — —| 519,826 0 o i 
+ 631,976 16 £ 
_—_—_—_ — 3515 O OF 
81,810 18 5 15,265 12 07 
. 288,189 2 iG 
201 O 4] 190,911 12 TY 
ee 6,129 17 11 6,129 17 1F 
173,249 1 10|1,461,639 3 11]1,634,888 4 18 











The Total amounts to the Sum of One million Six hundred Thirty-four thoufand Eight hundred Eighty-eight 


Pounds Four Shillings and Eleven Pence. 
Ex’ per W. M. 


Tho. Swanton, 
Fa. Acworth, 
TZ. Holmes, 
R. Burton, 
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Tho. Colby, 
Wm, Cleviand, 


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General Wil’s prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Land Service: 








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Addrefs to his Majefty, Eftimate of the Charge of the And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 
Office of his Majefty’s Ordnance, for the Year 1720, for The faid Eftimate is as follows; viz. 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Office of his Majefty’s-Ordnance, for the Year 1720." 


For Land Service. 


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tain _ _ — 9,962 3 
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ders, Spain, and on feveral Expeditions a —_— — — — 2,087 2 . 
7 ) : 50,884 13 9g 
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and Berwick, and Killiwbimmen, and Innerfnaite, in North Britain — — 4,000 0 o 
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20,700 0 0 
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10,135 8 3% 
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 Fobn Armyrong. 
Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Ta- - dipole of; diftinguifhed wwe the feveral Heads, until 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe, the goth of November 1719; and the Parts thereof re- 
maining undifpofed of :- 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their And the Title of the faid Account ‘was read. 
Addrefs to his Majefty, Account fhewing how the Mo- The faid Account is as follows; viz, 
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176 


Ordered, That the faid Accounz do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Memabers of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of what the Duties 
upon Callicoes have produced, for Ten Years paft; and 
likewife what has been drawn back upon the Exportation 
of the faid Callicoes, for the fame time. ~ 


A Bill for the more effectual Prefervation of the Game, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Robert 
Davers, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Heyfham, 
Colonel Morton, Sir Fobn Curzon, Sir Fen. Hoghton, Mr. 
Hill, Lord Harvey, Mr. Majon, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Rolt, 
Mr. Law/on, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. freman, Sit Arth. 
Kay, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Ba- 
ker, Mr. Banks, Sit Tho. Croffe, Me. Longueville, Sir 
Wm. Monfon, Mr. Boteler, Sir Wilfred Lawfon: And 
they are to meet this Afternoun, at Five a Clock, in the 
~ Speaker’s Chamber. | 


The Houfe being moved, That a Provifo in the Act 
of the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for 
making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repair- 
ing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, might 
be read ; 

The fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to ex- 
plain and amend the faid At: And that Sir Robert Da- 
vers, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Newland, and Mr. Hamp- 
den, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 


Jay before this Houfe, an Account of the Entries of all, 


Goods for Spain, in the Years 1698, 1699, and 1700; 
and what Goods have been actually fhipped, purfuanct to 
fuch Entries. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the Entries of all 
Goods for Spain, from the Year 1713, to the prefent time; 
and what Goods have been actually fhipped, purfuant to 
fuch Entries. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of thefnet Produce of all 
the Cuftoms, from Michaelmas 1713 10 Michaemas 1719. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty; 

Ordered, That the Eftimate ot the Charge of the Guards, 
Garifons, and other his Majefty’s Land Forces, in Great 
Britain, for the Year 1720; and alfo the Eftimate of the 
Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations, A@- 
norca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 1720; be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Lift of the reduced’ Officers that are 
to be on Half Pay for the Year 1720, with an Eftimate 
of the Charge thereof, be referred to the Confideration of 
the faid Committee. 

The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Matter to them referred; 
and had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing-next, refoive itfelf into 2 Committee of the whole 
Houie, to confider farther of the Supply granted to his 
Majelty. ‘ 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A.i71g. 


Martis, 1° diz Decembris; 


Anno 6 Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Bailiffs, Wardens, Affiftants, and 

Commonalty, of the Trade, and. Art, and Myf- 
tery, of the Weavers, London, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, that for fome Years after the Pro- 
hibition of Eaf India wrought Silks, and painted Calli- 
coes, Fc. took place, the Woollen and Silk Manufactures 
in and about London very much increafed; infomuch that 
the Petitioners Trade were ufed to employ many Thou- 
fands of poor Families in the Weaving of Worited Stuits, 
and in the Winding, Weaving, Drefling, €c. of Silk, 
more than formerly ; which latter is the Return of our 
Woollen Manufactures of all kinds, exported to Turky 
and Italy: That, by the clandettine Importation of foreiga 
wrought Silks, and more”efpecially by the almoft..... 
Wearing and Ufingof Calicves and Linens, the Petitioners 
Trade, of late Years, is fo tar decreated, that itis no longer 
able to fubfift the Poor, and many Thow!and Perions are 
reduced to the utmoft Neceflity ana vant; and, unlels 
fome fpeedy Remedy be found, the Woollen and Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom will be in the utmoft Dan- 
ger of being joft; and praying tu be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, in behalt of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands ef Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftretied Families, be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; is 
referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens, and Com- 
monalty, of the City of Norwich, in Common Council 
aflembled, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Worfted Weaving Trade of this ancient 
City has, for many Years pait, been carried on, not only 
to the great Benefit of this City in particular, but alfo to 
the great Advantage of the Kingdom: That, of late Years, 
this moft valuable Part of our Trade has been gradually 
decreafing, till it has been almoft entirely loft, by the pre- 
vailing Ufe of printed Callicoes and Linens: That the 
Makers are no longer able to find the poor fufficient Em- 
ployment, large Quantities of manufactured Goods lying 
dead by them; fo that they are now obliged to employ 
fewer Hands, many being obliged to leave off their Trade, 
and many of their Workmen are run away, occafioned by 
the general Ufe and Wear of our home, printed and painted 
Callicoes and Linens: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; 
is referred. 


A Petition of the Company of Woolcombers, in the 
City of Coventry, on behalf of themfelves, and many Hun- 
dreds employed by them, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Prevalency of the priated 
and ftained Callicoes and Linens imported by the Eaf 
India Company, and difperfed through thefe Kingdoms, 
are highly prejudicial to the Woollen Manufaéture; and 
we, of this City, have a juit Reafon of Complaint: And 
praying, That the Ufe of printed and vainted Callicoes 
and Linens may be fuppreffed. F 


Ordered, 

















6 Geo. I. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration ‘of the Committee of the whole Houle, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoulands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo ih the behalf of many 
Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefled Families belonging 
to the Woollen Manutfacturies of Great Britain; is re- 


ferred. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of 
Gloucefter was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Poors Rates of this City, as well as in 
other Places, have very much increafed of late Years, and 
are now become a very great Burthen; which, they con- 
ceive, has been chiefly occafioned by the Difcouragements 
the Manofactures of this Kingdom have met with, by the 
Subjects univerfally affecting to wear painted and ftained 
Callicoes, and fuch Sort of Goods as are manufactured 
abroad: And praying to be relieved. | 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, freemen, and be- 
longing to the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the 
City of Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral Branches of 
the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of many Hundted 
thoufands of poor diftrefled Families belonging to the 
Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers and Stuff Weavers in the 
Borough of Kidderminfter, in the County of Worcéfer, on 
behalf of themfelves, and Thoufands of Poor employed 
by them, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, that great Numbers of People have been employed 
in the faid Borough, in manufacturing Woollen Cloths, and 
Worfted Stuffs ; and Multitudes of poor People, in the cir- 
cumjacent Towns and Villages, in fpinning Wool and 
Jerfey, to be the Materials of the faid Cloths and Stuffs; 
but the Wearing and Ule of Callicoes, and printed Linen, 
has been fo univerially obtained of Jate Years, that the 
faid Manufacture is thereby much leffened ; to the great 
Detriment of the Petitioners, and their Dependents: Anca 
praying Relief. . * 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thovfands of Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the be- 
half of many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Fa- 
milies belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great 
Britain; is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, 
of the Company of Silk Weavers in the City of Canter- 
bury, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners are the Defcendants of the Proteftants 
that fled from the Perfecution of the Duke D’Alva, in 
the Low Countries, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth; who 
firft brought the Manufacture of Silk, and Silk mixed 
with Wool, into this Kingdom, and firft fettled it in this 
City; That they employ above Two thoufand poor Peo- 
ple in and about this City, in the faid Manufacture, be- 
fide as great or greater Number in Combing and Spinning 
of Wool: That the Silk we ule is of the Growth of 
Turkey and Italy, and the Return of Cloth, and other 
Woollen Goods, exported to thofe Countries by our Mer- 
chants, whereby the Woollen Manufacture of this King- 
dom is advanced: That the almoft univerfal Wear of 
printed, painted, and ftained Callicoes, and other Linens, 
and French and Dutch Silks, that are run, has brought our 
Manufacture into fuch miferable Circumftances that they 
cannot find a Sale for their own Goods, withouz Lofs ; 

Vou. XIX. 


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177 


and, without Relief, muft fpeedily end in the total Ruin of 
themfelves, and Families: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of rhe Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefied Families be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; 
is referred. 


Sir Fobn Jennings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Addretfs to his Majefty, an Account of all his 
Majefty’s Ships and Vefféls in Sea Pay, which have been 
employed this Year, and on what Stations; with their feve- 
rl Complements, or Numbers of Men, 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door: 

They were called in; and prefented to the Houfe 
their Return to this Houle, with the Accounts of prohi- 
bited Haft India Goods, and Naval Stores, from Michael- 
mas 1718 to Michaelmas 1719, in purfuance of Claufes 
in feveral Acts of Parliament. 

And then the Commiffioners withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read; and 
are as follow; viz. 

An Account of the prohibited Zaft India Goods re- 
maining in the Warehoufes at St. Helen’s at Michaelmas 
1718; with what has been brought in fince that time, what 
exported ; as alfo what remained at Michaelmas 1719 : 

An Account of the prohibited Ea India Goods re- 
maining in the Warehoutes at Leadenball, at Michaelmas 
1718; with what has been brought in fince that time, 
what exported; as alfo what remained at Michaelmas 
1719: 

ie Account of the prohibited Ez? India Goods re- 
maining in the King’s Warehoufes, at the Cuftom-houfe, 
London, at Michaelmas 1718; with what has been brought 
in fince that time, what exported; as alfo what remained 
at Michaelmas 1719: 

Ao Account of the prohibited Eaf India Goods re- 
maining in the refpective Warehoufes, in the Our Ports, 
at Micha./mas 1718; what brought in fince that time; 
what exported; as alfo what remained at Michaelmas 
1719: 

lle Account of Naval Stores imported from Ruffa 
into the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1718 to Mi- 
chaelmas 1719: 

An Account of Naval Stores imported from Ruffa into 
the Ports commonly called the Out Ports, from Michael- 
mas 1718 to Michaelmas 1719. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms da 
lay before this Houfe an Account of all Raw Silks im- 
ported and exported, by Certificate, from Adichaelmas 
1715 to Michaelmas 1719; diftinguifhing the Imports and 
Exports in each Year refpectively. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by the Lord Chief 

Juftice King, and Lord Chief Baron Bury ; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled; An A&amp; for 
fettling the Peerage of Great Britain: To which the 
Lords deiire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


Za Ordered, 








178 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the Firft time. 

The Bill was accordingly read the Firft time. 

 Refolved, That the Bill be réad a Second time. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Bill be read a Second time upon this Day 
Sevennight ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, _ ily 

Tellers for the Yeas, f prin bi amon : 

Tellers for the Noes, } oe wobec beteoynd : 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


bse 
5 8 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock 





Mercurii, 2° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Bailiffs, Burgeffes, Freeholders, and 
other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Eaft Retford, 
in the County of Nottingham, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners conceive, 
the Making of the River Jd/e, in the faid County, navi- 
gable, from the faid Borough to the River Trent, will 
very much advance the Trade and Commerce of all Mar- 
kets, and other Places, near the fame; and be highly ad- 
vantageous not only to all his Majefty’s Subjects, trading 
in the Staple Commodity of Lead and Hops, Corn, Tim- 
ber, Coals, and other Merchandizes, by a cheap and eafy 
Conveyance, much leffening the Rates of Commodities 
within the faid County, and Places thereto adjoining, which, 
by the great Charge of Land-carriage are much inhanced; 
but alfo to the Publick in general: And praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to make the faid 
River navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. White, Lord Mole/worth, Sir 
cbn Norris, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Hampden, 
Mr. Pitt, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Carter, Mr. Papillon, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Gybbon, Sir Tho. Croffe, 
Mr. Norris, Mr. Treby, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Butler, Mr. 
Chetwynd, Mr. Lewis, Sir Fobn Curzon, Mr. Carterett, 
Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Briftow, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Free- 
man, Mr. Earl; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of York, Nottingham, and Lincoln: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That the Secretary to 
the Tru(tees for repairing the Breach in the River of Thames, 
at Havering and Dagenbam, attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe an Account of the Treafurer to the faid Truflees, 
for a Year, ending at Michaelmas 1719. 

And then he withdrew. 

‘The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jefty ; 

Ordered, That the Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy, for 


the Year 1720, be referred to the Confideration of the 
faid Committee. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1719; 


Ordered, ‘That the Scheme and Eftimate of the extra: 
ordinary Repairs of the Navy, for the Year 1720, be rea 
ferred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Office 
of his Majefty’s Ordnance, for the Year 1720, for Land 
Service, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Com: 
mittee, 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com. 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That the 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had di- 
rected him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn. 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 3° aie Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


ee of the Bailiff and Clothiers of Brom/grove, 
in the County o: Worceffer, was pretented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are 
Dealers and Makers of Wooilen Cloth and Stuffs, and 
have employed great Numbers of Poor in and about this 
Place; but, by univerfal Wear of Callicoes, and printed 
Linens, the Confumption of their faid Cloths and Stuffs 
are much decayed, and leflened, that they are not able to 
carry on their Trade any longer, and maintain the faid 
Poor, who are thereby reduced to very great Diftrefs, 
and many Families ready to ftarve; and particularly the 
clandeftine Running of Wool will be a means to de 
them, and all the Makers of Cloth in the Kingdo 
not timely prevented: And praying Relief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the be- 
half of many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Fa- 


milies belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great 
Britain; is referred, 


{troy 
m, if 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, of the City of Worcefer, in Council affembled, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the City of Worcefter is an ancient City, and the chief Ma- 
nufacture is, and hath been, tor feveral Ages, Making of 
Broad White Woollen Cloths for Exportation ; whereby 
feveral Thoufands of poor People have been employed, 
as well within the faid City as the adjacent Parts; and 
that, fora confiderable time paft, they have had continual 
Complaints of the Poor, for Bread; and feveral Perfons 
that affifted others, for want of Employment, do now 
apply themfelves for Relief: The Matter Clothiers com- 
plain, that all their Stock lies in Cloth; and that, if Trade 
doth not mend, they fhall be obliged to difcharge the 
Hands they now employ, and quit the City; being ap- 
prehenfive that the Burthen of the Poor will be too heavy 
for them, or the feveral Parifhes of the faid City, to re- 


drefs: The Clothiers inform us, that the Reafon the Mer- 
chants 














6Gr0.1. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


chants affign for not buying their Cloths as ufual is, That 
they cannot vend the raw Silks they import, in Return for 
their Cloths, fo long as Zaft India Goods, printed Calli- 


~ coes, and Linens, &amp;c, are fo univerfally worn: And pray- 


ing, That an Expedient may be found out to preferve 
their Trade. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf ot them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the be- 
half of many Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefied Fa- 
milies belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great 
Britain; is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of 
the incorporate Company of Clothiers of the City of Wor- 
cefter, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners are Makers of Woollen Cloth, and 
have employed, in that Manufacture, great Numbers of 
Poor, in and about this City, who otherwife muft have 
been a great Charge to their refpective Parifhes: That the 
Cloth the Petitioners make is ufually fold to Merchants, 
who export the fame to Turky and Italy; from whence 
Returns are made to them, moft in raw Silk, which is 
again manufactured in England into wrought Silks, and 
great Numbers of Poor are thereby employed; but by 
the Wear and Ufe of the Eaf India prohibited Goods, 
and the printed and painted Callicoes and Linens, the 
Confumption of the faid raw Silk, in Return for their faid 
Woollen Cloth, is fo much leffened, and thereby the Ex- 
portation of our faid Woollen Cloths fo much decreafed, 
that their Stocks lie dead upon their Hands, and their 
Credit expofed to all that are able to affift them; fo that 
the Poor are reduced to great Want, and the faid Manu- 
facture of Woollen Cloth in great Danger of being loft: 
And praying Relief. ; 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houte, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefler, in behalf of themielves, 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britaih; 
is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Yarn-makers, Woolcomb- 
ers, and others concerned in the Woollen Manufacture, 
in the ancient Borough of Cirencefer, in the behalf of 
themfelves, and many Thoufands of Poor, that ufually 
were employed by them, and which are now in a ftarving 
Condition, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners are in a very deplorable Cafe, 
through the Decay of the Woollen Manufacture, whereby 
they are in a great meature rendered uncapable of employ- 
ing the Poor as ufually; which is occafioned by the Ex- 
portation of our Wool from Great Britain, but more 
efpecially from Ireland, and by the fuperfluous Ufe of 
printed Callicoes and Linens, which we find, by woful 
Experience, to be deftruétive to the Woollen Manufac- 
ture of this Kingdom: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Peution be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands of Puor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of many 
Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families belonging 
to the Woollen Manuta¢turies of Great Britain; is re- 
ferred. 


A Petition of the Borough of the Devi/es, in the County 


rig 
of Wilts, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners are Confidérable Dealers in the 
Woollen Manufactute, and efpecially ia tle Clothing 
Trade, by which the Petiioners have always employed 
great Numbers of poor Families, who, being deftituté of 
Bufinefs, muft inevitably ftarve, or become very charge- 
able to their refpective Parifhes: That the Cloth the Peti- 
tioners make is generally fold to be exported for Italy, the 
Amount of which is returned hither in raw Silk, from the 
re{pective Places where it is fold; bur, by the almoft uni- 
verfal Confumption of printed and painted Callicoes and 
Linens, and Eaf India prohibited Goods, the faid Re- 
turns of raw Silk are rendered ufelefs thereby, and the Ex- 
portation of the Woollen Cloth, in which the Petitioners 
are employed, in fo little Demand, that they are fo longer 
able to carry on the faid Trade, and are reduced ro very 
miferable Circumftances; and the faid Manufactute is in 
anger of being loft: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of themfeives, 
and of many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches ot the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefitd Families be- 


longing to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; 
is reterred. 


A Petition of thé Mayor, Juftices of the Peace, Alder- 
men, and Burgeffes, of the Borough and Town of Taun- 
ton, in the County of Somer/eit ; and alfo of the Clothiers, 
Drugget-makers, Serge-makers, Fullers, Dyers, and other 
principal Inhabitants, of the laid Borough and Vown; was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Making of Cloth Serges, Serges, Drugeets, Duroys, and 
other Woollen Goods, hath been the principal Trade and 
Manufacture of this Town, and Places adjacent; and that 
many Thoufand Families ufually were empioyed therein, 
and the Poor thereby comfortably affitted; but now, 
through the general Wear of Eaf India Goods, and of 
printed and painted Callicoes and Linens, at home, and in 
our Plantations abroad, vaft Quantities of which, befides 
thofe fairly imported, being run every-where, efpecially 
in the Weftern Parts of this Kingdom, the Trade and 
Woollen Manufacture of-thefe Parts is; in a great mea- 
fure, funk and loft, many Traders ruined, and the’Poor, 
who ufed to provide for themfelves and Families, are be- 
come burthenfome to their Neighbours: And praying to 
be relieved: 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, ta 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, in behalf of themi{elves, 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alio in the behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; 
is referred. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, That all Reprefentations that have been laid be- 
fore the Lords of the Treafury, by the Commiffioners of 
the Cuftoms, or others, from Chrifimas laft, relating to 
Running of Wool out of this Kingdom, and the Import- 
ing of French and other prohibited Goods into Great Bri- 
tain, during that time; together with all Papers and In- 
formations relating thereto ; may be Jaid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houte as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider of the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty, the Refolutions they had 

I dire€ted 





180 


directed him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where they were feverally read; and are as follows 
Viz. 
ift, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That Thirteen thoufand Five hundred Men be 
allowed for Sea Service, for the Year 1720, beginning 
from the Firft Day of Fanuary 1719. 

ad, Refolved, That, &amp;c. Thata Sum, not exceeding 
Four Pounds per Man per Month, be allowed for main- 
taining the faid Thirteen thou/and Five hundred Men, for 
Thirteen Months, including the Ordnance for Sea Ser- 
vice. 

3d, Refolved, That, &amp;c. That a Sum, not exceeding 
Two hundred feventeen thoufand Nine hundred Eighteen 
Pounds Ten Shillings and Eight Pence, be granted to his 
Majefty, for the Ordinary of the Navy, for the Year 
1720, including Half Pay to Sea Officers. 

4th, Refolved, That, &amp;c. Thata Sum, not exceeding 
Seventy-nine thoufand Seven hundred Twenty-three 
Pounds, be granted to his Majefty, for the extra’ Repairs 
of the Navy, for the Year 1720. 

sth, Refolved, That, (9c. That the Number of effective 
Men, to be provided for Guards and Garifons in Great 
Britain, and for Ferfey and Guernfey, for the Year 1720, 
be, including Two thoufand and Thirty-four Invalids, 
Fourteen thoufand Four hundred Sixty-nine Men, Com- 
miffion and Non-commiffion Officers included. 

6th, Refolved, That, &amp;?c. That a Sum, not exceeding 
Five hundred fixty-three thoufand Five hundred Eight 
Pounds Fifteen Shillings, be granted to his Majefty, for 
defraying the Charge of the faid Fourteen thoufand Four 
hundred Sixty-nine effective Men, for Guards and Gari- 
fons, and other his Majefly’s Land Forces in Great Bri- 
tain, Ferfey, and Guernfey, for the Year 1720. 

sth, Refelved, That, Gc. That a Sum, not exceeding 
One hundred forty-eight thoufand Thirty-five Pounds 
Nine Shillings and Six Pence Halfpeny, be granted to his 
Majefty, for maintaining his Majefty’s Forces and Gari- 
fons in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, and for 
Provifions for the Garifons at Annapolis Royal and Pla- 
centia, for the Year 1720. 

Sth, Refolved, That, Gc. Thata Sum, not exceeding 
Ninety-nine thoufand Pounds, be granted to his Majefty, 
for Half Pay, for the Year 1720, upon Account, to re- 
duced Officers of his, Majefty’s Land Forces and Ma- 
rines. 

gth, Refolved, That, &amp;c. That a Sum, not exceeding 
Eighty-one thoufand Seven hundred Twenty Pounds Two 
Shillings and a Halfpeny, be granted to his Majefty, for 
the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, for the Land Ser- 
vice, for the Year 1720. 

The firft Eight Refolutions, being feverally read a Se- 
cond time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

The laft Refolution being read a Second time, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Eighty-one thoufand Seven hundred 
‘Twenty Pounds Two Shillings and a Halfpeny, be granted 
to his Majefty, for the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, 
for the Land Service, for the Year 1720; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereunto, 
by adding, at the End thereof, thefe Words, ** and for 
+- Exceedings in the faid Office, for the Year 1719 :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Refelved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That a Sum, 
not exceeding Eighty-one thoufandSeven hundred Twenty 
Pounds Two Shillings and a Halfpeny, be granted to his 
Majefty, for the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, for 
Land Service, for the Year 1720; and for Exceecings in 
the faid Office, for the Year 1719. 

Rejolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
co confider of Ways and Means for railing the Supply 
granted to his Majetty. 





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A. 1719,. 


And then the Houfe adjourned til To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 4° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yeflerday, That his Majefty would be 
pleafed to give Directions to the proper Officers, to lay) 
before this Houfe the Reprefentations therein mentioned 
relating to the Running of Wool out of this Kingdom, 
and the Importing of French and other prohibited Goods 
into Great Britain, together with all Papers and Informa- 
tions relating thereto; having been prefented to his Ma- 
jefty ; his Majefty had been pleafed to give Directions 
accordingly. 


A Petition of the chief Inhabitants, Merchants, Wool- 
combers, Weavers, and Traders, of the ancient Borough 
of King’s Lynn in Norfolk, and Parts adjacent, on behalf 
of themfelves, and many Thoufand other Dealers and Ar- 
tificers in the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom 
was prefented to the Houie, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners are thoroughly fenfible of the too vifible 
Decay of Trade in all the Branches of thofe Manufa@ures 
in all Parts of this Kingdom, occafioned by the running 
and exporting Wool abroad, and the univerfal Wear onl 
Expence of priated Callico and Linen; vaft Numbers 
of the Artificers and Traders in thofe Manufaétures be- 
ing reduced to extreme Povery for want of Trade, many 
of their Families being reduced to the loweft Degree of 
Penury, unlefs a Stop be put to thefe growing Dilafters: 
And praying Relief. ' 

Ordered, That the fa'd Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of man 
Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefled Families belonging 
tothe Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; is referred. 


A Petition of the Manufacturers of Wool and Silk, in 
and about the Town of dlton, in the County of Soushamp- 
ton, alias Hampfbire, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Trade of the Petitioners 
confifts in making Silk Druggets, Woollen Druggets, and 
many other Species, fome of which are exported, by which 
Multitudes of poor People are employed; but, by the uni- 
verfal Wear of Eajt India Goods, printed Callicoes, and 
printed Linens, the Export of our Goods are prevented 
and our Home Confumption much leffened; and many Fa- 
milies that are now maintained by their Labour, will be 
reduced to Beggary and Want: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, in behalf of themf{elves 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefled Families be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain: 
is referred, ‘ 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Wardens, Affiftants. and 
incorporated Company of Weavers, within the Borough 
of Newbury, in the County of Berks, in behalf of them- 
felves, and feveral Hundreds of Work- people, as Dyers 
Fullers, Clothworkers, Preffers, Combers, Scriblers, 
Spinners, Burlers, and Wool-pickers, who have their in- 
tire Dependence on the Woollen Manufacture in the {aid 
Borough, and Parts adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and 

















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and read ; fetting forth, That the Manufacture of Clothe- 
ing hath, for fome Ages paft, been the main Support of 
the Borough aforefaid ; but the fame hath been, of late 
Years, very much impaired, and is now almoft intirely 
ruined; and fome Hundreds of poor People, ufually 
employed in the faid Manufaéture, are ready to ttarve for 
want of work, by reafon of the vaft Exportation of Wool 
to foreign Parts, to the encouraging the faid Manufacture 
there; and alfo of the general Wearing of Callicoes, and 
other printed and ftained Callicoes and Linens ; ufing the 
fame in Hangings; and the fame Evils daily increale; to 
the utter Ruin of the faid Manufaéture, and the Poor em- 
ployed in the fame: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, I ree- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf 
of many Hundred thoufands of poor diftrefled Families 
belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; 
is referred. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this 
Houfe, an Account of the Money refting due, for Princi- 
pal and Intereft, upon the Regifter of the Duties on Hops, 
granted in the Year 17113; and an Account how much 
remains in the Exchequer, of the Contributions for An- 
nuities, granted in the Year 1715, towards Satisfaction 
of the faid Principal and Intereft. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this 
Houfe, an Account of the Deficiency of the yearly Fund 
of One hundred thirty-five thoufand Pounds charged 
upon particular Duties on Coals and Houfes, to make 
good the faid Fund, for the Year ended at Michaelmas 


1719. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this 
Houfe, an Account of the Deficiency of the General Fund 
of Seven hundred twenty-four thoufand Eight hundred 
Forty-nine Pounds Six Shillings Ten Pence One-fifth 
of a Peny per Annum, for the Year ended at Michaelmas 
1719. 

Ordered, ‘That the proper Officer do lay before this 
Houfe, an Account, to fhew how much the Duty of Three 
Pence per Barrel Excife, and other Duties charged with 
Eighty-one thoufand Pounds per Annum Annuities, have 
produced, from the feveral Commencements thereof, un- 
til Michaelmas 1719, over and above fufficient to fatisfy 
thofe Annuities; diftinguifhing fo much of the faid Over- 
piv. as hath arifen fince Michaelmas 1715, from the other 

art thereof. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this 
Houfe, an Account of the Principal and Intereft remaining 
unfatisfied at the Exchequer, upon the Regifter for Malt, 
Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Year 1718. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, That the proper Officer do lay before this Houfe, 
an Account of the extraordinary Charge for Tranfports in 
the Year 1719. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members as are of his Majefty’s moft ho- 
acurable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Bifeop’s Caftle, in the County of Salop, 
in the room of Richard Harnage Efquire, deceafed. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 


ing next refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
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18f 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. . 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of Ways ahd 
Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majeity. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Commnittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution which they had dire¢éted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had direfled him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houte, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 5° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of great Numbers of the Broad Weavers 

and Narrow Weavers of Woollen Cloth, in the 
Parifhes of Stroud, Minching Hampton, Bifley, Painfwick, 
Rodburrough, Woodchefter, .Horfeley, Avening, King 
Standley, Leonard Standley, Forfter, Stoneboufe, Effington, 
Randwick, Pitchcombe, and other Places in the County 
of Gloucefter, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in 
the behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the Woollen 
Cloth Weavers in the faid Parifhes and County, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Thar, by 
a Statute made in the Second and Third Years of King 
Philip and Queen Mary, it is Ena¢ted, That no Perfon 
ufing the Feat or Myftery of Clothworking, and dwelling 
out of a City, Borough, Market Fown, or Corporate 
Town, fhould keep, retain, or have, in their Houfes or 
Poffeffion, any more, or above One Woollen Loom at 
one time; nor fhall receive any manner of Profit by let- 
ting or fetting any Loom, or any Houfes wherein any 
Loom is, or fhall be ufed; upon Pain of Forfeiture, as is 
therein mentioned: And it is further Enacted, That no 
Woollen Weaver ufing or exercifing the Feat or Myftery 
of Weaving, and dwelling out of City, Borough, Mar- 
ket Town, or Towns Corporate, fhall have or keep, at 
one time, above the Number of Two Woollen Looms at 
one time, upon Pain of Forfeiture: And that no Perfon 
. «+ fhall ufe or occupy the Feat or Myftery of a Tucker, 
or Fuller, fhall, during the time that he fhall fo ufe the 
faid Feat or Myftery, keep or have any Loom in his 
Houfe or Poffeffion, or take any Profit by the fame, 
upon Forfeiture: And that it fhall not be lawful for any 
Perfon being a Weaver, or ufing the Myftery of Weav- 
ing, dwelling out of a City, Borough Town, Town 
Corporate, or Market Town, to have above the Number 
of Two Apprentices at one time, upon Pain of Forfeit- 
ure: And that no Perfon or Perfons fhall fet up the faid Art 
or Myftery of Weaving, unlefs they have been Appren- 
tices by the Space of Seven Years, upon Pain of For- 
feiture: And, by an Act of the Fourth Year of King 
Edward the Fourth, it is Enaéted, That the Clothiers 
fhall pay to their Work-folks their Wages in ready Money, 
and not in Wares, on Pain to forfeit to fuch Work-folks 
Treble Damages: That, notwithftanding, for encourage- 
ing the Weaving Trade, there have been, for feveral 
Years laft paft, in the faid Parifhes, great Abufes done to 
the Broad and Narrow Weavers of Woollen Cloth; and 
by divers Perfons working at the Trade, that have not 
ferved Seven Years a ad to the fame; whereby 
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the Weavers, and others, have been much opprefied by 
the Clothiers not paying their Wages in Money, but by 
forcing them to take Goods in lieu thereof : And praying, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for explaining the 
faid Ads, and encouraging the Petitioners Trades. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the chief Inhabitants of the Town of 
Stowmarkett, in the County of Suffolk, and of feveral 
of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and 
Freeholders, of the faid County, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the River Orwell, 
which runneth from the faid Town of Stowmarkctt, to 
the Town and Port of Zp/wich, in the faid County of 
Suffolk, being about Sixteen Miles by Water, which, al- 
though anciently a navigable River, yet hath been fo far 
neglected for many Years laft paft, that the fame is now 
become wholly unnavigable; infomuch that the Inhabitants 
are now obliged to have their Corn, Coals, Timber, and 
all other Goods and Merchandizes, carried by Land; 
which is very chargeable to the Country thereabouts : 
That the faid Town of Stowmarkett is an ancient Market 
Town, fituate in the Centre of the faid County ; and, by 
reafon of the Decay of Trade, and the Neglect of the 
faid River, the Charge of the Poor is, of late Years 
greatly increafed, being Six Shillings in the Pound, and 
upwards; whereas, if the faid River were made naviga- 
ble, the Trade of the faid Town would flourith ; Timber 
for his Majefty’s Navy, and other Merchandizes, would 
be carried at much eafier Rates; and a Communication 
would be opened with feveral Places, to the great Benefit 
and Advantage of the Country thereabouts: And pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
4making the faid River navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Thomas Hanmer, Mr. North, 
Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Solicitor General, 
Mr. Oxflow, Sir Fuftinian Ifbam, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Hey- 
foam, Mr. Lade, Mr. Plumpire, Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. 
Butler, Mr. Bacon, Sir Fobn Hobart, Mr. Morice, Sir 
Fohbn Cope, Mr. Colmore, Mr. Conyers, Mr. England, 
Mr. Bertie, Sir John Jennings, Mr. Herne, Colonel Ne- 
gus, Sir fobn Pakington, Sir Fonathan Cope, Mr. Butler, 
Sir Edward Ernley, Mr. London, Sir Tho. Scawen, and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Suffolk, 
Norfolk, and Effex: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Headmen, Wardens, and Affiftants, 
of the incorporated Company of Worfted Weavers, in 
the City of Norwich, and County of Norfolk, on behalf 
of themfelves, and Thoufands depending upon them, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
for many Years paft, the greateft Part of the Trade of 
this City and County confifted in a great Variety of 
Woollen, and Silk and Woolen, Stuffs; great Quanti- 
ties of which were not only confumed at home, but alfo 
exported to, and confumed in, our Plantations ; not only 
to the Advantage of thefe Places in particular, by em- 
ploying and maintaining many Thoufands of poor Fami- 
lies; but alfo to the Benefit of the Nation in general, by 
the working up the Wool of our own Growth: That, 
when this Trade was very much obftructed by the fre- 
quent wearing and ufing Haft India wrought Silks, and 
Callicoes printed, painted, and dyed, there, an Aé&amp; was 
obtained, in the Year 1700, which prohibited the wear- 
ing and ufing them: That, in a few Years, the good In- 
tent of that Act was eluded by the prevailing Ufe of Cal- 
licoes and Linens; whereby our Home Confumption of 
Woollen Manutactures is greatly hindered in their Expor- 
tation to our Viantations: That, unlefs this languifhing 
Manutactury be revived, it will be impoflible to provide 
the Poor iuifcient Employment; many of our Manu- 


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facturers having been forced to leave Trading ; and others 
have run away, and left their Familes chargeable to the 
Parifh; and fcarce any will put their Children Apprentice 
thereto: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the jaid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of thé faid Trade ; and alfo in the behalf 
of many hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families 
belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Bri- 
iti; is referred. 


A Petition of the Manufacturers of Woollen Goods 
in and about the Town of Kettering, in the County of 
Northampton, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Woollen Manufacture, in which 
the Petitioners employ many Hundreds of Poor, lies un- 
der fuch Difcouragements by the univerfal Wear of Eaf 
Indid’Goods, Callicoes, and printed Linens, as muft ne- 
ceffarily fink and ruin it, together with many Families 
now fubfifted by it, unlefs fome effectual Remedy be 
fpeedily applied to this growing Evil: And praying Re- 
lief 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in bebalf ot thems 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the 
feveral Branches of the faid Trade; and allo in the behalf 
of many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families 
belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; 
is referred, 


A Petition of the Clothiers, and Woollen Manufac- 
turers, of, and belonging unto, the City of New Sarum, 
in the County of Wilts, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are confiderable 
Dealers in the Woollen Manufacture, and chiefly in the 
Clothing Trade; whereby they employed great Numbers 
of poor Families in and near the faid City ; which, other- 
wife, muft have been chargeable to their refpective Pa- 
rifhes : That the Cloth, and other Manufactures, were ge- 
nerally fold unto the Zurky and Italian Merchants, who 
export them, and return great Quantities of raw Silk, 
which is again manufactured in other Parts of England, 
and thereby employ great Numbers of poor People; but, 
by the great Encouragement given unto the printed and 
painted Callicoes and Linens, as alfo unto the Zaft India 
prohibited Goods, the Confumption of raw Silks is much 
leflened ; and the Exportation of the Woollen Cloth, 
and other Manufactures, greatly interrupted: That the 
Petitioners are no longer able to carry on their Trades; 
and the faid Manufacture in Danger of being loft: And 
praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, in behalf of theme 
felves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the fe- 
veral Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf 
of many Hundred thoulands of poor diftrefied Families 
belonging to the Woollen Manufacturies of Great Britain; 
is referred. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of Excife do lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of the yearly Duties paid 
for printed Linens, from the 24th of June 1712 to the 


24th of Fune 1719; diftinguifhing each Year, and the 
different Duties. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of Excife do lay 
before this Houfe an Account of the printed Linens ex- 
ported yearly, from the 24th of Yume 1712 to the 24th 





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of Fune 17193 diftinguifhing each Year, and what the 
Drawbacks on them amount to yearly. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of Excife do lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of the yearly Duties paid 
for painted Callicoes, from the 24th of une 1712 to 
the 24th of Fune 1719; diftinguifhing each Year; and 
the different Duties. _ 

Ordered,’ That the Commiffioners of Excife do lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of the painted Callicoes 
exported yearly, from the 24th of Fume 1712 to the 24th 
of June 1719; diftinguifhing each Year, and what the 
Drawbacks on them amount to yearly. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters: And that Mr; 
Ireby, Lord William Powlett, and Mr. Charles Stanbope, 
do prepare; and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
granted to his. Majefty, the Refolution they had directed 
hin to report to the Houfe; which he tead in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majeftys 
the Sum of Three Shillings in the Pound, and no more, 
be raifed, in the Year 1720, upon Lands, Tenements, 
Hereditaments, Penfions, Offices, and perfonal Eftates, 
in that Part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and 
the Town of Berwick upon Tweed; and that a propor- 
tionable Cefs, according to the Ninth Article of the 
‘Treaty for the Union, be laid upon that Part of Great 
Britain called Scotland. 


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183 


The faid Refolution being read a Second time; was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid Re- 
folution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Lowndes, and Mr. Charles Stan- 
hope, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 7° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houle, That their 

Addrefs of Friday \aft, relating to the Account of 

the Charge of the Tranfport Service; having been pre- 

fented to his Majefty, his Majefty had been pleafed to 

give Directions, That the faid Account be laid before 
this Houfe. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That Mr. Colby, one of 
the Commiffioners of the Tranfports, attended at the 
Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, an Efti- . 
mate of the Charge for Tranfport Service for the Year 
1719. 

And then he withdrew. | 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read: 

And the faid Eftimate is as follows; viz 


AN Eftimate of the Charge for Tranfport Service for the Year 1719. 








——— 


Freight of Ships hired to fetch over 4,000 Imperial Troops 
Fitting up Four of the faid Ships, to receive 120 Horfes on board belonging to the faid Troops, 
and for Provifions for them for Ten Days 
Freight of Ships hired for the Expedition under the Command of the Right honourable the Lord 
Vifcount Cobbam ; - 19,326 10 12 
Hay, Oats, Water Cafk, Bedding, Cabins, Stabling, and other Conveniences made on board the 
faid Ships, for Receiving of Men, Horfes, &amp;c. - 
Expence of tranfporting Four Regiments of Foot from Ireland to the Weft of England, by fobn 
Pratt Efquire, according to a Bill of Exchange drawn on the Treafurer of the Navy by his 
Grace the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 


33645 13 


wm 














130 0 


.) 


























4,389 16 


ve) 





859 7 10 


Freight of Ships to carry his Majefty’s Baggage and Servants to Bremen and ie | 
Holland 2 
Freight of Ships to bring the fame from Holland 























377 9 Oo 


Rent of the Office, and of Warehoufts, Coals, Candles, Salaries, and other Contingences 475 18 7 





27,204 6 8 
Received for the Service of the Year 17193 
Out of 2,039/ 115. 74.2 received 8th April 1719 (where- 
of 1,628/. 9s. od, was directed to be applied to the Ser- 
vices of the Year 1718, for fitting up Four Tranfport 
Ships to receive 120 Horfes, and for Ten Days Provi- 
fions) 
To defray contingent Charges — 
And for the Hire of Ships to carry his Majefty’s Baggage 
and Servants to Bremen, in Part of 2572. — 


oo 


an &amp;@ 








—a 


130 0 O 
50 


re 


12) 
12) 


231 2 





41r 2 7% 
1 July 1719. Received, to fatisfy a Bill made out to ohn ; 

Pratt Efquire, without Account, for tranfporting Four 
_ Regiments of Foot from Jreland to the Weft of England 
And for Hire of Ships to carry his Majefty’s Bageage, &amp;c. 
to Bremen, in full of 2577. 


859 7 
25 17 


14th ditto. Received, to be applied to the Payment of Bills made out, or to 
be made forth, for Tranfport Service 








Sis g a3 





xtecemmoe | osetia 





5,000 O O 





oo 


6,296 7 10 





. 20,907 18 10 
j+ Fawler, Tho. Colby, Ken. Edifbury. : ¢ 
Ordered, 

















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Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That Mr. Fox, from the 
Auditor of the Exchequer, attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of the Deficiency of the Duty on 
Hops, granted Anno 1711: And alfo, 

An Account of the Deficiency-of the Duties on Malt, 
&amp;F¢. granted Anno 1718. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

The faid Accounts are as follow ; viz. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Bur- 
geffes, in Parliament affembled ; 
rT ee are to certify, That there remains unfatisfied of 
the principal Sum lent upon the Regifter of the Du- 
ties on Hops, granted in the Year 1711, the Sum of 
Eight thoufand Five hundred and Ninety Pounds Six- 
teen Shillings and Eight Pence Halfpeny, befides Intereft 
eftimated to be due thereon; amounting to the Sum of 
Four thoufand Two hundred Fifty-five Pounds Three 
Shillings and Two Pence, or thereabouts. 
N. B. The Sum of 1,168). 8s. 54.4 remaining in 
the Exchequer, of the Contributions of Annuities, 
ranted in the Year 1715, is Part of the Sum of 
88,346/. os. 6d. directed by Warrant from the 
Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, bearing Date 
the rgth Day of Yume 1716, towards Satisfaction 
of this Regifter; but would not difcharge it any 
further, by reafon of the great Amount of Intereft 
then due. 
Exchequer, 5th Day of F. Fox, 
December 1719. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Bur- 
geffes, in Parliament affembled ; 
rp Heke are to certify, That there i, 
remains unfatisfied, at the Re- 
- ceipt of Exchequer, upon the Regi- 
fter for the Malt Duties, &amp;c. Anno 
1718, the principal Sum of 
Intereft eftimated to be due there- 
on, about 


— 


120,000 0 Oo 


aunater J a 2,400 0 O 


122,400 0 0 








Exchequer, 5 Day of 
December 1719. F. Fox. 
Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


A Petition of Stroudwater Clothiers in the County 
of Gloucefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are confiderable Dealers 
in the Woollen Manufacture, and efpecially in the Clothe- 
ing Trade; by which the Petitioners have always em- 
ployed great Numbers of Poor, who muft otherwife have 
become chargeable to their refpective Parifhes: That 
they fell their Cloth to the Turkey Merchants, who export 


the fame into Turkey, from whence they return great. 


Quantities of raw Silk, which is manufactured in Eng- 
land, and employs great Numbers ef Poor; but, by 2 
univerfal Wear and Ufing of printed and painted Caili- 
coes and Linens, and Eaft India prohibited Goods, the 
Confumption of the faid Returns of raw Silk is fo much 
leffened, and the Exportation of Woollen Cloth inter- 
rupted, that the Petitioners are no longer able to carry 
on their Trade, and maintain the faid Poor; but that 
they are reduced to milferable Circumftances; and the {aid 
Manufacture in Danger of being loft: And praying to be 
relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, .Walkers, and 
others, Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate 
Company of Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is re- 
iegred. 


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A. 1719. 


A Petition of the Stuff and Serge-makers, Wool. 
combers, and others thereon depending, in and about the 
City of Gloucefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Life of their Trade is the 
Confumption of the Fabricks that they make; which 
for many Years paft, hath been very much leffened by 
the general Wear of Callicoes, ftamped or ftained Linen ; 
and that they are exported hence into Germany, and other 
foreign Parts, and there become a general Wear; which, 
for Years fince, was our beft Market for Serges; by 
which, Trade is at this time funk to fo low an Ebb, that 
Multitudes of Poor, depending thereupon, muft, of Necef- 
fity, in a fhort time, ftarve: And praying, That a Stop 
may be put to the Wearing of Callicoes, or ftained 
Linens. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the‘ Committee, of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of the 
Myftery of Dyers of the City of London, in behalf of 
themfelves, and many others of the fame Trade, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, of 
late Yearsy the Dying Trade of this Kingdom has been 
much damaged, and fome Branches thereof almoft loft, 
and the great Number of Poor depending thereon obliged 
to feek for Subfittence elfewhere ; occafioned by the vaft 
Quantities of painted and printed Callicoes and Linens, 
now ufed and worn in this Kingdom : And praying to be 
relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, Clothiers, 
Serge-makers, Woolcombers, Weavers, and Traders, of 
the Borough of Minebead, in the County of Somerfett, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the common Wear of Eaf India Goods, printed 
Callicoes and Linens, hath occafioned the great Decay 
of the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom, and of 
Trade in general ; whereby many Thoufands of Families 
are reduced to miferable and ftarving Conditions: And 
praying, That a Remedy may be taken againft the Wear- 
ing of India Goods, printed Callicoes and Linens, for 
the future. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Woolcombers, Manu- 
faéturers in Yarn, and Traders in Wool, within the 
County of Suffolk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners have, for feveral Years, 
got their Livelihood, and brought up their Families, by 
Buying and Manufacturing of Wool and Yarn; from 
which many ufeful and neceflary Commodities haye been 
made, in order to the cloathing great Part of the People 
in this country; whereby feveral Thoufands of poor 
Families have been, and ftill are, fubfifted, and kept from 
ftarving: That the too general Wearing and Ufing of 
printed and painted Callicoes and Linen hath fo reduced 
the Confumption of the faid Woollen Manufattures, great 
Quantities of the fame lie dead upon the Hands of the 
Petitioners, to their great Lofs and Detriment; and many 
poor Families are deftitute of Employment: And pray- 
ing to be relieved. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefer, is referred. 
I A Peti- 





6 GEO. I. 


A Petition of the chief Inhabitants, and principal 
Traders in the Woollen Manufactures, within the Borough 
of Bury Saint Edmunds, in the County of Suffolk, was 

- prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
for a long Series of Years, great Quantities of Wool 
have been bought up, and manufactured, within this Bo- 
rough, by fuch of the Petitioners as are Traders in the 
{aid Commodities; whereby the greateft Part of the poor 
Families within the faid Borough, and the Towns adja- 
cent, have been employed: That the too general Wear- 
ing and Ufing of printed, painted; and ftained, Callicoes 
and Linens, and the Importation of Eaf India Goods, 
will wholly, in a little time, render the faid manufactured 
Goods a dead Commodity, and force the Petitioners to 
leave off their Trades, and run the Hazard of impoverifh- 
ing their Families: And praying, That the Wear of Cal- 
licoes may be prevented. i 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Coun- 
cil, and Burgeffes, of the ancient Corporation of Cam- 
bridge, and of the Woollen-drapers, Mercers, Serge- 
makers, Saymakers, Webfters, and Woolcombers, in- 
habiting in the faid Town, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Woollen Manufactures 
carried on in the faid Town, and adjacent Parts thereof, 
in which many Thoufand poor Families ufed daily to be 
employed, and thereby maintained, are now fo much leff- 
ened and reduced, by the almoft univerfal Wear of Eaf 
India Goods, printed Callicoes and Linens, that the faid 
Poor cannot be employed; by reafon whereof, the Poors 
Rates in the faid Town are generally very much increafed ; 
many Hundreds of the faid poor People being out of Em- 
ploy, and reduced to Parifh Allowance: And praying to 
be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


‘A Petition of the Corporation, and principal Inhabi- 
tants, in the Borough of Dunwich, in the County of Suf- 
folk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Poor in and about this Borough are em- 
ployed in the Spinning of Wool, in order for the making 
Worlted Stuffs; whoie Wages are very much reduced ; 
which is occafioned by the almoft univerfal Wearing of 
Callicoes, and printed Linens; whereby the moft valuable 
and ufeful Manufaéturies of Wool, by which many Thou- 
fands of Families are employed, is in Danger of be- 
ing loft, fo that, unlefs fome fpeedy Remedy be found 
out, the faid poor Families will be reduced to the utmoft 
Mifery and Diftrefs: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a Land 
‘Lax, to be raifed in Great Britain, tor the Service of 
the Year 1720: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Floufe was, according to Order, called over: 

And the Names of fuch Members as made Default to 
appear were noted down. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Names of the Members who made 


Detauic to appear this Day be called over upon Wednefday 
Morning next. 


VoL. XIX. 


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is 
And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 8° die Decembris ; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 


Petition of the Weavers, in behalf of themfelves; 
and many Thoufands employed in the Woollen 
Manufactury in the City of Brifol, was prefented to the 
Hovfe, and read; fetting forth, That, whilft they had 
Employment, they fupported themfelves and Families; 
but that now many of them are deftitute of Work, occa- 
fioned by the growing Ufe of printed and painted Calli- 
coes and Linens; which, if not timely prevented, will 
occafion many to tranfport themfelves to foreign Coun- 
tries, where there is Encouragement and Employment; 
which will be the Betraying of our own Country, and 
40h Foreigners Mafters of the Myftery of the Woollen 
Manufacture: And praying to be relieved. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 


men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is reterred. 


A Petition of the Corporation, and principal Inhabi- 
tants, in the Borough of .Aldborough, in the County of 
Suffolk, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Poor in and about this Borough are em- 
ployed in the Spinning of Wool, in order for the making 
Worfted Stuffs; whofe Wages are very much reduced; 
which is occafioned by the almoft univerfal Wearing of 
Callicoes, and printed Linens; whereby the moft valuable 
and ufeful Manufacturies of Wool, by which many Thou- 
fands of Families are employed, is in Danger of being 
loft; fo that, unlefs fome fpeedy Remedy be found out, 
the faid poor Families will be reduced to the utmoft Mi- 
fery and Diftrefs: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Weavers, Dyers, and Woolcombers, 
in behalf of themfelves, and many others, in Barton Regi:, 
and Places adjacent, in the County of Gloucefter, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they 
formerly lived comfortably, and fupported themfelves and 
Families; and many of them are fince become Objects of 
Poverty, for want of Work, by reafon of the Multitudes 
of printed Callicoes and Linen now made ufe of; which, 
if not timely prevented, will enforce many of them to 
tranfport themielves, and leave their Families, rather than 
ftarve: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Waikers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Stuff-makers, &amp;¢. of the 
City of Briftcl, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners have, for feveral Years 
paft, employed fome Thoufands of Workmen in the 
Woollen Manufacture, as Weavers, Dyers, &amp;c. who, by 
being fo employed, have maintained their Families, and 
have not been chargeable to the Parifhes; but many of 
them have, of late, become chargeablé, through the 
Decay of Trade, occafioned by the general Ufe of Calli- 
coes, and printed Linens; which, if not prevented, will 
oblige them to lay down their feveral Trades, and she 
Workmen to tranfport themfelves to neighbouring Na- 


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tions, to the great Detriment of the Woollen and Silk 
tes = 

Manufactures: And praying Relief. - 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 

fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 

the Petition of the Weavers, and Walkers, and others, 

Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 

Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Weavers, and others con- 
cerned in the Woollen Manvfactury in the Town of Wi- 
ton, in the County of Wilts, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are con- 
fiderable Dealers in the Woollen Manufactures, and efpe- 
cially in the Clothing Trade; whereby they have always 
employed great Numbers of Poor, who muft otherwife 
become chargeable to the Parifh: That the Cloth, and 
other Manutaétures, are fold to the Turkey and Italian 
Merchants; who export the fame, and return great Quan- 
tities of raw Silks; which again is manufactured in other 
Parts of England; and employ alfé great Numbers of poor 
People; but, by the almoft univerfal Wear and Ufing of 
printed and painted Callicoes and Linens, the Confump- 
tion of the faid Returns of raw Silks is fo much leffened, 
and thereby the Exportation of the Woollen Cloth fo 
much interrupted, that the Petitioners are no longer able to 
carry on their Trade, and maintain the faid Poor, as they 
have done: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of Yobn Farmer, John Waghaffe, Fofeph 
Waghaffe, John Hall, Fobn Bacon, Fobn Miles, and other 
Inhabitants of Nun Eaton, in the County of Warwick, on 
behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands more, con- 
cerned in the Woollen Manvufactury, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Wearing of 
Callicoes, printed and ftained Linen, is very pernicious to 
the Woollen Manufacture of this Kingdom, and that it 
hath fo reduced the Worfted Trade thereof, that many 
Thoufands of poor People employed therein are ready to 
ftarve for want of Employment: And praying to be re- 
sae or That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers, in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafters, and Wardens, and Affift- 
ants, of the Company of Silk-throwers of London, in be- 
half of themfelves, and the Commonalty of the faid Com- 
pany, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That, by the Manufacturing and Working of raw 
Silk imported, which is the Return of our Manufactures 
exported, the Petitioners have employed many Thoufand 
poor Families: That they have found a fenfible Lofs of 
their Trade, in proportion as foreign Manufactures have 
been permitted, and obtained, within this Kingdom: That 
feveral Years ago, by the Wearing of India wrought 
Silks, ftained and painted Callicoes imported, the Petition- 
ers felt a proportionable Decay of their Trade; and the 
great Number of Poor employed by them were reduced 
to the utmoft Neceffity ; whereupon an Act was made tor 
prohibiting the Confumption of the feveral foreign Ma- 
nufactures then complained of; after which Prohibition 
the Petitioners Trade revived, and the Poor were employed 
as formerly: That, of late Years, by the general Wearing 
of Callicoes and Linen printed in England, and of Indian 
wrought Silks, painted and ftained Callicoes, clandeftinely 
imported, feveral Parts of the Manufactures, which were 
made of Silk, and of Silk mixed with Wortted, and 
which were frequently worn in Great Britain, and alfo 
exported co foreigis Parts, are now generally difufed, and 


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A. 1719. 


not Half the Poor employed as were before: And pray. 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition ot the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, and others, in and about 
Bradford, in the County of Wilts, and Parts adjacent, 
concerned in the Woollen Manufactury, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
are confiderable Dealers in the Woollen Manufacture, efpe- 
cially in the Clothing Trade, in which there is always em- 
ployed great Numbers of poor Families: That great 
Quantities of Cloth is fold to the Merchants, who export 
the fame, and return Quantities of raw Silk, and dying 
Stuffs, which’ are ufeful in carrying on the Woollen Ma- 
nufacture: That, by the general Wear, and ufing printed 
and painted Callicoes and Linens, the Confumption of the 
faid Returns of raw Silk, &amp;#c. is much leffened, and thereby 
the Exportation of the Woollen Manufacture; and that 
the Poor, which have been hitherto employed therein, are 
reduced to very miferable Circumftances: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fidera:ion of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a Land 
Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year 1720, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for fettling the Peerage of Great Britain, was, according 
to Order, read a Second time: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill be committed; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, j ae Powlett, 

Tellers for the Noes, ge ae 
So it paffed in the Negative. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be rejeéted. 


i 177. 
{ 269. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 9° die Decembris ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Clothiers, Woollen-drapers, Mer- 
cers, Woolcombers, Worfted Weavers, and others 
trading in the Woollen Manufacture, in and about the 
Corporation of Jp/wich, in the County of Suffolk, on be~ 
half of themfelves, and many Thoutands of others em- 
ployed in the Woollen Trade, was prefented tothe Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, being Tra- 
ders in Cloth, Stuffs, Wool, Yarn, and other Manvfac- 
tures belonging to the Wool Trade, have aot only fup- 
ported themfelves, and Families, but have kept great 
Numbers of poor People at Work; but now, by the 
Wearing and Ufing of printed and ftained Cailicoes and. 
2 Linen, 





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6 GEo: I. 


Linen, and the clandeftine Exporting of Wool, the WVool- 
len Trade is not only very much reduced and impuired, 
but is in great Danger of being loft, and the Petitioners be 
obliged to leave off their Trades: And praying to be 
relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
Gderation of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Wortefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and other Inha- 
bitants trading in the Woollen Manufactury, within the 
Town Corporate of Saffron Walden, in the County of 
Ejjex, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
torth, That the Petitioners, for the rhoft part, are Dealers 
in Wool and Yarn, for the making of Worfted Stuffs, and 
other Woollen Manufacturies; whereby many ‘Thoufands 
of poor Families are employed and maintained, but, by 
the now general Ufe and Wear of printed, painted, and 
ftained, Callicoes and Linens, our faid Trade is decayed, 
and the poor Spinners, and other Workmen, reduced, and 
become chargeable to their Parifhes: And praying to be 
relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petitior of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men; and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafters, Woolcombers, and others 
concerned in the Woollen Manufacture, in and about Ej, 
in the Jfe of Ely, in the County of Cambridge, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners are Dealers in Wool, Woolcombers, and Ma- 
nufacturers of Yarn for Cloathing; wherein many Thou- 


-fands of poor Families are employed and maintained ; but, 


by the almoft univerfal Wearing and Ufing of printed and 
painted Callicoes ‘and Linens, the ufeful Manufacture of 
Wool is in Danger of being deftroyed, and many Thou- 
fands of the faid poor Families will be reduced to the ut- 
moft Mifery and Diftrefs: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
amen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers and Stuff-makers, in behalf 
of themfelves, and a great Number of poor Families; in 
Barton Regis, and Places adjacent, in the County of Glou- 
cefler, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, 
‘That whereas they employ many Thoufand poor Families 
in the Wcolien Manufacture, who are now rendered un- 
capable of employing them; occafioned by the general 
Ufe and Wearing of printed and painted Linens and Cal- 


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licoes ; which, if not prevented, will oblige them to leave 
their Country, and refide where the Woollen Manufac- 
ture is encouraged: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, Vhat the laid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Commictee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcester, is referred. 


A Petition of his Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace in 
the County of Gloucefter was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Decay of the Woollen Ma- 
nutacture, by which many Thoufands have gained an ho- 
neft Livelihood; but, by the Encouragement of the Ule 
of Callicoes, that are imported, they are reduced to a 
ftarving and miferable State; which, if not timely pre- 
vented, will utterly ruin the Woollen Manufactury o: this 
Kingdom ; and will force the Petitioners to leave off their 
Bufinefs, and become Bankrupts: And praying to be re- 
lieved. 

Ordered; That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcejer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants and Traders of Briftol 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, hat 
the vifible Decay of the Woollen Stuff Manufa@ure mutt 
be attributed to the almoft general Wearing of India 
Chints, Callicoes, and Linen, printed in thefe Kingdoms; 
fo that the making Stuffs is almoft left off; whereby many 
Thoufands that were employed, are ruined, and the Poor 
unemployed, which, if not timely prevented, will be mott 
fatal to the Woollen Manufacture: And praying to be re- 
lieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, Account of feveral Surplutes, 
ftated at Michaelmas 1719: 

And the Title thereot was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe an Eftimate of the 
Charge of the Out Penfioners of Che//ea Hofpital ; for the 
Year 1720; 

And the Title thereof was read. 

The faid Eftimate is as follows; viz. 


AN Eitimate of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital, for the Year 1720. 


2,492 Out Penfioners, ftanding at préfent upon the Books of the Hofpital, at 5d. per 








| per Diem. | For 366 Days. 


| 











Diem, each ——— avenge .5r 8 4] 19,001 10 o 
100 Letter Men, at 12d. per Diem, each —_—- ——— —j/|5 00 1,830 0 oO 
56 8 4} 20,831 10 oO 
From which deduct, mi 
The Sum of Four thoufand Five hundred Pounds; which, by Eftimation, may be 
applicable towards defraying this Expence, out of the Poundage of the Forces, for . 








the Year 1720 


_———-— 


Remains to be granted, upon Account, for the Out Penfioners of Chelfea Hofpital, ; 


for the Year 1720 Cicamcnin 


December 7th, 1719. 








4,500 0 Oo 














— ——{|— — —| 16,331 10 o 
Geo. Treby. 
Ordered, 








188 


Ordered, That the faid Eflimate do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


A Petition of Francis Vanhemert and fobn Vanbemert, 
Merchants, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are Perfons born out of 
his Majefty’s Allegiance, but profeffeth the true Proteftant 
Religion; and having given Teftimony of their humble, 
dutiful, and loyal, Affections to his Majefty, and the Good 
of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for their Natura- 
lization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 


AN Account of the neat Produce of all the Cuftoms paid into the Exchequer, 


mas 1719. 


From Michaelmas 1713 to Michaelmas 1714 
From Michaelmas 1714 to Michaelmas 1715 
From Michaelmas 1715 to Michaelmas 1716 
From Michaelmas 1716 to Michaelmas 1717 


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A. 1719. 


cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
William Lowther and Sir Roger Bradfhaigh do prepare; 
and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe being informed, That an Officer belonging 
to the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the 
Door 3 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, an Account 
of the neat Produce of all the Cuftoms paid into the Ex- 
chequer, from Michaelmas 1713 to Michaelmas 1719: 

And the Title thereof was read : 

The faid Account is as follows; viz. 


from Michaelmas 1713 to Michael- 





From Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1718 
From Michaelmas 1718 to Michaelmas 1719 


ILI 


oth December 1719. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


Mr. White reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Bailiffs, Burgefies, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, of the Borough of Eaf Retford, in the County 
of Nottingham, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to 
them; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read ; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, bearing Date the Second of Decemder inftant, have 
confidered of the Matter of the faid Petition, and, by the 
Teftimony of Mr. Thornbaugh, Mr. Clarkfon, Mr. Gilby, 
and Mr. Fothergill, and other Gentlemen of the faid 
County, it appeared to the Committee, that the River 
Idle is already navigable, within Seven Miles of the Town 
of Eaft Retford: 

That the River Irent, very often, in the Winter Seafon, 
overflows ; and when it fo happens, Goods cannot be car- 
ried by Land from Eaft Retford to Gainfborough : 

That the making the faid River navigable, from Eaf 
Retford to the River Trent, which is the Prayer of the 
Petition, will very much advance the Trade and Com- 
merce of the Markets, and other Places near the fame ; 
and be advantageous not only to all the Traders in Lead, 
Hops, Corn, ‘Timber, Coals, and other Merchandizes, 
but alfo to the Publick in general. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making the River Jd/e navigable, from the Borough of 
Eaft Retford, in the County of Nottingham, to Bawtry 
Wharf, in the County of York: And that Mr. White, 
and the Lord Milton, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe proceeded to call over the Names of fuch 
Members as made Default to appear upon the Call of the 
Houfe,. on Monday laft : 

And many of them appeared ; 

And others were exculed. 

The Name of Yobn Francis Buller E.{quire being, called 
over ; 

And his Excufe being not allowed of ; 











names cael ne —— 1,661,572 5 10% 
—— —_——— ——— 15,710,442 0 63 
—- ———w omens 1,632,689 12 OF 
ee —_——. —— 1,826,998 19 7+ 
Srey omen «= 1,701,542 I 2% 

—- ——— 1,615,021 10 9% 
Total 10,048,266 10 of 





W. Burnet, Comr. Genl. 
Rob. Paul, Afit. 


Ordered, That the faid Yobn Francis Buller Efquire be 
taken into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

The Name of Samuel Trefufis Efquire being called over; 

And his Excufe being not allowed of ; 

Ordered, That the fatd Samuel Trefufis Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

The Name of Sir Nicholas Morice Baronet being called 
Over 5 

And his Excufe being not allowed of; 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Nicholas Morice Baronet be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 

The Name of Lord Fames Cavendih being called over; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Lord James Cavendifh be excufed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Metre “9 t 124. 

Tellers for the Noes, ol a i 72. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Name of Chriftopher Harris Efquire being called 
over ; 

And no Excufe being offered for him ; 

Ordered, That the faid Chriftopher Harris Efquire be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 

The Name of Sir William Pole Baronet being called 
over ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Sir Wiliam Pole Baronet be excufed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Mr. Morice, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 4 yy. Yonge : 


130. 
Tellers for the Noes, } on ae a - os 


t 96. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Name of Fobn Fownes Efquire being called over; 

And his Excufe being not allowed of ; 
_ Ordered, That the faid Fobn Fownes Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this — 
Houfe. 

The Name of Sir Michael Wharton Knight being called 
over 3. 


And 





6Geo. I. 


And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That Sir Michael Wharton; be exculed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } =the oka ’ f 30. 
Mr. Minfbull, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Bond: { 96. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Michael Wharton Knight be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 

The Name of Hugh Bethell Efquire being called over; 

And his Excufe being not allowed of; 

Ordered, That the faid Hugh Bethell E{quire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Hou’. 

The Name of Edward Harley Efquire being called 
over ; 

And his Excufe being not allowed of ; 

Ordered, That the faid Eaward Harley Efquire be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. ; 

The Name of Charles Cecil Efquire being called over ; 

And no Excufe being offered for him; 

Ordered, Tinat the faid Charles Cecil Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftedy of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

The Name of Sir William Blackett Baronet being called ; 

And his Excufe being not allowed ot; 

Ordered, That the faid Sir William Blackett Baronet 
be taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms at- 
tending this Houfe. 

The Name of Sir Jobn Trevelyan Baronet being called 
over 5 

And his Excufe being not allowed of ; 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Fchn Trevelyan Baronet be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 

The Name of Gray James Grove Efquire being called 
over ; 

And his Excufe being not allowed of; 

Ordered, That the taid Gray James Grove Efquire be 
taken into the Cuflody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Hicufe. 

The Name of Roger Fones Efquire called over; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That Roger Yones Elquire be excufed ; 

bine 
Mr. Pringle 


The Houte divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for che Yeas, } 

b 66, 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Roger ones Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. | 

The Name of Stephen Parry Efquire being called over ; 

And no Excute being offered for him ; : 

Ordered, That the faid Stepben Parry Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

The Name of Yoln Griffith Efquire being called over; 

And his Excufe being not a!lowed of ; 

Ordered, Phat the faid Yohn Griffith Efquire be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Flouie. 


Sir Richard Fowler, 
Mr. Lewis: 


Tellers for the Noes, Sir Fobn Bland, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refoive itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for granting his Majefty an Aid, by a Land 
‘Fax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year 1720. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till T@-morrow Morn- 
ig, Nine of the Clock. 
wos. XIX. 


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i89 


Jovis, 10° die Decembris i 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis; 1719. 
PRAYERS, 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the City 
of New Sarum, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That feveral cf the Petitioners are 
Traders in the Woollen Manufactures ; and, as fuch, have 
employed many poor Families, otherwife uncapable cf 
fubfifting, without being burthenfome tothe Parifhes where 
they live: That, by the frequent Ufe of Linens, printed 
and painted Callicoes, the Woollen Manufactures lie un- 
der the utmoft Difcouragement ; and the Petitioners, deal- 
ing in the Clothing Trade, and the numerous Families 
employed in it, are thereby in Danger of being intirely 
ruined; And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Jaid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belcnging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers, in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Serge-makers, Flannen-makers, Dy- 
ers, Stuff-makers, Woolcombers, and Weavers, in the 
City of Hereford, and Liberties thereof, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That many Matters 
belonging to and about the faid Trades were maintained 
by the fame; but the faid Trade is much decayed by 
the wearing Eaft India Goods, printed Callicoes, and Li- 
néns; and thereby the Petitioners muft inevitably come 
to great Poverty and Want: And praying, That the 
Wearing of aft India Goods, printed Callicoes and 
Linens, may be prevented. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of feveral of the Traded/men, on behalf of 
themfclves, and of feveral others, in and about the Town of 
Leeds, in the County of York, Mercers, and others, Deal- 
ers in the Combing of Wool, {pinning Worfted Yarn, and 
making of light Woollen Stuffs, for Women and Chil- 
drens Apparel, and for feveral other U‘es, fer the Sub- 
jects of this Realm, and for the Ufe of the Piantations be- 
yond the Seas, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That fince the Act of Parliament, made for 
prohibiting the Wearing of India wrought Silks, and 
printed Callicoes, the Woollen Manufacture hath been 
very much increzfed, and Thoufands of Families have 
been fufficiently maintained thereby but; by the now al» 
moft univerfal Wearing of CaHicoes, and printed Linens, 
and the Tranfportation of great Quantities of Wool, the 
Weaving of Stuffs is decreafed ; and feveral Mafters, who 
have employed fome Hundreds, are broke, and left off 
their Frades ; and the Poor deftitute of Bufinefs, and are 
ready to ftarve: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referfed to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers, in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the feveral Traders in the Woollen Ma- 
nufaétures, and Workers therein, in the Town of Lynton, 
in the County of Cambridge; and Places adjacent, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting torth, That 
the Petitionéts are Dealers in the Woollen Manufacture, 
and employ Thoufands of poor People, whereby they are 
fupported and maintained ; but, by the general Wear of 
printed and painted Callicoes, the Woollen Trade is al- 
ready much inipaired, and in Danger of being loft: And 
praying to be relieved. 


3C Ordereds 





1 go 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the #nole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, together with the Merchants, and others trading 
in the Woollen Manufaétury in the City of Exon, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
Thoufands of People in thofe Parts are employed, and 
depend, on the Woollen Manufactury : That, by the al- 
moft univerfal Wear of printed Callicoes and Linens, the 
faid Trade is very much decayed, and in Danger of being 
Joft, and great Numbers of poor People muft inevitably 
become chargeable, if not timely relieved: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, Affiftants, and 
Commonalty, of the Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers, 
and Sheermen, within the City and County of Exon, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners have laboured under very great Difcourage- 
ments in the Woollen Manufactures, for fome Years 
paft, fo that many Dealers therein have been obliged to 
quit their Trades, occafioned by the univerfal Wear of 
Callicoes and printed Linens, which, if not timely pre- 
vented, will end in the utter Ruin of the Woollen Manu- 
facture, and oblige the Workmen to go into foreign Parts, 
to fupport their Families : And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Corporation, and principal Inhabitants, 
in the Borough of Orford, in the County of Suffolk, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 


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A. 1719. 


the Poor, in and about that Borough, are employed in the 
Spinning of Wool for making Worfted Stuffs, whofe 
Wages are very much reduced, by the almoft univerfal 
Wearing of Callicoes ; whereby the moft valuable and ufe- 
ful Manufacturies of Wool is in Danger of being loft, 
unlefs fpeedily relieved: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 


-the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 


men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers, in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Boroughs of Air, Irvine, Rothefay, Inveraray, and 
Campbeltown, in the room of Charles Oliphant Efquire, 
deceafed. 


A Petition of Samuel Gampert, Merchant, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner # a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance, 
but profeffeth the true Proteftant Religion; and having 
given Teftimony of his humble, dutiful, and loyal, Af- 
tections to his Majefty, and the Good of the Kingdom of 
Great Britain: And praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
— and Mr. Newland do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. 


The Houfe being informed, That an Officer belong- 
ing to the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the 
Door; 

He was called in ; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, an Account 
fhewing the Quantity of all raw Silk imported and ex- 
ported, by Certificate, from Chrifimas 1714 to Midfummer 
1719; diftinguifhing each Year refpectively. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as follows; viz. 


AN Account fhewing the Quantity of all raw Silk imported and exported, by Certificate, from Chriftmas 1714 
to Midfummer.17193 diftinguifhing each Year refpectively; viz. 




















From Chriftmas From Cbrifimas 

1714 to To 1716, To 1717. To 1718. 1718 to Mid- 

Chrifimas 1715. Summer 1719« 
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 
Imported — — — 408,543% 2765474 5252405 550,086+ 101,2442 
Exported — — — 11,369% 25.581; 13,5833 13,9863 7,450% 


Cuftom-houfe, Infpector General’s 


Office, gth December 1719. 
Ex. Fobhn Oxenford. 


Ordered, That the faid Account, do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for grant- 
ing to his Majefty an Aid, by a LandTax, to be raifed 
in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1720. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 





Henry Martyn, I. G. 


And then the Moufe adjourned till To-morrow Morn+ 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 11° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

A Petition of Gerrard Van Neck, Merchant, was pfe- 

fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioner is a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Alle- 
giance, but profeffeth the true Proteftant Religion; and 
having given Teftimony of his humble, dutiful, and loyal, 
Affections to his Majefty, and the Good of the Kingdom 
of Great Britain: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 


Ordered, 





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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill; accord- 
ing to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. Lade 
and Mr. Turner do prepare, and bring in, the fame: 


Ordered, That Stephen Parry Efquire, in Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending his Houfe, for neglect- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


Ordered, That Sir Michael Warton Knight, in Cuf- 
tody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for 
neglecting to atrend his Service in Parliament, be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of Gilbert Douglas Efquire was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by the Death 
of Edward Dunch Efquire, there being a Vacancy of a 
Burgefs for the Borough of Wallingford, in the County 
of Berks, the Petitioner was propoted as a Candidate to 
ferve as Burgefs for the faid Borough; and, upon the 
Firft of this inftant December, the faid Election coming 
on, the Petitioner had a confiderable Number of legal 
Votes in his favour; but Henry Grey, alias Nevil, Efquire, 
having, by Bribery, and other undue Means, influenced 
feveral Perfons to vote for him to be Burgefs for the faid 
Borough, hath procured himfelf to be returned as fuch : 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of thes Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe upon Tuefday the 19th Day of 
January next. \ 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Refoived, That this Houte will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider fur- 
ther of the Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by 
a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year 1720; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of 
Credit. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 12° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 
QRacred, That Hugh Bethell Efguire, in Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neg- 


leCting to attend his Service in Parliament, be difeharged 
out ot Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


Ordered, That Sir Nicholas Morice Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for negle¢t- 





Ig! 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


Ordered, That Roger Fones Efquire, in Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for negleét- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of the Companies of Woolcombers, Weav- 
ers, Walkers, Framework-knitters, and others concerned 
in the Woollen Manufactures in and about the Borough 
of Leicefter, in the County of Leiceffer, on the behalf of 
themfelves, and many Thoulands of poor Families em- 
ployed in the feveral Branches of the faid Manufactures, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Hofing Trade or Myftery, and the other Woollen Ma- 
nufactures in this Borough, and the Parts adjacent, are, and 
have for fome time been, ina very declining and ruinous 
Condition, occafioned by the Exportation of Wool, and 
the Wearing of Callicoes, and painted and ftained Linens ; 
which Evils, if not timely prevented, will become fo cala- 
mitous, as to terminate in the great Decay, if not in the 
utter Ruin, of fome Thoulands of poor Families: And 
praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgefies, 
and alfo of the Merchants, and others trading in the 
Woollen Manufactures within the Borough of Barnftaple, 
and Places adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, notwithftanding the Laws 
which have been made to prevent the Exportation of 
Wool and Worfted from Great Britain and Ireland to any 
other Country, yet great Quantities hath been exported 
to France, efpecially from Ireland, to the utter Ruin of 
the faid Trade, and to the Poor in particular ; we not be- 
ing able to fell fo cheap in foreign Markets as the French 
do; and this is the Reafon of the Decay of this Manu- 
facture, and the reducing many honeft and reputable 
Traders, of good Stocks, to Poverty : Another great Ob- 
ftacle to this Trade is, the wearing vaft Quantities of 
Callicoes, for which vaft Quantities of Money are fent 
out of the Land: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred, 


A Petition of the Mayor; Aldermen, and other Free- 
men, of the City of Durbam, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, both as 
they are Traders and Dealers in the Woollen Manufatures 
of Great Britain, have not only found a fenfible Decay of 
that Trade by the univerfal Wear of Eajfl India Goods, 
printed Callicoes and Linens, but alfo from the clandef- 
tine Smuggling and Traffick of Wool to foreign Mar- 
kets; and, unlefs timely remedied, many Hundred of 
Families will inevitably be ruined, and perifh: And pray- 
ing, That the Wear of Callicoes, and printed Linens may 
be prohibited. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referre®. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Weavers, and others, of 
the Woollen Manufacture, of the Borowgh of Andover, 
in the County of Southampton, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the faid Town of Andover 
is a Place of great Clothing, ufually employing in that 
2 Bufinefs; 








192 
Bufinefs; but, of late, by the Decay of our Trade, oc- 
cafioned by the univerfal Wear of Haft India Goods, 
printed Callicoes and Linens,.feveral Score Families here, 
for want of Employment, are reduced to Poverty, and 
become a great Burthen and Charge to the Parifh: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Woolcombers, Weaver's, and others 
dealing in the Woollen Manufacture, in the County of 
Huntingdon, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners are Dealers in Wool, Wool- 
combers, and Manufacturers of Yarn, and in Weaving 
and Making of Cloth; by which many Thoufands of 
poor Families are employed and maintained; but, by the 
almoft univerfal Wearing and Ufing of printed and paintr- 
éd Callicoes and Linens, the Confumption of the faid 
Woollen Manufacture ts very much lIeffened, and the 
Employment of the faid poor Families taken from them ; 
and, unlefs fome fpeedy Remedy be found out, the Peti- 
tioners will be unabie to carry on theit faid Trades ; and 
the fame will be in Danger of being loft, as well as the 
jaid poor Families and People reduced to the utmoft Mi- 
fery and Diftrefs: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Woolcombers, Dyers, Dreffers, 
Throwfters, (ec. of the City of Norwich, on the behalf 
of themfelves, and many Thoufands depending upon the 
Woollen Manufaétury of this City, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That for many Years 
patt, the Petitioners have been employed in making, dy- 
ing, and throwing, Woollen Yarn, and Dreffing of 
Stutfs, for the Worfted Weavers of this City; but, of 
late Years, the Woollen Manvfactury of this City has 


been gradually decreafing, and is now reduced to a very 


great Extremity, by che prevailing Ufe of printed Calli-. 


coes and Linens in this Kingdom: That their feveral Em- 
ployments are very much declined, and, without fome 
{peedy Relief, are in Danger of being loft, which will 
render many of them wholly incapable ot fupporting them- 
felves, and Families, and thofe that depend upon them: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot /Vorceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Clothiers, Clothworkers, 
and other Traders in the Woollen Manufactures, in the 
Borough of Leeds, and Parifhes adjacent, in the Weft 
Riding of the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by the Space of 
Two Years laft-paft, the heretofore flourifhing Woollen 
Cloth Trade of thefe parts has been, and yet continues 
to be, in a very deplorable Eftate; by reaton whereof, 
Thoufands of Perfons, who fubfifted themfelves by fuch 
Trade, are in Danger of perifhing; occafioned by the 
too frequent E’xportation of Wool, as well from this King- 
dom, as the Kingdom of Jreland, into foreign Parts: 
And praying, That more effectual Means may be found 
out, and enacted, to prevent the Exportation of Wool. 

Ordered, ‘Vbvat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefer, is referred. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A179. 


A Petition of the Weavers, Combers, and Spinners, 
and others employed in the Wcollen Manufacture in the 
Borough of Whitechurch, and Towns acjacent, in the 
County of Southampton, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Woollen Manufacture, upon 
which this Borough, and the Towns adjacent, depends, 
is under fuch Difcouragement, that great Quantities lie on 
Hand unfold ; which occafioneth a great Increafe of Poor: 
That the general Wear of ftained Callicoes is a great Caufe 
thereof; and the Running of Wool into foreign Markets, _ 
which England ufed to fupply; which is the chief Preju~ 
dice to our Trade, and may be of dangerous Confequence, 
if not timely prevented: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, 
of the Town of Ledbury, in the County of Hereford, in 
behalf of fome Hundreds of Poor lately employed in 
the Woollen Manufacture in and about the faid Town, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the faid Town... of late a confiderable Clothing Town, 
and thereby the Poor were maintained; but the Trade, 
of late, is fo very much decayed, that it is, in effect, intirely 
Joft in the faid Town; there being now:but One Loom 
kept to work, and that not conftantly: That the Poor 
have been forced to make Application for Relief to the 
refpective Parifhes whereto they belong: The Reafons of 
the Decay of the Clothing Trade is occafioned by the 
Wearing of Callicoes, and other Haft India Goods, which 
hinders the Confumption of the Raw Silks, which are im- 
ported in Exchange of the Woollen Cloth exported into 
Turkey, and other Parts: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants and Tradefmen of ThirfR, 
and the Towns adjacent, on the behalf of themfelves, 
and feveral Thoufands of the North Riding in the County 
of York, Dealers in the Combing of Wool, Spinning of 
Worfted Yarn, and Making of light Woollen Stuffs ne- 
ceflary for Women and Childrens Apparel, and for feve- 
ral other Ufes for the Subjects of this Realm, and for the 
Ufe of our Plantations beyond the Seas, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, fince the late 
Act of Parliament for prohibiting the wearing India 
wrought Silks and Stuffs mixed wich Silk, and painted 
Callicoes, the Woollen Manufactures in thefe Parts, and 
more efpecially thofe of the Kinds above fpecified, have 
been very much increafed; and fome Thoufands of Fami- 
hies have been employed in the Combing of Wool, &amp;c. 
and thereby maintained themfelves, and Families ; but, by 
the now Wearing of Callicoes, and ftained Linen, and the 
great Quantities of Wool exported, the faid Woollen 
Trade is decreafed; and a great Number of Matter 
Combers, who feverally employed fome Hundreds of 
Spinners apiece, are broke and become incapable of fol- 
lowing their Trades; and alfo the feveral Families they 
employed under them are become chargeable to their re- 
fpective Parifhes,.and are ready to ftarve for want of 
Bread: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafter Wooleombers, Weavers, and 
other Perfons trading in Wool, and concerned in the Wool - 
len Manufacture within the City of Peterborough, in the 

‘County 





6 Geo. I. 


County of Northampton, and adjacent Parts, on behalf 
of themfelves, and many Thoufand poor People employed 
by them there, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That the great Quantities of painted and printed 
Callicoes, Chinceys, and ftained Linen, wore in this King- 
dom, are fo pernicious and deftructive to their Trade, by 
Jeffening the Home Confumption of the Woollen and 
Silk Matufactures in Great Britain, that their Trade is 
at prefent ftagnated, their Manufactures ruined, Employ- 
ment totally ttopped, and the Poor is ftarving for want 
of Work: And praying, That the Wearing ot Callicoes, 
and printed Linens, may be prohibited. 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


iy 
193 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be tefctred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is reterted. 


Mr. Trey, by his Majefty’s Command, prefented to 
the Houfe an Eftimate of feveral extraordinary Expences 
for the Service of his Majefty’s Land Forces for the Year 
1719, not provided for:by Parliaayent. - 

And the Title thereof was read, 

The faid Eftimate is as follows; viz. 


AN Eftimate of feveral extraordinary Expences for the Service of his Majefty’s Land Forces for the Year 171Q, not 
P 


rovided for by Parliament. 


For the Pay of the Dutch Forces taken into his Majefty’s Service in April 1719, to the 24th De- 
cember 17193; and for the ufual Bounty ; and the Charge of tranfporting the faid Forces into 


Great Britain, and back into Hoiland 


For the Difference of Pay between the Engl and Jrifh Eftablifhments of Eight Regiments 
Foot, tranfported from Jreland to Great Britain in. the Year 1719 
For the Pay of a Regiment of Invalids, and 25 Companies of Invalids, formed out of the Out 


54:747 10 10 
of 


Penfioners of Chelfea Hofpital, after Deduétion of Half Pay of the Officers, and 5d. per Diem 


for the Men, already granted, from the Day of their being fo formed, to 24th December 1719 
For the Pay of the General and Staff Officers, and the Contingencies, and other extraordinary 

Charges relating to the Land Forces employed upon the late Expedition 
For the Pay of feveral General Officers employed in South and 


+ --- 10,724 14 0 
14,247 2 2 
--- --- 6,761 13 6 


orth Britain in the Year 1719, 


upon Occafion of the Defigns of his Majefty’s Enemies from abroad, by Litimation, the Sum 


3,000 0 oO 


For the Charge of providing Garifons in North Britain with Provifions, and other Neceffaries ; 


and for feveral extraordinary contingent Charges there in the Year 1719 
For contingent and extraordinary Charges of the Forces, in their Marches and Quarters in Great 


---&lt;- sen 


4,287 1 


Britain, to the End of the Year 1719, exceeding what has been already granted under the 


Head of Contingencies, by Eftimation 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Table; 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


Sir William Lowther, according to Order; prefented 
eo the Houle, a Bill for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert 
and Fobn Van Hemert: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Lade, according to Order, prefented to the Houfe, - 


a Bill for naturalizing Saw. ei Gampert: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft time. 
Refelved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That the Perfons com- 
plained of for a Breach of Privilege committed againft 
Thonas Pelbam Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, by 
arrefting his Servant Fobn Wilfon, have fubmitted, and 
made Satisfaction to the faid Mr. Pelbam, for the faid 
Offence ; 

Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions be difcharged from proceeding upon the Matter of 
the faid Complaint. 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, a Bill for punifhing 
Mutiny and Defertion; and tor the better Payment of 
the Army, and their Quarters‘ And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Fir(lt time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Lade prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for naturalizing Gerrard Van Neck: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Vor. XIX 


6,000 o o 





99,768 2 1% 





Geo. Trey: 


Lune 14° die Decembris ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, ' 


QRiered, That Edward Harley Efquire; in Cuftody of 

the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neg- 
lecting to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 
out of Cultody, paying his Fees. 


Ordered, That Sir Fobn Trevelyan Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms atténding this Houte, for neg- 
lecting to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 


out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of feveral Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
and Tradefmen, in Brentwood, Billerikey, and Chelmf 
ford, in the County of Effex, was piefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are Dealers 
in Wool, Woolcombet's, and Mautacturers of Yarn ufed 
in weaving Cloth; and thereby many thoulands of poor 
Families and People are employed and maintained ; but, 
by the almoft univerfal Wearing and Uling of printed 
and painted Callicoes, the faid valuable Manufaciure of 
Wool, in which the Petitioners, and many Thoufands of 
Families, are employed, as above, is in Danger of being 
deftroyed, and the faid Poor will be reduced to the urmott 
Mifery and Diftrefs: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City ot Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, and 
Commonalty, together with the chief Inhabitants and 
Tradefmen, of the Town and Corporation of Bedford, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting torth, That 
the univerfal Decay of Trade, and the ftarving Condition 
of many Hundred Families, in the Town of Bedford, 
and neighbouring Villages, is occafioned by the univerfal 
Wear of Callicoes, Linens, and other Fa/t Indi: Goods: 

3 D And 








104 

And praying, That a Bill may be brought in for fuppreff= 
ing the fame. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Drugget, Serge, Shalloon, 
and Stocken, Makers, and others concerned in the Wool- 
Jen Manufaéture in his Majefty’s very ancient and loyal 
Town of Ringwood, in the County of Southampton, in 
behalf of themfelves, and fome Thoufands of Poor by 
them employed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, that they being fenfibly affected with a 
great Decay of the Woollen Manufacture, and for want 
of Employment for the Poor; chiefly occafioned by wear- 
ing printed Callicoes, Linens, and other Eaft India Goods, 
and the unlawful Exportation of Wool into foreign Parts; 
by which growing Evil, if not fpeedily prevented, the 
Poor will become an infupportableBurthen : And praying, 
That a Law may be made to redrefs the faid Grievances. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Serge, Drugget, and Duroy, Weav- 
ers, of the Borough and Town of Taunton, and Places 
adjacent, in the County of Somerfet, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the weaving 
Serges, Druggets, Duroys, %c. hath been the principal 
Employment of this Town, and Places adjacent, by which 
many Thoufands have been fubfifted ; but now, through 
the general Wear of Eaft India Goods, and of printed 
and painted Callicoes and Linens, the Trade and Wool- 
len Manufaéture of thefe Parts is loft, the Wages greatly 
funk, and many Families are become extremely poor and 
burthenfome; and, unlefs the little Remains of the Wool- 
len Trade in this Country be timely aided, the Poverty 
will become intolerable : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worceffer, is reterred. 


A Petition of the Mercers, Clothiers, Shopkeepers, 
Weavers, and other Traders in the Woollen Manufac- 
ture, within the Town and Borough of Plymouth, in the 
County of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Silk and Woollen Manufactures 
of this Kingdom are, of late Years, very much leffened 
and decayed, and the Traders therein difcouraged, and 
likely to be impoverifhed; occafioned chiefly by the ge- 
neral Wear of all Sorts of Jndia Silks, Chints, and printed 
Callicoes, which are in great Quantities privately con- 
veyed into this Kingdom: And praying, That the ill 
Confequenceés thereof may be prevented for the future. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer is referred. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants of England trading into the Levant Seas was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners have, under a Royal Charter, carried on, for 
many Years, the Trade into the Dominions of the Grand 
Signior, notwithftanding the great Increafe of the French 
‘Trade in thofe Parts: That the faid Trade confifts in 
the EExportation of the Woollen Manufactures, and other 
Produéts of this Kingdom, the Returns for which are 
raw Sills, and other manufatured Commoiities: That, 


Journals of the Houfe of Conimiois. 


A. 1719. 


by the Law to prohibit the Wearing and Ufe of wrought 
Silks, printed and painted Callicoes, and the Daties laid un 
the Importation of other forcign wrought Silks; the Silk 
Manufactures have been much increafed, great Numbers of 
Poor employed, and the Trade to Yurkey preferved ; 
bur, by the general Ufe and Wear of printed and ftained 
Callicoes and Linens, the Trade to Turkey is feverely af- 
fected thereby: That it cannet fubfift under thefe iniup- 
portable Difcouragements: And praying to be relieved, 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition ve 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free. 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company ot Cio. 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Weavers, Woolcombers, and others, 
belonging to the Woollen Manufacture, and of the chief 
Inhabitants in and about the Borough of Tewk/bury, in the 
County of Gloucefter, in behalf of themfelves, and man 
others employed in the feveral Branches of the faid 
Trade; and in behalf of many Hundred thoufands be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacture of Great Britain. 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting furch, 
That the Woollen Manufacture Trade is in a very es 
clining Condition; and many Thoufands of poor Farni- 
lies are ready to ftarve, for want ot Employment; and 
which is occafioned by the Exportation of Wool into 
foreign Markets, and by Wearing of Callicoes, and {tained 
Linens; which, if not timely prevented, will be o: fatal 
Confequence, by forcing many Thoufand Workme. into 
foreign Parts ; and the Poor inevitably perith; and p: ay- 
ing to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee ot the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Waikers, and others, tree- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, and Stuff Weavers in the 
Borough of Kederminfter, in the County of Worcefer, in 
behalf of themfelves, and Thoufands of Poor employed 
by them, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; {fettine 
forth, That great Numbers of the Inhabitants of the faid 
Borough have employed themfelves in Manufa@urine of 
Woollen Cloth, and Multitudes of poor People main- 
tained thereby; but, by the univerfal Wearing and Ufe 
of Callicoes, and printed Linens, the faid Manufacture 
is thereby greatly diminifhed ; to the unfpeakable Detri- 
ment of the Petitioners, and their Dependents: And 
praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Makers of Druggets, mixed Serges, 
Saggathies, and Duroys, in the Town of Jimiffer, and 
Parts adjacent, was prefented to the Houle, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners are confiderable Deal- 
ers in the Woollen Manufactures; whereby many of the 
Poor are employed, and their Families maintained, which 
muft otherwife be burthenfome to their refpective Parithes : 
That the Druggets, mixed Serges, ec. which the Peti- 
tioners deal in, are generally exported to Leghorn, or 
other Ports in Italy, trom whence the chief Returns are 
Silk: That, by the general Wear and Ufe of printed 
Callicoes and Linens, and of prohibited Zaft India Silks 
and Stuffs, the Confumption of Silk is much leffened ; 
which occafions fo great a Diicouragement to the Ex- 
is of the Druggets, mixed Serges, &amp;c.; and the 
aid Manufactures are in Danger of being Joft, and the 
Poor reduced to Beggary, for want of Employment: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 


the 





6 GEO. 


A Petition of the Traders in raw Silk, in London, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners Trade and Bufinefs is the buying raw Silk 
from the Turkey Merchant; which, after having got thrown 
or twifted in and about London, whereby great Numbers 
of Poor are employed, they fell to the Weavers of Len- 
don, Norwich, Canterbury, &amp;c.: That, by the late ge- 
neral Wear and Ufe of printed and painted Callicoes and 
Linens, the Petitioners Trade is very much declined, and 
the Petitioners rendered uncapable of carrying on their 
Trade; to the intire Ruin of the poor Families depend- 
ing on them: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, capital Burgefies, 
and chief Inhabitants, of Great Torrington, in the County 
of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Inhabitants of the Town do chiefly de- 
peod on the Woolien Manufactury, which has, of late, 
very much decayed; occafioned by the great Quantities 
of printed and painted Callicoes and Linens imported 
into this Kingdom, to the great Ruin of our Manufec- 
tury; which if not timely prevented, the faid Trade will, 
in a great mealure, be loft, and many Thoufands muft 
inevitably come to Want: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Dyers and Preffers in the City of 
Coventry, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on be- 
half of themfelves, and feveral Hundreds of Families in 
and about the faid City, and Places adjacent, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners Trades have an intire Dependence on the Woollen 
Manufacture; but the Petitioners, through the general 
Decay of their faid Trades, by the exceffive Ufe and 
Wearing of Callicoes, printed and ftained Linens, are 
reduced to fuch miferable and unhappy Circumftances, 
for want of Work, that they are not able to fupport them- 
felves, and Families; the fatal Confequences of which will 
undoubtedly prove, in the End, not only the Ruin of the 
Petitioners, and their Families, but alfo of many Thow- 
fands of others: And praying, That the Wearing of 
Callicoes, and printed Linens, may be fuppreffed. 

Ordered, ‘I hat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants trading in the Woollen 
Manvfactury within the Corporation of Hertford, in the 
County of Hertford, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are Dealers in 
Wool and Yarn, for the Making of Worfted Stuffs, and 
other Woollen Manufactures, whereby many Thoufands 
of poor Families are employed and maintained; but, by 
the now general Ufe and Wear of printed, painted, and 
flaincd, Callicozs and Linens, the faid Trade is decayed; 
and the poor Spinners, and other Workmens, Employ- 
ment very much lefened and reduced; by reafon whereof, 
their Families are become excefiively burthenfome: And 
Draying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 


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the Peticion of rhe Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 


men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
rhiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 





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the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Portreeve and Burgeffes of the Bo- 
rough of Chard, in the County of Somerfet; and alfo of 
the Clothiers, Drugget-makers, Serge-makers, and other 
principal Inhabitants, of the faid Borough, was prelented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Phat the Making 
of Cloth, Serges, €c. hath been the principal Trade and 
Manufaéture of this Borough; and a Multitude of Fami- 
lies ufually were employed therein, and the Poor thereby 
comfortably fubfifted; but now, through the general 


. Wear of Eaft India Goods, and of printed and painted 


Callicoes and Linens, the Trade, and Woollen Manu- 
facture, in thefe Parts, is, in a great meafure, funk and 
loft, many Traders undone, and the Poor are now become 
extremely burthenfome: And praying to be relieved. 
Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the ircorporate Company of 


Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petitian of the Weavers, Walkers, Combers, Scri- 
blers, Sc. of Bedminfier, Kainfham, and Pensford, and 
Chew-magna, in the County ot Somerfet, was prefenied 
to the Houie, and read; fetting forth, That the Petition- 
ers formerly maintained themleives and Families by make- 
ing Cantaloons, Druggets, Lamy’s, &amp;c.; but, as the 
Wearing of painted Linen, and Cailicoes, hive come into 
equal Ufe, their Employment has decreafed; in‘omech 
that the faid Manufacture is almott loft; and reduced 
many of them to the utmoft Extremicy, for want of 
Employment to maintain themfelves and Families: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
mcn, and belonging to the incorporate Company ot Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants of London, in behalf cf 
themfelves, and the reft of the Merchants of Great Biz- 
tain trading to and from Jtaly, Naples, and Sicily, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Trade to Jtaly, &amp;c. confilts in exporting thither great 
Quantities of our Woollen Manufactures, Fifth, Lead, 
Tin, and other Commodities; and, in Return, import 
hither raw and thrown Silk; whereby many Thoufands 
of our own Poor are maintained; but the faid Trade is 
much difcouraged, and in Danger of being loft, by the 
fraudulent Importation of foreign wrought Silks, and 
more efpecially by the general Wear and Ufe of printed, 
painted, and ftained, Callicoes and Linen: And pray- 
ing to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafters and Wardens of the Com- 
pany of Worfted Weavers in the Borough of Warwick, 
in the County of Warwick, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Wearing of Callicoes, 
printed and ftained Linen, is very prejudicial to the Wool- 
ken Manufacture of this Kingdom in general; and that it 
hath fo reduced the Worfted Trade thereof, that many 
Thoufands of poor People are ready to ftarve: And 
praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefler, is referred. 

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A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Coventry, was’ prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the faid City chiefly de- 
pends upon the Woollen Manufacture ; which of late is 
‘much decayed, by reafon of the fo general Ufe and Wear- 
ing of ftained and printed Callicoes and Linens: That 
great Numbers of People who ufed, and were employed 
in, the faid Bufinels, within this City, and Parts adjacent, 
are, for want of Work, reduced to a very low and mi- 
ferable Condition, and uncapable to fupport themfelves, 
and Families: And praying Relief. e 
Ordered, That the Cenfideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is reterred. 


A Petition of the chief Magiftrates of the Town of 
Dundee, in the behalf of themfelves, and the Inhabitants 
of the faid Town, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That they being informed, That the Wool- 
Jen and Silk Manutaéturers have petitioned againft the Ute- 
ing and Wearing of printed, painted, and ftained, Linen, 
in general, without excepting thofe of the Britifo Manu- 
faéture: That the Linen Manufacture is the only one left 
in Scotland, and is wholly the Product of their own Peo- 
pic’s Induftry: That thereby not only the Poor chiefly fub- 
iift, but their Lands are improved, their Rents peid, and 
their Shipping employed; fo that if the Petitions of the 
Woollen and Silk Manufaéturers be granted, without an 
excepting Claufe for Britis Linen, the Trade and People 
of that Country mutt, contrary to the Defign of the Union, 
be greatly diminifhed; and many Thoulands of Poor will 
be reduced, and ftarve: And praying, That an except- 
ing Claufe may be inlerted for Brio Linen, in any Bill 
that fhall pafs on this Head. sr 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Owners, Proprietors, 
and Occupiers, of Lands, Meadows, Mills, Se. lying 
upon, or adjoining to, the River Orwel/, running trom 
Stowmarket to Ipfwich, in the County of Suffolk, was 
preiented to the Houie, and read; fetting forth, That 
fome of the principal Inhabitants of Stowmarket have peti- 
tioned, that the faid Town being very much impoverifh- 
ed, for want of a Trade to the faid Town, and chat their 
Poor are grown very numerous, infonuch that they are 
not able to fupport the faid Charge; and have defired 
Leave, that a Bill may be brought in, to make the River 
Oreell, leading from Stowmarket to Ipfwich, in the faid 
County, navigable; pretending that whatever Damage 
the Proprietors againft the faid River fhall or may fuftain, 
by the making of the faid River navigable, they will rea- 
dily make Reftitution tor: That the making the faid River 
navigable will be an irreparable Injury to che Petitioners, 
from the Undertakers Fifhing of the River, Feedings of 
the Meadows with their Haiing Horfes, flooding the Mea- 
dows, by the fopping the Waters for their Purpofe, and 
intirely depriving the Millers of the Advantages of the 
faid Waters; whereby they will be incapacitated to pay 
their Renis: Coming over the faid Lands at all times of 
the Year, flooding the faid Meadows at the very time of 
Hay Harvett, muft inevitably be the Ruin of them: 
That they do delign, for the Mitigation ot the Charge of 
the Undertakers of the faid Rivers, to get a Commiffion 
o1 Sewers, to oblige the Proprietors againft the faid River 
to clear their refpective Parts; fo that the faid River, in 
all Probability, will be made navigable at the Charge of 
the Proprietors: And praying, That an intire Stop may 
be put to any further Proceeding of the abovelaid Stow 
Petitioners, in relation to the faid River. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 


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A. 1719. 


chief Inhabitants of the Town of Stowmarket, in the 
County of Suffolk, and of feveral of the Jultices of the 


Peace, Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Freeholders, uf the 
faid County, is referred. 


A Petition of the Bailiff, Burgeffes, and Freemen, of the 
Corporation of [p/wich, in Common Council affembled, 
under their Common Seal, was prefented. to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That whereas there is a Petition 
prefented, that Leave might be given to bring in a Bill 
for making the River Orwell navigable from Jp/wich to 
Stowmarket, in the County of Suffolk that in cafe any 
fuch Bill fhould pafs, it would be very much to the Da- 
mage of this Corporation; for that the Importation and 
Exportation of Goods and Merchandizes, which have 
hitherto been at [p/wich, will, ina great meafure, be car- 
ried to Stowmarket; whereby the Trade and Markets of 
Ipfwich will be inevitably reduced and impaired, if not 
totally loft and ruined, in cafe the faid River be made navi- 
gable to Stowmarket: And praying, That the Bill for 
making the faid River navigable to Stowmarket may not 

afs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom tl:e Petition of the 
chief Inhabitants of the Town of Stcwmarket, in the County 
of Suffolk, and of feveral of the Juftices of the Peace, 
Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Freeholders, of the faid 
County, is referred. 


A Petition of the Portmen, Gentlemen, Merchants, 
Mariners, free Burgefles, and other Inhabitants, of the 
Town and Borough of Jp/wich, in the County of Suffolk, 
whofe Hands are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houte, and read; fetting forth, That, whereas there 
is a Petition of divers Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others, 
in the faid County, for bringing in a Bill to make the 
River Orwell navigable, which runneth from the Town 
of Stowmarket to the Town and Port of Ip/wich, in the 
faid County, being about Sixteen Miles by Water; that 
it will be a great Advantage to the Town of Ip/wich in 
general, and to the Increafe of the faid Trade, and Navi- 
gation thereof: And praying, That the faid Bill may 

afs. 
. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
chief Inhabitants of the Town of Stowmarket, in the Coun- 
ty of Suffo:k, and of feveral of the Juftices of the Peace, 
Gentlemen, Tradefinen, and Freeholders, of the faid 
County, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the City 
of Briftol to the Kingdom ot Ireland was prefented to 
the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, 
for fome Months paft, have been greatly obftru@ed and 
prejudiced in their Trade to Ireland; occafioned by the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, and the Officers under 
them, in this Port; who, under Pretence of an AG, made 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act againft 
clandeitine Running of uncuftomed Goods, ¢. have de- 
nied them the full Debenture for Goods exported thither, 
and landed there; although they have produced Ceitifi- 
cates, that faid Goods have there been really landed, and 
the Duty paid; for they pretend, that no more Drawback 
be allowed than what the Certificate from thence does ex- 
prefs; whereas all weighable Goods, as Fobacco, Sugar, 
Hops, &amp;c. do wafle and decreafe confiderably in Weight, 
and liable to many Accidents; which, if fuch Lofs thould 
be borne by the Exporter, will be an apparent Prejudice to 
Trade; and they infift, that no Debenture- be made out 
till Return of the Ji/h Certificate; which will farther im- 
pede Trade: And praying to be relieved, 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter of Fact; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr Earl, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Lewsher, Me. Felfop, Sir 


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Tho. Croffe, Sir Richard Fowler, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Sir 
Wm. Daines, Mr. Smith, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Cunningham, 
Mr. Svephens, Sir fames Campbell, Mr. Clark, Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. London, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hey/fbam, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Wal- 
lop, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Plumer; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Sea Ports; and the Merchants of 
the Houfe: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers; and Records. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do hear the Commiffioners of the 
Cuftoms before they make their Report. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to direct, 
That all Papers and Reprefentations which have been laid 
before the Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, by 
Merchants, Weavers, and all other Perfons, relating to 
printed Callicoes and Linens, fince Michaelmas lalt, may 
be laid before this Houfe. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to direct, That 
a Copy of the Petition of the Weavers Company, London, 
which was prefented to the Lords Juftices, in his Majefty’s 
Abfence, and by them referred to the Commiffioners for 
‘Trade and Plantations; and alfo a Copy of their Report, 
if they have made any thereupon to his Majefty; may be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefies be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe-as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Deficiency of the 
Duties on Mait, &amp;c. granted Anno 1718, be referred to 
the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Deficiency of the 
Duty on Hops, granted Anno 1711, be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of feveral Surplufes, ftated 
at Michaelmas 1719, be referred to the Confideration of 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge for Tranfport 
Service, for the Year 1719, be referred to the Confidera- 
tion of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Out 
Penfioners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1720, be 
referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of feveral extraordinary 
Expences, for the Service of his Majefty’s Land Forces, 
for the Year 1719, not provided for by Parliament, be 
referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had di- 
rected him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houle, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majelty. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Commitiee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a Land Tax, to be 

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raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1720, 
was committed, the Amendments they had ‘made there- 
unto, and which they had dire&amp;ted him to rezort to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were once read; and feveral of 
them were read a Second time; and, upon the Quettion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Re- 
port be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 15° die Decembris; 
| Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


PrRancs Vanhemert, John Vanhemert; Samuel Gampert, 
and Gerrard Van Neck, took the Oaths appointed, in 
order to their Naturalization, 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Treafury, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, Copies 
of the Reprefentations that have been laid before the 
Lords of the Treafury, by the Commiffioners of the Cuf- 
toms, or others, from Cérifimas 1718, relating to the 
Running of Wool out of this Kingdom, and the Import- 
ing of French and other prohibited Goods into Great Bri- 
tain, during that time; together with the Papers and In- 
formations relating thereunto; together with a Lift of 
them : . 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Lift was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Reprefentations, Papers, and 
Informations, do lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the 
Members of the Houie. 

The faid Reprefentations, Papers, and Informations, are 

bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 


A Petition of the Manufacturers of Woollen Goods 
in and about the Town of Wokefeild, in the County of 
York, was preiented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Woollen Manufacture, in which are em- 
ployed many Hundreds of Poor, lies under fuch Difcou- 
ragements by the general Wear of Eaf India Goods, 
printed Callicoes and Linens, as muft neceffarily fink and 
ruin it, together with the many Families now fubfifted 
by it, unlets fome effectual Remedy be fpeedily applied : 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
Town Clerk, of the Corporation and Borough of Wilton, 
in the County of Wilts, on behalf of feveral Hundreds of 
Spinners, Weavers, and others, Inhabitants of and within 
the Borough aforefaid, bred up in the Woollen Manu- 
factory Bufinefs, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That they are now under very neceflitous 
Calamities, and likely to perifh for want of Employment, 
occafioned by the general Wear of painted and printed 
Linen in Great Britain, as alfo by great Numbers of 
Perfons called Smugglers, making it their Bufinefs to 
tranfport great Quantities of Wool into foreign Countries, 
and importing great Quantities of Haft India Goods, and 
Callicoes, without paying Duty for the fame: And pray- 
ing to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 


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the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Mercers, and Drapers, 
of Gainfborough, in the County of Lincoln, with others 
‘of the Inhabitants, was pretented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, by an AG, paffed in 1700, in 
favour of the Woollen Manutactury, they found the Bene- 
fit of it for Six or Seven Years after; but fince hath very 
fenfibly declined, by the general Ufe or Wearing of 
printed and painted Callicoes and Linens: And praying, 
‘That the Wearing of Callicoes may be prohibited. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Commonalty, 
‘of the City of Brifol, in Common Council affembled, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners being deeply affeéted with the general 
Decay of the Woollen and Stuff Manufacture in and about 
this City, occafioned by the general Ule of printed and 
ftained Callicoes‘and Linens; and the Worfted Stuff Ma- 
nufacturers are, for want of Employment, become poor 
and burtheniome, and prevented arriving to that Perfec- 
tion with their Stuffs, which fome Years fince they were 
in a fair Profpel of: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and 
ethers, Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate 
Company of Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is re- 
ferred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Traders, Serge-makers, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Town of Wellington, in the 
County of Somerfet, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the principal Bufinels of the 
faid Town is the Woollen Manufacture; whereby great 
Numbers of poor People found a comfortable Subfiftence ; 
but the faid Trade is failed, and thereby the State of the 
Poor rendered calaminous and deplorable, occafioned by 
the general Ufe of Callicoes, and printed Linens: And 
praying, That the Wearing of Callicoes, and printed 
4uinens, may be prevented. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefler, is referred. 


A Petition of the Woolcombers, and Traders in Wool, 
within the County of Norfolk, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and reads fetting forth, That the Petitioners, for many 
Years paft, have been employed in Manufacturing of 
Wool and Yarn; by which the Poor of this County, as 
well as of others, have been generally employed, and fub- 
filted: That, by the general Ufing of printed Callicoes 
and Linens, their Trade is under the greateft Difcourage- 
ment, and fo very much declined, that the Wages of the 
Poor are not only reduced, but a great many of them are 
already out of Employment, and thereby forced to be 
chargeable to their refpective Parifhes; and, unlefs by fome 
fpeedy Relief, many of the Petitioners will be obliged to 
defift from going on with their Bufinefs; and leaving great 
Numbers of poor Familics wholly deftitute of Subfiltence: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘hat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred, 


A Petition of the principal Inhabitants and Tradef- 


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A. 1719 


men in the Town of Wymondham, in the County of Nor- 
Solk, on behalf of themfelves, and many Thouitands de- 
pending en them, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
fetting torch, That a confiderable Trade in the Woollen 
Manufacture hath been carried on for many Years in this 
Town; whereby they have fupported themfelves, and Fa- 
milies, and employed feveral Thoufands of poor People: 
That the faid Trade has been declining, and the Labour 
of the Poor very much reduced; which Decay of their 
Trade they conceive is owing to the general Ufe and 
Wearing of printed and painted Callicoes and Linens; and, 
unlefs {ome fpeedy Remedy be applied, they will not be 
capable to fupport themfelves, nor find Employment or 
Maintenance for the Poor, who daily increafe upon 
them: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, Vhat the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free« 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, and Af- 
fiftants, of the Borough Town and Parith of Tiverton, 
in the County of Devon; and alfo of the Merchants, Clo- 
thiers, Drugget-makers, Serge-makers, Fullers, Dyers, 
and other the principal Inhabitants of the faid Borough 
Town and Parifh; was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Woollen Manufacture Trade 
having, for divers Years paft, been declining more and 
more, by reafon of the great Quantities of Wool ex- 
ported from Great Britain and Ireland to France; and the 
poor Labourers being at this time reduced to very great 
Mifery, and the Trade in Danger of being utterly de- 
ftroyed, by the Continuance of the faid Exportation, and 
the univerfal Wear of Eaf India Goods, printed, painted, 
and ftained, Callicoes and Linens: And praying to be 
felieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Cio- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of divers Inhabitants of the City of York 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That, about Twelve Years ago, certain Perfons in this 
City raifed a Fund to employ the Poor in a Manufaéture 
of Worfted Stuffs, and Stuffs mixed with Silk; and ac- 
cordingly fet to work great Numbers in fpinning and 
weaving; but the Undertakers were fo difcouraged by the 
flow Confumption of their Goods, occafioned by the ge- 
neral Wear of printed Callicoes and Linens, that their 
good Defign was fruftrated; by reafon whereof the Poor 
have increafed, and become more chargeable to the City: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to-the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Lord Provoft, Magiftrates, and Coun- 
cil, of the City of Edinburgh, for themfelves, and in 
Name and Behalf of many Thoufands employed in the 
Manufacture of Linen Cloth, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Manufacture of Linen 
Cloth is fo common all over Scotland, that, in feveral of 
the largeft Counties, there are as many Manufacturies of 
it as there are private Families; the poor People fubfift- 
ing by their Labour of manufacturing Flax into Linen 
Cloth: That, for the Improvement of Flax, and En- 
couragement of Manufacturing thereof, many Aéts of 
Parliament of Scotland were made for taking off all Taxes 
upon Linteed, when imported; and on J.inen Cloth, when 
exported: That, by the Treaty of Union, they were in 
Hopes that all the Linen Cloth made in Scotland, and not 
coniumed in it, might find Vent in England; and there- 

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fore did reftrain and forbid the Ufe of Linen. to buty in; 
and that Woollen Cloth fhould only be ufed; That the 
Manufacturers of Linens have, by dear-bought Experience, 
felt how much the Duty of Three Pence per Ell on 
ftamped Linen affects them, feeing the principal Ufe made 
of their Linen, when carried to England, has been to 
ftamp and print it: That the Petitioners firmly hope and 
believe, that Relief will be found to fuch as are concerned 
in the Weollen Manufactures, otherwife than by hurting 
the Manufacture of Linen Cloth in Scotland, or lopping 
off the prefent Vent of Englifb Woollen Cloth in Scotland, 
which may be faid to be the only Cioth now in Ufe among 
them: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, ‘\ hat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to-the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Provoft, Magiftrates; and Town 
Council of the Burgh of Perth in North Britain, and 
others of the faid Burgh, Traders in Linen, for themfelves, 
and in Name of the reft of the Inhabitants thereof, and 
many Thoufand others of the Neighbourhood, concerned 
in Making of, and Trading in, the faid Cloth, was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That they 
being informed, that feveral Petitions have been prefented, 
praying, That the Wearing of Callicoes, and ftamped 
or ftained Linen Cloth, may be prohibited ,; That the only 
Manufacture whereby they are enabled to fubfift, is the 
Linen Manufacture, of the coarfer Sort: That Flax is a 
very confiderable Part of the Produce of this Country : 
That a very great Part of the Demand for Flax, and Linen 
Cloth, arifes from the ftamped and ftained Linen: That 
they have already found the high Duty on ftamped and 
ftained Linen a very great Difcouragement to the Im- 
provement of the Linen Manufacture: That they are will- 
ing to agree to the Prohibition of Callicoes; but Flax 
being a national Produce,and Linen a home Manufacture; 
and the fame Reafons which are ufed for the Encourage- 
ment of Woollen Manufactures, are binding for prevent- 
ing any Difcouragement to the Linen: And praying to 
be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred, 


Mr. Hampden prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to explain and amend an A@, paffed the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for making 
more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and 
amending the Highways of this Kingdom: And the fame 
was received. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported fromm the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refo- 
lutions they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are 
as follows ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred twenty thoufand 
Pounds, fort principal Monies remaining unfatisfied on 
the Regifter, for the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, which were granted for the Service of the Year 
1718, and fo much as fhall remain due for the Intereft 
thereof, be granted.to his Majefty, for Satisfaction of the 
faid Principal, and Intereft. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Eight thoufand Five hundred 
Ninety Pounds Sixteen Shillings Eight Pence Halfpeny, 
for principal Monies remainjng untatisfied on the Kegif- 
ter, for the Duties on Hops, granted im the Year 1711, 


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and fo much as fhall remain due for the Intereft thereof; 
be granted to his Majefty, for Satisfaction of the faid 
Principal, and Intereft. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty-eight thoufand Eight 
hundred Forty-nine Pounds Three Shillings a Peny and 
One-fifth Part of a Peny, be granted to his Majefty, for 
making good the Deficiency of the General Fund of Se- 
ven hundred twenty-four thoufand Kight hundred Forty- 
nine Pounds Six Shillings and Ten Pence and One-fifth 
Part of a Peny per dunum, for the Year ended at Mi- 
chaelmas 1719. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty thoufand Five hun- 
dred and Thirty Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Ten Pence, 
be granted to his Majefty, for the extraordinary Charge 
of the Tranfport Services, for the Year 1719, not pro- 
vided for by Parliament. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum not exceeding Sixteen thoufand Three hun- 
dred Thirty-one Pounds ‘Yen Shillings; be granted to his 
Majefty, upon Account, for Out Penfioners of Chel/ea 
Hofpital, for the Year 1720. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That at Sum, not exceeding Ninety-nine thoufand Seven 
hundred Sixty-eight Pounds Two Shillings One Peny 
Halfpeny, be granted to his Majefty, for defraying feveral 
extraordinary Expences for the Service of his Majefty’s 
Land Forces, for the Year 1719, not provided for by 
Parliament. . 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second time, 
were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houle. ' 


The Houfe, according to Order, refumed the ad- 
journed Confideration of the Report from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, tor the Service 
of the Year 1720, was committed. 

And the reft of the Amendments, made by the Com- 
mittee, were feverally read a Second time; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, agteed unto by the 
Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill; That no 
Receiver General of any of the Taxes by the Act grant- 
ed, or his Agents or Servants, carrying any Monies to 
be received on Account of Taxes, fhall maintain any 
Aétion againft any Hundred, on Account of his or their 
being robbed, on the King’s Highway, of any of the 
faid Money, unlefs the Perions, fo carrying fuch Money 
fhall, at the time of fuch Robbery; be in Company to- 
gether, to atteft the Truth of the Robbery : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks ; 
which were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part of the 

ill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for adding and impowering new Commiflioners to put 
this Act 1n Execution, together with fuch other Com- 
miffioners as were before appointed : 

And the fame was twice read, with a Blank; which 
was filled up with che Lifts of the new Commiffioners 
Names : 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houle, That their 
Addrefies of Yefterday, That the Papers; Reprefentation, 
and Copy of the Weavers Petitions, and Report there- 
upon, and ether Papers in the faid Addrefies mentioned, 
might be laid before this Houfe, have been prefented to 
his Majefty: And that his Majefty hath been pleafed 

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to give Directions to the proper Officers to lay the faid 
Papers before the Houle. 


The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfe'f into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the Mat- 
ter of the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed in the feveral 
Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo in the behalf of 
many Hundred thoufands of poor diftreffed Families be- 
longing to the Woollen Manufacture of Great Britain, 
and allo of the feveral other Petitions referred to the iaid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cartaret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cartaret reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Matters to them referred; 
and had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Hovfe will, upon Téurfday the 
Fourteenth Day of Zanuary next, refolve itfeli sco a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
Matters of the faid Petitions. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 16° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Clothiers, Saymakers, Kembers, and 

Weavers, of the ancient Borough of Sudéury, in 
the County of Suffolk, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are confiderable 
Dealers in the Woollen Manufactures, as in Says, Stuffs, 
and other Goods; by which they havé always employed 
great Numbers of poor Families, who mutt otherwife be- 
come chargeable to their refpective Parifhes: That the 
faid Says are generally fold to Ltalian Merchants, who ex- 
port the fame to Italy; from whence they return great 
Quantities of raw Silk, which is manufactured in feveral 
Parts of England; but, by the general Wearing of printed 
and painted Callicoes and Linens, the Confumption of the 
faid Returns of raw Silk is much abated, and the F.xpor- 
tation of the aforefaid Manufacture very much leffened ; 
which have laid the Petitioners under very great Difcou- 
ragements: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Coniideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Burgeffes, and others 
‘the Inhabitants, of the Borough of, and Parith of, Soutb- 
Molton, in the County of Devon, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the chief and moft 
principal Support of the greateft Part of the Inhabitants 
of this Borough depends on the Woollen Trade, wherein 
many Hundreds- of the Poor have formerly been em- 
ployed; bur, of late Years, the Woollen Trade is gone fo 
much to Decay, that feveral of the Traders therein have 
been intirely ruined, and great Numbers of others are 
likely co fuffér the like, if not fpeedily remedied, by put- 
ting a Reftraint to the Wearing of Callicoes, and printed 
Linens; and of the clandeftine Running of Wool, efpe- 
‘cially from Jre/and, to foreign Parts: And praying to be 
relieved. 
Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 


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men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceftr, is referred. 


A Petition of the incorporate Companies of Mercers, — 


Sheermen, Dyers, and Stuff Weavers, in the ancient Bo- 
rough of Kirkby Kendall, in the County of Weftmoreland, 
on behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands of poor 
People employed in Spinning of Woollen Yarn in divers 
Towns adjacent, was prefented to the Houle, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners have, for many Years 
exerciled their faid refpective Trades; and have main. 
tained themielves and Families; and, by the Ufe of their 
Manufactures, have formerly been capable of keepin 
up the price of Wool; but the Demand for the faid Ma- 
facture is very much abated and leffened of late Years 
to the Impoverifhment of many Thoufands, by the Ex. 
portation of Wool; and alfo by the Ufe of Paper Hang- 
ings, and Callicoes: And praying to be relieved. = 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcejter, is referred. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Juftices of the Peace 
Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the County of Hertford, 
and the feveral Coachmen, Waggoners, and other fub- 
{cribing Perfons, ufing and travelling the Roads between 
Stephenidge and Biggle/wade, in the faid County, and County 
ot Bedford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Roads from Stephemidge to Bigglefwade, in 
the faid Counties, are become fo very ruinous and deep 
that, in the Winter Seafon, they are'almoft impaffable ; 
and are dangerous to all Perfons, Coaches, Horfes coh 
Cattle, travelling through the fame: That the feveral 
Parifhioners have ufed their Endeavours, in the Summer- 
Seafons, to repair and amenc’ the faid Roads; but, for 
want of fufficient Gravel, and other Conveniences lying 
near thereto, are not able of themfelves to effeét the fame 
in refpect of the great Charge required to fetch fuch Gra. 


-vel and Conveniences, and the Quantities neceflary for 


that Purpofe, without Affiftance: And praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for a Turnpike or 
Turnpikes to be made, for the better repairing and amend- 
ing the faid Roads. And alfo, 7 
A Petition of the High Sheriff, Juftices of the Peace 
Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the County of Bedford, 
and tie feveral Coachmen, Waggoners, and other fub- 
fcribing Perfons, ufing and travelling the Roads between 
Stevenidge and Biggle/wade, in the faid County, and County 
of Hertford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, that the Roads leading from Stevenidge to 
Biggle/wade, in the faid Counties, are become fo very 
ruinous and deep, that, in the Winter Seafon, they are 
almoft impaffable; and are dangerous to all Perfons 
Coaches, Horfes, and Cattle, travelling through the fame: 
That the feveral Parifhioners have ufed their Indeavours, 
inthe Summer Seafons, to repair and amend the faid Roads; 
but, for want of fufficient Gravel and ‘other Conveniences 
lying near thereto, are not able of themfelves to effect 
the fame, in refpect of the great Charge required to fetch 
fuch Gravel and Conveniences, and the Quantities necef- 
fary for that Purpofe, without Affiftance : And praying. 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for a Turn- 
pike of Turnpikes to be made, for the better repairing 
and amending the faid Roads. C 
Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petitions be 
vernon = ap 908 : And that they do examine the 
atter of Faét; and report th it fhe 
ee p e fame, as it fhall appear to 
And it is referred to Mr. Freman, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Wylde, Mr. 
Treby, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Lowther, Mr. 
Neville, Sir Hen. Hoghton, Mr. Cater, Mr. Hampden 
Mr. London, Sir Wilfred Lawfon,. Mr. Brodrick, Mr. 
Cholmley, Mr, Yorke, Sir Fujtinian loam, Sir Cha, Turner, 
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Mr. Thompfon, Sir Wm. Lowther, Mt. Wilfon, Sir Ed- 
ward Stradling, Mr. Smith, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Heron, 
Sir Robert Davers, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Calmady, Mr. 
Wefipbaling, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Earl, Sir 
Richard Howe, Mr. Butler, Mr. Rolt, Sir Wm. Monfon; 
Mr. Knight, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Herne; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Hertford, Bed- 
ford, Northampton, Huntingdon, Lincoln, and York 2 And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records; 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners of Excife attended at the Door 4 
_ They were called in;: and, at the Bar, prefented to thé 
Hovwfe, an Account of the yearly Duties paid for printed 


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Callicoes, from the 20th Fuly 1712, when the Duty 
commenced, to 24th Fune 1719; diftinguifhing eachYear, 
and the different Duties: As alfo, an Account of printed 
Callicoes exported yearly, within the fame time; diftin- 
guifhing each Year, ahd what the Drawbacks amount to 
yearly: And alfo, : | 

AnAccount of they early Ditties paid for printed Linens, 
from 20th Fuly 1712, when the faid Dut ycommenced, to 
24th Fune 1719; diftinguifhing each Year, and the diffe- 
rent Duties: As alfo, an Account of printed Linens 
exported yearly, within the fame time; diftinguifh- 
ing each Year, and what the Drawbaks amount to 
yeatly. 

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Ordered, That the faid Accoun:s de lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill to explain and amend an Act, 
pafied the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for 
making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repair- 
ing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, be 
read the Firft time To-morrow Morning. 


Mr. White prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for making the River Idle navigable from Eaf 
Retford, in the County of Nottingham, to Bawtry Wharf, 
in the County of York: And the fame was received. 


A Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters; 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

_ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
direGted by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 17° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Bo- 
rough of Moretonbamftead, in the County of De- 
von; and alfo of the Weavers, Combers, Fullers, and 
others concerned in the Woollen Manufacture there ; was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
this Town, which formerly received its chief Subfiftence 
from the Woollen Manufactures, hath, of late Years, been 
fo fenfibly difappointed, and felt fo great a Decay in 
Trade, that feveral of its Dealers therein have been dif- 
abled to continue their Employments ; occafioned by the 
almoft univerfal Wearing and Ufe of Callicoes, and 
painted Linen, and the Exportation of Wool into foreign 
Countries; which will totally ruin the Trade of the Wool- 
len Manufacture, unlefs feafonably prevented: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of. the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


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the Combing of Wool, Spinning of Worfted Yarn, and 
Weaving of Shalloons, in and about thé Town of Brad. 
ford, in the County of York, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, That, fince the Act of Partia- 
ment made for prohibiting Perfons in England from 
wearing India wrought Silks, Stuffs mixed with Silk, and 
painted Callicoes, the Woollen Manufactures, and more 
efpecially thofe of the Kinds above fpecified, have very 
much increafed, and fome Thoufands of Families have 
been employed, and great Quantities thereof exported 
to our Plantations ; but by the Wearing of painted Cal- 
licoes and Linens, now fo much ufed, and the great 
Quantities of Wool that is tranfported, a great many 
Matters, who formerly employed fome Hundred of Spin- » 
ners apiece, are broke, and the Families they ufed to em- 
ploy are become chargeable to their refpective Parithes: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, hat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo. 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Clothworkers, Weavers, Scriblers, 
Combers, Spinners, and other Workmen employed in the 
Woollen Manufattures, in the Fown of Shepton Mallet, 
and Parts adjacent, in the County of Somer/fet, in the 
Name of themfelves, and fome Thoufands of other poor 
Workmen in the faid Manufacturies, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, and 
Families, by the great Decay of Trade in the feveral 
Sorts of the Woollen Manufacturies they are employed 
in, are reduced to great Poverty, by reafon of the 
Scarcity of Work; feveral Mafters having laid down 
their Trades ; and the poor Workmen muft either ftarve, 
or become an infupportable Burthen to their Parifhes; 
which is owing to the vaft Quantities of printed Callicoes, 
and printed Linens, worn in this Kingdom: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Tradefmen in the Woollen Manu- 
facturies in the Town of Shepton Mallet, in the County 
of Somerfet, in the Name of themfelves, and many others, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners Trades in the Woollen Manvufacturies have 
been for fome time, and ftill are, in a decaying State; 
their Workmen, for want of a full Employ, as formerly, 
are reduced to Poverty; all which is owing to the vatt 
Quantities of printed Caflicoes, printed Linens, and the 
Carrying of our Wool into foreign Parts; which, if not 
timely prevented, will end in the utter Ruin of their 
Trades; and their Workmen muft ftarve, or be main- 
tained by their Parifh: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Clothiers, and Cloth- 
workers, and others, Traders in the Woollen Manufac- 
ture within the Town and Parith of Hailifax, in the 
Welt Riding of the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That all Sorts of Wocl 
manufactured in thofe Parts having been, for Two Years 
Jaft-paft, at very high and exceflive Rates, and rhe De- 
mand of Goods manufactured fo inconfiderable, that many 
Thoutands of Perfons employed in the faid Manufacture 
are now {carce able to maintain themfelves, and Families ; 
occafioned by the Dearnefs of Wool, and the Exporta- 
tion thereof: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of Fobn Rofer Efquire was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That a Marriage is in- 
tended fhortly to be had and folemnized between the 
Petitioner and Aun Reynolds, Daughter of Anthony Rey- 
nolds Efquire; fo as the Petitioner fhall and do change his 
Surname from Rofer to Reynolds: And praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the Petitioner to 
change his Surname from Rofer to Reynolds. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr, 
Solicitor General, Mr. Carteret, and Mr Negus, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Common 
Council, and other principal Inhabitants, of the Borough 
of Plimouth, in the County of Devon, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That Smuggling in 
this Kingdom is now fo univerfal, as to become a na- 
tional Grievance: That thereby great Sums of Money 
are conftantly carried abroad, to purchafe the Products 

_and Manufactures of other Countries, which are fpent 
here inftead of our own: That French Wines and Brandy 
brought in that Way are fold fo cheap, that they very 
much hinder the Confumption of our Malt, by brewing 
and diftilling: That the Smugglers alfo carry off fuch 
great Quantities of Wool, that Thoufands of Poor, bred 
up. in the Woollen Manufactures, are, for want of Em- 
ployment, forced to beg for Subfiftence: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill to explain and amend an A@, paffed the laf 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for making more 
effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and amend- 
ing the Highways of this Kingdom, was, according to 
Order, read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for making the River Idle navigable from Eaf 
Retford, in the County of Nottingham, to Bawtry Wharf, 
in the County of York, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing a Supply granted 
to his Majefty, the Refolution they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; 


Refolved, That it is the Opmion of this Committee, 


That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 
the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, which, 
by former Acts of Parliament, have Continuance to the 
Twenty-fourth Day of Fune 1720, be further continued, 
and charged upon all Male which fhall be made, and all 
Mum which fhall be made or imported, and all Cyder and 
Perry whieh fhall be made for Sale within the Kingdom 
of Great Britain, from the Twenty-third Day of June 
1720, to the Twenty-fourth Day of June 1721. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time;, 

Refolved, That the Houfe do agree with the Commit- 
tee in the faid Refolution, That, towards raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty, the Duties on Mait, Mum, 
Cyder, and Perry, which,. by former Aéts of Parliament, 
have Continuance to the Twenty-fourth Day of une 
1720, be further continued, and eharged upon all Malt 
which fhall be made, and all Mum which fhall be made 
or imported, and all Cyder and Perry which thall be 


made for Sale, within the King@gm of Great Britain, 
Vou. XIX. 


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from the Twenty-third Day of Fuse 1720, to the Twenty- 
fourth Day of Fune 1721. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Soli- 
citor General, Mr. Lowndes, and Mr. Charles Stanhope, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting to his Majefty an Aid; 
by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the 
Service of the Year 1720, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

_ Prefs 16. L. 22. After ‘* behalf,” infert “* and fuch 
** other Commiffioners as are hereafter in this ACt named 
“© for this Purpofe :” | 
Prefs 86. L. 39. After ‘* Scotland,” infert ** and fuch 
other Commiffioners as are hereafter in this Act named 
‘© in this behalf :” ’ 

Prefs 94. L. 2. Leave out * faid:” 

L. 4: Leave out ‘** Eighteen,” and infert 
*¢ Seventeen :” . 
Prefs 94. L. 5. Leave out ‘ former,” and infert 
other;” and leave out from ‘* Aéts” to “ were,” 
and infert ‘* referring thereunto:” 
Prefs 95. L. 2. After ‘* Berks,’ infert “ the Right 
honourable Ralph Lord Vifcount Fermanagh, of the 
** Kingdom of Jrefand :” 

L. 13. After ‘ Bucks,” infert “ the Right 
‘* honourable Ralph Lord Viicount Fermanagh, of the 
“© Kingdom of Jreland:” 

Prefs 96. L. 39. After ‘* Pitt,” infert ** Henry Hoare 
© Efquire :” ; 

Prefs 97. Ls 31. After ** Gentlemen,” infert ‘* Cutb- 
© Dert Routh Efquire :” 

Prefs 98. L. 3. After ‘‘ the,” infert “ Right ho- 
“ nourable Ralph Lord Vikcount Fermanagh, of the King- 
** dom of IJreland:” 

L. 20. After ‘* Bertie” infert “ Emanuel 
“ Bradley :” 

L. 21. After ‘* Merchant,” infert ** Thomas 
‘© Parifo Gentleman :” , 

Prefs 103. L. 25. After ** Lucas,” infert * George 
“© Arno'd :” 

Prefs 105. L. 25. After “* Efquire,” infert “* Nicholas 
‘© Wheeler, of Binftead, Gentleman :” 

Prefs 106. L. 28. After ‘* Efquire,” infert “* Henry 
“¢ Peckham, of Chichefter, sy ol 

And the Queftion being feverally put upon the faid 
Amendments, the fame were feverally agreed unto by the 
Houfe : 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill cdo pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting to his Majefty an Aid, by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed m Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year r720. 


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ce 


Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris; 18° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, r719. 


PRAYERS, 
QRaereds That Fobn Griffith Efquire, in Cuftody of the 
Serjeang at Arms attending this Houfe, for negleét- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Bill for naturalizing Samuel Gampert, was read a See 
cond time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lade, 
Sir ¥obn Curzon, Mr. Conyers, Sir Fuflinian Ifham, Sit 
Francis Leicefer, Mr. London, Mr. Harvey, Sir Wm. 
Lowther, Mr. Butler, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Clayton, Sir 
Tho. Palmer, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Sloper, 
Mr. Hampden, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Heyfoam, Sit Richard 
Fowler, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Earle, Mr. Herne, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Gran- 
tham, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Diften, Mr. Plumptree, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Rolt, Sir Samuel Lennard, Sir Hen. Hoghton, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Sir Fobn Trevelyan, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, 
Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pringle, 
Mr. Yennings, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Stanbope: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for naturalizing Gerard Van Neck, was read 4 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for naturalizing Samuel Gampert 
is committed. 


A Bill for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert and Fobn 
Van Hemert, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Com- 
mittee to whom the Bill for naturalizing Samuel Gampert 
is committed. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, 
Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Twenty: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for pu- 
nifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Tredy took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

M:. Treby reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houte will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be recetved To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock 





Sabbati, 19° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 

PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Woolcombers of the Borough and 

Town of Taunton, and Places adjacent, in the 
County of Somerfet, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the wearing Eaft India Goods, 
and printed and painted Callicoes, has been the Bane of 
their Trade in the Weftern Part of the Kingdom; and 
many Thoufands of Families muft unavoidably perifh: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred, 


A Petition of the Portreeve, Bailiff, and Burgeffes, of 
the ancient Borough of Great Bedwin, in the County of 
Wilts, in behalf of themfelves, and feveral Hundreds of 
Poor within their Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Importation of Calli- 
coes, and ftaining them, is a great Deftruction to the 


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Clothing Trade, whereby the Spinners are abated Five 
Shillings in Twenty in their Labour; fo that many Fami- 
lies muft unavoidably come to Poverty: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clos 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cys 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1720, was 
read a Second time. __ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf intoa Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Treby, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters; was committed; 
the Amendments the Committee had made to the Bill; 
and which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingroffed. 


Ordered, That Sir William Blacket Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houle, for neglect- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out 
ot Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


Mr. Solicitor General prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to enable Fobn Rofer Efquire, and 
his Iffue, to change their Surnames from Rofer to Rey- 
nolds: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Burgeffes of the Borough 
of Derby, in the County of Derby, in Common Council 
affembled, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That the making the River Derwent, in the County 
of Derby, navigable, will very much advance the Trade 
and Commerce of all Markets, and other Places near 
the fame, trading in the Staple Commodities of Lead, 
Butter, Cheefe, Malt, Marble, Millftones, Grindftones, 
Iron, Timber, and other Merchandizes (by a cheap and 
eafy Conveyance, much leffening the Rates of Commo- 
dities in the faid County, and Places thereto adjoining, 
which, by the great Charge of Land-carriage, are much 
enhanced), dnd be an Advantage to the Publick in 
general: And praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for making the faid River navigable. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Lord Fames Cavendifb, Mr. Soli- 
citor General, Colonel Stanbope, Mr. Stanbope, Mr. 
Carterett, Sir Robert Rich, Mr. Weftpbaling, Sir Fobn 
Philips, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Wi'loughby, Mr. Wright- 
fon, Mr. Briftow, Mr. Pelbam, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Lade, 
Mr. North, Lord Carbury, Mr. Butler, Mr. Kelfall, Sir 
Philip Parker, Mr. Northey, Mr. Bond, Sir Richard 
Gough, Mr. Freman, Mr. Walpole, Lord Londonderry ; 
and all the Members that ferve tor the Counties of Derby, 
Nottingham, Stafford, and York: And they are to meet 

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this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And they have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 21° die Decembris ; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
QRaered, That Fobn Francis Buller Efquire, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neg- 
lecting to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Tradefmhen, and 
other Inhabitants, of and within the ancient Borough Town 
of Stockton upon Teafe, in the County of Durham, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
notwithftanding the Laws already made to prevent the 
clandeftine Running of Callicoes, great Quantities are 
brought into this Nation; to the great Decay of the 
Woollen Manufactures, as alfo to the great Difcourage- 
ment, and vifible Diminution and Lofs, of all fair Traders 
who deal and trade in the faid Woollen Manufacture ; and, 
if fuch daily Practices be not immediately difcouraged, 
the fame will tend to the Ruin and Decay as well of the 
faid Woollen Manufacture, as to all Perfons trading in 
the fame: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whorn the 
Bill for naturalizing Samuel Gampert, and the Bill for na- 
turalizing Gerrard van Neck, and the Bill for naturalizing 
Francis Van Hemert and Fobn Van Hemert, was coramit- 
ted, That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the faid feveral Bills, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report them to 
the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
them in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill for naturalizing Samuel Gampert 
be ingrofied. 

Ordered, That the Bill for naturalizing Gerrard Van 
Neck be ingrofied. 

Ordered, That the Bill for naturalizing Francis Van 
Hemert and Fobn Van Hemert be ingroffed. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Wool imported 
from Jreland into Great Britain from Chrifimas One thou- 
fand Seven Hundred and Ten to Chrifimas 1719. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Spanifob Wool 
imported into Great Britain from Chriftmas 1710 to Chrift- 
mas 1719. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections to the proper Officer to lay before this Houfe an 
Account of what Fifhing Ships and Sack Ships have been 
employed in the Fifhing off Newfoundland, and the 
Ifland ot Saint Peter’s, and what Number of Men have 
been employed aboard the fame, from Michaelmas 1710 
to Michaelmas 1719; diftinguifhing each Year refpec- 
tively. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houte as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Houfe being moved, That the Act, of the Twelfth 
Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for 


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providing a publick Reward for fuch Perfon of Perfons 
as fhall difcovér the Longitude at Sea, might be read; 

The fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend the faid Aét, fo as to make the fame 
more ufeful for the Improvement of Navigation: And 
that Sir Fobu Jennings, Sir Fohn Norris, Mr. Hampder, 
and Sir Charles Wager, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for panifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion; and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters. 

Ordered, That Mr. Treby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence: 


A Petition of the Mayor; Recorder; Aldermen, Affif- 
tants, and principal Inhabitants, of the Town of Kippon, 
was prefented to the Houte, and read; fetting forth, That 
whereas this Town hath b.en, for many Ages, a Weekly 
Market for the Staple of Wool; have tound a great 
Decay of the faid Trade, for many Years paft, in the 
Sale thereof, as well amongft the Petitioners, as of many 
‘Thoufands whofe Dependence is in the Wovllen Manu- 
facture ; occafioned by the exorbitant Wearing, and clan- 
deftine Running; ot Callicoes, hot Spices, French Brandy, 
and other foreign Goods: And praying to be relieved, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be reterred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefters is referred. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, apon Wednefday the 
Thirteenth Day of January next, refolve itfelt into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe; to confider further of 
the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


The Oder of the Day being read; for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1720; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
transferring to the Regifter, to be kept by this Adt, the 
Principal and Intereft remaining unfatisfied on the Regitter 
for the Malt Act, ended at Midfummer 1719. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of 
Credit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to en- 
able the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury to call in 
fuch Exchequer Bills as are to be cancelled, with fuch 
Monies as are, or fhal] be, ready for that Purpofe. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelt into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveralt Amendmenis 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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208 
Martis, 22° die Decembris; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. &gt; 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 

Addrefs of Yefterday, relating to the Ships em- 
ployed in the Fithing off Newfoundland, had been pre- 
fented to his Majefty : And that his Majefty had been 
pleafed to give Order, That the Account defired by the 
{aid Addreds fhould be laid before this Houfe. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in his Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol for the County of Southampton was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
have, by the inexorable Tempers of their Creditors, been 
put into Gaol; moft Part of them having been there for 
Five or Six Years, having no other Support than the Cha- 
rity of the neighbouring Gentlemen: That the Petitioners 
have feveral times applied themfelves to their Creditors, 
in order'to obtain their Liberty; but nothing would mol- 
lify them, but the Payment of their Debts, which is more 
than they are able to do; and fo muft remain in a ftarve- 
ing Condition in Gaol: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Makers of Druggets in the Town of 
Newbury, and Parts adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, that the Petitioners are confider- 
able Dealers in the Woollen Manufactures; whereby 
many of the Poor are employed, and their Families main- 
tained, which muft otherwife be burthenfome and charge- 
able to their refpective Parifhes: That the Druggets the 
Petitioners deal in are generally exported to Leghorn, or 
other Ports in Jtaly, from whence the chief Return is 
Silk: That, by the general Wear and Ule of printed 
Callicoes and Linens, and prohibited Eaft India Silks, 
the Confumption of Silk is much leffened; which occa- 
fions fo great a Difcouragement to the Exportation of the 
Druggets, fo that the faid Manufactures are in Danger of 
being loft, and the Poor reduced to Beggary, for want of 
Employment: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belgnging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers, in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Clothiers, Serge-makers, Drugget-makers, Dyers, and 
other principal Inhabitants, of the Town and Parifh of 
Cullumpton, in the County of Devon, and Places adja- 
cent, in behalf of themfelves, and feveral Thoufand poor 
Labourers, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Making of Cloth, Serges, Druggets, and 
other Woollen Goods, hath been the principal Trade of 
this Town, and Places adjacent; and many Thoufand 
Families ufually employed therein, and the Poor thereby 
fubfifted ; but now, through the general Wear of Ea/ 
India Goods, printed and painted Callicoes and Linens, 
and the clandeftine Exportation of Wool, the Trade, and 
Woollen Manufacture, in thefe Parts, is, in a great mea- 
fure, funk and loft, many Traders ruined, and the Poor 
are now become extremely burthenfome to their Neigh- 
bours: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, and other the Magiftrates, 
Inhabitants, and Spinfters, in and about the Borough. of 
Clithero, in the County of Lancafter, in behalf of them- 
felves, and others concerned in the Spinning of Worfted 
Yarn, was preiented to the Houle, and read; fetting, 


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A. 1719. 


forth, That, for upwards of Twenty Years laft paft, a 
great many Thoufands of Families inthofe Parts have been 
full employed, and full Wages paid them in the Spinning 
of Worfted Yarn, till within thefe Three or Four laft 
Years, that there have been fo great Quantities of painted 
Callicoes and ftained Linen, worn in England, as allo 
great Quantites of Wool tranfported, the faid Trade of 
Spinning of Wool, and Worfted Yarn, is fo exceedingly 
decayed, that the Mafter Combers cannot employ Half 
the Number of Spinners they ufed to do, and thofe em- 
ployed are forced to abate One-third of their Wages; 
whereby they are reduced to great Poverty, and great 
Numbers of them are become chargeable to their Parithes&gt; 
And praying to be felieved. 

Ordered, Vhat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Weavers, and other Tradefmen, 
on the behalf of themfelves, and fome Thoufands in and 
about the Town of Bernard Cafile in the County of 
Durbam, Makers af Camblets, Tammies, Shalloons, 
Serges, and of all Sorts of Light and Woollen Stuffs 
proper for Women, and Childrens-Gowns and Cloathing, 
and for Curtains, and Hangings of Rooms, and for many 
other Ufes as well for our own People at home, as for 
thofe of our feveral Plantations abroad, as alfo of the 
Combers, and Dealers in combed Wool, and Spinning 
of Woollen and Wortted Yarn, and the Dyers, Dreffers, 
and Preffers, there, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, tome time after the late A&amp; made 
for preventing and prohibiting the Wearing of Callicoes, 
and India Stuffs, lhe Woollen Manufacture did very 
mucii improve and increale ; and fome Hundred of Fa- 
milies, kept and fet on Work in the Combing and Spin- 
ning ot Yarn, got a handiome Living for themfelves, and 
Families; That, by the now extraordinary Ufe of Calli- 
coes, and the great Exportation of Wool, the taid Trade 
is totally dropped and loft; and many Matter Weavers, 
who employed tome Hundreds, are now become incapa- 
ble of purfuing their faid Trades; and thofe employed 
under them are become chargeable to their refpective Pa- 
rifhes: And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, in 
the Parith of Muthell, in the County of Perth, for them- 
felves, and in Name and Behalf of Hundreds more con- 
cerned in making and trading in Linen, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they find, by 
feveral Petitions, craving, That an At may be made for 
prohibiting the wearing or ufing Callicoes, or ftamped or 
itained Linen Cloth, That the only Manufacture whereby 
they are enabled to fubfift, and maintain any Share in Trade, 
or toemploy poor People, is that of making Linen: That 
Flax is a very confiderable Part of the Produce of that Coun- 
try: That great Part of the Demand for Flax, and Linen 
Cloth, arifes from the ftamped and ftained Linen: That they 


_ have already found the high Duty on ftamped and ftained 


Linen a very great Difcouragement to their Linen Ma- 
nufactures: However, if Callicoes which are of a foreign 
Manufacture, and foreign Materials, be difcouraged ; yet 
they had Reafon to expect, from the Articles of the 
Union, all fuitable Encouragesnent, to the Improvement of 
their Linen: That the Confumption of White Linen is 
much leffened by the Importation of Foreign Linen; and 
if the ftamped or ftained Linen fhall be prohibited, the 
Country will be inevitably ruined, and many Thoufands 
of the Poor ftarved: And praying, That the Linen Ma- 
nufacture may be encouraged. 


Ordered, 


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6 Geo. I. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the €on- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others; Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of WYorcefter, is reterred. 


A Petition of Sir William Maffing berd Baronet was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; tetting forth, Thar, at the 
Jaft Election of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Bafon, in the County of Lin- 
coln, in the room of Rickard Wynn Efquire, deceafed, 
the Petitioner, and Richard Ellys Efquire, ftood Candi- 
dates: That, by Bribery, and other unwarrantable, cor- 
rupt, and illegal Practices, the faid Mr. Ellys procured 
himfelf to be returned a Burgefs for the {aid Borough, 
in Prejudice to the Petitioner; notwithitanding the Peti- 
tioner was duly eleéted by a Majority of good Votes, 
and therefore ought to have been returned: And praying 
to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elections: 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and re- 
port the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Houfe. 


A Petition of Cornelius Backer Merchant was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioner is a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Alle- 
giance; but profeffeth the true Proteftant Reiigion, and 
hath given Teitimony ef his dutiful and loyai Affection 
to his Majefty, and the Good of the Kingdom of Great 
Britain: And praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, accord- 
ing to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. Ma- 
fon and Mr. Weflpbaling do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all wrought Silks 
that have been imported from Italy, Holland, and other 
Parts of Europe, trom Michaelmas 1716 to Michaelmas 
1719; diltinguifhing the feveral Quantities each Year. 


Colonel Stazhope reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Mayor and Burgeffes of the 
Borough of Derby, in the County of Derby, in Common 
Council affembled, for making the River Derwent navi- 
gable, was referred, That they had examined the Matter 
thereof; and had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; which he read in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
lows; UZ 

The Committee have, according to the Order of the 

Houle, of the Nineteenth Inftant, taken the faid Pe- 
tition into Confideration; and, upon the Examina- 
tion cf William Parker, James Motteram, Francis 
Cockain, and Richard Gcodwin, do find the Matter 
to be as follows; viz. 

That the making the River Derwent, in the County 
of Derby, navigable, will very much conduce to the Ad- 
vantage of the Markets, and other trading Places, near 
the fame; and to all the Traders in Lead, Cheefe, But- 
ter, Malt, Marble, Millftones, Iron, Timber, and other 
Merchandizes, by leffening the great Charge of Land- 
carriage, and conveying the faid'Commodities at much 
cheaper Rates. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Report be re-committed ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, na- 
vigable: And that Colonel Stanhope, the Lord James Ca- 
vendifb, and the Lord William Powlett, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 

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209 

A Bill for making the River Jile navigable fram Eaf 
Retford, in the County of Nottingham, 10 Bawtry Wharf, 
in the County of York, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, ‘Vhat the Bill be committed to Mr. White, 
Mr. Hampden, Lord Hm Powlett, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. 
Brodrick, Mr. Cholmiey, Mr. Mickle:hwaite, Mr. Norris, 
Mr. Plummer, Mr. Aiflabie, Sic Tho. Fobnfon, Lord James 
Cavendifo, Colonel Stanbope, Mr. Pelbam, Sit Richard 
Grofvenor, Mr. Staubore, Mr. Carterett, Sir kichard 
Fouler, Mr. Mafon, Sir Sam. Lennard, Mr. Builer, Mr. 
Earke, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Dormer, Mr. 
Jennings, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Fremat, Mr. Milner, Mr. 
Brifiow, Mr. Difton, Mr. Herne, Mr. Haifey, Sit Richard 
Goffe, Mr. Ward, Sir Roger Bradfbsigh, Mr. Lewis; 
and all that ferve for the Counties of Novtingham, Linccin, 
and York: And they are to meet this Atternoon at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


a Heljora from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill for granting to his 
Majefty an Aid, by a Land Tax, to be raiied in Great 
Britain, for the Service ot the Year 1720, without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


A Bill to explain and amend an AG, paffed the lat 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A@ for makine moze 
effectual the feveral Acts pafled for repairing and amend- 
ing the Highways of this Kingdom, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hampden 
Sir Samuel Lennard, Sir Iho. Wheate, Mr. White, Mr. 
Wefphaling, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Dockminique, Sir 
Robert Davers, Mr. Guidott, Sir Wm. Sivickland, Mr. 
Rudge, Mr. Hill, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Chulmley, Sit Richard 
Goffe, Mr. Norris, Mr. Dormer, Mr. Jennings, Sir Wm. 
Daines, Mr. Earle, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Brodrick, Lord 
Carpenter, Mr. Wallop, Mr. Pe/bam, Mr. Brifiow, Wir. 
Haljey, Mr. London, Mr. Fenvns: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom tlie Bill for con- 
tinuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry 
for the Service of the Year 1720, was committed, the 
Amendments the Committee had made to the Bill; and 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards dei. 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were once read throughout: 
and then a Secend time, one by one; and, upon the Quel. 
tion feverally put thereupon, ag:eed unto by the Houfe 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in 
grofied, 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- 

fon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to 
the Houfe ot Peers. 

And, being returned; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majetty, in the Houfe ot Peers: Where his Majetty 
had been pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the Bill, 
intituled, An A&amp;t for granting to his Maj-fty an Aid, by 
a Land Tax, to be railed in Great Brisain, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year 1720. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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210 


Mercurii, 23° die Decembris; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 
()Raered, That obn Fowne Efquire, in Cuftody of 
- the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neg~ 
lecting to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Clergy, and 
Freeholders, of the County of Surry, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by an Act 
made in the Fifth Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
it is Enaéted, That after the 29th Day of September 1719, 
that no Waggon travelling for Hire fhall be drawn with 
more than Six Horfes, and no Cart with more than Three 
Horfes, nor the Streak or Tire of the Wheels of the faid 
Waggons or Carts to be under the Breadth of Two Inches 
and an Half when worn; under the Penalties and For- 
feitures in the faid Act mentioned: That the Highways 
in moft Parts of the Petitioners County are fo very bad, 
efpecially in the Winter Seafon, that no Waggon or Cart 
carrying even moderate Burthens can travel the fame, with 
the refpective Number of Horfes with any Expedition, 
or without apparent Danger of deftroying the Horfes by 
which fuch Waggons or Carts are drawn; by means 
whereof, the Trade and Commerce of the faid County 
between the feveral and refpective Market Towns and 
the City of Londen, are in Danger of being very much 
leffened, and ill ferved, and the Price of Carriage very 
much enhanced; to the great Detriment as well of the 
Inhabitants of the faid City of London, and Parts adja- 
cent, as to the Petitioners: And praying Relief. 

ydered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill to explain 
and amend an Aét, pafled the Jaft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Act for making more effectual the feveral 
Aéts pafled for repairing and amending the Highways of 
this Kingdom, is committed. 


A Petition of the Serge-makers, Flannel-makers, Dyers, 
Stuff-makers, Wool-combers, and Weavers, in the Bo- 
rough of Brecon, in South Wales, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That feveral Families as 
well Mafters as Workmen, belonging to and about the 
faid Trades, were maintainedy but, by the Wearing of 
Eajt India Goods, printed Callicoes and Linens, now in 
Fathion, the Petitioners are brought very poor; and 
muft inevitably come to great Poverty and Want, if the 
fame be not {peedily redrefled: And praying to be re- 
heved. 

Ordered, That-the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers, in the City of Worcefler, is referred. 


A Petition of the Serge-makers, Combers, and other 
Workers in the Woollen Manufaéture, within the Town 
and Hundred of Ottery Saint Mary, in the County of Devon, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners, for {ome Years paft, have tound, by fad 
Experience, a very great Decay of the Woollen Trade in 
thefe Parts; fo that great Numbers of Mafters have been 
obliged to quit their Trades, and cthers reduced to Po- 
verty; occafioned by the clandeftine Exportation of Wool, 
and the late univerfal Wearing of printed Callicoes and 
Linens; all which, if not timely prevented, wiil end in 
the utter Ruin of the Woollen Trade, and probably oblige 
the Workmen to go into foreign Parts for a Maintenance: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 





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A. 1719, 


Mr. Ma/on prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for naturalizing Cornelius Backer: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refoived, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon Wednefday 
the Thirteenth Day of Zanuary next. 

Ordered, That fuch Members as fhall not then attend, 
be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe, 


Ordered, That Sir William Lowther Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Coffntry, for Recovery of his Health. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, 
Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 
1720, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1720; and for 
enabling the Lords Commiffioners of his Majefty’s Trea- 
fury to call in fuch Exchequer Bills as are to be cancelled, 
and difcharged with Money appointed for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill to enable Fobu Rofer Efquire, and his Iftue, 
to change their Surnames from Rofer to Reynolds, was 
read a Second time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Churchill, Mr. 
Neville, Mr. Farrer, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Wilfred 
Lawfon Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Comptroller, Colonet 
Negus, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Bond, Mr, 
Lade, Sir Wm. Humphreys, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Earle, 
Sir Wm. Pole, Mr. Yorke, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Chulm- 
ley, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Lew. 
ther, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Wylde, 
Lord Fames Cavendifh, Mr. Stanbope, Mr. Palmer, Sir 
Wm. Robinfon, Mr. Allanfon, Mr. Fordan; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Suffolk and Nor- 
folk: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Fobn Fennings prefented to the Houle, according 
to Order, a Bill to explain and amend an A@, of the 
Twelfth Year of the late Queen, intituled, An A&amp; for 


providing a publick Reward for fuch Perfon or Perfons as - 


fhall difcover the Longitude at Sea; fo as to make the 

faid Act more ufeful for the Improvement of Navigation: 

And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, 


Colonel Stanhope prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for making the River Derwent, in the 
County of Derby, navigable: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft time. , 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


The Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday the Fif- 
teenth Day of Fanuary next, refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jetty. 


And.then the Houfe adjourned till Tuefday the Twelfth 
Day of Fanuary next. 





Martis, 12° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 


QRaered, That the Reverend Doctor Mangey be de- 
fired to preach before this Houfe at Saint Margaret's, 
Weiminfier, the Thirtieth Day of this inftant January: 
And 






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And that Mr. Hungerford and Sir Arthur Kay do acquaint 
him therewith. 


Ordered, That Chriffopher Harris Efquire, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houle, for neglect- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of the Portreeve, Mafter Weavers, Combers, 
Dyers, and others trading in the Woollen Manutactury, 
within the Borough of Afbburton, in the County of Devon, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
Thoufands of People employed by the Inhabitants of the 
faid Borough, depending on the Woollen Manufactury, 
have been able formerly to maintain their Families; but, 
of late, by reafon of the general and almoft univerfal 
Wear of painted Callicoes and Linens, and the clandeftine 
Running of Wool, their faid Trade is in Danger of being 
totally funk; fo that the Poor daily increafe, and nothing 
but Ruin feems to attend their Borough: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefier, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Burgeffes, and capital In- 
habitants, of the Borough Town, Town, and Liberty, 
of Bradsineh, in the County of Devon, and of other the 
‘S'raders and Workers in the Woollen Manufacture there, 
and in Places thereto near adjacent, was prefented to the 
Houte, and read, fetting forth, That the principal Trade 
of the Town, for many Years laft-paft, did, and ftill 
does, depend on the Making of Cloths, Serges, Drug- 
gets, and other Goods made of Wool, whereby many 
Hundred Families have maintained themfelves; but, by 
the general Wearing of Callicoes, Haft India Goods, and 
painted Linens, and the clandeftine Exporting of Wool, 
the faid Trade is quite ruined and reduced, and the Poor 
are become very chargeable to their refpective Parifhes: 
And praying, That the Wearing of Callicoes, and printed 
Linens, may be prohibited. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of /Vorcefler, is referred. 


A Petition of the Woollen Stuff Weavers in and about 
Amblefide, in the County of Weftmorland, on behalf of 
themfelves, and many Thoufands of poor Families em- 
ployed in Spinning of Woollen Yarn in that Town, and 
Places adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 


fetting forth, That the Weavers in the faid Town did, 


for many Years, work up great Quantities of a Sort of 
low-priced Woollen Stuff, fit for Hanging of Rooms, 
Beds, and other Ufes; whereby many Thoulands of poor 
Families were fupported; but the Confumption of the 
faid Manufacture is very much leflened by the great Ule 
of printed, painted, and ftained; Callicoes and Linen: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘hat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Contpany of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Borough and Corporation of Wigan, 
in the County of Lancaffer, and of the Juftices of the 
Peace, and other Inhabitants; and Owners of Lands, 
within the faid County, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands of others, Owners of Lands, and Inhabitants, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the River Douglas, running from the faid Borough, by 
Helketh Bank, into the River Ridle, is capable of being 
made navigable for Boats and Lighters: That along the 


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faid River, and Parts adjacent, are many Coal-pits, and 
Delfs of Stone and Slate, the Carriage of which is very 
chargeable, and, to many, very dangerous; their Road 
being crofs Rible Sands, Two Miles over, covered each 
Tide with Water; and in the Paffage whereof, yearly, 
feveral Perfons, and Goods, are loit: That the Roads, 
being generally deep Clay, are, in Winter, and wet Sea- 
fons, troublefome and expenfive: That, if the faid River 
be made navigable, it will open a Way for feveral Manu- 
factures, advance Trade, and be a Nurfery for Seamen: 
And praying, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making the faid River navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confi- 
deration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Reger Bradhaigh, Mr. Norris, 
Mr. Wilfon, Mr. Wallis, Lord ames Cavendifh, Sir Ar- 
thur Kay, Mr. Cartwright, Colonel Morton, Mr. May- 
nard, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Piumptre, Mr. Cunningham, Sir 
Wilfred Lawfon, Sit Geo: Warrender, Mr. Earle; Mr. 
Leigh, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Whitchcote, Mr. Haldane, Sir 
Richard Howe, Sir Robert Corbett, Sir Mountague Blun- 
dell, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Treby, Mr. Mafon, Sir Wi. 
Robinfon, Sir Charles Hotham, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Jn- 
gram, Sir Ijaac Rebow, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Nor- 
they, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. [Heyfham, Mr. Herne, Mn 
Freman, Mr. Allanfon, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Powlett, Mr. 
Monroe, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Tho. Lee, 
Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Travers, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. 
Pringle, Mr. Conyers, Sir Fobn Trevelyan, Mr. Clayton, 
General Rofé, Mr. Weftpbaling; and all the Members 
that ferve tor the Counties of Lancafter, Chefter, Cum- 
berland, Stafford, York, and Weftmorland: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Mr. Fobn Chetwynd, from the Commiffioners of Trade 
and Plantations, préfented to the Houle, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, the Papers and Reprefentations 
laid before the Commiffioners by Merchants, Weavers, 
and other Perfons, relating to printed Callicoes and 
gi fince Michaelmas lait, with a Lift of them: And 
allo, 

A Copy of the Petition of the Weavers Company, 
London, prefented to the Lords Juttices in his Majeity’s 
Abfence, and by them referred to the {aid Commiffioners: 
And alfo, 

A Copy of their Report: And alfo, 

An Account of the Fifhery at Newfoundland, from the 
Year 1710 to the Year 471g, inclufive. 

ba faid Lift, and Title of the faid Account, were 
read. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Papers, Reprefentations, and 
Account, do lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the 
Menibers of the Houfe. 

The faid Papers, Reprefentations, and Account, are 

bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That Gray Fames Grove Efquire, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neg- 
lecting to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of James Waddall, common Waggoner or 
Carrier to and from Nottinghamfhire to London, in behalf 
of himfelf, and feveral other common Waggoners and 
Carriers to and from the faid County, and the Counties of 
Derby and Leicefter, to the City of London, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That all common 
Waggoners are reftrained from drawing with more than 
Six Horfes, and Carters with more than Three; and re- 
{trained from travelling with Wheels having the Streaks, 
or Tire, of a lefs Breadth than Two Inches and a Half 
when worn: That the Petitioner, though this Winter has 
yet been favourable as to the Roads, yet finds it impof- 

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fible to drive through feveral deep and hilly Parts, that 
are above Filty Miles diitant ; unlels permitted to add a 
Seventh Horie to a Waggon, and a Fourth Horfe to a 
Cart, in fuch hilly and deep Roads, muft be forced to 
give over his Employ, or carry fuch fmall Loads as that 
he cannot afford to carry them under double Prices; That 
the Claufe, in relation to the Streaks, or Tire, being very 
dubioufly penned, and it being impoffible to prevent the 
Tire, though fet on above Two Inches and a Half, from 
fometimes breaking and wearing, to be under that Breadth 
before the Wheels worn out: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the {aid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill to explain 
and amend an Act, patied the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Act for making more effectual the feveral 
Aéts pafled for repairing and amending the Highways of 
this Kingdom, is committed. 


A Petition of the General Convention of the Royal 
Boroughs of North Britain, convened at Edinburgh the 
laft Day of December 1719, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, ‘hat the Linen Manufacture in 
Scotland is of very great Advantage to the Subjects, as 
the Woollen Manutacture is to England: That, fhould 
the Manufacturing of it receive any Difcouragement, it 
mutt neceffarily draw along with it intire Ruin to many 
Thoufands in that Country, fince it is the only Manufac- 
ture which maintains, and keeps at Work, their Poor; 
That the Trade of dying Scots Linen being quite loft, 
and the ufing it White being rendered impracticable by 
the Importation of foreign Linen, there is now no Way 
left for the Confumption or Ufe of it, but by having it 
printed or ftained: That it has been the eftablifhed Maxim 
of the Briti/h Nation, to give al! due Encouragement to 
their own Manufactures ; fo this of Linens painted and 
ftained deferves that Encouragement in a particular man- 
ner, fince it is intirely the Produce of the Country, and 
manufactured at home: That feveral Petitions have been 
preiented, complaining of the Decay of Trade, by reafon 
of Wearing of printed, painted, and ttained Linen, though 
manufactured at home; but fhould any Prohibition of this 
kind be granted, it would at once intirely deftroy the Ma- 
nutaéture of Linen in Scotland: And praying, That no 
_ Prohibition may be granted againft the Wearing and Ufe- 
ing, of Scots Linen printed, {tained, and painted. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Cio- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, Town Council, and In- 
habitants, of the Burgh of Renfrew, was prefented to 
the Houte, and read; tetting forth, That the Linen Ma- 

factury of Scotland is of very great Advantage to the 

ubject 5 which, fhould it meet with any Difcouragement, 

vould be the intire Ruin of many Thoufands of People, 
sy which Manufactury they employ and keep their Poor 
at Work : That there is now no Confumption of the faid 
Linen, but only by Printing thereof: That feveral Peti- 
tions have been prefented, praying the Prohibition of 
printed, ftained, and painted Linen, which, if granted, 
will at once intirely deftroy that Manufactury in Scotland: 
And praying, That no Prohibition may be granted againft 
the Wearing and Ufing of Scots Linen, painted, printed, 
or ftained. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorperate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiflrates'and Town Council of 
the City of Gla/gow, for themfelves, in the Name and 
behalf of many ‘Thoufands employed in the Manufacture 
of Linen Cloth, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That whereas the Weavers of London, and 


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other Parts of Great Britain, have petitioned againft Wear- 
ing of printed, painted, and ftained, Linen; that the 
Manufacturing of Linen Cloth in that Part of the united 
Kingdom, is a Matter of great Concern to many Thou- 
fands of Poor employed therein; That an Aét of Par- 
liament againft Wearing or Ufing of printed or flamped 
Linen, will unavoidably reduce them to extreme Want 
and Beggary: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition, and Reprefentation of the Provoft, Bay- 
liffs, and Town Council, of tie Burgh of Dumfreis, in 
that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for themielves, 
and in Name of the faid Burgh, and in behalf of many 
Thoufands of the Subjects of North Britain, employed 
in the Sco's Manufacture of Linen Cloth, was prefented 
to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Subj: @s 
of Scotland have always had a particular Dexterity in im- 
proving the Linen Manufacture, and hath been hitherto 
encouraged; and have employed many Thoufands of poor 
People in the Management of this Manufacture, which is 
their only Way of Subiiftence; and, if difcouraged, muft 
inevitably become.a Burthen to the Kingdom ia general; 
That there is no other Manufacture in Scot/and left, fince 
the Union, whereby poor and idle People can be employed, 
becaufe the Engli/o Woollen Manufacture is now im ported 
and fold through all North Britain: That difcouraging 
the Printing, Stamping, and Staining, of Scots Linen, 
would, in effect, be a Prohibition of that Manufacture, 
becaufe the Ufing of it White and Brown is cut out by 
Importation of German and other Linen ; and the Trade 
of dying Scots Linen is quite loft; fo that the only Way 
to fell and confume it, is by Printing, &amp;c.: And praying, 
That the Petitions againit Wearing and Ufing of Scots 
ftamped Linen may be rejected. 

Ordered, That the Contideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred, 


A Petition of the Barons and Heritors within the County 
of Perth, for themfelves, and in behalf of many Hundred 
thoufands concerned in the Linen Manufacture within 
the Kingdom of Scotland, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; fetting forth, That whereas feveral Petitions 
have been prefented by the Silk Weavers in and about 
the City ot London, and others, in erder to obtain an 
A&amp; of Parliament for prohibiting the wearing or ufing 
printed, ftamped, or ftained, Linen Cloth; that, by 
granting the faid Act, not only they will fuffer thereby, in 
the molt fenfible manner, but many Hundred thoutands 
of poor People, difperfed through every Village, Town, 
and County, in all Scotland, who are employed in the 
Manufacture of Linen Cloth; and, being made wholly of 
the Product of their native Country, ought to be equally 
preferved, and encouraged, with the Woollen Manufac- 
ture of England, there being no other Way for the Con 
fumption of the greateft Part of their White Linen Cloth, 
but by printing, ftamping, or ftaining: And praying, 
That Provifion may be made for the preferving of their 
Linen Manufactures, by continuing the free Liberty for 
Stamping and Printing of Britis Linen Cloth. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Deacon and Heads of the Incor- 
poration of Weavers, in the Town of Linlihgow, in 
Name of themfelves, and many Thoufands in and about 
the faid Town, employed in the Linen Manufaétury, was 

2 prefented 


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6 GEo. I. 


prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
being affured the Woollen and Silk Manufactories in Eng- 
jond have petitioned againft the Wearing and Ufing of 
printed, painted, and ftained, Linens in general, without 
excepting thofe of the Briti Manufactory: That the 
Linen Manufactory is the only one left in Scotland, and 
thereby the Poor of that Town and Country chiefly fub- 
fit, their Shipping employed, and they enabled to pur- 
chafe the Woollen and Silk Manufacturies of England: 
That if the Petitions of the Woollen and Silk Manufac- 
turies be granted, without an excepting Claufe for Bri- 
tio Linen, the Trade and Country muft, contrary to the 
Defign of the Union, be greatly diminifhed, and many 
Families ruined: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers'in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Reprefentation of the Provoft, Bailiffs, Council, 
Merchants, and Traders in Linen Cloth in the City of 
Aberdeen, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, 
was prefented to the Hioufe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners being informed, that the Weavers of Lon- 
don have petitioned, that the Ufe of the Linen Manufac- 
ture in Scotland may be prohibited ; and that the fame may 
not be worn in Britain, if printed or ftained: That the 
Linen, made in Scotland, is the chief Manufacture left to 
maintain the Poor ; and, if the fame be prohibited, it will 
ruin the Country, and many Thoufands of poor People 
in Scotland, who are employed in whitening the faid Li- 
nen Cloth: And pray, That the Scots Linen be ftill al- 
lowed to be ftamped, painted, and ftained, both for 
Home Confumption and Exportation. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, and principal Inhabi- 
tants, of the Town of Linlithgow, in Name of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands in and about the faid Town, con- 
cerned in the Linen Manufactury, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That being affured the 
Woollen and Silk Manufactories in Ezgland have petition- 
ed againft the Wearing and Ufing of printed, painted, and 
ftained, Linensin general, without excepting thofe of the 
Britifo Manufactury : That the Linen Manufactury is 
the only one left in Scotland; and thereby the Poor of that 
Town and Country chiefly fubfifts,; and by which they 
are, in a great meafure, enabled to purchafe, and trade in, 
the Woollen and Silk Manufactories of England: That, 
if the Petitions of the Woollen and Silk Manufactories 
be granted, without an excepting Claufe for Britifh Li- 
nen, the Trade and Country mult, contrary to the De- 
fign of the Union, be greatly diminifhed, many Families 
ruined, and many Thoufands of Poor reduced to ftarve : 
And praying, That an excepting Claufe for Briti Linen 
may be inferted in any Bill that fhall pafs on this Head. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Reprefentation and Petition of the Merchants and 
Traders in Linen Cloth, in and about the City of G/a/- 
cow, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands of 
poor People employed in Making and Whitening of Li- 
nen Cloth, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Linen Manufactury in Scotland has always been 
the chief Manufactury of that Part of the United King- 
dom ; and is the only Manufactury left, whereby the Poor 


are maintained: That, fhould a Reftraint be put to the 
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Wearing and Ufing of printed Britifo Linen, it would 
tend to the Ruin of the Country, and reduce many Thou- 
fands of the Poor to ftarve: That the Trade of dyeing 
Scots Linen is quite loft; and the Ufing of it Brown is 
altogether cut out by the Importation of Buckrams, made 
in foreign Parts ; fo that now they have no Con‘umption 
nor Ufe for their White Scots Linen, but only by Paint- 
ing, Printing, or Staining, thereof: And praying, That 
the Impoft of Thirty per Cent. on Printing, Painting, or 
Staining, of Scots Linen, may be taken off ; and that their 
Linen Manufaéturies may be encouraged. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, and Town Council, of 
the Burgh of Sver/ing, reprefenting the Community there- 
of, for themfelves, and in the Name of the whole Incor- 
porations, and Inhabitants therein, and alfo of Thoufands 
in the Country adjacent to the faid Burgh, concerned in 
the Linen Manufactury, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That being affured the Woollen and 
Silk Manufactories in England have petitioned againft the 
Wearing and Ufing of printed, painted, and ftained, Li- 
nen in general, without excepting thofe of the Britifh 
Manovfactury: That the Linen Manufactury is the only 
one left in Scotland; and whereon the Poor of this Town 
and Country fubfifts; and by which, in a great meafure, 
they are enabled to purchafe the Woollen and Silk Manu- 
facturies of England: And praying, That an excepting 
Claute of Briti/&gt; Linen may be inferted in any Bill that 
fhall be paffed on this Head. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Reprefentation of the Deacon, and remanent Mem- 
bers, of the Weaver Trade in the City of .dberdeen, in that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peiitioners 
are informed, that a Petition was prefented by the Wea- 
vers of London, for Regulating of Manufactures ; whereby 
it is defired, that the Linen Manufactures in Scotland may 
be prohibited ; and that the fame is not to be worn in Bri- 
tain, if printed or ftained: That the Linen made in Scet- 
land is the chief Manufacture left to maintain the Poor; 
and, if the fame be prohibited, it will ruin many Thou- 
fands of Poor employed therein: And praying, That the 
Linen in Scotland may ftill be ftamped, printed, and 
painted. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, of 
the Parochine of Dumbarnie, in the County of Perth, for 
themfelves, and in Name and Behalf of Hundreds more 
concerned in making and trading in Linen Cloth, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
obferving feveral Petitions have been prefented for pro- 
hibiting the wearing or ufing Callicoes, or ftamped or 
ftained Linen: That the only Manufactury whereby they 
are enabled to fubfift, and maintain any Share in Trade, or 
to employ poor People in the Country, is that of the make- 
ing Linen: That the faid Manufactury will be greatly dam- 
nified and prejudiced by the faid Prohibitions, and many 
Thovfands of People reduced to extreme Poverty and 
Want: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 

o men, 









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men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, Town Council, Mer- 
chants, Tradefmen, and Inhabitants, of the Burgh of 
Mentrofé, and Liberties, concerned in the Linen Manu- 
fature, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, the Importation of Hamburg Buchrams, and 
White Linens, does greatly impede the Sale of their White 
Linen: That by an A&amp; 10 Anne, a Duty of 3d. per 
Yard is Jaid on Briti/b Linen, printed, painted, or ftained, 
which is full 30 per Cent. trom the prime Coft; where- 
by the Sale of that Commodity is fo leffened, that 
many Thoufands are now reduced to a ftarving Condi- 
tion: That great Part of the Scots Linen 1s carried to 
England, and there printed, painted, or fained; whereby 
it confiderably rifes in its Value : That, by the torbidging 
the printing, ufing, or wearing, the fime, will princi- 
pally affeét Scotland: And praying Keliet 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the iad Petition 
be referred to the Committee cf the whoice ricufe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Wa:kers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is rctcrred. 


A Petition of the incorporate Weavers of the City of 
Glafcow, fubicribing for themfelves, and in Name and 
Behalf of many Thoufands employed in the Manufacture 
of Linen Cioth, was prefented to the ticule, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Weavers of London, and other 
Parts of South Britain, have prefented Petitions againft 
the Wearing of printed, painted, and ftained Linen: 
That the Linen Manufacture is the only Manufacture in 
North Britain; and it is certain, that South Br'taia has the 
Woollen Manufacture, and feveral others, intirely mono- 
polized to themfelves; and yet their Linen Manufacture, 
that is confumed in England, comes far fhort of the Value 
of their Woollen Manufacture coniumed in Scotland: 
That the prohibiting the Wearing of printed and painted 
Linen will be a great Difcouragement to their Linen Ma- 
nufacture, and tend to the Ruin of many Thoutands of 
Families: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is reterred., 


A Petition of the Magiftrates and Town Council of 
the Burgh of Rutherglen, for themfelves, and in Name 
and Behalf of many others employed in the Manufaéture 
of Linen Cloth, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, the Manufacture of Linen Cloth is fo 
common all over Scotland, that in feveral of the largeft 
Counties there are as many Manufacturies of it as there are 
Families; the Pcor fubfift by their Labour and Induftry, 
in manufacturing Flax into Linen Cloth: That, by the 
Treaty of Union, they hoped that all the Linen Cloth 
made in Scotland, and not confumed in it, might find 
Vent in England: That the Manufacturers of Linnen have, 
by dear-bought Experience, felt how much the late Duty 
of Three Pence per Ell on ftamped Linen affects them; 
feeing the principal Ufe made of their Linen, when car- 
ried to Exgland, has been to print and ftamp it: That the 
prohibiting the Wearing of printed and ftamped Linen 
will reduce the Poor to extreme Poverty : And praying to 
be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Deacon, Box-mafter, Mafters, and 
whole Body, of the Corporation of Weavers of the Burgh 
of Dumfries, in that Part of Great Britain named Scot- 





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land, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, as the People of Scotland have always hag 
an natural Dexterity in the Improving of the Linen Ma- 
nufacture, have addicted themfelves to improve the fame, 
being encouraged thereto, as well from the Nature of the 
Soil as by the Laws of the Land, before the Union of the 
Two Kingdoms, almoft the whole Town, and little Vil- 
lages round about Dumfreis, for many Miles, to improve 
their time, fow Linfeed, drefs, clove, fpin, weave, and 
bleach, the Linen Product thereof; the Weaving of which 
is a great Part, yea, moft, of the Subfiftance of the Weav- 
ers of Dumfreis; of which fhould they be deprived, their 
Bread is taken from them, and they, and their Families, 
muft inevitably ftarve: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred, 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and others, refiding in 
the Paroch of Moneydie, in the County of Perth, for 
themfelves, and in Name and Behalf .of many Hundreds 
more concerned in the Making of Linen Cloth, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they 
being informed, that feveral Petitions have been prefented, 
defir:ng thatan AC of Parliament may be pafied, prohibiting 
the Wearing or Ufing of Callicoes, or ftamped or ftained 
Linen Cloth: That the only Manufacture whereby they 

‘c enabled to fubfift, or to maintain any Share in Trade, 
x toemploy the People of that Country, is the Linen 
Manufacture: That a very great Part of the Demand 
for Flax, and Linen Cloth, arifes from the ftamped and 
ftained Linen: That they have already found the high 
Duty on ftamped and ftained Linen a very great Dif- 
couragement to their Improvement of the Linen Manu- 
facture: ‘Chat, Flax being a national produce, and Linen 
a home Manufacture, the fame Reafons, which are ufed 
for the Encouragement of the Woollen Manufacture, are 
binding tor preventing any Dilcouragement to the Linen: 
And praying, Thac the Linen Manufacture may be pre- 
ferved, by continuing the Allowance of ftamping and 
itaining Linen of the coarfer Sort. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, Town Council, and 
Inhabitants, of the Burgh of Paifey, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Linen Ma- 
nufaétury in Scotland, which is the moft confiderable 
Branch of their Trade, is of very great Advantage to 
the Subjects : That, fhould it meet with any further Dif- 
couragement, it muft neceffarily draw along with it in- 
tire Ruin to many Thoufands of poor People, who are 
thereby employed: That, the Trade of dyeing Scots Li« 
nen being quite loft, the Confumption of Brown Linen 
very much hindered by the Importation of Hamburgh 
Buckrams, and the Ufing of it White being almoft cut 
out by the Importation of German, and other foreign 
Linen, there is now fcarce any Confumption or Ufe ior 
Scots Linen, but only by printing: That, fhould there 
be a Prohibition of printed, ftained, or painted, Linen, 
even though manufactured at home, it would at once 
intirely deftroy that Manufactury : And praying, That 
there may be no Prohibition granted againft the Wearing 
of printed, painted, or ftained, Scots Linen. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


Ordered, That Samuel Trefufis Efquire, in Cuftody bd 
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the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neglect- 
ing to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged out 


of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


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Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Gold and Silver 
entered for Exportation, from that Part of Great Britain 
called England, to the Eaft Indies, to France, and to Hol- 
land, from Chrifimas 1710 to Chrifimas 1719; diftinguifh- 
ing each Year’s Exportation, and to each refpective 
Place. 


The Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe (being 
called on) gave an Account, That, he having fent One 
of his Meffengers to take into Cuftody, according to the 
Order of the Houfe, the honourable Charles Cecil Efquire, 
his Meffenger was returned: Who being called in to the 
Houfe, he, at the Bar, acquainted the Houle, That he 
found Mr. Cecil in his Chamber, very ill; and was in- 
formed, that he had not been out of his Chamber of 
Three Weeks. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Cecil be difcharged out of 
Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 13° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


Ornelius Backer took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
‘ his Naturalization. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Richmond, in the County of York, in the 
room of the honourable Harry Mordaunt Efquire, de- 
cea(led. : 


A Petition of the Merchants, Clothiers, Weavers, 
Fullers, Dyers, and other Inhabitants of the Parith of 
Rachdale, in the County of Lancafer, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands concerned in the Woollen 
Manufacture, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners have juft Grounds to 
apprehend, that Wool and Yarn are frequently exported 
from Great Britain and Irelend to foreign Parts; for that, 
of late Years, but about one Half of the Woollen Cloth 
hath been made in thofe Parts as was in former times; 
and yet Wool continues as fcarce and dear as in the moft 
flourifhing Times of Trade; and the Manufacturers are 
obliged to fell their Goods to Lofs; whereby many Fa- 
milics are daily impoverifhed, and the Poor grow much 
more numerous and burthenfome; and, if not timely re- 
lieved, will end in the utter Ruin of their Country and 
Families: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgefies, and Free- 
men, aiid alfo of the Merchants, and others trading in 
the Woollen Manufacture, in the Borough of Camelford, 
and Places adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, notwithftanding the Laws which 
have been made to prevent the Exportation of Wool and 
Worfted from Great Britain and Ireland, to any other 
Country; yet, in Defiance thereof, fome felf-interefted 
Men have clandeftinely exported very great Quaiitities of 
it to France, moft efpecially from Jreland, to the utter 
Ruin of that Trade, and the Impoverifhing many Thou- 


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fand poor Labourers employed therein: That another 
great Obftacle to our Trade is the wearing vaft Quanti- 
ties of foreign Manufactures, to. the hindering the Con- 
fumption of our own, as is the Callicoes; for which vat 
Sums of Money are fent out of the Land, and never re- 
turns to us more; which is fo ufeful in all Trade, and the 
very Life of it: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Wa!kers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Commonalty, 
of the ancient Corporation of Kidwelly, in the County of 
Carmarthen, in the behalf of themfelves, and feveral Hun- 
dreds of diftreffed Perfons in and about the faid Corpora- 
tion, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Inhabitants of that ancient Corporation have, for 
many Generations, carried on a gainful and proficable 
Trade, by working in the Woollen Manufacture; and 
thereby maintained themfelves, and Families: That the 
faid Trade is fo far funk, that many Families have been 
reduced to a very low Condition, by the frequent Ufe of 
ftained Linen and Callicoes; together with the xporta- 
tion of unwrought Wool, and the Importation of Wool- 
len Cloths already wrought, have been the great Caufes 
of the Decay of their Manufacture: And praying Re- 
lief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefler, is reterred. 


A Petition of the Woollen Stuff Weavers in and about 
Hawkjfhead, in the County of Lancaffer, on behalf of 
themfelves, and many Thoufands of poor Families em- 
ployed in Spinning of Woollen Yarn in that Town, and 
Places adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Weavers in the Town above-named 
have, for many Years, worked up great Quantities of a 
Sort of low-priced Woollen Stuff ufed, when dyed and 
printed, for Hangings, Beds, and other Ufes; whereby 
many Thoufands of poor Families are maintained ; but, of 
late Years, the Confumption of the faid Manufactures is 
very much leffened by the great Ule of printed, painted, 
and ftained, Callicoes and Linen: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, Tinat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefler, is referred. 


A Petition of the Weavers living in and near the Town 
of Market Harborough, in the County of Leiceffer, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
many Hundred of poor Families are employed in Sort- 
ing and Combing of Wool, and fpinning it into Yarn, 
for light Stuffs, and in weaving the fame; but, by the 
prevailing Wear of Eaf India Goods, printed Callicoes 
and Linens, and the kunning of Wool, the Confump- 
tion of thofe Stuffs is fo confiderably abated, that great 
Multitudes of poor People, who are thereby fubfitted, 
muft, for want of Employment, inevitably fall to their 
refpective Parifhes: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Waikers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty 
of Freemen of the Art or Myftery of Clothworkers, of 
the City of London, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, for many Years laft paft, the 
Petitioners have been the better able to bear the sg 24 a 

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Confumption of the Woollen Manufactures at home, and in 
fome Parts abroad, by reafon ‘that the Turky Company 
have exported confiderable Quantities of the Woollen 
Goods and Manufactures to Turky and Italy, from whence 
they have, in Exchange, imported great Quantities of raw 
and thrown Silk: That the Silk and Woollen Manufac- 
tures are difcouraged by the genéral Wearing of ftained 
and printed Callicoes; and many Thoufands of Poor are 
impoverifhed, and fallen to Decay, for want of Work: 
And praying to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Cio- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Woolcombers of the Town and 
Parifh of Collumpton, in the County of Devon, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, there 
is a great Decay in the Woollen Trade; occafioned by 
the indireé&amp;t and unlawful Exporting of Woo! to foreign 
Countries, and the common ana general Wearing of 
printed and painted Callicoes and Linens: And praying 
Relief. 

_ Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houte, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers. and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of the 
Clothiers in the City of Worczjier, is referred. 


A Petition of the Linen-drapers, and other Dealers in 
printed Callicoes and Linens, in and about che Cities of 
London and Wefinunfter, was prelented to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Trade and Livelihood of 
the Petitioners depend very much on the Sale of printed 
Callicoes and Linens: That the Art of Printing and 
Staining of Briti Linens and Callicoes is much increafed ; 
and Thoufands of poor Peopie maintained thereby, and 
great Duties paid therefore; but, by the frequent Vio- 
lences the Weavers have offered of late to the Wearers 
of Callicoes and Linens, the Sale thereot is very much 
difcouraged, and great Stocks lie, in a manner, dead upon 
their Hands: And praying, That their lawful Trade may 
be continued to them. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe. to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of feveral Upholders and Quilters in and 
about the City of London, on behalf of themfelves, and 
many Hundreds of poor People employed in Making of 
Quilts for Beds, as well for Exportation as Home Con- 
fumption, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That great Numbers of poor Families get a com- 
fortable Livelihood in Making of the faid Quilts; in 
Quilting whereof, a great Quantity of Wool is ufed, as 
likewife Lindfey Woolfeys, or other Engh Stuffs of our 
own Manufacture, for the Covering of one Side of moft 
of the faid Quilts; but, as the Outfide of fuch Quilts 
are of printed Callicoes or Linens, and fhould they not 
be allowed to ufe the faid Callicoes and Linens, the whole 
Trade of Quilts may be loft, there being no other Manu- 
facture fit for that Ufe: And praying, That they may 
continue at Liberty to ufe printed Callicoes and Linens 
for Quilts. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred tothe Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mafter Printers, Painters, and Stain- 
ers, of Callicoes and Linens, in and about the City of 
London, and Parts adjacent, on behalf of themfelves, and 


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many Hundreds of poor Families employed in the faid 
Manufactures, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Art and Myftery of Printing, Paint- 
ing, and Staining, of Callicoes and Linens, hath very 
much leffened the Importation of great Quantities of 
ftriped, chequered, and other manufactured, Linens from 
Holland; and our own Manufacture of Linen greatly 
encouraged, and great Numbers of our own People are 
maintained: That the faid Trade hath been at a Stand 
for fome time, by reafon of the frequent Violences and 
Infults the Weavers have offered of late to the Wearers 
of printed Callicoes and Linens: And praying, That 
their Trade may be preferved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Frcemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred, 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and others, of the Pa- 
rifh of Kinfauns, in the County of Perth, for themfelves, 
and in Name and Behalf of Hundreds more concerned in 
making, and trading in, Linen, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they obferving by 
feveral Petitions prefented, that they thereby pray, That 
the wearing or ufing Callicoes, or ftamped or ftained Li- 
nens, may be prohibited: That the only Manufaéture 
whereby they are enabled to fubfift, and maintain any 
Share in Trade, or to employ poor People, is that of 
making and whitening Linen Cloth ; and, if the ftamped 
or fiaincd Linen be prohibited, the Country will be ine- 
vitably ruined, and many Thoufands of Poor ftarved: 
And praying, That the Duty on ftamped or flained Linen 
may be taken off. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Woxcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Underfcribers in the Village and 
Paroch of Meigle, in behalf of themfelves, and feveral 
Hundreds more, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the only Manufacture whereby they 
are able to fubfift. or maintain any Share in Trade, or to 
employ the poor People in that Country, is the Linen 
Manufactury of the coarfer Sort: That the high Duty 
on ftamped and ftained Linen has already confiderably 
leflened the Demand for their Linen Manufacturies ; and, 
if they fhould be further difcouraged, it would tend to 
the Impoverifhing of‘all, and the Starving and Beggary 
of a great many Thoufands of poor People: And pray- 
ing, That the Allowance of ftamping or ftaining Linen 
of the coarfer Sort may be continued. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred, 


A Petition of the Weavers, Spinners, and others em- 
ployed in the Linen Manufacture, in the Parifh of Forta- 
viot, in the Shire of Perth, for themfelves, and in the 
Name and Behalf of many Hundreds more in that Parifh, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Linen Manufacture in Scotland having been already 
very much difcouraged, and in the Improvement thereof 
very much obftructed, by the high Duty laid upon printed 
Scots Linen; and the Trade of dying Scotts Linen being 
altogether loft, and the Confumption and Ufe of White 
Linen much leffened, by the Importation of foreign Li- 
nen: That, if the Printing, Stamping, and Staining, of 
Linen Cloth, be prohibited, the Linen Manufacture in 
Scotland will be intirely loft, and the great Numbers that 
are employed therein will be reduced to Mifery and Want: 
And praying Relief, 

4 - Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee ot che whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Juftices of Peace, and Freeholders, 
jn the County of Renfrew, for themfelves, and in 


Name and Behalf of the whole Inhabitants of the faid - 


County, was prefented to the Houle, and read; festing 
forth, That the Making of Linen Cloth is found tu be fo 
beneficial and advantageous to that Part of Britain, 
that Thoufands of indigent People are fupported thereby : 
That the Linen mutt fink, fhould the Wearing and Ufing 
of it painted, printed, and ftained, be forbidden: And 
praying Relief. a ~ 

Oiuered, That the Confideration of the {aid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Citizens and Inhabitants of the City 
of Dumblain, in the County of Perth, for themfelves, 
and in Name and Behalf of many Thoufands concerned 
in the Making of Linen Cloth, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they underftand, 
that feveral Petitions have been prefented, for prohibiting 
the printing, ftamping, or ftaining, Briti Linen Cloth; 
the doing of which will affect them ina moft fenfible 
manner, and put many Hundred thoufands of poor People, 
employed in making Linen Cloth, out of a Way of Liv- 
ing: That the Linen Cloth, being made of the Produce 
of their native Country, ought to be as much the Care of, 
and encouraged by, the Parliament, as the Woollen Ma- 
nufactures of England: That the greateft Part of the 
‘Linen Cloth is confumed by Printing, Stamping, or 
Staining, thereof: And praying, That the Allowance of 
print.ng, ftamping, and ftaining, Linen Cloth, may be 
continued. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of Sir Richard Halford Baronet, William 
Phillips Efquire, Eufebius Bufwell Efquire, Thomas Boothby 
Efquire, ‘ohn Symonds Efquire, Fobn Major Efquire, 
Thomas Levett Efquire, Edward Button Efquire, William 
Allibone Gentleman, Thomas Ludlam Gentleman, Richard 
Goodall and Fofeph Wafforne Gentleman, in behalf of 
themielves, and feveral others, Freeholders of the County 
of Leicefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, (hat, at the late Election of a Knight to ferve 
in this prefent Parliament for the faid County, William 
‘Mannors Efquire, commonly called Lord William Man- 
mors, and Francis Mundy Efquire, were Candidates: That, 
by the corrupt, arbitrary, and illegal, Proceedings, as well 
beiore, as at, the Election, of the Deputy Lieutenants; 
Juftices of the Peace, and of the faid Wiliam Mannors 
Eiquire, and the Agents, and by the Partiality of the She- 
riff of the faid County, the faid William Mannors is re- 
turned to ferve for the faid County; in Wrong to the 


Petitioner, who had a Majority of legal Votes: And - 


praying Relief. 

Ordered, Vhat the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of tiis Houtfe. 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 


at the Bar of this Houfe upon Tue/day the Ninth Day of 
February next. 


Ordered, That Fleetwood Dormer Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Vou. XIX, 


Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, of the Counr, 

tine of Chefier, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
fetting forth, That there is a great Manufacture o 

in the faid Covaty : That this Kingdom, as well as /re- 
land, has been fupplied by the Salt made in that County: 
That, by the great Expence of Land carriage . . Ire/and, 
they have, in a great meafure, been fupplicd with foreign 
Salt; tc the great Difcouragement of the Proprietors of 
Salt works in the faid County and the Impover:fhment 
of a great Number of Families: That if the River Weaver, 
which runs through the Centre of the faid County, 
near to which mott of the faid Salt-works are erected, 
was made navigable from Winsford Bridge wo Fredfham 
Bridge, not only fuch Sale Trade would be intended into 
foreign Parts, and, in a great meafure, retrieved: And 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring.in a Bill for 
making the faid River navigable from Winsford Bridge to 
Frodfbam Bridge, in the faid County. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it hall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Booth, Mr. York, Mr. Far- 
rer, Mr. Herne, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Copplefton, Mr. Yonge, 
Sit Wm. Daines, Mr. Earle, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Smith; 
Mr. Papillon, Mi. Wylde; Mr. Heyham, Mr. Godfrey, 
Lord Molefworth, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Treby, Sir Ro- 
ger Bradfovigh, Sir Nich. Morite, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
Micklethbwaite, Mr. Plumptre, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. 
Briflow, Mr. White, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Lijler, Mr. 
Vernon, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Coionel Bladen, Sir Fobn 
Bland, Colonel King, Mr. Foley, Mr. Stephens, Sir Fobn 
Hind Cotton, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Bigg, Mr. Allanjon, Sit 
Sohn Packington, Sir ‘fames Campbell, Mr Forbes, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Sir Wm. Wyndbam, Sir Tho. Scawen, Sir 
Richard Goffe, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Morice, Sit 
Tho. Palmer, Mr. Hi‘l, Colonel Hardrefe, Mr. Bond, Sit 
Jobn Ward, Mr. Gould, Colonel Negus, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Lowther, Mr. London Mr Sei jeant Birch, 
General Wills, Sir Fobn Eyles, Sit Taac Rebow, Mr. 
Elford, Mr. Brudenell, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
Eden, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Williams, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Naylor, Sir Roger Moftyn, Mr. Devereux, 
Mr. Kelfall, Mr. Minfoull, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Onflow, 
Mr. Newland, Mr. Dockminique; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Lancafter, Derby, Chefter, 
Salop, Stafford, Weftmorland, and Gloucefer: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon; at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons; Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all India and Chins 
Goods; and the Values thereof, exclufive of the Draw- 
backs, which have been fhipped tor Exportation front 
hence to Holland, the Wef Indies; or any other foreiga 
Parts, from Michaelmas 1710 to Chrifimas 1719; and 
what Seizures have been made of the iaid Goods run, or 
attempted to be run, within the faid Time. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe wiil; upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned until 
this Day Fortnight. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Jovis, 14° die Fanuari; 
Anno 6° Georgii: Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
Petition of feveral Tradefinen, on behalf of them- 
felves, and feveral Hundreds in and about the 
‘Town of Darlington, in the County of Durham, Dealers 
in the Combing of Wool, Spinning of Worfled Yarn, 
and Making of light Woollen Stuffs neceffary for Wo- 
men and Childrens Apparel, and for feveral other Ufes 
for the Subjeéts of this Realm, and for the Ufe of our 
Plantations beyond the Seas, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That, fince the Act made for 
prohibiting the wearing India wrought Silks, Stuffs mixed 
with Silk, and painted Callicoes, the Woollen Manufactures 
have been very much increafed, and fome Thoulands of 
Families have been employed, and were thereby fufficiently 
maintained and fupported: That, by the Wearing of 
Callicoes, and painted Linen, fo much ufed in Apparel, 
and the great Quantities of Wool tranfported, the faid 
Trade of Weavine of Stuffs is decreafed; and feveral 
Thoufands of Perfons in thofe Parts are wholly unem- 
ployed, and ready to ftarve for want of Bread: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


Mr. Freman reported from the Committee, to whom 
the feveral Petitions of the High Sheriffs, Juftices of 
Peace, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the Counties of 
Hertford and Bedford, were referred, That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Matter of the faid Petitions; and 
had direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them; which he read in his Place, and afterwards deli- 
vered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Report was 
read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined feveral Witneffes ; and find 
the Matter of Fact to be as follows; wz. 

‘tohn Gratorex, Daniel Gratorex, John Barroughelo, 
James Bennet, all of them, faid, That the Roads leading 
trom Stevenidge to Biggle/wade, in the faid Counties, are 
fo very ruinous, that in the Winter Seafon that they are 
almoft impaffable, and dangerous for all Perfons and 
Coaches travelling through the fame; and Coaches have 
been many times overturned therein; and are obliged to 


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pay Four Shillings and Six Pence per Coach for travelling 
through private Grounds, to avoid the Badnefs of the 
Highways; the Proprietors of thofe Lands paying nothing 
towards the Repair of thofe Roads: 

That the feveral Parifhes adjoining to the faid Roads 
have done their Duty, as required by Law; which is not 
near fufficient for repairing the faid Roads, it requiring at 
leaft Halt a Crown in the Pound to effect the fame; there 
being no Materials for that Purpofe nearer than Two 
Miles, and, from fome Parts of thofe Roads, Four Miles 
diftant. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
amending the Roads from Stevenidge, in the County of 
Hertford, to Bigglefwade, in the County of Bedford: 
And that Mr. Freman, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Farrer, and 
Sir Thomas Sebright, do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


A Bill for making the River Derwent, in the County 
of Deréy, navigable, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill be committed to Colonel Stan. 
hope, Lord ames Cavendifh, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir 
Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Cartwright, Sir Tho. Palmer, Mr. 
White, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Brodrick, 
Mr. 4h, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr. Majon, Sir Hen. Ap- 
burfi, Mr. Plumptre, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Yonge, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr, 
Stanhope, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Maynard, Sir Richard Fowler, 
Sir Arth. Kay, Mr. Norris, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Wal. 
pole, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Freman, Mr, 
Herne, Sir Fuftinian Iam, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Ed- 
wards, Sic Wm. Monfon, Mr. Wefphaling, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Treby, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Hunger- 
ford; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of 
Derby, Nottingham, Leicefier, York, and Lincoln: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. | 


The Houfe being acquainted, That a Perfon from the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door; _ 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe the Return of the faid Commiffioners; with an 
Account of what the Duties upon White Callicoes have 
produced for Ten Years paft; and likewife what has 
been drawn back, upon the Exportation of the faid Cal- 
licoes, for the fame time, being from Chriftmas 1708 to 
Chriftmas 1718. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read: 

The faid Account is as follows; viz. 


N Account of what the Duties upon White Callicoes have produced for Ten Years paft; and likewif 
been drawn back, upon the Exportation of the faid Callicoes, for the fame time, ine from spat dhe 




















The Duties paid at | Drawn back upon Remains to the 
Importation. Exportation. Crown. 
PSR air nein : be ged 2S . s = 
12 Car, 2", Subfidy, and additional Duty — 182,457 9 9 83,395 14 4 3061 3 
2 Gul. &amp; Maria, Impoft 1690 — _ 496,708 4 4% 346,519 If I0F 150188 5 é 
9 &amp; 10 Gul. 3', further Subfidy — — 125,832 15 0 87,784 19 32 38,047 15 8E 
2 &amp; 3 Anna, 5 Subfidy — — — 41,944 5 O 29,261 13 1 12,682 11 1: 
3 &amp; 4 Anne, = Subfidy Se 83,888 9 114 58,523 6 23 253365 3 of 
3 &amp; 4 Anne, 15 per Cent. on White Callicoes 548,810 4 11 363,350 10 of 185,459 14 108 
1,479,641 9 Oo 968,835 14 10 510,805 14 2k 
Neta bene, That the Duties remaining i Cha. Mein, _ Procollector re 


to the Crown amount, communibus 

annis, to 51,080/. 11s. 5d. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be peruied by the Members of the Houtfe, 


“The Houfe being acquainted, That another Perfon 
from the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended 3 

He was called in, and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, an Account fhewing the Species and Quantities of 


Tho. Caufton, D. Comp. 

Richard Tull, Procollector. 
all Goods entered for Exportation from London, and Out 
Ports, for Spain, in the Years 1698, 1699, and 1700: 
As alfo, 

An Account of all Goods entered from Chriftmas 1713 

to Chrifimas 1718 ; diftinguifhing each Year refpectively; 
and their Return relating thereunto: As alfo, 


An 


whiaa 


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An Account fhewing the Quantity of all wrought Silks 
that have been imported from Italy, Holland, and other 
Parts of Europe, from Chriftmas 1716 to Midjummer 
17193 and their Return relating thereunto.. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Titles of the laid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts and Returns are bound up with the 

other Papers of this Seffion. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, Tradefmen, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Burton upon 
Trent, in the County of Stafford, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners at 
their great Expence, obtained an Act for making the River 
Trent navigable to that Town; being Twenty Miles 
diftant from the Town of Nottingham, the next Lown of 
Trade upon the faid River ; by means whereof a much 
greater Quantity of Goods and Merchandizes have, of 
late, been navigated on the faid River, to the great Ad- 
vantage of all the Trading Towns upon or near the faid 
River ; That, if an Act fhould pafs for making the River 
Derwent navigable to the Town of Derby, the Trade of 
that Town will be thereby ruined and deftroyed, and the 
Petitioners be wholly deprived of the Benefic they ex- 
pected in Rewurn for the great Charge and Expence they 
have been at in making the faid River navigable: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the Bill for making the River Derwent navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed : And 
that the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, if they think fit. 


A Bill for naturalizing Cornelius Backer was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Sir 
Fupinian Iam, Mr. Majon, Mr. Herne, Sir Tho. W heate, 
Mr. Comptroller, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Wylde, Co- 
lonel Long, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Edgcumb, Mr. Treby, Mr. 
Smith, Lord Pagett, Colonel Bladen, Sir Matthew Dec- 


ker, Mr. Freman, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Hey-. 


foam, Mr. London, Mr. Difton, Mr. Bond, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Sir Hen. Afbburft, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Griffith, 
Sir Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Carterett, Sir Wm. Monfou, Mr. 
Gybbon, Sir Fobn Pakington, Mr. Sawbridge, Mr. God- 
frey, Sir Fobn Ward, Mr. Rudge, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Brodrick, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Milner, Mr. Dockminique, 
Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Heathcote; And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Petition of Elizabeth Gomeldon Widow was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioner, being married to William Gomeldon Efquire, 
was prevailed upon by Tomas Gomeldon the Father, as 
foon as fhe came of Age, to convey all her Lands of In- 
heritance in the Counties of Kent, Middlefex, and Not- 
tingham, and in London, of about the yearly Value of 
Seven hundred Pounds, to the faid Thomas, and his 
Heirs ; in Confideration whereof, the faid Thomas, by In- 
denture dated the Seventeenth of Fanuary 1700, did 
grant to the Petitioner Three feveral Rent-charges of 
Three hundred Pounds, Two hundred Pounds, and One 
hundred Pounds, for her Jointure, to be iffuing out of 
feveral Lands in Pofling, Selling, Stantford, and Lymne, 
in Kent: Provided the faid Thomas Gomeldon fhould pay 
Two thoufand Pounds, as therein mentioned, and all Ar- 
rears of the faid Annuity of Two bundred Pounds, the 
fame Annuity of Two hundred Pounds fhould ceafe,; 
That, by Indenture dated the Twenty-third Day of May 
1720, one George Peck, in whom the Refidue of a Term 
of 500 Years, of certain Lands of the faid Thomas Go- 
meldon, in Kent, was vefted, aflignediover the fame, by 


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Direction of the faid Thomas Gomeidon, to Méelicra, oné 
of the Daughters of the faid Tomas, and to Heary Saw- 
yer, of the Inner Temp’e, Efquire, in Truft, for the bet- 
ter fecuring the !’aymear of the faid Two Annuities of : 
Two hundred Pounds, and One hundred Pounds, to the 
Petitioner, and for raifing 1,400/. and 600/. to make 
good all Arrears thereof: That, about 1702, the faid 
Thomas Gome!don died, iciz-d of a very confiderable Eftate; 
and, on 6th of February 1709, the Petitioner’s Huf= 
band died’; and all the Eftate ot the faid Thomas Gomeldon: 
was limited to Richard, one other of the Sons of the faid 
Thomas, and to his Sons fucceffively in Tail Male, with a 
Remainder to the faid Meliora, tor her Life: That, the 
better to protect the Petitioner’s Jointure from Creditors, 
the Petitioner got a Mortgage of Two hundred Pcunds 
made in 1677, to be affigned, in Confideration of Two 
hundred and Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings, in Trutt 
for the Petitioner’s Benefit: That, by the Death of the 
faid Richard Gomeldon, in or about Fuly 1718, without 
lffue, Thomas Stanley, late of Prefion, is, by his Inters 
marriage with the jiaid Meliora, become intitled, as the 
Petiiioner is informed, during the joint Lives of him, and 
the faid M:/iora, to all the faid Lands aad Tenements of 
the faid Th2mas Gomeldon, and, by the Attainder of the 
faid Thomas Stanley for Treafon, are vefted in the Com- 
miffioners and Truftees for Sale of the forfeited Eftares: 
That the Petitioner, not knowing that any Part of the 
Eftate of Thomas Gomeldon was vefted in the Truftees, 
and the faid Richard Gomeldon living till after the Time 
for entering Claims was determined, did not enter any 
Claim for her faid Jointure; and fhe is advifed, thar 
unlefs fhe be enabled to claim, and be decreed thereto, 
fhe fhail be barred thereof; which is all the Support the 
hath, and all the Confideration for her own Lands of In- 
heritance: And praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Biil to euable her to claim her taid Jointure 
and Arrears thereof, due to her out of the faid Eftate fo 
forfeited, as alf. the tatd Mortgage. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the tame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houle : 

And it is referred to Mr. Gydbon, Mr. Secretary Craggs, 
Mr. Yorke, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Stanhope, * 
Mr. Wylde, Sir Tho. Hales, Colonel Long, Sir Robert 
Davers, Matter of thé Rolls, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. 
Comptroller, Mr. Bond, Mr. Maynard, Mr. Mickleth= 
waite, Mr. Herne, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Treby, Mr. 
Fefop, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly; Lord Molefworth, Mr. 
Chetwynd, Sir Wm. Dainzs, Mr. Stephens, Mr Barving- 
ton, Mr. Plumpire, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
Hutchefon, Sir Richard Steel, Mr. Smith, Mr. Hunger- 
ford, Sir Tho. D’eath,| Sir Tho. Wheat, Sir Joba Hind 
Cotton, Mr. Shippen, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Bertie, 
Mr. Freman, Mr. Gwyn, Sit Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Hey- 
foam, Lord Tyrconnell, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Vernon, Mr. 
Conyers, Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, Colonel Stephens, Sir Wm, 
Monjfon, Mr. Baylie, Colonel Bladen, Sir Robert Firnefe, 
Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Mr. Windfor, Sir Tho. Croft, 
Mr. Anjftis, Mr. Drake: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 


they have Power to fend tor Perions, Papers, and RKe- 
cords. : 


The Order of the Day being read; for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the etition of the Weavers, Waik- 
ers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to the incor- 
porate Company of Clothiers in the City of Worcefier, in 
behalf of themfelves; and many Thoutands of Poor em- 
ployed in the feveral Branches of the faid Trade; and alfo 
in the behalf of many Hundred thoufands of poor di- 
ftreffed Families belonging to the Woollen Manulacturies 
ot Great Britain ; and alfo of the feveral other Petitions 
referred to the faid Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Papres which were prefented to the 
Houfe the Twelfth Inftant, from the Commifiioners of 


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Trade and Plantations, relating to the Petition of the 
Weavers againft the Ufe of printed Callicoes, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carterett took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matters to them re- 
ferred: And that the feveral Petitions referred had been 
read: And that the Committee had directed him to move, 
That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 


Navy Office, 


13th fanuary 1719. ftood on the 31ft December 1719. 


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night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Matter of the Petition of the 
Weavers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging 
to the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City of 
Worcefter; and of the feveral other Petitions referred to 
the faid Committee. 


Sir John Fennings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addreis to his Majefty, an Eftimate of the Debt of 
his Majefty’s Navy, as it ftood on the 31ft of December 
1719: 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 

The faid Eftimate is as follows; viz. 


AN Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter mentioned, as jt 











Wear and Tear ; ordinary and extraordinary Repairs: 
Due to pay off, and difcharge, all the Bills entered on the 
Courfe of the Navy, for Stores, &amp;%c. fupplied for the 
Service thereof; including the Premiums of Naval 
Stores imported from the Plantations _ 
For the Freight of Tenders, as alfo for Stores delivered 
into his Majefty’s feveral Yards, for which no Bills 
were made out on the aforefaid 31ft December 1719; 
as alfo to feveral Bills of Exchange _ — 
To his Majefty’s Yards and Rope Yards, for the Ordi- 
nary and Extraordinary thereof —_ 
For Half Pay to the Sea Officers, according to an Efta- 
blifhment made by his Majefty in Council on that be- 
half — 


Seamens Wages: 
Due to pay the Men unpaid on the Books of Ships paid 
off fince the late Revolution; which, per Eftimate, 
may require the Sum of — 
To Ships in Sea Pay on the abovefaid 31 Decem- 
ber - --- 
To difcharge, and pay off, all the Bills entered in Courfe 
for Pilotage, Surgeons Neceffaries, Bounties to Widows 
and Orphans of Men flain at Sea, &amp;c. on the Head 
of Seamens Wages _ --- 
Vidtualing Debt, as per an Eftimate received from thofe 

Commiffioners : 
Due for fhort Allowance to the Companies of his Ma- 
jefty’s Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off --- 
For Bills on their Courfe, and alfo Bills of Exchange from 
foreign Parts; and for neceffary and extra-neceflary 
Money and Wages to the Officers, Workmen, and 
Labourers, employed at the feveral Ports, &amp;c. 
Sick and Wounded: The Debt of that Office, as per 
an Eftimate received from thofe Commiffioners ; 

Viz. 

Due for the Quarters and Cure of fick and wounded Sea- 
men fent afhore from his Majefty’s Fleet; and the Con- 
tingences relating to the faid Service 


Total 








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Tho. Swanton, 
Fa. Acworth, 
I. Holmes, 

R. Burton, 

F. Fawler, ' 
Tho. Colby, 
Wm. Cleviand. 








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Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Tabie, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


| 





Veneris, 15° die Sfanuarii; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Che/- 
A terfiild, in the Hundred of Scarfdale, and Coynty 
ot Derby, and other Towns and Places adjacent, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
heretofore divers Bills were brought, for making the 
River Derwent navigable to the Town of Derby; but, 
for good Reafons, the fame were always rejected; and 
now another Bill is brought in for the fame Purpofe: That 
abundance of Families in the feveral Hundreds of Sgarf- 
dale and High Peak are chiefly empioyed in getting Lead- 
ore, and carrying the fame to the Smelting Mills, and 
making it into Lead, which is carried to Bawiry: That, 
if the Bill paffes, the greateft Part of the Lead made in 
the High Peak will be carried to Derby, inftead of Baw- 
try; aod thereby they inevitably will be very mu¢h im- 
poverifhed: And praying, That the faid Bill may not pafs, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed. 


Sir Roger Bradfbaigh reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Borough and Corporation of 
Wigan, in the County of Lancafer, and of the Juftices 
of the Peace, Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, and 
Owners of Lands, within the faid County ; was referred 
the Matter, as it appeared to them ; and which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where it wag read; and is as 
follows; wiz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 

Houfe, of the 12th Inftant, have taken the faid Peti- 
tion into Confideration; and, upon examining To- 
mas Steers, Fobn Sumner, and William Marfh, do 
find the Matter thereof to be as follows; véz. 

That the River Douglas is capable of being made navi- 
gable for Boats and Lighters, from the Borough of Wigan 
to the River Ride: 

That there is many Delfs and Pits of Stone, Slate, and 
Coals along and near the faid River, the Carriage of 
which by Land is very chargeable and dangerous, by rea- 
fon the Road goes crofs Rible Sands Two Miles; which 
are overflowed every Tide; and in the Pafflage whereof, 
yearly, feveral Perfons and Goods have been loft ; 

And that the Roads are generally deep Clay, which, 
in Winter, and wet Seafons, are very troublefome and 
expenfive to Travellers: 

That, by making the faid River navigable, it will not 
only remedy the aforefaid Difficulties ; but be an Encou- 
ragement to feveral Manufactures, and thereby advance 
Trade, and be a Nurfery for Seamen. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
making the River Douglas, alias Afland, navigable from 
the River Riddle to Wigan, in the County Palatine of 
Lancafter: And that Sir Roger Brad/oaighb and Mr. 
Comptroller do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


And ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Samuel Gampert, was 
read the Third time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for naturalizing Samuel Gampert. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the 
Lurcs, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Ger. ard Van Neck, 
was read the Third time. 


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A. 17109. 


Refalved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for naturalizing Gerrard Van Neck. 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Sawbyidge do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert 
and ‘fobn van Hemert, was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert and Fobp 
Van Hemert. 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Heyfoam do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Yoba Griffith Efquire, have Leave to goa 
intg the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, ‘That Gilbert Douglas Efquire, have Leave to 
withdraw his Petition, complaining of an undue Election: 
and Return for the Borough of Wallingford, in the County 
of Berks, 

Ordered, That the Hearing of the Matter of the faid 
Petition, which was appointed to be at the Bar of this 
Houle upon Tue/day next, be difcharged. 


Mr, Norris reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Merchants and Traders of Bréffol was re- 
ferred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; and which 
they had directed him to report to the Houle; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee have, in purfuance of the Order 
of the Houfe, of the Fourteenth of December Jatt, 
taken the faid Petition into Confideration ; and, hav- 
ing heard the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, and 
examined Fobn Beecher and Thomas Longman, Mer- 
chants, and confiderable Dealers in Tobacco, Sugar, 
Hops, and other Goods, the Matter of Fact appears 
as follows; v7z. 

That Tobacco, Sugar, Hops, and all other weighable 
Goods, are liable to many Accidents ; and may, in being 
exported to Jreland, wafte and decreafe from One to Four 
Pounds in an Hundred Weight: 

And alfo that the Officers of the Cuftoms at the Port 
of Briffol, by an Order of the Commiffioners, of the 
Tenth of September laft, deny to make out full Debentures 
for the aforefaid Goods exported from thence to Jreland; 
though Certificates have been produced, that theGoods have 
been, bona fide, landed there and the Duty paid ; for that no 
more Drawback can be allowed than for the Quantity par- 
ticularly fpecified in the Certificate returned from Ireland; 
which, the Commiffioners allege, they are juftified in do- 
ing, by an Act, of the Fifth Year of the Reign of his pre- 
fent Majefty, againft clandeftine Running of Goods ; and 
that, as the Law now ftands, they cannot make any Al- 
lowances for what is fhort-certified of fuch Goods: 

And further appeared, That, fince the Eighth Year of 
the Reign of her,late Majefty Queen Aune, there has been 
feveral Applications from the Merchants of Bri/fol and 
Liverpoole, concerning the Wafte of Tobacco in Ex- 
portation from the aforefaid Places to Ireland ; 

And the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms did admit, 
That, in particular Cafes, there had been Allowances made 
for the Wafte of Tobacco in Exportation; but that now they 
are fo far reftrained by the Letter of the Law, that they 
cannot give Directions to allow for Watte in general. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table: 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
granted to his Majetty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

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Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s 
Navy, .as it ftood on the Thirty-firft of December 17109, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelt into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ; 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe wili pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


A Bill to explain an Act, of the Twelfth Year of the 
late Queen, intituled, An Aét for providing a publick 
Reward for fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall difcover the 
Longitude at Sea, fo as to make the faid Act more ufetul 
for the Improvement of Navigation, was read a Second 
tume. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
. ing next refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Furnefe, Mr. Edgcumb, Sit 
Robert Fenkinfon, Sir Fonathan Cope, Sir Tho. Crofs, Mr. 
Bertie, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. London, be added to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Juftices of Peace, 
Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, of the 
County Palatine of Chefler, is committed. 


Ordered, That-Mr. Archer, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Banks, Mr. Stepbens; Sir 
Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Gregory, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. 
Freman, Mr. Bond, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Lade, be added to 
the Committee, to whom the Bill to explain and amend 
an Act, paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An 
A&amp; for making more effectual the feveral Aéts for repair- 
ing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, is 
committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 16° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 
Petition of feveral Carriers, and Inhabitants, of the 
Towns of Weft Hallam, Howbrooke, Heage, Bel- 
par, Ripley, Lofcoe, and Ilkefton, in the County of Derby, 
on behalf of themfelves, and other Carriers, and Inha- 
bitants, of the faid Towns, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That. the Petitioners being in- 
formed, that Leave hath been given to bring in a Bill for 
making the River Derwent navigable; if the faid Navi- 
gation take effect, the Petitioners will be wholly deprived 
of that only Means to fupport and maintain themfelves, 
and Families, which they now have, by carrying and re- 
carrying Lead, Malt, Wool, and other Commodities, 
from one Place to another in the faid County of Derby, 
and other Counties, by Land-carriage; and being incapa- 
citated to follow any other Employment: And praying, 
That they may be heard by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bull for making the River Derwent; 


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in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed: And 
that the Petitioners be heard before the Committee, by 
their Counfel, if they think fir. 


A Petition of feveral Land-owners, and Farmers, of the 
Towns of Duffeila and Farnab, in the County of Derby, 
lying upon the River Derwent, on behalf of themfelves, 
and other Land-owners, and Farmers, of the faid Towns 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That a Bill being ordered to be brought in for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, navigable; 
which if it fhould pafs into a Law; it will be of great 
Damage, and very prejudicial, to the Petitioners, by leffen- 
ing the Rents of their Lands, and depriving them of 
the Benefit of uttering and vending the Produce thereof 
to the Land-carriers, who pafs and repafs; in great Num- 
bers, by and through the Towns; and the faid Carriers 
will be neceffitated to leave off their Employments: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft 
the faid Bill. } =i 

Ordercd, That the faid Petition be referred to the Come 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed : And 
that the Petitioners be heard before the Committee, by 
their Counfel, if they think fit. 


_ A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, and Grand 
Jury, for the County of Nottingham, at the General Quar- 
ter Seffions of the Peace heid at Nottingham, for the faid 
County, the Eleventh Day of ‘fanuary 1719, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth; That, the 
paffing the Bill for making the River Derwent navigable, 
will be the Impoverifhment of a great many Perfons and 
Families; who are now maintained by Land-carriage ; 
which Land-carriage they muft wholly be deprived, by 
reafon fuch Commodities as they now bring, and parti- 
cularly Lead, will then all be conveyed from Derby by 
Water: And praying, That they may be heard; by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed: And 
that the Petitioners be heard before the Committee, by 
their Counfel; if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Burgeffes of the Town 
of Nottingham, in the County of the fame Town, in 
Common-hal] affembled,was ptefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth; That the Petitioners pay a Fee-farm 
Rent of Sixty-three Pounds per Annum to his Majefty ; 
and, at their own Charges, have built, and now maintain, 
a Bridge of Seventeen large Arches over the River Trents 
and they receive a Paffage Toll of all Perfons paffing and 
repaffing with Waggons, &amp;c.: That if the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent navigable paffes, it wiil greatly 
prejudice the Petitioners and Inhabitants of the faid Town 
of Nottingham in general; for thereby the Land-carriers 


' muft be forced to leave off their Employments; and the 


Tolls muft fink ; and the Petitioners be ftreightened in 
paying the faid Fee-farm ; and the Bridge go to Decay ; 
and their Poor ftarved: And praying to be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed: And 
that the Petitioners be heard betore the Committee, by 
their Counfel, if they think fit. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to eonfider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Re‘o- 
lution which they had dite¢ted him to report to the Houfe ; 
which he read in his Place ; and afterwards delivered in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as followeth ; 

Refolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three hundred 
feventy-feven thoufand Five hundred Sixty-one — 

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Six Shillings Nine Pence Halfpeny, be granted to his Ma- 
jefty, for defraying feveral extraordinary Expences for the 
Service of his Majefty’s Navy. and the Victualing there- 
of for the Year 1719, not provided for by Parliament. 

The faid Refolution was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That a Sum, not exceeding 
Three hundred feventy-feven thoufand Five hundred 
Sixty-one Pounds Six Shillings Nine Pence Halfpeny, be 
granted to his Majefty, for the Service of his Majefty’s 
Navy, and the Victualing thereof, for the Year 1719, 
not provided for by Parliament. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed and infolvent Debt- 
ors in the King’s Bench Prifon, in Southwark, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners are confined, and are in a miferable Condition, 
without any Hopes of being fet at Liberty, having offered 
to deliver up to their Creditors their All, provided they 
may be releafed; but they have refufed the fame; fo that 
they mutt continue Prifoners, and muft perifh for Want: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘What the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the feveral infolvent Prifoners for Debt, 
in the Caftle of Lancafter, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners return their 
unteigned Thanks for the willing and ready Endeavours 
ufed the laft Seffion to relieve the diftreffed Prifoners, and 
many Thoufands more, under the fame unhappy Circum- 
ftances; and hope the fame Endeavours will ftill be ufed 
to fet at Liberty fo many poor Souls, that miferably are 
imprifoned in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in his Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol of Newgate, within the City and County of 
Briftol, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners, after a long and fevere Im- 
prifonment, are reduced to the meaneft and moft mifer- 
able Condition, and languifh under very defperate Dif- 
eafes incident to a Prifon: That, through many great 
Loffes and Misfortunes, they are funk into this Extre- 
mity, and are intirely defticute of the leaft Support, and 
are become Objects of Pity: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the Caftle 
of Chefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands 
more confined in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners, through Loffes and Misfortunes incident 
to Mankind, are brought into miferable Confinement, 
wherein they daily fuffer, and are oppreffed under, many 
cruel and unfpeakable Calamities ; feveral of whom perifh 
through Want, having been long confined; and are in- 
tirely uncapable to pay the Demands of their Creditors ; 
yet are willing to difpofe of their All to and amongft 
them, without any Retervation whatfoever : And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Deacon and Heads of the Incorpo- 
ration of Weavers in the Town of Dumbarton, in Name 
of themfelves, and many Thoufands in and about the faid 
Town, employed in the Linen Manufacture, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, be- 
ing affured the Woollen and Silk Manufactures in Eng- 
land have petitioned againft the Wearing and Ufing of 
printed, painted, and flained, Linens in general, without 
excepting thereof the Britifh Manufactury: That the 
Linen Manufactury is the only one left in Scotland, where- 
by the Poor of that Town and Country, are chiefly 
jubfifted: That if the Petitions aforefaid be granted, 
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and People of that Country, and many Thoufands of 
Poor, will be reduced to ftarve: And praying, That an 
excepting Claufe for Brit Linen may be inferted in any 
Bill that fhall pafs on that Head. 

_ Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Petition of 
the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belong- 
ing to the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City 
of Worcefter, is referred, 


The Lord Wiliam Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Jd/e navi- 
gable, from Haft Retford, in the County of Nottingbam,. 
t0 Bawtry Wharf, in the County of York, was committed, 
That they had made feveral Amendments thereunto; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the farhe in his Places and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table ; 
Where the faid Amendments were once read throughout ; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, with Amendments to 
fome of them, agreed unto, by the Houfe: And other 
Amendments were made by the Houfe to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Petition of the Traders in the Woollen Manufacture 
in the Town and Parifh of Crediton, in behalf of them- 
felves, and feveral Thoufands of their Neighbours con- 
cerned in the faid Trade, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Woollen Manufactury is, 
and has been, Time immemorial, the only Support of the 
Petitioners; but, of late Years, their Trade has lain under 
great Difadvantages, occafioned by the Wearing of print- 
ed Linens and Callicoes, and the felling unwrought 
Wool to foreign Markets: That many fair Traders have 
been ruined, and others obliged to quit their Trade for 
want of Employment: And praying, That the Wearing 
of printed Linens and Callicoes may be prohibited. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Petition of the 
Weavers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging 
to the incorporate Company of Clothiers, in the City of 
Worcefter, is referred, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 18° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of the infolvent Debtors in his Majefty’s 
A Gaol in the Caftle of York was prefented to the 
Houfe and read; fetting forth, That the poor and dif- 
trefled Prifoners groan under the heavy Burthen of their 
tedious Confinement, whereby their Families will be in- 
evitably ruined; were it not for the Bread they receive 
from fome charitable Perfons, moft of them would cer- 
tainly perifh: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Maj/on reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing Cornelius Backer, was committed, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that they had directed him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of the united Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the Eaft Indies was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners do 
with great Concern obferve fuch Numbers of Petitions, 


from ieveral Parts, complaining of the Ufe of printed 
Callicoes: 

















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Callicoes: That there is no juft Foundation for thofe Com- 
plaints ; and that their Trade to the Eaft Indies is greatly 
beneficial to the Nation: And praying to be heard before 
any Refolutions fhall pafs, to the Diminution of their faid 
Trade. 

; Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
{ideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Cio- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Provoft and Magiftrates of the Town 
of Invernefs, in behalf of themfelves, and the Inhabitants of 
the faid Town, was prefented to the Houtfe, and read ; 
f-«eting forth, That, being informed the Woollen and Silk 
Manulacturers have petitioned agaénft the U fing and Wear- 
ig of printed, painted, and flained; Linen, without ex- 
cepting thofe of the Briti/o Manufacture: That the Linen 
Manufacture is the only one left in Scotland; and if the 
Petitions of the Woollen and Silk Manufacturers be 
cranted, without an excepting Claule for Briti/ Linen, the 
Trade and People of that Country muft, contrary to the 
Defign of the Union, be utterly ruined, and many Thou- 
{ands of Families, in and about that Town, reduced to 
ftarve: And praying, That an excepting Claule for Bri- 
tif Linen may be inferted in any Bill that fhall pafs on this 
Head. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Waikers, and others, Free- 
men, end belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefler, is referred. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Weavers within the 
Town of invernefs, for themielves, and in behalf of 
feveral other Perions who have Dependence on them, in 
and about the faid Town, was predented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, being informed the Silk and 
Wooilen Manufacturers have petitioned againft the Ufing 
and Wearing of printed, painted, and ftained, Linen 
in general, without excepting thofe of the Britis Manu- 
facture: That the Linen Manufacture is the only one left; 
fo that if an excepting Claufe for Britifh Linen be not 
granted, the Trade and People of that Country will be 
utterly ruined, and many Thoufands of Families, in and 
about that Town, reduced to ftarve: And praying, That 
an excepting Claufe for Brith Linen may be inierted in 
any Bill that thall pafs on this Head. 

Ordered, Vat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
Gderation of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
mien, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefler, is reterred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates of the feveral Boroughs 
of Falkland, Auchtermachty, Newburgh, Lefley, and 
Strathmiglo, in behalf of their refpective Communities, 
and of many Thoufand pcor People employed in the 
Linen Manutactures of the faid Burghs, and neighbouring 
Country, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; ietting 
forth, ‘Lhat the Encouragement of Manufactures of all 
kinds hath, in all times, been the chief Care of its Le- 
giflature: That the Linen Manufacture in Scotland is the 
{taple Cummodity.; and it is hoped, that no Difcourage- 
ment from any Prohibition, upon Pretence of favouring 
the Woollen Manufacture, confidering what Diminution it 
has already received on that Account: And praying, That 
no farther Encroachments may be made upon the moft im- 
portant Branch of Trade in North Britain. 

Crdered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and 
others, Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate 
Company of Clothiers in the City of Waorcefer, is 
reicrred. 


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and other Gentlemen, affembled at the General Quarter 
Seffions of the Peace, holden at the Caftle of Norwich, 
in the County of Norfolk, the Twelfth Day of Fanuary 
1719, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; {e:ting forth, 
That the Poor of that County, for many Years paft, have 
been employed in the Woollen Manufaéture; whereby 
they have provided tor themfelves; and Families: That, 
for fome Years, the faid Bufinels has been under fuch Di!- 
couragements, that the Work has been fcarce,; and the 
Wages fo low, that-the Charge of fupporting them is 
continually increafing; the Occafion whereof is the geue- 
ral wearing and ufing printed and painted Callicoes and 
Linens, inftead of our own Manufa&amp;tures: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Commitiee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A. Petition of the Truftees for repairing the Highways 
from the Stones End in Kent-/réet to the Lime-kilns in 
Eaft Greenwich, and to Lewifham Church, in the County 
ot Kent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forch, That an Act, paffed the Fourth Year of the Reiza 
of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An A@ for repairing the 
Highways from the Stones End in Kent-freet, in the Pa- 
rith of Saint George’s, Southwark, in the County of Surry, 
to the Lime-kilns in Eaff Greenwich, near Bluk Heath, 
and to Lewifbam Church, being the Tunb idge Road, in 
the County of Kent, was made to continue from the 
Twenty-fitth Day of March 1718, for and during the 
Term of Eleven Years: The Truftees appointed by the 
faid Act have, upon the Credit thereof, and Purpofes 
therein mentioned, laid out and expended large Sums of 
Money, over and above all Monies collected at the Turn- 
pikes; which great Expence hath been occafioned by the 
extraordinary Ruin of the faid Roads; and although great 
Piogrefs hath been made therein, yet the frid Roads 
cannot be effectually amended and repaired, according to 
the true Intent of the faid Act, and the Monies advanced 
upon the Credit thereof be repaid, unlefs the Time ther-by 
granted be énlarged, and the faid A&amp; made more effectual: 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for enlarging the Time, and making more eff:ctual 
the faid recited Act. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition te 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report thé fame, as ir fhall appear 
to them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Colonel Fane, Sir Robert Furncfe, 
Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Conyers, Mr.. Hexham, 
Mr. Yorke, Mr. Norris, Sir Wan. Daines, Mr. Earle Mr. 
Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Heaver, Mr. Whichcete, Mr. Brace, 
Mr. Fefop, Mr. Hiller{aen, Mr. Herne, Sir Yobn Norris, 
Sir Tho. Foknjon, Mr. E lis, Sir Cha. Tuner, Mr. Lon- 
don, Mr. Wylde, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Freman, Sir 
Geo. Beaumont, Mr. York, Mr. Shuttlewor:h, Lord Fer- 
managh, Mr. Wei, Mr. G ppikfion, Sir Tho. D’ Aib, Co- 
lonel Delawney. Mr. Yonge, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Turner, Mr. Mafsn, Mr. 
Wefipbaiing, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Richard Fowler, Me. 
Baily, Mr.. Smith, Me. Herbert; and ail the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Kent, Sujex, Surry, and the 
Cinque Ports: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Francis Mundy the younger, Efquire, 
was prelented to the Houfe, and read; fttiag torch, That, 
at the late Election of a Knight to ferve in this preient 
Parliament for the County ot Leicefier, Wilham Mannors 
Efquire, commonly called Lord William Mannors, and 
the Petitioner, ttood Candidates: That, by che corrupr, 
arbitrary, and ilicgal, Proceedings, as well before as at the 
Ejection, of the Deputy Lieutenants, Juitices of the Peace, 
and of the faid Witham Mannors Eiquire, commonly 

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called Lord Win. Maunnors, and his Agents; and by 
the Partiality of the Sheriff of the faid County, his Under 
Sheriff, and Deputies; the faid Wiliam Mannors is re- 
turned to ferve for the faid County; in Wrong to the Pe- 
titioner, who had a Majority of legal Votes: And pray- 
ing to be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe, upon Tue/day the Ninth Day of 
February next, at the fame time that the Matter of the 
Petition of feveral Freeholders of the faid County, com- 
plaining of the faid Election and Return, is appointed 
to be heard. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 
Meller : ; 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Service of the Year 1720; and for enable- 
ing the Lords Commifiioners of his Majefty’s Treafury to 
call in fuch Exchequer Bills as are to be cancelled, and 
difcharged with Money appointed for that Purpofe; with- 
out any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters; without 
Amendment. 

And then the Mefflengers withdrew. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to ex- 


plain and amend an Aét of the Twelfth Year of the Jate- 


Queen, intituled, An Act for providing a publick Re- 
ward for fach Perfon or Perfons as fhall difcover the Lon- 
gitude at Sea, fo as to make the faid Act more ufeful for 
the Improvement of Navigation. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Hampden took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hampden reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made fome Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the,Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- 

fon, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majetty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houte of Peers. 

And, being returned; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majetty in the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty 
had been pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the Two 
publick Bills following; viz. 

An A@ for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1720; and 
for enabling the Lords Commiffioners of his Majefty’s 
Treafury to call in fuch Exchequer Bills as are to be can- 
celled, and difcharged with Money appointed for that 
Purpofe. 

An A@ for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 


And then the Houfe adjouraed till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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A.1719. 


of Commons. 


Martis, 19° die ‘fanuarit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

‘A Petition of the Manufacturers in Yarn, and Traders 
in Wool, Weavers, Combers, &amp;c. in Bedale, Mid- 

dleham, Mafham, Leybarn, and Places adjacent, in the 
North Riding of York/hire, was prefented to the Houfe 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners have, for feve- 
ral Years paft, kept a Manufactury in Making of Serges 
and feveral Sorts of Stuffs; and thereby kept tome Thee. 
fands at Work: That, by the too much Wearing and 
Ufing of printed and painted Callicoes and Linens, the 
faid Manutactury is fo réduced, that great Quantities lie 
upon their Hands, and they cannot fell them; and the 
Poor are wholly deftitute of Employment: And praying 
Relief. 3 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred, 


A Petition of the Merchants, Clothiers, Weavers,’ 
Fullers, Dyers, and other Inhabitants, of the Parithes of 
Bury, Midéleton, Prefiwich, and Radcliffe, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, in behalf of themielves, and many 
Thoufands concerned in the Woollen Manufactures, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Price of Wool is fo very high, that the Petitioners are 
not able to advance their Goods in proportion, nor above 
Half the Woollen made as formerly; which gives them 
juft Grounds to believe, that both Wool and Woollen 
Yarn are frequently exported; whereby many Families are 
daily reduced; and will terminate in the utter Ruin of their 
Country and Families: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Bawéry, in the County 
of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, whereas a Bill is brought in for making the 
River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, it 
will be a great Damage to abundance of his Majefty’s 
Subjects living in and abour the faid Town of Bawtry, 
who chiefly fubfift, and are maintained, by the Naviga- 
tion of the River Zd/e, which runs by the faid Town, and 
conveniently carries and conveys, by Boats, into the River 
Trent, Lead, Mill-ftones, and feveral other Commodi- 
ties, which come out of Derbyfhire, Nottinghamfbire, and 
Yorkfbire: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derzwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed: And 
that the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Gentry, Tradefmen, Freeholders, 
and others, of the Borough of Leiceffer, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the making the 
River Derwent, in the County of Deréy, navigable, will 
be of general Ufe, Convenience, and Benefit; whereby 
the Highways will be very much preferved, that are now 
almoft made unpaffable every Winter, by the Carriage of 
Lead, Butter, Cheefe, Iron, &amp;c. down to the River Trent; 
the Charge of Carriage much leffened; and Trade en- 
couraged; and the Carts, Waggons, and Horfes, now 
ufed for the Carriage of Goods to the River of Trent, may 
have other as profitable Employments: And praying, 
That the Bill for making the River Derwent navigable 
may paf 


Ordered, 





6 Geo. I. 


A Petition of the Juftices, Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
Farmers; and Inhabitants of the Town and Parilh of 
Cammerwell, in the County of Surry, and others, fre- 
quenting the Road leading through that Town to New 
Crojs, on behalf of themtelves, and others, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by 
Two Adts of Parliament, paffed in the Fourth Year of 
his prefent Majefty’s Reign; the one for amending the 
Roads from the City of London to the Town of Laf- 
Grinflead, in the County of Suflex, and to the Towns of 
Suiion and King flon, in the County of Surry; the other 
for repairing the Highways leading from the Stones End 
of Kent Szreet to the Lime-kilns in Eaft Greenwich, near 
Black Heath, and Lewifham Church, being on the Tua- 
bridge Road, in the County of Kent; by the faid recited 
Adts the Petitioners are debarred from coming to-London, 
and returning home without being obliged to pay at the 
one, cr the other, of the Turnpikes; receiving little or no 
Benefit thereby, for want of having the faid Road, in- 
cluded in the faid Aéts, to be amended thereby: And 
praying, That the Truftees appointed by the faid Two 
recited Aéts may be impowered to repair and amend the 
faid Road leading from Weftminfter Ferry, through the 
Towns of Newington, Cammerwell, and Peckham, to New 
Crofs, in the County of Kent; or that the Inhabitants of 
Caimmerwel! may be excufed from paying to the faid Turn- 
bikes. , 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Truftees for repair- 
ing the Highways from the Stones End in Kent Street to the 
Linie-kilos in Haff Greenwich, and to Lewifham Church, 
in the County of Kent, is referred: And that the Com- 
mittee do examine the Marter of the faid Petition ; 
and report the fame, as it fhali appear to them, to the 
Houte. 


A Petition of the Bailiff, Burgeffes, and Inhabitants, 
of the Borough of Eaf Grinjiead, in the County of Su/- 
fex, was pretented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That, by an Ad, lately pafied, for amending the Roads 
irom the City of London to the Town of Eaft Grinjftead, 
in the County of Suffex, and to the Towns of Sutton and 
Kingfton, in the County of Surry, it is Ena¢ted, That the 
Truftees nominated and appointed by the faid Act fhould 
have Power to ereét a Gate or Gates, Turnpike or Turn- 
pikes, crofs any Part of the faid Highways or Roads; and 
they have accordingly caufed a Gate or Turnpike to be 
erected near the Entrance of the faid Town of Eaf Grin- 
jfieed; by 1eafon whereof the Inhabitants of the Parifh of 
Eaft Grinftead, and the neighbouring Places thereto, are 
obliged to pay Toll when they come to the Weekly Mar- 
ket there ; and alfo for Carriage of Bricks, Tiles, Sand, 
Gravel, and Loam, and other Materials, from the Com- 
mon belonging to the faid Town, although not above 
Righty Rod off the Common Road leading to the faid 
‘Yown have the Benefit of the faid Tolls for Repairing 
thereof: That the common Road through the faid Town, 
and leading to other Parts of the County of Suffex, toa 
Place called Forreff Row, in the Parith of Zaft Grinftead, 
is very ruinous, and almoft impaffable: And that the In- 
habitants of the faid Parifh have yearly done their full 
Highway-work, and railed additional Sums towards the 
faid Repairs of the High Road to Forre# Row; but yet 
the fame are, in the Winter-time, unpaffable; and they are 
very often indicted for not Repairing thereof: And pray- 
ing, That the faid Gate or Turnpike, at the Entrance in- 
to the faid Town, may be taken away; or that the Pro- 
portion of the Tolls appointed by the laid Act, for amend- 
ing the Road from Croydon to Eaft Grinflead, may be ex- 
plained to extend to Forre? Row, within the fame Parith, 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Truftees for repair- 
ing the Highways trom the Stoges End in Kent-jireet to 


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Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed. 


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the Lime-kilns in Eaff Greenwich, and to Lewifham 
Church, in the County of Ken’, is referred : And thatthe 
Committee do examine the Matter ofthe faid Petition; and 
report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. 


Mr. Booth reported, from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Géntlemen, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the County Palatine of 
Chefter, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, in purfuance of the Order of the 
Houle, of the Thirteenth Inftant, have taken the aid 
Petition into Confideration; and, having examined 
William Squire, Thomas Sweers, Samuel Clements, Wil- 
liam Marfh, and Richard Vernon, do find the Mat- 
ter thereof to be as follows; wiz. 

That there is now, and hath been anciently, a great 
Manufacture of Salt in the faid County ; and that many 
Parts of this Kingdom, as well as Jreland, and Parts be. 
yond the Seas, have been fupplied by the Salt made there; 
but, of late, the Parts beyond the Seas, by the great E.x- 
pence of Land-carriage from the Salt-works to Frojjain 
Bridge, have been fupplied from France and Spain; and 
that there formerly ufed to be a much greater Number of 
Ships come to lade Salt than now; they being difcouraged 
from coming again, by the great Delay in their Lading, 
from the flow Difpatch by Land-carriage : 

That the Trade is fo much reduced, that the Pits at 
Northwich, Namptwich, and Middlewich, and Parts ad- 
jacent, in which there are near One thouiand Proprietors, 
or Shares, are many of them now become ufelefs, to the 
Impoverifhment of a great Number of People: 

That if the River /Veaver ; which runs through the 
Centre of the faid County, and near to which moit of the 
Salt-works are erected, was made navigabie from /Vin/- 
ford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, the Salt would be deli- 
vered at Frod/ham Bridge tor about Three Shillings per 
Tun, which now cofts Eight or Nine Shillings, and tome- 
times Ten Shillings, per 1 un; and the Ships much fooner 
difpatched in their Loading; whereby the Salt Trade will 
not only be extended into foreign Parts, and in a great 
meafure, retrieved, but fuch Navigation wili likewile very 
much encourage and improve the Cheefe Trade, which 1s 
the great Produce of that County, and moft of it broug it 
to London, by |eflening the Land-carriage thereof to Aroa- 
foam Bridge near Three Shillings per Tun, which is now 
Ten, Fifteen, and fometimes Eighteen Shillings, per Tun: 

That alfo, by making the taid River navigsble, not 
only amuch greater Quantity of Salt will be exported, by 
which the publick Revenue will be increafid, there be-. 
ing a Subfidy of Five Pounds per Centum upon fuch Ex- 
portation, but will otherways increale Trade and Com- 
merce, preferve the Highways, and be for the publick 
Good. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make the River Weaver, in the County of Chfier, navi- 
gable from Winsford Bridge to Fredjbam Briage, in the 
faid County: And that Mr. Booth, Mr. Norris, and Mr. 
Leigh, of Adlington, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for making the River /d/e naviga- 
ble from Eaf Retford, in the County of Nottingham, to 
Bawiry Warf, in the County of York, was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for making the River [de navigab‘e, from 
Eaft Retford, in the County of Nottingham, to Bawtry 
Wharf, in the County of York. 

Ordered, ‘That. the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and delire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Petition of the 
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Clothiers of Worcefer is referred, That the Petitioners, 
on the feveral Petitions which have been referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee, be heard before the 
faid Committee, if they think fit: And that no more than 
Two Perfuns be heard upon any Petition. 


Mr. Freinan, according to Order, prefented to the Houfe 
a Bill for repairing the Roads from Stevenidge, in the 
County of Hertford, to Bigglefwade, in the County of 
Bedford: And the fame was received. 


Mr. Gybbon reported, from the Committee, to whorm 
the Petition of Elizabeth Gomeldon, Widow, was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to then ; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk's Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
tollows; viz. 


That the Committee, to whom the Petition of Elizabeth 
Gomeldon, Widow, was referred, have, purfuant to 
the Order of this Houle, dated the Fourteenth Day 
of Fanuary initant, examined the Faéts; and find the 
{ame to be as followeth ; vz. 


That the Petitioner, being married to William Gomeldon 
Efquire, did convey all her Lands of Inheritance in the 
Counties of Kent, Middlefex, Nottingham, and London, 
of about the yearly Value of Seven hundred Pounds, to 
Thomas Gomelion, Father of the faid William, and his 
Heirs; and, in Confideration thereof, the faid Thomas 
Gomeldon did, by Indenture of the Fifteenth of Fanuary 
1700, grant to the Petitioner Three feveral Rent-charges, 
ot Three hundred Pounds, Two hundred Pounds, and 
One hundred Pounds, tor her Jointure, to be payable out 
of feveral Lands in K:nt; and, if he paid Two thou- 
fand Pounds, as therein is mentioned, and all Arrears of 
the faid Annuity of Two hundred Pounds, then the faid 
Annuity to ceale ; 

That by Indenture, dated the 23d of May 1702, one 
George Pecke,in woom the Refidue ot a Term of 500 Years, 
of Lands of the faid Thomas Gomeldon, was velted, affign- 
ed over the fame, by the Direétion of the faid Thomas, to 
Meéliora, one of the Daughters of the faid Thomas, and 
Henry Sawyer Etquire, in Truft for the better fecuring the 
Payment of the faid Two Annuities of Two hundred 
Pounds, and One bundred Pounds and for raifing Four- 
teen hundred and Six hundred Pounds, to make good 
all Arrears thereof: 

That, in 1702, the faid Thomas Gomeldon died : 

That, on the Sixth of February 1709, the faid Wil- 
liam Gomelden dicd; and all the Eftate of the faid Thomas 
was limited to Richard, one other Son of the faid Thomas, 
in Tail Male; with Remainder to Meliora, for her Life: 

That, the better to protect the Petitioner’s Jointure 
from Creditors, there was a Mortgage of Two hundred 
Pounds in 1677, affigned over in Truft for the Petitioner: 

That Richard Gomeldon died in Fuly 1718, without 
Iffve; and, Me‘iora having married with Thomas Stanley, 
late of Prefion, the faid Thomas became intitled, during 
the joint Lives of himfelf, and the faid Me/iora, to the 
Premifes; and, by the attainder of the faid Thomas 
Stanley, who was attainted of High Freafon, the faid Pre- 
mifes are now vetted in the Commiffioners and Truftees 
for Sale of the forfeited Eftates. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill toen- 
able Elizabeth Gomeldon, Widow, to put in her Claim be- 
fore the Commiffioners and Truftees for the forfeiced 
Eftates: And that Mr. Gybbon and Mr. Philip Yorke do 


prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Méller and Mr. 
Bennet: 

Mr. Speaker, ; 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
velting Part of the Eftate of Thomas Earl of Hadington 
in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Monies arifing 
thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of the ike Value, to 


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be fettled to the fame Ufes: To which they defire the 
Concurrence of this Houle. 


And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


Mr. Hampden, according to Order, reported, from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
explain and amend an Act, of the Twelfth Year of the 
late Queen, intituled, An Ac for providing a pub- 
lick Reward for fuch Perfon or Perfons as thall 
difcover the Longitude at Sea, fo, as to make the faid 
Act more uleful for the Improvement of Navigation, 
was committed, the Amendments which the Committee 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
none of the Commiffioners appointed by the former A&amp; 
fhould incur any Penalty or Dilability, for or by reafon of 
putting that, or this prefent Act, in Execution: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Mercurii, 20° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 

Act for vefting Part of the Eftate of Thomas Earl 

ot Hadingtonin Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Monies 

arifing thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of the like Va- 

lue, to be fettled to the fame Ufes; was read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Grefley, Sir Joba Harpur, Sir 
Fobn Every, and Sir Edward Coke, Baronets, and divers 
other Gentlemen and Freeholders within the County and 
Borough of Derby, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners being feverally 
Land-owners, and having Eftates lying upon or near to 
the River Derwent, in the County of Dery; that the Bill 
now brougatin for making the {aid River navigable, will 
greatly tend to the Prejudice of the faid Petitioners re- 
ipective Eftates there: And praying to be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed : And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the Committee, if they think fir, 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, and Grand 
Jury, for the County of Nottingham, at the General 
Quarter Seffions of the Peace, held at Newark upon Trent 
for the faid County, the Thirteenth Day of Fanuary 1719, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
being apprifed, that a Bill is depending for making the 
River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, navigable; which, 
if it paffes, will be the [mpoverifhment of a great many 
Perlons, and their Families, who are now maintained by 
Land-carriage; which Land. carriage they mutt wholly be 
deprived of, by reafon fuch Commodities as they now 
bring, and particularly Lead, willthen be conveyed from 
Derby by Water: And praying, That they may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the taid Bill. 

Ordercd, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee to whom the Sill for make- 


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ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, naviga- 
ble, is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, Cheefe 
Factors, and Inhabitants, of the Market Town of Ustoxe- 
ter, in the County of Stafford, and Places adjacent, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting torth, That 
the making the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, 
navigable, will be of great Advantage, not only to the 
Petitioners, but to all others in thofe Parts, trading and 
dealing in Cheefe, Butter, and other heavy Commodities, 
by a more cheap and fpeedy Way than heretofore; and 
will leffen the Price of Commodities, now enhanced by 
the Charge of Land-carriage, and encourage Trade: And 
praying, That the Bill for making the River Derwent 
navigable may pafs. : a, 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, naviga- 
ble, is committed. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Gentlemen, Gunfmiths, 
Lock{miths, Cutlers, Sword-fhippers, Nailors, and other 
Tradefmen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the Town of 
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the making the 
River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, will 
be a great Encouragement to Trade and Commerce, and 
very advantageous to the Publick in general, by a more 
cheap and eafy Water-conveyance of leveral heavy Com- 
modities abounding in this, and other their neighbouring 
Counties: And praying, ‘That the Bill for making the 
River Derwent navigable may pafs. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, naviga- 
ble, is committed. | 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, Sheriffs, Aldermen, Juftices 
of the Peace, Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Inhabitants, of 
the City and County of Litchfeild, was prefented to the 
Hoovfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Making of the 
River Derwent, in the County of Derty, navigable, will 
be of general Ufe, Convenience, and Benefit; whereby 
the Highways will be very much preferved, that are made 
almoft unpaffable, every Winter, by the Carriage of heavy 
Commodities; the Charge of Carriage much leffened; 
and Trade encouraged: And praying, That the Bill for 
making the River Derwent navigable may pafs. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, naviga- 
ble, is committed. 


A Petition of the Lead Merchants, Cheefemongers, 
and others trading in Lead, Butter, Cheefe, and ieveral 
other valuable and heavy Commodities, brought out of 
the feveral Counties of Derby, Stafford, Lancafbire, and 
Chefbire, to the City of London, on behalf of themfelves, 
and others, Traders and Dealers in the faid City, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
making the River Derwent navigable will be of great En- 
couragement to Trade and Commerce, and very advan- 
tageous to the Publick in general, by a more cheap and 
ealy Water-conveyance of feveral heavy Commodities, 
brought out of the Northern Counties, to the great Be- 
nefit and Advantage of the City of London: And praying, 
That the Bill for making the River Derwent navigable 
may pafs. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners in the Gaol 


for the County of Leicejier was prefented to the Houle, 
Vor, XIX, 


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and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, by reafon 
of their fad Confinement, are reduced to a miferable and 
ftarving Condition, being deprived of all means of follow- 
ing their feveral Employments: And praying to be re- 
lieved. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors, now in the 
common Gaol for the County of Hertford, on behalf of 
themfelves, and many Thoulands more of their Fellow 
Sufferers, in the feveral and refpective Gaols of this King- 
dom, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, with thankful Hearts, they do acknowlege 
the compaffionate Care that was taken the laft Seffions to 
promote a Bill for their Relief; though it had not the de- 
fired Effect, yet they hope it may have the defired Ends 
this Seffion, fo as to fet the Petitioners at Liberty: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Relief of infolvent Debtors: And that Mr. Fre- 
man, the Lord William Powlett, Mr. Heyfham, Sir Arthur 
Kay, and Sir Fobn Ward, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the Merchants, and principal Inhabi- 
tants, of the Town of Beith, in Name of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands in and about the faid Town, con- 
cerned in the Linen Manufacture, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That, being affured the 
Woollen and Silk Manufacturies in England have petiti- 
oned againft the Wearing and Ufing of printed, painted, 
and ftained, Linens, in general, without excepting thofe 
of the Britifb Manufacture: That the Linen Manufa@ture 
is the only one left in Scotland, whereby the Poor of that 
Town and Country chiefly fubfifts: That if the Petitions 
of the Woollen and Silk Manufacturies be granted, with- 
out an excepting Claufe for Britifh Linen, the Trade and 
Country muft be greatly diminifhed, and many Families 
ruined, and Thoufands of Poor reduced to ftarve: And 
praying, That an excepting Claufe for Brit Linen may 
be inferted in any Biil to be paffed on this Head. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, Town Council, and In- 
habitants, of the Royal Burgh of Dumbarton, for them- 
felves, and many Hundreds in the County, concerned in 
the Linen Manufacture, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the Linen Manufacture is 
the only Manufacture in Scotland, and whereby Thou!ands 
of Families are maintained: That it ought to be protected 
in the fame Way and Manner as the Wooijlen Manufac- 
tures in England: That the Trade of dyeing Scots Linen 
being altogether loft, there is no Confumption for their 
Scots Linen, befides Printing and Staining; which if 
reftrained by Law, the landed Eftates muft fall in their 
Rent, and many Thoufands of Perfons reduced to a ftarv- 
ing Condition: And praying, That there may be an ex- 
cepting Claufe, as to Scots Linen, inferted in any Bill that 
fhall pafs on this Head. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred, 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, Town Council, and 
other Inhabitants, of the Town of Forfar, was. prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they being 
informed, that feveral Petitions have been prefented, pray - 
ing, that the Wearing or Ufing of Callicoes, or ftamped 
or {tained Linen Cloth, may be prohibited: That the only 
Manufactury whereby they are enabled to fubfift, or main- 
tain any Share in Trade, or employ the People in that 

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Country, is the Linen Manufactury of the coarfer Sort: 
That the Allowance of ftamping and ftaining Linen of 
the coarfer Sort can neither interfere with the Woollen or 
Silk Manufaéturies, nor be a Cover to the Stamping or 
Staining of Linen imported from foreign Parts, which is 
a finer Sort: And praying, Thar the Allowance of ftamp- 
ing and ftaining Linen of the coarfer Sort may be conti- 
nued. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers, in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Burgeffes, Freemen, and 
other Inhabitants, within the Borough and Parifh of Lyme 
Regis, in the County of Dorfet, in behalf of themfelves 
and others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Confumption of the Woollen Ma- 
nufactury is much leffened by printing and wearing Calli- 
coes, and by the clandeftine Practices of exporting our 
Wool into foreign Parts unmanufactured: And that, if 
fome fpeedy Stop be not put to this Abufe, Thoufands of 
their Poor muit ftarve, and their Neighbours be enriched 
with that which is our Staple Commodity: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whoie Houle, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


Ordered, That Gyles Eyre Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Mr. Solicitor General reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to enable Fohbn Rofer Efquire, and his 
Iffue, to change their Surnames from Rofer to Reynolds, 
was committed, That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill ro the Houfe, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Bill for repairing the Roads from Stevenidge, in the 
County of Hertford, to Biggle/wade, in the, County of 
Bedford, was read the Firft time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Sufferers, and other Proprietors of 
Debentures made out to the Sufferers, of Nevis and Saint 
Chriftopber’s, by the Invafion of the French in the Year 
1705, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, by various Acts of Parliament, there hath 
been iffued to the faid Sufferers, or their Agents, Deben- 
tures to the Amount of 99,361/. 165. od. in Part of the 
Sum of 103,003/. 115. 4d. granted to the faid Sufferers 
in the Ninth, and farther explained in the Tenth, Year 
of the late Queen, and Fifth of his prefent Majefty, for 
‘One-third of their Loffes fuftained by the Invafion of the 
French on the faid Iflands,; which Debentures were pro- 
vided for by Subfcription into the South Sea Company, 
though they were, by various Delays, defeated of that 
Provifion: That the Petitioners have had Three Years In- 
tereft paid them thereon; but are without any farther Pro- 
vifion either for the Principal, or Intereft; which hath been 
a very great Detriment to the Petitioners, there being due 
thereon, at Michaelmas \aft, Four Years and Three Quar- 
ters Intereft: And praying, That a Provifion may be 
made for their Principal, and Intereft. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the proper Officers do lay before this 
Houfe, an Account of the Principal, and Intereft, due at 


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A. 1719. 


Chriftmas taft on the Debentures iffued to the Sufferers of 
Nevis and Saint Chriftopher's. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of that Part of his Majefty’s Speech, 
which relates to the publick Debts. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this 
Houfe, an Account of the publick Debts, as they ftood at 
the Exchequer at Cbriftmas \aft. 


_ The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
6 pi eet of the whole Houfe, to confider fur- 
ther of Ways and Means for raifing the Suppl 
to his Majetty ; ° a 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Auditor Harley, Sir Tho. Croffe, 
Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Foley, Mr. Bear, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Hal. 
Jey, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Grey, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Grantham, Mr Morris, Mr. Townfend, be added to the 
Committee, co whom the Petition of the Truftees for 
repairing ‘he Highways from the Stones End in Kent: 
Jireet to the Lime-kilns in Ea Greenwich, and to Lewif- 
4am Church, in the County of Kent, is referred. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Rich, Sir Tfaac Rebow, Sit 
Gilsert Heathcote, General Pepper, Sir Cha. Hotham 
Mr. Latwych, Mr. Hucks, Colonel Churchill, Mr. Fordah, 
Mr. Dackminique, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Mick'ethwaite, be 
added to the Committee, to whom the Bill for makin 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable 
is committed. sty 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Mcrn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 21° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Inhabitants of Tickbill, Firbeck, and 
Letweil, in the County of York; and of Harwortb, 
Stirup, and Alecoats, in the County of Nottingham; was 
preferted to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
whereas a Bill is brought in for making the River Der- 
went, in the County of Derby, navigable; that it will 
be a great Prejudice to the Petitioners; mott of whom be- 
ing maintained by the Land-carriage of Lead, Mill-ftones, 
and feveral other Commedities, to Bawétry, in the faid 
County of York; and bringing back Raff, foreign Iron, 
Groceries, and feveral other Sorts of Goods, to fupply 
themfelves, and the Towns adjacent: And praying to be 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, naviga- 
ble, is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think 
fit. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Gentlemen, Tradefmen, 
Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the Town of Manche/- 
ter, in the County of Lancafter, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the making the 
River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, will 
be a great Encouragement to Trade and Commerce, and 
very advantageous to the Publick in general, by a more 
cheap and eafy Water-conveyance of teveral heavy Com- 
modities: And praying, That the Bill for making the 
River Derwent navigable may pais. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con-. 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 

ing 





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ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, naviga- 
ble, is committed. 


A Petition of the Barons of the County of Kincardin, 
in behalf of themfelves and Tenants, and many Thoulands 
employed in theManufacture sof LinenCloth, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Manufac- 
ture of Linen Cloth is the only Manufacture in Scotland, 
whereby many Families are maintained ; and the poor 
People fubfift merely by their Labour and Induftry of 
Manufa@turing of Flax into Linen Cloth; and the prin- 
cipal Ufe made of their Linen, when carried to England, 
has been to print and ftamp it: And praying, That the 
Wearing of Scotch Linen Cloth may not be prohibited. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referréd to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Makers of Bays, and other Woollen 
Goods, in Colchejier, in the County of Efex, on behalf 
of themfelves, and many Thoufands of Poor employed 
under them was prejented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That the Woollen Goods made by the Peti- 
tioners are chiefly exported to Foreign Markets; and, in 
Return, great Quantities of Bullion, and valuable Mer- 
chandize, are brought into this Kingdom, whereby it is 
enriched: That, it the Wearing and Ufing of printed 
Callicoes and Linens fhould be prohibited, the Price of 
Wool will be immediately raifed, and they thereby dif- 
abled from fupplying foreign Markets with their Woollen 
Manufactures upon fuch reaionable Terms as they have 
hitherto done: And as Callicoes, if prohibited here, muft 
all be exported, they will, in many Places abroad, be 
chiefly made ufe of in the room of our Woollen Manu- 
facture; whereby it will be much leffened, and great Num- 
bers of Poor employed will be reduced to Want: And 
praying, Thatthe Wearing of Callicoes, and printed Linens, 
may not be prohibited. | 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Commictee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefler, is referred. 


A Petition of the Company or Society of Mercers, 
‘Upholfterers, Haberdafhers, &amp;c. of the City of Wor- 
cefier, was préfented to the Houfe, and read; fétting 
forth, That the major Part of the Inhabitants of that Ciry 
have, Time out of mind, chiefly fupported themfelves 
and Families by the Clothing Trade: That the Petitioners 
find the Decay of the Clothing Trade by that of their own, 
great Numbers of People, who were employed, now 
come begging to their Doors ; which is occafioned by the 
Wearing of Callicoes, and other Ea/-India Goods; which 
hinders the Confumption of raw Silks, and other Goods, 
which are brought into this Kingdom from foreign Mar- 
kets, in Exchange for Cloth: And praying Relief, 

Ordered, hat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Retail Stuffmen, and other Dealers 
in Woollen Stuffs, and Silk and Woollen, in and about 
the City of London and Weftminfter, and Borough of Sourh- 
wark, was prefented to the Houie, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Trade and Livelihood of the Petitioners 
intirely depend upon the Sale of ail Sorts of Woollen 
Stuffs, and Stuffs mixed with Silk ; but, of late Years, 
their Trade has been gradually declining, and is now al« 
moft loft, by the univerfal Ufe and Wearing of printed 
and ftained ‘Callicoes and Linens ; which, if not timely 
prevented, muft end in the utter Ruin of their Trade, 


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and many Thoufands of Familics depending thereon ; 
And praying Relief. 

Ordercd, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be reierred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Waikers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer, is reterréd. 


A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants, as alfo of the 
Bay, Say, and Perpetuane, Makers, Woolbeaters and 
Woolcombers, and Weavers, of Colchefter in the County 
of Effex, for and on behalf of themfelves, and Thoufands 
of the fame Town, was preiented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That great Quantities of Callicoes have been 
imported, ahd worn in this Nation, for feveral Years pat, 
to the great Decay of our.own Manufactures; as alfo the 
clandeftine Exportation of Wool, notwithftanding fo 
{trictly prohibited; whereby the Petitioners have been 
confiderable Sufferers ; and Thoufands have been reduced 
to great Poverty, for want of Employment: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


Sir Roger Bradbaigh prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for making the River Douglas, alias 
Afland, navigable from the River Ridsie, to Wigan, in che 
County Palatine of Lancafter: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an A@, of the 
Twelfth Year of the late Queen, intituled, An A&amp; for 
providing a publick Reward for fuch Perfon or Perfons as 
fhall difcover the Longitude at Sea, fo as to make the 
faid Act more ufeful for the Improvement of Navigation, 
was read the Third time: 

Anda Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill do pafs ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Me a i 46. 

Tellers for the Noes, } oe ae, i 182. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the honourable Henry Bertie Efquire 
have Leave to go into the Country, his Lady being ill. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door: 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, an Account fhewing the Quantity of Gold and 
Silver entered for Exportation from England to the Eajt- 
Indies, to France, and to Holland, from Chriftmas 1710 
to Chrifimas 1719; diftinguifhing each Year’s Exporta- 
tion, and to each refpective Place. 

And then he withdrew. 

Ani the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houle, to whom the Petition of the 
Weavers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging 
to the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City of 
W orcefter, is referred. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Exchequer attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of the publick Debts at the Exchequer 
at Michaelmas 1719: And acquainted the Houle, That 
the Accounts at the Exchequer being made up from M- 

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chaelmas to Michaelmas, if the Houfe required the faid 
Account to be made up till Chrifimas, ic will require a 
farther time to prepare it. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further 
of the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, and alfo of the feveral 
other Petitions referred to the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cartaret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cartaret reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matters to them refer- 
red: And that the feveral Petitions and Papers referred 
to the Confideration of the faid Committee, fince the 
Committee fat laft, had been read: And that the Com- 
mittee had heard the Petitioners upon the Petitions from 
the City of Worcefter, and from the City of Norwich, 
and County of Norfolk, and from the Weavers Company 
of London: And that he was directed by the Committee 
to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Petition of the Weav- 
ers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to 
the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City of 
Worcefter; and the other Petitions referred to the faid 
Committee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 22° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Grand Jury, 

Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, of the County 
of Bedford, affembled at the General Quarter Seffions of 
the Peace holden at the Town of Bedford in and for the 
faid County, on the Thirteenth Day of Faxuary in the 
Sixth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, Annoque Domini 1719, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
by an At, paffed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of her 
late Majefty Queen Ana, for repairing the Highways be- 
tween Dunftable and Hockley in the faid County, which 
is the great Road between London and Chefter, a Toll was 
granted for the Term of One-and-twenty Years; and the 
Truftees therein named were impowered to erect only 
Gates, or Turnpikes, crofs any Part of the faid Highway, 
for better collecting the faid Toll: That another Act 
pafied, inthe Twelfth Year of her late Majefty, for make- 
ing more effectual the aforefaid Act ; and an additional 
Toll was granted, and other Truftees were added: That 
the Truftees have expended a confiderable Sum of Money 
arifing from the faid Tolls, in erecting, upon the Wafte 
of the Lord of the Manor of Houghton Regis, a little 
Houle, for Conveniency of collecting the faid Tolls; and 
alfo a Dwelling-houle for the Tollman, who keeps therein 
a Publick houte for the Entertainment of Strangers; and 
by allowing large Sums of Money for Salaries, and for 
Teams and Servants, and tor other Purpofes: That acon- 
fiderable Debt is now due from the faid Toll; and the 
faid Road is ftill much out of Repair: That the Lord 
ot the Manor of Houghton Regis claims the faid Toll- 
houles and Buildings, as erected upon his Wafte; and has 


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A. 1719. 


brought an Ejectment for recovering the Poffeffion of the 
fame, and praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for enlarging the Time granted for repairing the {aid 
Roads; and for explaining and amending the faid Ads. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: . 
And it is referred to Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Brace, Mr. 
Cater, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Nevill, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Erie, 
Mr. Brodrick, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Mafon, 
Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Lewis, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Fre- 
man, Mr. Whitchcote, Mr. Cartarett, Sir Richard Fowler, 
Mr. Halfey, Sir Tho. Read, Mr. Lade, Mr. Difton, Mr. 
Fordan, Lord Wm. Powle:t, Mr. Philpot, Sir Tho. Step- 
ney, Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Sir Tho. Wheate; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Bedford, Bucks, 
Northampton, Warwick, Stafford, and Hertford: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. ; 


An ingroffed Bill to enable Hox Rofer Efquire, and 
his Iffue, to change their Surnames from Rofer to Rey- 
nolds, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act to enable Fobn Rofer Efquire, and his Iffue, to 
change their Surnames from Rofer to Reynolds. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Town of Newark, in the County of Nottingham, 
in the room of the honourable Conyers Darcey Efquire ; 
who, fince his Election for the faid Town, hath accepted 
the Office of Mafter of his Majefty’s Houfhold. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Exchequer attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of the principal Money due on the 
Debentures to the Sufferers at Nevis and Saint Cbrifto- 
pher’s; as likewife of the Intereft due on the faid Deben- 
tures to Chriftmas. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as follows ; viz. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Bur- 
geffes, in Parliament affembled ; 

Purfuant to an Order of this honourable Hovfe, the 
following Account is humbly pretented : 


AN Account of what is due on Debentures to the Suf- 
ferers at the Iflands of Nevis and Saint Chriftopher’s, 
made out by the Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations, 

purfuant to Acts of Parliament in that a ; 

; 5. a 

To principal Money due on the faid 

Debentures 
To Five Years Intereft, from the 
25th Day of December 1714 to 
the 25th Day of December 1719, 
at 6/. per Cent. per Annum --~ 


99,361 16 oO 


29,808 10 8; 








Exchequer, 22d Fa- 


nuary 1719. 


Inall £. 129,170 6 8¢ 


—) 





F. Fox. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Keymifs Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordi- 
nary Occafions. 


An 





6 GEo. I. 


An iogroffed Bill for naturalizing Cornelius Backer, was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for naturalizing Cornelius Backer. 

Ordered, That Mr. Majon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to infpect 
what Laws are expired, or near expiring; and to report 
their Opinion to the Houfe, which of them are fit to be 
revived, or continued: 

And it is referred to Mr. Farrer, Mr. Cater, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Mr. Freman, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Mafon, Mr. 
London, Sir Robert Furnefe, Mr. Nortbey, Mr. Carteret, 
Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Foley, Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. 
Clarke, Mr. Bayley, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. 
Herne, Sir Edward Des ,Bouvery, Sir Wm. Humfreys, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. 
Deacle, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Halfey, 
Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Difton, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Clayton, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Walpole, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Earle, 
Sir Iho. Fobnfon, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Bigg, Mr. Pig- 
got; and all the Gentlemen of the Long Kobe: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition and Reprefentation of his Majefty’s Juftices 
of the Peace for the County of Middlefex, in their General 
Quarter Seffions affembled at Hick’s Hall the 13th of 
Fanuary 1719, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That feveral Perfons of Quality, and others, 
have been lately, and in an unufual manner, attacked in 
their Coaches and Chairs, and fome of them robbed, in 
the high Streets ; and yet none of the Pertons concerned 
in thele Robberies have been taken; which is imputed to 
the Want of a proper and regular Watch: That there is 
no.Law now in force for any Watch, except the Statute 
of Winchefer, which has made no Provifion between MZ- 
chaelmas and Lady-day; and the Method now uled is, 
for the Conftables to appoint what Perfons, and what 
Number of Watchmen, they think fit; and to raife and 
levy great Sums on the Inhabitants, under Pretence of 
paying them, without rendering any Account, there being 
no Law to compel them thereunto; and yet the Watch, 
fo kept, is found not to be fufficient: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for 
regulating the Nightly Watch: And that the Lord W1/- 
liam Powlett, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Freman, Mr. At- 
torney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Lowndes, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Broderick, Mr. Philip 
Yorke, and Sir Nathanael Mead, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into. a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of that Part of his Majefty’s Speech, which re- 
lates to the publick Debts ; 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech be 
referred to the faid Committee. : 

Ordered, That the Account of the publick Debts at 
the Exchequer at Michaelmas 1719 be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr, Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Matter to them referred ; 


and had directed him to move, That they may have Leave 
to fit again. 


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Refolved, That this Houfe will, upen Weédné/day Morn 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Commictee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of that Part of his Majefty’s 


' Speech, which relates to the publick Debts. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 25° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of Ralph Skampton and Thomas Litchfeild; 

common Waggoners, or Carriers, to and from the 
Borough of Derby, in the County of Derby, to the City 
of London, in behalf of themfelves, and feveral other 
like Waggoners and Catriers of and within the faid County 
of Derby, and the County of Nottingham and Leicefter; 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, Thar, 
by an Act paffed the laft Seffion, all common Waggoners 
are reftrained from drawing with more than Six Horfes in 
a Waggon, and Three Horfes in a Cart, and with travel- 
ling with Wheels having their Streaks or Tire of a lefs 
Breadth than Two Inches and an Half when worn: That 
the Petitioners find it impoffible to drive over or through 
divers deep and hilly Parts, without a Seventh Horfe to 
a Waggon, and a Fourth to a Cart: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill to explain and amend an AG, 
pafied the laft Seflion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for re- 
pairing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, is 
committed. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Grand Jury, and Freeholders, met at the General Quar- 
ter Seffions of the Peace held at Haff Redford, in the 
County of Nottingham, for that Divition of the faid Coun- 
ty, the Fifteenth Day of Fanuary 1719, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read ; fetting forth, That the making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
will be a confiderable Prejudice to feveral Towns in that 
County, who are, in a great meafure, fupported by Land- 
carriage of Lead, Iron, and other Merchandizes, to Baw- 
try: And pray, That the Bill may not pats. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed. 


A Petition of the Captain of Ships, Mafters, Mates, 
and Owners of Ships and Keels, Rope-makers, Sail- 
makers, Mariners, and other Inhabitants, of Weft ‘tock- 
with and Mijlerton, in the County of Nottingham, and 
of Eaft Stockwith, Kynnar Ferry, and Eut:erwick, in the 
County of Lincoln, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the making the River Derwent, in the 
County of Derby, navigable, will be a great Damage to 
the Inhabitants in and near the Towns of Weft Stockwith, 
Mifterton, Eaft Stockwith, Kynnail Ferry, and Butterwick, 
who are chiefly maintained by the Navigation of the River 
Trent, which runs through the faid Towns: And praying, 
That they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, is 
committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fir. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Maltfters, and other Tradef- 
men, in the Town of Mansferld, inthe County of Nottingham, 
was prefented tothe Houle, and read ; fetting forth, Thatthe 

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Petitions being informed, That Leave is given to bring 
in a Bill for making the River Derwent navigable: That 
their Market is a confiderable Market for Barley, and 
moft of them are chiefly fupported by Making of Malt, 
which 1s carried from them in large Quantities every Week 
by Horfes that bring Lead, and other Commodities, into 
Chefoire, Lancafbire, and other Counties: That, if the 
{aid Bill pafles, all the Lead will be carried to Derby, and 
from thence to Gainfbrough, Hull, &amp;c. by Water; their 


Market will be ruined; and many Families, that live upon | 


Carriage, deprived of their Subfiftence: And praying, 
That they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Land-owners, Innholders, and Farm- 
ers, of the Town of Work/op, in the County of Notting- 
bam, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That being informed, That a Bill is brought in 
for making the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, 
navigable; which, if it pafs, will be very prejudi- 
cial to the Petitioners, by impoverifhing a great many 
Perfons and Families maintained by Land-carriage, which 
will then be conveyed by Water: And praying, That 
they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill. ? 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent navigable is committed: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid 
Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Land-owners, Tradefmen, Innholders, 
and Farmers, of the Town of Blyth, in the County of 
Nottingham, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners being informed, That a 
Bill is brought in for making the River Derwent, in the 
County of Derby, navigable; which Bill, fhould it pafs, 
would be very prejudicial to the Petitioners, and many 
Perfons, and their Families, who are now maintained by 
Land carriage, which will be then conveyed by Water : 
And praying, That they may be heard, by their Counfel, 
againit the {aid Bill. 

Ordered, ‘(hat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think 
fit. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, and Juftices of the 
Peace, and Grand Jury, at the General Quarter Seffions 
of the Peace held for the County of Leicefer the Twelfth 
Day of Fanuary 1719; and alfo of feveral other Juttices 
of the Peace, and Gentlemen, of the fame County; was 
prefented to the Houte, and read; fetting forth, That the 
making the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, na- 
vigable, will be a great Benefit and Advantage to the 
Town of Derby, and all that Part of the Country, and 
Places adjacent, by eafing them of the great Charge of 
Land-carriage: And praying, That the Bill for making 
the River Derwent navigable may pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confi- 
deration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, navigable, 
is committed. 


A Petition of Doctor Thomas Green, Vicar, Philip Da- 
vis and Giles Harris, Churchwardens, as alfo of the Vettry, 
and Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Saint Martin’s in the Feilds, 
in the County of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting torth, Phat the Church of the faid Parith 


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being built of Brick and Rubble, fome Hundred Years 
fince, the Walls thereof are now become very ruinous; 
and the Timber fo rotten and decayed, and that the fame 
is in great Danger of falling: That the Petitioners have 
been at extraordinary Expences annually in repairing and 
fupporting the fame; but, by the Opinion of very able 
and experienced Workmen, it cannot be long fupported 
by Repairs, but muft be intirely rebuilt: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Parifhioners of the faid Parifh to rebuild the faid Parith 
Church, by laying an equal Pound Rate on the Inhabitants 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confj- 
deration of a Committee: And*that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is reterred to Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Baylie, Mr. Harrifon, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Hillerf- 
den, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Weftpbaling, Sit Wm. Pole, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Herne, Mr. Bankes, Sir Tho, 
Reade, Mr. Af, Mr. White, Lord Molefworth, Lord 
Chetwynd, Sir Richard Goffe, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Neville, 
Mr. Lowndes, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Weftern, Sir Tho. 
Hanmer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Harris, Mr. Hampden, Sir Wm. 
Monfon, Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Her- 
bert, Sir Robert Davers, Sir Tho. Wheate, Sir Fobn Nor- 
ris, Mr. Treby, Mr. Jefferys, Mr. Methuen, Mr. Haljey, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Mr. Brodrick, Lord Harry Powlett, Mr. 
Freeman, Sit Fobn Ward, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Drew, 
Mr. Lade, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Kelfall, Mr. Plumptre, Sir 
Tho. Croffe; and all that ferve for the County of Mid- 
dlefex: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and Factors, 
in London, in behalf of themfelves, and the Manufa@urers 
of Linen in North Britain, was pretented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Linen Manufacture in Scotland 
is of very great Advantage to the Subjects of that Part 
of the United Kingdom; fhould the Manufacturing of it 
receive any Difcouragement, it muft certainly draw along 
with it an intire Ruin to many Thoulands who are em- 
ployed thereby: That the Trade of dyeing Scots Linen 
being quite loft, that there is now no Method left for the 
Coniumption or Ufe of Scots White Linen, but by having 
it printed, ttamped, or ftained: And praying, That there 
may be no Prohibition granted againft the Wearing and 
Ufing of Scots printed, ttamped, or ftained, Linens. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worceffer, is referred. 


A Petition and Reprefentation of the Provoft, Bailiff, 
and Town Council, of the Burgh of Kirkeudbright, in 
that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for themfelves, 
and in Name of the faid Burgh, and in behalf of many 
Thoufands of the Subjects of North Britain, employed 
in the Scots Manufacture of Linen Cloth, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Linen 
Manufacture is the only one now left in Scotland whereby 
the Poor are maintained: That the difcouraging Printing, 
Stamping, and Staining, of Scots Linen will, in effect, 
be a Prohibition of that Manufaéture: That the Trade 
of dyeing Scots Linen is loft ; fo that the only Way to con- 
fume it is by Printing: And praying, That the Petitions 
againft ufing and wearing ftamped Scots Linen may be 
rejected. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Cio- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


Ordered, 








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Ordered, That Sir fobu Walter Baronet have Leave to 
go into the Country for Three Weeks upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Tobias Fenkins Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions, 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting Part of the Eftate of Thomas Earl of Hading- 
ton in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Monies thereby, 
to purchafe other Lands, of the like Value, to be fettled to 
the fame Ufes; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. Farrer, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Weftphaling, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Sir Richard Fowler, Sir Arth. Owen, 
Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Brodrick, Sit Cha. Turner, 
General Pepper, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Stepbens, Mr, 
Lewis, Mr. Weftern, Mr. Norris, Mr. Majon, Mr. Lade, 
Sir Dewy Bulkley, Mr. Butler, Mr. Pelham, Sir Fobn 
Anfiruther, Sit Fobn Norris, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Soli- 
citor General, Mr. Freman, Colonel Stephens, Sir Ar- 
thur Kay, Mr. Drewe, Sir Wim. Monfon, Mr. Pitt, 
Mr. London, Sir Fobn Curzon, Mr. Palmer, Sir Richard 
Goffe, Mr. Levinz, Mr. Longueville; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for North Britain: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Bill for making the River Douglas, alias Afland, na- 
vigable from the River Riddle to Wigan, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powéett, Mr. Comptroller, Sir Roger Brad/haigh, Mr. Far- 
rer, Mr. Sloper, Mr. White, Mr. Murray, Lord Fames 
Cavendifb, Mr. Chulmiey, Mr. Stanhope, General Pepper, 
Mr. Micklethwaite, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Treby, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. Plumptre, Lord Marquis of Granby, Mr. Peirs, Mr. Bro- 
rick, Mr. Fillis, Sir Cha. Hotham, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Evelyn, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Lord Molefworth, Sir Charles Turner, 
the Earl of Hertford, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Maj/on, Sir Ed- 
ward Ernie, Colonel King, Mr. Bankes, Sir Tho. D’ Ath, 
Mr. Briflow, Mr. Fones, Sir Tho. Stepney, Mr. Booth, 
Lord Hinchinbroke, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Del/avall, Sir 
Geo. Warrender, Mr. Cuningham, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, 
Mr. London, Lord ames Murray, Sir Richard Goffe, 
Mr. Wallis, Lord &lt;Archib., Hamilton, Mr. Carpenter, 
Mr. Wilfon, Mr. Northey, Colonel Stanhope, Mr. Cater, Mr. 
Gregory, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Freman, Mr. Moody, Mr. 
Clarke, Mr. Turner, Mr. Earl, Mr. Papillon, Lord 
Finch, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Lowther, Colonel Delavall, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Bond, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Maynard, 
Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Chetwynd, General Wills, Lord 
Caftlemain, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Parker, Colonel Morton, 
Mr. Weftpbaling, Lord Grimfton, Sir Tho. Palmer, Sir 
Barnham Rider, Mr. Thompfon, Sir Richard Howe, Co- 
lonel Lambert, Mr. Wynn, Sir Fobn Anftruther, Mr. 
Haldane, Mr. Monroe, Colonel Kerr, Sir Wim. Robdinfon, 
Lord Montrath, Sir Richard Steel, Mr. Smelt, Sir Sa- 
muel Lennard, Mr. Gybbon, Sir Tho. Colepeper, Mr. Feild- 
ing, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Worfley, Mr. Hopkins, Mc. 
Brudenell, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Offiey, Sir Bryan Broughton, 
Sir Robert Rich, Colonel Negus, Mr. Minfbull, Colonel 
Long, Sir Hen. Afbhurft, Mr. Brace, Mr. Booth, Colo- 
nel Cadogan, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Trevanion; and all the 
Members that ferve for the County of Lancafler: And 


they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for repairing the Roads from Stevenidge, in the 
County of Hertford, to Biggle/wade, in the County of 
Bedford, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Cater, Mr. Farrer, Sir Tho, Sebright, 
Sir Roger Chaplin, Mr. Haljey, Mr. Heyham, Sir Wm. 
Daines, Mr. Kelfal, Mr. Lade, Sir Richard Goffe, Sir 
Tho. fobnfon, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Brace, Mr. Stephens, 
Lord Downes, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Wylde, Lord 


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Wm. Powlett, Sir Cha. Turner, Sit Roger Hill, Sir Fobn 
Curzon, Sit Wm. Monfon, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Campbell, 
Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Neville, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Wright- 
fon, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Morice, Mr. Godfrey, Colonel 
Stephens, Mr. Coffin, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Bro- 
drick, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Chulmiey, Mr. Vernon, Lord Pa- 
gett, Mr. Fefferyes, Mr. Drewe, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. 
Harrifon, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Grey, Mr. Wallis, Sir 
Tho. Stepney; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Hertford, Bedfird, Huntingdon, Nortbamp- 
ton, Stafford, Lincoln, and York: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Booth, prefented to the Houfe a Bill for making 
the River Weaver navigable from Winsford Bridge to 
Frodfbam Bridge, in the County of Céegfer : And the fame 
was received. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before. this 
Houfe, an Account of the grofs and net Produce of the 
Duties applicable to the Payment of the publick Debts 
provided for by Parliament, from Michaelmas 1717 te 


Michaelmas 1719; diftinguifhing the Produce of each 
Year. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this 
Houfe, an Eftimate of the publick Debts not provided for 
by Parliament, to Chrifimas 1719. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners for {tating and deter- 
mining the Debts of the Army do lay before this Houfe, 
an Account of the Certificates iffued by them, and for 
whom ; and alfo, an Account of -what Claims and De- 
mands are before them, and remain yet undetermined. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majeity, That he will be gracioufly pleated to give Di- 
rections, That the Reprefentation, which has been laid 
before his Majefty by the Truftees for the Linen Manu- 
facture in Ireland, may be laid before this Houfe, 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houle, to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jefty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Commnittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a farther Progrefs in the Matter to them refer- 
red; and had directed him to move, That they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 26° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, Tradefmen, 

and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of King’s 
Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the making the 
River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, will 
be a great Benefit and Advantage not only to the Town 
of Derby, and other Places near the fame, whofe Inha- 
bitants trade and deal in heavy Commodities ; and that 


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thereby they will have their Goods brought by Water 
very cheap, and will take off the great Charge of Land- 
carriage: And praying, That the Bill for making the 
River Derwent navigable may pals. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, Freeholders, 
Farmers, and Inhabitants, of the Town of Loughborough, 
in the County of Leiceffer, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; fetting forth, That, if the Bill for making the 
River Derwent navigable fhould pafs into a Law, it will 
be very prejudicial to the Petitioners, by leflening the 
Rent of their Lands, and depriving them of the Advan- 
tage of uttering the Produce thereof to the Land Carriers 
who pals in great Numbers through their Town from the 
County of Derby, and other adjacent Towns, to London; 
but, if the River be made navigable, they will fend their 
Commodities by Water to London, and the Carriers forced 
to leave off their Employment: And praying to be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bull. 

Ordered, That the {aid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed: 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Grand Jury, 
at the General Quarter Seffions of the Peace held at South- 
qell, in and tor the Soke of Southwell, in the County of 
Nettingham, the Fourteenth Day of January 1719, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the making the River Dei went, in the County of Derby, 
navigable, wil] be very prejudicial to their Country, by 
ipoiling their Markets, and hindering them of the Supply 
of Sali, and other Commodities, which they are ftored 
with by great Numbers of Carriers out ot Derdyfbire, 
Chefoire and Lancafkire, who buy and take from them 
Malt, Corn, Hops, and other Things their Country 
yields; which they fhall be deprived of, and a great many 

“Perfons, and their Families, impoverifhed, if the faid 
Navigation take Effect ; And praying, That they may be 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the taid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwcnt, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed : And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Land-owners, Innholders, and Farm- 
ers, of the Town of Loughborough, in the County of 
Leicefter, was pretented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the making the River Derwent navigable will 
be of great Benefit and Advantage to the Town and 
County of Derby, and Places adjacent, by a more cheap 
and fpeedy Conveyance of their Goods to the Market; 
and that the faid Navigation will be tor a publick Good: 
And praying, That the Bill may pafs. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, navigable, 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard by their 
Countel, before the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Land-owners and Farmers in the 
Town of Draycott upon Derwent, in the County ef Derby, 
and alfo of the adjacent Towns of Breafton, Long Eaton, 
Wilfborp, Sindiacre, and Rifley, in the faid County, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
fhould the Bill for making the River Derwent navigable 
pals into a Law, it will be of great Damage to the Peti- 
tioners, by leffening their Rents, and depriving them of 
the Benefit of uctering and vending the Produce of their 
Lands to the Land Carriers, and the Carriers will be ne- 
ceffitated to leave off their Employments ; and thereby 
great Quantities of Corn and Grain will be carried by 
Water at much cheaper Rates, to their Impoverifhment 


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and Ruin: Anti praying, That they may be heard, by 
their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of Yefterday, hath been prefented to his Majetty, 
That he would be pleafed to give Dire&amp;tion, That the 
Reprefentation of the Truftees for the Linen Manufacture 
in Ireland be laid before this Houfe: And that his Ma- 
jefty hath been pleafed to give Directions, That the fame 
be laid before this Houfe. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgeffes, 
and of the Clothiers, Diugget-makers, and Stuff- makers, 
&amp;c. of the ancient Borough of Reading, in the County 
of Berks, in behalf of themfelves, and feveral Thoulands 
depending upon them, was prefented to the Houte and 
read; fetting forth, That for fome time paft, the Wool- 
len Manufacture was the great Support, and Staple Trade, 
of that Borough; but, fince the Wearing of Callicoes, 
printed and ftained Linens, it is greatly decayed, feveral 
Branches thereof being almoft extinct, and many of 
their Poor in a ftarving Condition for want of Em- 
ploy: And praying, That an effectual Stop may be put 
to the Wearing of Callicoes, and priated and ftained 
Linens. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Cio- 
thiers in the City ot Worcefer, is referred. 


A Petition of the Grand Inqueft at the General Quar- 
ter Seffions of the Peace held at the City of New Sarum, 
in and for the County of Wilts, on Wednefday the Thir- 
teenth Day of Fanuary Anno Domini 1719, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners are very much concerned at the growing and daily 
Increafe of their Poor, in a County where the Staple 
Trade of this Kingdom has, for many years been railed 
to fo con{picuous a Height by the Induttry of its Manu- 
facturers; occafioned by the vaft Quantities of {tained or 
printed Callicoes and Linens imported: And praying to 
be relieved. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants of London, Exporters of 
the Woollen Manufacture to Spain, Portugal, Germany, 
Holland, and Hamburgh, was pretented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners have, for many 
Years, fent abroad, to the Countries and Places above- 
mentioned, great Quantities of Bays, Says, Perpets, 
Norwich Stuffs, and Stuffs of the like Kind, which has 
been returned in Gold and Silver from thence : That, in 
cafe the Wearing of printed Callicoes and Linens fhould 
be prohibited, it will be attended wich an immediate Ad- 
vance on Wool, and the Decay of the foreign Trade ; 
and confequently reduce the Petitioners to a ftate-of Want 
and Beggary: And praying, That no Reftraint may be 
laid upon the Ufe of printed Linens and Callicoes. 

Oraered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Cio- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, is referred. 


A Reprefentation and Petition of the Magiftrates and 
Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Jvverbervie, tor 
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themfelves, and the Inhabitants thereof, and all other their 
Adherents, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That whereas the Stuff and Silk Weavers of Lon- 
don have brought a Bill in againft Printing, Painting, and 
Staining, of Calicoes and Linen; wherein if they fhould 
prevail, it will rend to the intire Ruin of the Linen Cloth 
Manufacturies of North Britain, and Trade of the whole 
Nation.in general, the Linen Cloth Manufacture being 
the only Manufacture left whereby many Thoufands of 
poor People are maintained: And praying, That the 
Linen Manufacturies of North Britain may be encou- 
raged. 

Gisirel, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Burgh of Jrving, 
convened there the Eighth Day of Fanuary 1719-20, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Linen Manufactury in Scot’and is the moft confidera- 
ble Branch of their Trade, giving Bread to Thoufands 
of poor Families employed therein; which, if difcouraged 
by Prohibitions, will tend to the inevitable Ruin of many 
poor People: And praying, That there may be no Prohi- 
bition granted againft the Wearing of Scots Linen ftamp- 
ed, ftaited, or printed. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefler, is referred. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates and remanent Members 
of the Town Council of Montrofe in Scotland, for them- 
felves, and in the Name of the whole Inhabitants of the 
fame, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the faid Borough is well fituated for Trade, 
and hath a good and fafe Harbour: That it is abfolutely 
neceflary, for preferving their Harbour, to fortify, againft 
Inundations of the Sea, the Two Hills that cover and 
defend the fame, which Hills have fuffered very much by 
late Storms ; and, if the fame be not fpeedily fortified, 
their Harbour will be foon ruined: That the faid Bo- 
rough is in great Want of frefh Water; which difcou- 
rages many from refiding therein: That they carry on a 
great Trade with Norway, to which they export the Pro- 
duct of their Country; and, in Return thereof, import 
. Money, Iron, and Timber ; which Trade would be much 
improved and increafed, if they had a convenient Dock 
for the Timber they import: And praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill to enable them to bring 
frefh Water into their faid Borough, and to defend the 
faid Two Hills from the Sea; to build a Dock for their 
Timber, and to maintain their other publick Works; by 
granting Two Penies Scots; or the Sixth Part of a Peny 
Sterling, upon every Engli/h Pottle, or Scots Pint, of all 
Ale or Beer that fhall be brewed and vended, or brought 
in to be fold, within the faid Borough, and Privileges 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter therof ; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Middleton, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Pringle, Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, 
Mr. Forbes, Lord Melefworth, Mr. Kennedy, Colonel 
Morton, Mr. North, Brigadier Sutton, Sir Richard Fow- 
ler, Mr. Bailie, Mr. Brodrick, Sir Alexander Cumyns, 
Mr. Majfon, Mr. Murray, Mr. Fordan, Lord Carpenter, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Norris, Mri Monroe, Mr. Hal- 
. dane, Mr. Foley; Mr. Halfey; Mr. Plummer, Mr. Plump- 

tre, Sit David Dalrymple, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Wylde, Mr. 
Earl, and all the Members that ferve for North Britain: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 

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in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam, in the County of Chefer, 
was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time: 


Mr, Secretary Craggs prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Addrefs to his Majefty, the Reprefentation to his 
Majefty from the Truftees of the Linen Manufacture in 
Ireland: 

And the Title thereof was read. 

The faid Reprefentation is as follows; viz. 


To the King’s moft Excellent Majefty ; 

The humble Reprefentation of the Truftees of the 
Linen Manufacture. of Ireland, in behalf of the Pro- 
teftants of that Kingdom concerned in the faid Ma- 
nufacture; 

Sheweth, 


TH AT the People of Ireland always enjoyed the Li- 

berty of exporting their Woollen Manufacture, un- 
til the Year 1699; when a Law was made in England to 
reftrain the Exportation thereof : 

But the Parliament of England was fo fenfible of the 
great Lofs and Damage the People of Ireland mutt there- 
by fuftain, that, before they made a Law againft their 
Woollen Manufacture, they thought it proper to invite 
and encourage them to apply their Induftry to that of the 
Linen: 

Accordingly the Lords of England, on the Ninth of 
Fune 1698, addreffed his late Majefty King William in 
the following Words ; 

** We; the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, - in Parlia- 

«© ment affembled, do humbly reprefent unto your Ma- 
« jefty, That the growing Manufacture of Cloth in Jre- 
‘¢ /and, both by the Cheapnefs of all Sorts of Neceflaries 
‘¢ for Life and Goodnefs of Materials for making all 
** manner of Cloth, doth invite your Subjects of Eng- 
‘© Jand; with their Families and Servants, to leave their 
‘¢ Habitations to fettle there, to the Increafe of the Wool- 
“¢ Jen Manufacture in Jreland; which makes your loyal 
‘¢ Subjeéts in this Kingdom very apprehenfive, that the 
“¢ further Growth of it may greatly prejudice the faid 
«© Manufacture here ; by which the Trade of this Nation, 
«© and the Value of Lands, will very much decreafe, and 
«¢ the Numbers of the People be much leffened here: 
‘¢ Wherefore we do moft humbly befeech your moft 
“© Sacred Majefty,; That your Majefty would be pleafed, 
‘© in the moft publick and effectual Way that may be, to 
“¢ declare to all your Subjects of Ireland, That the 
«© Growth and Increafe of the Woollen Manufaéture there, 
‘¢ hath long, and will ever be looked upon with great 
“© Jealoufy by all your Subjects of this Kingdom; and, 
“Ss if not timely remedied, may occafion very ftriét Laws. 
** totally to prohibit and fupprefs the fame; and, on the 
*¢ other hand, if they turned their Induftry and Skill to 
*¢ the fettling and improving the Linen Manufacture, for 
«¢ which generally the Lands of that Kingdom are very 
‘*¢ proper, they fhall receive all Countenance, Favour, 
‘¢ and Protection, from your Royal Influence, for the 
«* Encouragement and Promoting of the faid Linen Ma- 
“ nufacture, to all the Advantage and Profit that King- 
“¢ dom can be capable of.” 

And the Commons of England, on the 30th of Fune 
1698, likewife addreffed his faid Majefty in the Words 
following ; 

*¢ We, your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
‘¢ the Commons, in Parliament afiembled,; being very 
‘© fenfible, that the Wealth and Power of this Kingdom 
«¢ do; in a great meafure, depend on the preferving the 
“© Woollen Manufacture, as much as poffible, intire to 
“© this Realm, think it becomes us, like our Anceftors, 
“© to be jealous of the Eftablifhment and the Increale 
“© thercof elicwhere, and to ufe our utmoft Endeavours 
“* to prevent it: 


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«© And therefore we cannot without Trouble obferve, 
** That Ireland, which is dependent on, and protected 
“&lt; by, England, in the Enjoyment of all they have, and 
“* which is fo proper for the Linen Manufacture, the Efta- 
“¢ blifhment and Growth of which there, would be fo en- 
“‘ riching to themfelves, and profitable to England, 
“ fhould of late, apply itfelf to the Woollen Manufac- 
“* ture, to the great Prejudice of the Trade of this King- 
*“¢ dom; and fo unwillingly promote the Linen Trade, 
“© which would benefit both them and us: 

«© The Confequence whereof will neceffitate your Par- 
** liament of England to interpofe, to prevent the Mif- 
“* chief that threatens us; unlefs your Majefty, by your 
** Authority, and great Wifdom, fhall find means to fe- 
*&lt; cure the Trade of England, by making your Subjects 
“* of Ireland to purfue the joint Intereft of both King- 
** doms: 

‘¢ And we do moft humbly implore your Majefty’s 
** Protection and Favour in this Matter; and that you 
“© will make it your Royal Care, and ufe their utmoft 
“«* Diligence, to hinder the Exportation of Wool from 
‘* Jreland, except to be imported hither; and for the dif- 
“* couraging the Woollen Manufacture, and encouraging 
“© the Linen Manufacture, in Ireland; to which we fhall 
** always be ready to give our utmoft Affiftance.” 

And his faid Majefty King Wiliam, by his Letter of 
the 29th of June 1698, to the then Lords Juftices of Ire 


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land, reciting the faid Addrefs of the Houfe of Lords, - 


directed and required them to take the moft effectual 
Care that might be to countenance and encourage his 
Subjects of Ireland to turn their Induftry and Skill to the 
Linen Manufacture ; and to avoid all Occafions of giving 
Jealoufy to his Majefty’s Subjects of England, by carry- 
ing on a Trade of the Woollen Manufacture prejudicial 
to them: 

And, by a Second Letter of the Seventh of July fol- 
lowing, reciting the faid Addrefs of the Commons, his 
Majefty did re-enforce his former Order. 

Depending on thefe Affurances from the King, Lords, 
and Commons, of England, the People of Ireland betook 
themfelves to the Linen Manufacture; and, though they 
Jaboured under many Difficulties incident to new Under- 
takings, yet, the Parliaments of England and Great Bri- 
tain having pafled feveral Laws for their Encouragement, 
they at length brought the fame to fome Degree of Per- 
fection; and, their Linens being, for the moft part, pro- 
per for Staining, Stamping, and Printing, a great Part of 
them are employed that way. 

That, feveral Petitions having been lately preferred to 
the Houfe of Commons of Great Britain, complaining of 
the Ufe of printed or ftained Linens, the faid Truftees 
beg Leave moft humbly to lay before Your moft Sacred 
Majetty ; 

That, there being no Profpect of any other Marker for 
thofe Linens which are now printed or ftained, in cafe the 
Ufe of them fhould be prohibited in Great Britain, the 
Hands employed in them mutt neceffarily ftand idle; which 
would reduce many Thoufand Proteftant Families to a 
ftarving Condition, and oblige many others to leave the 
Kingdom : 

This would greatly weaken the Proteftants Intereft of 
Ireland, and be a Means to leffen your Majefty’s Revenues 
there. : 

May it therefore pleafe your moft Sacred Majefty to 
take into your Royal Confideration the Cale of your 
Subjects of Ireland concerned in the Linen Manv- 
facture, and recommend the fame to the Parliament 
of Great Britain, in {uch manner as may moft effec- 
tually fecure to them the full Enjoyment of their 
Linen Trade, which they engaged in on the Encou- 
ragement and Affurances fo folemnly given by the 
Crown and Parliament of England. 


Ordered, That the faid Reprefentation be referred to 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Peti- 
tion of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and 
belonging to the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the 
City of Worcefler, is referred, 


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The Hovfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo. 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, and of the other Petitions 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Carteret reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matters to them re&lt; 
ferred: And that the feveral Petitions, and the Reprefenta- 
tion, referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee, 
fince the Committee laft fat, had been read: And that 
the Committee had heard the Petitioners, upon the Peti- 
tions of the Traders in raw Silks in London, and of the 
Merchants trading to J¢aly, and of the Merchants trading 
to the Levant Seas : And that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Turfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Petition of the Weav- 
ers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to 
the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City of Wor- 
cefter; and of the other Petitions referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 27° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, Pot-makers, 
and Inhabitants, of the Town of Burflem, in the 
County of Stafford, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Hundreds of Families depending upon the faid Trade of 
Pot-making in the faid Town, and Places near adjoining, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the making Pots in and near the faid Town is fo confi- 
derable a Trade, that feveral Hundreds of Families gain 
their Livelihoods by the fame: That the faid Trade is 
very much improved ; and the Makers, and Dealers there- 
in, fend very great Quantities of that Commodity by 
Water-carriage to feveral Markets; and to have great 
Quantities of heavy Commodities, ufeful in the faid Trade, 
to be brought up the River Trent, to Wilne Ferry: 
That, for want of another convenient Wharf, divers Goods 
lie fo long on the Wharf, before they can be carried down, 
or brought up to them, that the Owners cannot make fuch 
Returns as otherwife they might; being forced to pay 
exceffive Rates for Carriage, to the Ruin of divers Fami- 
lies, and the Danger of lofing the faid Trade: That the 
making the River Derwent navigable will be of very 
great Ufe to the faid Trade, by affording a more fpeedy 
and cheap Conveyance of Goods: And praying, That 
“ Bill for making the River Derwent, navigable may 
pafs. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Dery, navigable, 
is committed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Juftices of the 
Peace, Gentlemen, Tradefmen, Freeholders, and others, 
of the City of Coventry, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable from the River 
Trent to the Town of Derby, will be of great Ufe and 
Benefit; the Highways will be very much preferved, which 
are now almoft impaffable by the Carriage of Lead, Iron, 
Marble, &amp;c.; the Charge of Carriage much leflened ; 
Trade encouraged and improved: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 


referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
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the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, navigable, is 
committed. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates, Town Council, and 
Inhabitants, of the Burgh of Kirkcaldy, in the Shire of Fife, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the only Manufacture now left in Scot¢/and is that of Linen: 
That, if the Petitions offered by the Silk and Woollen 
Manufacturers in South Britain, craving, That the Wear- 
ing of all printed, painted, ftained, and ftamped, Linen, 
may be prohibited, fhould be granted, without excepting 
Britifo Linen, it will entirely ruin that Part of the Na- 
tion, and many Thoufands of poor People will be re- 
duced to ftarve: And praying, That, if any fuch Bill 
fhall pafs, an excepting Claufe therein may be inferted for 
Britifo Linen. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Petition of the 
Weavers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging 
to the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City of 
Worcefter, is referred. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the further Preventing of Robbery, Burglary, and Fe- 
lony ; and for the more effectual Tran{portation of Felons: 
And that Mr. Solicitor General, Sir Arthur Kay, and 
the Lord Chetwynd, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Colonel Fane reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petitions of the Truftees for repairing the Highways 
from the Stones End in Kent-fireet to the Lime-kilns in 
Eaft Greenwich, and to Lewifham Church, in the County 
of Kent; and alfo to whom the Petition of the Jutftices, 
Gentlemen, Freeholders, Farmers, and other Inhabitants, 
of the Parith of Cammerwell, in the County of Surry; 
were referred; the Matter, as it appeared to them; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Reports in at the Clerk’s Table: Where they were read; 
and are as follow; viz. . 

That the Committee have, purfuant to the Order of 

this Houfe, confidered and examined the Matter of 
the faid Petition; and find the fame to be as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 

That an Act paffed, in the Fourth Year of the Reign 
of his prefent Majefty, for repairing the faid Highways, 
which Act was to continue for Eleven Years, from Lady- 
day 1718, as in the Petition is fet forth : 

That, upon Examination of -Wm. Radley, Clerk of 
the Turnpike erected on the faid Highways, and alfo of 
the Books and Accounts of the faid Truftees, produced 
to the Committee, it further appeared, That the Truftees 
had borrowed, upon the Credit of the faid A&amp;t, the Sum 
of 4,904/. at Intereft; and that they had laid out, in 
mending the faid Roads, the Sum of 7,417/. 105. 24.33 
whereof 748 /, 135, 5d. is now owing to Workmen: 

That the Money arifing by the Toll in 
the Year 1718 amounted to — 1,033 18 94 

And, for this prefent Year, to -—- 1,015 1 9 





£.2,049 O 62% 





So that it appeared to the Committee, That the Peti- 
tioners had proved the Allegations of their Petition. 

Upon the Petition of the Juftices, Gentlemen, Free- 

holders, Farmers, and other Inhabitants, of the Pa- 
rifh of Cammerwell, in the County of Surry, referred 
alfo to the faid Committee, the Committee have exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition; and find it 
to be as followeth; viz. 

It appeared to the Committee, That Two Acts of Pars 
liament pafled, in the Fourth Year of his prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign; the one for amending the Roads from the 
City of London to the Town of Eaft Grinftead, in the 
County of Sujex; and the other for repairing the High- 
ways leading trom the Stones End of Kent-fireet, in the 
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Sarry, to the Lime-kiln in Eaf Greenwich, near Black- 
heath, and Lewifbam Church, in the County of Kent, as 
in the Petition is fet forth : 

And the Petitioners produced feveral Witneffes, to prove 

the Allegations of their Petition; viz. 

Aaron Fames, of Cammerwell, faid, That the Inhabi- 
tants of Cammerwell, and others, cannot come to London, 
and return home, without paying to one or the other of 
Two Turnpikes erected on the Road leading from Wef- 
minfier Ferry, in the Parifh of Lambeth, through the 
Towns of Newington, Cammerwell, and Peckham, to 
New Crofs, in the County of Kent: 

That the faid Road is above Four Miles in Length; 
and is very much ufed by the Quality, Gentry, and others, 
travelling to Tunbridge, Canterbury, Dover, and all the 
Parts of Kent, for avoiding going over the Bridge, and 
on the Stones, through London, and Southwark; and all 
fuch Paffengers pay to both the faid Turnpikes, though 
they receive but little Benefit by the one, and none by 
the other, by reafon thofe Roads are not included in the 
faid Acts to be amended thereby : 

That he has known the faid Road above Twenty Years ; 
which was always repaired by the Overfeers of the High- 
ways; and that the Parifhes of Newington and Cammer- 
well have always done their Statute-work, and laft Year 
paid a Rate of Three Pence in the Pound over and above; 
yet the faid Roads are fo very. bad, that it is dangerous 
to pafs through the fame in the Winter, by reafon of the 
great Numbers of Cattle, Coaches, Carts, and other Car- 
riages, ufing it; and, in particular, by the great Quanti~ 
ties of Gravel brought from Newington laft Year, by the 
Truftees, for Amendment of the Surry Roads, being about 
8,000 Loads. 

Robert Symes and Robert Butcher affirmed, That what 
Aaron Fames had {aid was true: And the Petitioners had 
feveral other Witneffes to prove the fame; but the Com- 
mittee did not think it neceffary to examine any more, 
being fatisfied, that the Petitioners had made good the 
Allegations of their Petition. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
enlarging the Term granted by an A@, paffed in the 
Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing the Highways leading from the Stones End 
in Kent-ftreet, to the Lime-kilns in Eaf Greenwich, near 
Blackheath, and to Lewifham Church, being the Tunbridge 
Road, in the County of Kent : And that Colonel Fane, 
Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, and Mr. 
Halfey, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are to prepare, and bring in, the faid Bill, That they 
do provide for repairing and amending the Highways 
and Roads leading fom Weftminfter Ferry, in the Parith 
of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to New Cros, in 
the Parifh of Deptford, in the County of Kent. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovidond and Mr. 
Bennet : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A@ for 
fupplying the Defects in, and better Performance of, the 
Will of Edmund Dunch Efquire, deceafed: To which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And 
alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
making the Townfhips of Shipfton and Tidmington, a dif- 
tinct Parifh from the Parifh of Tredington, in the County 
and Diocefe of Worcefer; and for dividing the Reéctory 
of the faid Parifh of Tredington into Three Parts: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingtoffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for fupplying the Defects in, and better Performance af, 
the Will of Edmund Dunch Efquire, deceafed, was read 
the Firft time: 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The 








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The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
ti] To-morrow Fortnight. : 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 


to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of that Part of his Majefty’s 
Speech, which relates to the publick Debts. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them refer- 
red; and had direéted him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of that Part of his Majelty’s 
Speech, which relates to the publick Debts. 


Ordered, That Mr. Shippen, Mr. Feffreys, Mr. Hey- 
foam, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Fohn Blana, Sir Tho. Seabright, 
Mr. Archer, Mr. Eden, Mr. Baker, Mr. Inge, Mr. 
Wrightfon, Mr. Drew, Mr. Bracebridge, Sir Wm. Pole, 
Sir Nicholas Morice, Sir Edward Defbouvery, Sir Henry 
Bunbury, Sir Robert Davers, Sir Richard Gravenor, Mr. 
Rowney, Sir Fobn Stoneboufe, Mr. Vernon, Mr. North, 
Mr. Chetwynd ; and all that ferve for the Counties of Staf- 
ford, Chefter, and the City of London, be added to the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for making the River Der- 
went, in the County of Derby, navigable, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Fovis, 28° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for making the Townfhips of Shipffon and Jid- 
mington a diftinét Parifh from the Parith of Tredington, 
in the County and Diocefe of Worcefer ; and for dividing 
the Rectory of the faid Parith of Tredington, into Three 
Parts; was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners for Debt, 
in his Majefty’s Gaol for the Town and County of the 
Town of Notting bam, on behalf of themfelves, and others, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners, by reafon of unavoidable Loffes, be- 
coming indebted to, and unable to fatisfy, their Creditors, 
have been a long time confined in clofe Prifon ; whereby 
they fuffer extreme Want; and their Families are ruined : 


- «And praying Relief. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors, in the County 
Gaol of Warwick, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners, by fundry Loffes in 
their Way of Trade, and otherwife, are, with their Fami- 
lies, reduced to extreme Poverty and Want, but willing 
to refign their utmoft Subftance to fatisfy their refpective 
Creditors: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and principal In- 
habitants, of the City of Briffol/, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are 
deeply fenfible of the deplorable Condition of divers Per- 
fons belonging to that City, who, with many others of his 
Majefty’s Subjects, have laboured under a long and flavith 


MA.171%9. 


Captivity in the Dominions of the Emperor of Fez and 
Morocco; feveral of whom, through the Severity of their 
cruel Ufage, and Defpair of Deliverance, have been pre- 
vailed with to embrace the Mabometan Religion; and 
others lie under the like Temptations: And praying, 
That fome Means may be found out for their Deliver- 
ance. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gybdon prefented to the Houfe, according to Or. 
der, a Bill to enable Elizabeth Gomeldon, Widow, and her 
Truftees, to enter their refpective Claims before the Com- 
miffioners and Truftees for the forfeited Eftates; and to 
impower the faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and 
determine the fame: And the Bill was received; and 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Lord William Powlett prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for regulating the Nightly 
Watch: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Yonge, from the Commiffioners appointed to ex- 
amine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army, 
prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, their Report 
of a Lift of Certificates iffued by them ; and acquainted 
the Houfe, That an Account of the Claims now remain- 
ing before the Commiffioners will be ready to be laid 
before the Houfe in a few Days: 

And the Title of the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The Report is bound up with the other Papers of this 

Seffion. 


A Petition of the feveral Mafters and Weavers, on be- 
half of themfelves, and feveral Hundreds concerned in the 
Woollen Manufacture, in and about the Town of Shipfton 
upon Stower, in the County of Worcefter, was prefented. to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Wearing 
of Callicoes, printed and ftained Linen, is very perni- 
cious to the Woollen Manufactury of this Kingdom, and 
hath very much reduced the Woolftead Trade thereof; and 
muft inevitably reduce to Poverty a great many Hundreds 
in and about that Town: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Commiffioners 
of Supply, Freeholders, and other Heretors, of the Shire 
of Lanerk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That being affured the Woollen and Silk Manv- 
facturies of England have petitioned again{ft wearing and 
ufing printed, painted, and ftained, Linen, without ex- 
cepting thofe of the Britis Manufactury : That the Linen 
Manufaétury is the only one left in Scotland, and wholly 
the Labour and Induftry of the People, and whereby the 
Poor are chiefly fubfifted; and if the Petitions aforefaid 
be granted, without an excepting Claufe for Briti/b Linen, 
the Trade and People of that Country will be greatly di- 
minifhed, and many Families ruined, and Thoufands of 
Poor reduced to ftarve: And praying, That an excepting 
Claufe for Britif Linen may be inferted in any Bill that 
fhall pafs on that Head. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- — 
thiers in the City ot Worcefter, is referred. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That a Perfon from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the — 
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He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe the faid Commiffioners Return of an Account of 
Spanifb Wool imported, in Nine Years, from Chri/imas 
1710 to Chrifimas 1719: And alfo of, ot as 

An Account of Wool imported from Ireland, in Nine 
Years, from Chrifimas 1710 to Chrifimas 1719. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. | 


The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefer, and of the other Peti- 
tions referred to the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ; 

Mr. Carteret reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matters to them 
referred: And that the Petitions referred to the Confi- 
deration of the faid Committee, fince the Committee laft 
fat, had been read: And that the Committee had heard 
the Petitioners upon the Petition of the Linen-drapers, 
and other Dealers in printed Callicoes and Linens, in and 
about the Cities of London and Weftminfier, and alfo 
upon the Petition of the Mafter Printers, Painters, and 
Stainers, of Callicoes, and Linens, in and about the City 
of London, and Parts adjacent, and thofe employed in 
the faid Manufactures 5 and alfo of the Merchants, Tra- 
ders, and Factors, in London, in behalf of themfelves, 
and the Manufacturers of Linen in North Britain: And 
had direéted him to move, That they may have Leave 

again. 

x iets That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the Petition of the Weavers, 
Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to the in- 
corporate Company of Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, 
and of the other Petitions referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
_ing, Nine of the Clock 





Veneris, 29° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Inn- 

holders, of the Town of Newarke upon Trent, in the 
County of Nottingham, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Town of Newarke is now in 
a flourifhing Condition, enjoys a very good Trade, and is 
very populous ; whereby is caufed a great Confumption 
of all forts of Provifion, Malt, and Ale, the Excife 
whereof brings in to the Crown great Sums of Money 
yearly: That, if the River Derwent be made navigable, 
it will in general be prejudicial to the Counties of Notting- 
bam and Derby: And praying, That they may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 


their Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think 
fit. 


A Petition of the Land-owners, Farmers, and Lead- 
Carriers, within the Vale ot Scarfdale, in the County of 


Derby, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
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forth, That the making the River Derwentnavigable, will be 
avery great Detriment to the Petitioners, who are chiefly 
fupported, and get their Livelihood, by the Land-carriage 
of Lead and other Commodities; will be impoverifhed, 
and a great many Families utterly ruined: And praying, 
That they may be heard, by their Counfel, againift the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, navigable, is 
committed : And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fir. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, Freeholders, 
Ironmongers, Cheefemongers, and other Inhabitants, of 
the Town of Wolverhampton, and Places adjacent, in 
the County of Stafford, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That the making the River Derwent, 
in the County of Derby, navigable, will be a great En- 
couragement to Trade and Commerce, and very advan- 
tageous to the Publick in general, by a more ¢heap and 
ealy Water-conveyance of feveral heavy Commodities ; 
And praying, That the Bill for making the River Der- 
went navigable, may pafs. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 


the River Derwent, in the County of Derly; navigable, is 
committed. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
Factors, Tradefmen, and Inhabitants, of the Town of 
Macklesfeild, in the County of Chefer, was prefented to 
the Houfe and read; fetting forth, That the making the 
River Derwent navigable, will be of great Encouragement 
to Trade and Commerce, and very advantageous to the 
Publick in general, by a mote cheap and eafy Water- 
conveyance of feveral heavy Commodities, abounding in 
that and their neighbouring Counties: And praying, That 
the Bill for making the River Derwent navigable may 

afs. 
. Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition 
be referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for 


making the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, na- 
vigable; is committed. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace; Gentlemen, 
Merchants, Sailors, and other Traders and Artificers, in 
the ancient Town aad Port of Wifbich, within the U/le of 
Ely, and County of Cambridge, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Town of Wis 
bich is an ancient Sea Port; that the imbanking the Salt 
Marfhes, which lie upon the Chanel from Wifbich Sea- 
ward, has been very prejudicial to the Port, and, if not 
timely put a Stop to, will intirely deftroy it: That, by 
an Act made the Forty-third Eliz. cap. 11th, for En- 
couragement of inning and imbanking Marthes, €c. a 
particular Provifo was there inferted, Ihat no Grounds 
within Eight Miles of Yarmouth, or Six Miles of Lynn, 
in the County of Norfolk, fhould be inned or imbanked ; 
and as this is the neighbouring Port to them, the Petition- 
eis hope they might be intitled to the fame Relief: And 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to 
prevent the Inning or Imbanking any more Salt Marthes, 
which may lie on either Side the Chanel, from Wi/bich 
Seaward. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe: 

‘And is is referred to Mr. Earl, Mr. Stephens, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Whitchcote, Sir 
Richard Fowler, Sir Wm. Daines, Sir Hen. Bunbury, Mr. 
Norris, Sir Dewy Bulkeley, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Rey- 
nell, Mr. Piggott, Mr. Majon, Mr. Pelbam, Sir Cha. 
Wager, Sit Fobn Fennyngs, Colonel Delaune, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Sir Fobn Cope, Mr. Delavall, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. 
Thompfon, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Shepbeard, Colonel Stephens, 


3. Mr. 








2142 
Mr. Herbert, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Hungerford, Sir The. Lee, 
Mr. Rowney, Sir Nich. Morice, Sir Edward Turnor, Sir 
Jonathan Cope, Six Fobn Stonboufe, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Ver- 
non, Mr. Longueville, Sir Tho. Croffe, Colonel Delavall, 
Sir Robert Fenkinfon, Mr. White, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Fre- 
man, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Dijffon, Mr. 
Halfey, Sir Robert Davers. Mr. Micklethbwaite, Mr. Gould, 
Lord Milton, Mr. Hillerfden, Sit Fobn Norris, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. Maynard, Sir Charles Cooke, Mr. Peirs, Colonel Bla- 


den, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Trey, Mr. Harrifon; and“ 


all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Cam- 
bridge, Lincoln, and Huntingdon: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: “And have Power to fend for Perions, Papers, and 
ARecords. 


. A Petition of Wriothefley Duke of Bedford, Henry Earl 
of Lincoln, William Lord Bifhop of Ey, and others, 
Noblemen and Gentlemen, Owners of Lands lying and 
being in the Counties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Lincoln, 
Norfolk, Northampton, and Ife of Ely, whofe Lands are 
drained by the Chanel and Out-fall belonging to the Port 
of Wifbich, in the faid le of Ely, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That that Part of Great 
Britain, being a low and flat Country, is, on that Account, 
naturally fubjeét to Inundations by Floods of Water: 
That, by reafon thereof, great Sums of Money have been, 
and are annually, expended in raifing, repairing, and 
ftrengthening, the Banks on each Side the River, from the 
City of Peterborough to the Town of Wifich, and from 
thence through Wifbich River to Seaward, which is the 
chiefeft Out-fall the Petitioners have: That the imbank- 
ing the Salt Marfhes has been the principal Caufe of the 
Chanel’s being choaked up: That the imbanking any 
more will intirely deftroy their Out-fall to Sea; by which 
means above One hundred thoufand Acres of fruitful 
Land will continually lie under Water, and Thoufands of 
Families reduced to Poverty; and praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in Bill to prevent the inning or 
imbanking any more Marthes, which lie om either Side 
the faid Chanel, from Wi/lich Seaward. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Merchants, Sail- 
ors, and other Traders and Artificers, in the ancient 
Town and Port of Wifbich, within the Jfle of Ely, and 
County of Cambridge, is referred: And that they do ex- 
amine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the North 
Gate, in Chefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thou- 
fands more confined in the feveral Gaols of this King- 
dom, was. prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners, through their Loffes and 
Misfortunes, are brought into milerable Confinement, 
wherein they continually fuffer, through the Severity of 
their Creditors ; and many of them die for Want; being 
willing to deliver up their All to their Creditors: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the infolvent Debtors in the Prifons of 
Ludgate, Newgate, Wood-ftreet, and the Poultry, Compt- 
ers, in the City of London, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are willing 
to deliver up their All to their Creditors, upon Oath, 
provided they may have their Liberty ; yet Multitudes 
of them have perifhed through Hunger and Want, 
which the reft of them expect to do: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Lord William Powle't reported, from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of Dr. Thomas Green, 
Vicar, Philip Davis and Giles Harris, Churchwardens, 
as allo of the Veltry and Inhabitants, of the Parifh of 

saint Martin’s in the Fieids, in the County of Middlefex, 


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A. 1719. 


was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which 
they had dire€ted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where it was read; and 
is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, in purfuance of the Order of the 
Houfe, of the 25th Inftant, have taken the faid Pe- 
tition into Confideration; and, upon examining 
Fames Hardy, Mafon, Fob Biggiter, Carpenter, Na- 
thanael Lidgbird, Bricklayer, and other abie and ex. 
perienced Workmen, do find the Matter thereof to 
be as follows; viz. 

That the faid Church is very old and decayed; and, 
being built with Brick and Rubble, is incapable of being 
repaired, and thereby become fo ruinous, that the fame is 
apprehended to be in great Danger of falling : 

That the Piers are {plitr, and obliged to be cramped 
with Iron to fupport them ; the Roof is very much de- 
cayed; and the Timber Piers, that fupport it, are funk 
Six Inches lower than their firft Bafis; and the principal 
Rafters lean very much; and, by the Opinion of the afore- 
faid Workmen, the faid Church cannot be fupported by 
Repair : 

And the Committee further find, That the Floor of 
the faid Church is, in fome Places, Four or Five Foot 
lower than the Ground on the Outfide of the fame; by 
which means ’tis very damp and unwholfome. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint Martin’s~in the 
Fields, in the City of Wefminffer, at the Charge of the 
Inhabitants of the faid Parifh: And that the Lord William 
Powlett, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Farrer, and Mr, Compt- 
troller, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Colonel Midleton reported, from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Magiftrates, and remanent 
Members, of the Town Council of Montrofe, in Scotland, 
was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which 
he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Re- 
port in at the Clerk’s Table: Where it was read; and 
is as follows; viz. ; 

That the Committee have examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition; and, upon the Examination of Mr, 
Robert Read and Mr. obn Meden, it appeared ; 

That the Borough of Montro/e is well fituate for Trade, 
and has a good and fafe Harbour, to which Ships of great 
Burthen can eafily enter, when many other Ports are inac- 
ceffible : 

That there are Two Hills which defend the faid Har- 
bour from the North-weft and Eafterly Winds; which 
Hills have fuffered very much by late Storms; and, if the 
fame be not fpeedily fortified, the Harbour will be foon 
ruined : 

That it alfo appeared to the Committee, That the Bo- 
rough is in great Want of frefh Water; for the Water 
that is moft ufed there is fo bad, that it often brings Dif- 
eafes on the Inhabitants, and difcourages many from re- 
fiding in the fame, who would otherwife be induced to 
live there, the Town being very commodioufly and plea- 
fantly fituated : 

That the faid Borough carries on a Trade with Nor- 

way; to which they export the Product of Scotland; 
and, in Return thereof, import Money, Iron, and Tim- 
ber; which Trade would be much improved and in- 
creafed, if a convenient Dock was made there: 
_ That it likewife appeared to the faid Committee, That 
the publick Stock of the Borough is very inconfiderable, 
and fcarce fufficient to pay the Fees of the Servants there- 
of, and the neceffary and unavoidable Contingences of 
the Borough ; and therefore infufficient to do or maintain 
any of the aforefaid Works, without fome other Provifion 
for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
laying a Duty cf Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part of 
a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall 
be fold or vended within the Town of Montrofe, and Pri- 
vileges thereof, for preferving the Harbour thereof, and 


Supply- 








6 GEO. I. 


fupplying the faid Town with frefh Water, and for the 
building a Dock, and maintaining and repairing other 
publick Works, for the Benefit of the faid Town: And 
‘that Colonel Miadleton, and Mr. Scot, of Lozy, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Lord 
Wn. Powlett, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Mickle- 
thwaile, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Hal- 
fey, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hampden, Sir Roger Bradjbaigh, 
Mr. Roberts, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Clayton, Colonel 
Grabme, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Wylde, Mr. 
Hillerfden, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Brace, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. 
Wallop, Mr. Stanbope, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Harvey, Mr. Smith, Sir Fobn Bland, Sir Wilfred Law- 
fon, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Longueville, Lord 
Finch, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Matter of the Rolls, 
Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Hucks, Mr. Brodrick, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Treby, 
Mr. Lade, General Harvey, Mr. Diflon, Mr. Wrightfon; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Mid- 
dlefex, Surry, and the City of London: And all that come 
are to have Voices: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do make Provifion for the due Lighting 
of the Streets. 


A Petition of James Mawle Efquire, Son of Henry 
Mawle Efquire, was offered to the Houfe, for Leave to 
bring in a Bill to enter his Claim before the Commiffion- 
ers and Truftees for Sale of the forfeited Eftates; and for 
impowering them to hear and determine the fame, touch- 
ing the late Earl of Panmure’s Eftate : | 

And the Queftion being put, That the Petition be 
brought up; 

. The Houfe divided. 
Pris, 
t 134. 


The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 

The Order of the Day beingread, forthe Houfe to refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
eranted to his Majefty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Mr. Stuart, 
Mr. Conyers: 


Tellers for the Noes, a hi 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Booth, Mr. Hopkyns, Sir Fifher 
Tench, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Littleton, Sir Barnbam Ryder, 
Mr. Gybbon, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Lade, Mr. 
Butler, Mr. Smithfon, be added to the Committee, who 
are appointed to infpect what Laws are expired, or near 
expiring; and to report their Opinion to the Houfe, which 
of them are fit to be revived, or continued. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 1° die Februarii; 


Anrfe 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PrayeERs. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An A&amp; 

for {upplying the Defects in, and better Perform- 

ance of, the Will of Edmond Dunch Efquire, deceafed, 
was read the Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Compt- 

Toller, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Freman, Mr. 


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Hungerford, Mr. Piggott, Mr. Bankes, Lord Iermavaghs 
Sir Fobn Stoneboufe, Sit Tho. Fobnfon, Lord Win. Pow- 
lett, Mr. Powkitt, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Fuftinian Ifbam, 
Mr. Bond, Mr. Yonge, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Brodrick, 
Mr. Mource, Mr. Cater, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Church:il, 
Mr. Feilding, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Wrighifon, Mr. Bay- 
lie, Sir Robert Furnefe, Sir Tho. Hales, Sir Edward Turnor, 
Mr. Ellis, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Edwards; Lord Molefworth, 
Colonel Blackefton, Mr. Forcfer, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. 
Stanhope, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Treby, Mr. Secretary Cragzs, 
Sir Tbe. Palmer, Mr. Denton, Mr. Hampdex, Sir Tho. 
D’ Ath, Mr. Whitchcoie, Sir Samuel Lennard, Sir Fekn 
Hobart, Sir Tho. Colepeper, Mr. Smeli; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties of Berks, Oxon, Middle- 
fex, Gloucefter, and Wilts: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for making the Townthips of Shipfton and Tidmington a 
diftinct Parifh from the Parith of Tredington, in the County 
and Diocefe of Worceffer, and for dividing the ReCtory 
of the faid Parifh of Iredington into Three Parts; was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Plum- 
mer, Sit Wm. Monfon, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Vernon, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Cater, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Piggot, 
Sir Cha, Turnor, Lord Shelborne, Mr. Wright/on, Sir The. 
Fobnfon, Mr. Butler, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Yonge, Mr. 
Bankes, Mr. Freman, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Hill, Sir 
Fuftinian bam, Sir Robert Furnefe, Mr. Reynell, Mr. 
Brodrick, Mr. Milner, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Ellys, Sir 
Wm. Daines,.Colonel Morton, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Nor 
ris, Mr. Whitchcote, Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, Mr. Dela- 
vall, Mr. Currance, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Earle, Mr. Lade, 
Dr. Clarke; and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Worcefter and Gloucefer: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
Doctor Mangey for the Sermon by him preached before 
this Houfe, on Saturday laft, at Saint Margaret’s, Weft- 
minfter: And that he be defired to print the fame: And 
that Mr. Hungerford, Sit Arthur Kay, and Sir Fobn Bland, 
do acquaint him therewith. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, of the County of Huntingdon, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the River 
Oufe, which falls into the Sea at or near King’s Lyna, in 
the County of Norfolk, by reafon of draining the great 
Level of the Fens, and of the Decay of a certain Work, 
which was built on the faid River, commonly called Saint 
Ives Stanch, is become fo fhallow at Overcoat St. Ive:, 
and other Places in the County of Huntington, that Boats 
and Lighters cannot pafs in times of low Waters, and dry 
Weather; by reafon whereof the Freight of Coals, and 
other Commodities, are raifed much higher than ufual; 
which they would not do, if the Paffage on the River was 
made good and eafy: And praying, That a Bill may be 
brought in to reftore and amend the Navigation on the 
faid River. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the. 
Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Bigg, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Bro- 
drick, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Piggott, Sir Arthur Kay, 
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Philpot, Mr. Archer, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Coffin, Mr. Wilde, 
Mr. Cater, Mr. England, Mr. Monroc, Mr. Hungerfora, 
Mr. Norris, Mr. Elis, Mr. Wefipbaling, Mr. Plummer, 
Sir William Monfon, Mr. Freman, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Halfey, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Smith, Sir Wm. Pinfent, 
Mr. Weaver, Lord Hinchinbroke, Sir Roger Bradfoaigh, 
Mr. Briffow; and all that ferve for the Counties of Hunts 
ingdon, Bedford, Hertford, Norfolk, Nortbaimpton, Bucks, 
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and Cambridge: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other the 
Inhabitants, of the Towns of Hitchin and Baldock, in the 
County of Hertford, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
other the Inhabitants of that Part of the faid County, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners have ufed to be fupplied with Coals, Salt, 
and other necefflary Commodities, brought up the River 
Ouje, from Lynn to Temsford, and Bedford, at reafonable 
Rates; but the faid River is now become fo fhallow, that 
in dry Weather it is not paffable: And praying, That a 
Bill or Act may pafs for making the faid River more per- 
fectly navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the County of Hunting- 
ton, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
the Inhabitants, of the County of Bedford, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the River 
Ouje, at Saint Ives, and other Places in the County of 
Huntington, is become {o fhallow, that, in dry Weather, 
Boats and Lighters loaded cannot pafs up or down the 
faid River to or from Bedford: That the Petitioners can- 
not be fupplied with Coals, Deals, Salt, and other Com- 
modities, but at exceffive Rates: And praying, That the 
Inconveniences aforefaid may be remedied. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the County of Hunting- 
ton, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and In- 
habitants, of the Town of St. Ives, in the County of 
Huntington, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the River Oxfe, which runs by the 
faid Town, has always been navigable to the faid Town, 
and the Market there frequented with great Numbers of 
Boats from the Fens; by which the Trade of the faid 
Town was fupported and augmented: That, by draining 
the Fens, the Waters of the iaid River are become fo low, 
that, in dry Weather, no Boats can pafs up or down; 
whereby the Trade of the faid Town is much hindered, 
and decreafed: And praying, That a Bill may pafs for 
reftoring the Navigation of the faid River. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, ¥ree- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the County of Hunting- 
ton, is referred. ' 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, and In- 
habitants, of the Town of Bedford, in the County of Bed- 
ford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the River Oufe has for many Years been navigable 
to the Town of Bedford, by means whereof the Petition- 
ers were not only fupplied with Coals, and other Commo- 
dities, brought up the faid River at reafonable Rates: That 
the faid River is now io fhallow in divers Places, that, in 
dry Weather, the fame is wholly unpaffable; and the Pe- 
titioners cannot be fupplied with fuch Commodities as 
aforefaid, but at much higher Rates than ordinary: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition, of the Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the County of Hunting- 
ton, is referred. 


A Petition of the Merchants and Traders on the River 
Oufe, which runs through the Counties of Bedford and 
tluntington, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
torth, That the faid River is become fo fhallow at Saint 
ives, that, for the greateft Part of the Year, the Petitioners 
cannot carry their Goods and Commodities up or down 


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A. 1719. 
the faid River but with great Difficulty, and much greater 
Charges than they ufed to do, and might {till do, if the 
faid River was made more perfectly navigable: And pray. 
ing, That a Bill may pafs to reftore and maintain the Na. 
vigation on the faid River. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com. 


mittee, to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Free. 


holders, and other Inhabitants, of the County of Hunting. 
ton, is referred. 


A Petition of Bennet Erafmus Hopfer was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petj- 
tioner is a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance 
but profeffeth the Proteftant Religion; and having given 
Teftimony of his Loyalty and Fidelity to his Majetty, and 
the Good of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And pray- 
ing, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for his Na. 
turalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac. 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Mr. Lade and Sir Thomas Fobnfon do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


The Lord William Powlet reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill, from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act for vefting Part of the Eftate of Tomas 
Earl of Hadington in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the 
Monies arifing thereby, to purchafe other Lands of the like 
Value, to be fettled to the fame Ufes; was committed - 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and the Parties concerned 
had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had direéted 
the Bill to be reported to the Houfe, without any Amend- 


ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


Ordered, That the Royal Boroughs of North Britain; 
whofe Petition is referred to the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers 
and others, Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate 
Company of Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is re- 
ferred, be at Liberty to be heard, by their Counfel, before 
the faid Committee, as is defired by their Petition. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of that Part of his Ma- 
jefty’s Speech, which relates to the publick Debts, : 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had received fome Propofals from the Corporatign of the 
Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain 
trading to the South Seas, and other Parts of America; 
and for encouraging the Fifhery; and had come to a 
Refolution: Which Propofals and Refolution they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. © 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of that Part of his Majefty’s 
Speech, which relates to the publick Debts. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the 
whole Houtfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Martis, 








6GEo. I. 


Martis, 2° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. , 
Petition of his Majefty’s mo% dutiful and loyal Sub- 
jects the poor Prifoners in his Majetty’s Gaol at 
Richmond, in the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, to- 
ether with feveral others, infolvent Debtors, and now in 
Cuftody in the Gaol at Richmond aforefaid, being in 
ftreight Confinement; and, for want of fome Allowance, 
are almoft famifhed to Death: And praying Relief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners for Debt in 
his Majefty’s Gaol for the County of Nottingham, on be- 
half of themfelves, and others, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, by unavoid- 
able Loffes and Misfortunes, becoming indebted, and un- 
able to iatisty their Creditors, have, notwithftanding, been 
~ along time confined in clofe Prifon; where they fuffer 
extreme Want and Mifery, and their Families ruined: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners in the She- 
riff’s Ward in the County of Cornwall was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That feveral of 
the Petitioners have been in Prifon Twenty Years; and 
are reduced, with their Families, to the laft Degree of 
Milery ; and muft inevitably perifh, not having where- 
with to pay their Debts; being ready to furrender all their 
Effects tor Satisfaction: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


¢ 

A Petition of the miferable; poor, diftreffed, and in- 
folvent, Debtors in the City of Norwich Gaol, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the uni- 
verfal Decay of the Manufaécture and Trade of that City 
has brought indifpenfable Poverty upon the Inhabitants 
and Natives; but what adds more to their Calamity is, 
their Creditors, inftead of ufing Mercy and Forbearance, 
have filled the narrow Limits of that Gaol with incredible 
Numbers of poor infolvent Debtors, who are daily perifh- 
ing: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed Prifoners for Debt 
in Newgate, in Newcaftle upon Tine, in behalf of them- 
felves, and feveral others, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That they have been a long 
time confined Prifoners for Debt: That they are willing 
to deliver up their All to their Creditors, providing they 
might have their Liberty: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Scrooby, 
Ranfrill, Torworth, Sutton, Lound, Matterfey, Everton, 
and Scaftworth, in the County of Nottingham, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That where- 
as a Bill is brought in for making the River Derwent, in 
the County of Derdy, navigable; that it will be a great 
Prejudice to the Petitioners, and their Neighbours; abun- 
dance of whom are chiefly maintained by the Land- 
carriage of Lead, and other Goods and Merchandize, to 
and from Bawiry, in the County of York, fituate on the 
River Jde: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, naviga- 
ble, is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River Doug/as, 
alias dfland, navigable from the River Ribble to Wigan, 

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in the County Palatine of Lancafer, was committed; 
That they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were once read throughout; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and; upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, with fome Amendments 
to one of them, agreed unto by the Houfe: And another 
Amendment was made by the Houle to the Bill. 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, the Grand 
Jury, and other Gentlemen, affembled at the General 
Quarter Seffions of the Peace began and holden at 
Beeckles, for the County of Suffolk, the Eleventh of Ye- 
nuary 1719, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That the Poor of that County have, for many 
Years patt, been employed in the Woollen Manufaétury, 
whereby they have provided for themfelves, and Families: 
That, for fome Years, the faid Bufinefs has been under 
fuch Difcouragements, occafioned by the general wearing 
and ufing printed and painted Callicoes and Linens, in- 
{tead of our own Manufactures: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company of 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefter, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
the Inhabitants, of the Towns of Hartford, Houghton 
cum Witton, Henningford Grey, and Henning ford Abbot, 
in the County of Huntingdon, was preiented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the River Ou/e, at Saint 
Ives, and other Places within the County of Huntingdon, 
is grown fo fhallow, and the Paffage thereon {0 difficult, 
that, in times of dry Weather, the Petitioners cannot 
carry their Corn, and other Commodities, down the faid 
River, nor be fupplied with Goods brought up, but at 
more than ordinary Rates; to the great Detriment of the 
Petitioners: And praying, That a Bill may pats for the 
making the faid River more perfectly navigable. 

Ordered; That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, of the 
County of Huntington, is referred, 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, Tradefinen, 
and other the Inhabitants, of the Town of Saizt Neots, 
in the County of Huntingdon, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the River Ou/e, at Saint 
Ives; and other Places in the faid County, is become fo 
fhallow, that, in dry Weather, Boats and Lighters loaded 
cannot pafs up or down to or from the fiid Town of 
Saint Neots; by reafon whereof, the Petitioners cannot 
be fupplied with Coals, Salt, Deals, and other Commo- 
dities, but at exceffive Rates; neither can they export, 
or carry down the faid River, their Maits, and other 
Commodities, but with great Difficulty, and a more than 
ordinary Charge; to the great Detriment of the Peti- 
tioners: And praying, That the Bill for making the faid 
River more perfectly navigable may pafs. 

Ordered, That the {aid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and other. Inhabitants, of the County of Hun- 
tington, is referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Ivinghoe, Slapton, and 
Eddlefborough, Parifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County 
of Bucks, whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe; and read; fetting forth, That 
the chief Employment of the Poor of the faid Towns, 
and Places adjacent, has been, for many Years, in Making 
of Straw Hats, and other ufetul Things made of S.raw; 
and thereby maintained themfelves; and Families; bur, of 

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late Years, there has been a confiderable Decay in the faid 
Trade, occafioned by the Importations of large Quanti- 
tics of Hats for Women, and Plat for making fuch Hats; 
whereby great Numbers of ‘the faid Manufacturers have 
been reduced to Poverty and Want: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do exainine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houle: . 

And it is referred to Mr. Hampden, Mr. Lowndes, 
Lord Wm. Manners, Mr. North, Mr. Plumptre, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Brodrick, Lord 
Grimfton, Mr. Yonge, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Sir Rebert Da- 
vers, Mr Weftern, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Herne, Sir Ar- 
thur Kay, Mr. Brace, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Freman, Mr. 
Serjeant Pengelly, Mec Farrer, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Baylie, Mr Minjfball, 
Mr. Vernen, Mr. Cater, Mr. Hillerfdon, Sir Richard 
Steel, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Walter, Sir Cha. 
Turner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Ellys, Lord Downes, Sir Fohn 
Curzon, Sir JFobn Packington, Mr. Heath, and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties ot Bucks, Bedford, 
and Hertford: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And they have 
Power to fend for Perions, Papers, and Records. 


Colonel Middleton prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of 
Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town 
of Montrofe, and Privileges thereof, for fupplying the 
faid Town with frefh Water; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 

Annuities for Terms of Years: 


Annuities granted for gg Years, or 96 Years, amounting to, per An- 
num, 667,7051. 85. id. which, at 20 Years Purchafe, amount to 
Lottery 1710: Remaining untubfcribed to the Company about 40,670/. 
bs. per dnnum; which, at 14 Years Purchale, amounts to 
Annuities of g per Cent. per Annum, amounting to 81,000/, per Annum, 


at 14. Years Purchase, amount to 
Total Value of faid Annuities 
Debts redeemable by Parliament : 
Total, after the Rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum 
‘Lotal, after the Rate of 4 per Cent. per Annum 
Total of the faid redeemable Debts 





Therefore they do humbly propofe, That the faid 
Company may be permitted to enlarge their prefent Capi- 
tal, by taking in the faid Annuities, and Debts at any 
time or times until Lady day 1721, on the Terms and 
Conditions following; viz. 

1. That the faid Annuities be taken into the faid Com- 
pany either by Purchafe, or voluntary Subfcription of the 
Proprietors thereof, and without any Compulfion on them, 
at fuch Price and Prices as fhall be agreed between the 
Company, and the Proprietors of thofe Annuities. 

2. That for the Annuities for 99 Years, or 96 Years, 
for every Five Pounds per Annum taken into the Com- 
pany, there be 5/. per Annum added to the Company’s 
prefent Annuity, and 100/. to their capital Stock, being 
after the Rate of 20 Years Purchate. 

3. That the Refidue of Lottery 1710 be eftimated at 
14 Years Purchafe, for the 23 Years due on them from 
Michaelmas 1719; and that the Annuities of g per Cent. 
per Annum be alto eftimated at 14 Years Purchafe, for 
the 223 Years due on them from Cérifimas 1719; and 
that there be an Addition to the Stock and Annuity of 
the Company proportionably, vz. 70/1. Stock, and 32, 
10s. per Anaum Annuity, for every 51. per Aanum of 
thofe Annuities which fhall be taken into the Company. 

4. That che faid redeemable Debts be likewife taken in- 
to the faid Company, either by Purchate, Subfcription, or 
paying them off by the faid Company. 

s. That, for all the faid redeemable Debts, there be 
added 100/, to the capital Stock of the faid Company, 
jor every 100/, fo taken in by them; and the like Annui- 


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A. 1719. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
of that Part of his Majefty’s Speech, which relates to the 
publick Debts, the Propofals of the Corporation of the 
Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britaig 
trading to the South Seas, and other Parts of America. 
and for encouraging the Fifhery; and the Refolution of 
the Committee thereupon, which they had directed him 
to report to the Houie; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Propofals, and Refolution of 
the Committee, were read; and are as follow; viz, 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in 
Parliament affembled: 


THE Corporation of the Governor and Company of 

Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas, 
and other Parts of America; and for encouraging the 
Fifhery ; having under their Confideration how they may 
be moft ferviceable to his Majefty, and his Government; 
and to fhew their Zea] and Readinefs to concur in the 
great and honourable Defign of reducing the National 
Debts, in fuch manner as may be confiftent with, and for 
the Support of, Parliamentary Credit, do humbly appre- 
hend, That, if the publick Debts, and Annuities, men. 
tioned in the annexed Eftimate, were taken into, and made 
Part of, the capital Stock of the faid Company, it would 
greatly contribute to that moft defireable End: Which 
Debts, and Annuities, may be comprehended under the 
general Heads following; viz. 


1353545 108 x 8 


569,385 12 Oo 


1,134,000 O O 





153057:493 13 8 


11,795,466 5 63% 
4,128,752 7 4 








15,924,218 12 102 





ty added to the Company’s prefent Annuity as is now 
payable for the Intereft of thofe Debts. 

6. That the Company be allowed, for Charges of 
Management for their thus to be increafed Capital, fo 
much as it now cofts the Government for the Charges of 
paying, afligning, and accounting for, the faid Debts; 
or fuch a Proportion thereof as the Sum which fhall be 
taken in by the Company fhall bear to the Whole of 
thofe Debts. 

7. That the prefent Annuities for the Company’s pre- 
fent Capital, and the Annuities for the thus to be increafed 
Capital, be continued, at the Rates aforefaid, till Mid- 
jummer 17273; and that, from and after that Time, their 
then Annuity for their whole capital Stock hhall be actually 
reduced to 4 per Cent. ter Annum, and likewile be thence- 
forth redeemable by Parliament. 

8. That the Company’s prefent and to be increafed 
Allowance, for Charges of Management, do continue till 
their Capital be redeemed, as their prefent Allowances for 
Charges of Management are. 

g. That the Annuities to the Company, for their thus 
to be increafed Capital, be paid them weekly, as their pre- 
fent Annuities are; and be charged on the Funds now 
appropriated to the faid Debts and Annuities fo taken into 
the Company. 

10, That, for the Liberty of increafing their capital 
Stock, as aforefaid, the Company will give and pay into 
his Majefty’s Exchequer, for the Service of the Publick, 
and to be applied for paying off the publick Debts pro- 
vided for by Parliament before Chrifimas 1716, the Sum 

I of 








6 GEO. I. 


of Three millions and Half, by-Four equal Quarterly 
Payments, whereof the Firft Payment to be at Lady-day 
1721. 

o 1. That, though the Company’s Capital is propofed not 
to be redeemable till Midjummer 1727; yet they do fub- 
mit, That to much as fhall arife by the Sinking Fund 
before that time may, from and atter paying off fuch 
Part of the publick Debts as may be redeemed within 
that time, and which fhall not be taken into the faid Com- 
pany, be applied, at the End of every Year, towards pay- 
ing off, in even Hundred thoufand Pounds, that Part of 
the Company’s Capital, which carries 5 per Cent. per 
Annum. 

12. That the faid Company do further fubmit, That, for 
fuch of the prefent Exchequer Bills as the Parliament fhall 
continue, and for fuch new ones as they fhall impower 


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247 
the Lords of the Treafury to iffue, and circulate, without 
the Subfcription, or Contract, of any Perfons or Corpora- 
tion, the Company will be obliged, from and after A//d- 
Summer 1720, ull the Reduétion of the Annuities for their 
whole Capital to 4 per Cent, per Annum, and no longer, 
to pay fuch Proportion of Money, and Intereft, as fhall 
be found neceflary by the Lords of the Treafury, or 
Truftees, to be appointed by them to circulate the fame, 
as the Sum of One million fhall bear to the total Amount 
of fuch Exchequer Bills ; the Company having the like 
&gt;roportion of the Benefit of the Intereft which fhall be 
faved on fuch Bills, during the time they fhall be in the 
Flands of any publick Officer, or in the Exchequer. 
By Order of the General Court. 
Fokn Fellows, Sub Governor, 
Charles Frye, Deputy Governor. 


‘Stimate of the Particulars of the Government’s Debts propofed to be added to the capital Stock of the South 


Sea Company 3; viz. 
Annual Sums. 





Annuities for 99 and 96 Years. 


&gt; 


Principal Sum. 


124,866 o o The 14/. per Cent. turned into Annuities for 99 Years. 
15,663 13 6; Annuities for Lives, ditto 96 Years. 
104,745 10 6: Dilto on 3,700/. per Week Excife. 
46,000 © O On ditto, aturther Sum, ditto, — 
184,242 14 oO Tonage and Poundage, &amp;e. — - 
72,187 10 O On low Wines, &amp;e. —_— — Annuities for 99 Years. 
40,000 O o Overplus of Annuity Funds — 
80,000 o o Old Subfidy, &amp;e. — — 
667,705 8 1 per Annum, being the Amount of the 99 and 96 Years Annuities granted 





by feveral Acts of Parliament, from the Year 1692 to 1708, computed 


at 20 Years Purchafe, will make a principal Sum of 
per Annum, Anauities for 32 Years, from Lady-day 1710, computed at 14 


81,000 oO O 





Years Purchafe, makes 
per Annum, the Remainder of Lottery 





40,670 ,8 oO 





5 per Cent. Annuities, redeemable on Payment of the principal Sums under-mentioned; viz. 


Bank Annuities, at One Year’s Notice 


Sea Company, eomputed at 14 Years Purchafe, makes 








13,354,108 1 § 








ane 


1,134,000 0 Oo 
1710, not fubfcribed to the Scuth 














Several Lotteries, without Notice 








Bankers Annuities, ditto 

















Lottery, 17143; Blanks, ditto 


‘Treafurer of the Navy, for a Deficiency to the South Sea Company 


4 per Cent. Annuities, redeemable on Payment of the principal Sums under-mentioned ; 














Civil Lift Lottery, Anno 1713 











Lottery, 1714, Prizes 
Deficiency of low Wines and Candles, 1716 





Ditto of the Funds, ditto 
Canada Bills 





ee 

















Army Debts 
Edward Clent Efquire, Army Debenture 





1ft Lottery, 1719 








2d Lottery, 1719 





Abftrac&amp; of the foregoing Debts ; viz. 


Redeemable. 
The 5 per Cent. Annuities 
The 4 per Cent. Annuities 
Unredeemable. 
The 99 and g6 Years Annuities 
The 32 Years Annuities, from Lady-day 1710 
The Remainder of Lottery, 1710, unfubfcribed 











To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain 
in Parliament affembied. 
THE Corporation of the Governor and Company of 
Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
Seas, and other Parts of America; and tor encouraging 


nie 





acme commen 569,385 12 o 
15,057,493 13 8 
1,079,000 0 0 
8,875,936 9 6 
674,226 18 10: 
1,055,999 © © 
110,312 17 13 
11,795,466 5 63 
563,300 0 oO 
—- 652,020 0 Oo 
——— 413,605 17 © 
pt eile — 509,127 5 63 
—_— 24,195 18 2 
—— 965,917 19 6% 
one a a 
—— 500,000 0 oO 
—— 500,000 0 oO 
4,128,752 7 4 





ah 


15,924,218 12 102 








Annual Sums, Principal Sums. 


589,773 © 3 — —= [11,795,466 5 6% 
"165,150 110 — = 4,128,752 7 
667,705 8 1 at 20 Years. 


© at 14 Years. 
oO at 14 Years. 


81,000 


: : 1,134,000 0 
40,670 


4 
13,354,108 1 8 
re) 

569,385 12 oO 








155445299 4 2 — = 30,981,712 6 6% 











Fobn Fellowes, Sub Governor. 

Charles ‘oye, Deputy Governor, 
the Fifhery ; having, on the 27 Fanuary \aft, prefented 
their humble Propotal to this honourable Houfe, for en- 
larging the capital Stock of the faid Company, by taking 
thereinto the feveral Annuities, and publick Debts, thereia 
mentioned, on the Terms and Conditions in the faid Pro- 


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pofal alfo mentioned ; in which Propofal fuch Advantages 
were offered to the Publick, as the faid Corporation did 
humbly hope would have been to the intire Satisfaction 
of this honourable Houfe, and moft conducive to the 
certain difcharging and paying off the whole Debt of the 
Nation; and to which Propofal they humbly crave Leave 
to refer; but the Governor and Company of the Bank 
of England having, the fame Day, alfo delivered a Pro- 
pofal to this honourable Houfe, for enlarging their capi+ 
tal Stock, by taking in the fame Annuities and Debts, 
on the Terms and Conditions in their Propofal alfo men- 
tioned ; 

This Corporation, further to manifeft their Zeal, and 
earneft Defire, to contribute their utmoft, to the re- 
ducing, and paying off, the publick Debts, crave Leave to 
offer the following Explanations and Amendments to their 
faid Propofal; viz. 

ift, As to the Sixth Article of their faid former Pro- 
pofal, wherein they have humbly defired to be allowed, 
for Charges of Management for their to be increafed 
Capital, fo much as it now cofts the Government for the 
Charges of paying, affigning, and accounting for, the 
faid Debts, or fuch Proportion thereof as the Sum which 
fhall be taken in by tlie Company fhall bear to the Whole 
of thofe Debts; 

They offer, by way of Explanation of that Article, 
That the Allowances therein mentioned are not to exceed 
a Proportion to the AHowances they now have, by Act of 
Parliament, on their prefent Capital, for that Purpofe. 

adly, That whereas, in the Seventh Article of their 
faid Propo'al, it is mentioned, That the Annuities for 
the Company’s prefent and to be increafed Capital be con- 
tinued, at the Rates therein mentioned, till Mid/ummer 
1727; and that, from and after that time, their then An- 
nuity on their whole Capital fhall be actually reduced to 
Four Pounds per Cent. per Annum, and likewife be from 
thenceforth redeemable by Parliament ; 

They do now humbly offer, That, if this Houfe do 
think it more for the Intereft of the Publick, thar, in lieu 
of the faid Seventh Article, all the Sums to be taken into 
the Company’s Capital, in purfuance of their Propofal, 
fhali be redeemable by Parliament, from and after Mid- 
fuimmer 1724, in Sums not lefs than Half a Million at a 
time, they do confent thereto. 

3dly, And whereas, by the Tenth Article of their Pro- 
potal, they offered, for the Liberty of increafing their 
capital Stock, as is therein aforefaid, That they would 
give and pay into his Majefty’s Exchequer, for the Ser- 
vice of the Publick, the fum of Three millions and a 
Halt; ; 

They now humbly offer, That, over and above the 
faid Three millions and a Half, they will further give and 
pay into his Majefty’s Exchequer, for the Ufe of the 
Publick, by Four equal Quarterly Payments, on the Days 
mentioned in their faid former Propofal, Half a million 
more, certain; and alfo upon all the faid Annuities, for 
certain Terms of Years, which this Company fhall take 
into their capital Stock before the Firft Day of March 
One thoufand Seven hundred Twenty-one, after the Rate 
of Four Years and a Half’s Purchafe, by Four Quarterly 
Payments; which, if all the {aid Annuities be taken into 
the faid Company, will amount to the Sum of Three 
millions Five hundred fixty-leven thoufand Five hundred 
and Three Pounds, or thereabouts; to which being added 
the faid Three millions and a Half, and the further Sum 
of Half a million. will amount, in the Whole, to the 
Sum of Seven millions Five hundred fixty-feven thou- 
{and Five hundred Pounds, or thereabouts. 

4. That whereas, in the Eleventh Article of their for- 
mer Propofal, they did iubmit, That fo much as fhall 
arile by the Sinking Fund before Mid/ummer 1727, may, 
trom and after paying off fuch Part of the publick Debts 
as may be redeemed within that time, and which fhall not 
be taken into this Company, be applied, at the End of 
every Year, towards paying off, in even One hundred 
thouland Pounds, that Part of the Company’s Capital, 
which carries kive Pounds per Cent. per Annum: 





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A. 1719, 


They do humbly offer, in lieu thereof, That, if thi 
honourable Houfe think fit to make their to be increafed 
Capital redeemable at Mid/ummer 1724, that the faid 
Sinking Fund may, tll that time, be applied halt-yearly 
to the paying off that Part of the Company’s to be in- 
creafed Capital, which is to carry Five Pounds per Cent, 
per Annum. 

5. As tothe Twelfth Article of this Company’s former 
Propofal, relating to the Circulating of One million in 
Exchequer Bills, they humbly offer this Explanation; 

That their Intention is, That, until their whole Capi- 
tal be reduced to Four Pounds per Cent. per Annum, they 
will circulate One million in Exchequer Bills gratis; and 
likewife pay the Intereft for that Million, fo as no other 
Exchequer Bills be iffued than what fhall be circulated 
by the Credit of the Exchequer, without the Aid of Sub- 
{cription, or Contract. 

6thly, And laitly, That this honourable Houfe may 
be fully fatisfied of the fincere Intentions of this Company 
to ule their beft Endeavours to take in all the faid Annuis 
ties for 99 and 96 Years, which amount to Six hundred 
fixty-feven thoufandSeven hundred and Five Pounds Eight 
Shillings and One Peny per Annum; this Company do 
further humbly offer to give and pay into his Majefty’s 
Exchequer, for the Service of the Publick, by Four equal 
Quarterly Payments, One Year’s Purchafe upon all {uch 
of thofe Annuities as fhall happen not to come into the 
Company’s Capital within the Time aforefaid. 

And whereas this Company is very fenfible, that the 
Profperity of this Nation does greatly depend upon the 
difcharging the publick Debts; a Motive which induced 
them to make the firft Propofitions of this publick and 

beneficial Nature; they do humbly fubmit thefe Explana- 
tions and Amendments to this honourable Houfe; flat- 
tering themfelves, that the Readinefs and Chearfuinefs 
which engaged them, fo much earlier than any other So- 
ciety, to endeavour to reduce that great Debt under which 
this Nation is oppreffed, will intitle them to the Favour 
and Preference of this Houfe; fince they are willing, and 
do hereby declare they are ready, to undertake this great 
Work upon whatever Terms may be offered by any other 
Company. , 
By Order of the General Court, 
1 February 1719. Fohn Fellowes, Sub Governor. 
Charles Foye, Deputy Governor, 


Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Propofals made by the South Sea Company be 
accepted. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the Propofals made 
by the South Sea Company be accepted. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the faid 
Retolution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Duchy, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Lowndes, and Mr. 
Charles Stanhope, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf intoa Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Petition of the Weavers, Walk- 
ers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to the incorpo- 
rate Company of Clothiers in the City of Worcefter. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 3° die Februari; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PrayeERS. 
QRdered; That the ingroffed Bill for making the River 
Douglas, alias Afland, navigable, from the River Kib- 
ble to Wigan, in the County Palatine of Lancaffer, be 


read the Third time upon Saturday Morning next. 
A Petition 








wtbpaa 


6 Geo. |. 


A Petition of the feveral Land-owners, and Farmers, 
of the Meadow or Marfh-grounds lying in the feveral 
Towns of Wigan, Pemberton, Standifb, Upbolland, 
Newbourgh, Shevington, and Wrighington, fituate upon 
the River Douglas, in the County of Lancafter, on 
behalf of themielves, and many others, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
are informed, That a Bill is ordered to be brought in 
for making the River Douglas; and Affand, navigable 
from the River Aiddle to a Place called Adum’s Bridge, 
near the Town of Wigan: That, fhould the fame pafs, 
it will irreparably damage the moft valuable Parts of the 
Petitioners Eftates: And praying, That they may be 
heard, by their Counfel, again{t the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table 
til] che Bill for making the River Douglas, alias Afland, 
navigable from the River Ribble to Wigan, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, be read the Third time: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, at the Bar of 
this Hovfe, upon the Third Reading of the faid Bill, 
before the fame do pafs. 


A Petition of the principal Inhabitants, Land-owners, 
and Farmers, of the Meadow or Marfh-grounds lying in 
the feveral Towns of Hoole, Brotherton, Dalton, Crofton, 
Mawdefcy, Latham, Bifpam, Rufforth, Tarlton, and 
Hefketh, ticuate upon the River Douglas, and Afland, in 
the County of Lancafler, was prelented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, 
That a Bill is ordered to be brought in for making the 
River Douglas, and Afland, navigable from the River 
Ribble to a Place called Adam’s Bridge, near the Town of 
Wigan: That, fhould the fame pais, it will irreparably 
damage the moft valuable Parts of the Petitioners Lftates: 
Poy praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 

ill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table till 

the Bill for making the River Douglas, alias Afland, navi- 

able from the River Riddle to Wigan, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaffer, be read the Third time: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, at the Bar of 
this Houfe, upon the Third Reading of the faid Bill, 
before the fame do pafs. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Inhabitants; and Bur- 
gelles, of the ancient Borough of Prefon, principal Inha- 
bitants, and Freeholders, in and near the ancient Market 
‘Town of Orm/xirke, in the County of Lancaffer, on be- 
half of themiclves, and many others trading to the faid 
‘owns, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, fhould the Bill for making the River Douglas, 
and Aflazd, navigable from the River Riddle to a Place 
called Adam’s Bridge, near the Town of Wigan, pafs into 
a Law, it will utterly deftroy their Markets, and very 
much prejudice the Petitioners : And praying to be heard, 
by their Counfe!l, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table till 
the Bill for making the River Douglas, alias Afland, navi- 
gable from the River Riddle to Wigan, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafer, be read the Third time: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, at the Bar of 
this Houfe, upon the Third Reading of the faid Bill, be- 
fore the fame do pafs. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Hitching, Offiey, and 
Lilly, and Places and Villages adjacent, in the County of 
fleriford, whofe Names are thereunto {ub{cribed, was pre- 
iented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
chief Employment of the Poor of the faid Towns is 
Making of Straw Hats, and other ufeful Things made of 
Straw; whereby they have fupported and maintained them- 
felves, and large Families: That, by the Importation of 
Jarge Quantities of Hats for Women, and Plat for make- 
ing fuch Hats, the faid Trade is very much decayed, and 
great Numbers of the faid Manufacturers have been re- 
duced to Poverty and Want: And praying Relief. 

Crdered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 

Vou. XIX, 


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249 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of [viagkoe, Slapton, and Eddle/borough, Pa- 
rifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, is 
referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabizants of Redbourn, Market- 
ftreet, Flamftead, Kenfwerth, Studbam, and Places adja- 
cent, in the County of Heriferd, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the chief Employment of the Poor 
of the faid Towns is Making of Straw Hats and other 
ufeful Things made of Straw, whereby they have fup- 
ported and maintained themfelves, and Families: That, 
by the Importation of large Quantities of Hats for Wo- 
men, and Plat for making fuch Hats, the faid Trade is 
very much decayed, and great Numbers of the faid Manu- 
facturers are reduced to Poverty and Want: And pray- 
ing Relief, . 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of Ivinghoe, Slapton, and Eddlefborough, Pa- 
rifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, is 
referred, 


A Petition of the poor Inhabitants of the Towns of 
Dunftable, Eaton, Bray, and Tatterbcw, in the County 
of Bedford, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe; and read; tetting forth, Thar, 
the chief Employment of the Poor of the faid Towns is 
Making of Straw Hats, and other ufeful Things made of 
Straw: That the faid Trade is very much decayed by the 
Importation of large Quantities of Plat for Making of 
Hats for Women; whereby great Numbers of the iaid 
Manufacturers are reduced to Poverty and Want: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of Ivinghoe, Slapton, and Eddle/borough, Pa- 
rifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, is 
referred, 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Lufon, 
and the Hamlets thereunto belonging, viz. the Hamlets 
of Stopfley, Ligrave, Limbrey cum Bifcott, and Eaf and 
Weft Hide, in the County of Bedford, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the chief Employment of the 
Poor of the faid Towns and Hamlets is in Making of 
Straw Hats, and other efeful Things made of Straw, 
whereby they maintained themfelves, and Families: ‘That 
the faid Trade is confiderably decayed by the Importation 
of vaft Quantities of Hats for Women, and Materials for 
making fuch Hats; whereby great Numbers of the faid 
Manutaurers have been reduced to Poverty and Want, 
and are become chargeable to their Parifhes: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of Jvinghoe, Slapton and Eddlefborough, Pa- 
rifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, is 
referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Saint 
Albans, Harding, Waiford, Sandridge, and Wethan- 
fiead, in the County of Hertford, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That the chief Employment of the 
Poor of the faid Towns is the Making of Straw Hats, 
and other ufeful Things made of Straw, whereby they 
fupported and maintained themfelves, and large Families: 
That the faid Trade is confiderably decayed by the lm- 
portation of large Quantities of Hats for Women, and 
Materials for making fuch Hats; whereby great Numbers 
of the faid Manufacturers are reduced to Poverty and 
Want: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of Ivinghce, Slepton, and Eddlefoorenugh, Pa- 

358 rifhes, 








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rifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, is 
referred. 


A Petition of the poor Inhabitants of the Towns of 
Judington, Sundon, H: gbton Regis, and Hockley, and 
other adjacent Villages, in the County of Bedfor ad, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefe ated to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the chief sy sex 
ment of the Poor of the faid Towns is M aking of S 
Hats, and other ufeful Things made of Straw ; sine 
they have fupported and maintained ¢! hemfelves, and large 
Families: That the faid Trade is confiderably decayed by 


the Importation of large Quantities of Piat for Making of 


Hats for Women; by reaton whereof great Numbers of 
the faid Manufacturers are reduced to Poverty and Want: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of Jvinghoe, Slapten, and Eddlefborcugh, Pa- 
rifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, is 
referred. 


Ordered, That Fobn Francis Buller E{quire, have Leave 
to go into the Country for Vhree Weeks, upon extra- 
ordinary Occafions, 

Ordered, 


That Arthur Ingram Efquire, have Leave to 
go into the 


Country, his Lady being ill. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Bankes Fenkinfon Baronet 
have Leave to go into the Country for a Month, upon 
extraordinary Occafions. 


A Petition of the poor Debtors in his Majefty’s P 
fon of Southgate, in the City of Exon, was prefes red to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, the Petitioners, 
by means of Badnefs of Trade, Loffes, and other tun- 
avoidable Misfortunes, are fo miferably poor, that they 
are guite difabled from giving Satisfaction to their Credi- 
tors, or to get any thing for the Subfiftence of themfelves 

or Families, who mutt ftarve for Want: And praying, 
That a Bill may be brought in for their Releafemenc. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do he upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in his Ma- 
yefty’s Gaol in Durbam, in the Bchalf of themtelves, and 
mapy Thoufands more in th ral Gacls of this King- 
dom, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Peti'ioners, through many Years Confinement, 
are reduced to great Want; and feveral of their Wives 
and Children are forced to beg in the Streets ; and would 
be ftarved, was it not for the Charity of good Ciriftians: 
And praying, That a Bill may be brought in for their 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upen the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate 
Church of Saint Peter, in Wefimninfter, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Bill brought 
in, intituled, A Bill to regulate the Nightly Watch, 
very prejudicial to the Petitioners ancient Rights and Li- 
berties: And praying, That the Liberty of Wefminfter 
may be exempted out of the faid Bill; or that they may 
be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for regulating the Nightly 
Watch is committed: And that they be heard, before 
the faid Committee, by their Counfel, if they think fir. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the City and Liberty 
of Wefminfter, whote Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
on the Behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the Inhabi- 
tants, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch will be 
very prej! idicial to the Petitioners; attempting to take 
from them their ancient Rights and Privileges : That due 
Care is taken of the Watch within W efiminfter ; and that 
the Petitioners do not apprehend themfelves, or their 


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ufe of Commons. 4.1719, 
Floufes, to be in any Danger, or to need any further Aid 
for their Prefervation, as is by the.faid Bill pretended to 
be provide -d for: And praying, Vhat in cafe fuch Bill 
fhall that the City and Liberty of Wefminfter may 
be exempted thereout; or that they may be heard, by 
their Countel, before fuch Bill do pafs. 


pals, 


Ordered, {hat the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for regulating the Nightly 


Watch is committed: And that they be heard, before 
the faid Committee, by their Countel, if they think fir. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fe//ows, and Mr. 

Godfrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
inclofing the Heath, or Common, commonly called Grat- 

wood Heath, in the Parifh of Exclefball, in the County of 
Stafford: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Juflices of the Peace of and for the 
County of Hertford, affemb!ed at the General Quarter 
Seffions of the Peace holden for the faid County, the Fifth 
Day of Ofober, in the Sixth Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign; and of divers other Gentlemen and Freeholders of 
the faid County of Hertford; relating to the Toll taken 
at Wade's Mill, for repairing certain Highways in the 
faid County; was prefented to the Howie, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Perfons entrufted, by the prefent 
A&amp;t of Parliament, for taking a Toll at Wade's Mill, in 
che County of Heriford, for repairing certain Highways 
in the faid County, having borrowed the Sum of 1,400 /. 
purfuanc to the faid Act, for the repairing the faid High- 
ways, have expended the fame Sum of Money, and di- 
vers confiderabic Sums more, in the amending and repair= 
ing the faid Highways; yet neverthelets, the | fame cannot 
be effeCtually amended, and kept paffable, without a Con- 
tinuance of the faid ‘loll, and fome further Additions to 
be added thereto: And praying, That the faid Toll may 
be continued for a longer Term, and an Addition added 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 

fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Freman, Mr. Farrer, Sir 
Tho. Sebright, Sit Arth. Kay, Sir Fobn Bland, Sir Fufti- 
nian Ifpam, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Cater, Mr. Heyfbam, 
Lord Grimfton, Mr. Butler, Mr. Foley, Mr. Roberts, 
Mr. Neville, Mr. Levinz, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. 
Noble, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Edwards, 
Mr. Strickland, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Hillerfdon, Lord 
Downes, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Earle, Mr. Wrightfon, 
Lord Wm. Blackett, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Nicholas Morice, 
Mr. Morice, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Gydbon, 
Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Bote- 
ler, Mr. England, Mr. Monrce, and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Hertford, Cambridge, Hun- 
tingdon, Lincoln, York, and Nottingham: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Juftices of the Peace, 
and Deputy Lieutenants, of the County of Derby, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the making the River Derwent navigable will be of g great 


Advantage in that County to thofe who fhall have Occa- 


fion to fend their Commodities that Way to Market, 
by affording them a more {peedy and cheap Conveyance, 
and by eafing them of the great Charge of Land-carriages 
and it will be a great Promotion and Encouragement to 
Trade in thofe Parts, as allo a publick Good: And pray- 
ing, That the faid Bill may pats. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Pe 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill f 


tition be 


r making 


the 








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the River Derwent, in the County of Derdy, navigable; 
is committed. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, ‘Tradef- 
nen, Cheefe Factors, Butter Factors, and Inhabitants, 
of the Market Town of Leeke, in the County of Stafford, 
and other Places adjacent, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the making the River Der- 
went navigable will not oaly be of great Benefit and Ad- 
vantage tothem, but to all others in thofe Parts tracing 
and dealing in Butter, Cheele, and other heavy Commo- 
dities, by affording them a more Cheap and eafy Way of 
eonveying their Commodities to the Market than bither- 
to; and by eafing them of the great Charge of Land 
carriage, which may be prevented by this intended Navi- 
gation; and Trade encouraged: And praying, That the 
pill for making the River Derwent navigable, may pafs. 

Ordered, Vhat the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed. 


A Petition of ames Weollafton Gentleman, for and on 
behalf of Auguftin Woollaficn E{quire, his Brother, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
being informed, that Two Petitions had been pretented, 
praying, That a Bill might be brought in to prevent the 
inning or imbanking any more Salc Marthes, which may 
lic on either Side the Chanel of the River from Wiflich, 
Seaward: That, if the faid Bill pafs, it will be very pre- 
jecical to the Petitioner’s Brother: And praying to be 
beard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Commitiee, to whom the Petition of the 
Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Merchants, Sailors, 
and other Traders and Artificers, in the ancient Town 
and Port of /Vifbich, within the [le of Ely, and County 
of Cambridge, is referred: And that the Petitioner be 
at Liberty to be heard, before the faid Committee, by his 
Counfel, if he think fit. 


Mr. Lade, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for naturalizing Bennet Evafmus Hopfer: Aud the 
fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill to enable Liizabeth Gomeldon Widow, and her 
Truftees, to enter their refpective Claims before the Com- 
mifioners and Truttees for the forfeited Eftates ; and to 
impower the faid CommifMfioners and Truftees to hear 
and determine the fame; was read a Second time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gyddon, 
Mr Farrer; Mr. Pelbam, Sir Wm. Wyndbam, Mr. Hey- 
from, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Copplefton, 
Mr. Gregory, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Fownes, Mr. Calmaay, 
Mr. Bond, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Treby, Mr. Wylde, Mir. 
Godfrey, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Neville, Mr. Earl, Mir. 


Brodrick, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Weftern, Sir 
Fuftinian Them, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Freman, Lord 


Molefwerth, Mr. Treby, Mr. Herne, Mr. Serjeant Pen- 
gelly, Sir Sohn Bland, Mr. Carteret, Sir Robert Furnefe; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Kent, 
S:ffex, and the Cinque Ports:. And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in tae Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
alcertaining the Breadths, and preventing Frauds and Ab- 
ufes in manufacturing Serges, Pladings, and Fingrums, 
and tor regulating the Manufactures of Stockings, in that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland: And that Sir Alexander 
Casimins, Colonel Middleton, Mr. Abercromby, and Mr. 
Scott of Legy, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


: Ordered, That Sir Richard Halford Baronet, William 
Phillips Efquire, Eufebius Bufweil Efquire, Thomas 
Bocthby Efquire, ‘fchn Symonds KAquire, Thomas Levelt 


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26 i 
Efquire, Edward Button Efquire, William Allibone Gen- 
tlenan, Thomas Ludlam Gentleman, Risbard Goodall; 
and Fofeph Waffirne, be at Liberty to withdraw their 
Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Leice/- 
ter. 

Ordered, That Francis Mundy junior, Efquire, be at 
Liberty to withdraw his Petition, complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return of a Knight of the Shire for the 
faid County of Leicefler. 

Ordered, That the Hearing the Merits of the faid 
Election, which were appointed to be heard at the Bar of 
this Houfe upon Tuefday next, be difcharged. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majefty. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of that Part of his Majefty’s Speech, which re- 
lates to the publick Debts ; 

’ Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do confider of the Seventh Article of 
the Propofal of the South Sea Company, prefented to the 
faid Committee on the Twenty-feventh of January laft; 
and alfo of the Second Article of the Propotal of the faid 
Company, prefented to the faid Committee on the Firft 
of February inftant. 

Ordered, That the faid Propofals be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee. 

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itflf into 
the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the faid Committee, That 
the Committee had confidered the Matters to them re- 
ferred; and had come to a Refolution; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe co 
receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for rail- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That Sir Cha. Wager, Mr. England, Mr. 
Heathcote, General Wade, Colonel Carpenter, Mr. Booth, 
Sir Hen. Houghton, Mr. Hampden, Sir Philip Parker, 
Mr. Morton, Sir Fobu Fennings, Sir Facob Afbley, Sir 
Richard Sandford, Mr. Howe, Sir Orlando Bridgman, 
Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Lo- 
max, Mr. Walter, Mr. Eden, Mr. Ward, Mr. Leigd, be 
added to the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navigable, 
is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 4° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS, 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for inclofing the Heath, or Common, commonly 
called Graiwood Heath, in the Parifh of Ecclefbal], in the 
County of Stafford, was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


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A Petition of the Inhabitants of Leighton Puffard, and 
the Towns, Places, and Villages adjacent, in th: County 
of Bedford, whole Names are’ thereunto tubfcribed, was 
prefented co the Houle, and read; fetting forth, ‘Phat 
the chief Employment of the Poor of the taid Lown, and 
Places adjacent, is making Straw Hats, and other uleful 
Things made of Straw; whereby they have fupported 
and maintained themilelves, and large Families: ‘That the 
faid Trade is confiderably decayed by the Importation of 
large Quantities of Hats for Women, and Plat for make- 
ing fuch Hats; by reaion whereof, great Numbers of the 
faid Manufacturers are reduced to Poverty and Want: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Inhabitants of Iv nghoe, Slapton, and Eddlefborough, Pa- 
rifhes, and Piaces adjacent, in the County of Bucks, is 
referred. 


A Petition of Themas Warburton Efquire, .4un his 
Wife, and George their Son, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; ‘fetting forth, That the Petitioner Thcmas War- 
burton hath, at great Expence, made a Brine Pit, and a 
Rock-falt Pit, both which lie upon the River Weaver ; 
and hath erected Buildings neceffary for boiling, curing, 
and ftoring, his Salt, made of Brine; all which lie fo 
contiguous to the River intended to be made navigable, 
that, if any Part of the Soil be cut between his Works 
aad the River, or the Water brought to a Depth to carry 
Boats or Barges, the faid Works muft of Neceffity be 
ruined, being worth 20,000 /, and in the Jointure of the 
Petitioner dan: And praying, That the Bill for making 
the River Weaver navigable may not pafs; and that the 
Petitioners may be heard, by theirCounfel, againft the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfbam Bridge, in the County of Che/- 
ter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Charles Chelimondley, of Vale Royall, in 
the County of Cheer, Etquire, was prefented to the 
Houfe and read; fetting forth, That, fhould the Bill for 
making the River aver navigable pals, it would caufe a 
great Quantity of the Petitioner’s Meadow-grounds, ly- 
ing on both Sides the faid River, to be wholly laid under 
Water: That the Petitioner cannot difpofe of the Up- 
lands of any of the Farms all along the faid River, without 
his Meadow grounds to ule with the fame; which will, by 
that means, be utterly fpoiled and deftroyed, as alio a 
Salt-work which his late Uncle erected at Cver: And 
praying to be heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of divers Cheefemongers of the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners are chief Dealers in Cheefe, which is the great Pro- 
duce of the County of Cheffer; and are very fenfible, that 
the Price and Expence of the Land-carriage thereof will 
be very much leflened by making the River Weaver navi- 
gable; and will tend very much to the Improvement of 
‘frade and Commerce, and the Good of the Publick: 
And praying, That the Bill for making the River Weaver 
navigable, may pais. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County 
of Cheffer, be read a Second time. 


Ordeved, That the Bill for making the River Waver 
na'igable from Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in 
the County of Cheffer, be read a Second time upon this 
Day Sevennight. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners who have petitioned to be 


Journals ef the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1719, 


heard, by their Counfel againft the faid Bill, and whofe 
Petitions were ordered do lie upon the Table till the Bilk 
fhould be read a fecond time, be heard at the Bar of this 
Houfe, by their Counfel, upon the Second Reading of the 
faid Bill: And that Counfel for the Bill be allo heard ag 
the fame time. 


Mr. Freman reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for repairing the Roads from Stevenidge, in the County 
of Hertford, to Bigglefwade, in the County of Bedford, 
was committed, That they had made feveral Amend- 
ments, to the Bill, which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Report be taken into Conf- 
deration To-morrow Morning, 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
under written, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
fetting forth, That the Road from Dunftable to Hockley, 
and from Hockley to Dunftable, are in very good Repair, 
and are paffable-and good for all Travellers; and that the 
faid Roads, with due Care being ufed, will fo continue 
for and during the Expiration of the Toll, for the Time 
now granted by Act of Parliament, without granting any 
longer Term, or further Toll, for the Amendment of the 
faid Highways: And praying, That no longer Term, 
or higher Affefiments, may be enacted for the Repair of 
the faid Highways. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Petition of 
the Juftices of the Peace, Grand Jury, Freeholders, and 
other Inhabitants, of the County of Bedford, is referred. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of that Part of his Majefty’s Speech, which relates 
to the publick Debts, the Refolution they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the fame in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where it was read; and isas followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Seventh Article of the Firft Propofal of the 
South Sea Company; viz. That the prefent Annuities for 
the Company’s prefent Capital, and the Annuities for the 
Company’s to be increafed Capital, be continued, at the 
Rates therein mentioned, till Mid/ummer 1'727 ; and that, 
from and after that time, their then Annuity for their 
whole Capital fha!ll be actually reduced to Four Pounds 
per Cent. per Annum, arid likewife be thenceforth redeem- 
able by Parliament; be accepted. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the Seventh Article 
of the Firft Propofal of the South Sea Company; viz. 
That the prefent Annuities for the Company’s prefent 
Capital, and the Annuities for the Company’s to be in- 
crealed Capital, be continued, at the Rates therein men- 
tioned, till Mid/ummer 1727; and that, from and after 
that time, their then Annuity for their whole Capital 
fhall be actually reduced to Four Pounds per Cent. per 
Annum, and \ikewife be thenceforth redeemable by Parlia- 
ment; be accepted. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen 
who are to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, upon the Refo- 
lution of the faid Committee, which was agreed unto by 
the Houle on Tuefday laft, That they do prepare, and 
bring in, aClaufe, or Claufes, purfuant to the Refolution | 
agreed cto this Day by the Houfe. 


The Order of the Day being read; for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the Petition of the Weavers, Waikers, 
and others, Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate 
Company of Clothiers in the City of Vorcefer, and other 
Petitions to them referred ; 

Ordered, 








6 GEo. I. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they hear the Officers of the Cuftoms, and 
of Excile. 

Then the Floufe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred; and had heard Counfel for the Royal Boroughs in 
North Britain, on their Petition; and the Petitioners, on 
the Eat India Company’s Petition; and had directed him 
to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Commitee of the whole 
Houte, to confider further of the Petition of the Weavers, 
Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to the in- 
corporate Company of Clothiers in the City of Worcefter ; 
and the other Petitions reterred to the faid Committee. | 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 5° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


pe Erafmus Hopfer took the Oaths appointed, in 
order to his Naturalization. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Prifoners for Debt in 
his Majefty’s Gaol at Horfoam, for the County of Suffex, 
in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands in this King- 
dom, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners have been under Confinement 
a long time, in a moft miferable and ftarving Condition, 
and deftitute of Friends; they being willing to deliver 
up all their Effects to their Creditors, upon their refpec- 
tive Oaths, fo they might have their Liberty: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Todwick, Thorpe, 
Harthill, Wales, in the County of York, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; ferting forth, That the making 
the River Derwent navigable will be a very great Preju- 
dice to the Petitioners, who are maintained chiefly by the 
Land carriage of Lead, Millftones, and feveral other 
Commodities, to Baw/ry, in the faid County; and bring- 
ing back Raff, foreign Iron, Groceries, and other Sorts 
ot Goods, to fupply themfelves, and the Towns adjacent; 
which Livelihood will be taken from them: And praying 
to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navi- 
gable, is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, 
before the faid Committee, by their Counfel, if they think 
fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 


mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard for the 
faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Freeholders of the ancient City, and 
County of the City, of Norwich, was prelented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Silk, and Silk 
and Woollen, Manufactures of that City, have, for a 
long time paft, been carried on, to the great Support 
and Benefit of the Manufacturers: That, as the Wear- 
ing and Ufing of printed Callicoes and Linens have gra- 
dual'y increaled, the Charge of the Poor has advanced 


accordingly; fo that many have left their Habitations, 
Vor. XIX. 


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and feveral others will be forced to do the like, for want 
of Employment: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further 
of the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company ot 
Clothiers in the City of Worceffer,; and the other Petitions 
referred to the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That Sohn Weaver Efquire have Leave to go 


into the Country tor a Month, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


Ordered, That Sir William Courtenay Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Country, his Lady being ill. 


Ordered, That Yobn Fownes Efquire have Leave to go 


into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Third Reading of the ingrofied Bill fot making 
the River Dougla/s, alias Afland, navigable from the River 
Ribble to Wigan, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, 
which was appointed to be read To-morrow Morning, 
be adjourned until To-morrow Fortnight; 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Sir Fohn Bland, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir Tho, Sebright : i 44. 


Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, - 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Tho. Fobnjon : t 48. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Third Reading of the faid Bill be 
adjourned till To-morrow Sevennighr. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners againft the faid Bill be 
then heard, at the Bar of this Houle, by their Countfel, if 
they think fir. 


Ordered, That Counfel be heard at the fame time for 
the faid Bill. 


The Houfe, according to Order, took into Confidera- 
tion the Report from the Committee, to whom ihe Bill 
for repairing the Roads from Stevenidge, in the County 
of Hertford, to Bigglefwade, in the County of Bedford, 
was committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Quettion feverally put 
thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
crofied. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majeity. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker reftumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That the 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morning 
next, refclve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Muyjelty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ward, Mr. Leigh, be added to the 
Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act for making the Townhhips of Ship/ton 


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and Tidmington a diftingt Parifh from the Parith of Tred- 
ington, in the County and Diocefe of Worcefter ; and for 
dividing the Reétory of the faid Parifh of Tredington in- 
,o Three Parts; is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 6° die Februarit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Freman reported, from the Committee, to 

whom the Petition of the Juftices of the Peace 
of the County of Hertford, at the General Quarter 
Seffions, and of divers other Gentlemen and Freeholders 
of the faid County, relating to the Highways in the faid 
County, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as follows; viz. 


That the Committee having taken into Confideration 
the faid Petition; and examined feveral Witnefles, to 
prove the Allegations therein contained ; 


It appeared, That the Truftees in the late A&amp; of Par- 
Jiament, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of her late 
Majefty Queen na, intituled, An Act tor continuing 
the Acts formerly made for Repairing of the Highways 
in the County of Hertford, have borrowed 1,400/.; and 
expended the fame, and divers other confiderable Sums, 
in repairing the faid Highways: 

That the Money arifing from the Toll has not been 
fufficient to difcharge the faid Debt of 1,400/. borrowed 
upon the Credit of the faid Act; but there remains 2004 
unpaid; which is now demanded; and mutt be paid out 
of the Firit Money arifing out of the faid Toll: 

It allo appeared, That the faid Roads are in a very bad 
and ruinous Condition, notwithftanding the great Sums 
of Money expended in repairing the fame, and although 
the Statute-work has been duly performed : 

That the faid Act is very near expiring; and, unlefs the 
fame be continued, and fome further Addition thereto, 
the faid Highways will become unpaffable. 

. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the Acts formerly made for repairing the High- 
ways in the County of Hertford, and for making the 
faid Aéts more effectual: And that Mr. Freman, Mr. 
Northey, and Sir Thomas Sebright, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Bay-makers, and other Woollen 
Manufacturers, in Bocking, Braintry, Coggefball, and 
Witham, in the County of Efex, on behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands of Poor employed under them, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners Trade is wholly in Woollen Manufactures 
exported to foreign Markets; in Return for which, great 
Quantities of Bullion, Wines, and other valuable Mer- 
chandizes, which pay great Cuftoms to the Crown, are 
brought into this Kingdom: That, fhould the Wearing 
of Callicoes, and printed Linens, be prohibited, the Price 
of Wool will be thereupon raifed, and the Petitioners 
Goods too dear for foreign Markets; which will induce 
them to wear Callicoes, inftead of our Manufactures; and 
their Trade will be intirely ruined: And praying, That 
the Wearing of printed Callicoes and Linens may not be 
prohibited. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Weavers, Waikers, and others, 
Freemen, and belonging to the incorporate Company ot 
Clothiers in the City of Worcefer; and oiher Petitions ; 
are referred. 


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A. 1719, 


A Petition of the infolvent Debtors in Hereford County 
Gaol, in behalf of themfelves, and Thoufands more in 
the refpective Gaols in this Kingdom, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, 
through numerous Misfortunes, are reduced, and brought 
into Confinement; whereby they fuffer unfpeakable Ce. 
Jamities and Miferies, through which they are fubject to 
daily Want and Neceffities, and not in a Capacity to make 
Satisfaction to their Creditors: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 


Mr. Hampden reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Inhabitants of Jvinghoe, Slapton, and 
Eadlefbcrough, Parifhes, and Places adjacent, in the County 
ot Bucks; and other Petitions; were referred; the Matter, 
as it appeared to them, and the Refolution of the Com. 
mittee thereupon; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame, and the Refolution thereupon, were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 


That the Committee have taken the faid Petitions into 
Confideration; and, upon examining Fofeph Parrott, 
Thomas Birch, Fobn Robbins, and Samuel Turner, do 
find the Matter thereof to be as follows; 


That great Numbers of Poor have been, for many 
Years, employed in manufacturing Straw into Hats, and 
other ufeful Things; whereby they have fupported them- 
felves, and large Families: 

That, of late Years, the faid Trade has very much 
decreafed; which has been occafioned by the Importation 
of large Quantities of Hats, for Women, from Leghorn; 
and Chips, Shavings, and Plats, from feveral foreign 
Parts; whereby the faid Manufaéturers are reduced to 
Poverty and Want, and become chargeabie to the feveral 
Parifhes to which they. belong. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the great Importation of Shavings, Chips, and 
Plat, for Hats, from Holland, and of Hats from Leg- 
borne, is very prejudicial to the Manufacturers of Straw 
of this Kingdom; and has been, and is, the Occafion 
of a very great Decay in that Trade. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out ‘* Holland, and Hats from Leghorn,” and, 
inftead thereof, to infert ‘* foreign Parts:” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That the great 
Importation of Shavings, Chips, and Plat, for Hats, 
from foreign Parts, is very prejudicial to the Manufacturers 
of Straw of this Kingdom; and has been, and is, the 
Occafion of a very great Decay in that Trade. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply grant 
ed to his Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read: And the 
faid Refolutions are as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty 
in this Seffion of Parliament, a Power be given for ap- 
plying any Sums, not exceeding Two hundred thoufand 
Seven hundred Thirty-feven Pounds Fourteen Shillings 
Nine Pence Farthing, out of the clear Produce of the 
Forfeitures for Treafon, arifen, or to arife, into the Re- 
ceipt of his Majefty’s Exchequer, over and above the 
Salaries, and other Charges, payable for the Recovery of 
the faid Forfeitures. 

Rejoved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majelty 
in this Seffion of Parliament, a Duty be laid upon all 
Silver Plate to be made in Great Britain; and an cca 

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tional Duty upon all Silver Plate to be imported into the 
ame. 

: Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duty upon Silver Plate in Great Britain be at- 
ter the Rate of Six Pence for every Ounce Troy. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Duty upon Silver Plate to be imported be 
after the Rate of Six Pence for every Ounce Troy, over 
and above the prefent Duties, payable on the Importation 
of the fame. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Duties upon Plate be granted to his Majefty, 
his Heirs and Succeffors, redeemabie by Parliament. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a yearly Fund, not exceeding Thirteen thoufand 
Pounds, be eftablifhed, and charged upon the faid Duties 
on Plate, to pay out of the fame an Intereft, not exceed- 
ing Four Pounds per Cent. per Annum, for a Sum, not 
exceeding Three hundred and twelve thoufand Pounds, 
to be raiicd by Sale of Annuities, for his Majefty’s Supply, 
until the faid yearly Fund fhall be redeemed by Parlia- 
ment. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Standard of White Plate, to be made for the 
future, be reduced to Eleven Ounces, and Two Peny- 
weight fine, and Eighteen Peny-weight Alloy, as for- 
meily. 

Refalved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Drawback upon all Britis Hops exported to 
Ireland be taken off. vl 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second time, 
were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought, purfuant to 
the faid Refolutions: And chat Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Lowndes, and 
Mr. Charles Stanbope, do prepare, and bring, the faid 
Bill or Bills. 


A Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One- 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale, or 
Beer, that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of 
Montrofe, and Privileges thereof, for fupplying the faid 
Town with frefh Water; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Robert 
Davers, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Douglas, Colonel Townjend, 
Mr. Brodrick, Sir Wm. Gordon, Mr. Cunningham, Lord 
Carpenter, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Yonge, Lord Hinching- 
broke, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Micklethewaite, Mr. Wright/on, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Murray, Mr. 
Bacon, Colonel Long, Mr. Baker, Mr. Chulmley, Mr. 
Wylde, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Guidott, Mr. Pelbam, Sir 
Nath. Mead, Mr. Clark, Sir Fames Campbell; and all 
the Members that ferve for North Britain: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ, for electing 
a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Guildford, in the County of Surry, in the room 
of Robert Wroth Efquire, deceated. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
preventing Frauds in the publick Revenues: And that 
Mr. Lownds, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, -Sir 
Charles Turner, Mr. Yonge, and Mr. Iredy, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Haldane, from the Commiffioners for the forfeited 
Eftates, prefented to the Houfe a further Report, hum- 
bly offered by the Commiffioners and Truftees who 
acted in Scotland, appointed by Two feveral Acts of Par- 
liament; the one made in the Firft Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A for appointing Commiffioners 


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to enquire of the Eftates of certain Traitors, and of Po- 
pifh Recufants, and of Eftates given to fuperititious Utes, 
in order to raife Money out of them, feverally, for the 
Ule of the Publick; and the other, made in the Fourth 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act jor veil- 
ing the forfeited Eftates in Great Britain and ireland in 
Truftees, to be fold, for the Ufe of the Publick; and 
for giving Relief to iawfu! Creditors, by determining the 
Claims; and for the more eflectual bringing into the re- 
fpective Exchequers the Rents and Profits of the fuid 
Litates, till fold. 

The Title of the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Lioute. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Pavers of 

this Sefficn. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 8° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


for inclofing the Heath, or Common, commonly 
called Gratwood Heath, in the Parifh of Ecclefball, in the 
County of Stafford, was read a Second time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wu. 
Powlett, Sir Bryan Broughton, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Norris, 
Mr. Powlett, Mr. Yorke, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Grove, 
Mr. Neville, Lord Che:wynd, Sir Wm. Monfon, Sir Fobn 
Whitwrong, Mr. Clarke, Colonel Stephens, Mr. Serjeant 
Birch, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. Whitmore, 
Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Harley, Mr. 
Honywood, Mr. Cater, Colonel Lovg, Mi. Wefipbating, 
Mr. Butler, Sir Tho. Clarke, Mr. Siephens, Mr. Fremaz, 
Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Afoe, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Comptroller, 
Mr. Lowther, Sir Fobn Norris, Lord Pagett, Mr. Ward, 
Mr. Wylde, Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Hucks, Mr. Chet- 
wynd, Mr. Offi-y, Mr. Corvett, Lord Newport, Mr. Beoth, 
Sir Hum, Briggs, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. 
Earl, Mr. London, Mr. Brodrick; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Stafford and Salop: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, 
of the Parifh of Saint Fames’s, within the City and Li- 
berty of Weflminfler, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the frequent Robberies that are 
of late committed in the High Streets within this City 
and Liberty of Weftminfler, do proceed from the Want 
of a regular Watch: And praying, That Care may be 
taken to prevent Robberies for the future, within the City 
and Liberty of Weflminfter. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, of 
the Parifh of Saint Paul, Covent Garden, in the City and 
Liberty of Weftminfier, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That the frequent Robberies that are 
of late committed in the High Streets within the City and 
Liberty. of Weftminfter, do proceed from the Want of a 
regular and fufficient Watch: And praying, That Care 
may be taken to prevent the like Robberies for the 
future. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


Mr. Freman, according to Order, prefented to the 
Houle a Bill for continuing the Acts, formerly made, 
for repairing the Highways in the County of Heriford, 

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and for making the faid A&amp;s more effectual: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
preventing the Corrupting of Juries: And that Mr. Har- 
ley, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Banks, and Mr. Hutchefon, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Lord Hinchinbrooke reported, from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
other Inhabitants, of the County of Huntingdon; and feve- 
ral other Petitions relating to the River Ouze; were referred ; 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; which he read in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
lows; Uz. 

That the Committee have, in purfuance of the Orders 
of the Houle, taken the faid Petitions into Confide- 
ration ; 

And, by the Teftimony of Sir Edward Lawrence, Mr. 
Henry ‘foley, Mr. William Min, Mr. Thomas Darwood, 
and Mr. Heury Allprefs, the Matter appeared to be as 
follows ; 

That the River Ouze, which falls into the Sea at or near 
King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, by reafon of drain- 
ing the Great Level of the Fens, and of the Decay of a 
certain Work, which was built on the faid River, a little 
below St. Ives, commonly called St. Tves Stanch, is be- 
come fo fhallow at Overcoat St. Ives, and other Places, 
that Boats and Lighters, even in times of ordinary Wa- 
ters, cannot pafs up or down the faid River without great 
Difficulty, Lofs of Time, and long Voyages; and, in 
times of low Waters, and dry Weather, cannot pafs at 
all up or down the faid River, but lie Three Months at a 
time for want of Paffage : 

It allo appeared to the Committee, That the faid River 
becoming worfe every Year, a great Number of Poor are 
unemployed; and the Price of Freight of Coals, Salt, 
and other Commodities, raifed much higher than when 
the River was navigable, and the paffage without inter- 
ruption : 

And it further appeared to the Committee, That in 
dry Seafons, when there is no paffage on the faid River 
for Boats, Gentlemen, and other Perfons, in the Country 
near the faid River, cannot be fupplied, at any Rates, with 
the aforefaid Goods; to their great Lofs and Detriment. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
preferving and improving the Navigation of the River 
Ouze, in the Counties of Huntingdon, Bedford, and Cam- 
bridge: And that the Lord Hinchinbrooke and Mr. Farrer 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe being moved, That the Twelfth Seétion of 
the Act, paffed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King 
Charles the Second, intituled, An Aé for the Encourage- 
ing and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, be read; 

The fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repealing fo much of the faid A&amp; as allows the Importa- 
tion of the Produéts or Manufactures of Afia, from any 
Ports within the Straits, or Levant Seas: And that Mr. 
Hu'chefon, Mr. Bladen, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Yonge, and Sir 
Charies Cooke, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Elizabeth Dunch, Widow, and Reli&amp; of 


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A. 1719. 


Edmond Dunch Efquire, deceafed, on behalf of her Three 
infant Daughters, Llizabeth, Harrict, and Arabella, Dunc, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting torch, 
That her Majefty Queen Elizabeth, in the Year 1586, 
granted to William Dunch, the Petitioner’s late Hufband’s 
Anceftor, and to the Heirs Males of his Body, for ever, 
certain Lands in Dorcbefler, in the County of Oxon, which 
are now improved to the Value of about 500/, a Year, 
paying a Fee-farm Rent of 33/. 65. 4d. yearly; and de- 
fcended to the Petitioner’s late Hufband ; who, by his laft 
Will, the collateral Line being cut off by Fines, aud other- 
wile, gave the fame to his faid Three Children, after Pay- 
ment of his Debts and Legacies, to be equally divided 
between them: That there are Four Perfons Iffue Male of 
the firft Grantee, living; and, until the Deceafe of every 
one of them without Iffue Male, the Crown could have 
no Title to the faid Eftate; and yet, if the fame was 
abfolute, the Lands would icll for more Money for the 
faid Infants Benefit: That in a Bill, now depending, for 
the fupplying fome Defects in, and better Performance 
of, the Will of the faid Edmond Dunch, wherein is a ce. 
neral and ufual faving to his Majefty, his Heirs and 
Suceffors, all Right and Title to the Petitioner’s faid late 
Hufband’s Eftate; which will much leffen the Price of the 
Lands in Dorchefter, granted as aforefaid: And praying, 
That the faid Lands may be excepted out of the faid ge- 
neral Saving; but ftill referving to his Majefty the laid 
Fee-farm Rent. 

Mr. Secretary Craggs. acquainted the Houfe, That his 
Majefty had been applied to ; and was pleafed to give his 
Confent, that the fame may be done. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the ingrofied Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for fupplying the De- 
fects in, and better Performance of, the Will of Edmond 
Dunch Efquire, deceafed, is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do amend the Bill, according to the 
Prayer of the faid Petition. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 9° die Februari; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

HE Houfe being informed, That Mr. Frecker, 
from the Treafury, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of the Produce of the Ageregate 
Fund, South Sea Fund, and the General Fund, Anno 1719, 
in order to eftimate the Produce of the Sinking Fund, 
4nno 1720. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is contained in the annexed Sheet of 

Paper. 


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Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be peruled by the Members of the Houfe. 


Mr. Comptrollet reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aé for fupplying the Defects in, and better Performance 
of, the Will of Edmund Dunch Efquire, deceafed, was 
committed, That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Pill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committees and that the Com- 
mittee had confidered the Petition to them referred; and 
had made fome Amendments to the Bill, purfuant to the 
Inftruétion given by the Houle; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe, and he read the 
Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were read; and are as 
follow; viz. 

Prefs 6. L. 1. After ** Succeffors,” add *¢ all fuch Eftate, 
Right, Title, Claim, and Demand, whatfoever, of, 
in, to, or out of, the faid Premiffes, hereby enacted to 
be fold, as aforefaid, except only fuch Lands, Tene- 
ments, and Hereditaments, as were heretofore, by 
Queen Elizabeth, of ever blefled Memory, by Letters 
Patents, dated the Fifth Day of Fuly, in the Twenty- 
feventh Year of her faid Majefty’s Reign, granted to 
William Dunch Efquire, and the Heirs Males of his 
Body, for ever, paying a Quit-rent of Thirty-three 
Pounds Six Shillings and Four Pence per Annum, which 
Quit-rent is ftill referved to his Majefty, his Heirs 
and Succeffors, or to whom the fame doth now of 
Right belong; and which Lands are in or near the 
Town and Parith of Dorcbefter, in the faid County of 
Oxford :” 

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The faid Amendments, being read a Second time, 
were, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by 
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An ingroffed Bill for repairing the Roads from Steven- 
idge, in the County of Hertford, to Bigglefwade, in the 
County of Bedford, was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 
Prefs 2. L. 17. After ** Ailce,” infert ** William Le- 
“© yinz, and Adolphus Metkirke:” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for repairing the Roads from Stevenidge, in 
the County of Hertford, to Biggle/wade, in the County of 
Bedford. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freman do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence.. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. 
Lightbound: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Samuel Gampert, without any Amend- 
ment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Gerrard Van Neck, without any Amend- 
ment. And allio, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert and Fobn Van Hemert, 
with fome Amendments: To which they delire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
and other Inhabitants, within the Parifh of Saint Mar- 
garel’s, and City of WePminfer, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting fortn, That the frequent Rob- 
_berjes which have been of late committed in the high 
Streets, within the City and Liberty of Wefminfter, have 
proceeded frum the Want of a regular Night Watch: 


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A. 1719. 


And praying, That Care may be taken to prevent future 
Robberies within the faid City and Liberty of Wef- 
minjier . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con. 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, 
of the Parith of St. Clement’s Danes, within the City and 
Liberty of Weftminfler, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, for want of a due and regular 
Watch within the faid City and Liberty of Wefminfer, 
frequent Robberies are committed in the high Streets, 
within the faid City and Liberty: And praying, Thar 
Care may be taken to prevent future Robberies. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con. 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


A Petition of the Burgeffes of Newton, in Macker- 
feild, in the County Palatine of Lancaffer, and of the Gen- 
tlemen, Freeholders, Leafeholders, and Farmers, of Twen- 
ty-two Townfhips, in the faid Fee, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the making the Ri- 
ver Weaver navigable from Frodfham Bridge to Winy- 
ford Bridge will be very prejudicial to the Petitioners; 
as alfo the Ruin of many houfands of poor People, who 
are wholly fuftained by the Land-carriage of Coals and 
Salt to and from Northwich: And praying to be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfbam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter, be read a Second time: And that the Peti- 
= be then heard, by their Counfel, at the Bar of this 
Houle. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Warrington, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the making the River 
Weaver navigable will be very prejudicial to the Petition. 
ers, and the utter Ruin of many Thoufands of poor Peo- 
ple, who are fubfifted by the Land-carriage of Coals and 
Salt to and from Northwich: And praying to be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frod/ham Bridge, in the County 
of Cheffer, be read a Second time: And that the Petition- 
ers a then heard, by their Counfel, at the Bar of this 
Houle. 


A Petition of Meliora Stanley, Wife of Thomas Stanizy, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, 
That Thomas Gomeldon Efquire, the Petitioner’s Father, 
being feifed in Fee of feveral Lands and Tenements in the 
Counties of Kent and Middlefex, by his Will, dated the 
5th of Fuly 1702, fettled the fame, fubject to the Pay- 
ment of his Debts and Legacies, in cafe Wiliam his eldeft 
Son fhould die without Iffue, as afterwards he did, then 
upon his Second Son Richard, for his Life; with Remain- 
der to the Petitioner, for her Life; with other Remainders 
over; fubject to a Rent-charge of 600/. per Annum, pay- 
able to Elizabeth Gomeldon, Widow of the faid Wilkam 
Gomeldon, for her Life: That the faid Thomas Gomeldon 
afterwards died; fince whofe Death a confiderable Part of 
the faid Eftate hath been fold, for Difcharging of Debts 
and Incumbrances; fo that the whole Eftate, remaining 
unfold, is under 800/. per Annum, out of which the faid 
Annuity is iffuing: That, about Ten Years ago, the Pe- 
titioner intermarried with the faid Thomas Stanley, who, 
about the Month of July 1716, was outlawed for High 
Treafon: That the faid Richard Gomeldon enjoyed the Re- 
mainder of the Premiffes unfold, fubjec&amp;t to the Rent- 
charge aforefaid, till the time of his Death, which hap- 
pened in Auguff 1718; whereupon, he dying without 
Iffue, the Petitioner, or her Hufband in her Right, in 

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6 GEO. I. 


cafe he had not been outlawed, would have been intitled 
to the Premiffes, during her Life; but the fame is now 
become velted in the Commiffioners and Truftees for Sale 
of the forfeited Eftates: That the faid Elizabeth Gomel- 
don, not having entered her Claim to her faid Rent-charge 
before the faid Commiffioners within the time limiced 
for that Purpofe, hath been permitted to bring in a Bill 
to enable her to enter her Claim for her faid Rent-charge 
before the faid Commiffioners and Truitees, in order to 
have the fame allowed by them: And praying, That fhe 
’ may have Leave to infert a Claufe, in the faid Bill, for 
jmpowering her, notwithftanding her Coverture, or fome 
other Perfon in Truft for her, to receive the Overplus of 
the Rents and Profits of the faid Presiffes remaining un- 
fold, over and above the faid Kent-charge, and the Taxes, 
Repairs, and other Out-goings of the Premiffes, for her 
Maintenance and Support, during the joint Lives of her 
faid Hufband, and herfelf. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Petition be referred to the Confideration of 
the Committee, to whom the Bill to enable Elizaveth Go- 
meldon Widow, and her Truftees, to enter their refpective 
Claims before the Commiffioners and Truftees for the for- 
feited Eftates; and to impower the faid Commiffioners and 
Truftees to hear and determine the fame; is committed; 

Ic paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That the Petition be rejected. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Petition of the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Free- 
men, and belonging to the incorporate Company of Clo- 
thiers in the City of Worcefter; and other Petitions re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them te- 
ferred; and had heard the Petitioners upon the Petitions 
from Colchefter, and upon the Petition of the Upholders 
and Quilters of London, and had heatd a Petfon touch- 
ing the Linens imported from /reland, and Silks exported 
from hence thither; and had alfo heard the Petitioners 
from Norwich, by way of Reply; and had directed him 
to move, that they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tburfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Petition of the Weav- 
ers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to the 
incorporate Company of Clothiers, in the City of Wor- 
cefter ; and the other Petitions referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned fill To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 10° die Februariis 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the 
Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, the Commiffioners Return to an Order of the 
Houfe, for an Account of Judia, and China Goods 
fhipped for Exportation, from Michaelmas 1710, to Chrift- 
mas \aft,; and an Account of the faid Goods feized during 
the faid time; and an Account of what Seizures have 
been made of all India and China Goods run, or attempt- 
ed to be run, together with their Value, trom Michael- 
mas 1710 io Chrifimas 1719. 

And then he withdrew. 

The faid Return was read: 


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And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Return, and the faid Accoune, 
do lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of 
the Houte. 

The faid Return and Account are bound up with the 

other Papers of this Seflion. 


A Petition of a great Number of poor infolvent Debt- 
ors, now lying in the Sherifft’s Prifon, in the King’s Town 
and Parifh of Maidjfone, in the County of Kewt, on the 
behalf of themfelves, and others adjacent, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners, and their poor diftrefled Families, are in a very 
deplorable and ftarving Condition, having nothing to 
fuftain them from perifhing with Hunger and Cold: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor Prifoners, now lying in the 
Gaol of Bewmares, for the County of Anglefey, ‘was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Peiitioners are very poor, and not able to make Satisfac- 
tion to their Creditors, they being in a ftarving Condition: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors, Prifoners in 
the Gaol for the Borough of Liverpool, in the County of 
Lancafier, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners are in a miferable and ftarving 
Condition, having no Allowance at all in,that Gaol; nor 
any Subftance of their own: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Ordered, That Sir Henry Houghton Baronet have Leave 


to go into the Country for Six Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Daniel Wilfon Efquire have Leave to go 


into the Country for Six Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


The Lord Hinchingbrooke prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for preferving and improving the 
Navigation of the River Ou/é, in the County of Hunting- 
ton: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved,; That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common 
Council, Merchants, and chief Inhabitants, of King’s 
Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That great Quantities of 
Coals, Deals, Salt, and other Commodities, have been 
ufed to be fent from King’s Lynn, up the River Ox/e, to 
St. Ives; and other Places, in the County of Hunting- 
don, as alfo to Temsford, and other Places; in the County 
of Bedford; from which Towns and Places great Part 
of the Counties of Northampton, Bucks, and Hertford, 
ufed to be fupplied with the Commodities aforefaid: That 
the faid River, by reafon of the Decay of 2 Work near 
St. Ives, is now fo fhallow at Overcoat, and other Places, 
that, in dry Weather, the faid River is not paffable for 
Boats of any Burthen; whereby Trade and Commerce on 
the faid River is not only very much obftructed, but, in 
a great part, loft: And praying, That a Bill may be 
brought in for making the faid River Ou/fe more per- 
feétly navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for preferving and improving the Naviga- 
tion of the River Oufe, in the County of Huntingdon, 
be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a néw Writ for 
eleCting a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the City of Bath, in the County of Somerfet, in the room 
of Samuel Trotman Efquire, deceafed, 


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An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for fupplying the Defects in, and better Performance of, 
the Will of Edmcni Dunch Efquire, deceafed, was read 
the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to One of 
the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the Bill ; 
wiz. after ‘* aforefaid,” to infert *‘ as they, or any of 
‘¢ them, have, or might claim, of, in, to, or out of, 
&lt; the faid Premifles, if this Act had never been made: 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

afs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Comptroller do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which Amend- 
ments they defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgefles, of 


the Borough and Corporation of Liverpool, in the County 
of Lancafter, was prefented to the Houle, and read 5 fet- 
ting forth, That the faid Borough and Corporation, and 
Parts adjacent, are fupplied with Salt, Salt Rock, and 
with Timber for Building of Ships,-and other Pur- 
pofes, the Produce of the County of Chefer; the 
Price whereof is very much advanced by the great 
Charge of Land-carriage: That the making the River 
Weaver navigable from Winsfurd Bridge to Fredfoam 
Briage will very much leffen the Price of the faid Com- 
modities, by lowering the Charge of the Carriage: And 
praying, That the Bill now depending for making the 
faid Kiver navigable may pais. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsjord Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County 
of Cheffer, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Deputy Lieutenant, 
Juitices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, of the County of Lancafter, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That many Towns, 
and Parts, of the County of Lancaffer, are fupplied with 
great Quantities of Salt, Salt Rock, and with Timber 
tor Building of Ships, and other Purpofes, the Produce 
of the County of Chefer; the Price whereof is very much 
advanced by the great Charge of the Land-carriage- 
That the making the River Weaver navigable from Win/- 
ford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge will very much leffen the 
Price of the faid Commodities, by lowering the Charge 
of the Carriage thereof, and be of Advantage to the 
Publick: And praying, That the Bill now depending for 
making the River Weaver navigable may pafs. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, . 


until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Farmers, and Tradef- 
men, in and about Frodfbam, in the County of Chefer, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the making a fmall Part of the River Weaver navigable 
will be of great Difadvantage to the Petitioners, who are 
Farmers, and have long Terms in their feveral Farms: 
That they make up and pay their Rent by carrying Rock 
and White Salt from Northwich to Frodfham, and Coals, 
and other Commodities, from Froafham to Northwich: 
‘That, if the faid River be made navigable, they will be 
debarred of the faid Carriage, and be difabled to pay 
their Rents, and aifo deftroy the Trade of and in the faid 
Lown of Frodham: And praying, That the Bill for 
making the River Weaver navigable may not pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Tabie, 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable trom 


Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County of 


Chejier, be read a Second time: And that the Petitioners 
be then heard, at the Bar of this Houfe, by their Counfel. 


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A Petition of the Freeholders and Farmers in the Hun- 
dred of Bucklow and Northwich, in the County Palatine 
of Chefter, and feveral of the Inhabitants in and about 
Northwich, in the faid County, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the making the 
River Weaver navigable will deprive the Petitioners of the 
Advantage of employing themfel ves, Servants, and Horfes, 
in carrying Coals in the Summer-time to their own Houfes, 
with which they fupply the Wyches in the Winter; and 
are thereby greatly affifted and eaied in raifing their Rents, 
paying their Taxes, and fupporting their Families: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter, be read a Second time: And that the Petitioners 
be then heard, at the Bar of this Houfe, by their Counfel. 


Ordered, That the faid Bill for making the River ¥a- 
ver navigable, which was ordered to be read a Second 
time To-morrow Morning, be read a Second time To- 
morrow Fortnight. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners, who have petitioned to 
be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, and 
whofe Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table till 
the Bill fhould be read a Second time, be heard, at the 
Bar of this Houfe, by their Counfel, upon the Second 
Reading of the Bill To-morrow Fortnight: And that 
Countel for the Bill be heard at the fame time. 


Mr. Hutchefcn prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repealing fo much of an A&amp; of Parlia- 
ment, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles 
the Second, intituled, An Aé&amp; for the Encouraging and 
Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Product or Manufacture otf 4fa from 
any Part within the Streights, or Levant Seas: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firtft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Hampden reported, from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, pafied the jaf 
Seffions of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for making more 
effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and arnend- 
ing the Highways of this Kingdom, was committed, the 
Amendments, made by the Committee, to the faid Bill; 
and which they had dire¢ted him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Friday Morning next. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, and 
Inhabitants, of che Parifh of Saint Martin in the Fields, with- 
in the Liberty of Wefminfter, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the frequent Robberies which 
have been of late committed within the High Streets of 
the City of Weftminfter have proceeded trom the Want of 
a due and regular Watch: And praying, That due Care 
may be taken to prevent the like Robberies for the tuture. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


A Petition of the Mafter Shipwrights and Mafter 
Maft-makers practifing building, fitting, and repairing, 
Ships within the Port of London, in behalf of themfelves, 
and the reft of the Shipwrights and Maft-makers in Great 
Britain, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, for many Years laft paft, great Quantities of 
Fir Timber, Fir Planks, Mafts, and Deal Boards, ufed 
in Great Britain, have been continually imported from 
the Dominions of Sweden and Denmark by their own 
Ships and Men, except in their late Wars; the great 
Coniumption of which has raifed thofe Goods to very 
high Prices here: That, by the Laws of this Kingdom, 

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no Deal Boards, or Fir Timber, can be imported from 
Germany, from whence the Hollanders have great Supplies 
of the fame, and of Matts, efpecially from the River 
Filbe, at much cheaper Rates than they can have thofe 
Materials from Sweden or Norway: That it would leffen 
the exorbitant Prices here of thofe neceffary Materials, if 
the Petitioners, and other his Majefty’s Subjects, might 
have Liberty, for a Term of Years, to import Fir Timber, 
Mafts, Fir Planks, and Boards, from the River Eide, 
in Britife Ships, paying the fame Duties as from Sweden 
or Norway: And praying, That his Majefty’s Subjects 
may be enabled to import Fir Timber, Mafts, Fir Planks, 
and Boards, from his Majefty’s City of Haarburgh, on 
the Elbe, in Briti/o Ships, navigated by his Majefty’s 
Subjects, carrying thither the Manufactures and Produce 
of Great Britain, for a certain Term of Years. 

Ordered, *That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houte: 

And it is referred to Sir Charles Wager, Mr. Farrer, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Hutchefon, Sir 
Samuel Lennard, sir Robert Davers, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, 
Mr. Norris, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Stanbope, Lord Chet- 
aynd, Mr. Dockminique, Sir Charles Cooke, Colonel Bla- 
den, Mr. Delavall, Mr. Fenings, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Fobu 
Bland, Sir Fifber Tench, Mr. Weftern, Mr. Heyfham 
Mr. Powlett, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Smith, Mr. North, 
Mr. Kedfall, Mr. Treby, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Churchill, 
Mr. Vernon, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Cockburn, Colonel Dela- 
vall, Sir Zohn Norris, Mr. Bacon; and all the Merchants 
of the Houfe; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Sea Ports: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to 
‘fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


A Petition of the Mafter Carpenters and Mafter Joiners 
in the City of London and Weftminfter, and Parts adja- 
cent, in behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the Car- 
penters and Joiners in Great Britain, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the great Con- 
fumption, for many Years laft paft, of Fir Timber and 
Deal Boards, imported from Norway, has raifed thofe 
Goods to exceffive high Prices; which is a very great Dif- 
couragement to the Petitioners in carrying on their Works 
of Building and Repairing, &amp;c.: That thofe Goods 
might be had at cheaper Rates from fome Parts of Ger- 
many, if the Laws of this Kingdom would permit them 
to be imported from thence: And praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the importing Fir 
Timber and Deal Boards from his Majefty’s City of 
Haarburgh in Germany. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Mafter Shipwrights and Mafter Maft-makers within the 
Port of London, is referred. 


The Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, co confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. | 





 Fovis, 11° die Februarit ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 


Bill for naturalizing Bennet Erafmus Hopfer, was read 
a Second time. 
Kefolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lade, 
Sir Iho. Fobnfon, Sis Richard Sandford, Mc. Freman, 
Vou. XIX, 


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Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Erle, Sir Fa. Campbell, Mr. 
Brodrick, Lord Wim. Powlett, Mr. Butler, Mr. Harrifon, 
Sir Wm. Pole, Mr. Pigot, Mr. Drew, Mr. Guibbon, Mr. 
Farrer, Sir Geo. Warrender, Sir Fa. Afiley, Mr. Travers, 
Mr. Comptroller, Sir Nich. Morris, Sir Hea. Abburft, 
Mr. Halfey, Sir Fifher Tench, Mr. London, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Cater, 
Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Bond, Mr. Fo- 
ley, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Hutchenfon: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and prin- 
cipal Inhabitants, of the Town and Parith of T opfoam, 
in the County of Devon, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That divers Perfons belonging 
to that Place, and Parts adjacent, and many others of 
his Majetty’s Subjects, are in Captivity in the Country of 
the Emperor of Morocco; where they live in milerable Ser- 
vitude, and are under great Temptations to Apottafy from 
the Chriftian Faith: That fome, through hard Ufage, 
and Defpair of Deliverance, have perifhed; and others, 
to obtain Liberty, have embraced the Mabometan Reli- 
gion: And praying, That fome Means may be found out 
for their Deliverance. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor confined Debtors in the Wood- 
Street Compter, London, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, who are many 
in Number, have been a long time under Confinement, 
and thereby deprived of getting a Maintenance for them- 
felves and Familics; but are reduced to the utmoft Want 
and Neceffity, being willing to deliver up their All, to 
fatisfy their Creditors: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the infolvent Debtors in the Gaol of 
Rothwell, in the County of Yorke, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, through Loffes, | 
and other Misfortunes incident to Mankind, the Petitioners 
are reduced to great Want and Mifery; being willing to 
deliver up their All to their Creditors, provided they 
might have their Liberty: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Farrer reported, from the Committee, who were 
appointed to infpect what Laws are expired, or near ex- 
piring; and to report their Opinion to the Houfe, which 
are fit to be revived, or continued; That they had con- 
fidered the Matter to them referred ; and had come to a 
Refolution; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That.it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of the Aét, made in the Twelfth Year of 
the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An 
Act for the reviving and continuing feveral Aéts therein 
mentioned, for the preventing Mifchiefs which may hap- 
pen by Fire ; for building and repairing County Gaols; 
for exempting Apothecaries from ferving Parifh and 
Ward Offices, and ferving upon Juries; and relating to 
the Returning of Jurors; as relates to the building and 
repairing County Gaols; which will expire at the End of 
this prefent Seffion of Parliament; is fit to be continued. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That fo much of the Act, 
made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Ma- 

jefty Queen Ann, intituled, An Ac for the reviving and 
continuing feveral Acts therein mentioned, for the pre- 
venting Mifchiefs which may happen by Fire; for build- 
ing and repairing County Gaols; for exempting Apothe- 
caries from ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and ferving 
upon Juries; and relating to the Returning of Jurors; as 
relates to the building and repairing County Gaols; which 

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will expire at the End of this prefent Seffion of Parliaments 
is fit to be continued. 

Ordered, ‘Chat a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolution: And that Mr. Farrer, and the Lord 
William Powlett, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Gyddon reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill to enable Elizabeth Gomeldon, \\ idow, and her Truf- 
tees, to enter their refpective Claims before the Commif- 
fioners and Truftees for the forfeited Eftates; and to im- 
power the faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and 
determine the fame ; was committed ; That they had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and had made fome Amendments to the Bill ; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were once read throughout ; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto, by the Houte. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for velting Part of the Eftate of Thomas Earl of Hading- 
ton in Truttees, to be fold; and, with the Monies arifing 
thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of the like Value, to 
be fettied to the fame Ules; was read a Third time. 

Refoived, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
Kath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the raw Silk im- 
ported from Michaelmas 1712 to Michaelmas 3719; dif- 
tinguifhing the Places from whence brought, and the 
Amount of the Duties paid on the faid Importation, and 
the Rate of fuch Duties. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
Jay before this Houfe, an Account of the raw Silk exported 
from Michaelmas 1712 to Michaelmas 1719; diftinguifh- 
ing the Places to which the fame hath been exported, and 
the Amount of the Drawbacks on fuch Exportation, 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftems do 
lay before this Houle, an Account of all wrought Silks, 
of Englifh Manufacture, exported from Michaelmas 1712 
to Michaelmas 1719; diftinguifhing the Places to which 
the fame have been exported, and the Amount of the Du- 
ties paid on the faid Exportation, and the Rate of fuch 
Duties. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
Jay before this Houfe, an Account of all foreign wrought 
Silks exported from Michaelmas 1712 to Michaelmas 
1719; diftinguifhing the Places to which the fame have 
been exported, and the Amount of the Drawbacks on 
fuch Exportation. 


The Orders of the Day being read, 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
til this Day Sevennight. 


The Hooufe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the Petition of the Weav- 
ers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and belonging to the 
incorporate Company of Clothiers in the City of Worce/- 
ter; and of the other Petitions referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker !eft the Chair. 

Mr. Carieret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had di- 
rected him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to re- 
ceive the taine. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 12° die Februari; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Mayor and Jurats of the Port of 
Dover, in the County of Kezt, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That divers Perfons 
belonging to that Place, who, with many other of his 
Majetty’s Subjects, have laboured under a long and flavith 
Captivity in the Dominions of the Emperor of Fez and Mo. 
rocco; feveral of whom, through the Severity of their cruel 
Ufage, and Defpair of Deliverance, have been prevailed 
with to embrace the Mabometan Religion; and others 
lie under great Temptations to the like Apoftafy from 
the Chriftian Faith: And praying, That Ways and 

Means may be taken for their Releafement. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Margate, 
in the Ifle of Thanet, in the County of Kent, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That divers 
Perfons belonging to that Place, who, with many other 
of his Majefty’s Subjects, have laboured under a long and 
flavith Captivity in the Dominions of the Emperor of Fez 
and Morocco; feveral of whom, through the Severity of 
their cruel Ufage, and Defpair of Deliverance, have been 
prevailed with to embrace the Mahbcmetan Religion ; and 
others lie under great Temptations to the like Apoftafy 
from the Chriftian Faith: And praying, That Ways and 
Means may be taken for their Releafement. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Fcbn Rolle Efquire have Leave to ga 
into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gene 
tlemen, Merchants, Sailors, and other Traders and Arti- 
ficers, in the ancient Town and Port of //isdich, within 
the Jfe of Ely, and County of Cambridze, is referred, 
That the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, upon 
their Petition, before the faid Committee, if they think 
fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Jnftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That his Grace the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of 
Lincoln, William Lord Bifhop of £iy, and others, Noble- 
men and Gentlemen, Owners of Lands lying and being 
in the Counties of Cambridge, Huntington, Lincoln, Nor- 
folk, Northampton, and Ife of Ely, whofe Lands are 
drained by the Chanel and Outtal] belonging to the Port 
of Wisbich, in the faid Tle of Ely, be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fit. 


Mr. Harley prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for preventing the Corrupting of Juries: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upoa 
Thurfday Morning next, ina full Houfe. 


A Petition of the Merchants of Zordoz trading in 
Wines, in behalf of themfelves, and others, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by 
an Act of the Twelfth of King Chars the Second, it is 
Enacted, Wines imported into London, of the Growth 
of France, Germany, and Portugall, pay 7/. 105.; thole 
of Spain, and elfewhere, 8/. 105.; Vinegar, 4/. 105.3 
per Ton; by which it appears, That the Difference in 
the Duties between Wine and Vinegar. was but 34. per 
Ton: It was alfo Enacted, That no Wines fhould have 
any Allowance or Deduction out of the Cuftoms, but 
fuch only as were fo corrupt and unmerchantable, that 
they were fit for nothing but to diftil, or to make Vine- 


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6 Geo. I. 


gar: That, by fundry Aéts of Parliament, the Duties 
on Wine are augmented to that Degree, that thofe of the 
Growth of Portugal are now charged 291. 45.5 Spain, 
g0l. 45.3 France, 581. 45.3; per Von: Upon the Im- 
portation of Wines, great Di!putes have and do arife in 
relation to Allowances; the Officers alleging, That the 
Words of the Law impower them to make Allowances 
on fuch Wines only as are fo corrupt and unmerchantable, 
that they are only fit to diftil, or make Vinegar: That, 
on other Goods, it is Enacted, The Owners be allowed 
in proportion to the Damage, to be afcertained by Two 
indifferent Merchants, experienced in the Value of the 
faid Goods; which Merchants are to be chofen by the 
Collector, and any One or more of the principal Officers ; 
who, upon vifiting the faid Goods, are to certify, upon 
Oath, what Damage fuch Goods are leffened in the true 
Value: That, on Exportation of moft Goods, the whole 
Duiies, except Half of the Old Subfidy, is returned: 
And praying, That the Duty on Wines may be fet on the 
fame Foot, in relation to Allowances for Damages, as 
any other Goods have. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is reterred to Sir Fobu Ward, Mr. Heyfbam, 
Mr. Baylie, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord 1m. 
Powlett, Sir John Eyles, Mr. Difton, Mr. Kelfall, Mr. 
Stanbope, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Briffow, Mr. Smelt, Mr. Ne- 
wille, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Burridge, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. 
Brudenell, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Yonge, 
Sir Coarles Cock, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. London, Mr. 
Drew, Mr. Lowndes, Colonel Sianbope, Mr. Roberts, 
Mr. Molyneaux, Lord Mole/worth, Sir Edward Des Bo- 
werie, Sir Fames Campbell, Colonel Townfend, Mr. Secre- 
tary Crages, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Banves, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Milner, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Weftphating, 
Mr. Freman, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Vernon, Sir Tho. Croffe, 
Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Rudge, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Neribey Mr. Morice, Mr. Hungerford, Mir. 
Bacon, Sir Fobn Bland, Mr. Shuitleworth, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Campbell, Sir Wilfred Law/on, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Feffop, Mr. 
Cater, Sir Fobn Curzon, Mr. Lade, Sir Tho. Scawen, 
Mr. Pringle, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Plump- 
ire, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Norris, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Eyles: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do hear the Commiffioners of the 
Cuftoms before they make their Report. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, That the Report of the Commiffioners of the 
Cuftoms to the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, 
upon the Petition of the Wine Merchants of London, re- 
ferred to them by the faid Lords Commiffioners of the 
Treafury, may be laid before this Houfe, 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majelty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Don Fean de Bayarte, Deputy General 
from the Ifland of Minorca, on behalf of himfelf, and 
the Inhabitants of the faid Ifand, was offered to the 
Houfe; complaining, That the Inhabitants have fuffered 
many Grievances, Uppreffions, and Hardfhips, from the 
military Power there, contrary to the Treaty of Utrecht: 
*“And praying, That the Cafe of the Inhabitants may be 
confidered by this Houfe. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Petition be 
brought up; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


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A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 

Meller: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Truftees to feil Part of the Eftate of ‘Y¥obu Sand- 
ford Efquire, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts and 
Legacies; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houle. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the Sale of the Eftate of William Pembroke, late of Port/- 
mouth Dock, deceafed, fituate at North Mims, in the County 
of Hertford, for the Purpofes therein mentioned: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Hardrefs: 


Colonel Bisden 
! ¢ ’ 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Whitcbcott « 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


— ees oe 
Tellers for the Yeas, 1M Edward Des Bouverie, 


Mr. Carteret; according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Petition of 
the Weavers, Walkers, and others, Freemen, and be- 
longing to the incorporate Company of Clothiers in the 
City of Worcefter, and other Petitions, were referred, 
the Refolutions the Committee had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Ule of all printed, painted, ftained, and dyed, 
Callicoes, in Apparel, Houfhold Furniture, or otherwife in 
Great Britain, be prohibited, after a certain time to be 
appointed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Ufe of ali printed, painted, ftained, and dyed, 
Linens, in Apparel, Houfhold Furniture, or otherwile, in 
Great Britain, except fuch as are of the Growth and 
Manufacture of Great Britain and Ireland, be prohibited, 
after a certain Time to be appointed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the unlawful Exportation of Wool from Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland into foreign Parts is a great Occafion of 
the Decay of the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom. 

The Firft Refolution, being read a Second time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

The Second Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propoted to be made therein, by 
leaving out thefe Words, ‘* and Ireland :” 

And the Queftion being put, Tiat the Words * and 
‘© Jreland” ftand Part of the faid Refolution; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


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Tellers for the Yeas, } — gre a 


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Tellers for the Noes, } oe t 126, 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the Ufe of all printed, 
painted, ftained, and dyed, Linens, in Apparel, Houf-: 
hold Furniture, or otherwife, in Great Britain, except 
fuch as are of the Growth and Manufacture of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, be prohibited, after a certain Time to 
be appointed. 

The Third Refolution, being read a Second time, was 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in upon the 
faid Refolutions: And That Mr. Carteret, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sir Tho- 
mas Hanmer, Mr. Walpole, Sir Fohn Pakington, Mr. 
Wylde, Sir ames Campbell, Mr, Cunningham, Nir. Daniel 


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Campbell, Sir Charles Turnor, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Britiffe, 
Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Bladen, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. Low:ber, and Mr. Lowades, do prepare, and bring 
in, the taid Bill, or Bills. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend an At, pafied the 
Jaft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for making 
more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and 
amending the Highways of this Kingdom, was commit- 
ted, be taken into Confideration upon Tuefday Morning 
next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned.till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 13° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the County 
Gaol at Ivelchefter, in the County of Somerfet, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
many of them have been long confined; and fome of 
their Fellow Sufferers have actually perifhed for Want; 
and many of them are in Danger of the fame Fate: 
That they are willing to deliver up their AJl to their Cre- 
ditors, fo that they might have their Liberty : And pray- 
ing Relief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Peregrine Bertie Efquire was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That being in- 
formed, that Two Petitions hath been prefented, praying, 
That a Bill may be brought in to prevent the inning or 
imbanking any more Salt Marfhes which may lie on either 
Side the Chanel of the River, from Wisbicb, Seaward; 
which Petitions are referred to a Committee : That, fhould 
fuch Bill pafs, it will be very prejudicial to the Eftate and 
Intereft of the Petitioner: And praying, That he may 
be heard, before the faid Committee, by his Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Merchants, Sailors, 
and other Traders and Artificers in the ancient Town and 
Port of Wifbich, within the [fle of Ely, and County of 
Cambridge, is referred: And that the Petitioner be heard, 
by his Counfel, if he thinks fit, before the faid Com- 
mittee. 


A Petition of Francis Dayrell Efquire was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That being in- 
formed, that Two Petitions hath been prefented, praying, 
That a Bill may be brought in to prevent the inning or 
ambanking any more Salt Marfhes which may lie on either 
Side the Chanel of the River from Wifbich Seaward, 
which Petitions are referred toa Committee : That, fhould 
fuch Bill pafs, it will be very prejudicial to the Eftate and 
Intereft of the Petitioner: And praying, That he may be 
heard, before the faid Committee, by his Counfel, againft 
the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Merchants, Sailors, 
and other Traders and Artificers, in the ancient Town 
and Port of Wifhich, within the Ue of Ely, and County 
of Cambridge, is referred: And that the Petitioner be 
heard, by his Counfel, if he thinks fit, before the faid 
Committee, 


Ordered, That Charles Parker Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Cccafions. 





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A Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An Act for the encouraging and in- 
creafing Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Importa- 
tion of the Product or Manufacture of Afa from any 
Port within the Séreights, or Levant Seas, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Tuefday Seven- 
night, refoive itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the faid Bill. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Third Read- 
ing of the Bill for making the River Douglas alias Afland 
navigable from the River Riddle to Wigan, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pur, 
That the faid Bill be read the Third time upon Tae/day 
Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, j 


~ 


Mr. Shuttleworth, 
Mr. Baker: 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 nas eae ie 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Counfel were called in: 

And the Bill, and the Petitions againft the fame, were 
read. 

And the Counfel for the Petitioners againft the Bill, 
and alfo the Counfel for the Bill, were heard: And fome 
Witneffes were examined on both Sides. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed t 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 4. L. 32. After ‘* Leifer,” to infert * Ediund 
“© Hopwood, and Fohn Owen: 

L. 34. After ‘* Green,” to infert ** William 
“ Legh, William Taylor, and Lawrence Ball :” 

Prefs 16. L. 33. Leave out “the,” and infert ** this :” 

Prefs 19. L. 26. Before ‘* new,” infert ‘* any :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill do pafs; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


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Tellers for the Yeas,} Mr — i a 
Tellers for the N Sir Fobn Bland, ii 


oes 
&gt;) Mr. Corrance: 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative: And that the 
Title be, An Aét for making the River Douglas, alias 
Afland, navigable, from the River Ribble to Wigan, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter. 
Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 


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Luna, 15° die Februarii; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Truftees to fell Part of the Eftate of 
‘john Sandford Efquire, deceafed for Payment of his 
Debts and Legacies; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned ; was read the Firft time. 


Refolved, 











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Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Owen Brigflock Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That Colonel Egerton, have Leave to go into 
the Country for Three Wecks, upon extraordinary Oc- 
eafions. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms dd 
Jay before this Houfe, an Account of what Quantities of 
Hats, Shavings, Chips, and Plat for Hats, have been 
imported into Great Britain between the Twenty-fifth 
Day of December 1712 and the Twenty-fifth Day of De- 
cember 1719; diflinguifhing each Sort, and from what 
Country the fame have been imported, and what the Duty 
on each Sort amounts to, in every Year, refpectively, 
during that time. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That William 
Murry, Servant to Samuel Bracebridge Ffquire, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, hath been arrefted by Wiliam Shake- 
freare, and others, at the Suit of the faid William Shake- 
jpeare, in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe ; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint; and report the fame, with their Opinion there- 
upon, to the Houle. 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for naturalizing Bennett Erafmus Hopfer, was commit- 
ted, That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and had directed him to 
report the fame to the Houle, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrofied: 


Ordered, That the Lord Granby have Leave to go into 
the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions. 


Mr. Solicitor General prefented to the Houfe according 
to Order, a Bill for the further preventing Robbery, Bur- 
lary, and other Felonies; and for the more effectual 
‘Tranfportation of Felons: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft time: 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ar. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of Friday laft, That the Report of the Com- 
milfioners of the Cuftoms, to the Lords Commiffioners 
of the Trealury, upon the Petition of the Merchants of 
London trading in Wines, might be laid before this Houfe, 
having being prefented to his Majefty, his Majefty had 
been pleafed to give Directions, That the fame fhall be 
laid before this Houfe. 


A Petition of the Maltfters, and others the chief Traders 
in the Borough of Teuke/bury, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That by the Encouragement 
preceding Parliaments have given to the Diftillers for the 
Ufe of malted Corn; that the Petitioners have, in times 
paft, fold confiderable Quantities for that Purpofe ; but, 
of late, the Running of French, and other foreign Spi- 
rits, hath been fo much practifed, that it hath cauied that 
Trade wholly to decay: And praying, That a Stop may 
be put to thofe iévils. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for preventing Frauds in the publick Reve- 
nues be brought in. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Juftices of the Peace, Mi- 
nifter, Aldermen, Gentlemen, Merchants, and other chief 
Inhabitants, of the Borough of St. Jves, in the County 
of Cornwall, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, “That the great Quantities of rench Branay 
brought over here hath quite deftroyed the Confumption 
ef our Englifh Brandy, and hinders the Confumption of 

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the Produce of our own Land: And praying, That this 
growing Evil may be prevented. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 


until the Bill for preventing Frauds in the publick Reve- 
nues be brought in. | 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

, Ordered, That the Petition of the Sufferers, and othet 
Proprietors of Debentures made out to the Sufferers of 
Nevis and Saint Chrifopber’s, by the Invafion of the 
French in the Year 1705, be referred to the Confidera- 
tion of the faid Committee. 

_ Ordered, That the Account of the principal Money 
due, on the Debentures, to the Sufferers at Nevis and 
Saint Chriftopber’s ; as likewife of the Intereft due, on the 
faid Debentures, to Chrifimas 17193; be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come toa Refolution; which they had direéted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, ‘That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 16° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 

PRAYERS, ; 

‘ E Lord William Powlett reported from the Cori 
| mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the 
Lords, intituled, An AA for inclofing the Heath, or 
Common, commonly called Gratwood Heath, in the 
Parith of Ecclefhall, in the County of Stafford, was com- 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
directed him to report the fame to the Houfe, without 


any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 


A Bill for continuing the Adts, formerly made, for re- 

pairing the Highways in the County of Hertford; and for 
making the faid Acts more effectual ; was read a Second 
time. 
_ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Herne, Lord Wm. Pcwlett, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Smith- 
fon, Mr. Carterett, Sir Fohn Curzon, Sir Tho. Samwell, 
Sir Fobn Pakington, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Hampden, Mr. 
Plumptre, Mr. Whitchcote, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, General 
Pepper, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Drew, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Eng- 
land, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Earl, Sir Tho. Lee, 
Mr. Godfrey, Sir Fobn Hind Cotton, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bra- 
dyll, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Windfor, Sir Tho. Sebright, 
Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Brace, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Shuttle- 
worth, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Norris, Sir Wm. Monfon, 
Mr. Clarke, Mi. Grantham, Mr. Treby, Mr. Feffereys, 
Mr. Longueville, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Lade, Sit Tho. Croffe ; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Hert- 
ford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Lincoln, and York: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Charles Stanhope prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Addrefs to his Majefty, the Report of the Com- 
miffioners of the Cuftoms to the Lords Commiffioners of 
his Majefty’s Treafury, upon the Petition of the Wine 
Merchants : 


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Aad the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers of 


this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable Elizabeth Gomeldon, Wi- 
dow, and her Truftees, to enter their refpective Claims 
before the Commiffioners and Troftees for the forfeited 
Eftates; and to impower the faid Commiffioners and 
Truftees to hear and determine the fame; was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp; to enable Elizabeth Gomeldon, Widow, and her 
Truftees, to enter their refpective Claims before the Com- 
mifMioners and Truftees for the forfeited Eftates; and to 
impower the faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear and 
determine the fame. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gybbon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennett and Mr. 
Lightbound : 

Mr. Speaker. 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable 4in Walker, alias Baughs, a Minor, the Wife of To- 
mas Folliot Wa‘ker Gentlemen, to fell and convey unto the 
Right. honourable William Co iolly Eiquire, and his Heirs, 
her Share and Proportion of feverai !Mianors, Lands, Te- 
nements, and Hereditaments, in the Kingdom of Ireland, 
deviled to her by the laft Will of Thomas late Lord Fol- 
liot, deceafed ; and for other Purpoies therein mentioned : 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Lincoln and 
Warwick, of and from the Ufes and Limitations con- 
tained in the Marriage Settlement of Sir William Keyte Ba- 
ronet; and fettling other Lands, in the County of Glou- 
cefter, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes: To which 
they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Aun Walker, alias Baughs, a Minor, the Wife 
of Thomas Folliot Walker Gentleman, to fell and convey 
unto the Right honourable William Conolly Efquire, and 
his Heirs, her Share and Proportion of feveral Manors, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the Kingdom 
of Ireland, devifed to her by the laft Will of Thomas late 
Lord Folliott, deceafed,; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Clergy, Gentle- 
men, and other principal Inhabitants, of the Borough of 
Penryn, in the County of Cornwall, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, fince the prefent 
Rupture between this Kingdom, and the Empire of Morocco 
and Fez, great Numbers of his Majefty’s Subjects, amongft 
which are feveral of that Borough, and Parts adjacent, 
have been taken into miferable Captivity; and fome, 
through inhuman Ufage, have apoftatized from Chrifti- 
anity; whilft others, for their perfeverance in the Chriftian 
Profeffion, undergo the moft barbarous Cruelties: And 
praying, That fome Methods may be taken for their Re- 
leafement. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants, Tradefmen, and other 
Inhabitants, of the City and County of Exon, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That many 
of his Majefty’s Subjects of the faid City, and Parts ad- 
joining, now are, and have for fome time been, in Slavery 
at Mequinez, at other Parts of the Dominions of the Em- 
peror of Morocco; where, through the feverity of their 
Ufage, many of them have died, and others have re- 


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nounced the Chriftian Religion, and embraced the vile 
Impofture of Mabomet: And praying Relief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Colonel Stanhope reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for making the River Derwent, in the County of 
Derby, navigable, was committed : That they had heard the 
Petitioners againft the faid Bill, by their Couniel ; and had 
alfo heard Counfel for the Bill, and that the Committee 
had made feveral Amendments tothe Bill; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Téurfday Morning next. 


Colonel Middleton reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale 
or Beer that fhal] be vended or iold within the Town cof 
Montrofe, and Privileges thereof, for fupplying the {aid 
Town with frefh Water; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; was committed; That they had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had direéted him ta 
report to the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Conf 
deration To-morrow Morning. 


Mr. Clerk reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Mer- 
chants, Sailors, and other Traders and Artificers, in the 
ancient Town and Port of Wi/bich, within the Je of Ely 
and County of Cambridge, for preventing the inning ot 
imbanking any more Salt Marfhes on either Side the 
Chanel, trom Wifbich, Seaward, was referred, That they 
had heard Counfel upon the faid Petition ; and alfo upon 
the Petition of the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Lincely 
the Lord Bifhop of £/y, and others, Owners of Lens 
lying in the Counties of Cambridge, Huntington, Liucoly 
Norfolk, Northampton, and Ife of Ely; and had alfo 
heard Counfe] upon the Petition of Mr. Woollafon ; but 
that Mr. Bertie and Mr. Dayrell had waved proceeding 
upon their Petitions ; and alio reported the Matter, as it 
appeared to them, and the Kefolutions of the Committee 
thereupon; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table; 
Where the fame was read: And the Report, and the 
folutions, are as follow; viz. 

That the Committee have taken into Confideration the 

faid Petition : 

And, upon the Examination of Foba Marfhall, Anthay 
Lampkin, Samuel Norris, Jacob Norris, and Dr. Hatey. 
the Matter thereof appeared as follows. 

That the Town ot Wi/dich is an ancient Sea Port; and 
that in the Trade thereof there are conftantly employed 
above Thirty Ships of Burthen, which import Wine, 
Iron, Deals, Coals, Pot Afh, Pitch, Tar, and Hemp, 
and divers other foreign Commodities, as well as export 
thofe of our own Manufacture; whereby there arifes ta 
his Majefty a Revenue of 4,000 /. ser Annum; and that 
there has been hipped off yearly, from the Port of /i/- 
es en 1,000 Tun of Oil, and 40,000 Quarter 

Thar, befides the aforefaid Ships, there are near Thirty 
{maller Veffels, from 20 to 30 Tons each, which f:ve co 
lighten the faid larger Ships, and to carry Commodities 
to and from the neighbouring Ports; and, by fuch ‘['rai- 
fick and Trade, great Numbers of Seafaring Men ure 
employed, which increafes the Breed and Number of Sca- 
men; there having been, from Chrifimas 1718 to Chrift- 
mas 1719, Cleared at the faid Port 240 Ships, or more; 

It further appeared to the Commitee, Lhat the Im- 
banking of the Salt Marthes, which lie upon the Chanel, 
from Wifbich, Seaward, has been very prejudicial to the 

Port; 








6 Geo. I. 


Port; for the Imbanking of Walton Marth, which is about 
400 Acres, in 20 Years, has fo much ipoilt the Naviga- 
tion of the Chanel, that Ships that came within Four 
Miles of the Town of Wifbich, cannot now come within 
Seven : 

That what preferves the River, and keeps it navigable, 
are the Spring Tides, which overflow the Sait Marthes, 
and fill the Creeks; the Reflux of which Water falling 
with a great Force, adds Strength to the Ebb, and by 
that means carries out the Silt, clears and keeps open the 
Chanel, and preferves the Navigation: And that if Sué- 
ton Marfh, which is above 2,000 Acres, was imbanked, 
the Reflux of Water will be very much leffened, and 
therefore the Navigation fpoilt, and Ships trading there 
be expofed to the greateft Danger of being loft; the large 
Creeks in Sutton Marth, the only Places of Security againft 
the Ice, being ftopped up: 

That Experience has fhewn, by Imbanking of Salt 
Marfhes, navigable Chanels have been choaked up in 
other Places; and that, by an Act of the 43d of Liiza- 
beth, Provifion was made to prevent the Inning or Im- 
banking of Marfhes that might {poil or prejudice the Na- 
vigation of other neighbouring Ports. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have proved the Allegations of the 
faid Petition. 

Refolved, That the Houfe be moved for Leave to bring 
in a Bill to prevent the inning or imbanking any more 
Salt Marfhes, which may lie on either Side the Chanel, 
from Wifbich, Seaward. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
prevent the inning or imbanking any more Salt Marthes, 
which do lie on either Side the Chanel, from Wifbich, Sea- 
ward: And that Mr. Clarke, the Lord William Powlett, 
and Mr. Whitchcot, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Wager reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petitions of the Mafter Shipwrights, and Mafter 
Maftmakers, in the Port of London, and the Mafter Car- 
penters, and Mafter Joiners of London and Weftminfter, 
were referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them, and 
the Refolutions of the Committee thereupon ; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houle; and he read the 
iame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read: And the 
faid Report and Refolutions are as follow; viz. 

That the Committee have, in purfuance of the Order 
of this Houte, taken into Confideration the faid 
Petitions : 

And, upon Examining of Mr. Brown/den, a Matter 
Shipwright, Mr. Tomas Fones, Mafter Maftmaker, Mr. 
Thomas Coram, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Acworth, Surveyor of 
his Majetty’s Navy, and Mr. Maiteland, do find the Mat- 
ter to be as followeth; . 

That, for many Years laft paft, great Quantities of 
Fir Timber, Fir Planks, Mafts, and Deal Boards, ufed 
in Great Britain, have been imported from Sweden and 
Denmark, by their own Ships and Seamen, except 
in the late Wars; and that, by the great Confumption 
thereof, thofe Goods are raifed to a very high Price 
here: 

That, by an Act of the 13th and 14th of King Charles 
the Second, no Deal Boards or Fir Timber can be im- 
ported from Germany: 

That Holland is greatly fupplied with the faid Com- 
modities from the River Elbe, at much cheaper Rates 
than from Sweden, or Norway: 

That it would leffen the Prices of the faid Commodi- 
ties, and be of great Advantage to the Navy and King- 
dem in general, for his Majefty’s Subjects to have Liberty 
to import Fir Timber, Mafts, Fir Planks, and Boards, 
from any .Part of Germany, being of the Growth of Ger- 
many, in Britifo Bottoms, paying the fame Duties as from 
Sweden and Norway: And the Committee came to the 
following Refolutions ; 

Refolved, Laat it is the Opinion of this Committee, 


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That the Petitioners have fully proved the Allegations in 
their faid Petitions. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved tor Leave to bring in a Bill 
to repeal fo much of the AQ, intituled, An AG for pre- 
venting Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his Majetty’s 
Cuftoms, paffed in the 13th and s4th Years of King 
Charles the Second, as relates to the prohibiting the Im- 
portation of Dea! Boards and Fir Timber from Germany. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Importation of the faid Deal Boards and Fir 
Timber be reftrained to Briti/&gt; Ships only, duly navigated 
according to Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal fo much of the Aét, intituled, An A@ for pre- 
venting Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his Majetty’s 
Cuftoms, paffed in the (hirteenth and Fourteenth Years 
of King Cdarles the Second, as relates to the prohibiting 
the Importation of Deal Beards and Fir Timber from 
Germany: And that Sir Charles Wager, Mr. Comptroller, 
and Mr. Hampden, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen 
who are to prepare, and bring in, the faid Bill, That they 
do provide therein, that the Importation of the faid Deal 
Boards and Fir Timber be reftrained to Bri Ships 
only, duly navigated according to Law. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report trom the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend an AQ, paffed the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for making 
more effectual the feveral Acts pafied for repairing and 
amending the Highways of this Kingdom, was commit- 
ted, be taken into Confideration upon 7 ur/day Morning 
next. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, who were to confider further of the Supply grant- 
ed to his Majefty, the Refolution which they had direét. 
ed him to report to the Houfe; which he read in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth ; 

Refolued, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, in order to leffen the Debts of this Nation, a Power 
be given to the Commiffioners of his Majetty’s Treafury, 
orthe High Treafurer, for the Time being, at any time or 
times, within One Year, and from thence to the End of 
the next Seffion of Parliameni, and by fuch Proportions at 
a time, as he or they fhall find to be moft for the Advan- 
tage of the Publick, to make forth, or caufe to be made 
forth, atthe Exchequer, any Number of new Exchequer 
Bills; fo as all the principal Sums, to be contained therein, 
do not, in the Whole, exceed One Million, over and above 
the Exchequer Bills mentioned in the Propofition of the 
South Sea Company, accepted by the Houle: And that 
the faid new Exchequer Bills may bear an Intere(t, not 
exceeding the Rate of Three Pounds per Centum per 
Annum: And that as well the Money which was advanced 
by the South Sea Company, for their additional Stock, by 
means of the late Subfcriptions, towards redeeming the 
Lottery Annuities of the Year 1710, and doth now remain 
in the Exchequer; as alfo the Surplus- monies arifing quar- 
terly upon the feveral Funds called the Aggregate Fund, 
and the Fund of the South Sea Company, and of the Re- 
venues charged with the Fund called the General yearly 
Fund; as alfo the Overplus of the fame General Fund, 
when fuch Overplus fhall happen, after the Sum of 
520,000/. according to an Act of the Fifth Year of his 
Majefty’s Reign, fhall be applied for difcharging and can- 
celling fuch Exchequer Bills as are therein mentioned; be 
made a Fund, or Security, for anfwering all Demands of 
Principal and Intereft upon the faid new Exchequer Bills, 
which fhall be authorized to be made forth, as aforefaid: 
And that the faid Commiffioners of the Treafury, or 
High Treafurer, for the Time being, be alfo impowered 
to iffue the faid new Exchequer Bilis, by way of Loan, 
or Advance, to fuch Perfon.or Perfons, Corporation or 

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Corporations, as will give Security for the Repayment of 
the principal Sums fo lent, with an Intereft, not exceed- 
ing the Kate of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum, taking 
care that, upon Repayment of the faid Principal, the fame, 
with the Intereft accruing thereupon, be replaced in the 
Exchequer, upon the fame Funds, or Heads of Remains 
there, from which the faid Principal fhall have been taken; 
and be applied towards difcharging national Debts and 
Incumbrances incurred before the 25th Day of December 
1716, according to fuch Ac or Acts of Parliament as 
{hall be made in that behalf, and not otherwife: And that 
a juft Account be made to the Publick of the Monies fo 
employed, and the Increafe thereof. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereunto, 
by leaving out * fuch Perfon or Perfons :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made theres 
unto, by leaving out ‘* or Corporations, as will give Secu- 
‘“* rity,” and, inftead thercof, to infert ** of the Go- 
“© yvernor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain 
“¢ trading to the Scuth Seas, and other Parts of America; 
* and for encouraging the Fifhery; or to fome Perfon or 
«© Perfons in Truft for them; the faid Corporation giving 
* Security upon their prefent, or to be increafed, Annuity, 
“* or weekly Payment, out of the Exchequer :” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, ‘Vhat this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That, in order 
to leffen the Debts of this Nation, a Power be given to the 
Commiffioners of his Majetty’s Treafury, or the High 
Treafurer, for the Time being, at any time or times within 
One Year, and from thence to the End of the next Sef 
fion of Parliament, and by fuch Proportions at a time, 
as he or they fhall find to be moft for the Advantage of 
the Publick, to make forth, or caufe to be made forth, 
at the Exchequer, any Number of new Exchequer Bills; 
fo as all the principal Sums, to be contained therein, do 
not, in the Whole, exceed One million, over and above 
the Exchequer Bills mentioned in the Propofition of the 
South Sea Company, accepted by the Houfe: And that 
the faid new Exchequer Bills may bear an Intereft, not ex- 
ceeding the Rate of Three Pounds per Cent. per Annum: 
And that as well the Money which was advanced by the 
South Seca Company, for their additional Stock, by means 
of the late Subfcriptions, towards redeeming the Lottery 
Annuities of the Year 1710, and doth now remain in 
the Exchequer; as alfo the Surplus Monies arifing quar- 
terly upon the feveral Funds called the Aggregate Fund, 
and the Fund of the Sczth Sea Company, and of the 
Revenues charged with the Fund called the General yearly 
Fund, as alfo the Overplus of the fame General Fund, 
when fuch Overplus fhall happen, after the Sum of Five 
hundred and twenty thoufand Peunds, according to an 
Act of the Fifth Year of -his Majefty’s Reign, fhall be 
applied for difcharging and cancelling fuch Exchequer 
Bills as are therein mentioned; be made a Fund, or Secu- 
rity, for anfwering all Demands of Principal and Intereft 
upon the faid new Exchequer Bills, which fhall be autho- 
rized to be made forth, as aforefaid: And that the faid 
Commifiioners of the Treafury, or High Treafurer, for 
the Time being, be alfo impowered to iffue the faid new 
Exchequer Bills, by way of Loan, or Advance, to the Cor- 
poration of the Governor and Company of Merchants of 
Great Britain trading to the South Seas, and other Parts 
of America, and for encouraging the Fifhery; or to fome 
Perion or Perfons in Truft for them; the faid Corporation 
giving Security upon their prefent, or to be increafed, 
Annuity, or weekly Payment, out of the Exchequer, for 
the Repayment of the principal Sums fo lent, with an 
Interelt, not exceeding the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. 
per Annum, taking care that, upon Repayment of the faid 
Principal, the fame, with the Intereftaccruing thereupon, be 
replaced in the Exchequer, upon the fame Funds, or Heads 


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of Remains there, from which the faid Principal fall have 
been taken; and be applied towards difcharging national 
Debts and Incumbrances incurred before the Twenty-ffth 
Day of December 1716, according to fuch A&amp; or Aéts of 
Parliament as fhall be made in that behalf, and not other- 
wife: And that ajuft Account be made to the Publick of 
the Monies fo employed, and the Increafe thereof. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Graggs, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Duchy, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Clayton, Mr, 
Charles Stanbope, and Mr. Lowndes; do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-motrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 17° die Februari; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
Prayers. 
Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and Mr. 
Lightbound : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made 
by this Houfe, tothe Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t for fupply- 
ing the Defects in, and better Performance of, the Will of 
Edmund Dunch Efquire, deceafed. And alfo, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making the River Id/e navigable from Eaft Retford, 
in the County of Nottingham, to Bawtry Wharf, in the 
County of York, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates and Town Council of the 
Burgh of Bruntifland was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Port and Harbour of Brunt- 
ifland is moft conveniently fituated in the Middle of the 
North Side of the River Firth; and is the common Port 
of Safety to all Briti/b and foreign Ships, in Storms, or 
contrary Winds; there being Eighteen Foot Water, and 
Twenty-fix at Spring Tides, within the faid Harbour; 
which hath no Bar, and is capable of receiving Ships of 
War, for cleaning or careening: That there is alfo a 
Church in the faid Burgh; which Fabrick, and the faid 
ufeful and valuable Harbour, with the Town-houfe, or 
Prifon-houfe, have always ufed to be fupported and re- 
paired out of the common Revenues of the Town; but 
the fame are become fo ruinous, that the faid Revenue is 
not able to fupport it: And praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for laying an Impofition of 
Two Penies Scots per Pint upon all Beer and Ale brewed, 
or brought in, vended, tapped, and fold, within the faid 
Town and Liberties, to be added to the publick Reve- 
nue of the Burgh, and ferve as Fund for the Purpofes 
above-mentioned. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Farrer, 
Lord William Powle:t, Colonel Churchill, Sir Robert 
Rich, Mr. Difton, Mr. Butler, Sir John Curzon, Mr. 
Noble, Mr. England, Mr. Comptroller, Sir Wm. Pole, 
Mr. Brace, Mr. Morris, Mr. Pargitur Fuller, Sir Wm. 
Daines, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Walpole, Sir Cha. Turner, Mt. 
Conyers, Mr. Lawfon, Sir Robert Davers, Sir Geo. C%/- 
wall, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ihompfon, Colonel Middle‘on, Sit 
Cha. Wager, Mr. Edgcumbe, Colonel Townfend, Mr. 
Elferd, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Stanbepe, 
Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Earl, and all the Members that ferve 
for North Britain: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend far Perfons, Papers, and Records. , 

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Mr. Comptroller prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint 
Martin in the Fields, in the City of Wefiminfler, at the 
Charge of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh: And the 
fame was received. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Bill be read the Firft time To- 
morrow Morning. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the Sale of the Eftate of William Pembrcke, late of 
Portfmouth Dock, deceafed, fituate at North Mim:, in 
the County of Hertford, for the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Lincoln 
and Warwick, of and from the Ufes and Limitations con- 
tained in the Marriage Settlement of Sir William Keyte 
Baronet; and fetiling other Lands, in the County of G/ou- 
cefter, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the 
Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take in- 
to Confideration the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale 
or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of 
Montrofé, and Privileges thereof, for fupplying the faid 
Town with frefh Water, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; was committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second time, 
one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed unto 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. - 


A Petition of the Merchants, trading to and from the- 


neutral Ports of Jtaly, in behalt of themfelves, and others, 
was prefented eo the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That by a Bill, now depending, intituled, a Bill for re- 
pealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, of the Tweifth 
Year of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for 
the Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping and Naviga- 
tion, as allows the Importation of the Produét or Manu- 
facture of Afa from any Parts within the Straits, or 
Levant Seas: That, fhould the faid Bill pafs, it will not 
only repeal the Claufe in the faid Act of Navigation, of 
the Twelfth of Charles the Second, which permits the Im- 
portation of the Goods of the Growth of Turky, and the 
Levant Seas, from the Ports of Italy, in Engiifh Ship- 
ping, but will allo be of great Detriment to the Trade 
and Navigation of this Kingdom in general, and a Leffen- 
ing of his Majefty’s Revenue: And praying, That they 
may be heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An A&amp;ct for the Encouraging and In- 
creafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Jm- 
portation of the Produét or Manufacture of 4fa from 
any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do hear the Petitioners, before they pro- 
eeed on the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do hear the Merchants trading to the 
Levant Seas, at the fame time. 


The Houle proceeded, according to Order, to take in- 
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to Confideration the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend an Act, paffed the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for making 
more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and 
amending the Highways of this Kingdom, was commit- 
ted, 

The Amendments; made by the Committee, to the Bill, 
were read; and the fame, as tar as Claule A, being feve- 
rally read a Second time, were upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Claufe A being redd a Second time, That the Tire or 
Streaks, by the former A@ directed to be Two Inches 
and an Half broad, when worn, need only be of that 
Breadth when fet on, and firft worn; and if the fame 
fhould become narrower by wearing, before the Wheels 
are worn out, any Perfon or Perfons ufing the fame; 
fhould not be fubjeét to any of the Penalties in the faid 
Act contained; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put; That the Houfe doth agree with the Commitiee in 
the faid Amendment; 

{t paffed in the Negative. 

The reft of the faid Amendments, being read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, Tiaat the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Propofal of the South Sea Company 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the additional Propofal of the South Sea 
Company be referred to the faid Committee. 

And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houle will pleafe to receive the 
fame, 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 18° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. | 
Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in his Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol, the Cafle, in the County of Cam- 
bridge, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the poor Petitioners are reduced to extreme 
Hardfhip and Poverty; and not able, for want of Trade 
and Bufinefs, to fatisfy the Demands of their Creditors : 
And praying Relief. 
Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Prifoners confined for 
Debt in Hallifax Gaol, kept for the Manor of Wakefetld, 
in the Weft Riding of the County of 2ork, in behalf 

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of themfelves, and many Thoufand peor Prifoners in the 
refpective Prifons of this Kingdom, was prefented to the 
Houfé, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, 
bine whereof have been confined upwards of Eight 
Years, would willingly furrender up to their Creditors 
their whole Effeéts, in Confideration of their feveral 
Debts; yet the faid Creditors cannot be prevailed upon to 
accept'the fame; fo that the Petitioners, and their Fami- 
Jies, ate reduced to the utmoft Extremity and Want: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, and Inha- 
bitants, of the Town of Fowey, in the County of Corn- 
wal, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That feveral Perfons belonging to that Place, and Parts 
adjacent, are now in Captivity under the Emperor of 
Morocco, where they live in miferable Servitude; many 
of whom, through extreme hard Ufage, and Defpair of 
Deliverance, have perifhed; and fome, to obtain their 
Liberty, have took up with the Mabometan Religion: 
And praying, That Ways and Means may be found out 
for their Deliverance. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


At Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, and Inhabi- 
tants, of the Town of Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorfett, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
feveral Perfons belonging to that Place, and Parts adja- 
cent, are now in Captivity under the Emperor of Mo-. 
rocco, where they live in miferable Servitude; many of 
whom, through extreme hard Ufage, and Defpair of De- 
liverance, have perifhed; and fome, to obtain their Li- 
berty, have took up with the Mabometan Religion: And 
praying, That Ways and Means may be found out for 
their Deliverance. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint Mar- 
tin in the Feilds, in the City of Wefminfter, at the Charge 
ot the Inhabicants of the faid Parifh, was, according to 
Order, read the Firft time. 

Refoléed, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That ‘fcbn Hardres Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for continuing fo much of an A&amp;, made in 
the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Ann, intituled, An Act for the reviving and continuing 
feveral Acts, therein mentioned, for the preventing Mit- 
chiefs which may happen by Fire; for building and re- 
pairing County Gaols; for exempting Apothecaries from 
ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and ferving upon Ju- 
ries; and relating to the Returning of Jurors; as relates 
to the Building and Repairing of County Gaols: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for preferving and improving the Navigation of 
the River Ouje, in the County of Huntington, was read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Hin- 
chinbrook, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Bigg, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Philpot, Mr. Pigot, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Pa- 
pillon, Mer. Stanhope, Mr. Hillerfaon, Mr. Plummer, Sir 
bifver Tench, Mr. Vbitmore, Sir Hum. Briggs, Sir Roger 
Bradfbaigh, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Arth. Onflew, Sir Fobn 
Phillips, Sir Tho. Lee, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Brodrick, 
Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Norris, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. 
Majon, Sit Robert Chaplin, Sir Wm. Monfin, Mr. Coffia, 
Mr. Tuckfeild, Mr. ‘fordan, Sir Tho. D’ Ath, Mr. Cater, 
Mr. Powlett, Mr. Halfey, Colonel Stanbope, Sir Tho. 
Hanmer, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Weftpbaling, Sir Wm. Daines, 
Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Leigh, Mr. 
Wortizry, Sir Fobn Norris, Mr: Plumptre, Mr. Archer, Sir 


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A. 1719. 


Nicholas Carew, Colonel Fane, Sit Tho Palmer; Mr. Baker; 
Mr. Lede; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
of Huntingdon, Northampton, Bedford, Hertford, Bucks; 
Cambridge, Norfolk, and Suffolk: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Walter Chetwynd Efquire have Leave to 


go into the Country for a Month, upon extraordinary 
Occafions, 


A Petition of the Merchants, Sugarbakers, Dittillers, 
and other principal Traders, of the City of Briffoll, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Smuggling Trade is become a general Calamity; for, by 
filling all Parts of the Kingdom with French Brandies, 
the Confumption of the Products of our Lands in Cyder, 
and malted Corn, in Brewing and Diftilling, is very much 
hindered: That the Quantities of our Wool, and Sums of 
Money, carried off to purchafe thofe Goods abroad, is 
the Caufe not only of the miferable State of the Woollen 
Manufactures at home, but alfo a Means for the French 
to fupplant us therein at foreign Markets: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Berington and Philip Lutley 
Efquires, furviving Truftees of the late Right honour- 
able Charles Lord Gerrard Baron of Gerrard’s Bromley, 
and Lord of Dutton, deceafed; and a]lfo of Thomas Flete- 
wood Efquire, and Frances his Wife, only -Sifter of the 
faid late Lord Gerrard; was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, fhould the Bill for making the 
River Weaver navigable pafs, it will caute great Quanti- 
ties of the Petitioners Meadow-land on both Sides the faid 
River, for feveral Miles, to be laid under Water; the 
Banks of the faid River being low, and the Water therein 
fhallow; and will alfo deftroy and ruin divers ancient 
Weirs and Fifheries, and feveral Wharfs, or Landing- 
places, of the Petitioners; to the great Leffening of the Peti- 
tioners Ejtate; and the Tenants will be deprived of that ad- 
vantag2ous Employ of carrying Salt and Coals with their 
Teamis, when they have no other Employ for them, 
whereby they are enabled to pay their Rent: And pray- 
ing to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. — 

Ordered, (hat the jaid Petition do lic upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County 
of Chefier, fhall be read a Second time: And that the Pe- 


titioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill, if they think fit. y » a§ e fai 


Colonel Fane prefented to the Houfe, acccrding to Or- 
der, a Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an Ad, 
pafied in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for repairing the Highways leading from 
the Stones End in Keat-freet to the Lime-kilns in Eaf 
Greenwich, near Blackbeath, and to Lewifoazn Church, 
being the Tunbridge Road, in the County of Kent; and 
for repairing and amending the Highways and Roads lead- 
ing from Weftminfier Ferry, in the Parith of Lambeth, in 
the County of Surzy, to New Crofs, in the Parith of Dept- 
ford, in the County of Kent: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted 
to his Majefty, the Refolution they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe;. which he read in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fuch of the Duties and Revenues for anfwering the 
refpective Annuities, or Payments, which fhall become 
payable to the South Sea Company, purfuant to their Pro- 
potals accepted by the Houfe, as are now temporary, be 
made perpetual; fubject neverthelefs to Redemption by 


Parliament, 








6 GEo. I. 


Parliament, according to the Tenor of the faid Pro- 
ofals. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

Refolved, That the Houte doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That fuch of the Duties and 
Revenues for anfwering the refpective Annuities, or Pay- 
ments, which fhall become payable to the South Sea Com- 
pany, purfuant to their Propofals accepted by the Houfe, 
as are now temporary, be made perpetual ; jubject never- 
thelefs to Redemption by Parliament, according to the 
Tenor of the faid Propofals. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen 
who are to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, purfuant to the 
Refolution of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
were to confider that Part of his Majefty’s Speech, which 
relates to the publick Debts, and which was agreed unto 
by the Hloufe the Second Inftant, That they do prepare, 
and bring in, a Claufe, or Claufes, purfuant to the faid 
Refolution this Day agreed unto by the Houfe. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 


Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
ghis Day Sevennight. 


A Bill for preventing the Corrupting of Juries, was read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, navi- 
gable, was committed ; 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second time, 
one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed unto 
by the Houle. 

A Claule was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
Liberty to erect Warehoufes on the River Trent: 

And the Queftign being pur, that the Claufe be brought 
UD; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. . 
Tellers for the Yeas, } 8 Phapir i 39. 
TelersforteNon, Colo Samar | Pay 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock 





V eneris, 19° die Februarit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Inhabitants of the Two Out Wards of 

the Parifh of Saint Martin’s in the Fields, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf of themfelves, 
and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid Out Wards, 
was prefented to rhe Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That there is a Bill now depending for rebuilding the 
Parifh Church of St. Martin’s, at the Charge of the Inha- 
bitants thereof: That the fame when rebuilt, will not be 
large enough tocontain One- fourth Part of the Inhabitants : 
That the taid Two Out Wards lies very remote from the 
other Nine Wards, being feparated from them by the 
Parifhes of Saint Fames, and Saint Anne: That a Gentle- 





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man, living in one of the Two Out Wards, having, througli 
Piety and Generofity, offered to give a Piece of Ground 
proper to build a Church on; which they will lofe the 
Benefit of; if not made ufe of at this time; the Peti- 
tioners, being willing and defirous to build one there, at 
their own Cofts, large enough to contain the Lnhabitants 
of the faid Two Wards, in café they may be exempted 
from the Tax: defigned by the Bill now depending, and 
be made a feparate Parifh, without deducting trom, or 
leffening, the Dues now belonging to the prefent Vicar 
of Saint Martin’s, fo long as he {hall continue Incumbent 
there: And praying, That a Claule may be inferted, in 
the Bill now depending, for the Purpofes above-men- 
tioned. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
till the Bill for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saini 
Marlin in the Fields, in the City of Weftminfter, at the 


Charge of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, be read a 
Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Merchants, and 
Commanders of Ships, of the Town of Great Yarmouth, 
in the County of Norfolk, was prefented to the Houie, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the faid Town is become 
one of the moft confiderable in his Majefty’s Dominions 
from the Trade of Herrings; and, from the faid Caufe, 
the Number of Ships belonging to the faid Towa is at 
prefent exceeded by no other Place but the Metropolis of 
the Kingdom: That the faid Trade is fo far fupported 
by the Confumption of Red Herrings in the Straits, 
that between 30 and 40 Sale of large defenfible Ship:, 
communibus annis, are fent, laden with that Commodity 
only, to the feveral Ports of Italy, Sicily, and the Pore 
of Marfeilles; the Returns of which are chiefly made in 
Goods, the Produce of the feveral Countries bordering on 
the Mediterranean Sea: That by the Bill now depending, 
for repealing fo much of the Act of Navigation as allows 
the Importation of the Products or Manutactures of A/a 
from any Port within the Straits, or Levan: Seas, will 
not only deprive the Petitioners of a great Part of their 
ufual Returns in Commodities, for the Produce of their 
Herrings, but alfo a like Proportion of Returns of 
Freight, for the lading their Ships back; which, of courfe, 
wil] become a Charge on the outward Freight of their 
Fith ; and, by that means, goa great way towards the 
Ruin of a Trade fo beneficial to Navigation: And pray- 
ing, That the faid Bill may not pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to wom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An Act for Encouraging and Increafing 
of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Importation of 
the Product or Manutacture of Afa from any Port within 
the Straits, or Levant Seas, is committed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen, 
together with the Minifter, and other principal Inhabi- 
tants, of the Town of Falmouth, in the County of Corn- 
wall, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting 
forth, That divers Perfons belonging to that Place, and 
Ports adjacent, are in Captivity in the Country of the 
Emperor of Morocco, where they live in miferable Servi- 
tude, and are under great Temptations to Apoftafy from 
the Chriftian Faith: That, through extreme hard Ufage, 
and Defpair of Deliverance, many have perifhed; and 
fome, to obtain their Liberty, have embraced the Mabe- 
metan Religion: And praying, that fome Means may 
be found out for their Deliverance. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Wyld reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
making the Townthips of Shipfon and T; idmington, a difs 
tin Parifh from the Parifh of Tredington, in the County 
and Diocefe of Worcefters and for dividing the Rectory 
of the faid Parifh of Tredington into Three Parts; was 


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committed, That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the lame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of tie Committee 3 and that the Com- 
mittee had made an Amendment to the Bill; which they 
had directed him cto report to the Houfe; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendment in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Arbendment was twice read; and agreed unto by the 
Houle; and is as follows; viz. 

Prefs 4. L. 10. Atter the Words. ** for ever,” leave 
out the Words ** And whereas,” in the 1gth Line, 
and, inftead thereof, infert Claufe- A, which is as fol- 
Joweth 5; vz 
** And whereas the faid Hamlets of Shipfon and Tid- 
mington have hitherto, Time out of Mind, refpectively, 
* to their own Officers, paid cheir own Church and 
“© Poors Rates, and other Duties; and the reft of the 
** faid Parifh of Tredizgton have paid the fame, by a 
« ceneral Affeffment: Be it therefore further Enacted, by 
** the Authority aforefaid, That the Affeffments for, and 
** Payments to, the Poor, and other Rates and Duties 
“* of the faid Parifh and Hamlets, fhall be had and made 
«© as they have hicherto accuitomarily been ; and nothing 
“* in this Act contained fhall be conftrued to difcharge 
“© any Rates or Duties which now are, or at any time 
** before cr after fuch Vacancy of the Reétory of Tre- 
** dington {hall become, due or payable within the Parifh 
*© and Hamlets aforefaid, or any of them, from any Per- 
* fon whaticever, for Church or Poor, or other Rates 
«© and Duties, except the Tythes and Dues to be received 
* by the refpective Rectors, as aforefaid.” 


ce 


. 


Mr. Gregory prefented to the Houfe, from the Com- 
miffioners and Truftees for the forfeited Eftates, a’ further 
Report of fuch of the faid Commiffioners and Truftees 
as have been appointed to execute the feveral Trufts and 
Powers in relation to England and Ireland, and elfewhere, 
except Scotland, contained in Two feveral Acts of Parlia- 
ment; the one intituled, An Aét for appointing Commil- 
fioners to enquire of the Eftates of certain Traitors, and 
of Popifh Recufants, and of Eltates given to fuperftitious 
Ufes, in order to raife Money out of them feverally for 
the Ufe of the Publick; the other intituled, An A&amp; 
for vellting the forfeited Eftates in Great Britain and Ire- 
land in Truttees, to be fold for the Uie of the Publick ; 
and for giving Relief to lawful Creditors, by determining 
the Claims; and for the more effectual bringing into the 
refpective Exchequers the Rents and Preftts of the faid 
Eftates, till fold; together with wo Appendixes to the 
jaid Report : 

And the Ticle of the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report and Appendixes do 
lie upon the Table, to be peruled by the Members of the 
Houfe. 

The faid Report, and Appendixes, are bound up with 

the other Papers of this Seffion, 


An ingroficd Bull from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Truffecs to fell Part of the Eftate of Yobn Sand- 
ford Efquire, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts and 
Legacies; and for other Purpoles therein mentioned 5 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Wm. Pyn- 
fent, Mr. Smith, Sir Wm. Pole, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. 
Whitmore, Sir Tho. Clarke, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Clarke, 
Sir Bryan Brough‘o1, Colonel Long, Mr. Kelfall, Sir Richard 
Fowler, Mr. Edzwa: ds, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Norris, Mr. Knight, 
Mr. Felfop, Mr. Tredy, Mr. Mi cklethwaite, Mr. Lowther, Mr. 
Brodrick, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Trefuts, Mr. Calmady, 
Mr. Barrington, Mr. Pelham, Sir Foba Whitwrong, Mr. 
Whitcbhcot, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Plumer, 
Mr. Morice, Mr. Reynel’, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Ezde, Mr. Gregory, General Wade, Sir Richard Howe, 
Wir. Northey, Mr. Auditor Harley, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir 
Nath. Mead, Mr. Eyles, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Robert 
Davers; and all the Members that ferve fur the Counties 


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of Samerfet, Devon, Dorfztt, and Cornwall: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That fobs Bajett Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country for Six Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occalions, 


Ordered, That Sir Orlando Bridgman Baronet have Leave 
to go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordi- 
nary Occafions. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An AG 
for inclofing the Heath or Common, commonly called 
Gratwood Heath, in the Parith of Eccleaill, in the County 
ot Stafford, was read the Third time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Bennet Erafmus Hop- 
fer, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Bennet Erafmus Hopfer. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Ac for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert and Fobn 
Van Hemert. 

And the faid Amendments were read; and as fol- 
low ; viz. 

Prefs 1. L. 5. After ‘** Amfterdam,” infert ** Frederick 
‘© Morgan, Son of Marques Morgan, by Anna Sophia 
‘*¢ his Wife, born in the City of Copenhagen; and Henry 
“¢ Nicholas Sander, Son of Fredrick Sander, by Margaretia 
* his Wife, born at Luneburgh: 

Prefs 1. L. 16. Leave out ‘** and,” and, after ** He. 
‘¢ mert,” infert ** Frederick Morgan, and Henry Nicholas 
‘¢ Sander :” 

L.. 28. Leave out ‘* and,” and, after ** He. 
infert ** Frederick Morgan, and Henry Nicholas 


”? 


“© mert,” 
“© Sander : 

Prefs 2. L. 12. Leave out ‘‘ and,” and, after ‘* He- 
© mert,” infert ‘* Frederick Morgan, and Henry Nicholas 
‘© Sander :” 

L. 25. Leave out * and:” 
L. 26. After ‘** Hemert,” infert ‘* Frederick 
‘© Morgan, and Henry Nicholas Sander :” 

In the Title of the Bill, Leave out ** and;” and, at the 
End thereof, add ‘* Frederick Morgan, and Henry Nicho- 
© Jas Sander.” 

, The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Pelbam do carry the Billto the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 20° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 

HE. Houfe being informed, that Mr. Oxenford, 
from the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended 
at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, prefented te the Houfe, 
an Account fhewing the Quantity of Hats, Shavings, 
Chips, and Plat for Hats, that have been imported into 
England between Chrifimas 1712 and Cbrifimes 17193 
2 diftinguifhing 





6GEoO. I. 
diftinguifhing the Countries, with the Amount of the Du- 
ties in each Year, refpectively. 

And then he withdrew. : 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. © 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion. 


A Petition of all the poor and infolvent Debtors now 
Jying in Prifon, and detained for Debts, in the Gaol at 
F:/oerton Anger, in and for the County of Wilts, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners have been, for a long time paft, detained and 
confined in Prifon for feveral Debts, and Sums of Money, 
unto feveral Perfons, unto whom they are uncapable of 
making any manner of Satisfaction; but muft inevitably 
perifh under their Misfortunes: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Phikp Rajfbleigh Efquire, have Leave 
to go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Hatters, and Tracers, 
in the City of Briffoll, was prefetted to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Importation of Straw Plat 
dire@tly from Bermuda into this Kingdom ought to be 
encouraged, from the Advantage that redounds, on the 
Export and Import, to his Majefty’s Revenue, and his 
Subjeéts at home and abroad; for it is purchafed with 
none other but the Manufactures of this Kingdom, prin- 
cipally the Woollen; it is imported only in the Plat, aiid 
not made up into Hats till it comes here, where it em- 
ploys many Hundreds of poor People, and pays Twenty 
per Cent. on Importation, and is as much the Staple Com- 
modity of Bermuda as Sugar is of the Carribbeesi and the 
Balance of that Trade is returned in Bullion: And pray- 
ing, That the Importation from Beriuda may be conti- 
nued. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table: 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making the Townfhips of Shipfton and Tidmington a 
diftin&amp; Parith from the Parith of Tredington, in the County 


and Diocefe of Worcefer ; and for dividing the Rectory , 


of the faid Parith of Zredington into Three Parts; was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

afs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyld do carry the Bill to the Lords; 
and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to the 
Jame, with an Amendment: To which Amendment they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


A Bill for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary; 
and other Felonies; and for the more effectual Tranf- 
portation of Felons; was read a Second time.. 

Refolved, That the Bill be commited. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. , 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and Mr. 
Ligkthoun : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable Thomas Dove Efyuire to raife 1 wo thoufand Pounds 
upon his Eftate at Upton, Sutton, Avkfworth, and Caftor ; 
and to make Sale of his Eftate ac Heathencoate, in the 
County of Northampton, for diicharging Incumbrances 
upon the faid Eftates, Raifing of Portions for his Bro- 
ther and Sifter, and Payment of his Father’s and his 
own Debts: To which they defire the Concurrence of 
this Houle. And, 

The Lords have alfo agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for naturalizing Cernelus Backer, with fome Amend- 

Vox. XIX. 


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73 
ments: To which they defire the Concurrence of this 


Houfe. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to- bring in a Bill for qualifying 
Juftices of Peace ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 


| Mr. Snell, pe 
ss for the Yeas, } Mr. ee Ms i 103. 
Tellers for the Noes, or ha. t 107. 


So it pafied in the Negative. 


_ Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the County of Salop, in the room of Sir 
Robért Corbet Baronet; who, fince his Eleétion for the 
faid County, hath accepted the Office of ofie of the Clerks 
Comprtrollers of his Majefty’s Houfhe!d. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the feveral grofs 
Duties upon Fir Timber, Fir Plank, Fir or Deal Boards; 
and Mafts, of the Growth of Nerway and Sweden, tre- 
fpectively. 


_ The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 4 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for pre- 
venting the Corrupting of Juries. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Palmer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. _ : 

Mr. Palmer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progfefs in the Bill; and had direéted 
him to move, Ihat they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, rcfolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe; to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing; Nine of the Clock. — ; 





Lune, 22° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 

PRAYERS, | | 

Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an Aét, 
A paffed in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled; An Aét for repairing the Highways leading 
from the Stones End in Kené-fireet, to the Lime-kilns in 
Eaft Greenwich, near Black-heath, and to Lewifoam Church, 
being the Tunbridge Road; in the County of Kent; and 
for repairing and amending the Highways and Roads 
leading from Weftminfter Ferry, in the Parith of Lambeth, 
in the County of Sarry, to New Crofs, in the Parifh of 
Deptford; in the County of Kent; was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Samuel 
Lennard, Mc. Farrer; Lord Wm. Powlett; Mr. Hal/ey, 
Mr. Woitchcote, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. 
Chetwynd, Sit Wm. Monfon, Sir Fobn Phillips, Sir 
Robert Davers, Mr. Bond, Sit Wm. Daines, Mr. Hucks, 
Sir Richard Fowler, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Rowney, 
Mr. Noble, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Clarke, 
Mr: Thom/on, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly,. Sur Adolpous Ough- 
ton; Mr. White; Mr. Onflow, Mr. Bankes, Colonel Town/- 
end, General Wills; Mr. Churchill, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
Plumptre, Colonel Fane; Mr. Clayton, Mr. Lade, Mr. : 
Freeman, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Gould, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. fennings, 
Mr. Conyers, Lord Paget, Mr. Neville, Sit Wm Pyn- 
fent, Colonel Sutton, Mr. Earl, Lord Fames Cavendifh, 

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274 


General Rofe, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Brace, Mr. Bram- 
fon, Sir Robert Raymond, and all thie Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Kent, Surry, and the Cinque Ports: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 

A Petition of Thomas Malyn, Lawrence Parker, Tho- 
mas Lant, and James Plume, E{quires, and others, Trutft- 
ees appointed to put in Execution the Act of Parliament, 
made in the Fourth Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, An A&amp;t for amending the Roads from the City 
of London to the Town of Eaft Grinflead, in the County 
of Suffex; and to the Towns of Sutton and King fon, in 
the County of Surry; was prefented to the Houle, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners were, by the faid 
A&amp;t, impowered to erect, or caufe to be erected, a Turn- 
pike or Turnpikes, to take Toll, and to borrow Money 
at Intereft, for the Amendment of the faid Roads: That 
9,000 /, has been already borrowed ; which, together with 
the Money hitherto received at the feveral Turnpikes, be- 
fides upwards of 1,000/. which the Truftees are indebted 
for Work done, and Materials ufed, has been Jaid out in 
repairing the faid Roads, and yet not above a Sixth Part 
thereof amended ; fo that the whole Produce of the Turn- 
pikes for the Years yet to come will not be fufficient to 
repair the Roads intended to be amended by the faid A&amp;, 
and to repay the Money borrowed: That the Petitioners 
are informed there is a Claufe inferted in a Bill for en- 
Jarging the Term granted by an Act, paffed in the Fourth 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aét for re- 
pairing the Highways leading from the Stones End in 
Kent-fireet, to the Lime-kilns in Eaf Greenwich, near 
Blackheath, and to Lewifbam Church, being the Tunbridge 
Road, in the County of Kent, now depending, to apply 
Part of the Toll received, by virtue of the Act firft above- 
mentioned, towards amending the Road from Weftminfter 
Ferry, through Newington, to Camberwell Church; 
which, if it paffes, will, in fome fort, be a Repeal of the 
firft-mentioned Act, and, in a great meafure, defeat the 
Defign thereof: And praying to be heard, by themfelves, 
or Counfel, againft the faid Claufe. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for enlarging 
the Term granted by an Act, pafied in the Fourth Year 
of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for repairing 
the Highways leading from the Stones End in Kent-/rreet, 
to the Lime-kilns in Eaf Greenwich, near Blackheath, 
and to Lewifbam Church, being the Tunbridge Road, in 
the County of Kent; and for repairing and amending the 
Highways and Roads leading from Wefminfter Ferry, in 
the Parifh of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to New 
Crofs, in the Parith of Deptford, in the County of Kent; 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, before 
the faid Committee, by their Counfel, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the com- 
mon Side of Coventry Gaol was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That, by Loffes, and Misfortunes 
incident to Mankind, the Petitioners are reduced, and 
brought into Confinement; where they fuffer under un- 
fpeakable Calamities and Miferies, through which they 
are daily perifhing for Want, and are not in a Capacity 
to make Satisfaétion to their Creditors: And praying Re- 
lief. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint Martin 
in the Feilds, in the City of Weftminfter, at the Charge of 
the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Farrer, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Tho. Croffe, 
Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Halfey, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. 
Nichelas, Sir Robert Davers, Sir Wm. Monfon, Mr. 
Windfor, Lord Carpenter, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Clarke, 
Mr. Brodrick, Colonel Fane, Mr. London, Mr. Norris, Mr. 
Yonge, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Herne, Mr. Onflow, 


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A. 1719. 


‘Mr. Newland, Mr Clayton, Lord Molefworth, Mr.Wylde, Mr. 


Rowney, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Brace, 
Mr. Churchill, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bigg, Mr. Carterets, 
Lord Hinchinbroke, Lord Stanbope, Sir Richard Howe, 
Sir Robert Chaplyn, Sit Mount Blundell, Mr. Bracebridge, 
Mr. Lowndes, Sir Tho. D’ Ath, Mr. Noble, Colone} Mid: 
dleton, Sir Richard Steel, Mr. Archer, Colonel Carpen- 
ter, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cartwright, Lord Finch, Mr Secre- 
tary Craggs, Lord Hillefborough, Sir Tho. Clarke, Mr, 
Hampden, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Heron, Lord 
Percy Seymour, the Earl of Hertford, Mr. Drake, Sir 
Wm. Daines, Colonel Townfend, General Reffe, Mr. 
Lade, Sir Cha. Turner, Lord Chetwynd, Sir Adolphus 
Oughton, and all the Members that ferve for the County 
of Middlefex: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Inhabitants of the 
Two Out Wards of the faid Parifh, which was ordered 
to lie upon the Table till the Second Reading of the faid 
Bill, be referred to the Confideration of the Committee, 
to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for difcharging certain Eftates in the Counties of Lincoln 
and Warwick, of and from the Ufes and Limitations con- 
tained in the Marriage Settlement of Sir William “Keyte 
Baronet; and fettling other Lands, in the County of Glou- 
cefter, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Nodle, 
Mr. Archer, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Mr. 
Drake, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Rowney, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. Earl, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Carter, 
Mr. Hampden Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir Richard Howe, Mr. 
Longueville, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Baker, Sir 
Tho. Sebright, Mr. Trefufis, Sir Fobn Pakington, Mr. 
Worfley, Mr. Hill, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Shippen, 
Mr. Carteret, Sir Robert Worfley, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Fre- 
man, Sit Fobn Curzon, Sir Geffrey Palmer, Sir Tho, Han- 
mer, Sir Roger Hill, Mr. Snell, Sit Geo. Beaumont, Mr. 
Anfiis, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Clarke, Mr. Bramfton, Mr. Fenayns, Mr. Lade, Sir 
* %* Mr. Banks, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bertie; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Warwick, Glou- 
cefter, and Lincoln: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for the Sale of the Eftate of William Pembroke, \ate of 
Port/mouth Dock, deceafed, fituate at North Mims, in 
the County of Hertford, for the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr, Freman, 
Sir Wm. Monfon, Sit Tho. Sebright, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. 
Hungerford, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Rowney, Mr. 
Baker, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Butler, Sir Richard Fowler, 
Mr. Cnflow, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Conyers, Sit 
Edward Ernley, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Drake, Mr. Ea- 
wards, Sit Wm. Wyndham, Mtr. Pigott, Mr. Halfey, Mr. 
Boteler, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Pringle, Sir Tho. Clarke, 
Sir Tho. Hanmer, Sir Tho. Croffe, Colonel Middleton, Mr. 
Hampden, Sir Robert Davers, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Bai- 
lie, Sir Francis Drake, Lord Molefworth, Sir Richard 
Howe, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Earl; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Heriford and Bedford: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe of feveral pub- 
lick and private Subicriptions, in and about the Cities of 
London, and Weftminfter, for feveral unjuttifiable Projects 
and Undertakings, whereby great Mifchiefs may accrue 
to the Publick; 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to inquire 
into, and examine, the feveral Subfcriptions for Fifheries, 
Infurances, Annuities for Lives, and,all other eae 

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carried on by Subfcription, in and about the Cities of Lon- 
don and Weftminfter; and to inquire into all Undertake- 
ings for purchafing Joint Stocks, or obfolete Charters: 
And that-they do report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe : 

And it is refered to Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Hampden, 
Mr. Pigott, Mr. Archer, Sir Wim. Daines, Mr. Carterett, Mr. 
Windfor, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Onflow, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Milner, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Dockmi- 
nique, Mr. Clarke, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Colonel Morton, Sir 
Fames Campbell, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Tre- 
vanion, Mr. Comptroller, Lord Cafflemaine, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Sir Fobu Hind Cotton, Sit Edward Ernley, Mr. 
Whitchcote, Mr. Wortley, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Brigadier 
Ferrers, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. England, Colonel Sut- 
ton, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Treby, General Koffe, Mr. Secre- 
tary Craggs, Lord Chetwynd, Sir Tho. Sebright, Colonel 
Long, Mr. Neville, Sir Fifer Tench, Sir Fobn Eyles, Mr. 
London, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Snell, Mr. Herne, 
Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Conyers, Sir Tho. Clarke, Mr. 
Plumer, Sir Daniel Campbell, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Cun- 
ingham, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Douglas, Colonel 
Fane, Mr. Methuen, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. 
North, Mr. Freman, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Stanhope, Sir Wm. Manfon, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Sir 
Edward Turner, Lord Wm Powlett, Mr. Walcot, Lord 
Carpenter, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Longueville, 
Lord Caftlemain: And all that come are to have Voices: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 

Lightboun : : 
Mr. Speaker, | 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the better fecuring the Dependency of the Kingdom of 
Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain: To which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


The faid Bill was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second time 
upon this Day Sevennight. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That one of the Sheriffs 
of London attended at the Door; | 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe a Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 


Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council 
affembled. 


And then he withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read ; fetting forth, That the 
City of London, and Parts adjacent, are fupplied with 
great Quantities of Cheefe, Salt, and divers other Com- 
modities, the chief Produce of the County of Chefter; 
the great Charge of Land-carriage whereof doth very 
much enhance the Price of the faid Commodities: That 
the making the River Weaver, in the faid County, navi- 
gable from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, will very 
much leffen the Price of the faid Commodities, by lower- 
ing the Charge of the Carriage thereof; and will greatly 
tend to the Relief of the Poor of the City, and Parts ad- 
jJacent: And praying, That che Bill for making the River 
Weaver navigable may pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
till the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter, be read a Second time. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
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Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms 
attend the faid Committee on Friday Morning next. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 23° die Februari; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor and Common Council of 
the City and County of Exon, and Merchants there- 
of, trading to Leghorn, and other Ports of Jraly, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners being informed, a Bill is depending for re- 
pealing fo much of an A&amp;, of the 12th of King Coarles 
the Second, relating to Shipping and Navigation, as al- 
lows the Importation of the Produét or Manufactures of 
4fia from any Part of the Straits, or Levant Seas: 
That fuch Reftraints and Confinements of Trade will not 
only be greatly ptejudicial to the Woollen Manufaéture 
Trade, the Newfoundland and New England Fiery 
Trade, of thefe Parts, but alfo, in general, of Great Bri- 
tain, trading to Leghorn, and other Ports of Italy, from 
whence the faid Merchandizes are bought by Perfians, 
Armenians, and other Afatick Traders, and carried into 
Turkey, and other Parts of 4fa: And praying, That that 
Trade may remain open and free, asin times patt. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An A&amp; for Encouraging and Increaf- 
ing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Importa- 
tion of the Produét or Manufacture of 4fa from any 
Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is commit- 
ted. 


_ A Petition of the Merchants and Inhabitants of the 
City of Briffoll trading to Italy, and other Parts of the 
Levant Seas, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, that a 
Bill is now depending, for repealing a Claufe in an Act, 
paffed in the 12th Year of King Charles the Second, 
intituled, An Ac for the Increafe of Shipping and Na- 
vigation; which permits the Importation of Goods and 
Manufactures of the Growth and Product of Turkey, or 
other Parts in the Levant Seas, in Englifb-built Ships, 
from the feveral Ports in Jtaly, or elfewhere, in the Medi- 
terranean; fhould the fame be reftrained to the Turkey Com- 
pany in London, it will be a Leffening of his Majefty’s 
Revenue, the Trade and Navigation of that City, and the 
large Confumption of the Woollen Manufactures, which 
are exported from hence to feveral Ports in Jtaly, and the 
Levant Seas ; and there bartered againft fundry Goods of 
the Product of Afia and Turkey: And praying, That the 
faid Trade may continue open and free. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an A&amp; of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An Act for Encouraging and Increaf- 
ing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Importa- 
tion of the Product or Manufacture of 4fa from any 


Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is commit- 
ted. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of the 
Borough of Clifton Dartmouth Hardne/s, in the County 
of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, that the Le- 
vant Company are endeavouring to procure a Claufe in an 
A&amp; of Parliament, of the Twelfth of King Charles the 
Second, repealed ; which permits the Importation of Turkey 

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Goods from Ialy in Englifp-built Ships; and being fen- 
fible, that fuch Confinement of Trade as the Levant Com- 
pany endeavour to obtain by a Law, will not only be 
very injurious to the Newfcundland and New England 
Fithery Trade of thote Parts, but alfo, in general, of Great 
Britain, trading to Leghorn, and other Parts of Italy: 
And praying, That the Trade to Ztaly may remain open 
and free. . 

Orderedy That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles thé 
Second, intituled, An Aét for the Encouraging and In- 
creafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Product or Manufacture of Afa from 
any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is com 
mitted. 


A Petition of the Importers of Drugs, Druggifts, and 
others trading in Drugs,, in the City of London, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Bill for repealing Part of the Act of Navigation will pro- 
hibit the Importation of Drugs, of the Growth of Afa, 
from Italy, which are neceffary, and valuabie, and ufeful, 
in Phyfick, and from whence the Kingdom is fupplied : 
That Drugs imported from the Ports of Jtaly are brought 
in Britife Shipping only ; and, at this time, pay Double the 
Duty more than thofe imported from the Place of Growth; 
and, being of fmall Confumption, are brought from the 
Ports of italy, when Neceflity requires: And praying, 
That they may be heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to 
whom the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Par- 
liament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles 
the Second, intituled, An Aé for the Encouraging and 
Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Produét or Manufacture of 4fa from any 
Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is committed ; 
And that the Petitioners be heard before the faid Com- 
mittee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Corporation of Oakbamp- 
ton, in the County of Devon, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are appre- 
henfive, that if the Bill for repealing a Claufe in an Act 
of Parliament, relating to Shipping and Navigation, 
pafied in the Tweltth Year of King Charles the Second, 
fhould pafs, it will be very prejudicial to the Woollen 
Manufacture Trade in thofe Parts unlefs all Traders have 
the Liberty and Freedom to trade to Leghorne, and. other 
Ports of Italy, as heretofore: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to. whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Caries the 
Second, intituled, An A&amp;ct for the Encouraging and In- 
creafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Product or Manufacture of dfa from 
any Port within the Straits, or Levant. Seas, is commit- 
ted: And that the Petitioners be heard before the faid 
Committee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Portreeve, and other principal Inha- 
bitants, of the Borough of d/bburton, Traders in ‘the 
Woollen Manufacture, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are informed a 
Bill is brought in for repealing a Claufe in an Act of Par- 
liament, paffed in the Twelfth Year of King Charles the 
Second, coneerning Shipping and Navigation, the Repeal- 
ing whereof will be very injurious to the Woollen Manu- 
facture Trade of thofe Parts, and the Newfoundland and 
new Fithery Trade, unieis all his Majefty’s Subjeéts are 
allowed equal Liberty and Privileges for their trading to 
Leghorn, and other Port: of Jtaly; And praying, That 


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the Trade to Italy, and other Places, may remain open 
and free,. as formerly. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, of 
the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Se- 
cond, intituled, An A&amp; for the Encouraging and Increaf- 
ing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Importa- 
tion of the Product or Manufacture of da from any 
Port within the Ssraits, or Levant Seas; is commit: 
ted: 


A Petition of thé Mayor, Aldermen, Common Coun. 
cilmen, and Traders in the Woollen Manufacture; of the 
Borough of Totne/s, in the County of Devon, was prefent- 
ed to the Houfe; and read; fetting forth, That the grant- 
ing the Petition of the Levant Company, for repealing a 
Claufe in the Act of Navigation, of the Twelfth of King 
Charles the Second, which permits the Importation of 
Turkey Goods from Jtaly in Englifb-built Ships, will not 
only be very prejudicial to the Woollen Manufacture 
Trade of thofe Parts, but alfo of Great Britain in gene- 
ral, trading to Leghorne, and other Ports of Italy, there 
being great Quantities of the Woollen Manufactures of 
thofe Parts yearly exported to Jtaly; where they are 
bought by Foreigners, and fent to Turkey, and other Parts 
of Afia: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, of 
the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Se- 
cond, intituled, An Act for the Encouraging and Increaf- 
ing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Impor- 
tation of the Product or Manufacture of 4a from any 
Port within the Strazts, or Levant Seas, is committed. — 


A Petition, and Reprefentation, of the Grand In- 
queft, aflembled at Wefminfter, in Hillary Term, the 
Twelfth Day of February 1719, and {worn to inquire for 
our Sovereign Lord the King, for the Body of the County 
of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That notwithftanding the great Reward his 
Majelty has been pleafed to give for the Apprehending and 
Convicting of thofe Perfons who, of late, have committed 
Robberies in the Streets, within the Bills of Mortality; 
yet the fame are continued in the moft infolent manner, 
to the great Fright, Terror, and Impoverifhment, of his 
Majefty’s Subjects, who cannot now pafs the Streets with- 
out Danger of their Lives: That all thofe Inconvenien- 
ces proceed from the want of a regular Nightly Watch, 
the Laws now in Force being ineffectual: And prays 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome Officers of the 
Cuftoms attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, an Account of the feveral grofs Duties upon 
Fir Timber, Fir Plank, Fir or Deal Boards, and Matts, 
of the Growth of Norway and Sweden, refpectively. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, Overfeers 
of the Poor, and other principal Inhabitants, of the an- 
cient Town of Hemelbempfied, and Parts adjacent, in the 
County of Hertford, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the chief Employment of the 
Poor, and meaner Sort of People, in the faid Town, hath 


been, for many Years, in making and manufacturing 
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Wheat Straw into Hats for Women, and Bafkets, and 
other ufeful things, made of Straw; whereby they main- 
tain themielves, and Families: That the faid Trade is 
greatly decayed, by the Importation of large Quantities 
of Hats, &amp;%c. from foreign Parts; and thereby the faid 
Manufacture will in time be intirely loft, and many Ti.ou- 
jand Families ruined: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Bennet, Agent for the Inhabi- 
tants of his Majefty’s Iflands of Bermuda, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the [mporta- 
tion of Straw Plat from Bermuda into this Kingdom is- 
not only very beneficial to his Majefty’s Revenue, but 
is aifo the Staple Commodity of the faid IMands, and the 
chief Support of the Poor there; and, in lieu thereof, 
our Woollen Manufacture is exported thither: That the 
faid Plat is not made up into Hats till it comes hither ; 
whereby many Thoufands of Poor are thereby employed; 
and, fhould the fame-be prohibited, it would intirely de- 
prive the Inhabitants of the faid Ifland of their Employ- 
inent, having nothing elfe that they can turn their Hands 
to: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants of the City of Brifoll, 
in behalf of themiéelves, and others, Importers of Wine 
in that Port, was prefented to thé Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners, and others, have im- 
ported large Quantities of Wines; which often have proved 
{o very ordinary, that they have loft confiderably thereby ; 
and, although by Law an Allowance is direcled to be 
made, yet the Officers never allow, of themfelves, more 
than One-third Part; and, when Wines are intirely cor- 
rupt, they are forced to apply to the Commiffioners of 
the Cuftoms for further Allowance; which, after about 
Ten or Fourteen Days Delay, they direct to be made; 
and then not more than another Third Part; whereas it 
often happens, particularly in French Wines, that they 
are not worth the Remainder of the Duty; fo that the 
Merchant lofes more than the Firft Coft, Freight, and 
other Charges; to their great Lofs, and Difcouragement of 
Trade: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Wine Merchants of London, is referred, 


A Petition of the Governor, Bailiffs, and Common- 
alty, of the Company of Confervators of the Great Level 
of the Fens, called Bedford Level, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read ; fetting forth, That a Bill being now 
depending, for preferving and improving the Navigation 
of the River Ouje, in the Counties of Huntingdon and 
Bedford, the Petitioners apprehend, that the fame will 
tend not only to the Interruption and Prejudice of the 
Navigation of the faid River, within the faid Great Level, 
and other the Navigation, and Works of Draining there, 
under the Petitioners Care, but allo of the general Trade 
and Commerce of all that Country, which, the Petitioners 
conceive, will be greatly affected by the too abfolute 
Powers and Authorities contained in the faid Bill: And 
praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for pre- 
ferving and improving the Navigation of the River Oxf, 
‘ in the County of Huntingdon, is committed: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, before the faid Committee, by 
their Counfel, if they think fic. 


Mr. Freeman reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for continuing the Acts formerly made for re- 


pairing the Highways in the County of Hertford; and for " 


making the faid Acts more effectual; was committed; 
That they had made fome Amendments to the Bill, which 
they had directed him to report to the Houle; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 


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Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered; ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Clerk prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill to prevent the inning, or imbanking, any more Sal 
Marfhes, which do lie on either Side the Chanel, from 
Wifoich, Seaward: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Monday Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill for making the River Derwent, in the 
County of Derby, navigable, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for making the River Derwent, in the County 
of Derby, navigable. 

Ordered; That Colonel Stanhope do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for repealing fo much of an 
Act of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of 
King Charles the Second, intituled, An A&amp; for the En- 
couraging and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as 
allows the Importation of the Produét or Manufacture of 
Afia from any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carteret reported, That the Committee had made 
fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had heard the Merchants 
trading to and from the neutral Ports of Italy; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bill, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 24° die Februari; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Inhabitants of the ancient Market 
Town of Northwich, in the County of Cheffer, and 
Proprietors of Salt-works there, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That in that Town 
there is, and hath been, time immemorial, a Brine-pit, 
and Salt-works, worth, to the Owners, many Thoufand 
Pounds; and great Numbers of Hands were employed 
therein: That, through the Expence of Land-carriage, 
the faid Trade is become unprofitable, and ufélefs; to the 
Impoverifhment of great Numbers of Families: That, if 
the River Weaver was made navigable, the Carriage of 
Salt from that Town, and Parts adjacent, would be res 
duced from Eight Shillings to Three Shillings per Ton ; 
and thereby the Salt Trade, in a great meafure, retrieved, 
and extended into foreign Parts: And praying, That the 
Bill for making the River Weaver navigable, may pafs. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Merchants, 
Traders, and Inhabitants, of the Town and Port of Byde- 
ford, in the County of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That that Port, and many other 


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neighbouring Ports, have been long fupplied with Englifh 
Sait, Butter, Cheete, and other things; which jaid Salt 
is refined from Rock Salt, arifigg in the County of Chefter, 
and carried down by Land carriage to Frodham Briage : 
That the making the River Weaver navigable, will very 
much leflen the Price of Carriage of the iaid Rock Salt, 
and tend to the Advantage of the Publick: And praying, 
That the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
may pais. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfbam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of divers Proprietors of the Refineries of 
Rock Salt, in the County of Suffolk, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
have, at great Expence, erected the faid Refineries, from 
whence many Parts of the faid County are fupplied with 
Salt, for curing Butter, Cheefe, and other Ufes: That 
fuch Salt is made from great Quantities of Rock Salt, 
gotten in the County of Chefter, which is carried by Land 
to Frodfham Bridge, and thipped off there, for the faid 
Refineries: That the making the River Weaver navi- 
gable, will very much lefien the Price of the Carriage of 
fuch Salt Rock, and tend to the Advantage of the Pub- 
lick: And praying, That the Bill for making the River 
Weaver navigable may pafs. 

Ordered, That the {aid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfbam Bridge, in the County 
of Cheer, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the ancient Market 
Town of Middlewich, in the County of Chefer, and Pro- 
prietors cf Salt-works there, and Parts adjacent, was pre- 
jented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That in 
that Town there are, and have been, time immemorial, 
Brine-pits and Salt-works, worth, to the Owners, many 
Thoufand Pounds per Annum: That great Numbers of 
Hands are employed therein; but, of late, through the Ex- 
pence of Land-carriage, the Trade thereof is become un- 
profitable, and ufelefs,; to the Impoverifhment of a great 
Number of Families: That, if the River Weaver was 
made navigable, the Carriage of Salt from that Town 
would be reduced from Eight Shillings to Three Shillings 
per Yon; and thereby the Salt Trade, in a great meafure, 
retrieved, and extended into foreign Parts: And praying, 
That the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable, may 

als. 
" Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefler, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Town Clerk, 
Brothers, and capital Burgeffes, of the Borough of Derby, 
in the County of Derdy, in Common Council affembled, 
was preiented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Town of Derdy, and Parts adjacent, are tupplied 
with great Quantities of Tobacco, Sugar, Moloffus, Wines, 
Brandy, Oil, and Pot Afhes, and other Commodities, 
from Liverpoole, which are ufually brought by Land-car- 
riage from Frodfbam Bridge, in the County of Chefer : 
That the making the River Weaver navigable will very 
much leffen the Price of the faid Commodities, by lower- 
ing the Charge thereof: And praying, That the Biil for 
making the River Weaver navigable, may pals. 

Ovdered, That the taid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
trom Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County 
of Cheffer, be read a Second time, 


A Petition of divers Merchants, and Dealers in Salt, 
in the City of London, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are concerned in 
divers Refineries, or Salt-works, for the Refining of 


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Rock Salt, and making Salt from thence, in feveral Parts 
of the Counties of Effex, Suffolk, Devon, Somerfet, aud 
South Waies: That great Quantities of Rock Salt, where- 
with the faid Refineries are wholly fupplied, are gotten in 
the County of Chefer: That the Land-carriage of fuch 
Salt Rock to Froafham Bridge, the ufual Place of Deli- 
very to be fhipped off, is commonly more than double the 
prime Coft thereof; which is a great Difcouragement to 
that Trade: That by making the River Weaver naviga- 
ble, above 150 per Cent. will be faved in the Carriage 
of the faid Salt Rock: And praying, That the Bill for 
making the River Weaver navigable, may pais. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefer, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the ancient Market 
Town of Sandbach, in the County of Chefer, was prefented 
to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That that Town, 
and Parts adjacent, are fupplied with great Quantities of 
Tobacco, Sugar, and other Commodities, trom Liver- 
poole, which are landed at Frodham Bridge, and brought 
from thence by Land-carriage, at the Expence of about 
Twelve Shillings per Ton: That, if the River Weaver 
was made navigable, there will be above Cent. per Cent. 
faved in the Carriage of the faid Commodities, and other 
Gvuods: And praying, That the Bill for making the River 
Weaver navigable, may paf:. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodham Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, capital Burgeffes, 
and other Inhabitants, of the ancient Borough and Cor- 
poration of Congleton, in the County of Cheer, was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That that 
Borough, and the Parts adjacent, are jupplied with great 
Quantities of Tobacco, Sugar, and other Commodities, 
from Liverpoole, which are landed at Frodfham Bridge, and 
are brought from thence by Land-carriage, at the Price of 
Fifteen Shillings per Ton: ‘I hat, if the River Weaver was 
made navigable, there will be above Cent. per Cenz. faved 
in the Carriage of the faid Commodities: And praying, 
That the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable, 
may pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do Jie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Fredfham Bridge, in the County 
of Cheffer, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, Magiftrates, Gentlemen, and 
Tradefmen, of the City, and County of the City, of 
Litchfeild, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That that City, and Parts adjacent, are fup- 
plied with great Quantities of Tobacco, Sugar, Wine, 
Brandy, and other Commodities from Liverpoole, which 
are ulually brought by Land-carriage from Frodfham 
Bridge, in the County of Cheffer: That the making the 
River Weaver navigable will very much leffen the Price of 
the faid Commodities, by lowering the Charge of Carriage 
thereof: And praying, That the Bill for making the Ri- 
ver Weaver navigable, may pals. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Freeholders and Farmers within the 
Town of Weverfbam, in the County of Chefer, and other 
the Inhabitants within the neighbouring Towns, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; tetting forth, That the 
Petitioners are Freeholders, Farmers, or Rackers, within 
the Town of Weverbam atorelaid, and other the neigh- 
bouring Towns; and have long Terms, or Numbers of 
Years, in their feveral Farms and Eftates; and, by Carry- 


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jng of Rock and White Salt, when they have no Occa- 
fion for their Teams at home, are enabled to pay their 
Rents: That, if the River Weaver be made navigable, 
the Petitioners will be totally obftruéted of the faid Car- 
riage, and wholly difabled to pay their Rents, and be 
utterly ruined: And praying, That the Bill for making 
the River Veaver navigable, may not pals. 

Ordered, That the iaid Petition do he upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable trom 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Farmers, 
of Apleton, Latchford, Gropnall, Thelwall, Walton, Grange, 
Moor, Darfbury, Siretten, Hatten, &amp;c. in the County of 
Chefter, was prefented to the Hovfe,; and read ; fetting 
forth, That whereas there is. a Bill now depending for 
making the River Weaver, in the faid County, navigable; 
which Bill, if fufferéd to pafs, will be very prejudicial to 
the Petitioners, and very much againtt the Intereft of that 
County: And praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfbam Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter, fhall be read a Second time: And that the Peti- 
tioners be then heard, by their Cownfel, at the Bar of this 
Houle, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Freeholders and Farmers within the 
Townfhip of Aon, in the County of Chefer, and fome 
other of the neighbouring Townfhips thereunto adjacent, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
moft of the Petitioners are Freeholders, Farmers, or 
Rackers; and have long Terms, or Number of Years, 
in their feveral Farms: That by Carrying of Rock and 
White Salt from Northwich to Frodjham, and lron-ftone, 
and other Commodities, from Frod/bam Bridge to other 
Towns adjacent, the Petitioners are enabled to pay their 
Rents; but, if the River Weaver be made navigable, 
they will be totally obftructed of the faid Carriage, and 
will be wholly uncapacitated to pay their Rents: And 
praying, That the Bill for making the River Weaver 
navigable may not pafs. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County 
of Chefier, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord Lieu- 
tenant, the High Sheriff, the Juftices of the Peace, and 
other Gentlemen, tn the County of Chefer, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, fhould the 
Bill for making the River Weaver navigable, pafs, it will 
be very injurious to the Petitioners, and the general Intereft 
of that County: That the Advantage accruing thereby 
will be only-to fome private Perfons, who defign to make 
a Monopoly of the faid River; and of the Trade of Salt; 
to the utter Ruin of a very great Number of other Salt- 
works: And praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodhbam Bridge, in the County of 
Chefier, fhall be read a Second time: And that the Peti- 
tioners be then heard, by their Counfel, at the Bar of this 
Houie, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants in or near to the Borough 
of Newcajtle under Lyne, in the County of Stafford, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That, 
fhould the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable, 
pals, it will inevitably ruin the Petitioners; feveral of them 
being L.eflees, at an yearly Rent, of Collieries, Salt-works, 
and Mines of Iron-ftone, in Staffordfhire and Chefbire ; 
and others living by the Land-carriage of Salt, lron-ftone, 
and Coals; whereby the Poor, and themfelves, have been 


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fupported: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againtt the faid Bill, 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
woul the Bill tor making the River Weaur navigabie 
from Winsford Bridge to fd {haa Bridge, in the County 
of Cheer, thall be read a Second time: And that the 
Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfels at the Bar 
of this Houie, if they think fic. 


A Petition of Fobn Henry Grutzman Merchant, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; letting, forth, That 
the Petitioner is a Peron bern out of his Majetty’s Alle- 
giance, but profeffeth the Proteftant Religion; and having 
given Teftimony of his dutiful and loyal A ffections to his 
Majelty, and the Good of the Kingdom of Great Britain: 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bilt for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Jobn Phillips, and Mr. Carterct, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame, 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for preferving and improving the Navi- 
gation of the River Ou/e, in the County of Huntingdon, 
is committed, That they do admit Counfel to be heard 
for the faid Bill, at the fame time that the Counfel for the 
Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the Company 
ot Conlervators of the Great Level of the Fens, called 
Bedford Level, are heard againtt the faid Bill, 


Mr. Abercrombie reported, from the Committee, to’ 
whom the Petition of the Magiftrates and Town Council 
of the Burgh of Bruntifland, was referred, the Maiter, as 
it appeared to them; which they had dire¢ted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where it was ready and is as follows; viz. 

That, the Committee having taken into Confideration . 
the faid Petition; and having examined feveral Wit- 
nefles, to prove the Facts therein contained; it ap- 

_ peared; | : 

That the Port and Harbour of Bruntifland is the com- 
mon Port of Safety to all Brit and foreign Ships which 
happen to be put up the Firth by Storm, or contrary 
Winds : 

That the faid Harbour is capable of receiving his Ma- 
jefty’s Ships of War, for cleanfing, or careening; there 
being Twenty-fix Feet Water at Spring Tides: 

That the faid Harbour, together with the Church, and 
the ‘Town-houfe, or Prifon-houfe, are fo ruinous, that the 
common Revenues of the Town are fo far from afford- 
ing a fufficient Fund for defraying the Charge of the faid 
Works, that the faid Burgh is almoft funk in Debt, and 
upon the Brink of Ruin, unlefs timely relieved. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
laying a Duty of Two Pemies Scots, or One-fixth Part 
ef a Pény Steling, upon every Pint of Beer or Ale 
brewed, or brought in, vended, tapped, or fold, within 
the Town of Bruntifland; and the Liberties and Privi- 
leges thereof, for increafing the publick Revenue of the 
Town ; and for repairing and fupporting the Harbour, 
Church, and Town-houte, there: And that Mr. er- 
crombie, and Mr. Scot of Lagye, do prepare,.and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of Charles Chohnondeley, of Vale Royall, 
in the County of Cheffer, E:quire, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; letting iorth, That the Petitioner, 
fince the Preferring of bis former Petition againit the 
Bill for making the River Weaver navigable, tas dilcc- 
vered, that the Petition intituled, The humble Petition 
of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
and other Inhabitants, of the County Palatine of Chefter, 
upon which the {aid Bill was ordered to be brought in, 
had been rafed and altered, atter fome of the Petitioners 
had fub{cribed their Names thereto; it being im ittelf a 

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Mifdemeanor: And praying, That the Petitioner may be 
at Liberty to produce Evidence of the faid Mildemeanor, 
at the Bar of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsferd Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in the County of 
Cheficr, be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every 
Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the 
‘Town of Montrof, and Privileges thereof, for fupplying 
the faid Town with frefh Water; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A@ for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth 
Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer 
that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Montrof., 
and Privileges thereof, for fupplying the faid Town with 
frefth Water; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Colonel Middleton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Thomas Dove Efquire to raife Two thoufand 
Pounds upon his Eftate at Upton, Sutton, Aylefworth, 
and Cafor, and to make Sale of his Eftate at Heathen- 
ccate, in the County of Northampton, for difcharging 
Incumbrances upon the faid Eitates, Raifing of Portions 
for his Brother and Sifter, and Payment of his Father’s 
and his own Debts, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of fome Creditors, on behalf of themfelves, 
and other Creditors of the Royai &lt;/rican Company, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners, in 1716, did advance and lend to the faid Com- 
pany the Sum of 50,000/. upon a Mortgage of all their Forts 
and Settlements, quick and dead Stock, to enable them 
to buy Goods and Merchandize to carry on their Trade 
to Africa, which was at that time in great Danger of 
being loft: That the faid Company did thereupon fend 
out to their feveral Factories fuch Quantities of Gocds 
as gave the Petitioners great Hopes would have been fuf- 
ficient, by the Returns that might be reafonably expected, 
fully to have paid their Debt: That the Petitioners have 
applied fo long to the faid Company, for difcharging their 
faid Debt, without receiving the leaft Satisfaction, that 
they are in Defpair of ever recovering the fame: That the 
Petitioners are credibly informed the faid Company, by 
opening private Books of Subfcriptions, do intend to 
transfer their Trade, Forts and Settlements, quick and 
dead Stock, to Perfons unknown to the Petitioners; by 
which they apprehend their Debts will be rendered preca- 
rious: And praying Relief. 

Refolved, ‘Vhat the Petition be rejected. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for preventing the Corrupting of Juries; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
enlarging the Term allowed for the Tryal of Caufes by 
' Nifi prius, in the County of Middlefex, atter every Term. 

‘Ordered, That it be an Inftru@tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to 
oblige all Grand Jurymen to take the Oaths of Allegiance, 
Supremacy, and Abjuration. 

Ordered, Vhat it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to 
prevent Abufes in making up the Freeholders Books. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr, Palmer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. . 

Mr. Palmer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 


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A. 1719, 


ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report; 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Saturday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfé adjourned till To-morrow Morn. 
ing,' Nine of the Clock. 





. Fovis, 25° die Februari; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. : 
IR Yobn Phillips prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for naturalizing ohn Henry Grutz- 
man: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 


time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Merchants, and other principal In- 
habitants, of the City and County of Exon, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the making 
the River Weaver navigable from Winsford Bridge to 
Frodfoam Bridge, will very much leffen the Price of the 
Carriage of Salt Rock; greater Difpatch will be given in 
loading the Ships; and greatly tend to the Advantage of 
that City, and the Publick: And praying, That the Bill 
for making the River Weaver navigable, may pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter, fhall be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Inha- 
bitants, of the ancient Market Town of Ufoxeter, in the 
County of Stafford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That that Town, and Parts adjacent, are 
fupplied with great Quantities of Tobacco, Sugar, Mo- 
loffes, Wine, Brandy, and other Commodities, from 
Liverpoole, which are ufualiy brought by Land-carriage 
from Frodbam Bridge, in the County of Chefter: That 
the making the River Weaver navigable, will very much 
leffen the Price of the faid Commodities, by lowering the 
Charge of Land-carriage thereof: And praying, That the 
Bill for making the River Weaver navigable, may pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodham Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter, fhall be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of the 
Corporate Company of Clothiers, in the City of Worcefer, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
by Experience, they find, That the vaft Quantities of raw 
Silk, and other Goods, imported from Merfeilles, by Way 
of Leghorn, to England, which are the Produce of French 
Cloth fold in Zurky, is a great Encouragement to the 
French Trade, and tends to the utter Ruin of ours: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Aét of Parliament, of 
the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Se- 
cond, inticuled, An Act for the Encouraging and Increaf- 
ing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Importa- 
tion of the Product or Manufaéture of Afa from any 
Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is committed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgefies, of 
the Borough of Cifton Dartmouth Hardnefs, in the County 
otf Devon, as well on behalf of themfelves, as of the Pa- 
rifhes and Places adjacent, -and alfo in behalf of the poor 
Captives in Sally, Mecquinez, and other Places, within the 
Empire of Morocco, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, the Trade to Spain, Portugal, 
and other Places, in the Way of the Sa/ly Rovers, — 

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been of great Benefit to all the Petitioners: That thereby 
the Number of Seamen was increafed: That the Danger 
ot going fuch Voyages, on account of the Sal'y Rovers, 
ftrikes fuch Terror into the Miads of the Sailois in gene- 
ral, that the Petitioners Ships, for the moft part, being 
{mall, are very difficult for to man; the Trade is thereby 
leffened ; and thofe poor People of the Petitioners Neigh- 
bourhood, who are under the Misfortune of being Slaves 
to the Infidels, groan under infuperable Mifery: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Meller and Mr. 


Lightboun : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment, made by 
this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for making the 
Townthip of Shipfton and Tidmington a diftin&amp; Parifh 
from the Parifh of Iredington, in the County and Diocetle 
of Worcefter; and for dividing the Rectory of the faid 
Parifh of Tredington into Three Parts. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of feveral Importers of Shavings and Plats for 
Hats, and Makers of thefaid Hats, in behalf of themfelves, 
and Thoufands of poor Families employed, in this King- 
dom, in manufacturing the fame, was prefented to the 
Houfe and read; fetting forth, that the Making of the faid 
Hats was at firft a foreign Invention; and they were made 
abroad, and brought into this Nation; the making the 
fame now being almoft intirely in the Hands of the Eng- 
lifh Subjects, and employs many Thoufands of poor Fami- 
lies; befides, the faid Commodities are purchafed abroad 
with the Woollen, and other the Manufactures of this 
Kingdom: That fhould any Reftraint be laid upon the 
faid Trade, it will not only be the Ruin of the many poor 
Families which are employed therein, but will alfo be a 
very great Difcouragement to our foreign Trade: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by themfelves, or 
Counfel, againft any Law which may pafs for preventing 
the Importation of Shavings, Chips, or Plats, into this 
Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, and Affif- 
tants, of the Borough of Tiverton, in the County of De- 
von, and of the Merchants thereof trading to Leghorn, 
Venice, and other Ports in Jtaly, was prefented to the 
Houvfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are 
apprehenfive, that the Bill now depending, to repeal a 
Claufe in the Act of Navigation, in the Twelfth of King 
Charles the Second, whereby Turky Goods were admitted 
to be imported trom Italy by Englifh-buitt Ships, will, if 
it fhall pafs, be a very great Prejudice to the Subjects of 
Great Britain, and particularly to that Town and County, 
from whence great Quantities of Serges, and other Wool- 
len Manufactures, are yearly exported to Leghorne, and 
other Ports of Jtaly, and there bought by Perfian, and 
other Afiatick, Merchants: And praying, That, fhould 
fuch Bill pafs, a Claufe may be inferted therein to 
preferve to other Subjects ot Great Britain the Turky 
Trade, though they be not qualified as that Company 
requires. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An Act for the Encouraging and In- 
¢reafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Product or Manufacture of Afa from 
any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is com- 
mitted. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates and Town Council of 
the Burgh of Pitt:nwerm was prelented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Port and Harbour of 

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28i 


Pittenweem, on which the being of the Place depends, is 
conveniently fituate near the Mouth of the River Forth: 
That, by reafon of feveral Wrecks lying in the faid Har- 
bour, and its prefent Straitnefs, the fame is by no means 
fit or proper to receive Shipping : That they are at a vatt 
Fxpence to maintain a Pier and Bulwark, to defend both 
the Shipping, and the Town: That their imall yearly Re- 
venue is exnautted, by maintaining a Prifon-houfe, repair- 
ing their Streets, and other indifpenfable Incidents of the 
Town: That the Burgh is near funk in Debt, and is on 
the Brink of Ruin: That, with fome confiderable Charges, 
in a very little time, that Harbour would become one of 
the beft, fafe, and commodious, in that Part of North 
Britain: And praying, That a Bill may be brought in for 
laying an Impofition of Two Penies Sco's upon every Pint 
of Beer and Ale brewed or vended within the faid Bo- 
rough, and Limits thereof, to be added to the publick 
Revenue of the faid Town, to maintain the Pier and 
Harbour there. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Zohn Anftruther, Sir Samuel 
Lennard, Sit Hen. Afcburft, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Earl, 
Mr. Heyfham, Sir John Pbillips, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Harri- 
Jon, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Morice, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Rey- 
nell, Sir Fobn Curzen, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Walcott, Mr. Booth, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Barington, 
Mr. London, Sir Tho. ‘fohnfon, Lord Downe, Mr. Ver 
non, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Ma- 
Jon, Brigadier Sutton, Mr. Hampden, Sir Nich. Morice; 
and all the Members that ferve for North Britain: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants trading to Virginia, 
New England, and the reft of the Plantations in America, 
as weil as of divers Ship-builders, Ropemakers, and 
others concerned in Ship-building and Navigation, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; f.tting forth, Thar, 
during the Interruption of Trade in the Balrick, the Ma- 
nufacturers of Jron in this Kingdom were under great Dif- 
ficulties to carry on their Bufinets, occafioned by the Dear- 
nefs of Iron: That the Danes have raifed their Deal 
Boards to double the Price: The Czar has got the princi-, 
pal Ports into his own Poffeffion, from whence we re- 
ceive our Supply of Hemp; and, upon any Mifunderftand- 
ing, may prevent our receiving Hemp {ufficient to carry 
on our Navigation: That our own Plantations abound 
with Iron-ftone, and all other Conveniences for making 
Iron, with all Sorts of Timber for Boards; and are capa- 
ble of raifing Hemp and Flax enough, upon Encourage- 
ment, to fupply us with great Quantities, for the Ufe of 
our Shipping: And praying, That Encouragement may 
be given for making Pig Iron, Boards, and raifing Hemp 
and Flax, in our own Plantations. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Hey/ham, Mr. Morice, Mr; 
Earl, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Palmer, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Harrifon, Colonel Bladen, Mr. 
Smith, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Chcerles Cocke, Mr. Norris, 
Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Banks, Mr. Roberts, 
Mr. Brodrick, Sir Tho. Lee, Sir Fobn Philliss, Mr. Pa- 
pillon, Sir Fobn Eyles, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Greenvill, 
Mr. Cater, Sir Reger Hill, Mr Lewis, Mr. Hitch, Mr, 
Hampden, Colonel Selwin, Mr. Vernen, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Naylor, Mr. Medlycot, Sir Tho, Palmer, Mr. Windpr, 
Sir Nich. Morice, Sir Fobn Trevylyan, Mr. Whitchcote, 
Mr. Onflow, Mr. Halfey, Sit Cha. Turner, Mr. Philpot, 
Mr. Leigh, Mr. Hill, Mr. Eyles, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir 
Wm. Pynfent: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 

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Five aClock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Auguftine Woollafton Ef{quire was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That lwo 
Petitions hath been prefented, That a Bill might be 
brought in to prevent the inning, or imbanking, any more 
Salt Marfhes which may lie on.either Side the Channel from 
Wifbich, Seaward; which Petitions were referred to a 
Committee; and feveral Witnefies were produced, to 
prove the Allegations thereof; That, the Petitioner being 
then in Lincolafbire, his Brother, on his behalf, preferred 
a Petition, praying Leave to be heard, before the faid 
Committee, by his Counfel: That, the Petitioner not 
being able to return from Lincolnfbire, nor bring up his 
Witneffes, by tnat Day, there was no Evidence produced 
on the Part of the Petitioner: That, his Witnefles being 
now in Town, he hopes to make it appear, that reftrain- 
ing him from imbanking the Salt Marthes belonging to 
his Eftate willbe very detrimental to the Petitioner ; and 
that the imbanking of them will not be any Annoyance, 
Prejudice, or Damage, to the faid Port of Wifbich, or 
the Navigation, or Ourtfall to the Sea: And praying to 
be heard, by his Counfel, at the Bar of the Houfe, againft 
the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill to prevent the inning, or imbanking, any 
more Salt Marfhes which do lie on either Side the Channel, 
from Wifbich, Seaward, be read a Second time: And 
that the Petitioner be then heard, by his Counfzl, if he 
think fit, at the Bar of this Houfe, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat Counfel be admitted to be heard for 
the faid Bill, at the fame time. 


_ A Bill for continuing fo much of an Act, made in the 
Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
finn, intituled, An Act for reviving and continuing 
feveral Aéts, therein mentioned, for the preventing Mil- 
chiefs which may happen by Fire; for building and re- 
pairing County Gaols; for exempting Apothecaries from 
ferving Parith and Ward Offices, and ferving upon Ju- 
ries; and relating to the Returning of Jurors; as relates 
to the Building and Repairing of County Gaols; was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Lord Wm. Pewlett, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Barrington, 
Mr. Halfey, Mr. Stanhope, Lord Molefworth, Sir Tho. 
‘Fobnfon, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Brodrick, 
Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Northey, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Heath, 
Mr. London, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Yonge, Sir Tho. Wheat, 
Mr. Mason, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Churchill, 
Mr. Pelbam, Sir Hum. Briggs, Colonel Carpenter, Mr. 
Biggs, Mr. Cater, Mr. Hampden, Colonel Stanhope, Mr. 
Ellis, Mr. Earle, Mr. Medlycot, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. 
Heathcott, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Dockmi- 
nique, Mr. Lowiber, Mr. Lade, Sir Fobn Anfiruther, 
Mr. Harvey ; and all the Gentlemen of the Long Robe: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the faid Bill is committed, That they have 
Power to receive a Claufe for regulating and fectling the 
Fees of Gaols and Prifons. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Ad, paffed 
the laft Scfion of Pariiament, intituled, An Act for 
making more effectual the feveral Aéts pafled for repair- 
ing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, was 
read the Third time. 

An Amendinent was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 1. Line. 25. After ** Weftminfler,” vo infert ** and 
** Borough of Southbwark:” - 

And the fame was upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
asreed unto by the Houle: 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, hat the Bill co pats: And that the Title be, 
An Act to explain and amend an Ad, paffed the lait 


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Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for makin 
more effectual the feveral Acts pafied for repsiring ang 
amending the Highways of this Kingdom ; and for pre- 
venting the Carriage of exceffive Loads of Meal, Malt 
Bricks, and Coals, within Ten Miles of the Cities of Len. 
don and Weftminfier. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hampden do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered; That the Cail of the Houle be adjourned un- 
til Tue/day Sevennight. 

Ordere?, That Mr. Speaker do write circular Letters 
to the Sheriffs and Stewards of the feveral Counties of 
Great Britain, requiring the Attendance of the Members 
of the Houfe on Tue/day Sevennight, the Eighth Day of 
March next: And that this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againit fuch Members, whofe Excutes 
fhail not be allowed of, as fhall not then attend the Ser. 
vice of the Houfe. 


The Counfel were called in, to be heard upon the Bill 
for making the River Weaver navigable from Winsford 
Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County of Chefer: 

And oe Bill was read a Second time: 

And feveral Petitions, prefented to th al 
and for the Bill, were ah read: esi eaten 

And the Countel againft the Bill were heard upon 
feveral of the faid Petitions; and feveral Witneffes were 
examined to the Allegations of feveral of the Petitions 
againft the Bill. 

And then the Counfel were directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, ‘That the further Hearing of Countel upon 
the faid Bill be adjourned till Saturday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 26° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


1R Charles Wager prefented to the Houfe, according 

to Order, a Bill to repeal fo much of the A@, inti- 
tuled, An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating 
Abufes, in his Majefty’s Cuitoms, paffed in the Thir- 
teenth and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second 
as relates to the prohibitingthe Importation of Deal Boards 
and Fir Timber from Germany: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Gentlemen, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Parith of Lambeth, in the 
County of Surry, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That by an Act, paffed in the Fourth Year 
of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for amending the Roads from the City of London to the 
Town of Eaft Grinfted, in the County of Sufex, and to 
the Town of Su:ton and King fton, in the County of Surry, 
itis, amongft other Things, declared and Enatted, That 
the Road from Vauxball Bridge, being in Length One 
Mile, or thereabouts, leading into the feveral Roads, as 
in the faid ACt particularly {pecified, fhall be repaired and 
amended: That in a Claufe in the faid A&amp;, for appro- 
priating the Monies arifing from the Duties or Tolls 
granted by the faid Act, and applying a certain Propor- 
tion thereof on each refpective Road to be amended 
thereby, no Mention being made of what Part or Pro- 
portion of the Monies arifing by virtue of the faid Act 
fhould be applied on the faid Road from Vauxhall 
Bridge, leading into the feveral Roads aforefaid, no Re- 
pair or Amendment hath been done to the fame; fo that 
the faid Road continues in a ruinous Condition, though 
the Petitioners are obliged to pay co the faid Tolls, and re- 
ceive no Advantage thereby: And praying, Thar a Bull 

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may be brought in to enable the Truftees, in the faid re- 
cited Act, to make an Allotment, out of the faid Tolls, for 
amending the faid Road from Vauxball Bridge, leading 
into the Roads from the Stones End in Southwark, to 
Eaft Grinfted and Sutton. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Floufe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Lade, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Con- 
yers, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Hampden, Sir Gregory Page, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Ah, 
Mr. Cater, Mr. Milner, Mr. Chetwynd, Lord Fames Ca- 
vendifo, Mr. Denton, Mr. Gybbon, Sit Wm. Daines, Mr. 
Evelyn, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Wilmer, Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Sir Fobn Ward, Mr. Godfrey, Mr, England, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Sir Richard Fowler, Colonel Negus, Colo- 
nel Grabm, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Pow/ett, Mr. 
Reynell, Sir Wm. Pole, Sir Hen. Afoburft, Mr. Greenvill, 
Mr. Hitch, Mr. Ward, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir, Charles 
Turner, Mr. Harvey, Sir Fohn Phillips, Mr. Earl; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Surry, 
Suffex, Kent, and the Cinque Ports: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Hovfe, upon the Bill for the further preventing Robbery, 
Burglary, and other Felonies; and for the more effectual 
Tranfportation of Felons. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for repealing 
fo much of an Aét of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year 
of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An 
Act for the Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping and 
Navigation, as allows the Importation of the Product or 
Manufacture of 4fa from any Port within the Straits, 
or Levant Seas. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carterett took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carterett reported from the Committee, That they 
had heard the Petitioners upon the Petition of the Im- 
porters of Drugs, Druggitfts, and others trading in Drugs, 
in the City of London; and had, purfuant to the Order 
of the Houfe, heard the Zurky Company, on behalf of 
the Bill; and the Reply of the Italian Merchants: And 
that the Committee had directed him to move, That they 
may have Leave to fit again. — 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill, 


Ordered, That Sir Fobn Bland, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. 
Lambert, Mr. Wrightfon, Lord Downes, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Eden, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Longueville, Mr. 
Digby, Mr. Turner, Lord Cavendifo, Sir Fcbhn Curzon, 
Mr. Wortley, Sir Feffery Palmer, Colonel Roffe, Mr. Rolt, 
Mr. Stewart, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
Snell, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Poultney, Sir Edward Defbou- 
verie, Mr. Carpenter, Colonel Biakef, Mr. Lamber, be 
added to the Committee, to whom the Bill for rebuilding 
the Parifh Church of Saint Martin in the Feilds, in the 
City of Weftminfter, at the Charge of the Inhabitants of 
the faid Parith, is committed, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabbati 27° die Februarii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


PF eo Henry Grutzmanga took the Oaths appointed, in 
order to his Naturalization. 


A Petition of Lawrence Parker, Henry Saint Fobn, 
Daniel Wilmot, Daniel Phillips, and Edmond Byne, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by 
an Act, paffed in the Fourth Year of his prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for amending the Roads 
from the City of London to the Town of Ea? Grinjted, 
in the County of Suffex; and to the Towns of Sutton 
and King fton, in the County of Surry; the Truftees ap- 
pointed to put the fame in Execution have borrowed 
9,000 /. of the Petitioners, on the Credit of the faid A&amp;: 
That the Petitioners are informed, that there is a Claufe in 
a Bill now depending, whereby Part of the Toll arifing 
by virtue of the faid Aét is intended to be applied to- 
wards the Repair of the Road from Wefminfter Ferry, 
through Newington, to Camberwell Church; which, if it 
fhould pafs into a Law, will very much leffen and weaken 
the Security given to the Petitioners: And praying, That 
they may be heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for enlarge- 
ing the Term granted by an Aét, paffed in the Fourth 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for re- 
pairing the Highways leading from’the Stones End. in 
Kent-/treet to the Lime-kilns in Eaff Greenwich, near 
Blackheath, and to Lewifham Church, being the Tun- 
bridge Road, in the County of Kent; and for repairing 
and amending the Highways and Roads leading from 
W efiminfier Ferry, in the Parith of Lambeth, in the County 
of Surry, to New Crofs, in the Parith of Deptford, in the 
County of Kent, is committed: And that the Petitioners 
be heard, before the faid Committee, by their Counfel, if 
they think fit. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, capital Burgeffes, Merchants, 
Maltfters, and other principal Inhabitants, of the Borough 
of Bridport, in the County of Dorfet; and of the Gen- 
tlemen, Farmers, and others, of the Parts adjacent; was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by 
reafon of the vaft Quantities of French Brandy, and other 
foreign Spirits, which are clandeftinely run on that Coaftf 
the Confumption of Barley and Malt, and Znglif Brandy 
and Spirits, is very much leffened; and alfo by reafon of 
the Running of Coffee, Tea, Pepper, Spices, and of all 
Sorts of Ea/t India Goods, his Majefty’s Cuftoms are very 
much diminifhed, and the fair Traders greatly difcouraged: 
And praying, That a Stop may be put to the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, &amp;?c. of the City 
of London, trading to the Ifland of Bermuda, in behalf of 
themfelves, and many Hundred Families of his Majefty’s 
Subjects, refiding in the faid Ifland, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they hope the 
Importation of Straw Plat direétly from Bermuda into this 
Kingdom will be continued, and encouraged, by reafon 
of the Advantage that accrues by the Export and Im- 
port: The Purchafing of it is with the Manufactures of 
this Kingdom, and chiefly of the Woollen: It is import- 
ed in Plat, not made into Hats; by which means many 
Hundreds of Perfons, in and about the City, are main- 
tained in making it up for Ufe: That many Hundred Fa- 
milies in the faid IMands, whofe whole Dependance is on 
the faid Commodity, muft unavoidably be reduced to the 
extremeft Poverty, if the fame fhould be difcouraged : 
And praying, That the Importation of the faid Commo- 
dity from Bermuda may be continued. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


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A Petition of the Mayor, Juftices of the Peace, Al- 
dermen, Common Council, and other inhabiting Traders, 
of the Town and County of Haverford Weft, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That there 
is, nearthat Town and County, a Rennery of Salt, from 
whence mott of the Inhabitants of the County of Pem- 
broke, as well as thofe of that Place, are fupplied with 
Salt for Curing of Fifh, Butter, Cheefe, and other Ufes: 
That fuch Salt is made from great Quantity of Salt Rock, 
gotten in the County of Chefter; which is carried by Land 
trom the Rock Pits to Frod/bam Bridge, in that County; 
and (hipped off there, for the faid Refinery: That the 
making the River Weaver navigable will very much leffen 
the Price of the Carriage of fuch Salt Rock, and greater 
Dilpatch will be given in lading the Ships: And praying, 
That the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable may 

als. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Houfe proceed on the further Hearing of Coun- 
fel, upon the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
trom Winsford Bridge to Frodfbam Bridge, in the County 
of Cheer. 


A Bill for naturalizing Fobn Henry Grutzmann, was read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Foba Phil- 
lipps, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Butler, Sit Wm. Daines, Mr. 
Travers, Mr. Norris, Sir Tho. Hales, Sir Richard Fowler, 
Sir Edward Ernley, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Vere 
non, Mr. London, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Chewynd, Mr. Ma- 
Jon, Sit Robert Davers, Mr. Hillerfden, Six Tho. ‘Fobnfon, 
Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Lade, Mr. Herne, Mr. Carteret, Mr. 
Pigott, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Morice, Colonel Strangways, Mr. Medlycott, Mr. Halfey, 
Mr. Hungerford: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Ciock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe took into Confideration the Amendments, 
made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Cornelius Backer: 

And the faid Amendments were read; and are as fol- 
low ; viz. 

Preis 1. L. 
** befeech: 

L. 5. After ** Holland,” infert ** and Henry de 
‘© Putter, Son of Fobkn de Putter, by ean Van Ameland 
*¢ his Wife, born likewife in Amferdam :” 

L. 8. Leave out ** his,” and infert ** their:” 

L. 15. After ‘* Backer,” infert ** and Henry 
t de Putter; and leave out “‘ is,” and infert ‘* are:” 

L. 18. Leave out ‘* a free-born Subject,” and 
infert ** free-born Subjects :” 

L. 19. Leave out ** he is,” and infert ‘ they 


1. Leave out ‘* befeecheth,” and infert 


*¢ are:” 

L. 22. Leave out ‘ he,” and infert ‘* they ;” 
and leave out ‘** was,” and infert ** were :” 

L. 23. Leave out ‘a natural Subject,” and 
infert “* natural Subjects :” 

L. 26. After “ Backer,” infert ** and Henry de 
“¢ Putter: 
L. 27. Leave out “ is,” and infert ‘ are :” 
L. 35. Leave out ‘* his,” and infert ‘* their:” 
L. 36. Leave out ‘ his,” and infert ‘* their :” 
L. 2. T.eave out ** him,” and infert ** them :” 
L. 4. Leave out ‘ he,” and infert * they :” 
L. 9. Leave out “ he,” and infert ** they :” 
L. 10. Atter ** Backer,” intert ‘ and Henry de 
*© Putter :”” 

L. 15. Leave out ‘* a natural liege Subjeé,” 
and infert ‘** nacural liege Subjects :” 

L. 21. Leave out * he,” and infert ‘* they ;” 

and, after ** Backer,” infert ** and Heary de Putter :” 

L. 22. Leave out ** a Member,” and infert 
ss Wiembers :” 

L. 26. Leave out * himfelf,” and infert 
® themfelves :” 
L. 27. Leave out ** him,” and infert ** them :” 


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A. 1719. 


In the Title of the Bill, after °* Backer,” add * and 
“© Henry de Putter.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mafon do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and acquaint them, That this Houfe has agreed to the 
faid Amendments. 


Mr. Abercrombie prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of 
Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within the 
Town of Bruntifland, and Liberties thereof, for increaf- 
ing the publick Revenue of the faid Town; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the Gaol 
of Bury St. Edmonds, in the County of Suffolk, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners, by reafon of great Loffes and Difappoint- 
ments, are become incapable of paying their refpective 
Creditors; but are willing to deliver, upon Oath, all their 
Subftance and Effects to their Creditors, fo they may be 
difcharged: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor diftreffed infolvent Debtors, 
Prifoners in North Gate Prifon, in and for the City of 
Gloucefler, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That they have, for feveral Years paft, been con- 
fined for feveral Debts, which, through Misfortune, they 
are wholly unable to pay; and are ftarving under the 
extremeft Want of Neceffaries fitting to fatisfy Nature: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pur, 
That William Whitmore Efquire have Leave to go into 
the Country, upon extraordinary Occafions; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants trading to the Levant Seas do lay before this 
Houfe, a Copy of the Charter, and By-laws, of the faid 
Company. 


A Petition of the Adventurers, whofe Names are un- 
der-written, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Inhabitants of London, Weftminfter, 
and the Parts adjacent, have been of late Years ver 
greatly increafed: That, for that Reafon, a plentiful Sup- 
ply of good and wholfome Streams of Water, afforded 
at reafonable Rates, is, and wiil be, neceffary: That the 
Petitioners, at their great Pains and Charges, have dif- 
covered and found, that fome fmall Parts, taken from 
the Waters of the Colne, Gade, Bulborne, Chefham, and 
other Streams, will furnifh great Plenty of good and 
wholfome Water, which the Petitioners propofe to bring 
to fuch a Height as to ferve any Part of London: And 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to in- 
corporate the Petitioners, and other the Adventurers; and 
for granting to them neceflary Powers for effecting the 
faid Undertaking. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof ; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houte: 

And it is referred to Mr. Carterett, Mr. Plumer, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Sir Tho. Crofé, Sit Wm. Daines, Mr. 
Poulteney, Mr. Norris, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Colonel Fane, 
Mr. Lade, Sir Tho. Sebright, Lord Hinchingbroke, Sit 
Richard Steel, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Mr. Travers, Mr. God- 
Srey, Mr. Heyfham, Sir Samuel Lennard, Sir Tho. Hales, 
Mr. Treby, Lord Mole/worth, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Yonge, 
Colonel] Bladen, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Gyd- 

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6 Gro. I. 


bon, Lord Chetcvynd, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Hen. Aloburf, 
Mr. Maicklethwoite, Sir Jacob Afbley, Mr. Halfey, Mr. 
Hung:riord, Mr. Bere, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Colonel 
Biackejton, Sir Fobn'Cope, Mr. Kelfall, Colonel King, Mr. 
Harrifon, Mr. Hampsen, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Freman, Mr. 


Foreftcr. Mr. Wortiev, Sir Francis Drake, Mr. Drake, 
Colonel Selwyn, Mr. Wrightfon, Lord Carpenter, Sir Wm. 
St. Quintin, Mr. Snell, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Stanbope, Sir 
Cha. Cooke, Colonel Negus, Lord Grimfton, Mr. Hucks, 
Sir Phil. Parker, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Hennings, Sir Tho. 
D’ dth, Mr. Carter, Sir Wm. Pynfent, Mr. Mafon; and 
ail the Members that ferve for the Counties of Middlefex, 
Hertford, and Bucks: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Reports which have been laid before 
this Houfe by the Commiffioners for forfeited Eftates in 
England and Ireland, and in Scotland, be taken into Cen- 
fideration upon Tburfday Morning next. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections to the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe 
all the Petitions that have been prefented to his Majefty, 
for Three Years laft paft, for Charters of Incorporation 
to infure Ships and Merchandize. at Sea; and alfo the Pe- 
titions of the Merchants of Londen and Brifoll againft 
fach Charters; and likewife their Petition againft the So- 
ciety of the Mines Royal, Mineral and Battery Works; 
with the Reports from his Majefty’s Attorney and Soli- 
citor General, and the Report of the Board of Trade, 
thereupon; and all other Proceedings relating to the 
fame. | 
"Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Committee appointed to inquire and 
examine into feveral Projects, carried on by Subfcrip- 
tions, in and about the Cities of London and Wefminfter ; 
and into all Undertakings for purchafing Joint Stocks, and 
obfolete Charters; do fit de-die in diem. 


Mr. Yonge reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Truftees to fell Part of the Eftate of Fobm Sand- 
ford Efquire, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts and Le- 
gacies; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was 
committed; That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had made fome Amendments, to the Bill; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table, 


The Order being read, for the further Hearing of 
Counfel upon the Bill for making the River Weaver 
navigable from Winsford Bridge to Frodham Bridge, in 
the County of Chefer, 

The Counfel were called in: 

And Counfel againft the Bill were further heard; and 
fome more Witneffes examined on the Petitioners behalf: 

And the Counfel for the Bill were heard. 

And then the Counfel were dire€ted to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the further Hearing of Counfel, upon 
the faid Bill, be adjourned till Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Report of the Bill for reventing 


the Corrupting of Juries, be.received upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 


ing next. 


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285 


Lune, 29° die Februari; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS, 


R. Comptroller i the Houle, That their 

. Addrefs, of Saturday laft, That his Majefty would 
be pleafed to give Dire&amp;tions, That the feveral Petitions 
for Charters of Incorporations, and other Petitions, and 
Reports, therein mentioned, might be laid before this 
Houfe, had been prefented to his Majefty: And that his 


Majefty had been pleafed to give Directions, That they 
fhall be laid before the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Petitioners of the Two Out Wards 
in the Parith of Saint Martin's in the Feilds, be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the Committee, to whom the Bill 
for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint Martin in the 
Feilds, in the City of Weftminfter, at the Charge of the 


maar of the faid Parith, is committed, if they think 
t. 


Mr. Archer teported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Linco!n and 
Warwick, of and from the Ufes and Limitations contained 
in the Marriage Settlement of Sir William Keyte Baronet; 
and fettling other Lands, in the County of Gloucefter, of 
greater Value, to thé fame Ufes; was committed; That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfa&amp;tion of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the Adts, formerly 
made, for repairing the Highways in the County of Hert- 
ford, and for making the faid Acts more effectual; was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for continuing the Acts, formerly made, for 
repairing the Highways in the County of Hertford, there- 
in mentioned; and for making the faid Aéts more ef- 
fectual. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freman do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Eaf Greenwich and 
Lewifbam, in the County of Kent, whofe Names are there= 
unto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That by an Act, of the Fourth Year of his 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing the Highways from 
the Stones End in Kent-freet to the Lime-kilns in Eqf 
Greenwich, and to Lewifbam Church, in the County of 
Kent, That one of the Turnpikes is placed fo near to the 
Petitioners, that fome of them pafs and repafs Sixteen or 
Seventeen times in one Day, with their Carts and Car- 
riages; and have been obliged to pay the Toll every time 
they have paffed, though they have gone through with 
the fame Horfes and Carriages: That there is a Bill now 
depending for enlarging the Term, granted by the faid A&amp;, 
for repairing the Roads aforefaid: That, fhould the Bill 
pafs as it is now drawn, the Petitioners, with their Horfes 
and Carriages, will not be permitted to pafs and repafs 
more than once for the fame Toll; which has been, and 
will be,a very great Burthen and Charge on the Petitioners; 
and will force fome of them to leave off their Bufinefs, 
or to remove their Habitations: And praying, That they 
may be heard, by themfelves, or their Countel, againft the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Term, granted by an AQ, pafied 
in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
Act for repairing the Highways leading from the Stones 

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486 


End in Kent-ftreet to the Lime+kilns in Eaf Greenwich, 
near Blackbeath, aud to Lewifham Church, being the 
Tunbridge Road, in the County of Kents and for repair- 


ing and amending the Highways and Roads leading from 


Weliminfter Ferry, in the Parith of Lambeth, in the County . 


of Surry, to New Cros, in the Parith of Deptford, in the 
County of Kent; is committed: And that the Petitioners 
be heard, before the faid Committee, by their Countel, if 
they think fit. : 


Sir Alexander Comins prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for afcertaining the Breadths, and 
preventing Frauds and Abufes in manufacturing Serges, 
Pladings, and Fingrums, and for regulating the Manu- 
factures of S:ockings, in that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
regulating the Nightly Watch was committed, be dif- 
charged from proceeding upon the faid. Bill. 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houte. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Turfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the feveral Petitions which were referred 
to the Committee, to whom the faid Bill was committed, 
be referred to the faid Committee of the whole Houfe: 
And that fuch of the Petitioners as prayed to be heard 
by their Counfel, be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee of the whole Houfe. . 

‘ Ordered, That Counfel for the Bill be admitted to 
be heard before the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do make Provifion for the due Lighting 
of the Streets. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for continuing fo much of an Act, made 
in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled An Act for: reviving and continuing 
feveral Aéts, therein mentioned, for the preventing Mif- 
chiefs which may happen by Fire; for building and re- 
pairing County Gaols; for exempting Apothecaries from 
ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and ferving upon Ju- 
ries; and relating to the Returning of Jurors; as relates 
to the Building and Repairing of County Gaols; is com- 
mitted; That they have Power to receive a Ciaufe for 
rebuilding and repairing the Houles and Prifons which 
are provided for keeping Offenders in fafe Cuftoay, com- 
mitted by the Juflices of Peace for {mall Offences, though 
feparate and diftinct from the Prifons mentioned in the faid 
Act, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, to enable the Juftices of Peace of the feveral 
Counties of that Part of Great Britain called England to 
rebuild or repair the Courts and Seffion-houfes in all fuch 
Counties where the fame are not now repaired by the Inha- 
bitants of thofe Towns where the fame are now flanding, 
or where there is not jome other Provifion now in being 
for rebuilding and repairing the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Privileges and Elections, touching the Election for the 
Borough of Bofon, in the County of Lincoln, be received 
upon Wednefday Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Thomas Dove Efquire to raile ‘Iwo thoufand 
Pounds upon his Eitate at Upton, Sutton, Ayle/worth, and 
Caor, and to make Sale of his Kitate at Heathencoate, 
in the County ot Northampton, for difcharging Licum- 
brances upon the daid mitates, Raifing of Portions for his 


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M. 1719. 
Brother and Sifter, and Payment of his Father’s and his 
own Debts, was read.a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Car- 
bury; Lord Fitz Williams,. Lord Wm. Powlett, Lord 
Hillefoorough, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Brudenell, Sir Hen. Afh- 
burt, Mr. Whitmore, Lord Chetwynd, Sir Wilfred Law- 
Jon, Mr. Earl, Colonel Stanbope, Mr. Freman, Mr, 
White, Mr. Butler, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Rolt, 
Mr. Peibam, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Noble, Mr. Lade, Mr, 
Lowther, Mr. Smith, Mr. Heyfham, Sir Richard Steel, 
Mr. Norris, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hiller fden, Mr, 
Offiey, Mr. Walcot, Lord Finch, Marquis of Granby, 
Mr. Kowney, Sir Tho. Foknfon, Mr. Difton, Mr. Halfey, Mr, 
Snell, Sir Alexander Cummyns, Lord Wm. Mannors 
Mr. Plamptre, Mr. Majfon, Mr. Neviile, Lord T "yrcon- 
nell, Sir Geffrey Palmer, Mr. Whitchcote, Mr. Hampden 
Mr, Grey, Mr. London, Mr. Wefiphaling, Mr. Copleon, 
Sir Tho. Croffe, Sic Hum: Briggs, Mr. Gregory, Mr. 
Bond, Sir ‘fames Campbell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Hungerford 
Mr. Heathcote, Colonel Morgan, Colonel Churchill, Mr. 
Walpole, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Booth, Mr. Bertie; and.all the 
Members that ferve for the County of Northampton: And 


they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber, 


The Order being read, . for the further Hearing of 
Counfel upon the Bill for making the River Weaver na- 
vigable from Winsford Bridge to Krodfbam Bridge, in the 
County of Chefter; - . 

The Counfel were called in: 

And the Counfel for the Bill examined feveral Wit- 
neffes on behalf of the Bill: 

After which, the Counfel for the Petitioners againit the 
Bill were heard, by way of Reply. : 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

Fe fj Pncrng opened the Bill. 

nd a Motion being made, and. the Quefti ing 
put, That the Bill be uae Sapetion: keine 

The Houte divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


20s Mr. Booth, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Heybam: 


19 
Sir Hen. Bunbur 

Tellers for the Noes, } mL oe f 67. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr, Booth, 
Mr. Lowther, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Fifber Tench, Sir 
Richard Steel, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Wit- 
more, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Heyfhazs, Sir Trifiram : 
Dillington, Sit Tho. Croffe, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Hopkins, 
Mr. Neville, Mr. Offiey, Mr. Norris, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. 
Piggot, Sir Yohn Norris, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Mafon, Mt. 
W bitchcote, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Rowney, Colonel Stephens, 
Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, Mr. Smith, Sir Fobn Ward, Sir 
James Campbell, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Sir Tho. Scawen 
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Foley, Mr. Bond, Sir Richard 
Fowler, Sit Roger Hill, Sit Hum. Briggs, Mr. Haldane, 
Mr. Gould, Mr. Cater, Mr. Keljall, Mr. Carterett, 
Mr. orden, Sir John Cope, Mr. Bramfton, Sir 
Richard Goffe, Mr. Rudge, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Wallis, Mr. 
Onflow, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hillerfdon, Sit Fran. Drake, Mr: 
Edgcumbe, Mr. Grey, Lord Tyrconnell, Mr. Heath, 
Mr. Calmady, Mr. Morice, Mr. Milner, Mr. Elford, 
Sir*Fobn Eyles, Mr. London, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Fre- 
man, Mr. Stanhope, Lord Hinchinbroke, Mr. Eyles, Lord 
Cheiwynd, Sir Hen. Afbburft, Mr. Barrington, Sir Fobn 
Curzon, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Fennings, 
Mr. Northey, Mr. Minfbull, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Colonel 
Long, Lord Fames Cavendifo, Mr. Lewis, Lord Mole/- 
worth, Lord ames Murray, Mr. Wilfon, Mr. Wright- 
fon, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Difton, Mr. Allanfon, Mr. Med- 
lycott, Mr. Plumpire, Mr. Lade, Mr. Brudenell, Sir 
Bryan Broughton, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Ba- 
con, and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of 
Chefter, Lancafter, Stafford, and Salop: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The’ 


RES 





6 GEo. I. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act for the better fecuring the Dependency 
of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great 
Britain, be read a Second time upon Friday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Bill to prevent the inning, or im- 
banking, any more Salt Marfhes, which do lie on either 
Side the Chanel, from Wi/bich, Seaward, be read a Second 
time upon Wednefday Morning next. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruttion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for rebuilding the Parifh Church of 
Saint Martin in the Feilds, in the City of Wefiminfter, at 
the Charge of the Inhabitants ot the faid Parifh, 1s com- 
mitted, That they do admit Counfel to be heard for the 
{aid Bill ac the fame time that Counfel is heard upon the 
Petition of the Two Out Wards of the faid Parith. 


* Ordered, That Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Hojbam, Mr. 
Shippen, Mr. Dainton, Mr. Attorney General, Sir To. 
Croffe, Mr. Gregory, Mr. England, Mr. Strangeways, 
Sir Gregory Page, Mr. Mountague, Mr. Pigot, Mr. Majon, 
Mr. Bertie, Mr. Cater, Sir Bryan Broughton, Mr. Bacon, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Foley, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Parry, Mr. 
Smithfon, Mr. Fennings, Mr. London, Mr. Haley, Mr. 
Lewis, be added to the Committee, to whom the Bill 
for enlarging the Term, granted by an Aét, paffed in the 
Fourth Year of his Majelty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing the Highways leading from the Stones End 
in Kent-ftreet to the Lime-kilns in Eaf Greenwich, near 
Blackheath, and to Lewifham Church, being the Ti unbridge 
Road, in the County of Kent; and for repairing and 
amending the Roads leading from Weftminfter Ferry, in 
the Parifh of Lambeth, to New Cro/s, in the Parith of 
Deptford, in the County of Kent, is committed, 


Ordered, That Lord Carbury, Mr. Cater, Mr. Tuf- 
nell, Mr. Hillers, Mr. Weaver, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Worf- 
ley, be added to the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint Martin in the 
Feilds, in the City of Wefiminfter, at the Charge of the 


‘Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, is committed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Farrer, Mr. Smith, Mr. Coffin, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Fordan, Mr. Barrington, Mr. 
Lowther, Mr. Hutchenfon, Sir Tho. obnfon, Sir Fobn 
Philips, ‘Mr. Brifow, Mr. Afbburfi, Mr. Travers, Sir 
Samuel Lennard, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Coppleftone, Mr. 
Yong, Mr. Carteret, be added to the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Merchants trading to Virginia, 
New England, and the reft of the Plantations in America, 
as well as of divers Ship-builders, Rope-makers, and 
others concerned in Ship-building and Navigation, is re- 
ferred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 1° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
IR Fobn Phillips reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for naturalizing John Henry Grutzman, 
was committed, That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had 
direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment; and he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of Yobn Backer Merchant was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 


is a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance, but 


profeffeth the Proteftant Religion; and having given Tef- 
timony of his dutiful and loyal Affections to his Majefty, 


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é 
and the Good of ithe,.Kingdom of Great Britain: Avi 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill ior 
his Naturalization. , 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petinon: And that 


Sir Matthew Deckar, and Colonel Bladen; du prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, Affiftants, and. 
the reft of the Company of Diftillers, London, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Making of Brandy from malted Corn, and other Mate- 
rials of the Growth of our Plantations abroad, hath been 
encouraged by feveral Acts of Parliament: That, from the 
Deficiency of the Laws now in Force, great Quantities 
of French Brandies are daily clandeftinely imported into 
this Kingdom; which, if not fpeedily remedied, will 
effectually prevent the Making of Brandies from malted 
Corn, and other Materials: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the {aid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill to repeal fo much of the Ad, intituled, An A&amp; 
for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his 
Majefty’s Cuftoms, paffed in the Thirteenth and Four- 
teenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates to the 
prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards and Fir 
Timber from,Germany, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


The Lord William Powlet prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for Relief of infolvent Debtors: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

- Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe being informned, That Robert Hales Efquires 
One of the Clerk’s in Ordinary to his Majefty’s moit ho- 
nourable Privy Council, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and prefented to the Houfe, purfu- 
ant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, feveral Petitions, and 
other Papers, for and againft granting Charters of Incor- 


poration to infure Ships and Merchandizes at Sea; with a 
Lift of them. 


And then he withdrew. 
The faid Lift was read; and is as follows; viz. 


L! ST of Papers from the Council Office, for and againtt 

Charters of Infurance for Shins and Merchandize at 
Sea, purfuant to an Addrefs from the Houfe of Commons 
the 27th February 1719. 


1ft, Original Petition of his Majefty’s faithful and 
loyal Subjects, whofe Names are thereunto fub‘cribed, 
in behalf of themfelves, and of feveral other Merchants 
and Traders of Great Britain and Ireland; praying his 
Majefty to grant his Royal Letters Patents for incorpurate- 
ing them, and others, to carry on an undertaking to in- 
fure Ships and Merchandize at Sea: 

2d,-Original Petition of feveral Merchants and Traders 
of the City of London, on behalf of themfelves, and others, 
Merchants and Traders of this Kingdom; praying to be 
heard, by their Countel, againft the granting any Charter 
for incorporating a Number of Perfons for infuring Ships 
and Merchandizes at Sea: 

3d, Original Petition of the Merchants and Traders of 
the City of Briftoil, on the behalf of themfelves, and 
others, Merchants and Traders of this Kingdom; praying 
to be heard againft the Paffing of a Charter for incor- 
porating a Number of Perfons for infuring Ships and 
Merchandizes at Sea: 

ad February 1714 His Majefty in Council referred all 
the faid Petitions to the Examination of the Lords Com- 
miffioners of Trade and Plantations, and to his Majefty’s 
Attorney and Solicitor General: 


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288 


roth Mar. 171%. 4th, Report from Sir Edward 
Nortbey, late Attorney General, and Sir William Thomp- 
fon, the prefent Solicitor General, on all the above Peti- 
tions; together with the original Orders of Reference 
thereon annexed ; as alfo Copies of the faid Petitions: and 
Six Affidavits relating thereto: 

sth, Report from the Commiffioners of Trade, on the 
aforefaid Petitions : 

6th, Original Petition of the Governors, Affiftants, 
and Societies, of the City of Lomdon, of and for the 
Mines Royal, the Mineral and Battery Works, and for 
affuring Ships and Merchandize; praying his Majefty’s 
Letters Patents for incorporating them to infure Ships and 
Merchandize at Sea, exclufive of other Corporations: 

goth May 1719. 7th, Copy of his Majefty’s Order in 
Council, referring the faid Petition to his Majefty’s pre- 
fent Attorney General, to examine the fame; and report his 

Opinion thereon : 

‘ “8th, Original Petition of the Merchants of London, 
whofe Names are fub{cribed, for and on behalf of them- 
felves, and a very great Number of other Merchants and 
Traders in the City of London; and alfo of the moft con- 
fiderable Part of the Merchants and Traders of the City 
of Briftoll, who have already petitioned his Majefty on the 
fame Subject; praying his Majefty to refume all the Grants, 
Charters and Licences, heretofore granted, for erecting 
the Societies of the Mines Royal, the Mineral and Bat- 
tery Works, &amp;c. 

g May 1719. gth, Copy of his Majefty’s Order in 
Council, referring the faid Petition to his Majefty’s pre- 
fent Attorney General, to examine the fame ; and report 
-his Opinion thereon: 

roth, Original Petition of the Perfons whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, in behalf of themfelves, and the 
other Subfcribers with them, towards railing a Fund for 
the Infurance of Ships and Merchandize at Sea; praying 
to be incorporated for carrying on the faid Undertaking: 

8th Fanuary 1719. 11th, Copy of his Majefty’s Or- 
der in Council, referring the faid Petition to his Majefty’s 
prefent Attorney General, to examine; and report his 
Opinion thereon : a 

12th, Original Petition of feveral of his Majefty’s 
loyal Subjeéts, Merchants of the City of London, and 
others; praying to be incorporated by the Name of the 
Merchants Society for infuring Ships and Merchandize : 

8th Fanuary 1719. 13th, Copy of his Majefty’s Or- 
der in Council, referring the faid Petition to his Majefty’s 
prefent Attorney General, to examine; and report his 
Opinion thereon. 

14th, Original Petition of feveral Merchants, whofe 
Names are thereunto written, in behalf of themfelves, and 
many others, who have voluntarily fubfcribed to a Joint 
Stock of One million Sterling for infuring Ships and Mer- 
chandizes; praying a Charter for the faid Purpofes 

21 Fan.1719. 15th, Copy of his Majefty’s Order 
in Council, referring the faid Petition to his Majefty’s pre- 
fent Attorney General, to examine ; and report his Opi- 
nion thereon. 


Ordered, That the faid Petitions, and other Papers, be 
referred to the Confideration of the Committee, who are 
appointed to inquire and examine into feveral Projects, car- 
ried on by Subfcriptions in and about the Cities of London 
and Weftminfter , and into all Undertakings for purchafing 
Joint Stocks, and obfolete Charters. 


The Lord Grimfton reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
At for the Sale of the Eftate of William Pembroke, \ate 
of Port{mouth Dock, deceafed, fituate at North Mims, in 
the County of Hertford, for the Purpoles therein men- 
tioned, was committed, That they had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and.that the 
€ommittee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houle, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 

Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


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A. 1719; 


A Petition of divers Merchants, Proprietors of Sale, 
and Fifhermen concerned in curing Fifh, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by an AG, 
paffed in the Fifth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, inti. 
tuled, An Act for recovering the Credit of the Britifh 


‘Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for better fecuring the 


Duties on Salt; whereby it was Enacted, That the 
Curers of Fith fhould, from the 24th Day of Fung 
laft, be allowed to import foreign Salt for curing Fith for 
Exportation -for foreign Markets, without paying any 
Duty for the fame, except the Cuftoms payable upon the 
Importation thereof, under certain Reftrictions and Dj. 
rections in the fame Act fet forth; but,.by the faid Aq 
no Provifion is made, or Directions given to the Proprie. 
tors of foreign Salt imported before the faid 24th Day of 
Fune latt paft, whereot the Duties were not paid, nor fe. 
cured to be paid: That the Petitioners, and others, are 
poffefled of many Thoufand Buhhels of foreign Salt ime 
ported, and no Duty paid, or fecured, for the fame; but 
before that Day, cellared, and fecured under the Locks and 
Keys of the proper Officers, in the’ refpective Places 
where the fame are lodged, and the Cuftoms of the fame 
paid, or well fecured, yet the Petitioners cannot have the 
Benefit of the fame, in regard the Duties thereof were not 
paid, nor fecured, fave by exporting the fame again; 
whereby they will not only lofe the Money paid by them 
for the Cuftoms of the fame Salt, but alfo the prime Coft 
thereof beyond Sea; which will tend to the great Impo- 
verifhment of all the Petitioners, and Ruin of many: 
And praying, That they may be put on the fame Foor 
of other Proprietors, who had paid, or fecured, the Du- 
ties on Salt; whofe Duties were to be repaid, or Securities 
vacated, by inferting fome Claufe to that Purpofe in any 
publick Act. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table; 


Mr. Carteret prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for the preferving and encouraging the Woollen 
and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom ; and for the 
more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the 
Ufe and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, 
Callicoes and Linens, except only fuch Linens as are of ® 
the Growth and Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon Mom 
day Morning next. 


Mr. Palmer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for preventing the Corrupt- 
ing of Juries, was committed, the Amendments they had 
made to the Bill; which they had directed lim to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once; 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, the 
Houfe difagreed with One of the faid Amendments; and 
the reft, with Amendments to fome of them, were agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to pre- 
vent Extorting of Money from Freeholders and Copy- 
holders, under Pretence of getting them excufed from 
ferving on Juries, though not named in the Sheriff’s War- 
rant: 

And the fame was twice read, with Blanks; and the 
Blanks were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament - 

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the Borough of Trezoxy, in the County of Cornwall, in 
the oom of Sir Edmund Prideaux Baronet, deceated, 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe. will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the further preventing Kobbery, 
Burglary, and other Felonies; and for the more eficctual 
Tranfportation of Felons, 


Ordered, That Mr. Sawbridge, Lord Fermanagh, Mr. 
Heath, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Chifwell; and all that ferve 
for the County of Sujfex; be added to the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an AQ, 
paffed in the Fourth Year of his Majelty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for repairing the Highways leading from 
the Stones End in Kent-freet to the Lime-kilns in Eaf 
Greenwich, near Blackheath, and to Lewifbam Church, 
being the Tunbridge Road, in the County of Kent, and 
for repairing and amending the Roads leading from /Vef- 
minfter Ferry, in the Parifh of Lambeth, to New Croffe, 
in the Parith of Depsford, in the County. of Kent; is 
committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Mercurii, 2° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. ; 

Petition of feveral Importers of Shaving for Hats, 
and Makers of the faid Hats, in Sandwich, in 
Kent, in behalf of themfelves, and Thoufands of poor Fa- 
milies employed in this Kingdom in manufacturing the 
fame, was prefented to the Houle, and read, fetting forth, 
That the making the faid Hats was at firft a foreign In- 
vention, and they were made abroad: That the making 
the fame now being almott intirely in the Hands of the 
Englifh Subjects; and employs many Thoufand of poor 
Families; befides, the faid Commodity is purchafed abroad 
with Woollen and other Manufactures of this Kingdom : 
Thar, fhould any Reftraint be laid upon the faid Goods, 
it will not only be the Ruin of many poor Families who 
are employed therein, but will alfo be a very great Difcou- 

ragement to our foreign Trade : And praying Relief. 
Orcered, That the iaid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Sis Joba Anfiruther reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Magiftrates and Town Council 
of the Burgh of Pittenweem was referred, the Matter, as 
it appeared to them; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follows; 
Viz. 

That the Committee, in purfuance of the Order of the 
Houle, bearing Date the 25th of February laft, have 
confidered of the faid Petition, and, upon Exami- 
nation of Robert Hamilton and Fames Chrifly, find 
the Matter thereof to be as follows; 

That the Port and Harbour of Pittenweem is very con- 
veniently fituated near the Mouth of the River Forth, 
where great Quantities of Herrings, and other Fifh, are 
taken; but, by reafon of feveral Rocks lying within the 
Harbour, and its prefent Narrownefs, is not capable of 
Receiving of Ships and Veffels, to the great Lofs of the 
Inhabitants of the Town, and other Perfons concerned in 
Trade there; 

That the greateft Part of the faid Town lies very low, 
and clofe upon the Harbour ; by reafon whereof the Inha- 
bitants are at a continual Charge; being obliged to main- 
tain a Pier, and other Works, to defend the Shipping, 
and for the Safety of the Inhabitants : 

That although the Prefervation and Improvement of the 


faid Harbour, and Enlarging of the fame, will encourage 


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Navigation, and increafe the Trade of the faid Town ; 
yet the yearly Income, and publick Revenue, of the faid 
Towa, being but fmall, is not fufficient to raife a Fund 
for that Purpofe, and for the carrying on and maintaining 
the other publick Works of the faid Town. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part of 
a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Beer and Ale 
that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Pitten- 
weem, and Libertics thereof, for repairing the Harbour 
there; and for maintaining the other publick Works of 
the faid Town: And that Sir Joba Anfiruther, and Mr. 
Atruther, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe being moved, That the Title of the Ac, 
paffed in the Firft Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An A&amp;é to encourage the Planting of Timber-trees, Fruit- 
trees, and other Trees for Ornament, Shelter, or Profit; 
and for the better Prefervation of the fame; and for the 
preventing the Burning of Woods; might be read; 

The fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend the faid Act; and for tne better Pre- 
fervation of the Fences of fuch Woods: And that Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Fobn Boteler, Mr. Banks, and Mr. Wejt- 
pbaling, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Hampden according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of Privileges and Elections, the Matter, as it 
appeared to them, touching the Election for the Borough 
ot Bojton, in the County of Lincoln, and the Relolutions 
of the Committee thereupon ; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Report, and Refolutions, were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 

‘Fhat the Committee have examined the Merits of this’ 

Election. 

The Poll was, 

For the fitting Member, 8r. 
For the Petitioner, 60. 

The Petitioner’s Counfel infifted, That the Right of 
Election is only in the Mayor, Aldermen, Common 
Council, and Freemen, of the Borough, refident in the 
Borough, and paying Scot and Lot: And produced a Re- 
folution of the Houle, 20th March 1711, to that Pur- 
pote. 

The Sitting Member’s Counfel infifted, That none 
have Right to vote as Freemen but fuch as claim Free- 
dom by Birth or Servitude; and that it was neceffary to 
have that Refolution explained, becaufe of a late Praétice 
in the Borough of admitting Freemen for lefs Fines than 
formerly, in order to govern the next Election : 

To prove which, they called, 

Joba Nettleton: Who faid, That, before this Election, 
the ufual Fine for Freedom was from Ten Pounds to 
Twenty Pounds, and none were admitted under; but 
that, fince this Election, the Fine has been reduced to 
Five Pounds; for which Fine of Five Pounds, feveral 
have been admitted, with a View to carry the next Elec- 
tion. 

The Committee came to the following Refolution ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Right of Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Boffon, in the County of Lin- 
coln, is only in the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, 
and Freemen, of the faid Borough, refident in the faid 
Borough, and who pay Scot and Lot; fuch Freemen 
claiming their Freedom by Birth or Servitude. 

The Petitioner’s Counfel objected Bribery : 

To prove which; and to difqualify Ten Voters on that 
Head; viz. Samuel Mowbray, Fobn Grant, Fobn 
Harker, Richard Brown, Fobn Ayfcough, William 
Broughton, Edward Claxton, Henry Seffon, William 
Pepper, and Thomas Capps; they called, 

Samuel Mowbray: Who faid, He had Fifteen Pounds 

given him by Yobn Garner and Fobn Nettle@a for his 
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Vote, for which he gave a Note; and believed he fhould 
have voted for the Petitioner, if he had had no Money : 

But. being feveial times afked whether he had any 
Money, or any Offer or Promife of Money, to vote for 
any other Perfon in this Eleétion, he refuled to anfwer 
that Queftion; and withdrew. 

Thomas Barker faid, That, fince the Eleétion, Febn 
Grant told him, The Sitting Member gave him 'wo 
Guineas before the Election, and afked his Vote; and 
that, for fome time before the Election, he was confined 
at Sir William Ellyss Houfe, in order to his voting for 
tne Sitting Member. 

Daniel Coppin, who voted for the Sitting Member, faid, 
That, fince the Eleétion, he heard ‘obn Harker confels, 
That, before the Election, he had Ten Pounds given 
him for his Vote by Charles Twells, who folicited Votes 
for the Sitting Member: And, 

That he faw Mr. Beaumont, who was ari Agent for the 
Sitting Member, give Ten Pounds to Richard Brown tor 
his Vote. 

John Hammerton faid, That Fohn Ay/cough confefled 
to him, That he had Ten Pounds given him by Charles 
Twells tor his Vote for the Sitting Member. 

William Broughton faid, That Madam Preflon, who 
afked Votes for the Sitting Member, gave him Ten Gui- 
neas to vote for him: And that the Sitting Member, on 
Sunday, which was the next Day before the Election, gave 
him Five Guineas for his Vote; and gave him Three Gui- 
neas more the Day after the Election. 

Daniel Fennings laid, That Edward Claxton, Shoe- 
maker, told him, He fold a Pair of Shoes for a Guinea 
to the Sitting Member about a Week or Fortnight before 
the Election: And, 

‘That Henry Seffon faid, He had fold One or Two Pair 
of Shoes for a Guinea to the Sitting Member: And the 
Witnefs faid, Thofe Shoes might be worth about Six or 
Seven Shillings a Pair. 

William Pepper and Thomas Capps feverally faid, That 
Mr. Garnar, the Sitting Member’s Steward, and who 
afked Votes for him, gave them Twenty Pounds apiece 
for their Votes. 

The Counfel for the Sitting Member infifted he had a 
Majority, notwithftanding any Evidence given by the Pe- 
titioner; and objected Bribery to the Petitioner : 

To prove which ; and to invalidate the Evidence given 
againft the Sitting Member; they called the following 
Wicnefles; wz. 

Wiliam Wright: Who faid, That Thomes Duckering, 
who voted for the Petitioner, contefled, He bad Forty 
Guineas for his Vote, and his Wite had a Prefent of 
Seven Guineas more: And that he told the Witneis, He 
fhould have as much to vote for the Petitioner. 

To invalidate which Evidence. 

Thomas Duckering, being called, and confronting Wil- 
liam Wright, faid, ‘Vinat Wiliam Wright contefled to him, 
That he had Five Guineas from the Sitting Member for 
his Vote, and fix Guineas from his Friend: 

Which Six Guineas Wright contcfied to have received 
of Nettleton; but faid he returned them. 

Thomas Burrell laid, That Robert Darnell, who voted 
for the Petitioner, told him, He had Forty Pounds given 
him for his Vote by the Petitioner’s Friends. 

Richard Brown aid, That Samuei Abbott gave him 
Ten Guineas, before the Election, to vote tor the Peti- 
tioner. 

Chriftopher Wyles {aid, That Mr. Abbott afked Votes for 
the Petitioner; and gave the Witnels, before the Elec- 
tion, Fifteen Guineas to vote for him. 

Bartholomew Barlow {aid, That Samuel Mowbray con- 
fefied to him, That he had received T'weive Guineas of 
the Petitioner for his Vote; which, he faid, he carried 
back after the Election: And that he heard fome of the 
Petitioner’s Agents declare, They would give Thirty or 
Forty Guineas apiece fur Votes, to carry the Election: 
That, if Swearing or Lying would carry it, they would 
not lole the Caule; and that they never lolt any Caufe 
for want of cither. 


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Robert Tunaard faid, He was prefent when it wags 
agreed by the Petitioner’s Agents, That, Charles Cheney 
fhould have Twenty Pounds to vote for the Petitioner. 
and they gave him Five Guineas in Part; but he died 
before the Election. . 

Mr. Nathanael Hill faid,; That the Sitting Member’s 
Voters were obftructed, and met with great Difficulties to 
get to the Poll, which the Petitioner’s Voters did nor 
meet withal: And that the Sitting Member himfelf was 
infulted and mifufled by an Out ‘Town Mob in favour of 
the Petitioner; which Mob was compofed of Prietts, 
Papifts, and Perfons difaffected to the Government; and 
believed, that if the Sitting Member had been as zeal. 
oufly affected to the Pretender as he is to his prefent Ma- 
jefty King George, he would not have met with fuch In- 
fults or Difficulties. 

The Committee came to the following Refolution ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Richard Ellys Efquire is duly eleéted a Burgefs to 
ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Bofon, 
in the County of Lincoln. 

The Firft Refolutioni being read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com. 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the Right of Elec. 
tion of Members to ferve in Parliament for the Borough 
of Bofton, in the County of Lincoln, is only in the Mayor, 
Aldermen, Common Council, and Freemen, of the faid.. 
Borough, refident in the faid Borough, and who pay Scot 
and Lot; fuch Freemen claiming their Freedom by Birth 
or Servitude. 

The Secorid Refolution being read a Second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houle do agree with the Committee in the 
faid Refolution, That Richard Ellys Efquire is duly elected 
a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Boffon, in the County of Lincoln; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Boteler, 


Mr. Plumer : 7" 
- §Sir Hen. Bunbur 
Tellers for the Noes, J Mr. Talbott : Js t 55. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative, 

The Houfe being acquainted, That Sir Gerrard Conyers, 
Deputy Governor of the Zurkey Company, attended at 
the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle a Copy of the Charter of the Turkey Company; 
and acquainted the Houfe, That the By-laws were in the 
Company’s Books, and they would take up a great deal 
of Time tocopy them out; and therefore they had brought 
the original Books themfelves in a Box; which Box was 
brought into the Houfe. 

And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the faid Charter do lie 
upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 
Houle. 

The faid Copy of the Charter is bound up with the 

other Papers of this Sefiion. 

Ordered, That the Books and Papers contained in the 
faid Box do remain in the Cuftody of the Clerk, to be 
perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 7 


Mr. Hungerford, by Direction of the Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire and examine into feveral Projects car- 
ried on by Subfcriptions, in and about the Cities of London 
and Weftminfter ; and into all Undertakings for purchaling 
Joint Stocks, and obfolete Charters ; acquainted the Houle, 
That one Mr, William Taylor, an Attorney at Law, had, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber, infulted and threatened Mr. 
Fobn Walker, who was f{ummoned to attend the faid Coim- 
mittee. : 

Refolved, That the faid Mr. William Taylor, by infult- 
ing and threatening, the faid Mr. Foba Waiker, is guilty 
of a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 


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Ordered, That the faid Mr. William Taylor be, for the 
faid Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the 
Sérjeant at Arms attending this Houte. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majeity, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
reétions to the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe all 
Petitions prefented to his Majefty for Three Years laft 
paft, for Charters of Incorporations; for eftablifhing Fith- 
eries, or Annuities for Lives; with all the Proceedings 
relating to the fame. . 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his Ma- 
jelty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That all Members that come to the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Petition of the Adventurers for fupplying 
the Inhabitants of the Cities of London and Weftminfter 
with frefh Water is referred, have Voices. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the Bill for repealing fo much of an 
A@ of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign 
ot King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, 
as allows the [mportation of the Product or Manutacture 
of Afa trom any Port within the Straits, or Levant 
Seas; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday next, at 
Twelve of the Ch ck, refolve itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

The Ordet for the Second Reading of the Bill to pre- 
vent the inning, or imbanking, any more Salt Marfhes 
which do lie on either Side the Channel, from Wi/lich, Sea- 
ward; and for hearing Counfel upon the Petition of 4z- 
guftin Woallafton KAquire againft the faid Bill, and allo 
Counfel for the Bill; being read ; 

The Counfel were called in : 

And the faid Bill was read a Second time. 

And alfo the Petition of the faid Mr. Weollafton was 
read : 

And the Counfel for the Petitioner againft the Bill were 
heard; and feveral Witneflés were examined on his be- 
haif. 

And then the Counfel were directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That che Hearing of Counfel for the faid Bill 
be adjourned till Saéarday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





‘fovis, 3° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 17 £9. 
PRAYERS. 
NIR Matthew Deckar prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
S ing to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Yobn Backer: 


And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Yobn Henry Grutz- 
mann, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for naturalizing Fobn Henry Grutzmenn. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Pbiilips do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Coricurrence. 


A Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, and other 
Inhabitants, of the Town of Lefiwithiell, in the County 
of Cornwall, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That divers Perfons belonging to that Place, 
and Parts adjacent, are in Captivity in the Country of the 
Emperor of Morocco; many of whom, through hard 
Ulage, and Detpair of Deliverance, have perifhed ; and 
fume, t9 obtain Liberty, have embraced the Mabometan 


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Religion: And praying; That Means thay be found out . 
for their Deliverance. 
Orderea, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


‘The Hovfe being infortned, that Mr. Oxenford, from 
the CommiTioners of the Cuttoms, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle an Account of the raw Silk imported from Cbrifi- 
mas 1712 to Michaelmas 17193 diltinguifhing the Coun- 
tries, with the Duty paid thereon, and the Rate on fuch 
Duty: And alfo, 

An Account of raw Silk exported from Chrifimas 1712 
to Michaelmas 1719; diftinguifhing the Countries, and the 
—- of the Drawbacks on fuch Exportation: And 
allo, 

An Account of foteign wrought Silks exported from 
Chriftmas 1712 to Mithaelmas 1719; with the Amount 
of the Duties paid at Exportation: And alfo, 

_An Account of Englifh wrought Silks exported from 
Chriftmas 1712 to Michaelmas 1719; diftinguifhing the 
Countries, with the Duty paid thereon, and the Rate on 
fuch Duty: 

And then he withdrew. _ 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in his Majefty’s 
Gaol for the County of Derdy was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That, the Petitioners, through 
many Loffes, and other Misfortunés, have been reduced 
to extreme Poverty, and rendered uncapable of paying 
thofe juft Debts they have contracted ; for which they ate 
now confined, and lie in a deplorable Condition: And 
praying, That an Act may pals for their Rélief. 

Ordered, ‘Fhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Lincola 
and Warwick, of and from the Ufes and Limitations con- 
tained in the Marriage Settlement of Sir William Keyte 
Baronet; and iettling other Lands, in the County of 
Gloucefter, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Archer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take into 
Confideration the Reports which have been laid before 
this Houfe by the Commiffioners for forfeited F {tates im 
England and Ireland, and in Scotland: 

And the faid Reports were read. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Reports be adjourned until this Day Sevennight. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mrs 

Meller : : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An A&amp; 
to enable Elizabeth Gomeldon, Widow, and her Truftces, 
to enter their refpective Claims before the Commiffioners 
and Truftees for the forfeited Eftates; and to impower 
the faid Commiffioners and Fruftees to’ hear and deter- 
mine the fame; without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing the Roads from S¢-venidge, in the County 
of Hertford, to Bigglefwade, in the County of Beaford, 
without any Amendmewt. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An AQ 
to enable Fobn Rofier Etquire, and his Iffue, to change 
their Surnames trom Rofer to Reynolds, without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


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The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 


Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for regu- 


lating the Night!y Watch. 

Mir. Spe aker Jett the Chair.- 

The Lord William Powlett took the Chair of the Com- 
miccee. 

Mr Speaker refamed the Chair, 

The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, That they had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; 
and had heard Countel for the Dean and Chapter of 
Weftminfter, and for the Inhabitants of the City of Weft- 
minfer, upon their fevera! Petitions againft the Bill; and 
had alfo heard Countel for the Bill; and that the Commit- 
tee had direéted him to move the Houfe, That the pro- 
per Officers for the feveral Parifhes within the City and 
Liberty of Weftminfier may be ordered to lay before the 
Houfe, an Account of ali Colleétions, in their re/pective 
Parifhes, for the Nightly Watch, for One Year laft patt; 
and how the fame have been applied, and accounted for, 

Ordered, That the proper Officers jor the feveral Parifhes 
within the City and Liberty of Wetininjler do lay before 
this Houfe, an Account of all Collections, in their refpec- 
tive Parifhes, for the, Nightly Watch, for One Year laft 
paft ; and how the fame have been applied, and accounted 
for. 

The Lord William Powlet alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was directed by the Commiitee to move, That 
‘they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe wiil, upon Wednefiay Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of the faid Bill, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 4° die Martii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom 
M the Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Gen- 
tlemen, and other. Inhabitants, of the Parith of Lambeth, 
in the County of Sur:y, was referred, the Matter, as it 
appeared tothem ; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table ; 
Where it was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That, upon the Examination of feveral Gentlemen, the 

Committee find the Matter to be as followeth ; viz. 

That by an Act, paffed in the Fourth Year of the 
Reign of his prefent Majefty intituled, An A&amp; for 
amending the Roads from: the City of London to the 
Town of Eaft Grimfiead, in the County of Sufex; and 
to the Towns of Sutton and King fon, in the County of 
Surry; it is, among{t other Things, Declared and En- 
acted, That the Road from Vauxbail Bridge, leading into 
the faid Roads, Ove Mile, or thereabouts, fhall be re- 
paired and amended : 

That, by a Clauie in the faid A&amp;t, for appropriating 
the Monies arifing from the Duties or Tolls granted by 
the faid Aét, and applying a certain Proportion thereof 
on each refpective Road to be amended thereby, no Men- 
tion is made of what Part or Proportion of the Monies 
arifing by the faid Act fhall be applied on the faid Road 
from Vauxhall Bridge aforefaid ; no Repair or Amendment 
hath been made by the Truftees in the faid A&amp; men- 
tioned : 

That, by reafon of the many Loads and Carriages of 
Timber, Scone, Coals, and other heavy Goods, the faid 
Road {lil continues almoft impaffable, and very danger- 
ous for Travellers to go through, 

Ordered, That, Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Truflees named in an Act, made in the Fourth 
Year of the Reign of his prefent Majetty, intiuled, An 
Act to amend the Roads from the City of Leadon unto 
the Town of Ex? Grinflead, in the County of Sufex; 


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and to the Towns of Suéton and Kiagflon, in the County 
of Surry; to pay fo much Money, out of the Produce of 
the Tolls colleéted by the Authority of that Act, as thal] 
amend the Road from Vauxball Bridge, through South 
Lambeth and Stockwell, into the Creydon Road: And that 
Mr. Lade and Mr. Banks do prepare and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Common 
Council, and other principal Inhabitants, of the Borough 
of Phmouth, in the County of Devon, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That divers Perfons 
belonging to that and the neighbouring Ports, as well as 
other Parts of this Kingdom, have lain a confiderable 
time in the Territories of the Emperor of Morocco; in moft 
miferable Servitude, and Slavery ; and many of them, for 
the fake of Liberty, have been prevailed on to embrace 
the Mabometan Religion: And praying, That the poor 
Sufferers may, by fome Means, be redeemed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Sir Fobn Ward reported, from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Merchants of London trading 
in Wines, in behalf of themfelves, and others; as alto 
the Petition of the feveral Merchants of the City of Bri- 
ftoll, in behalf of themtelves, and other Importers of 
Wine; were referred;-the Matter, as it appeared to 
them; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houle; and he read the fame in his Places and after- 
wards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; v/z. 

That the Committee have taken the jaid Petitions into 

Confideration: And, having examined Mr, Jobnfon, 
Mr. Ludloe, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Elton, and feveral 
other Merchants trading in Wine; and likewife hav- 
ing heard the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, and 
Patent Officers; do find the Matter of Fact to be as 
follows; 

That, by an A&amp;ct of the Twelfth of King Charles, it is 
Enacted, Wines imported into London, of the Growth 
of France, Germany, and Portugall, pay 7/. 1058.3 thofe 
of Spain, and elfewhere, 8/. 105.; Vinegar, 41. 105.3 
per Tun: By which it appears, that the Difference be- 
tween Wine and Vinegar was then but 3/. per Tun; and 
likewife, that no Wines fhould have any Allowance or 
Deduétion out of the Cuftoms, but fuch only 2s were fo 
corrupt and unmerchantable, that they were fit for nothing 
but to diftil, or make Vinegar: 

That, by feveral As of Parliament, the Duties on 
Wines of the Growth of Portugail are augmented to 
291. 45.5 Spain, 301. 45.; France, 581. 45.3 per Tun. 

The Committee alfo find, That, upon the Importation 
of Wines, great Difputes have and do arife in relation to 
Allowances ; the Officers of the Cuftoms alleging, That 
the Words of the Law, as it now ftands, are not fufficient 
to impower them to make Allowances on any Wines, 
except they are fo corrupt and unmerchantable, that they 
are only fit to diftil, or make Vinegar; though it fre- 
quently happens, that the faid Wines are damaged and 
defective, and much leffened, in their Value; and yet 
not fo bad and corrupt as only fit for the aforefaid Ufes; 
which is a very great Difcouragement to the Importers of 
Wine; and, if no Allowances be made but under the afore- 
faid Reftrictions, the Merchants cannot go on with that 
Trade, but to their Ruin: 

That if the Time now limited by Law for Exportation 
of Wines to Twelve Months fhould be made Eighteen 
Months, and have Benefit of a Drawback, it would be 
an Encouragement to the faid Trade. 

That the Committee do likewife find, upon hearing the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, and Patent Officers, hat 
it will be expedient and neceflary to make further Allow- 
ances, according to the Proportion of the Damage on 
Wines: And, in order to effect the fame, and alcertain 
the faid Allowances, the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms 
informed the Committee, That the Wine Merchants had 
made Propofals to them, what farther Allowances they 

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wanted: Which the faid Commiffioners had confidered 

of; and gave their Opinion, what of the faid Allowances 

they thought reajonable; both which are as follow; wiz. 
Propotal of the Wine Merchants. 

rft, The Importers of Wines in the Port of London 
are willing to accept of Two per Cent. on Germany, 
6 per Cent. on Freach, and 12 per Cent. on Portugail, 
Spanilh, and a!l other Sorts of Wines, on the grofs Duties 
row laid, except the Coinage, in Lieu or Compenfation 
for Damage; the prefent Abatements and Difcounts to be 
continued. 

2, That, in cafe any Cafk of Wine fold prove ex- 
treme bad, the Importers fhall then have Liberty to have 
that Cafk ftaved, or delivered to the Officers of the 
Cuftoms, or Excife, to be diftilled, or converted into Vi- 
negar, at the Option of his Majefty’s Commifiioners ; 
provided the Importer have the whole Duty returned to 
them without any Charge, or taken off the Foot of the 
Entry; and alfo 12/, ger Tun paid to them, out of the 
Trealury, of the Cuftoms, towards the Firit Coft, Freight, 
and other Charges paid for the faid Wines by the Im- 
porter : , 

3. Thatthe Time for Exportation of Wine belengthened 
to Eighteen Months; and that all the Dutics inay be 
drawn back, excepting what is referved of the old Subfidy. 

The Commiffioners of the Cuftoms Reply. 

rft. That, in Coniideration the Merchanis do not infift 
upon having an Option in any Cafe, the Commiffiuners 
have no Objection to their having 2 per Cent. for Wines 
of Germany, 6 per Cent. for Wines of France, and 10 per 
Cent. for all other Wines, out of the grofs Duties now pay- 
able to his Majefty upon the Entry, except the Coinage, 
in Lieu or Compenfation for Damages, over and above the 
prefent Abatements and Difcounts to be deducted upoi 
Exportation; further than which Allowances, the Com- 
miffioners cannot agree, without Lofs to the Revenue. 

2. That when any Wine fhall prove fo bad, and the 
Merchant fhall not accept it, the Wines to be ftavcd, 
and the Duties which were paid for the fame, to be repaid 
without Charge, or taken off the Foot of the Account; 
and the Merchant to be allowed after the Rate of 61. for 
every Tun of Wine filled towards Freight, and other 
Charges, as in the Cafe of Tobacco. 

3. The Time of Drawback to be lengthened to Eighteen 
Months; and to draw back the Duties as now allowed, and 
2-3ds of the Impoft, according to the Merchants former 
Propofal. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
Preventing of Frauds and Abufes in the Allowances on 
damaged Wines; and for lengthening the Time for the 
Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines: And that Sir 
ohn Ward, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Erle, and Mr. Morrice, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame, ‘ 

Sir Fobn Anfiruther prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint 
of Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within the 
Town of Pittenweem, and Suburbs thereof, for repairing the 
Harbour there, and for maintaining other publick Works 
of the Town: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One- 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Beer and 
Ale that fhall be vended or fold with the Town of 
Bruntifland, and Liberties thereof, for increafing the pub- 
lick Revenue of the faid Town; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ader- 
crombie, Sir Fobn Anftruther, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hiller{- 
den, Mr. Loudon, Mr. Bankes, Sir James Campbell, 
Colonel Middleton, Mr. Neville, Mr. Cuningham, Lord 
Pagett, Mr. Hungerford, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Robert 
Davers, Mr. Mountague, Mr. Powlett, General Roffe, 


Mr. Carterett, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Ni- 
Vou. XIX, 


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'y 
cholas, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Onfiow, Mr. Lade, M° 
Campbell, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Ells, Mr. Butler, Sir Wm. 
Humfpreyes, Mr Whitmore, Sir Edward Eraley, Lord 
Chetwynd, Lord Tyrconnell, Mr. Earle, Mr. Fordan, Sir 
Wm. Daines; and all the Members that ferve for Norzb 
Britain: And they are to meet thisAfternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That the Ad- 
drefs, of Wednefday latt, That his Majefty will be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to give Diretions, That all Petitions pre- 
fented to his Majefty for Three Years laft paft, for 
Charters of Incorporations for eftablifhing Fitheries, or 
Annuities for Lives, with all the Proceedings relating to 
the fame, had been prefented to his Majefiy; and that 
his Majefty was pleafed to give Directions, That the fame 
be laid before the Houfe. 


A Bill for afcertaining the Breadths, and preventing 
Frauds and Abutfes in manufacturing Serges, Pladings, and 
Fingrums; and for regulating the Manufactures of Stock- 
ings; in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; was 
read a Second time. 

Refcived, That the Bill be committed to Sir Alex. 
Cumyns, Mr. Abercrombie, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Deu- 
glas, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Neville, Mr. Bankes, Ge- 
neral Rofey Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. England, Sit Richard 
Sieel, Mr. Smith, Mr. Norris, Sit Roger Bradjhaigh, Mr. 
Kelfall, Mr. Palmer, the Earl of Barrymore, Mr. Camp- 
bell, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Forefter, Mr. 
Dockininique, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Fergufon, Mr. 
Eliys, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Minfbull, Mr. Milner; and all 
the Members that ferve for North Britain: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for preventing the Cor™ 


upting of Juries be read the Third time upon Tue/day 
Morning next. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedzefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for rait- 


ing the Supply granted to his Majeity. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better fecuring the Dependency of the Kingdom 
of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain, was read a 
Second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill be committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Weftern 
Tellers for the Yeas, ‘ie. Ap: : 


} 140. 
Mr. Wrightfon, 

Tellers for the Noes, } purge Til he rough: { 88, 

So it was refolved in the Afiirmative. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Thur/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine a Clock. 





Sabbati, 5° die Martit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, Burgefics, and Com= 
monalty, of the Town. and County of Pocle, and 

the feveral Merchants, Owners and Proprietors of Ships 
ufing the Newfoundland, Portugall, and Spanif&gt;, Trade, 
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294 
was prefented to the Houfe, and’ read; fetting forth, That 
a great many Perfons are in Captivity in Salle, and other 
Parts of Morocco, where they endure unexpreffible Cala- 
mities; and, unlefs relieved, muft remain in flavifh Con- 
finement: That they are very much obftructed in their 
Newfoundland Trade by the Sally Rovers; their Ships 
being but fmall, and of little Force: And praying Re- 
lief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the further hear- 
ing Counfel upon the Bill to prevent the inning, or im- 
banking, any more Salt Marfhes which do lie on either 
Side the Channel, from Wifvich, Seaward ; 

The Countel were called in: 

And the Counfel for the Bill were heard; and feveral 
Witnefles were examined on behalf of the Bill: 

After which, the Counfel for the Petitioner Mr. Wool- 
lafton replied. 

‘And then the Counfel withdrew. 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill be committed; 

b 


The Houfe divided. 
a 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Bond, 
Mr. Burridge: 


Sir To. Hales, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. pacing 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, Tinat this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Howfe, upon the Bill for the further preventing Robbery, 
Burglary, and other Felonies; and for the more effectual 
Tran{portation of Felons. 


Ordered, That Mr. Weft be added to the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Adventurers to bring Water 
to London is referred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 7° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 
Obn Backer took the Oaths appointed, in order to his 
Naturalization. 


A Bill for naturalizing John Backer, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Matthew 
Decker, Sir ohn Pakington, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Lade, Mr. 
Hampden, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Fohn Phillips, 
Mr. Vernon, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Whitch- 
cot, Sir Wm. Pole, Governor Harrifon, Mr. Travers, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Earl, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Reynell, 
Colonel Bladen, Mr. York, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Bacon, 
Sir Cha. Cook, Sir Tho. fobnfon, Lord Hinchinbrook, Mr. 
Butler: And they are to meet at Five a Clock this After- 
noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 
Meller : 
Mr. Speaker, ; 
The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable the Leffees and Farmers of Daniel Wbithy Doctor 
in Divinity, and Prebendary of the Prebend of Teing/on 


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Regis, in the Cathedral Church ef the Bleffed Lady 
Mary the Virgin, of Sarum, and of all fucceeding: Pre. 
bendaries. of the faid Prebend, for the Time be. 
ing, to make Leafes of the Copyhold Lands of the 
feveral Manors of Prefion, alias P.effown, and Church 
Land, alias The Parfon’s Land, in the County of Devoy: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of his 
Houfe. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Lord Hinchinbrook reported from the Committee 
to whom the Bill for preferving and improving the Navi- 
gation of the River Ow, in the County of Huntingdon 
was committed, That they had made feveral Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, fome of 
them were difagreed with, and the Refidue agreed unto 
by the Houfe. r , 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

— That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 


: The Orcer of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Gill for preferving and encouraging the 
Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and 
for the more effeS:ual employing the Poor; by prohibiting 
the Ufe and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or 
dyed, Callicoes and Linens, except only fuch Linens as 
are of the Growth and Manufacture of Great Britain or 
Ireland , 

The faid Bill was accordingly read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed ; 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for repealing fo much of an A&amp; of. Parlia- 
ment, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles 
the Second, intituled, An Act for the Encouraging and 
Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Product or Manufatture of 4/éa from 
any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas ; 

Ordered, That feveral Court Books of the Levant Com- 
pany, marked N°.1, 2, 3; and another, beginning the 
Twenty-feventh of May 1719, and ending the Seven- 
teenth of February 1719; and a Regifter Book, marked 
N° 7; be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Charter to the Levant 
Company be referred to the faid Committee. 

A Motion being made, ard the Queftion being put, 
That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, That 
they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, for 
the better regulating and enlarging the Trade to the 
Levant Seas ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

{ Mr. Reynell, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Mr. Yonge: 
L . u aS . 


i 78. 
Sir Charles Turner 
le J 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Chalmley: , 


t 102. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill for repealing fo much of an 
A&amp; of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of 
King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the En- 
couraging and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, 


as allows the Importation of the Product or Manufague 
0 


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6 GEo. I. 


of Afa from any Port within the Straits, or Levant 
Seas. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Martis 8° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe took into Confideration the Report 

from the Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Truftees 
to fell Part of the Eftate of Fobn Sanford Eiquire, de- 
ceafed, for Payment of his Debts and Legacies; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned; was committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to 
the Bill, were read; and as follow; viz. 

Preis 1. L. 22. Leave out the Word ** Firft,” and in- 
fert ** Fourth :” 

Prefs io. L. 12. Leave out “ Pounds,” and infert 
“¢ Shillings :” 

Prefs 15. L. 25. Leave out ‘* Sanford :” 

Prefs 18. L. 21. After ‘* Corporate,” infert ‘* his, 
her :” 

L. 22. Leave out the firft “* and,” and, be- 
tween the Word ‘“ and,” and the Word ** other,” in- 
fert ** Adminiftrators.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

And ihe Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

afs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yonge do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Leffees and Farmers of Daniel Whitby, 
Doétor in Divinity, and Prebendary of the Prebend of 
Teington Regis, in the Cathedral Church of the Blefed 
Lady Mary the Virgin, of Sarum, and of all fucceeding 
Prebendaries of the faid Prebend, for the Time being, to 
make Leafes of the Copyhold Lands of the feveral Ma- 
nors of Prefton, alias Preffown, and Church Land, alias 
The Parfon’s Land, in the County of Devon, was read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of William Taylor Gentleman, Attorney at 
Law, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, for infulting and threatening Mr. Fobn Walker, 
who was {ummoned to attend a Committee of the Houfe, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioner is very forry he fhould fall under the Dif- 
pleafure of the Houfe, and humbly begs Pardon for the 
faid Offence: And praying, That he may be difcharged 
out of Cuftody. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Taylor be brought to the 
Bar of this Houfe To-morrow Morning, in order to his 
being difcharged out of Cuftody. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of King/ton 
upon Hull was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That feveral Perfons belonging to that Place, and 
the Parts adjacent, have continued Captives, for feveral 
Years paft, within the Dominions of the Emperor of Fez 
and Morocco: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lic upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minifter, chief Inhabitants, Matters 
of Ships, &amp;%c. of the Parith of Littlebam and Exemouth, 
in the County of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, 


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and read; fetting forth, That there are Five poor Men 
of that Town, and many others of feveral Towns adja- 
cent, in Captivity, in the Country of the Emperor of 
Morocco, where they live in miferable Servitude: That 
fome through extreme hard Ufage, and Defpair of De- 
liverance, many have perifhed; and fome, to obtain Li- 
berty, and to fatisty their Hunger, have embraced the 
Mahometan Religion: And praying, That fome Means 
may be found out for their Deliverance. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, Capital 
Burgefles, and principal Inhabitants of the Borough of 
Weymouth, and Melcomb Regis, in the County of Dorfet, 
together with the Merchants, Matters of Ships, Matter 
Workmen, Weavers and Spinnets of Cotton Wool im- 
ported from the Briti/ Plantations, and manufactured in 
the Town aforefaid, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Hundreds of poor Cotton Spinners in that Neighbour- 
hood, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, for many Years paft, a Manufacture has been 
carried on ‘in the faid Town for making Cotton Wool, 
imported from the Briti/) Plantations, into Cloth of di- 
vers kinds, more particularly into fuch Fabricks as imitate 
Callicoes; which having, of late Years, been printed 
and dyed, have afforded the Manufacturers Opportunity 
to fupport the Poor in that Town, and Neighbourhood 
thereof: That the Petitioners are apprehenfive, That the 
Manufacture of Cotton Cloth in that Town may, under 
the Name of Cailicoes, be interdiéted the Wearing; by 
which means many Hundred Families of poor Cotton 
Spinners will be reduced to Want, and the Manufacture 
of that Town intirely loft: And praying, That the Cot- 
ton Cloth, manufactured in that Town, both chequed, 
printed, and dyed, may be permitted to be worn in the 
fame manner, and liable to the fame Duties, as the Manu- 
factures of Briti/b and Irifo Linens are permitted: And, 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pur, 
That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of 
the Committee or the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
preferving and encouraging the Woollen and Silk Manu- 
factures of this Kingdom; and for the more effectual em- 
ploying the Poor; by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of all 
printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and Linens, 
except only fuch Linens as are of the Growth and Manu- 
faéture of Great Britain or Ireland; is committed; 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the vl Wm. Powlett, t 68, 


Mir. Plumer: 
Mr. Horatio Walpole 7] 
llers for the Noe oe 
Tellers for th &gt;) Mr. Butler: “ae 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


A Petition of fundry Merchants of London trading to 
Hamborough, Bremen, and other Parts in Germany, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners export from Londo, and other Parts of 
this Kingdom, to feveral Places in Germany, but, more 
particularly, to Hamborough and Bremen, Woollen Manu- 
factures, and other the Product of Great Britain, and his 
Majelty’s American Plantations; and, in Return, have im- 
ported German Linens; which pay confiderable Cultoms: 
That Part of thofe Linens are imported only for Print- 
ing, Painting, Staining, or Dyeing, here; and when printed 
or dyed, areexported to the Plantations; where Sugars and 
other Products are bartered for the fame: That, fhould 
the Bill for prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of all printed, 
painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicags and Linens, excepre 
fuch Linens as are of the Growth and Manufacture of 
Great Britain or Ireland, pais into a Law, it will inevitably 
leffen the Exportation of the Brito Manufactures of Wool, 
fince the lefs German Linen is demanded, and uled here, 
and in the Plantations, the lefs Briti/b Goods will be de- 
manded, and confumed, in Germany: And praying, That 
they may be heard, by their Countel, againft the faid Bill: 
And, 

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A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
preferving and encouraging the Woollen and Silk Manu- 
factures of this Kingdom ; and for the more effectual em- 
ploying the Poor ; by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of all 
printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and Linens, 
except only fuch Linens as are of the Growth and Manu- 
facture of Great Britain, or Ireland ; is committed ; 

it paffed in the Negative. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
til Zhur/day next come Sevennight. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the Billto repeal fo much of the Ad, intituled, An 
Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his 
Majefty’s Cuftoms, paffed in the Thirteenth and Four- 
teenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates to the 
prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards and Fir Tim- 
ber from Ger many. 


An ingroffed Bill for preventing the Corrupting of Ju- 
ries, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for preventing the Corrupting of Juries. 

Ordered, That Mr. Palmer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Mercurti, 9° die Martit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRayveERs. 

R. William Taylor, Attorney at Law, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for 
a Breach of Privilege, in infulting and threatening Mr. 
Foba Walker, in the Speaker’s Chamber, who was fum- 
moned to attend a Committee of this Houfe, was accord- 
ing to Order, brought to the Bar: Where he, upon his 
Knees, received a Reprimand from Mr. Speaker; and was 

difcharged out of Cultedy, paying his Fees. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
preventing the impious Practice of Duelling: And that 
the Matter of the Rolls and Mr. Hungerford do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Juftices of Peace, Alder- 
men, and Burgeffes, and alfo of the Merchants, Clothiers, 
Serge-makers, Dyers, Fullers, and other principal Inha- 
bitants, of the Borough and Town of Taunton, in the 
County of Somerfet, was prefented to the Howfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, whereas there is a Bill depend- 
ing for repealing fo much of an Aét, of the Twelfth 
Year of King Charles the Second, touching Shipping and 
Navigation, as alloweth the Importation of the Product 
or Manufacture of 4fa from any Parts of the Straits, 
or Levant Seas: That it is evident, that fuch Reftraints 
or Confinements of Trade will be very prejudicial to feve- 
ral particular Branches of Trade and Navigation ; to that 
of Great Britain, in general ; and, efpecially, to the Woollen 
Manufacture, the only Support of that Town, and all 
the Weftern Parts of the Country: And praying, That 
= Trade may be kept open and free, as in times 

aft. 
5 Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of divers Merchants, Proprietors of Salt, 
and Fifhermen concerned in curing Fifth, within the Bo- 
rough of Saint Maws, and Places adjacent, in the County 
of Cornwall, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 


4. 1719. 


fetting forth, That, by an A&amp;, paffed in the Fifth Year 
of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for recoverin 
the Credit of the Briti/&gt; Fithery in foreign Parts ; and for 
better fecuring the Duties on Salt ; it was enacted, That 
the Curers of Fifth fhould, from the 24th Day of Fune 
laft, be allowed to import foreign Salt, for curing Fith 
for Exportation, without paying any Duty for the fame, ” 
except the Cuftoms payable upon the Importation there- 
of; but, by the faid Act, no Provifion is made, or Di- 
rections given to the Proprietors of foreign Salt imported, 
the Duties whereof were not paid, nor fecured to be paid, 
before the faid 24th Day of Fune: That the Petitioners, 
and others, are pofieffled of many Thoufand Buhhels of . 
foreign Salt imported, as aforefaid, and no Duties paid, 
or fecured, for the fame ; but, before that Day, cellared, and 
fecured under Locks and Keys of the proper Officers, in 
the refpective Places where the fame are lodged; and the 
Cuftoms of the fame paid, or well fecured ; yet they can- 
not have the Benefit of the fame, in regard the Duties 
thereof were not paid, nor fecured, fave by exporting the 
fame again; whereby they will not only lofe the Money 
paid for the Cuftoms, but alfo the prime Coft thereof 
beyond Sea; which will tend to the great Impoverifh- 
ment of the Petitioners, and the Ruin of many; And 
praying, That they may be puton the fame Foot of other 
Proprietors, who had paid, or fecured, the Duties on Sale, 
whofe Duties were repaid, or Securities vacated, by infert- 
ing {ome Claufe to that Purpole in any publick Ad. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mafters, and Governor, Affiftants, 
Livery, and Freemen, of the Company of Barbers and 
Surgeons, of the City of London, was prefented to the. 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by an Aét, made 
in the 32d Year of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, 
An Act for Barbers and Surgeons, it is enacted, That all 
Perfons of the faid Company, then incorporate by the 
faid Act, and their Succeffors, that fhould be lawfully 
admitted, and approved, and occupy Surgery, fhould be 
exempt from bearing of Armour, or be put in any Watch, 
or Inquefts: That by Charter granted to the faid Com- 
pany by King ames the Firft, in the Second Year of his 
Reign, it is granted unto the Petitioners, Thar they, and 
their Succeflors, lawfully admitted to practife Surgery, 
fhould for ever thereafter be exempted from all and all 
manner of Watch, Inqueft, and Juries, within the City 
of London, Suburbs and Liberties thereof ; and from all 
Contributions, Taxations, Affefiments, and Sums of Mo- 
ney, to be impofed, taxed, or affefied, 1n refpect thereof: 
That they have quietly enjoyed the faid Exemption to this 
prefent time: That they are apprehenfive, that, by the 
Bill now depending, for the better regulation of the 
Nightly Watch, their faid Exemption from watching, or 
contributing thereto, will be taken from them: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by their Countel, con- 
cerning the fame, before the faid Bill paffes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


The Houfe being informed, That the High Conftable 
of Weftminfter attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to an Order of the Third Inftant, an 
Account of all Collections for the Nightly Watch, in the 
feveral Parifhes in the City and Liberty of Weftminfer, 
for One Year laft paft; and how the fame have been ap- 
plied, and accounted for. 

Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 


A Petition of the united Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the Haft Indies was prelented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners did, 
in a time of great Extremity, advance to the ion 

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the Sum of 2;000,600/. dnd afterwards the Suti of 
1,200,000/, for the Ufe of the Publick; in Confidera- 
tion whereof; the Zaf India Trade; exclufive of all others; 
hath been granted to the Petitioners; who have cariied on 
the faid Trade very much to the Advantage of the Na- 
tion, and the Woollen Manufaétutes thereof; That the 
{aid Trade does, at prefent, lie under very great Difficul- 
ties and Difcouragement; foreign Nations, who uled tb 
be fupplied out of the Petitioners Importation of Jnda 
Goods, having entered upon an Undertaking to beat the 
Petitioners out of the faid Trade: That by the Bill, now 
depending, fot prohibiting the Ute and Wear of all 
printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and Linens, 
except only fuch Linens as are of the Growth and Manu- 
facture of Great Britain or Ireland, the Petitioners faid 
Trade, which they have purchafed, will be very much 
impaired; the Cuftoms very much leffened, and the 
Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom no ways bene- 
fitted ; which Bill ftands referred to a Committee : And 
praying, that they may be heard, by their Counfel, be- 
tore the faid Committee, touching the Subject-matter 
of the faid Bill. : 

A Motion being made, and thé Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
preferving and encouraging the Woollen and Silk Ma- 
nufactures of this Kingdom ; and for the more effectual 
employing the Poor; by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of 
all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes aud Linens, 
except only fuch Linens as are of the Growth and Manu- 
facture of Great Britain or Ireland, is committed ; 

i 134. 
Mr. Worfley : 


The Houle divided. 
The INoes go forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas,} Mar Ao of 
Tellers for the Noes, } as ereaneeeram { 117. 
So it was refotved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Petitioners be heard, before the 
faid Committee, by their Countel, if they think fit. 


_ A Petition of the Dyers of Linens and Callicoes, re- 
fiding in and about London, was prefented to the Houfe, 
end read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are inform- 
ed there is a Bill now depending, for proiibiting the Ufe 
and Wear of all printed, ftained, or dyed, Caliicoes and 
Linens, except only fuch Linens as are of the Gfowth 
and Manufacture ot Great Britain and Treland: That their 
‘Trade and Livelihood doth chiefly depend cn the Dycing 
of Callicoes and Linens, as well for Exportation as Home- 
confumption: That a confiderable Part of the Linens thus 
dyed are of the Manufacture of Germany, and are uled 
for Seamens Shirts, and, in the Plantations, for the 
Wear of their Negroes; for which Utes Britifh and Irifh 
are not proper: That, if their Trade of dying the faid Cal- 
licoes, and Germany Linens, is prohibited, the Exportation 
‘rade, that was wont to be carried on from Great Britain, 
will be fupplied directly from Hamburgh and other foreign 
Parts, to the great Detriment of this Nation: And pray- 
ing, That they may be heard, by their Countel, againft 
the faid Bill. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftionm being put, 
That the faid Petitvon be referred to the Confideration of 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to wliom the faid 
Bill is committed ; 

It patted in the Negative. 


A Petition of the Linen-drapers, and other Dealers 
in printed, painted, ftained, and dyed, Callicoes and 
Linens, refiding in the City of London, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there is a Bull 
depending for prohibiting the Ule and Wear of all print- 
ed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and Linens, ex- 
cept fuch Linens as are of the Growth and Manufacture of 
Great Britain or Iretand:; That fhould the taid Bill pais, 
the faid printed and dyed Goods, as well tor E-xportaticn 


as for Home-confum ption, will be intirely loft co the Pe- 
Vou. XIX. 


497 


titibners: And ptayirig to be heard; by their Counfels 
againft che faid Bill. . 

And a Motion being made; and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Petition be feferred to the Confidera- 
tion of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to Whom the 
faid Bill is committed ; 

It paffed in the Negative : 


Mt Garteret reported fiom the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Adventurers, whoie Names are theré- 
unto fubfcribed, for fupplying the Jnhabitants of the Ci- 
ties of London and Wefiminjter with frefii Water, was re- 
ferred, the Matter, as tt appeared to them, atid the Re- 
folutions of the Committte thereupon j; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Re- 
port in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Report 
and Relolutions were read; and are as follow; iz. 

That, the Committee in purfuance of the Order of the 

Houfe, of the 27th Day of February laft; have taken 
the faid Petition intu Confideration ; and the Peti- 
tioners, in ofder to prove the Allegations of the faid 
Petition, called and examined; feveral Witnefies: 
Who are as follow; viz. 

Thomas Acherley: Who has been Twenty Years a Sur- 
veyor of Lands, Mines, Levels, and throwing out Wa- 
ters, faid, he had futveyéd the Grounds between London 
afid the Rivers mentioned in the Petition, from Station to 
Station, at every Fifty or Sixty Yards Diftance, with pro- 
per levelling Inftruments; and did find, by the Level, That 
thofe Rivers, and allo the River Lea, about Whethamftead, 
do lie about 100 Foot higher than the loweft Pond at 
Milford Farm; called Hampftead Ponds; which loweft 
Pond is about 20 Foot higher chan the Top of Mountagué 
Houle, in Great Rufell-fireet: And that the Waters of 
thote Rivers may be brought to ferve the Towm higher 
than any Houfes in London and Wefminjter : 

And, as to the Quantity of Water that may be fo 
brought, he, the faid Thomas Acherley affirmed, That the 
Waters of any one of thofe Rivers were fufficient to an- 
{wer the Ends propoted: But he alleged, That fome 
fmatl Parts drawn trom each River, and united into One 
Trench, or Canal, will yield a Quantity of Water fufficierit 
not only to ferve fuch of the Inhabitants of London, We/t- 
minfler, Southwark, and Villages and Places lying about 
the fame, as fhall be willing to take the fathe, but alfo to 
ferve the Royal Palaces, and particularly the Royal Pa- 
lace and Gardens at Kenfingzon, in every thing that Wa- 
ter can make thofe Places delightful ; and that coo'at rea- 
fonable Rates: 

That the Damages that this Undertaking will occafion 
to the Meadows and Mills on the faid Rivers would be 
inconfiderable, becaufe the Waters drawn away may be 
re-{upplied, in his Opinion, by opening new, and cleanfing 
the old, Springs, which abound om the Sides of thole 
Rivers. 

Doétor: Edmond Halley faid; That he had viewed the 
River Colne; and was of Opinion, that the Undertaking 
was practicable, and that there might be a fufficient Quan- 
tity of Water brought as is propofed by the Petitioners ; 
for that there can be no Dilpute of the Fall of this in- 
tenced Courle of Water, becaute the Source thereof is 
twice as high as that of the New River; and that, fincé the 
Fail will be Fhree Foot in every Mile at the leaft, he 
would undertake to effect the faid Undertaking, if he 
were employed. 

Whercupon the Committee came to the Refolutions 

following y viz. 

Refolved, ‘Wha: it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have made good the Allegations of 
their Petition, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Undertaking, in the faid Petition mentioned, 
will be convenient and beneficial for che Inhabicants of the 
Cities of London and Weftminfer, and Parts adjacent. 

Refolvedy That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved for Leave to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating {everal Undertakers for the berter ac. 

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commodating the Inhabitants,in and about the Cities of 
London and Weftminfler, and the Parts: adjacent, with 
W ater, . 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill. for 
incorporating feveral Undertakers for the better accom, 
modating the Inhabicants in and about the Cities of Len- 
don and Weftminfier, and the Parts adjacent, with Water: 
And that Mr. Certeret, the Lord Wm. Powilett, Mr. fre- 
man, and Mr. Plumer, do. prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon, Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itself into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to eonfider further of Ways and Means for railing 
the Supply granted ro his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday next, at 
Tweve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for regu- 
lating the Nightly Watch. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 10° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
HE Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the River 
Weaver navigable from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham 
Bridge, in the County of Chefer, was committed, That 
they had made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 
Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Con- 
fideration To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion to the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Bill for enlarging the Term granted 
by an Aa, paffed in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for repairing the Highways 
leading from the Stones End in Kext-freet to the Lime- 
kilns in Eaff Greenwich, near Blackheath, and to Lewi/- 
bam Church, being the Tunbridge Road, in the County 
of Kent; and for repairing and amending the Highways 
and Roads leading from Weffminicr Ferry, in tne Parith 
of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to New Crofs, in the 
Parith of Deptford, in the County of Kent; That they have 
Power to receive a Claufe for enlarging the Term granted 
by the Act, paffed in the Fourth Year of his Majetty’s 
Reiga, intituled, An Ac for the amending the Roads 
from the City of Lenion to the Town of Eaft Grinftead, 
in Suffex,; and to the Towns of Sutton and King fton, in the 
County of Surry. 

Ordered, That it be an Inflruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
appointing additional Commiffioners or Truftees, to put 
in Execution the faid Act, intituled, An Act for amending 
the Roads from the City of London to the Town of Eaf 
* Grinfiead, in Sufex; and to the Towns of Sutton and 
Kingfion, in the County of Surry. 


A Petition of the Merchants, and principal Traders, of 
the City of Briel’, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, “Phat the Petitioners are informed there is 
a Bill depending for prohibiting the Ufe and Wearing of 
ail printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and Linens, 
except fuch Linens as are of the Growth and Manufacture 
of Great Britain and /reland: ‘That if the faid Bill fhould 
pats, and the Linens of Hamborough and Lremen excluded 
trom being dyed in Great Britain, the Trade they now 


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A007 19. 


enjoy of ferving his Majefty’s Plantations will fall into 
the Hands of the Dutch from Curaffog, and the, French 
from Martinica, by clandeftine Means; and,will difcourage 
the Importation of Indigo, and their Trade in general, 
from the Britifh Settlements in America: That the faid 
Linens are purchafed with the Woollen Manufactures, and 
the Produét, of Great Britain; and fhould the Confump- 
tion of thofe Linens be diminithed in this Kingdom, it 
will very much leffen the Export of Woollen Goods ; to 
the great Detriment of the Poor, and. others concerned’ 
in the Woollen Trade: And praying, That the Trade 
of dying Germany Linens may be continued in Greag 
Britain. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to -pake out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgels to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, in the 
room of Owen Buckingham Efquire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for continuing fo much of an AQ, 
made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Ma- 
jetty Queen .4une, intituled, An Act for reviving, and 
continuing, feveral Acts, therein mentioned, for the pre- 
venting Mifchiefs which may happen by Fire; for build- 
ing and repairing County Gaols; for exempting Apothe- 
caries from ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and ferving 
upon Juries; and relating to the Returning of Jurors; as 
relates to the Building and Repairing of County Gaols; is 
committed; That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, to enable the Juftices of Peace to fettle the Prices 
of Ale, Beer, Bread, and Victuals, to be fold to Prijon- 
ers in Gaols; and alfo that Prifoners may have full Liberty 
to fend for Ale, Beer, Bread, or Victual, where they can 
buy cheapett. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, to impower the Juftices of the Peace to com- 
mit Criminals, Vagrants, and other Offenders, for {mall 
Offences, or for not finding Sureties, either to the Houfe 
of Corregtion, or Common Gaol, at their Difcretion. 


A Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One- 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of 
Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within the Town 
of Pittenweem, and Suburbs thereof, for repairing ‘the 
Harbour there; and for maintaining other publick Works 
of the Town; was read the Second time. 

Refclved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn Ane 
Jtrutber, Mr. Clerke, Mr. Archer, Colonel Anftruther, 
Mr. Majon, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Plumptre, Sir Richard 
Sandford, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Lade, Sir Robert Davers, 
Mr. Gybbcn, Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Norris, Mir. Powlett, 
Mr. Smith, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Halfey, Lord Hinchin- 
broke, Mr. Kelfall, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Baylie, Mr. 
Heath, Sir Fobn Norris, Sir Cha, Turner, Mr. Earl; 
and all the Members that ferve for North Britain: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ, for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the County of Gloucefter, in the room of Tho- 
mas Stephens Efquire, deceafed. 


An ingroffed Bill for preferving and improving the 
Navigation of the River Owe, in the County of Huat- 
ington, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; vz. 

Prefs 2. L. * To leave out * Agrefs,” and infert 
“© Ingrefs:” 


Prefs 








6-Geo. I. 


Prefs 12. Lis * To leave out “ as :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pals: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for preferving and improving the Navigation of 
the River Oufe, in the County of Hux tington. 

Ordered, Chat the Lord Hinchingbr:oke do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 
Meller : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have acreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for laying a Duty of ‘Two Penies Scots; or One-fixth Parc 
of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of Ale or Beer that 
fball be vended or fold within the Town of Adcntrofe, 
and-Privileges thereof, for fupplying the faid Town with 
freth: Water; and for other Purpofes tlierein mentioned ; 
without any Amendment. 

‘And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Charies Earl of Arran, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That Fames Duke of 
Ormond, and Elizabeth Duchefs of Ormend, the Petition- 
er’s Grandfather and Grandmother, did, by Indenture of 
Settlement, dated the 6th of June 1683, fettle and limit 
ali their Caftles, Honours, Manors, Lands, and Heredi- 
taments, in the Kingdom of Ireland, to feveral Ufes ; 

whereby their Grandion Fames Butler, late Duke of Or- 
mond, the Petitioner’s elder Brother, became feifed there- 
of, or of great Part thereof, for the Term of his natural 
Lite, or for fome Term or Eftate determinable on his 
Death ; with Remainder over to his Firft, and other Sons, 
in Tail Male; with Remainder to the Petitioner, and his 
Firft, and other Sons, for the like Eitates; with divers 
Remainders over; fubject to feveral Terms and Incum- 
brances in. the faid Settlement mentioned: That the faid 
Eftate, by feveral Acts of Parliament, became, and is, 
charged with many great Debts, as well of the Petitioner’s 
Grandfather, as of his faid Brother; befides which, the 
Fetitioner’s faid Brother, who ftands attainted by Act of 
Parliament, did, before his faid Attainder, contract di- 
vers other Debts, to the Amount of a very confiderable 
Sum of Money; which, not having been profecuted to Judg- 
ments, or otherwife charged upon the faid Eftate, before 
rhe fame Eftate became forfeited, muft intirely be loft, un- 
lefs otherwife provided for; and the Incumbrances legally 
charged onthe faid Eftace are fo great, that, inall Probability, 
they will not be fatished during the Life of the Petitioner’s 
faid Brother: That, in order to the fatisfying as well the 
faid Debts and Incumbrances legally charged upon the faid 
Eftate, as alfo the other Debts of the faid Fames Butler, 
late Duke of Ormond, not affecting the fame, the Petitioner 
is defirous to become the Purchafer of the forfeited In- 
tereft in the faid-Eitate; and to be enabled, by Sale, or 
Mortgage, of fome Part of the faid Eftates, to raife Money 
for that Purpofe; and for difcharging all the Incumbrances, 
and other Debts: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a. Bill ‘to enable him, in cafe he fhall 
be admitted the beft Purchafer by the Commiffioners and 
Truftees of the forfeited Eftates, by Mortgage or Sale 
of a fufficient Part of the faid Eftate, to raife the Sum 
which he fhall contract with the faid Commiffioners. and 
Trutlees to pay for the Purchafe of his faid Brother’s 
Ettate, fabjeét to the legal Incumbrances thereon; and 
a'fo fuch further Sum as fhall be fufficient to difcharge the 
Debis of his iaid Brother, which are not legally charged on 
the faid Eftate, and are now without any Provifion. 

Mr. Secretary Craggs acquainted the Houfe, That, this 
Cate having been reprefented to his Majefty, his Majeity 
had been pleafed to command him to fignify his Majetty’s 
Confent to the bringing in {uch a Billas is defired, if this 
Houfe fhould thiak fit. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Comntittee; And that they do examine 


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the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it thall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to’ Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Comptrol!- 
ler, Mt. Treby, the Mafter of the Rolls, Mr. Yonge,,Mr. 
Bond, Mr. Cuningham, Mr. Hutchefon, Sir Fobn Ward; 
Colonel Bladen, Mr. Onflow, Mir. Gregory, Sir Fobn Eyles, 
Mr. Drake, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Rowney, Sir-Adol- 
peus Oughton, Mir. Smith, Mr. Secretary Crages, Mr. 
freman, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Newland, Sir Tho. Wheate; 
Mr. Yorke, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Norris, Mr. Sbip- 
pen, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Weftpbaling, 
Sir Hen. Afoburft, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Lowther, Mr- 
Whitchcote, Mr. Micklethwaite, Colonel Morton, Lord 
Tyrconnell, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Poult- 
ney, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Methuen, Sir David Dalrymple, 
Mr. Gwyn, Sir Richard Steell, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Duchy, Mr. Ward; Mr. Palmer; Mr. Lewis, Mr. Hey- 
hham, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Tho. Crofle, Mr. Windfor, Gene- 
ral Lumley, Sir Tho. Sebright, Colonel Douglas, Mr. 
Weft, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Archer, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Ver- 
non, Mr. Anftis; Mr. Earl, Sir Hen. Bunbury, Mr. 
Weftern, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Northey, Dr. Clarke, 
Mr. Longueville, Mr. Eyles, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Hampden, Mr. 
Bertie, Mr. Herne, Mr. Travers, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Wr. Halfey, Mr. Lade, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. 
England: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act for the better fecuring the Dependency 
of the Kingdom of Jreland upon the Crown of Great 
Britain, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Neville took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr, Neville reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made fome Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into 2 Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for preferving and encouraging the 
Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and 
for the more effectual employing the Poor ; by prohibiting 
the Ule and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or 
dyed, Callicoes and Linens, except only fuch Linens as 
are of the Growth and Manufacture of Great Britain or 
Ireland. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Majfon, Mr. 
Nicholas, Mr. Trefufis, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Bertie, Mr. 
Clark, Mr. Eiliot, Sir Tho. Crofs, be added to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for continuing fo much of an 
Act, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late 
Majefty Queen Axa, intituled, An A&amp; for the reviving, 
and continuing, feveral Acts, therein mentioned, for the 


‘preventing Mifchiefs which may happen by Fire; for 


building and repairing County Gaols; for exempting Apo- 
thecaries. from ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and 
ferving upon Juries; and relating to the Returning of 
Jurors; as relates to the building and repairing County 
Gaols, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Veneris, 11° die Martit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 17:9. 


PRAYERS. | 
Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, and other 
Inhabitants, of the Borough and Town of Weymouth, 
and Me'‘comb Regis, in the County of Dorfet, was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read ; fetting forch, That divers 
Perfons belonging to that Place, and Parts adjacent, are 
in Captivity in the Country of the Emperor of Morocco, 
where they live in mifcrable Servitude, and are under 
great Temptations to Apoftafy: That fome, through 
hard Ufage, and Defpair of Deliverance, have perifhed; 
and others, to obtain Liberty, have embraced the Mubo- 
metan Religion: And praying, That fome Ways and 
Means may be found out for their Deliverance. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
the Sale of the Eftate of William Pembroke, \ate of Port/- 
mouth Dock, decea‘ed, fituate at Nor:b Mims, in the County 
of Hertford, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Urdered, That Mr. Freman do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 
Meller : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t for 
continuing the cis, turmerly made, tor repairing the High- 
ways in the County of Heriford, therein mentioned; and 
for making the faid Acts more effectual; without any 
Amendment. Aad allo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Act to en- 
able Keliond Courtenay Efquire, and Sufanna Prideaux, 
Infants under the Age of One-and-twenty Years, by the 
Confent of certzin ‘Truftees, to grant Leafes of their re- 
fpective Parts of the Lands late of John Kellond Efquire, 
Charles his. Son, and ‘fobn his Grandfon, deceafed: To 
which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And 
allo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Sale of Part of the Eltate of Sir Fohbx Chichefler Baronet, 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned: To which they de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew, 


The Houle being informed, That Robert Hales Efquire, 
One of the Clerks of his Majefty’s moft honourable 
Privy Council, attended at the Door; 

He was calied in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, purfuanc to their Addrefs to bis Majefty,, of the 
Second Initant, feveral Petitions for obtaining Charters of 
Incorporation for ettablifhing Fifheries, or Annuities for 
Lives; and other Papers relating thereto; with a Lift of 
them. 

And ther he withdrew. 

The faid Lift was read. 

Ordered, ‘What the faid Petitions and Papers be referred 
to the Confideration of the Commuttee, who are appointed 
to inquire and examine into feveral Projects carried on by 
Subicriptions, in and about the Cities of London and Weft- 
minfier; and into al! Undertakings tor purchaling Joine 
Stocks, and obijolete Charters. 


A Bill for Relief of infolvent Debtors, was read a Se- 
cond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wu. 
Powlett, Mr. Freman, Sir Harvey kiwes, Sit 1h. Croffe, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Ccolmley, Mr. Edgecomb, Sir Win. Hum- 
preys, Sic Nath. Mead, Sir Fobn Curzon, Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Carte:ctt, Mr. Earl, Sir 


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A. 1719. 
Fohn Fennings, Mr. Treby, Sir Triftram Dillington, Me, 
Noble, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Wil 
loughby, Sir John Ward, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Whitch- 
cote, Mr. Hexfeam, Mr. Grove, Mr. Biggs Sir Tho. Read, 
Mr. Philpott, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Walcott, Mr. An- 
fis, Mr. Powlett, Sit Tho. Sebright, Colonel Stephens, Sir 
John Bland, Mr. Roberts, Sir Fames Campbell, Colonel 
Morgan, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Plumer, Mr, 
Norris, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Pitt; And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Neville, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the ingroffed 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét for the better 
fecuring the Dependency of the Kingdom of Jreland upon 
the Crown of Great Britain, was committed, the Amend. 
ments, made by the Committee, to the faid Bill; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were reac; and are as follow; wiz. 

L. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Leave ouc ** Attempts have been 
** jately made to fhake off the Subjeétion of Jreland unto, 
** and its Dependence upon, the Imperial Crown of this 
** Realm; which would be of dangerous Confequence 
** both to Great Britain and Ireland: And whereas :” 

L. 6. Leave out ‘* in order thereto.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third time on 
Tuefday Morning next. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report of the Bill for making the 
River Weaver navigable from Winsford Bridge to Frod- 
foam Bridge, in the County of Chefler, be taken into 


Confideration upon Tuefday next, at Twelve of the 
Clock. : 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday next, 
at Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfeif into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for 
repealing fo much of an Act of Parliament, of the Twelfth 
Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, 
An Act tor the Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping 
and Navigation, as allows the Importation of the Pro- 
duct or Manutacture of dfa-from any Port within the 
Straits, or Levant Seas. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, 
and other Felonies; and tor the. more effectual Trani- 
portation of Felons. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upom Monday Morning 
next, relclve itfelf intoa Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for pre- 
ferving and encouraging the Woollen and Silk Manufac- 
tures of this Kingdom; and for the more effectual em- 
ploying the Poor; by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of 
all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and Li- 
nens, except only iuch Linens as are of the Growth and 
Manufacture of Great Britain or Kreland. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Caréeret took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carterett reported from the Committee, That they 
had heard Counfel upoa the Petition of the united Com- 
pany of Merchants of Lnyland trading to the Eaft Indies ; 
and had made fome Progrels in the Bill; and had directed 
him to meve, ‘Vhat they may have Leave to fit again. 


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6 Geo. I. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day next, 
at One of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock 





Sabbati, 12° die Martii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

to enable Kellond Courtenay Efquire, and Sufanna 

Prideaux, Infants under the Age of One-and-twenty 

Years, by the Conafent of certain Truftees, to grant Leafes 

of their refpective Parts of the Lands late of Fobm Kel- 

lond Efquire, Charles his Son, and Fobn his Grandfon, de- 
ceafed, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Sir Fobn Chichefer Baro- 
net, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Firft 
ime. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Leffees and Farmers of Daxiel Whitby Doctor 
in Divinity, and Prebendary of the Prebend of Terngton 
Regis, in the Cathedral Church, of the Bleffed Lady Mary 
the Virgin, of Sarum, and oi all fucceeding Prebendaries 
of the iaid Prebend, for the Time being, to make Leates 
of the Copyhold Lands of the feveral Manors of Preffon, 
alias Preffown, and Church Land, alias The Parfon’s Land, 
in the County of Devon, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Sir Tho. Crofe, Sir Harvey Ekves, Mr. Freman, Mr. Edg- 
comb, Mr. Cholmley, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir. Wm. Hum- 
phreys, Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Reynell, Sir 
ohn Jennings, Mr. Earl, Sir Trifram Dillington, Mr. 
Treby, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Noble, Mr. Willoughby, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Wbitcheote, 
Mr. Bigg, Mr. Grove, Mr. Philpott, Sir Tho. Read, Mr. 
Walcott, Mr. Lade, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Anfiis, Mr. 
Powlett, Colonel Stephens, Sir Tho. Sebright, Mr. Ro- 
berts, Sir Fobn Bland, Colonel Morgan, Sir ‘fames Camp- 
bell, Mr. Clayton, Sir Tho. Wheate,; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties of Devon, Cornwall, 
Dor fett, and Somerfett: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Lord Carbery reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to enable Thomas Dove Elfquire to raile [Two 
thoufand Pounds upon his Eftate at Upon, Sutton, 
Aylefworth, and Caftor, and to miake Sale of his Eftate 
at Heathencoate, in the County of Northampton, tor 
difcharging Incumbrances upon the faid Eftates, Raifing 
of Portions for his Brother and Sifter, and Payment of 
his Father’s and his own Debts, was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of tie 
Committee; and that the Committee had directed him 
to report the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Fobu Backer, was read 
the Third time. | 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for naturalizing Zohn Backer. 

Ordered, That Sir Mathew Deckar do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
Vou. XIX, 


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201 


der, a Bill to explain and amend an Ad, paffed in the 
Firft Year of bis Majefty’s Reign, intitukd, An A&amp; to 
encourage the planting Timber-trees, Fruit-trees, and 
other Trees, for Ornament, Shelter, and Profit; and for 
the better Prefervation of the fame; and for the prevent- 
ing the Burning of Woods; and for the better Preferva- 
tion of the Fences of fuch Woods: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for continuing fo much of an Act, made 
in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled, An A&amp;t for the reviving and continuing 
feveral Acts therein mentioned, for the preventing Mit- 
chiefs which may happen by Fire; for building and re- 
pairing County Gaols ; for exempting Apothecaries from 
ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, aad terving upon Ju- 
ries; and-relating to the Returning of Jurors; as relates 
to the Building and Repairing of County Gaols; is com- 
mitted; That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
reviving and continuing an Act, paffed in the Kleveath and 
Tweltth Years of the Reign of King William, intituled, 
An Act tor the more effectual Suppreffion of Piracy. 


Ordered, That Leave be &lt;iven to bring in a Bill for 
the Regiftering and Encouragement of Mariners, Seamen, 
and Seafaring-men, of Greet Britain aod Ireland; and 
tor the greater Elale of his Majetty’s trading Subje@s : 
And that Sir Feb Fennings and Sir John Norris do 
prepare, and bringin, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houte, do go with the Mace, into Weftminfter-ball, Court 
of Requeft, and Places adjacent, and fummon the Mem- 
bers there to attend the Service of the Houle. 

And he went accordingly. 

And, being returned ; 


_The Order of the Day was read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to prevent the inning, or imbanking, any more 
Salt Marfhes which do lie on either Side the Channel, from 


Wifbich, Seaward: 
And the Houte refolved itflf into the faid Committee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Mr. Whitchcot took the Chair of the Committee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 


Ordered, That fuch Members of the Committee, who 
are appointed to inquire and examine into feveral Pro- 
jects carried on by Sublcriptions, in and about the Cities 
of London and Weftminfter ; and into all Undertakings for 
purchafing Joint Stocks, and obfolete Charters; who are 
Juftices of Peace for the County of Middlefex ; do exa- 
mine fuch Perfons as they think fit. at the faid Commit- 
tee, touching the Subject matter of their Inquiry. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfdey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the further preventing Robbery 
Burglary, and other Felonies; and for the more effectual 
Traniportation of Felons. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Menday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 14° die Martii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A to enable Thomas Dove Efquire to raife Two thou- 
jand Pounds upon his Eftate at Upton, Sutton, Aylefworth, 
and Caffor, and to make Sale of his Eftate at Hezthen- 
coate, in the County of Northampten, tor difcharging In- 

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cumbrances upon the faid Eftates, Raifing of Portions 
for his Brother and Sifter, and Payment of his Father’s 
and his own Debts, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord Carbery do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
areed to the fame, without any Amendment: 


A Billto explain and amend an Act, paffed in the Firft 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; to encou- 
rage the planting Timber-trees, Fruit-trees, and other 
Trees, for Ornament, Shelter, and Profit; and for the 
better Prefervation of the fame; and for the preventing 
the Burning of Woods; and for the better Prefervation 
of the Fences of fuch Woods; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Lord Carvery, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Samuel Lennard, 
Sir Fcebn Norris, Sir Tho. Fobnjon, Mr. Barrington, Sir 
Tho. Wheate, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Feffop, Mr Plump- 
tre, Mr. [iillerfden, Mr. Bigg, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Ser- 
jeant Birch, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Foley, Mr. Heyfoom, 
Mr. Bond, Sir Tho. Hales, Sir Cha. Wager, Mr. Whit- 
more, Mr. Papillon, Mr. Dockménique, Sir Fobn Philips, 
Mr. Bayle, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Law- 
fon, Mr. Denton, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. God- 
frey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Auditor Foley, Mr. Haley, Sir 
Edward Ernley, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Earl, Mr. Powlett, Mr. 
Pitt: And they are to mect this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Dormer : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
annexing the late Duke of Shrew/bury’s Eftate to the 
Earldom of Shrew/bury; and confirming Gilbert Earl of 
Shrew/fbury’s Settlement, in order thereto ; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned: To which they defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
confirming a Partition made between the Right honoura- 
ble George Lord Carbery Baron of Carvery, in the King- 
dom of Ireland, and Henry Obrien Efquire, of certain 
Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the feveral Coun- 
ties of Northampton and Rutland: To which they defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
inclofing the Common commonly called Baltonfbury Com- 
mon, in the Parifhes of Baltonfbury and Bradley, in the 
County of Somerfett: To which they defire the Concur- 
rence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the Eftate late of Gilbert Nicholetts Efquire, de- 
ceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debts, and 
Sifters Portions; and for making Provifion for his Widow 
and Child: To which they defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing of Bennet Erafmus Hopfer, without any 
éimendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
granted to his Majefty ; 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for regulating the Nightly 
Watch ; 

The Houfe being moved, That the A&amp;, made 32° 
Hen. V\Il°, for Phyficians, and their Privileges, might be 
read; 

The fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 


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4. 1719. 


mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for pre- 
ferving the Privilege of the Prefident and College of Phy- 
ficians, granted by an Act, made in the Thirty-fecond 
Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, 
For Phyficians, and their Privileges. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Lord William Powlett, took the Chair of the Com. 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com. 
mittee, That they had heard the Reply of the Counfel 
apainft the Bill; and had made a further Progrefs in the 
Bill; and had direéted him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Rejolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Beadles of the refpective Parifhes of 
the City of Weftminfter, and the Liberties thereof, do 
lay before this Houfe the Books by which they made the 
Collections for the Nightly Watch for One Year laf 

aft. 

. Ordered, That the Conftables, and other proper Officers, 
in the Parifh of Saint Giles in the Feilds, and in the Out 
Wards of the Parith of Saint Andrew’s Holbourne, do lay 
before this Houfe, the Books by which they made the Col- 
lections for the Nightly Watch for One Year Jaft paft; 
and an Account how the fame have been difpofed of, and 
accounted for. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefer, was committed, be taken into Confideration 
upon Wednefday Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for preferving and encouraging the Woollen 
and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for the 
more effectual employing the Poor; by prohibiting the 
Ufe and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, 
Callicoes and Linens, except only fuch Linens as are of the 
Growth and Manuiacture of Great Britain or Ireland. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act for the better fecuring the Dependency of 
the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Bri- 
tain, be read the Third time upon To-morrow Seven- 
night. 


Ordered, That the Committee appointed to inquire and 
examine into feveral Subfcriptiong for Fifheries, Iniurances, 
Annuities for Lives, and all other Projets carried on by 
Subfcriptions, in and about the Cities of London and Wef- 
minfter; and into all Undertakings for purchafing Joint 
Stocks, and obfolete Charters; have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Wednefday Morne 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 16 die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
QReereds That a!l Committees be revived. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp;t for annexing the late Duke of Shrew/bury’s Eftate to 
the Earldom of Shrew/bury ; and confirming Gilbert Earl 
of Shrewfbury’s Settlement, in order thereto; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned; was read the Firft 
time. 
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An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for confirming a Partition made between the Right ho- 
nourable George Lord Carbery Baron of Carbery, in the 
Kingdom of Jreland, and Henry Obrien Efguire, of cer- 
tain Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the feveral 
Counties of Northampton and Rutland, was read the Firtft 


time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for inclofing the Common commonly called Balton/bury 
Common, in the Parifhes of Baltonfbury and Bradley, in 
the County of Scmerfett, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Eftate late of Gélbert Nicholetts Efquire, 
deceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debts; and 
Sifter’s Portions ; and for making Provifion for his Widow 
and Child; was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
to enable Kellond Courtenay Eiquire, and Sufanna Prideaux 
Infants under the Age of One-and-twenty Years, by the 
Conient of certain Truttees, to grant Leafes of their re- 
fpective Parts of the Lands late of obn Kellond Efquire, 
Charles his Son, and Fecha hisGrandi{on, deceafed, was read 
a Second time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Wm. Pole, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Nodlze, Mr. Hevfham, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Low- 
ther, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Peirfe, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, 
Mr. Mickleibwaite, Mr. Norris, Mr. Northey, Mr. Herne, 
Sir Geo. Beaumont, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Hen. Bun- 
bury, Mr Baylie, Sir Wm. Strickland, Sir Fobn Bland, 
Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Bramfton, Mr. Shippen, Colonel 
Stevens, and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
of Devon, Cornwall, and Somerfett: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do, from time to time, take into his Cuftody any 
Stranger, or Strangers, that he fhall fee, or be informed of 
to be, in the Fioule, or Gallery, while the Houte, or any 
Committee of the whole Houle, is fitting: And that no 
Perfon, fo taken into Cuftody, be difcharged out of Cultody 
without the f{pecial Order of the Houle. 


Sir Fobn Ward prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for preventing of Frauds and Abufes, in the 
Allowances on damaged Wines; and for lengthening the 
Time for the Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines: 
And the fame was received. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read the Firft time To- 
morrow Morning. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to con- 
fider further of the Bill for repealing fo much of an Ac 
of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King 
Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the Encourage- 
ing and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows 
the Importation of the Product or Manufacture of Afia 
from any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas; 

And the Queftion being put, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Twefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


_ The other Order of the Day being read, for taking 
into Confideration the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the County 
of Cheer, was committed. 


aay the Queftion being put, That the Report be now 
read ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes go forth. 


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Mr. Strickland; 

Mr. Wilmer: : 
Mr. Trelawny, 
Mr. Shuttleworth: t 55° 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Report was read accordingly : 

And feveral of the Amendments made by the Com- 
mittee, being read a Second time, were, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, with an Amendinent to 
One of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Then a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the further Confideration of the faid Report be 
adjourned till To-morrow Morning ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And the Refidue of the faid Amendments were feverally 
read a Second time, and upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } 


Tellers for the Noes, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 17° die Martii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
QRacred, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 


liament for the County of Monmouth, in the room of 
Fobn Morgan, of Tredegar, Etquire, deceafed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Anne Walker, alias Baugbs, a Minor, the Wife 
of Thomas Folliot Walker Gentleman, to fell and convey 
unto the Right honourable William Conolly Efquire, and 
his Heirs, her Share and Proportion of feveral Manors, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the Kingdom 
of Ireland, devifed to her by the laft Will of Thomas 
late Lord Folliot, deceafed ; and for other Purpofes there- 
in mentioned ; was read a Second time. 3 

Refolved, Yhat the Bill be committed to Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Strickland, Lord Vm. Powlett, Mr. Wylde, 
Colonel Biaaden, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Cholmondly, Mr. Smith, 
Mr. Wallop, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Earl, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, 
Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Whitmore, Sit Win. Monjfon, Sir 
Richard Fowler, Sir Cha. Wager, Lord Carpenter, Colo- 
nel Carpenter, Mr. White, Sit Fobn Fennings, Sir Tho. 
Wheate, Mr. Pelham, Colonel Morton, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Gybbon, Serjeant 
Birch: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Dormer : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac for 
vefting the Eftate of Fobn Pendarves, late of Rofcrow, 
in the County of Cornwail, Efquire, deceafed, in new 
Truftees, to and for the fame Ufes, Intents, and Pur- 
pofes, as are mentioned in his Will: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houle. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made 
by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t to enable 
Truftees to fell Part of the Eftate of Fcohbx Sandford 
Efquire, deceafed, for Payment of his Debts and Lega- 
cies ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making the River Derwent, in the County of Derby, 
navigable, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Refolued, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the Bill to repeal fo much of the Act, intituled, An 
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Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Com-baron to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Town and Port of Winchelfea, in the County 
of Sufex, in the room of Robert Brifow Efquire; who, 
fince his Eleétion for the faid Town, hath accepted the 
Office of one of the Clerks Comptrollers of his Majefty’s 
Houtfhold. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer prefented to the 
Houle, according to Order, a Bill for enabling the Souta 
Sea Company to increafe their Capital Stock and Fund, 
by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as 
are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, to be ap- 
plied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts and In- 
cumbrances; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer 
Bills remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth new 
Exchequer Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circuiated and ex- 
changed, upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Monday Morniog next. 

The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Sevennight. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the further preventing Robbery, 
Burglary, and other Felonies; and for the more effectual 
Tranfportation of Felons. 


A Bill for Preventing of Frauds and Abufes in the 
Allowances on damaged Wines; and for lengthening the 
Time for the Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines ; 
was read the Firit time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 18° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 171g. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vetting the Eftate of ohm Pendarves, late of 
Rofcrow, in the County of Cornwall, Efquire, deceafed, 
in new Truftees, to and for the fame Utes, Intents and 
Purpofes, as are mentioned in his Wiil, was read the Firft 
time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time : 


Sir Thomas Hanmer reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of Charles Earl of Arran was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houle; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, entered into the Examination of 
the Allegations of the faid Petition: And the Petitioner, 
the Earl of Arran, in order to prove the fame, laid be- 
fore the Committee an attefted Copy of a Deed of Settle- 
ment inrolled, dated the Sixth of ‘fume 1683, made and 
executed by Fames late Duke of Ormond, and Elizabeth 
Duchefs of Ormond, the Petitioner’s Grandfather and 
Grandmother; whereby they did fettle and limit all their 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A&amp; for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his 
Majefty’s Cuftoms, pafled in the Thirteenth and Four- 
teenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates to 
the prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards and Fir 
Timber from Germany. 


A.1719. 


Caftles, Honours, Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, 
in the Kingdom of Ireland, to feveral Ules; by virtue 
whereof their Grandfon James Builer late Duke of Or. 
mond, the Petitioner’s elder Brother, became poffefled of 
all the faid Eftate, except what is by the faid Seitlement 
limited to the Petitioner the Earl of Arran, for the Term 
of Ninety-nine Years, determinable upon his Death, with- 
out Impeachment of Wafte ; with Remainder to Truftces 
for his Life, to preferve contingent Remainders; with 
Remainder over to his Firft and other Sons, in Tai! Male; 
with Remainder to the Petitioner, and his Firft and other 
Sons, for the like Eftates; with divers Remainders over, 
fubject to feveral Terms and Incumbrances in the faid 
Settlement mentioned; with Remainder to the right 
Heirs of the faid Fames Firft Duke of Ormond 

That a Certificate was alfo produced to the Committee, 
from the Regifter to the Commiffioners of the forfeited 
Eftates ; whereby it appears, That the Petitioner the Karl 
of Arran, and Fames Butler Efquire, by the Name of 
Fames Butler, of Kilveleacher, in the County of Tipperary, 
in the Kingdom of Jreland, have feverally entered their 
Claims, before the faid Commiffioners of the forfeited 
Eftates, for the feveral Eitates, Interefts, and Remain- 
der, to them refpectively limited by the Settlement be- 
fore-mentioned; and that no other Perfon has claimed, 
before the faid Commiffioners, any Eftate in Remainder, 
by virtue of, or under, the faid Settlement: 

That the faid Fames Butler Efquire, who is the only 
Perfon claiming as aforefaid, befides the Petitioner the 
Earl of Arran, did appear before the Committee; and 
did declare himfelf ready to give bis Content to fuch a 
Bill as is defired by the Petition of the faid Earl of Arran. 

That the Committee have alfo inquired into the State of 
the Debts chargeable upon the Eftates of the late Duke of 
Ormond; and they do find, That they did, at the time of 
his Attainder, amount to about the Sum of 84,703 /. of 
which about 8,300 /. hath been already paid, or provided 
for, by Order of the Commiffioners cf kor-eitures; fo 
that the Sum which does remaii due upon the fame, is 
about 76,403 /.; befides which there are other Debts con- 
tracted by the late Duke of Ormond, which are fuppofed 
not to affect the Eftate, amounting, in the Whole, to about 
the Sum of Fifteen thoufand Pounds. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable Charles Earl of Arran, in the Kingdom of Ire 
land, in cafe he fhall be admitted the beft Purchafer by 
the Commiffioners and Truftees of the forfeited Eftates, 
by Mortgage or Sale of a fufficient Part of the Eftate of 
the late Duke of Ormond, his Brother, to raife a Sum, 
which he fhall contract with the Commiffioners or Truftees 
to pay for the Purchafe of his Brother’s Eftate, fubject to 
the legal Incumbrances thereon ; and alfo fuch further 
Sum as fhall be fufficient to difcharge the Debts of his faid 
Brother, which are not legally charged on the faid Eftate, 
and are now without any Provifion: And that Sir Thomas 
Hanmer, Mr. Freman, and Mr. Ward, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Carteret prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Parts adjacent, 
with Water: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Thurfday Morning next. 


A Complaint was made to the Houfe, That Fob: Stiles, 
a menial Servant of Sir William Pincent Baronet, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, hath been arrefted by Henry Walrond, 
Charles Walrond, and Richard Wilts, Bailiffs, in an Ac- 
tion wherein Arthur Young is Plainuff, and Joba I7ec918 
Attorney ; in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Complaiat be reierred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and bLlec- 
tions: And that they do examine the Matter thereots 


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and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to 
the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the proper Officers do forthwith lay bes 
fore this Houfe, Accounts fhewing how much the whois 
of the Annuities for Ninety-fix Years, Eighty-nine Years, 
and Ninety-nine Years, intended to be taken in by Pur- 
chafe, or Subfcription, upon the Propofal of the South 
Sea Company, accepted by the Houle, as the tame do 
now ftand charged upon each Fund or Security refpec- 
tively, doth amount unto: And how much the Annuities, 
now payable after the Rate of Nine Pounds per Centum 
per Annum, for Twenty-two Years and Three-quarters 
of a Year, in the faid Propofal mentioned; and how 
much the Annuities, now payable for Twenty-three Years; 
upon the unfubfcribed Lottery Tickets of 1710; do alfo 
amount to. 

Ordered, That the proper Officers do forthwi h lay be- 
fore this Houfe, Accounts, fhewing what principal Sums 
do now remain unpaid on her late Majefty’s Letters Pa- 
tents for the Lottery, Anzo 1713; and for the Prize 
Tickets drawn in the Lottery 17143 and on the Second 
Lottery, Anno 1719; all which do carry Intereft at the 
Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, till Payment 
thereof; do amount to; and what principal Sums do now 
remain unpaid, for the Blank Tickets drawn in the Lot- 
tery Anno 1714, carrying Intereft at Five Pounds per Cen- 
tum, till Payment thereof. ) 

Ordered, That the proper Officers do forthwith lay be- 
fore this Houfe, Accounts, fhewing what principal Sums, 
for which Annuities are to be paid, after the feveral Rates 
of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, and Four Pounds 
per Centum per Annum, by the Cafhier of the Bank of 
England, till Redemption thereof, do amount to. 


Mr. Hungerford, from the Committee appointed to in- 
quire and examine into feveral Sub{criptions for Fitheries, 
Infurances, Annuities for Lives, and all other Projects 
carried on by Subfcriptions, in and about the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter, and into all Undertakings for 
purchafing Joint Stocks, and obfolete Charters; acquaint- 
ed the Houfe, That the Committee, proceeding to exa- 
mine into the feveral Matters referred to them, had re- 
ceived Information, that fome Perfons, concerned in the 
Undertakings direéted to be inquired of, had endeavour- 
ed, by Corruption, and other undue Practices, to obtain 
Charters to carry on their Projects; and that the Com- 
mittee, having gone through an Examination of that Mat- 
ter; had directed him to report the fame fpecially to the 
Houfe; and he read the Repert in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the fame in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was tead; and is as follows; viz. 


That the Committee, having under their Confideration 
fatters contained in the Papers referred to them; and 
particularly in thofe mentioned in the Schedule hereto an- 
nexed, or fome of them; did receive the feveral Informa- 
tions; Viz. : ; 

The Committee was informed, by Sir William Thomp- 
fen, That there had been very unjuftifiable Methods taken 
by one Bradley and one Billingsley, in order to obtain a 
Charter for the Undertaking for infuring Ships and Mer- 
chandize, commonly cailed the Lord Onflew’s Infurance: 
And thereupon Sir Edward Northey and Su William 
Thompfon did communicate to this Committee the feveral 
Letters hereunto annexed, figned Bradley and Billingsley, 
though acknowileged by Billingsley to be all of them 
wrote and figned by him alone ; and which Letters were 
acknowleged by Sir Edward Northey and Sir William 
Thompfon, refpectively, to be received by them according 
to their refpective Dates : , 

The faid Sir William Thompfon did acquaint the Com- 
mittee, That the Oiders in Council, which had been fince 
made upon Petitions to his Majetty, relating to Infurances 
of Ships, and the other Orders by his Majeity in Council, 
hereunto annexed, were made to the prefent Attorney 
General alone, though the Direétions in Council were as 
ulual: And the Committee being informed, Phat Mr. 

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Journals of the Houfe of Cornmons:. 305 


Vernon, a Clerk of the Council, did, by his Majetty’s 
Leave, attend without Doors, to inform the Committee 
relating to the faid Matter laft-mentioned, Sir Willian 
Yhomp/jon did defire, that, in cafe Mr: Vernon was examiné 
ed, Mr. Soathwel', Mr. Greenwood, and Mr. Beak:, might 
alio be examined: : 

And it was propofed to the Committee, by the faid 
Sir William Thompfon, for their further Inquiry by what 
Means, or what Management, the faid Orders of Council 
were fo made : . 

Sir William Thomp/fon did farther affert, and inform this 

Committee, That large Sums of Money had been received 
by his Majefty’s Attorney General, contrary to his Duty, 
as Attorney General, on Account of fome of the Mat- 
ters fo referred to him, as aforefaid, by his Majefty in 
Council, from fome of the Perfons concerned; and who 
did folicit the fame before him: : 
_ And the faid Sir William Thompfon did further inform 
this Committee, That the faid Attorney General, at the 
time he received the faid feveral large Sums of Money, as 
atorefaid, was 4 Member of the Privy Council; and that 
the fame were alfo received by him contrary to his Oath, 
and Duty, as a Privy Counfellor : 

And the faid Sir William Thompfon further informed 
this Committee, That he would give further Information 
to the Committee, to affift their Inquiry: And, for Pioof 
of the Matters aforefaid, 

Sir William Thompfon did further inform this Com- 
mittee, That there were publick Biddings for Charters, 
as if at an Auction, in the Chambers of the Attorney 
General, between fome of the Perfons concerned in the 
Matters aforefaid, during the time that the Matters fo 
referred to him were depending before him: And, to en- 
courage the faid Perfons concerned therein to give largely, 
he intormed this Committee, That the Attorney General’s 
Chief Clerk then told the faid Perfons, that the other 
Side had given handfomely : 

Sir William Thompfon did likewife inform this Com- 
mittee, That there were feveral Perfons, all or fome of 
which could give Information to the faid Committee, in 
Proof of the Matters aforefaid: And he did inform this 
Committee, That he could prove the Matters aforefaid ; 
and did name the Perfons, herein after-mentioned, to be 
fummoned for that Purpofe; that is to fay, Mr. Hunt- 
man, Mr. Marfo, Sir Alexander Cairnes, Mr. Foxall; Mr. 
Symmonds, Sir Fames Hallett, Mr. Maife, Win. Bucknell, 
Fob Borrett Efquire, Mr. Gunfon, Mr. Pretty, Mr. Tom- 
kins, Mr. Green, Mr. Wells, Mr. Burge/i, Sir Wm. 
Chapman, Sir Fobn Williams, Mr. Dow/fe, Cafe Bil'ing/- 
ley, James Bradly, Mr. Cratibrode, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. 
Fobnjon, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Stanwix : 

Which faid Perfons were accordingly fummoned by 
the Order of this Committee: And the Committee did, 
purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, take the Examina- 
tions; which are as follow; viz. 

Mr. Robert Huntman faid, That Ke was employed, as 
Attorney, by the Mines and Battery Company; but did 
not carry the firft Order of Reference to the Attorney 
General, upon the Petition of the Company for an Incor- 
poration for Infurance of Ships; but, in all other Matters 
of the Company, he was employed, fo far as to prepare Bre- 
viates, and carry them to Countel, and give them their 
Fees: 

Being crofs-examined, he faid, There were Seven At- 
tendances before the prefent Attorney General: That, at 
Six of thofe Attendances, they had Six Counfel on their 
Side; and fometimes there were Three, and fometimes 
Four, on the other Side: That he believed the Firft At- 
tendance was upon the Nineteenth of November laft; bur 
he could not be pofitive of the Time: ‘Il hat there was an 
Attendance about a Week before, about the Twelfth of 
Nevember; but that was only to put it off, becaufe the 
Petitioners were not prepared; and it was put off upon 
the Application of the Petitioners for the Charter: That 
he believed they were ready on the other Side: That 
they attended again on the Nineteenth of November, when 
the Petitioners bad Six Counlel, and the other Side Three 

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Counfel: That he believed this Attendance began about 
Six a Clock at Night, and they might ftay till Ten or 
Eleven: That this Attendance was at the Attorney Gene- 
ral’s Chambers; and he believed there might be One 
hundred and Fifty Peopie there; and upon the other At- 
tendances there was a great Number of Perfuns on both 
Sides: The Point upon the Petition for a Charter was, 
Whether fuch an Incorporation for Infurance, as was de- 
fired for Ships and Merchandize, would be beneficial to 
the Nation: And the other Side infifted, that private In- 
furances would be moft beneficial to the Merchants: And 
there was then alfo an Objection to the Company, as to 
their being a fubfifting Corporation; and their Exiftence, 
as a Corporation, was difputed; their Charters were read 5 
which were very long; and an Objection was made, in 
point of Law, to the Company’s carrying on the Bufinefs 
of Infurance under fuch Charters, though exifting; and all 
thefe Points were debated by Counfel on both Sides: That 
the Fees given to the Counfel, upon their Attendance, 
were Ten Guineas apiéce to each of the Six Counfel, up- 
on the Firft Attendance; and after, Five Guineas apiece 
to Three of them; and Three Guineas apiece to the reft: 
That Ten Guineas apiece was always given to Two of the 
Counfel, and Five Guineas apiece always to Two of them: 
That there were Seven Attendances upon this Petition, 
with that of the Twelfth of November; and that he be- 
lieved, all the Countel, except One, always attended, 
and that there was paid to the Counfel, for thefe Attend- 
ances, 142 Guineas, or within One or Two of it: That 
thefe many Attendances were occafioned by want of Afh- 
davits, and Proofs, which the Attorney General required ; 
there being only fome Certificates, but no Affidavits to 
prove the Hands to thofe Certificates: That he believed 
,there was not any Application at all made to the Attorney 
General, for an Attendance during the King’s Ablence; 
they found him ready as foon as they applied: That he 
iffued his Summons for an Attendance, upon the King’s 
Return, without any Application : 

Being afked, Whether, from May to November, this 
Company did not go on to carry on their Project; he faid, 
He could not tell, but believed they did; but that he alfo 
believed, there was not any Signification thereof of any 
kind, to the Attorney General; and faid, Vhat he diftri- 
buted no Money, other than to the Counfel. 

Mr. Yohn Marfo, Agent or Solicitor for the Petition 
for Infurances by the Lord Chetwynd, Sir William Ckap- 
man, and others, faid, He leit the Order of Reference on 
that Petition, with Mr. Attorney Generai’s Clerk, but no 
Fee with it: That he gave the Fees to the Countel, upon 
that Reference, made the Eighth of Yaxuary; and which, 
upon the Ninth, he left with Mr. Stephens, Mr. Attorney 
General’s Clerk: That he acquainted Sir Wiliam Chap- 
man with it, and thereupon there was a Mecting, on the 
Monday or Tuefday following, of Sir Fdcob Facobfon, Mr. 
Hatley, and the major Part of thofe who were appointed 
Managers; and they refolved to wait upon Mr. Attorney 
with his Fee: That he believed Ten or Twelve of them 
attended him; and that Sir William Chapman gave him 
his Fee: That he, the Witnefs, went with them to Mr. 
Attorney General’s Chamber; and, when he came there, 
he acquainted Mr. Attorney General’s Clerk with feveral 
ot their Names; and then he was introduced into an outer 
Room, and the Clerk went to Mr. Attorney General; and, 
having told him, as he believed, That the Witnefs was 
there, he was called to the Door; and then acquainted 
Mr. Attorney, That Sir Wiliam « bapman, and fome 
others of the Petitioners for that Charter, were come to 
wait upon him with his Fee: To which Mr. Attorney 
General faid, What do they come to me for? Why do 
they not leave it with my Clerk? The Witnefs aniwered, 
That, confidering it was Matter of Weight, and who 
were concerned in it, they defired to give him his Fee 
themielves: And, the Witnels turning to them, they all 
came forward, and Sir William Chapman gave the Fee; 
and, recommending the thing to Mr. Attorney’s Favour, 
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found to be of Ufe to the Nation, that he would favour 
it; and fome Words of that kind; and then they with- 
drew: That, fome time after this, a Caveat being entered 
by the Infurers, a Summons was taken out: Then there 
came another Petition for a Charter; and thereupon 
Countel were heard for the private Infurers, and Counfel 
for the Mines Royal, and Counfel on behalf of Sir Wil- 
liam Chapman, and the Managers, Mr. Serjeant Comyns, 
Mr. York, and Mr. Had, were of Counfel; and the other 
Side had Three Counfel: That the Petitioners Counfel 
had Five Guineas apiece: They were all heard at that 
time; and Directions were given to bring the Subfcrip- 
tions, and Subfcription Books, and other Papers, relating 
to that Infurance; which Directions were given, as he 
thought, at the Defire of the private Infurers: That, he 
believed, there were feveral Attendances on Mr. Attorney 
General, upon this Petition of Sir William Chapman, be- 
fides Attendances to bring Papers : 

That they attended only twice with Counfel; and 
the Wirtnefs defired the further Attendance: That the 
whole Fees to their Counfel amounted to no more than 
Fifteen Guineas at a time, Five to each Counfel : That 
the firft Attendance held from Seven to Ten or Eleven 
a Clock at Night: Upon the laft Attendance there were 
Sixteen or Eighteen Perfons,. at leaft, of their Side; and, 
he believed, as many more of the other Side: 

That, upon this Petition, a Point arofe, Whether, to 
prevent the Danger of a Monopoly from one fuch Cor- 
poration, a fecond Incorporation of the fame kind were 
not neceflary: And another Objection arofe, That fome 
of thofe, who were Subfcribers to this Petition for a Char- 
ter, were formerly Subicribers to a Petition againft one; 
and they were requefted to give their Reafons for alter- 
ing their Opinion: There was alfo a Charge of Fraud up- 
on Kam, one of the Subfcribers to this Petition; which 
came upon the Petition of one Heldut; on which there 
was a diftinét Attendance, and Examination; and touch- 
ing which Mr. Attorney General required an Anfwer up- 
on Oath, as the Firft Charge was upon Oath: Where- 
upon feveral Affidavits were brought; but he never heard 
they went any further to make good that Matter: 

That, upon drawing and framing the Report, he at- 
tended Mr. Attorney General, upon his Requeft, to fee 
if he had collected all the Fa¢ts that had been laid before 
him: 

That there was never any other Fee to Mr. Attorney, 
than as aforefaid, that he knew of; but the Wictnefs 
owned he did tell Sir William Chapman, that he thought 
it was fit to wait upon Mr. Attorney General in Perfon: 
Whereupon Sir Villam afked, What he thought was a 
reatonable Fee: He anfwered, That he had given Ten 
Guineas in a Cafe of a private Act, and had known a larger 
Fee given; and believed, that Twenty or Thirty Guineas 
fhould be given: They debated the Matter; and the Wit- 
nefs underitood they refolved to give Fifty Guineas for 
the Fee, and to trouble themfelves no further; and be- 
lieved no further Fee was ever given, or intended to be 
given: That he never had any Difcourfe with Mr. Ste- 
phens, one of Mr. Attorney General’s Clerks, about Fees, 
only that he afked him, What was proper to give; but, 
he returned no Anfwer of any kind; and thereupon the 
Witnefs faid, He would advife with his Clients, and do 
what was proper; and that he never had any Ditcourfe 
about Fees with Mr. Grud, Mr. Attorney’s other Clerk. 

Mr. Thomas Dowfe faid, That he was Solicitor, or 
Agent, upon that Petition, which was the Counter Peti- 
tion to that for the Mine and Battery Charter; and gave 
Mr. Attorney General, in the Whole, Fifty Guineas at 
Four feveral times; Three of which Fees, to his beft Re- 
membrance, he gave Mr. Attorney himfelf, and One to 
his Clerk; and believed the Three, which he gave Mr. 
Attorney, were Ten Guineas each, and tie other Twenty 
Guineas were left for him with Mr. Stephens, his Clerk: 

Being examined, as to what Hints had been given 
him touching enlarging Fees to Mr. Attorney General, 
and upon what Occafions; he faid, Several Hints had been 

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given him by his Clients, and by others he had converfed 
with, That the other Side had given very large Sums to 
Mr. Attorney General: Whereupon he applied to his 
Clients to amend their Fees, and defired Leave to enlarge 
them ; but he could not prevail: They could raife Money 
but hardly; but, ac laft, they ordered Twenty Guineas 
fhould be giver; and he gave it. 

Being afked, Whether Stephens ever gave any Hint to 
enlarge the Fee; he aniwered, That, when he gave the 
Ten Guineas, and which was a Fee he had given to other 
Attorneys General, he had then only One Petition againitt 
the Charter; but he had entered Caveats aygainft others ; 
‘And then he afked the Clerk what Fees were to be given 
upon Caveats, that being a Piece of Practice which he 
was not fo well apprifed of: And the Clerk faid, You 
mutt give fomething handfome: And believed the Clerk 

_might fay, in a curfory way, That they gave handfomely 
on the other Side; but believed he faid it by no Direc- 
tion; and, upon what was faid by him, and others, he 
increafed the Fee, and gave Twenty Guineas. 

He gave an Account, That, on the Third of June, 
he carried the Order of Reference on the Petition to re- 
fume the former Charters of Mines Royal, and Battery 
Works, and Ten Guineas with it, to Mr. Attorney 
General; which, he apprehended, was his ufual Fee; 
and between that time, and about the Middle of Septem- 
ber, when he went out of Town, and ftaid till the Middle 
of Offober, he frequently called on Mr. Attorney General’s 
Clerk, to know if any Application had been made for a 
Hearing by the other Side; and he received for Anfwer, 
There had not; Whereupon he told the Clerk, after 
fome times calling, That, if the other Side would not 

roceed on their Part, he would proceed: 

That he ftaid out of Town above a Month; and the 
Fist Hearing they had upon the Mine and Battery Bufi- 
Hefs, was, upon the Eleventh of Nevember, upon a Sum- 
mons which he took out: 

That he was Solicitor for the Merchants of London and 
Briftoll; who appeared, from the Beginning, to oppofe 
fuch a Charter: There was Four or Five Sets againit 
Charters, and he was concerned for them all 

He was alfo Solicitor upon the Counter Petitions againft 
the Mines Royal: 

That there were Seven Hearings in oppofing the Peti- 
tions for Charters; and he believed, Four or Five of 
them were particularly upon the Petition of the Mines 
Royal People : 

That he gave no Fees fince the laft Caveat, nor any 
upon the Report: 

That he left no other Fees than the Fifty Guineas: 

That the Difcourfe he bad with Mr. Stephens, was at 
the Attorney General’s Chamber; and knew of no other 
Difcourfe upon that Subject: That he could not repeat 
the Clerk’s exaét Words, only the Effect of them: That 
he and the Clerk talked only in acurfory manner, to know 
what other Attorneys gave: That he had no. Directions 
for giving Fees, but to give the common and ufual Fees ; 
which he did, and gave or left no other than what he 
looked upon to be common and ufual : 

Being demanded to name the Perfon, his Client, who 
told him he muft give good Fees; he declared, He could 
not fay which Client, in particular, it was; and that it 
was only in common Converfation ; as thus; Dowfe, You 
mutt give good Fees; we hear they give very good Fees 
on the other Side: 

That he would have given a better Fee than Twenty 
Guineas, and afked his Clients for that Purpofe: but 
they refufed to order that : 

That the-Hearings upon thefe Attendances generally 
began at Six ; the Jatt was at Five; and the Countcl gene- 
rally got away about Ten: There was ufually Six or 
Seven Counfei at a Hearing ; and fome of the Hearings 
were Three or Four Hours, and fome longer: Once they 
had but Four Counfel: viz. Mr. Serjeant Chefbire, Ser- 
feant Whistaker, Mr. Bootle, and Mr. Pittman: The 
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taker; at One or Two Attendances, Ten Guineas apiece ; 
to the other, Five Guineas apiece at every one of thole 
Hearings, upon Attendances : 

That he was Solicitor for the private Merchants, who 
oppoled the Firft Petition for a Charter for Infurance, and 
which was reierred to the late Attorney and Solicitor 
General : 

That the Fees which he gave to the late Attorney and 
Solicitor General, upon that Petition (being of the Seventh 
of February 1717), were, to Sir Edward Northey, Ten 
Guineas, given at the time when he left the Order of 
Reference with him: They were formerly heard upon 
that Petition: And they were alfo heard, before them, 
upon the Reference upon the Petition of Sir fobn Wil- 
liams, Sir Fuftus Beck, and others; and, when he brought 
that Reference, he left Ten Guineas : 

That he believed they had Five Attendances upon thofe 
References ; andthe Fees which he gavetothe Countel, were, 
Ten Guineas apiece upon the London Petition, and Five 
Guineas apiece upon the Bri/oll Petition, which was upon 
the Firft of March 17173 and, upon making their Re- 
port of the Twelfth March 1717, he gave the late Attor- 
ney and Solicitor General Ten Guineas apiece more; and 
he gave no other Fees ; 

That, a Day or Two before making his Report upon 
the Petition of the Company of the Mines Royal, Mr. 
Attorney General fent for him, to fee if he had eathered 
all the Papers which the Witnefs had laid before him, on 
behalt of thofe who oppofed; which the Witnefs found 
he had: 

And, being again afked as to his Converfation with 
Stephens about Fees, he faid, That he never had any Inti- 
mation from the Attorney General’s Clerk, about giving 
Fees to him; and that all he afked, was, to know what 
Fees were given by the other Side: And that he never 
had any Hint from any fuch Clerk, what Fees were givens 
he had only fome Hints from abroad, but no Hint from 
Mr. Stephens : 

That he believed he heard it faid, at Mr. Attorney 
General’s Chamber, That it was believed they had given 
handfomely on the other Side; but nothing of what it was: 

That he never had any Converfation with Mr. Stephens, 
but only in general; and laid no Strefs upon any thing he 
faid about ees: Thathe never faid, or hinted, to the Wit- 
nels, what he fhould give: That he heard the Hintbefore- 
mentioned {poke in Mr. Attorney General’s Chamber ; 
but could not charge it upon any of his Clerks; bur 
thoughe it might be among the Attornies, upon their 
meeting and waiting there, and talking together in Con- 
verfation : 

‘That he never heard of the Word Bidding, upon any 
fuch Occafion, in the Attorney General’s Chamber; nor 
any Diicourfe about what one had been giving, or an- 
other; nor had he any Word, like that of Bidding, in 
his Mouth : 

Being afked, Whether Mr. Solicitor General had any 
Intimation from him, of Hints from the Clerk, of en- 
larging the Fee; he anfwered, That he could not fay, 
that Stephens faid, Give handfomely : 

That,. as to Attendances, there were Four before the 
former Attorney and prefeiit Solicitor General, which, he 
believed, were as long, or longer than thofe on the pre- 
fent Attorney: A great many Merchants were there, and 
Counfel; and Brad/ey was conftantly attending ac the 
Attorney General’s Chambers: That fome of the Exami- 
nations taken before the former Attorney and Solicitor 
General were not upon Affidavit; but the prefent Attor- 
ney defired Affidavits : 

That the Clerk did not fay what Fees the Witnefs was 
to give the Attorney General upon Caveats, but the Wit- 
nefs believed he faid, They did give handifomely on the 
other Side; he did not name any Sum: 

That the Witnefs did advife his Clients to give Fifty 
Guineas upon the Caveats, 

Mr. Oliver Marion, who is concerned for Mr. Shales, 
upon his Petition, faid, That Mr. Attorney was attended 

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about Twelve or Fourteen times upor that Occafion ; 
once was with Counfel; and he gave Mr. Attorney, at 
feveral times, in the Whole, Thirty Guineas, by Direc- 
tion of his Clients: They had but One Hearing by 
Counfel: That, for the other Attendances, there were 
about Six before Counfe! were heard, and as many after- 
wards: 

Being crofs-examined concerning what Application Mr. 
Solicitor General had made to him, to g ve Information 
touching Mr. Attorney General’s Fees; he faid. That, 
meeting Mr. Solicitor, the Day before, in the Lobby of 
the Houfe of Lords, he defired the Witnefs to attend 
here upon this Occafion : And he told Mr. Solicitor, He 
would attend ; and acquainted him, That he had given 
Mr. Attorney only Thirty Guineas; and could not ima- 
gine why he fhould be called here, when he gave only his 
jutt Fees: That this Meeting was purely by cAccident 5 
and that Mr. Solicitor did not defire him to tay any 
thing but the Truth. , 

Mr. Henry Symonds faid, He had an Account of all 
the Money that had been expended upon the Petition 
of Sir fames Hallett, and others, about Annuities ; 
and that the Whole amounted to 177/. 145. 64.5 oF 
thereabouts, and no more: That he could not fpeak 
to the Diftribution of it; nor could take upon him to 
fay what had been given to Mr. Attorney General for his 
Fees, on that Reference; but believed, Fifty Guineas : 
That he believed they had but One Hearing; but there 
were Two Petitions againft them from York Buildings, and 
they apprehended they might have more than One Hear- 
ing: Ibey had Information, that fuch a Fee had been 
ufually given, and imagined they might give it; which 
Information, he believed, came from fome of their own 
Committee, who might fay they believed, or had heard, 
that fuch a Fee had been given: That he never waited on 
Mr. Attorney ; but went only to his Clerk, to know when 
would be a proper Time for the Solicitors or Attornies 
to attend him. 

Sir Willicm Chapman faid, That, being one of the 
Committee on the Infurance called Lord Che:wynd’s In- 
furance, he did acquaint a General Meeting, That he un- 
derftood, that, in Sir fobn Wiliams’s Society, there was 
a Power given to fome Members to take vroper Methods 
for obtaining a Charter: Whereupon the General Court 
came toa Refolution to give their Managers Power to 
purfue fuch Methods as they fhould think proper for ob- 
taining a Charter: 

Being afked, Whether there was any Power vefted in 
any-body to diftribute any Sum cf Money for that Pur- 
pole; he anfwered, That he did not Know of any tuch 
Power, or any fuch litention: There was Power lodged 
in the Committee to difpofe of a One per Cent. paid in, in 
fuch manner as fhould be moft for the Benefit of the So- 
ciety; but he did not know of any Power to difpofe of 
Money for obtaining a Charter : The Power is only to dif- 
pole of it for the Loterelt of the Society ; and it is entered 
in the Minute Book; and he knew of no other : 

Being afked what Money was given to the Attorney 
General, on the Solicitation for a Charter; he faid, That, 
when they undertook that Affair, they were in Hopes to 
obtain a Charter; and they went ina proper Method, by 
Petition figned by Sub{cribers: And his Majefty was gra- 
cioufly pleafed to hear them in Council; and to refer 
them to Mr. Attorney General, to hear all Allegations, 
and make Report thereupon: Upon which, the Witnels 
asked Mr. Yobn Marfo, their Solicitor, what was proper 
for them to do in the Cafe, and what was cuftomary: He 
anfwered, There were Fees due to the Attorney General 
on fuch Occafions; He afked, Whereabout might be pro- 
per for them to give: Marfa taid, Twenty or Thirty 
Guineas: Thereupon the Witnefs faid, Thefe Matters 
are often drawn into a great Length, and are of more 
Weight than ufual in other Affairs: Upan which, Marfh 
faid, The more Attendances, the more Fees are to be 
given: Upon that Confideration, they thought it proper 
to give Fifty Guineas; and he knew of no Intention to 
give more: And hoped he might fay, kt was the Refolu- 


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tion of all the Gentlemen concerned in the Undertaking 
to rely on the Juftice of their Proceeding, and his Ma- 
jelty’s Royal Favour: 

Being asked, Whether he had any Intention to give 
more, if there was a Report in their Favour ; he declared, 
That he never had fuch an Intention, but thought it good 
Hufbandry to give all at once: And declared, he never 
had any Converiation with Mr. Attorney General in any 
private Affair; but, as a Director of the South Sea Com- 
pany, had feen him in a publick Matter ; and had no Cor- 
ref{pondence with him upon, or after, leaving the Fee, 
till a publick Attendance: That, upon the Attendance on 
his Petition, Mr. Attorney faid, He would hear them as 
often as they pleafed ; but defired them to put down their 
Reafons in Writing, in the Form of a Certificate, that 
he might not miftake: And he declared, That he did not 
know or believe Mr. Attorney General had One Farthing 
more, or any Stock, or any thing elfe: 

And, being examined as to a Sum of 18,0007. fup- 
pofed to be lodged in his Hands for fome Purpofe; he 
jaid, That he accounted himfelf happy to be before the 
Committee on this Occafion ; for it concerned his Repu- 
tation to give a true Account of that Affair: And faid, 
That there is fuch a Sum mentioned in his Account; and 
that the true State of that Affair is thus: When the One 
per Cent. was ordered to be called in, the Gentlemen con- 
cerned defired it might be put upon fome Improvement, 
and nothing of it lie dead: And, the Board thinking it a 
proper Way to put it out upon South Sea Bonds, and to per- 
mit the Treafurer of that Company to keep it, in Truft, 
for the Society; he accordingly paid that 18,000/, to 
the Treafurer of the Sou:h Sea Company, who gave him 
a Note for it; which Note he has now in his Pocket, 
accountable to the Managers, or the major Part of them, 
for the ufe of the Society; it was never otherwife in- 
tended ; and it is to be found in the Witnefs’s Name: It 
was invelted in South Sea Bonds 26th Fanuary lat; and 
it Remains in the Treafurer of that Company’s Hands 
for the Ufe of their Society: And declared, That he 
knew of no Intention, that Mr. Attorney General was ever 
to receive One Farthing of it; and that the Witnefs had 
accounted for it; and how it is difpofed for the Ute of 
the Society. 

Sir Fobn Williams wascalled to givean Accountofa Power 
to difpofe of Money depofited in the Affair of Infurance 
that goes in the Lord Onflow’s Name; and, being exa- 
mined, faid, That he finds, by their Minute-book, that, 
at a Court held the Sixth Day of Fanuary laft, when he 
was not there, he having defired an Order for 100 or 
200/. they had ordered 1,000/. which he tock ami's ; 
and told them, That One or 200/. would do till the 
Charter came to pafs: That he intended it for paying 
Solicitors Bills, which he muft do; he had advanced 
them Money for their going on, and believes their Bill 
may come to 400/.: That all this Money remains in his 
Flancs, but about Fifty Guineas; and, befides this, he 
received ‘Twenty Guineas before: That he believed, that 
he ordered Mr. Brliingfzy the Solicitor to carry the Order 
of Refereace to the Attorney General, but could not be 
potive: That he went there afterwards, and gave Mr. 
Attorney Twenty Guineas; and nota Farthing more was 
given_upon that Petition: But there came Two Petitions 
between the 15th and 23d of December; and, with that 
Reference, he gave Thirty Guineas; and declared, That 
Mr. Attorney General never had from him, nor from any 
other Man, to his Knowlege, more than Fifty Guineas: 

That, the Bufinels lying heavy upon him, he ordered 
Mr. Huniman to attend Mr. Attorney; but Billing fley had 
no Bufinels to go there: He could not give one Farthing; 
nor was it in any-body’s Power to do it, but the Com- 
mittee muft be acquainted with it: 

Being afked as to any Intemion he might have to give 
further Fees, if the Report fhould be in their Favour; he 
faid, Confidering the Quality of the Perfan, he fhou!d 
have thought it reafonable; but he did not doit: As to 
the Report, they could never get any Knowlege of it; 
for Mr. Attorney General had declared, That no Man 


living 


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living thould fee it tiff it was given into the King’s own 
Hands: 

That Billingsley is employed by them as their Secre- 
tary: That, as to the Letters which have been fent by 
Billingsley to Mr. Solicitor, he faid, That, according to 
the beft of his Knowlege, Mr. Solicitor was the firft Man 
that told him of them, which was about Six or Seven 
Months ago; and believed, That feveral of their Direc- 
tors knew nothing of them till they came into this Com- 
mittee ; and they are fo exafperated at him for it, that he 
would have been turned out before now, but for that they 
are under the Examination of this Committee : 

Being examined touching what was done upon the Re- 
ference of the Petition from the Mine and Battery Com- 
pany, and the Counter Petition thereto, referred to the 
‘prefent Attorney General; he faid, That the Counfel, in 
pleading before the Attorney General, took notice of a 
Miftake in the Petition; by Occafion of which, it did not 
come properly before Mr. Attorney: And Counfel ad- 
vifed them to withdraw that Petition, and prefer another ; 
and that occafioned the Second Reference : 

That there had been feveral Attendances on thefe Two 
References; one the 12th of November; one the 17th, 
but that was put off; another the 20th; another the 25th, 
another the 4th of December; another the 11th; and the 
Jaft the 23d: 

That the prefent Attorney General never gave him any 
Hint or Encouragement for a further Fee ; but quite con- 
trary: That, indeed, for the great Fatigue, and great 
Trouble, they had given Mr. Attorney General, the Wit- 
nefs did think it proper to offer him a further Fee, after 
the Thirty Guineas; and did offer him Fifty, and he re- 
fufed it; the Time of which offer was, as he remembred, 
between the 15th and 2oth of Fanuary laft. 

Mr. James Bradly, being examined touching the Affair 
of York Buildings, faid, That he believed Mr. Billingsley 
carried the Order of Reference; but declared, That he 
did not know of any one Fee that was given upon Occa- 
fion of that Bufinefs: That he never fpoke to Mr. Attor- 
ney in his Life, but upon a Cafe in relation to a Matter 
in Trade, which now lies before him; and never attended 
him upon any other Occafion: 

Being crofs-examined, he faid, That he was one of 
thofe who folicited the Charter; and, upon that Occa- 
fion, atterided the late Attorney and Solicitor General : 
That they advifed with the Solicitor as their Counfel, and 
gave him Five Guineas ; and that he put them in a Way 
of getting their Charter: He perufed their Petition, and 
perufed and corrected their Draught of a Charter; and 
told them, If they applied to the Clerk of the Council, 
he would get it referred to the Attorney or Solicitor, not 
Attorney and Solicitor, and to the Board of Trade: 

That the Clerk of the Council having told him, That 
the Reference was made to the late Attorney and Solicitor 
General, and to the Board of Trade, the Witnefs ftaid 
till the late Attorney came out of the Council; when he 
took notice of thofe that were the Petitioners, then at- 
tending ; and, upon fpeaking to him of it, he declared, 
That he approved the Thing very much, and wondered 
how Infurances could be carried on fo long without a 
Charter: 

That he gave the late Attorney General Forty Guineas, 
and the Solicitor General Five-and-twenty, befides feve- 
ral Fees, which he before gave to the Solicitor, upon 
advifing with him: 

That he had long Difcourfes with the Solicitor upon 
Points and Objections railed againft them by the Mer- 
chants: They raifed all the Objections they could think 
of ; and the Solicitor anfwered them 3; and, in the Conclu- 
fion, faid thus upon the whole Matter ; 1 can fee no man- 
ner of Objection to a Charter, unlefs we could hit upon 
fomething that was never thought of by Man: 

That the Witnefs called feveral times upon him: And 
he never faid One Word againft them, till the Night be- 
tore he figned the Report againft them; and then he men- 
tioned the Letter from Billingsley, which the Witnefs 
never knew One Word of before : 

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That for explaining the Words, ‘or Solicitor,” in the 
Reference, the Witnefs declared, He thought Mr. Soli- 
citor, at the fame time, faid, That it will be in your 
Power to bring it to me, if you think fit. 

Being afked, Whether there was any Attendance upor 
the late Attorney, or Solicitor, between the Sixth of 
March, and the Tenth, 1737; he anfwered, He could 
not be particular as to the laft Time of attending either 
of them; but believed it was upon the 7th, 8th, or gth, 
of March 1717: That he gave Billingsley no Authority 
to fign the Letter he fent ; and that the Solicitor never 
fhewed any Refentment to him till the Night before-men- 
tioned. 

Being afked, Whether Mr, Solicitor General confined 
his Expreffion to this, That he would do them Juttice, if 
they came to him; he anfwered, That he always under- 
ftood his Words to be in their Favour: That, after they 
had difcourfed with Mr. Solicitor of that Affair, and on 
the Objections the Merchants might raife againft them, 
and all the Objections he or they could raife themfelves, 
Mr. Solicitor declared, That he could not fee any Ob- 
jection to their having fuch a Charter, unlefs they could 
hit upon fomething that had never been hit upon by Man, 
and this he believed Mr. Solicitor could not deny, if he 
were upon his Oath: 

That he never heard of any Offer of a Subfcription for 
10,000 /, till after Difcovery of Briingsley’s Letter; and 
is very pofitive, That though he attended Mr. Solicitor, 
and the late Mr. Attorney General, on a Hearing, after 
that Letter, and was with Mr. Solicitor at his Chamber, 
he never expreffed to him any Refentment of that Letter 
till the Night he figned his Report of the 12th of March 
1717-18, though the Witnefs had been at his Chamber: 
And the Witnefs declared, That he never heard of that 
Letter of the Tenth of Marcb till fince it was produced 
in this Committee; and faid, That the Refentment which 
Mr. Solicitor exprefied, was, That Money had been 
offered: He did not fay One Word about Stock. 

Sir Fuftus Beck, being called, and examined as to any 
Power given for Difpofing of Money in the Affair of the 
Mines Royal ; and as toany Money diftributed ; declared, 
He knew of no fuch Power to difpofe; nor of any Mo- 
ney diftributed, but what is entered in their Books. 

And, being afked what Converfation he ever had with 
the prefent Attorney General ; he faid, He never had the 
Honour to fpeak to him, or to the former Attorney 
General, or to the Solicitor General. 

Mr. Zachariah Foxall, being called, and examined 
touching the Letter fent Two Years ago by Billingsiey to 
the late Mr. Attorney and Mr. Solicitor General, and the 
Time when it was difcovered, faid, That, between the 
Time of the Report of the late Attorney General, and 
that of the Board of Trade, he was informed of a Letter 
fent by Billingsley to the late Attorney and Solicitor 
General, which he thought very fcandalous: And there- 
upon he told Billingsley, That if he would not difcover 
the Contents of the Letter, and by what Authority he 
fent it, to the end the Gentlemen concerned, and who 
knew nothing of it, might defend themfelves, they would 
appear no farther in the Matter: And that, upon their 
afking him by what Authority he made the Offer in that 
Letter, he faid, He had a general Power to make what Offer 
he thought proper; but the Gentlemen of their Commit 
tee difowned giving him any fuch Power. 

Sir Alexander Cairnes, being examined touching any 
Diftribution, or Power to diftribute Money either in the 
Affair of the Mines Royal, or that of York Buildings, 
declared, He knew of no fuch Power, or Diftribution. 

And, being examined touching his being concerned in 
that Affair, he faid, He came into it upon the Advice of 
Mr. Solicitor, who was a Subfcriber; but afterwards had 
his Name ftruck out, for Conveniency of the Reference. 

Cafe Billingsley being examined, it appeared by his Evi- 
dence, That, Two Years ago, a Project of Infurance was 
fet on foot, after Advice with the Solicitor General, who 
had Five Guineas upon that Occafion, and perufed the 
Draught of a Charter ; and advifed getting the Reference 

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to the Attorney, or himfelf, that it might be in his Power 
to do Juftice; which Expreffion was underftood by the 
Projeétors in a favourable Sehfe, as approving their 
Scheme : He told them, He would do them Juftice; and 
was fo kind as to ftate all Objections, and to aniwer them 
himfelf; and declared, He thought there could be no Ob- 
jection to their having a Charter, unlefs they could hit 
upon fomething that had never been thought of by Man: 

That the iate Attorney General, coming out of the 
Council when the Petition was read, took particular No- 
tice of the Petitioners who were then attending, and told 
them, They muft have a Charter: They gave 40 Gui- 
_ neas to him, and Twenty-five to the Solicitor General : 

That there was a Hearing after the Sixth of March 
1717, and no Notice was taken of any Letter received ; 
but Mr. Solicitor took notice of Objections to the Char- 
ter, which he anfwered himfelf: And Mr. Solicitor ad- 
vifed them to get a Petition for an Incorporation for the 
Thames Water Affair, and advifed the Projectors to get 
the Reference to the Attorney or Solicitor General; and 
affured them, he would do them Juftice; and faid, That 
if it was referred to the prefent Attorney General, he might 
be againit it, if he knew the Solicitor was interefted in 
it: ‘That this was about Four or Five Months ago: That 
upon this Application for a Charter, Mr. Solicitor ftruck 
his Name out of the Subfcription; and faid, It was be- 
caufe he did not know but that the Reference might come 
to him. 

Fames Vernon Efquire, One of the Clerks of his Ma- 
jeity’s moft honourable Privy Council, having Leave from 
his Majefty to be examined, faid, That he attended in 
Council upon the Eighth of Fanuary, when the Refer- 
ences were nade to the prefent Attorney General alone : 

And, being afked what was the Direction given in 
Council touching thofe References, he faid, That the Di- 
rection was, That they fhould be referred to Mr. Attorney 
General. 

And, being alfo afked, Whether the Orders of Refer- 
ence are drawn up different from the Directions that were 
given in Council; he aniwered, ‘That he was fure they 
were not: 

And faid farther, That, upon looking into the Refer- 
ences in Council, ever fince the Reftoration, for One Re- 
ference to the Attorney General and Solicitor, or to the 
Attorney or Solicitor, there are Five to the Attorney 
alone. 

The Schedule mentioned in the Report, and to which 

the Report refers. 

N° 1. 6th March 1717-18. Letter directed to Sir 
William Thompfon Solicitor General figned Bradly and 
Billingsley : 

N° 2. 6th March 1717-18. Letter directed to Sir 
Edward Northey Attorney General, figned Bradly and 
Billingsly: 

N° 3. 10th March 1717-18. Letter dire&amp;ed to Sir 
Wm. Thompson Solicitor General, figned Bradly and Bil- 
lingsley : 

N° 4. roth March 1717-18. Letter directed to Sir 
Edward North: Attorney General, figned Bradly and 
Billingsley : 

N&amp; 5. 2d Fune 1718. Letter directed to Sir Wm. 
Thompson, figned Cafe Billingsley : 

7th March 1719. An Account of the Steps 
that have been taken to procure a Patent for infuring 
Ships and: Merchandize, while that Affair was commited 
to Mr. Yames Bradley and Ca/e Billingsley, figned Cafe 
Billingsley. 

12 Merch 1717-8. Report from Sir Ed- 
ward Northey and Sir William Thompfon, Attorney and 
Solicitor General, on the Petitions for and againft an In- 
corporation to infure Ships and Merchandize; with the 
original Orders of Reference; and Copies of the faid Pe- 
titions, and Six Affidavits, relating thereto; all annexed. 

Muy the 3oth, 1718. Copy of the Report 
from the Lords Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations, 
on the Petition of feveral Lords, and others, praying a 


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A. 1719. 


Charter to carry on a Fifhing Trade; and the Petition 
and Order of Reference thereupon. 

12 November 1719. Copy of a Report from 
Mr. Attorney and Mr. Solicitor General, on the Peti- 
tion of feveral Lords, and others, fubfcribing the fame, 
praying to be incorporated to carry on a Fifhing Trade, 
together with a Copy of a Letter trom the South Sea 
Company relating thereto; and the Petition, and Order 
of Reference thereupon. 

3d March 1719. Copy of a Report from Mr. 
Attorney General, on the Petition of the Governors, Al- 
fiftants, and Societies, for the Mines Royal, Mineral 
and Battery Works, praying to be incorporated for in- 
furing Ships, &amp;¢.; and alfo on the Petition of feveral 
Merchants of London and Brifioll, praying a Refumption 
of the faid Mines, Charter, Soc. with 27 Affidavits, &amp;e, 
annexed; and the Petition, and Order of Reterence there- 
upon. 

; 5th March 1719. A Copy of the Report from 
his Majefty’s Attorney General, on the Petition of the 
Lord Onflow, and others, praying fora Charter to infure 
Ships and Merchandize at Sea; and the Petition, and 
Order of Reference thereupon. 

7th March 1719. Reporte of Mr. Attorney 
General, on the Petition of the Lord Chetwynd, and fe- 
veral Merchants of Loudon, and others, thereto fub- 
{cribing, praying to be incorporated for infuring Ships 
and Merchandize at Sea; together with a Paper Book, 
and Four other Papers, relating thereto, annexed; and 
the Petition, and Order of Reference thereupon. 

March 9th, 1719. Report from Mr. Attorney 
General, on the Petition of feveral Merchants for a 
Charter of Incorporation to infure Ships and Merchan- 
dize 3 together with Eleven Affidavits, and other Papers, 
relating thereto, annexed; and the Petition, and Order 
of Reference thereupon, 

1oth March 1719. Report from Mr. Attorney 
General, upon the Petition of the Earl of Weftmorland, 
€c/ Proprietors of the Water-works at York Buildings ; 
likewife on the Petition of Sir Fames Hallet, &amp;c. for 
Charters of Incorporation to grant Annuities on Lives ; 
and the Petitions, and Orders of Reference thereupon. 


Refolved, That the feveral Informations in the faid 
Report mentioned to have been given to the faid Com- 
mittee by Sir William Thompfon Knight, a Member of 
this Houfe, tending to accufe the Right honourable Ni- 
cholas Lechmere Etquire, bis Majefty’s Attorney General, 
and One of his Majelty’s moft honourable Privy Council 
of corrupt and evil Practices, are malicious, falfe, {candal- 
ous, and utterly groundlefs. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That the 
Right honourable Nicholas Lechmere Efquire, Attorney 
General to his Majefty, has difcharged his Truft in the 
Matters referred to him by his Majeity in Council, men- 
tioned in the faid Report, with Honour and Integrity. 

Ordered, That the iaid Report, with the Proceedings of 
the Houfe thereupon, and the Letters, and Reports, and 
other Papers, referred to thérein, be printed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do appoint the Printing of 
the faid Report and Proceedings: And that no other 
Perfon do prefume to print the fame, but fuch as he fhall 
appoint. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for preferving and encouraging the Woollen and 
Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom ; and for the more 
effectual employing the Poor; by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes 
and Linens, except only fuch Linens as are of the Growth 
and Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland; 

And a Motion being made and the Queftion being 
put, That this Houfe will, To morrow, at Twelve of the 
Clock, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

4 Refolved, 





6 Geo. I. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Téurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 








Sabbati, 19° die Martii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 
Olonel Fane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an Act, 
patied in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for repairing the Highways leading from 
the Stones End in Kent-freet to the Lime-kilns in Eaf 
Greenwich, near Blackheath, and to Lewifham Church, 
being the Tunbridge Road, in the County of Kent; and 
for repairing and amending the Highways and Reads 
leading from Wefiminfter Ferry, in the Parifh of Lam- 
beth, inthe County of Surry, to New Crofs, in the Parifh 
of Deptford, in the County of Kent, was committed ; 
That they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Cierk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were once read throughout; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and upon the 
Queftion feveral put thereupon, One of them was dif- 
agreed with, and the Refidue, with Amendments to fome 
of them, agreed unto, by the Houle, 
Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments be in- 
groficd. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte. to confider 
‘further of the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
That no Perfon be capable of making any Affefiment, 
purfuant to this Act, who does not pay for a Hundred 
Pound per Annum to the Land Tax; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, ow pins, — 59. 

Lord William Powlett, 
Tellers for the Noes, } sit Titik Veunaid $ i 64. 

So it pafied in the Negative. 

The Houfe being informed, That the High Conftable 
for the City and Liberties of Wefiminfter attended at the 
Door ; 

He was called ‘in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to the Order of Monday laft, the Books 
by which the Colle€tions were made for the Nighly Watch 
for One Year laft patt. 

And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the faid Bocks be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 

The Houte being informed, That the High Conftable 
for Holborn Divifion attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 


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311 


Houfe, purfuant to the Order of Monday laft, the Books 
by which the Collections were made for the Nightly 
Watch for the Parith of Saint Giles in the Fields, and 
Out Wards of the Parifh of Saint Andrew's Holbourn, 
except the Ward of Hatton Garden, which was not yet 
brought in to him. 

And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the faid Books be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch, is committed. 

A Motion being made, and the Queition being pur, 
That it be an Inttruétion to the faid Committee, That 
they have Power to receive a Claufe, That the Powers to 
be given by the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch in 
the City and Liberties of We/tminjier may be executed by 
the Dean, High Steward, and Burgefles, of the faid 
City, conftituted by the Statute of the Twenty-feventh of 
Queen Elizabeth ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Sir Fobn Stoneboufe, 
Tellers for the Yeas, nas’ Goleet fe i 52. 
Sir Tho. Lee, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Minfull: t 98. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee upon 
the faid Bill. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Lord William Powlett took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord William Powlett reported from the Commit- 
tee, That they had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; 
and had directed him to move, That they may’ have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, Vhat this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, at Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into.a Com- 
mittee, of the whole Houle, to confider further of the faid 
Bill; and nothing to intervene. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 21° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 

PRAYERS. 

HE Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from 
the Auditor of the Exchequer attended at the 
Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to the Order of Friday laft, an Account 
fhewing what the Annuities of Ninety-nine, Ninety-fix, 
Fighty-nine, and Thirty-two, Years, do amount unto; 
and alfo the unfubfcribed Lottery Tickets, Anno 1710: 
And alfo, 

An Account of the principal Money remaining unpaid 
on the Second Lottery, uno 1719. 

And then he withdrew. — 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

The faid Accounts are as follow; viz. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, in Parliament afflembled; __ 
N Account fhewing how much the Whole of the Anuities for 96 Years, 89 Years, and gg Years, intended to 
be taken in by Purchafe, or Subfcription, upon the Propofal of the Souib Sea Company, accepted by the ho- 


nourable the Hou‘e of Commons, as the fame do now fiand charged upon each Fund, or Security, refpectively, doth 
amount unto: And how much the Annuities, now payable after the Rate of g/l. per Cent. per Annum for T wenty- 
two Years, and Three Quarters of a Year, in the faid Propofal mentioned ; and how much the Annuities now pay- 
able for Twenty-three Years, upon the unfub{cribed Lottery Tickets of 1710; do alfo amount aur 4 

4 ee 


The Act of the 4th 
of King Wm, and 
Queen Mary. 
The Act of the sth 
of King Wm. and Annuities on 2-7ths Excife for 96 Years 
Queen Mary. 


Annuities of 142, per Cent. for One Life, afterwards turned into certain 
Terms of 96 and 89 Years — 124,409 1 9 


= —_— 


— 15,236 12 0 


The 








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312 4.1719. 
&amp;° wre 

a rns apt f Annuities on 3,700/. per Week, Excife for 99 Years _ 104,745 10 6; 
bs aaar dd Third } Annuities on ditto, for 99 Years | =&gt; ~~ — 46,000 0 0 
Thea el Annuities, Anno 1706, for 99 Years _ — —184,242 14 0 
pe sont be: se Annuities 4uno 1707, for 99 Years _ — — 72,187 10 0. 
pe is Annuities of 40,0001. per Annum, Anno 1708, for 99 Years — — 40,000 0 o 
ea Ques Annuities of 80,000/. per Annum, Anno 1708, for 99 Years — — 80,000 0 oO 
samme | Annuities of 91. per Cent. per Annum, Anno 1710, for 32 Years — 81,000 0 o 
Another Act of the 

_— of Quen | Unfubfcribed Lottery Tickets, 4nno 1710, for 32 Years — — 46,260 6 1 

Exchequer, the 794,081 14 43 
2ift March 1719. $. Fox. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, 


and Burgeffes, in Parliament affembled ; 


AN Account fhewing what principal Sum does now remain unpaid on the Second Lottery ‘Aa, Anno 1719, 
which carries an Intereft at the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, till Payment thereof. 


The Aé of the 5th 
of King George, 
Exchequer, the 

21ft March 1719 


Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be peruied by the Members of the Houfe. 


{ Second Lottery, Anno 1719 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Burdus, Pay- 
mafter of the Civil Lift Lottery, attended at the 
Door ; 





500,000 0 Oo 
F. Fox. 


He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, anAccount of the principal Sum remaining unpaid 
on the Lottery Anno 1713. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as follows; viz. 


AN Account of the principal Sum now remaining unpaid on her late Majefty’s Letters Patents for the Lottery 


Anno 1713. 
Original principal Sum 
Principal Sum difcharged 


Principal Sum remaining undifcharged 
March 19th, 1719. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Barton, Compt- 
roller of the One million Four hundred thoufand Pounds 
Lottery, attended at the Door ; 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, 





— 633,010 o o 
— 69,710 0 Oo 








— 563,300 0 0 





Tho. Spence, Comptroller. 
Tho. Burdus, Paymatter. 


He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account fhewing what Principal remains un- 
paid on the Blanks and Prizes of the Lottery, uno 1714. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as follows; viz. 


and Burgeffes, in Parliament affembled ; 


AN Account fhewing what principal Sums do now remain unpaid for the Blanks and Prizes in ‘the 1,400,000 /, 


Lottery, Anno 1714. 
Total of the Principal to be difcharged, was _— 
Whereof difcharged, at, and before, Michaelmas 1719 


So remains unpaid 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Moor, Pay- 
mafter of the Army Debentures, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of what the Army Debentures amount 
to, from the Firft Appointment of the Commiffioners for 
determining the faid Debts, to the Tenth of March 1719. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as follows; viz. 


AN Account fhewing what the Debentures for the 
Army Debts amount to, from the Firft Appointment 


Prizes at 4./. per Cent. 
719,040 O O 
67,020 0 Oo 


Blanks at 5/. per Cent. 
1,157,360 0 0 
101,370 O O 








1,055,990 O O 652,020 O Oo 











Matb. Barton, Comptroller. 


of the Commiffioners for determining the faid Debts, to 
the Tenth of March 1719, made out purfuant to the 
feveral Aéts of Parliament in that behalf, 
Thomas More, Paymafter, who was 

appointed by the Treafury for 

this Service — 1,591,914 5 6; 
Colonel Thomas More, \ate Paymatter 


General of the Forces abroad — 95724 19 5: 
Sir Roger Moyftyn Baronet, late Pay- 

mafter General of the Marine 

Forces — — 1,620 6 9gf 





1,603,259 11 9 


Debentures 











6 Geo. ‘1. 


Debentures direéted by the above- 
mentioned Commiffioners, not tobe 








out without fome further Authority 727 16 4k 
The Whole amounts to -#- -=-- 1,603,987 8 1% 
aift March 1719. Thomas More. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


The Mafter of the Rolls prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to prevent the impious Practice 
of Duelling: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for annexing the late Duke of Shrew/bury’s Eftate to the 
Earldom of Shrew/bury; and confirming Gilbert Earl of 
Shrewfbury’s Settlement, in order thereto; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. Ireby, Mr. Neville, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. 


Hampden, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Farrer, Colonel Stan- . 


bope, Sir Wm. Thompfon, Mr. Foley, Sir Hum. Briggs, 
Mr. Lawfon, Lord Downes, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir 
Tho. Fobnfon, Mafter of the Rolls, Lord Cardery, Mr. 
Plumer, Lord Chetwynd, Lord Finch, Sir Fobn. Curzon, 
Mr. Carterett, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Knight, 
Sir Fobn Norris, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pigott, 
Sir Bryan Broughton, Mr. Grove, Mr. Herne, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Freman, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Gybbon, 
Mr. Cazer; and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Salop, Worcefter, Berks, Chefter, Stafford, Oxford, 
Wilts, and Derby: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 


at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And all 


that come are to have Voices, 


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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


313 

A Petition of Richard Lord Vilcount Fitz William, 
and George Pitt Efquire, next Friends unto, and on the. 
behalf of, George Talbot, an Infant of very tender Years, 
Son and Heir apparent of the honourable George Talbot, 
by Mary his Wife, late Mary Fitz William, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That an 
ingroffed Bill is brought dowa from the Houfe of Lords, 
intituled, An A&amp; for annexing the late Duke of Sdrew/- 
bury’s Eftate to the Earldom of Shrew/bury; and confirm- 
ing Gilvert Earl of Shréw/ury’s Settlement, in order 
thereto; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : That 
the Petitioners are advifed, that there are fevera! Claufes 
in the faid Bill, whicl tend to the Prejudice of the faid 
Infant: And praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, at the Committee, to whom the faid Bill ‘hall 
be referred, againft feveral Claufes in the faid Bill con-. 
tained. , 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the ingroffd Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act for annexing the late 
Duke of Shrew/bury’s E-ftate to the Earldom of Shrew 
bury ; and confirming Gilbert Karl of Shrew/bury’s Settle- 
ment, in order thereto; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; is committed: And that the Petitioners be 
heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Committee, if 
they think fit. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Monteage, 
Accomptant General of the Bank of England, attended 
at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, a Specification and Amount of principal Sums, for 
which Annuities are to be paid by the Cafhier of the 
Bank of England, till the Redemption thereof. 

And then he withdrew , 

The Title of the faid Specification and Amount was 
read. 

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Ordered, That the faid Specification and Amount do 
lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 
Houle. : 


The Orders.of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into. a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majetty. 


A Bill for enabling the South Sea Company to increafe 
their Capital Stock, or Fund, by redeeming fuch publick 
Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and 
for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening feveral of 
the publick Debts and Incumbrances ; and for calling in 
the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled ; and 

’ for making forth new Exchequer Bills, in lieu thereof, 
to be circulated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near 
the Exchequer; was read a Second time. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill be committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Min ny re Powlebts k 201. 

Tellers for the Noes, Hal Brana f 131. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday, Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Honywood, Mr. Banks, Sir. Fifher 
Tench, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Weliphaling, Mr. Brace, 
Mr. Walcott; and, all the Merchants of the Houfe; be 
added to the Committee, to whom the Bill for continuing 
fo much of an Aét, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign 
of her late Majefty Queen 4am, intituled, An Act for 
the reviving and continua, Se Acts, therein men- 
tioned, for the preventing Mifchiefs which may happen 
by Fire; for building and repairing County Gaels; for 
exempting Apothecaries from ferving Parifh and Ward 
Offices, and ferving upon Juries; and relating to the Re- 
turning of Jurors; as relates to the building and repair- 
ing County Gaols ; is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-motrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. . 





Martis, 22° die Martii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, inticuled, An Ac&amp; 

for confirming a Partition made between the Right 

honourable George Lord Carbery Baron of Carbery, in 

the Kingdom of Ireland, and Henry Obrien Elquire, of 

certain Manors, Lands, and:Hereditaments, ‘in the feve- 

ral Counties of Northampton and Rutland, was read 2 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Barrington, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Peirfe, Mr. Cholmley, 
Lord Molefworth, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Kel- 
fall, Mr. Mickletbwaite, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Wentworth, Mr. Clayton; Mr. Eden, Mr. Herne, Mr. 
Butler, Sir Richard Goffe, Sir Roger Hill, Mr. Hutchefon, 
Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Weftpbaling, Sir Robert ‘fenkinfon, Mr, Bankes, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Maly- 
neux, Liord Morpeth, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Churchill, Mr. 
Morgan, Sit Robert Corbett, Mr. Trenchard, Mr. Harrifon, 
Mr. Wallop, Mr. Foley, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Hill, Sir Fobn 
Pakington, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Pulteney, 
General Rafe, Colonel Blakefton, Mr. Grove, Mr. Cater, 


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315 
Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Bigg; and all the Members that 


ferve for the County of Northampton: And they are to 


meet this Afternoon, at Five a Ciock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. 
Lightboun : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for preferving and improving the Navigation of the 


River "Qu/e, in the County of Huntingdon, without any 
Amendment. 


And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An AG 
for inclofing the Common commonly called Baltonfbury 
Common, in the Parifhes‘of Balton/bury and Bradly, in the 
County of Somerjfet, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr: Farrer, 
Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Molyneux, Sir Wujred 
Lawfon, Mr. Weftern, Mr. Wilmer, Sir Tho. Samwell, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Yonge; Mr. Onflow, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Sit Tho. Fobnfony Mr. Carterett, Mr. Hillor/ivx, 
Mr. Neville, Mr. Bond, Mr. Clarke, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mic. 
Heyfoam, Mr. Norris, Sir Nath. ‘Mead, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Law/fon, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Roberts, Sir Tho. Wheate, 
Colonel Morton, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Sir Richard Goffe; 
and all that ferve for the Counties of Somerfett and Dor- 


Jett: And they are:to meet this “Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for making the River 
Weaver navigable from Winsford Bridge to Frod{ham 
Bridge, in the County of Cheffer, be read the Third time 
upon this Day Sevennight, in a full Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Eftate ‘late of Gilbert Nicholetts Efquire, 
deceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debts, and 
Sifters Portions; and for making Provifion for his Widow 
and Child ; was réad-a’Second time.  : 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Foley, 
Mr. Herne, ‘Mr. Hungerford, Sir Tho. Sebright, Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. Chetwynd; Mr. Frevanion, Mr. Molyneux, 
Mr. Pelham, Mr. Weftpbaling, ‘Sit Robert Corbett, Mr. 
Corbett, Sir Hen. Bunbury, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Norris, 
Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Yonge, Mr3Chelmlev, Mr. Edwards, 
Mr. Heron, Sir Geo. €afwall, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Trelew- 
ney, Mr. Leicefier, Mr. Plumptre, Sir John Norris, Mr. 
Bankes, Sir Tho. Wheate, Sir’ Richard Gofft, Mr. Clay- 
ton, Mr. Parry, *Mr. Devereux,’ Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Smith, Lord Molefwortb, 
Mr..Coplefione, Mr. Weftern, Mr. Earl, Mr. unrce, Mr. 
Anftis, Six Alexander Cumyns; and all the Members that 
ferve for the Counties of Hereford, Worcefter, and Salop : 
And they are to’ meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners, Millers, and Oc- 
cupiers, of the feveral Mills on the River Colney, and 
others, in and near the Town of Uxbridge, in the County 
of Middlefex, on the behalf of themfelves, and many others, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
there is a Bill brought in, and read, for the incorporating 
feveral Undertakers for the better accommodating the 
Inhabitants in and about the Cities of London and Weft- 
minfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water; which Under- 
takers intend to cut a River, or Stream, out of the River 
Colney, between Saint, Albans and Watford, in the County 
of Hertford, to put their Project in Execution ; which 
River, or Stream, fo diverted, muft totally deftroy all 
the Mills on the faid River, or fo weaken the River, 
that the Mills will be of little Ufe to grind Corn; and 
though the Water, fo diverted, may be of Ufe to the 
City of Weftminfier, and Parts adjacent, yet far greater 
will the Damage be to the City of London, when they 
fhall want Bread: That the Market of Uxbridge will be 


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ruined and fpoiled, and the Town in general impoverifhed, 
the Vent: of Corn much leffened, and fome T houfands 
ot Families ruined: And praying to be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bull. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for 
the better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about 
the Cities of London and Weftminfier, and the Parts adja- 
cent, with Water, be read a Second ume. 


Mr. Hampden reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Merchants trading to Virginia, 
New England, and the reft of the Plantations in America, 
as well as of divers Ship- builders, Ropemakers, and others 
concerned in Ship-building and Navigation, was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame .was read; and is as follows; 
VIZ. 

The Committee having taken into Confideration the 
faid Petition; and examined feveral Merchants, ‘to 
prove the Allegations therein contained ; 

Mr. Perry, Mr.. Benja. Bradley, Mr. Fof. Gee, Mr. 
James Bradley: By whofe Evidence it appeared, That the 
Manufacturers of Iron were under great Difficulties to 
carry on their Bufinefs, occafioned by the Dearnefs there- 
of; feveral Merchants declaring, that Iron was raifed from 
Fourteen to Twenty-fix Pounds per Ton: 

That the Danes have raifed their Deal Boards to double 
the Price they were at Four Years fince: And that Deal 
Boards, that ufed to be fold for Fight Dollars per Hun- 


dred in Nirway, are,now fold for Eighteen Dollars: And. 


that Deals, that ufed tobe fold for Five Pounds per Hun- 
dred in London, are now fold for Seven Pounds, and Seven 
Pounds Ten Shillings, per Hundred. 

It alfo appeared to the-Committee, That the Czar of 
Mujfcovy, having now got into his Poffeffion Riga, Narva, 
Revell, and divers other Places, from whence we receive 
our Supplies of Hemp and Flax, can prevent our import- 
ing fufficient Quantities to carry on our Navigation and 
Trade. - 

It likewife appeared to the Committee, That our Plan- 
tations in America; viz. Virginia, Maryland, Penfilvania, 
New York, New England, and feveral other Places in the 
Plantations; do abound with Iron-ftone, and all other 
Conveniences for making Pig-iron; and ‘have all Sorts of 
Timber for Boards; and have Ground capable and proper 
for fowing Hemp and Flax. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in, a Bill for 
encouraging the Importation of Hemp, Flax, and: Deal 
Boards, from the Plantations; And that Mr. Hampden, 
Mr. Barrington, Mr. Heyfoam, and Mr. Yonge, do. pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. : 


The Order of the Day. being read, for the Third Read- 
ing of the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better fecuring the Dependency of the Kingdom 
of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain; 

The Bill was read the Third time. ' 

An ingroffed Claufe was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read, for confirming Judgments and Decrees heretofore’ 
made by the Houfe of Lords in Jréand:* * 

And a Debate arifing, whether the fame fhould be read 
a Second time; ; 

A Motion being made, and the 
That the Debate be adjourned ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Vig vege) 2 : t 158 

Lord Hinchinbrook, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Cholmley : i 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned until Saturday 
Morning next. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houle 


Queftion being put, 


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A. I 719: 


to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Act of. Parliament, 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An Aé for the Encouraging and In- 
creafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im. 
portation of the Produét or Manufacture of 4fa from 
any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas ; 

A Petition of feveral Clothiers of the City and County 
of Gloucefter, on behalf of themfelves, and many others, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the French drive a great Trade to the Dominions of the 
Grand Signior; and fend large Quantities of Woollen’ 
Cloths of their own Fabrick, bringing the Return in Silk, 
and other Products, of 4fia: That, having the Privilege of 
fending fuch Silk, &amp;c. to this Market, by Way of Leg- 
born, and the Englifb being prohibited fending any Turky . 
Goods to France, is a very great Difcouragement to the 
Turky Trade, and Hindrance to the Exporters of the 
Woollen Cloths, and other Produéts, of this Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for repealing fo much of an Aét of Parliament,. 
of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Se- 
cond, intituled, An Act for the Encouraging and Increaf- 
ing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Impor- 
tation of the Product or Manufacture of Afa from any 
Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, is committed. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee, : 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Carterett took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. °° 

Mr. Carterett reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made fome Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafé to receive the’ farne, 

Ordered, That the -faid Report be received upon. this 
Day Sevennight, in a full Houfe. rege : 


- And then the Houfe adjournéd till To-morrow Morn-’ 
ing, Nine of the Clock. Sy 


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Mercurii, 23° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

for vefting the Eftate of Yobn. Pendarves, late of 
Rofcrow, in the County of Cornwall, Efquire, deceafed, 
in new Truftees, to and for the fame Ufes, Intents, and 
Purpofes, as are mentioned in his Will, was read a Se- 
cond. time. sine apt app 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to. Colonel Ste- 

phens, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Farrer, Sir Fobn Bland, Sir 
Wm. Carew, Mr. Knight, Lord Morpeth, Mr: Anfis, 
Mr. Calmady, Mr. Conyers, Lord Wm, Powlett, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Fohn Hind Cotton, Sir Wo. : 
Wyndham, Sir Hen. Bunbury, Mr. Hyde,.»Mri Drake, 
Mr. Pitt, Mr. Edwards, Sir. Tho. Sebright,, Mr. Swan- 
ton, Colonel Fleming, Mr. Heyfbam, Mr. Earl, Mr. Ba- 
con, Mr. Freman, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Hutchefon, Sir Ro- 
bert Davers, Mr. Harrifon,; and all the Members that 
ferve forthe Counties of Cormwal] and Devon: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speak: 
er’s Chamber, 


A Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the City 
of Briftoll was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners have, with great Hazard, In- 
duftry, ‘and Refolution, carried on, maintained, and very 
much increafed, Trade and Navigation, where tolerated, 
and not. confined to exclufive Monopoly; to the great 
Encouragement of the Briti/o Trade, and the Manufactures 
of this Kingdom: That, the Capital Stock of the Soush 
Sea Company being to be.enlarged to a very great Sum, 
the Petitioners. apprehend, that, if the faid Vornonet 

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fhould not be reftrained from trading otherwife than they 
are allowed to do by the Act of Parliament which elta- 
blifhed them, they will be able to opprets all private Mer- 
chants in any Branch of Trade, whenever’ the Company 
fhall think fit; fo that the Petitioners, and all the Out 
Ports of Great Britain, muft, in a few Years, be utterly 
ruined: And praying, That they may be fecured in the 
free Enjoyment of their refpective Trades, by confining 
the South Seg Company in their Trade. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants of Londen, in behalf 
of themfelves, and others, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That, the capital Stock of the 
South Sea Company being, by a Bill now depending, to 
be enlarged to a great Sum, the Petitioners are very ap- 

rehenfive, that they will employ Part thereof to under- 
take, and carry on, whatever Trade they fhall judge moft 
profitable; which will be to the Prejudice of the Trade 
of this Nation, and the Ruin of many of the Petitioners, 
who mutt relinquifh their refpective Trades: And pray- 
ing, That their Trade may be fecured, by laying the Go- 
vernor and Company trading to the South Seas, &amp;c. under 
fome Reftraints in Trade. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, 
and other Merchants and Traders, of the Town and Port 
of Liverpooll, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, Thar, 
the Capital Stock of the South Sea Company being to be 
enlarged to a vaft Sum, the Petitioners apprehend, that, 
if that Company be not reftrained from trading further 
than they are allowed to do by the Act of Parliament 
which eftablifhed them, and. by the original Afiento Con- 
tract with his moft Catholick Majefty, granted them, 
they will, when they think fit, be enabled to opprefs all 
private Merchants in any Branch of Trade: And pray- 
wg, That their Trade may be fecured to them, by con- 
fining the faid Company in their Trade.” 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, 
and other Felonies; and for the more effectual Tranf{- 
portation of Felons; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for 
enabling the South Sea Company to increafe their Capital 
Stock,orFund, by redeeming fuch publickDebts and Incum- 
brances as are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, 
to be applied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts and 
Incumbrances ; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer 
Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making forth new 
Exchequer Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and ex- 
changed, upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer; 

Ordered, That the Account fhewing what the Annui- 
ties of Ninety-nine, Ninety-fix, Eighty-nine, and Thirty- 
two, Years, do amount unto; and alfo the unfub{cribed 
Lottery Tickets, 4uno 1710; be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the principal Sum re- 
maining unpaid on the Lottery, Anno 1713, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account fhewing what Principal 
remains unpaid on the Blanks and Prizes of the Lottery, 
Anno 1714, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of what the Army Deben- 
tures amount to, from the Firft Appointment of the Com- 
miffioners for determining the faid Debts to the Fenth of 
March 1719, .be referred to the faid Committee, 

Ordered, That the Account of the principal Money 
remaining unpaid on the Second Lottery, dana 1719, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

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347 

_ Ordered, That the Specification and Amount of prin- 
cipal Sums, for which Annuities are to be paid by the 
Cathier of the Bank of England tilt the Redemption there- 
of, be referred to the faid Committee. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That, for rendering effectual, and certain to the Publick, 
the Undertaking of the South Sea Company to take in 
the Annuities for certain Terms of Years, it be an In- 
ftruction to the faid Committee, That they have Power 
to receive Propofals from the South Sea Company, where- 
by it may be fixed and determined what Share or Shares 
of and in the to be increafed Capital Stock of the faid Com- 
pany the Proprietors of the faid Annuities hall be intitled 
to have and enjoy, who fhall voluntarily fub{cribe the 
fame into the faid Stock; or how many Years Purchafe 
in Money they fhall have and receive upon fubferibing, at 
the Choice of the Proprietors; and that the Committee 
have Power to receive a Claufe or Claufes accordingly ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. or 

Mr. Conyers, 
Tellers for the Yeas, be rt eileen i 140. 
-E Mr. Pelbam, 

Tellers for the Noes, 1 Mn Yonge : i 244. 

So it paffed in the Negative. : 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill, 


Ordered, That Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Relt, 
Mr. Henley, Mr. Peter Walter, Mr. Trenckard, be added 
to the Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the 
Lords, intituled, An Aét to enable Kellond Courtney 
Efquire, and Sufanna Prideaux, Infants, under the Age 
of One-and-twenty Years, by the Confent of certain 
Truftees, to grant Leafes of their refpective Parts of the 
Lands late of ohn Kelland K{quire, Charles his Son, and 
Fobn his Grandion, deceafed, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 24° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1719. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 

for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Sir Fobn Chiche/ter 

Baronet, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed-to Colonel Ste- 
phens, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Vernon, Sir Robert Davers, 
Mr. Wilmer, Sir Richard Goffe, Sir Fuftinian Ifham, Mr. 
Earl, Colonel Long, Sir John Pakington, Sit Robert Rich, 
Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Tre- 
lawney, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Powlett, “Mr.' Smith, Mr. 
Knight, Mr. Bradill, Mr. Bacon, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Six 
Hen. Afbburfi, Mr. Milner, Mr. Harris, Sir Tho. Crof:, 
Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Snell, Sir Fobn 
Anfiruther, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Yonge, Sir Tho, 
Palmer, Mr. Digby, Mr. Anjfiis; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Devon, Southampton, Corn- 
wall, Dorfet, and Somerfett: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


Sit A'exander Cumyns reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for afcertaining the Breadths, and prevent- 
ing Frauds and Abufes in manufacturing Serge, Pladings, 

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and Fingrums; and for regulating the Manufactures of 
Stockings; in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland ; 
was committed; That they had made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the tame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feveraily put thereupon, One of 
them was difagreed with, and the Refidue agreed unto, 
by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, irti- 
tuled, An Aé to enable Anne Walker, alias Baughs, a 
Minor, the Wife of Thomas Folliott Walker Gentleman, 
to fell and convey unto the Right honourable William 
Conolly Efquire, and his Heirs, her Share and Proportion 
of feveral Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Heredita- 
ments, in the Kingdom of Jre/and, devifed to her by the 
Jatt Will of Thomas hate Lord Follict, deceafed ; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned; was committed; That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and chat the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that it appeared to the Committee, That 
Notice had been given in Jre/and, purfuant to the Stand- 
ing Order of the Houle, of the Intention to bring in fuch 
an Act of Parliament in Great Britain this Seffion, and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Reynell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Leflees and Farmers of Daniel Whitby Doctor 
in Divinity, and Prebendary of the Prebend of Teington 
Regis, in the Cathedral Church of the Bleed Lady Mary 
the Virgin, of Sarum, and of all fucceeding Prebendaries 
of the faid Prebend, for the Time being, to make Leafes 
of the Copyhold Lands of the feveral Manors of Preffon, 
alias Preffawn, and Church Land, alias the Parfon’s Land, 
in the County of Devon, was committed, That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and foui.d the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Conients to the Bill, totheSatisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had made fome Amendments to the 
Bill; which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were read; and are as follows; 
ViZ. 

Prefs 1. L. 25. Leave out “* Five-and-twentieth,” and 
infert ** Fifteenth :” 

Preis 3. L. 6. Leave out from ‘* that,” to * the,” 
in Line 20th: 

L. 29. Leave out from ‘“ Lands,” to the 
Word ** to,” in Line 3oth. 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion ieverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


Sir Fobn Anftruther reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of 
Beer and Ale that fhail be vended or fold within the Town 
of Pittenweem, and Suburbs thereof, fer repairing the 
Harbour there, and for maintajning other publick Works 
of the Town, was committed, That they had made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him: 
to report to the Houfe;.and he read the fame in his Place; 

"and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments,, ia 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
ance read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. | 


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(A. 1719. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Lewes, in the County of Sufex, in the 
room of Pbilip York Efquire, who, fince his Election 
for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of Solicitor 
Genera! to his Mayefty. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr, 
Lovibond: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making the River Douglas, alias Afland, navigable 
from the River Ribble to Wigan, in the County Palatine 
of Lancafter, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Lawrence Brodrick, an Infant, to perform certain 
Articles of Agreement entered into by Anne his Mother, 
fince deceafed, to whom he is Heir: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
felling and affuring the Manors of Orton and Bottlebridge, 
and other Premiffes, in the County of Huntingdon, to the 
feveral Ufes mentioned in the Will of Margaret late 
Duchefs of Newca/tle, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the Eftates of Sir ohn Hales and Sir Chriftopher 
Tlales Baronets, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold for 
raifing Money for the paying and difcharging the Debts 
and Incumbrances charged thereupon, and affecting the 
fame; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Bill toprevent the impious Practice of Duelling, was 
read a Second time. 

Refo.ved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Lovibond: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
to explain and amend an A&amp;t, paffed the laft Seffions of 
Parliament, intituled, An Act for making more effeétual 
the ieveral Acts paffed for repairing and amending the 
Highways of this Kingdom, with fome Amendments : 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houte. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the Naturalization of Mary Sopbia Charlotte Vifcountels 
Howe, Wife of Scroop Lord Vifcount Howe, of the King- 
dom of Ireland: To which the Lords defire the Concur- 
rence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Sevennight.. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tzefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to repeal fo much of the Act, inti- 
tuled, An Aét for preventing Frauds, and regulating 
Abufes, in his Majefty’s Cuftoms, paffed in the Thir~ 
teenth and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second, 
as relates tothe prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards 
and Fir Timber from Germany. 


Ordered, 





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Ordered, That the Bill for incorporating feveral Under- 
takers for the better accommodating the Inhabitants in 
and about the Cities of London and Weftminfler, and the 
Parts adjacent, with Water, be read a Second time upon 
this Day Sevennight. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners upon the Petition of the 
Ownets, Millers, and Occupiers, of the feveral Mills on 
tlie River Co'ney, and others, in or near the Town of 
Uxbridge, in the County of Middlefex, on the behalf of 
themielves, and many others, which was ordered to lie 
vpon the Table until the faid Bill fhould be read a Se- 
cond time, be then heard, by their Countel, againft the 
faid Bill, if they think fit. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for 
preferving and encouraging the Woollen and Silk Manu- 
faétures of this Kingdom ; and for the more effectual em- 
ploying the Poor; by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of 
all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and Li- 
nens, except only fuch Linens as are of the Growth and 
Manufacture of Great Er'tain, or Ireland ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to 
reftrain Mafter Weavers, and Journeymen Workmen, from 
taking more than a certain Number of Apprentices at a 
time. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittce, That they have Power to receive a Claule to 
reftrain the Wearing or Ufing of all Callicoes ftained, 
checked, ftitched, or flowered, in foreign Parts. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cartereté took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker reftumed the Chair. 

Mr. Carterett reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tuefday 
next, at Twelve of the Clock. 


And then the Houfe adjourned tilf To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 25° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 4720. 


PRAYERS. : 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the Naturalization of Mary Sophia Charlette 
Vifcountefs Howe, Wife of Scroop Lord Vifcount Howe, 
of the Kingdom of /reland, was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét 
to enable Lawrence Brodrick, an Infant, to perform eer- 
tain Articles of Agreement entered into by Anne his Mo- 
ther, fince deceafed, to whom he is Heir, was read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for felling and affuring the Manors of Orton and Bottle- 
bridge, and other Premiffes, in the County of Hunting- 
don, to the feveral Ufes mentioned in the Will of Marga- 
ret late Duchefs of Newcafile; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned; was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time ; 


A Petition of Wiliam Lord Bifhop of Sali/bury was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Houfe having, wpon the Petition of Richard Lord 


Vifcount Fitz William, and George Pitt Efquirey, next 


Friends unto, and on behalf of, George Talbot, an Infant, 
Son and Heir apparent of the honourable George Talbot, 


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319 
by Mary his Wife, ordered, that the faid Petitioners may 
be heard, by their Counfel, at che Committee, to whom the 
Bill; intituled, An Ac for annexing the late Duke of 
Shrewfbury’s Eftate to thie Earldom of Shrew/bury; and 
confirming Gilbert Earl of Shrewary’s Settlement; in 
order thereto; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
is committed; againft fevetal Claules contained therein, if 
they think fic: And praying, That he may be heard, by his 
Counfel, at the fame time, before the faid Committee, in 
Defence of the faid Claufes. 

Ordered, That the Petitioner be heard, before the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Act for annexing the late Duke of Shrew/bury’s 
Eftate to the Eatldom of Shrewfury; and confirming 
Gilbert Earl of Shrew/fbury’s Settlement, in order thereto; 


and for other Purpofes thereif mentioned ; is committed ; 
by his Counfel, if hé think fic. 


Mr. Yonge, from the Commiffioners for examining; 
ftating, and détermining, the Debts due to the Army; 
prefented to the Houfe theif further Report : 

‘And the Ticle thereof wa$ read. 

Ordered; That tlie faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be peruted by the, Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Report is bownd up with the other Papers 

of this Seflion. 


Fhe Houfe being moved, That feveral Claufes in the 
Act, of the Third Year of his Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for redeeming feveral Funds of the Gover- 
nor and Company of the Bank of England, &amp;c. relating 
to the Redeeming of fome Annuities payable to the faid 
Governot and Company, thight be read ; 

The fame were read accordingly. ; 

Refolved, Fhat Notice be given to the Governof and 
Company of the Bank of England; That this Houfe wil’, - 
at the Feaft of the Annunciation of the Blefied Virgin 
Mary, which fhall be in thé Year of our Lord 1721, 
redeem the Annuities of Eighty-eight thoufand Seven 
hundred Fifty-one Pounds Seven Shillings and Ten Pence 
Halipeny per Annum, payable to them for the principal 
Sum of One million Seven hundred feventy-fite thoufand 
Twenty-feven Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Ten Pence 
Halfpeny, purfuant to the Act, of the Third Year of his 
Majefty’s Reign in that behalf. 

Refolved, That Notice be given to the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, That this Houfe will, 
at the Feaft of Saint Michael the Archangel, which thalk 
be in the Year of our Lord 1721, redeem the Annuity 
of One hundred thoufand Pounds per Annum, payable 
to them for the principal Sam of Two millions, purfuant 
to the Act, of the Third Year of his Majefty’s Reign, in 
that behalf, 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do, this Day, fignify the 
faid Refolutions, in Writing, to the faid Governor and 
Company. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for enabling 
the South Sea Company to increafe their Capital Stock, or 
Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances 
as are therein mentioned ; and for raifing Money, to be 
applied for leffening feverat of the publick Debts and In- 
cumbranees; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer 
Bills remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth new 
Exchequer Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and ex- 
changed, upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr, Farrer reported from the Committee, Fhat they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 


rected 








320 


rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

~ Refalved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bull. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn. 
ing, Nine of the Clock. , 





Sabbati, 26° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. | 

Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Gentlemen, Mer- 

chants, and other principal Inhabitants, of the Bo- 
rough of Penryn, in the County of Cornwall, was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Freedom of Trade to the Levant Seas, and Importation 
of the Produét of 4fa, allowed by the A&amp; of Naviga- 
tion, tends to the Inilargement of the Commerce of this 
Kingdom, the Advantage of his Majefty’s Revenue, and 
the Increafe and Encouragement of Shipping and Navi- 
gation ; and that any farther Reftraint therein would en- 
danger the moft valuable Branches of their Trade, particu- 
larly Fifh and Tin, on which that County chiefly depends: 
And praying, That no prejudicial Reftraint may be put 
upon the Trade of the Nation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
till the Report fhall be received from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for repealing fo 
much of an Aé&amp; of Parliament, of the Twelith Year of 
the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act 
for the Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping and Na- 
vigation, as allows the Importation of the Product or 
Manufacture of 4fa from any Port within the Séraits 
or Levant Seas, was committed, 


' Sir John Fennings prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mari- 
ners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Sub- 
jects: And the fame was received. 


An ingrofled Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Eftates of Sir Fobn Hales and Sir Chrifto- 
pher Hales Baronets, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold tor 
raifing Money for the paying and difcharging the Debts 
and Incumbrances charged thereupon, and affecting the 
fame; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for Preventing of Frauds and Abufes in the 
Allowances on damaged Wines; and for lengthening the 
Time for the Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines ; 
was read a Second time. 

Refalved, That the Bill be committed ; 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 


of the whole Houfe. ' 

' Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Abercrombie reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, 
or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every: Pint 
of Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within the 
Town of Bruntifland, and Liberties thereof, for increaf- 
ing the publick Revenue of the faid Town, and-for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned; was committed; Phat they 
had made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a Se- 


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4.1720, 


cond time; one by one ; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That, purfuant to 
their Order, he did Yefterday fignify, in Writing, to 
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, the 
Refolutions of the Houfe, declaring their Intentions to 
redeem, at Lady-day 1721, the Annuity of Eighty-eighe 
thoufand Seven hundred Fifty-one Pounds Seven Shillings 
and Ten Pence Halfpeny, and, at Michaelmas 1721, the 
Annuity of One hundred thoufand Pounds, payable to 
the faid Governor and Company: And that the faid No. 
tice was as follows; viz. 


Gentlemen, 25th March 1720, 
EN Obedience to the Commands of the Houfe of Com. 

mons, I am to acquaint you, That the faid Houfe did 
this Day, come to the following Refolutions; viz. 

Refolved, That Notice be given to the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, That this Houfe will, 
at the Feaft of the Annunciation of the Bleffed Virgin 
Mary, which hall be in the Year of our Lord 1721, te. 
deem the Annuity of Eighty-eight Thoufand Seven hun. 
dred Fifty-one Pounds Seven Shillings and Ten Pence 
Halfpeny per Annum, payable to them for the principal 
Sum of One million Seven hundied feventy-five thou- 
fand Twenty-feven Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Ten- 
pence Halfpeny, purfuant to the Act, of the Third Year 
ot his Majefty’s Keign, in that behalf. 

Refolved, What Notice be given to the Governor and 

Company of the Bank of England, That this Houfe will, 
at the Feaft of Saint Michael the Archangel, which fhall 
be in the Year of our Lord 1721, redeem the Annuity of 
One hundred thoufand Pounds per Annum, payable to 
them for the principal Sum of Two millions, purfuant to 
the Act, of the Third Year of his Majefty’s Reign, in that 
behaif, 
. And thefe Refolutions, thus fignified by me, are to be 
fufficient Notice to you of the faid intended Redemptions, 
puriuant to the Act of Parliament, made in the Third 
Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; 
for redeeming feveral Funds of the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, purfuant to former Provi- 
foes of Redemption ; and for fecuring to them feveral new 
Funds, and Allowances, redeemable by Parliament ; and 
for obliging them to advance further Sums, not exceeding 
Two millions Five hundred thoufand Pounds, at Five 
Pounds per Cen‘um, as fhall be found neceffary to be em- 
ployed in leffening the national Debts and Incumbrances; 
and for continuing certain Provifions, formerly made, for 
the Expences of his Majefty’s Civil Government; and for 
Payment of Annuities formerly purchafed at the Rate of 
Five Pounds per Centum; and for other Purpofes in this 
Bill mentioned. Iam, with great Refpedt, 

Gentlemen, 

Your moft humble Servant, 
S. Compton, Speaker. 


To the Governor and 
Company of the Bank 
of England. 


And that the faid Notice was delivered Yefterday, at 
the publick Office of the faid Governor and Company, to 
Mr. William Stubbs, one of their Cafhiers; neither the 
faid Governor, nor any of the Directors of the faid Com- 
pany, being at their publick Office. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
The Houfe refumed the adjourned Debate of Tuefday 
laft, touching the Second Reading of the ingroffed Claufe, 
offered to the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An A&amp; for the better fecuring the Dependency of the 

Kingdom of /reland upon the Crown of Great Britain: 
And a Motion being made, That the Debate be further 
adjourned ; 7 
And the Queftion being put, That the Debate be ad- 
journed ; x 

It patied in the Negative. 
2 - 


Then 





6 GEO. I. 


Then the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be 
be read a Second time. 

It paffed in the Negative. | 

A Motion being made, and the Quefl*on being put, 
That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pafs; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Me ap Bs 3 neffe, i 119. 

Mr. Mollyneux, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Sir pac Blundell: i 44 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Neville do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: ‘To which they 
defire their Lordfhip’s Concurrence. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Palmer, i go. 


37: 


Mr. Rowney: 
Tellers for the Noes, } &lt;t ae 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. ' 

Lord William Powlett took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon, 7 bur f- 
day Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the further preventing Robbery, Bur- 
glary, and other Felonies; and for the more effectual 
Tran{portation of Felons. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





28° die Martii; 


peer ny? 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Merchants, Mafters of Ships, and 
A others concerned in the Trade to Leghorne, Ve- 
nice, and other Ports in the Levant Seas, living within 
the Town of Falmouth, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, that 
a Bill is now depending, for repealing fo much of the 
Act, paffed in the Twelfth Year of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An Aét for the Encouragement and In- 
creafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Products or Manufactures of Afa from 
any Ports within the S¢raits, or Levant Seas; and are 
highly apprehenfive, thet, fhould the faid Bill pafs, it muft 
generally leffen the Navigation, and prejudice the Trade, 
of the Kingdom, and particularly of that Port, and the 
County of Cornwall ; who!e Product and Manufactures be- 
ing Tin, Fifth, &amp;c. are Commodities which are vendible 
in all Ports and Places within the Straits of Gibralter, 
where the Zurkey Company cannot reftrain the Importa- 


Luna, 


tion, and Sale: And praying, That a Claufe may be ° 


Vou. XIX. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


321 
inferted, for leaving the Turkey Trade open to all his 
Majefty’s Subjects. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfes 
to whom the Bill for repealing fo much of an A&amp;t of Par- 
liament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles 
the Second, intituled, An A&amp; for the Encouraging and 
Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Product or Manufaéture of 4fa from any 


Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, was committed, 
be received. 


A Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, 
Seamen, and Seafaringmen, of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects ; 
was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Hampden ptefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for encouraging the Importation of Hemp, 
Flax, and Deal Boards, from the Plantations: And the 
fame was received. 


A Petition of the Perfons, whofe Names are under- 
written, being Inhabitants in and about the City and Li- 
berties of Weftminfter, and other Places near thereto, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That a 
Petition of certain Undertakers being now depending, 
for Leave to bring in a Bill to grant them neceflary Powers 
to effect their Undertaking to ferve the Inhabitants of 
London and Weftminfter, and the Parts adjacent, at rea- 
fonable Rates, with Plenty of good and wholfome Water, 
which in thole Parts is wanted; That fuch an Accom- 
modation will be not only ufeful and beneficial to the 
whole Town, but is neceffary, and much wanted, in thofe 
Parts: And praying, That the faid Undertakers Petition 
may be favoured, and their Bill pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for 
the better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Parts ad- 
jacent, with Water, be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the faid Petitioners be then heard by 
their Counfel, for the faid Bill, if they think fic. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe, to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for enabling the South Sea 
Company to increafe their Capital Stock, and Fund, by 
redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are 
therein mentioned ; and for raifing Money, to be applied 
for leffening feveral of the publick Debts and Incum- 
brances; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills 
remaining uncancelled; and for making forth new Ex- 
chequer Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and ex- 
changed, upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of Ap- 
propriation of the Money to be paid into the Exchequer, 
by the South Sea Company, purfuant to this Bill. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

M. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wedne/- 
day Morning next. 3 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

to enable Lawrence Brodrick, an Infant, to perform 

certain Articles of Agreement, entered into by Ann his 

Mother, fince deceafed, to whom he is Heir, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Neville, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Afbe, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
Snell, Mr. Godfrey, Sir William Daines, Mr. London, Mr. 
Earle, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Hill, Sir 
Cha. Turner, Sir Fobn Curzon, Sit Nich, Carew, Mr. 
Carterett, Lord Downe, Sir Hen. Afbburf, Mr. Auditor 
Foley, Mr. Strickland, Sir Fames Campbell, Sir Roger 
Hill, General Rofé, Mr. Britiffe, Sir Wm. Carew, Mr. 
Hardrefs, Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Freman, Mr. Brodrick, 
Mr. Bertie, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Newland, Colonel Ste- 
phens, Mr. England, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Rowney, 
Mr. Mountague, Mr. Batburf, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
Levinz, Sir Fobn Pakington, Mr. Wrightfon, Sir Wm. 
St. Quintin, Mr. Hitch, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Lade; and all 
the Members that ferve for the County of Suffolk: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Adc 
for fettling and affuring the Manors of Orton and Bottle. 
bridge, and other Premifes, in the County of Huntingdon, 
to the feveral Ufes mentioned in the Will of Margaret 
late Duchefs of Newcafile, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Neville, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Auditor Harley, Mr. Foley, Mr. Bri- 
tife, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Treby, Mr. Comptroller, Lord 
Molefworth, Sir Fobn Pakington, Mr. Herne, Mr. Earl, 
Mr. Freman, Mr. Onflow, Colonel Morton, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Auditor Foley, Mr. Bacon, Sir Nich. Carew, Sir Cha. 
Turner, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Copleftone, Mr. Turner, Mr. Tra- 
vers, Lord Wm. Powlett; and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Huntingdon, Nottingham, Lincoln, and 
Northampton: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for the Naturalization of Mary Sophia Charlotte Vilcount- 
efs Howe, Wite of Scroop Lord Vifcount Howe, of the 
Kingdom of Ireland, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
“Powlett, Mr. Neville, Sir Nich. Carew, Mr. Comptroller, 
Mr. Treby, Mr. Majon, Mr.Cater, Mr. Peirfe, Mr. El- 
ys, Mr. Walpole, Mr. London, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. On- 
flow, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Yonge, Sir Richard Fowler, Sir 
Cha. Turner, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Tho. Palmer, Sir Fobn 
Pakington, Sir Robert Corbett, Sir Wm. Gordon, Mr. 
Wefipbaling, General Wade, Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Earle: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Robert Grinflead, Robert Cuppy, and 
Edmund Auftin, Freeholders, and Tenants, of the Ma- 
nor, or reputed Manor, of Baltonfbury in the County 
of Somerfett, having Right of Common of Pafture in a 
certain Common called Baltonfbury Northwood, lying with- 
in the Parith of Baltonfbury, on behalf of themfelves, and 
feveral of the Parifhioners, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
jorth, That the inclofing, and putting into Allotment 
and Severalty, the faid Common, will, on many Accounts, 
be a great Prejudice to the Petitioners, a heavy Burthen 


on the Parifhioners of Baltonfbury, and injure many. of | 


them in their Right of pafturing their Sheep; and alfo 
will be deprived of the Advantage of folding and pen- 


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ning them on a Number of Arable Land, which is only 
manured and dunged by Foldage of Sheep fed and de- 
paftured on the faid Common; the Want of which wil] 
impoverifh, if not quite beggar, the Petitioners Lands 
lying in Baltonfbury aforefaid, and be, in fome fort, a Da- 
mage to the Community in general: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the ingroffed 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for inclofing the 
Common, commonly called Baltonfbury Common, in the 
Parifhes of Baltonfbury and Bradley, in the County of 
Somerfett, is committed. 


A Petition of Seroop Earl of Bridgwater was pre. 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by 
the Bill brought in for incorporating feveral Undertakers 
for the better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Parts adja. 
cent, with Water, the Petitioner, as he conceives, and is 
advifed, is greatly aggrieved; and fhall be confiderably 
damnified, if the fame paffes into a Law: And praying, 
That he may be heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the faid Bill be read a Second time: And that the 
Petitioner be then heard by his Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill, if he think fit. 


A Petition of feveral Clothiers of the County of Glox. 
cefter, in behalf of themfelves, and many others, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, of 
late Years, the Woollen Manufactures in France have 
been increafed to fuch a Degree, that they carry very great 
Quantities every Year into the Dominions of the Grand 
Signior, which they barter againft raw Silk, and other 
the Products of Afa: That the French having the Privi- 
lege of fending the faid raw Silk, and other Goods of 
Afia, into Great Britain, by way of Leghorn, and the 
Englifh being prohibited by very fevere Edicts, from 
fending Turkey Goods to any Part of France, the Trade to 
Turkey lies under very great Difcouragements; and the 
Exportation of Woollen Goods, and other Produéts of 
this Kingdom, grows decreafing daily, and will be in- 
tirely loft: And praying, That the Bill, now depending 
for repealing fo much of the Act of Navigation, as per- 
mits the Importation of the Goods of the Growth of Afa 
from any Ports whithin the Straits, &amp;c. may pats. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Report from Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom the Bill for repealing fo much of an A&amp;t of Par- 
liament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles 
the Second, intituled, An Aét for the Encouraging and 
Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows the Im- 
portation of the Product or Manufacture of 4fa from 
any Port within the Séraits or Levant Seas, was com- 
mitted, be received. 


A Petition of the Clothiers of the City of Worcefer, in 
behalf of themfelves, and the Woollen Manufaéturies of 
Great Britain, and alfo in the behalf of the Poor of the 
Kingdom, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Numbers of Poor in that City, andthe 
adjacent Parts, who were employed in the Woollen Ma- 
nufactury, and thereby fupported themfelves, and Fami- 
lies, are fo great, that the Petitioners, at prefent, follow 
the faid Trade more out of Compaffion to the Poor, than 
any real Advantage to themfelves: The Reafon of the 
Decay of their faid Trade is, the Wearing of Callicoes, 
and Exporting of Wool to foreign Markets, and Import- 
ing of raw Silks, and other Commodities, from Leghora, 
and other Ports of the Mediterranean; which is the Re- 
turn of the Turkey Company in France, and very preju- 


.dicial to the Woollen Manufacturies of this Kingdom : 


And praying Relief. - 
Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, 


to whom the Bill for repealing fo much of an Aét of Par- 
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liament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King 
Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the Encourage- 
ing and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, as allows 
the Importation of the Produét or Manufacture of Afa 
from any Port within the Straits, or Levant Seas, was 
committed, be received. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com: 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill frota the Lords, in- 
ticuled, An Act for confirming a Partition made between 
the Right honourable George Lord Cardery, Baton of 
Carbery, in the Kingdom of Ireland, and Henry Obrien 
Efquire, of certain Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, 
in the feveral Counties of Northampton and Rutland, was 
committed, That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committees; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for making forth new Exchequer Bills, not 
exceeding One million, at a certain Intereft; and for lend- 
ing the fame to the South Sea Company, at a higher In- 
tereft, upon Security of repaying the fame, and fuch 
higher Intereft, into the Exchequer, for Ufes to which 
the Fund for leffening the publick Debts, called the Sink- 
ing Fund, is applicable; and for circulating and ex- 
changing, upon Demand, the faid Bills, at or near the 
Exchequer: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingtoffed Bill for making the River Weaver navi- 
gable from Winsford Bridge to Frodfham Bridge, in the 
County of Cheer, was, according to Order, read the 
Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made therein; viz. 

Prefs 4. L. * To infert ‘* be :” 

Prefs 15. L.g. After ‘ Weaver,” to infert * at cer- 
“ tain Tides and Seafons :” 

L.11. After ‘*it,” to infert ‘* therefore :” 

L. 15. After ‘* Undertakers,” to infert 
*¢ their Heirs or Affigns: 

L. 16. After ‘* aforefaid,” to infert ‘ ex- 
*¢ cept at fuch Times and Seafons as the faid River 
** fhall not be there navigable without the Help of a 
“ Leck:” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly : 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill do pafs; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Lord William Powlett 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Horatio Walpole: . i 108. 
Sir Wm. Pole, 
Tellers for the Noes, ; Mr. Yonge: 88. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making the River Weaver navigable 
from Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and Mr. 
Godfrey : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Aét for the better 
fecuring the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ji:/and upon 
the Crown of Great Britain. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 


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for hatufalizing Yobn Henry Grutzman, without any 
Amendment. And alfo; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, inticuled, An Act 
for naturalizing Yohn Backer, with fome Amendiments: 
To which the Lords defire the Concutrence of this 
Houfe. . 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


_Mr. Carterett, according td Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, td whomn the Bill for pre- 
ferving and encouraging the Woollen atid Silk Manu- 
factures of this Kingdom; and for the mote effectual 
employing the Poor; by prohibititig the Ufe aiid Wear 
of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes and 
Linens, except only fuch Linens as are of thé Growth 
and Manufacture of Great Britain or Iréland; was com- 
mitted; the Amendments which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, ini at the Clerk’s Table ¢ Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, One by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered; to be added to the Bill, That 
the Act fhould not prohibit the Ufe or Wear of Cotton 
Cloth now ufually manufaCtured within this Kingdom; 
the faid Cotton being of the Growth of any of the Planta- 
tions in America belonging to the Crown of Great Bri- 
tain, and imported raw and unmixed : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be brought 
up; 

It pafied in the Negative : 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Aét hall not extend to fuch Callicoes, Linens, 
or Fuftians, as fhall be dyed throughout of one Colour 
only : 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That Perfons profecuted for any thing done in purfuance 
of the Act may plead the General Iffue, and give the 
Act, and the Special Matter, in Evidente; and, if the 
Profecutors fhall become Nonfuit, ot forbear Profecution,; 
or fuffer Difcontinuance, or if a Verdict pafs againft fuch 
Profecutors, the Defendant fhall have Cofts : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with 4 Blank; which 
was filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made part of the 
Bill. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe:to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for repealing fo much of 
an Act of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign 
of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, 
as allows the Importation of the Product or Manutacture 
of Afa from any Port within the Straits, or Levant 
Seas, was committed, be received upon Friday Morning 
next, in a full Houfe. 


Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to prevent the im- 
pious Practice of Duelling. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to repeal fo much of the Act, intituled, An 
Aét for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his 
Majefty’s Cuftoms, pafied in the Thirteenth and Four. 


teenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates i 
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And then the Houfe adjourned ti!l To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock 





Mercurii, 30° die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Cham- 
pion Brarfill, alias Branfeild, Fobn Branfill, alias 
branfeild, William Ward, and Fames Gilbert, have en- 
tered an Action, and feized the Ship Charles and Free 
Mafon, and other Goods, belonging to Charles Major, 
Efquire, a Member of this Houie, in Breach of the Pri- 
vilege of this Houfe; 
Ordered, ‘Chat it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and.Eleétions to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houle. 


A Petition of William Earl of Effex was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by the Bill 
brought in for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Parts adjacent, 
with Water, the Petitioner, as advifed, is greatly ag- 
gricved ; and fhail be confiderably dammified, if the fame 
pafies into a Law: And praying, That he may be heard, 
by his Counfel, againft the faid Bill 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the faid Bill be read a Second time: And that the 
Petitioner be then heard,” by his Counfel, againtt the faid 


Bill, if he think fit. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee, of the whole Houfe, to whom the 5i/! for 
enabling the Souto Sea Company to increafe their Capital 
Stock or Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and 
Incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and for raifing 
Money, to be applied tor leffening feveral of the publick 
Debts and Incumbrances ; and for calling in the prefent 
Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making 
forth new Exchequer Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated 
and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer; 
was committed ; the Amendments they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table:: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queflion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to pre- 
vent the Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, 
Managers, Affiftants or other Members, of the Com- 
pany, upon Account of the faid Corporation, purchafing 
any Lands or Revenues belonging to the Crown or lend- 
ing to his Majefty, his Tieirs or Succeffors, any Money, 
by way of Loan, on any Part of the Revenue belonging 
to the Crown, other than fuch Fund only on which a 
Credit of Loan is, or fhall be, granted by Parliament: 

And the faid Claule was twice read, ‘with Blanks; 
which were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Act fhould not extend to give to the faid Com- 
pany any Powers of engrofling or monopolizing any Sort 
of Goods or Merchandize; or any further Powers or 
Privileges in Trade than they had, or were intitled to, 
before the Making of this Ad: 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be brought 
UP; 

It pafied in the Negative. 


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the prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards and Fir 
Timber from Germazy. 


4.1720. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ig- 
grofied, 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for velting the Eftates of Sir Fohn Hales and Sir Chrifto- 
pbher Hales Baronets, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, 
for raifing Money for the paying and difcharging the 
Debts and Incumbrances charged thereupon, and affect. 
ing the fame; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed ta Sir Tho. Hales, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Tho. Sebright, Mr. Farrer, Sir 
Robert Davers, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Earl, Sir Samuel Len- 
nard, Mr. Gybbon, Lord Hinchinbrook, Sir Robert Fur- 
nefe, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Butler, Mr. Hennings, Mr, 
Delavall, Colonel Carpenter, Colonel Fane, Mr. Boteler, 
Mir. Stanhope, Mr. Baylie, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. Suell, 
Mr. Bankes, Sir Wm. -Monfon, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hardre/s, 
Mr. Sutileworth, Sir Robert Chaplin, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. White, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Minjbull, Mr. 
Wefiphaling, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Fobn Fennings, 
Colonel Delavall, Lord Carpenter, Colonel Stanbope, Mr. 
Powlett, Mr. Plumer, Sir Wm. Gorden, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Kelfall, Sir Win. Robinfon, Mr. Longueville, Mr, 
Palmer, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Foley, Sir Geffry Palmer, 
Mr. Hopkins, Mr. York; and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Warwick and Lincoln: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. : 


A Petition of the Proprietors of the Manor of Ux. 
bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and other Inhabi- 
tants thereof, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefenied to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
there is a Bill brought in for incorporating feveral Under- 
takers for the better accommodating the Inhabitants in 
and about the Cities of London and Wefiminfter; and the 
Parts adjacent, with Water: That, if the faid Bill fhould 
be permitted to pais, as it is now drawn, ‘it will be very 
prejudicial to all the Petitioners, and to many other Per- 
fons living near the faid River Co/ve: And praying, That 
they may be heard, by their Counfel, againtt the faid 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Parts adja- 
cent, with Water, be read a Second time: And that the 
Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, if they think fit. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of feveral Mills and Lands on and near the 
River Colne, in and near the Town of Watford, in the 
County of Hertford, on the behalf of themfelves, and 
many others in and near the faid Town, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by the Bill 
brought in for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants, in and about the 
Cities of London and We/iminfter ; and the Parts adjacent, 
with Water, the Petitioners are greatly aggrieved ; and 
fhall be confiderably damnified, if the fame paffes into a 
Law: And praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Parts adjacent, 
with Water, be read a Second time: And that the Peti- 
tioners be then heard by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill, if they think fit. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of feveral Mills and Lands on and near the 
River Colne, in and near the Town of Rickmanfworth, 
sn the County of Hertford, on the behalf of themfelves, 
and many others in and near the faid Town, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by the Bill 

brought 





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brought in for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
Herter accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with 
Water, that the Petitioners are greatly aggrieved; and 
fhall be con‘iderably damnified, if the fame paffes into a 
Law: And praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, ayainft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Wefiminfler, and the Parts adjacent, 
with Water, be read a Second time: And that the Peti- 
tioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 


_Bill, if they chink fit. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and others; Owners 
and Occupiers of feveral Milis ard Lands on or near the 
River Colne, in and near the Parifhes of Harefeild and 
Hillingdon, in the County of Middlefex, and on behalf 
of themfelves, and many others in and near the faid Pa- 
rifhes, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That by the Bill brought in for incorporating feve- 
ral Undertakers for the better accommodating the Inha- 
bitants in and about the Cities of London and Weftminjter, 
and the Parts adjacent, with Water, the Petitioners are 


greatly agerieved, and thal! be confiderably damnified, 


it the fame paffes into a Law: And praying to be heard, 
by their Couniel, againft the faid Bill, before the fame 
safes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for 
the better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Wejiminfter, and the Parts adjacent, 
with Water, be read a Second time: And that the Peti- 


tioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 


Bill, if they think fit. 


A Bill for making forth new Exchequer Bills, not ex- 
ceeding One million, at a certain Interett; and for lending 
the fame to the Sou/b Sea Company, at a higher Interett, 
upon Security of repaying the fame, and fuch higher In- 
tereft, into the Exchequer, for Ufes to which the Fund 
for leffening the publick Debts, called the Sinking Fund, 
is applicable; and for circulating and exchanging, upon 
Demand, the faid Bills, at or near the Exchequer; was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Kefolved, That the Bil de committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, relolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
~aifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 31 die Marti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of Philip Germaine was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 
is a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance; but 
profeffes the true Proteftant Religion, and hath given Tefti- 
mony of his dutiful and loyal Affection to his Majefty : 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for his Naturalization. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Praver of the laid Petition: And that Mr. 
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Mafon and Mr. Medlicot do prepare, and bring in, the 
famé. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term granted by 
an Act, pafied in the Fourth Year of his Majeity’s Reign, 
intituled, An Act for repairing the Highways leading 
from the Stones End in Kent-/ireet to the Lime kilns in 
Eaft Greenwich, near Blackbeath, and to Lewifoai Church, 
being the Tunbridge Road, in the County of Kent; and 
for repairing and amending the Highways and Roads 
leading from W’efminfer Ferry, in the Pariih of Lam- 
beth, inthe County of Surry, to New Cro/s, in the Parith 
of Deptford, in the County of Kent, was read the Third 
time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be added 
to the Bill; for limiting how many times in one Day 
Paflengers fhall pay the Toll for paffing through the 
Turrpike: 

And the fame was twice read, with a Blank; which 
was filled up: 

And then tke Claufe was, upon the Queftion put thereup- 
on, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Term granted by an Aét, 
pafied in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An A&amp; for repairing the Highways leading from 
the Stones End in Kent-fireet to the Lime-kilns in Eaff 
Greenwich, near Blackheath, and to Lewifham Church, 
being the Tunbridge Road, in the County ot Kent; and 
for repairing and amending the Highways and Roads lead- 
ing from Wefminfter Ferry, in the Pari of Lambeth, in 
the County of Surry, to New Cro/s, in the Parith of Dept- 
ford, in the County of Kent; and for enlarging the Term 
granted by an Act, paffed in the Fourth Year of his M.- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for amending the Roads 
from the City of London to the Town of E2/t Grinflead, 
in the County ot Sujex; and to Sutton and King /fion, in 
the County of Surry; and for explaining and amending 
the fame Ad. 

Ordered, That Colonel Fane do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Mealmen, Bakers, and others con- 
cerned in the Corn Trade, in and about the Cities of Lon- 
don and Weftminjier, and Suburbs thereof, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Bill now 
depending, fur incorporating teveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants of the Cities of Lon- 
don and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, will 
be injurious to the faid Inhabitants in general, and ruinous 
to the Petitioners, and their Families; for that it will de- 
ftroy a great Number of Mil's, which alone can grind 
Bread Corn fufficient for the Food of the People in the 
faid Cities and Suburbs: That though Part of the Bread 
Flour is now brought down the River of 7bames, yet, 
when that is frozen, all the Bread Flour is brought from 
the aforefaid Mills by Land-carriage; and if, in fuch 
cafe, thefe Mills fhould be deftroyed, it would bring 
fuch a Dearth as might occafion the Starving of many of 
the poor Inhabitants of the faid Cities and Suburbs: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for 
the better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about 
the Cities of London and Weftminfler, and the Parts adja- 
cent, with Water, be read a Second time: And that the 
Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, if they think fir. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Farm- 
ers, of the fiveral Counties of Bucks and Middlefex, living 
near the River Co/ne, and the Streams running from, or 
belonging to, the faid River, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Bill new depending, for incorporating feve- 
ral Undertakers for the better accommodating the Inha- 

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bitants in and about the Cities of Lea/on and Weftminfer 
with Water; which Bill, if it pafics, will be the utter 
Ruin of many of the Petitioners: And praying, That 
they may be heard, by their Counfcl, againi the faid 
ill. 

6 That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for incorporating feveral Undertakers for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Parts adjacent, 
with Water, be read a Second time: And that the Peti- 
tioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill, if they think fit. 


Ordered, That the Report, which was made the Fif- 
teenth of Fanuary laft, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the City of 
Briftoll to the Kingdom of Ireland, relating to the Draw- 
back upon Tobacco, and other weighable Goods, export- 
ed to Ireland, was referred, be taken into Confideration 
upon Tuefday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for preferving and en- 
couraging the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this 
Kingdom, and for the more effectual employing the Poor; 
by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of all printed, painted, 
ftained, or dyed, Ca:licoes and Linens, except cniy fuch 
Linens as are of the Growth and Manufacture of Great 
Biitain or Ireland; be read the Third time upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the Clock, 


The Lord Willizm Powlett, according to Order, re- 
ported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch, was committed, 
the Amendments which they had directed him to report 
to the Houle; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houte. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for ex- 
empting the City of London: And the fame was in Part 
read: 

And, proper Blanks being not left therein, the fame 
was, by Leave of the Houle, withdrawn. 

Another Claufe was offeged, to be added to the Bill, for 
the better lightening the Streets : 

And the fame was once read, and, by Leave of the 
Houle, withdrawn. : 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to 
declare who fhall be qualified to be High Steward, Stew- 
ard, or Deputy Steward, of Wefminfter : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be 
brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, on 
behalf of the City of Wefminfter: 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be 
brought up; 

Ic pafied in the Negative. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, on 
behalf of the Burgefles of Weftminjfter : 

And the Queition being put, That the Claufe be 
brought up. 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Then feveral Amendments were made by ‘the Houfe 
to the Bill. 

And another Amendment being propofed to be made 
to the Jaft Claute in the Bill, by adding thefe Words, “ or 
“* any Perfon, or Body Corporate, having a Right to hold 
** a Court Leet :” 

_ And the Queftion being put, That the faid Words be 
inierted ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Palimer, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Waorfley : 


i 69. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1720, 
Mr. Minfoull, 
Tellers for the Noes,} Mr. Micklethwaite: t 123. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 
Crdered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in. 
grofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houte be adjourned un- 
til this Day Sevennight. 


Ordered, That the Bill for Incorporation of feveral Un- 
dertakers for the better accommodating the Inhabitants in 
and about the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the 
Parts adjacent, with Water, be read a Second time, upon 
this Day Month. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 1° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Fobm 
Hilton, a menial Servant of Sir Edward des Boy- 
very Baronet, a Member of this Houfe, hath been ar- 
refted by Fames Collens, a Bailiff, at the Suit of Samuel 
Whitaker, in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe ; 
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with 
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


Colonel Stephens reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed ,Bill trom the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Sir Yobn Chichefter 
Baronet, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was com- 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bili, and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
mad: fome Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe,; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were read; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 8. L. 3. After “ determine,” inferc * and in the 
“* mean time remain, and be a Security for the Payment 
** thereof :” 


L. 31. After ‘¢ virtue,” infert ‘* and in pur- 
*¢ fuance.” 
The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 


time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houie. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the Firft 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; to en- 
courage the planting Timber Trees, Fruit Trees, and 
other Trees, for Ornament, Shelter, and Profit; and for 
the better Prefervation of the fame; and for the prevent- 
ing the Burning of Woods; and for the better Prefervae 
tion of the Fences of fuch Woods; was committed; 
That they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were once read throughout; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the 


Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for rebuilding the Parifh Church 
of 








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of St: Martin in the Feilds, in the City of Weftmin- 
fier, at the Charge of the Inhabitants of the faid Parith, 
was committed, That they had made jeveral Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houle; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were once read through- 
out; and then a Second time, one by one, as far as 
Claufe D, and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Claufe D being read a Second time, to impower the 
Dean and Chapter of /Veflminfler, and their Succeffors, 
to fell and difpofe of the Inheritance and Freehold of a 
Piece of void Ground belonging to them, fituate’on the 
South Side of Saint Martin's Church, to any Perfon in 
Jruft for the faid Parifh; referving the whole Rent, pay- 
able for the fame, to the Dean and Chapter, and their Suc- 
ceflors for ever ; 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned. 


Mr. Mafon, according to Order, prefented to the 
Houfe, a Bill for naturalizing Philip Germaine: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firit time. 

Bcfolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Ybe Houle. refolved icfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houle, upon the Bill to prevent the impious 
Practice of Duelling. 

Mr. Speaker lett the Chair. 

Mr. Hungerford took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hungerford reported from the Committee, That 
they had made fevcral Amendments to the Bill; which 
they had directed him to report, when the Houle will 

Jeale to receive the fame. 

Ord:red, That the Report be received upon Tuefday 
Morning next. 


Mr Carteret reported from the Committee, of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for repealing fo much of 
an Aét of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year of the Reign 
of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation, 
as allows the Importation of the Product or Manufacture 
of dfa from any Port within the Straits, or Levant 
Seas, was committed, the Amendments they had made 
to the Bill; and which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrofled ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas,} i 136. 
Mr. Smith: t 63. 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for Preventing of Frauds and Abufes 


in the Allowances on damaged Wines; and for lengthen- 


ing the Time for the Drawbacks on the Exportation of 
Wines. 


Mt. Weft, 
Mr. Jennings : 


Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Gybbcn, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabbati 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Lord Wiliam Powlett reported from the 

Committee, to whom the ingrofied Bill, from the 
Lords, intituled, An Act for the Naturalization of AZary 
Sophia Charlctte Vifcountefs Howe, Wife of Scroop Lord 
Vifcount Howe, of the Kingdom of Ireland, was com- 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had directed 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Tabie. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for repealing fo much 
of an Act of Parliament, of the Twelfth Year of the 
Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act 
for the Encouraging and Increafing of Shipping and Na- 
vigation, as allows the Importation of the Product or Ma- 
nufacture of dfa from any Port within be Straits, or 


Levant Seas, be read the Third time upon Wedne/day next, 
in a full Houfe. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bil: 


[ tuled 
An Act to explain and amend an Aét paffed the Jatt Sef- 
fion of Parliament, intituled, An Aét for making more 


effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and amend- 
ing the Highways of this Kingdom : , 

And the fame, being twice read, were, upon the Quel- 
tion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle; 
and are as follow; viz. 

Leave out, from the Beginning of the Bill, to ** where- 
“¢ as,” in Prefs 1. Line 38.: 

Prefs 2. L. 2. Leave out “ Authority aforefaid,” and 
infert ** King’s moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the 
** Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 
*¢ poral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament af- 
** fembled, and by Authority of the fame:” 

In the Title of the Bill, leave out from ** A&amp;,” in the 
Firft Line, to ** for,”.in the 6th Line. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Hampden do carry. the Bill to te 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houte hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


An ingroffed Bill for enabling the South Sea Company 
to increale their Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming 
{uch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein men- 
tioned; and for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening 
feveral of the publick Debts and Incumbrances; and for 
calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncan- 
celled ; and for making forth new Exchequer Bills, in lieu 
thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, upon Demand, 
at or near the Exchequer ; was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill ; 

Prefs 14. L. 32. To leave out ‘* per Annum,” 
“ Peay :* 

Prefs 15. L. 30. After ‘* in,” to leave out ‘* Three 
“ Farthings :” 

L, 41. Leave out ‘“ Five,” and infert 
“© Three:” 

Prefs 19. L. 10. Before ** Term,” leave out * faid :” 

Prefs 66. L. 14. After “* much,” infert ** or fuch Pro- 
“* portions.” 

The faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And the 
Bill was amended at the Qable accordingly. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill do pafs ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } + phe ae owwlett, 


after 


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Tellers 








328 


Tellers for the Noes, } aoe one i 55s 

So it was fefolved in the Affirmative. 

And that the Title be, An A&amp;t for enabling the South 
$ea Company to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and 
Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incum- 
brances as are therein mentioned; and tor raifing Money, 
to be applied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts 
and Incumbrances; and for calling in the prefent Exche- 
quer Bills remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth 
new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, 
upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon 7. burfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the further preventing Robbery, 
Burglary, and other Felonies; and for the more effe€tual 
Tranfportation of Felons. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 4° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS, 


phe Germaine took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; for inclofing the Common commonly 
called Baltonfbury Common, in the Parifhes of Balton/bury 
and Brad'y, in the County of Somerfett, was committed, 
That the Committee had confidered the Petition of the 
Perfons who had petitioned againft the Bill; and there- 
upon had directed him to report the Matter, as it appear- 
ed ro them, fpecially, to the Houfe; and that they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committce had direéted him to re- 
port the Bill to the Houie, without any Amendment; and 
he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid {fpecial Report was read; and is as follows; oz. 

That the Petition of Robert Grinflead, Robert Cuppy, 
and Edmund Auftin, Tenants of the Manor of Baltonfbury, 
being read; and feveral Perfons being examined; 1t ap- 
peared, by the Teftimony of Yohn Sever, That, about 
Ten Weeks ago, he was {ent to all the Perfons tuppofed 
to have Right of Common, to give them Notice of the 
intended Bill, to be brought into Parliament, for inclofe- 
ing the faid Common, and to afk their Confent, and par- 
ticularly thofe who had row figned the Petition againtt 
it; who declared, They would not oppefe the Bill; 
which was confeffed at the Committee: And fome of the 
Petitioners, although they had no Right of Common, 
owned they Ggned the fame for no other Reafon, than that 
they apprehended the Bill would be prejudicial to the 
Highways; they never having feen the Bill. 


The Houfe took into Confideration the Amendments, 
made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, An Aét for 
naturalizing Fobn Backer: 

And the fame, being twice read, were, upon the Quef- 
tion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe; and are 
as follow; wiz. 

1 Prefs, 1 L. Leave out et befeecheth,” and infert 
** befeech:” 

5 L. After ** Hol’and,” infert ** and George 
** Kruger, Son ot Fobn Kruger, by Cornelia his Wite, 
“ born at Hambrough :” 

7 L. Leave out ** his,” and infert ‘* their:” 

44 L. After ** Backer,” infert ‘* and George 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1720. 


“ Kruger; and, in the fame Line, leave out *¢ is,” 
infert ‘* are :” 

16 L. Leave out *‘ a:” 

17 L. Leave out ‘* Subjeét,” and infert ** Sub. 
* jects ;” and, in the fame J.ine, leave out ‘* he is,’ 
and infert ‘* they are:” 

20 L. Leave out * he,” and infert ‘ they :” 

21 L. Leave out ** was,” and infert ** were,” 
and, in the fame Line, leave out ‘“* a;” and, inftead of 
“© Subject,” infert ** Subjects :” 

24 L. After ‘* Backer,” infert ** and George 
“¢ Kruger,” and, in the fame Line; leave out ** is,”? and 
infert ‘* are :”” 

33 L. Leave out “ his,” and infert ‘ their,” 
in Two Places; and, in the fame Line, leave out 
« Heir,” and infert ** Heirs :” 

Laft L. Leave out ** him,” and infert ** them:” 
2 Prefs, 2 L. Leave out “ he,” and infert * they :” 
L. The fame Amendment: 
8 L. After ** Backer,’ infert ** and George 
“© Kruger :” ' 
13 L. Leave out “ a;” and, inftead of ** Sub. 
“© ject,” infert ‘* Subjects :” 
19 L. Leave out “he,” and infert ‘ they :” 
20 L. After ** Backer,” infert ** and George 
“© Kruger ;” 
21 L. Leave out ‘* a;” and, inftead of 
*¢ Member,” infert ‘* Members :”” 
25 L. Leave out * himfelf,” and_ infert 
“¢ themfelves :” ! 
26 L. Leave out ** him:” 
To the Title of the Bill, add ‘* and George Kruger.” 
Ordered, That Sir Matthew Deckar do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the faid Amendments. 


and 


Mr. Weftpbaling reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for veiting the Eftate late of Gilbert Nicholetts 
Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debts, 
and Sifters Portions; and’ for making Proviiion for his 
Widow and Child; was committed; That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had made fome Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were reads 
and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 5. L. 33. After the Word “ Refidue,” leave out 
* of the Refidue:” 

ewe 6. L.. 20. Before the Word “ Life,” infert 
“ her;” 

Prefs 9. L. 24, 25. Leave out ‘* and againft all claim- 
** ing by, from, and under, them, or any of them :” 

Prefs 10, L. 20. After the Word * than,” leave out 
to the Word ‘* Heirs,” in the 24th Line; and, inftead 
thereof, infere “ the faid Robert Price, his:” 

L, 25. After ** Awdrey,”” infert “ for or in 

* refpect only of the Truft by the faid Will of the faid 

‘* Gilbert Nicholetts, the Father of the faid Mary and 
“© Ann Nicholetts.”’ . 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 


time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 


A Bill for naturalizing Philip Germaine, was read a Se- 
cond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ma- 
Son, Sit Geo. Cafwall, Mr. London, Sit Thee. Fanfen, Mr. 
Monroe, Sir Math. Deckar, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Weft- 
phaling, Sir Alexander Cumyng, Colonel Middleton, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Sir Robert Pollock, Colonel Grabme, Sir 
Geo. Warrender, Sir Robert Davers, Sir Wim. Thompfon, 

2 Mr, 





6 GEo. I. 


Mr. Neville, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Lowther, Mt. 
Carterett, Sir Fobn Anftruther, Colonel Morton, Mr. 
Wilde, Lord Wm. Powlett: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Majon, on whofe 
behalf a Complaint was made of a Breach of Privilege, 
committed by Champion Branfill, alias Branfeild, Fobn 
Branfill, alias Branfeild, Wiliam Ward, and Fames Gil- 
pert, hath received Satisfaction from the faid Perfons ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions be difcharged from proceeding upon the Matter of 
the faid Complaint, 


An ingroffed Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every 
Scots Pint of Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold 
within the Town of Pittenweem, and Suburbs thereof, for 
repairing the Harbour there, and for maintaining other 

ublick Works of the Town, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be; 
An Aét for laying a Duty of Two Penies Stots, or One-fixth 
Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Beer 
and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of 
Pittenweem, and Suburbs thereof, for repairing the Har- 
bour there, and for maintaining other publick Works of the 
Town. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Anftruther do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every 
Pint of Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Bruntifland, and Liberties thereof, for in- 
creafing the publick Revenue of the faid Town ; and for 
other Purpoies therein mentioned ; was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint 
of Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within the 
Town of Bruntifland, and Liberties thereof, for increaf- 
ing the publick Revenue of the faid Town ; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Abercrombie do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for afcertaining the Breadths, and 
preventing Frauds and Abufes in manufacturing Serges, 
Pladings, and Fingrums ; and for regulating the Manu- 
factures of Stockings; in that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland, was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill, 
Prefs * L. * to infert ** Sterling :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended 
at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for afcertaining the Breadths, and preventing 
Frauds and Abufes in manufacturing Serges, Pladings, 
and Fingrums ; and for regulating the Manufactures of 
Stockings; in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. 

Ordered, That Sir Alexander Cumyn do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

An ingroffed Bill for the preferving and encouraging the 
Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and 
for the more effectual employing the Poor; by prohibiting 
the Ufe and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or 
dyed, Callicoes and Linens, except only fuch Linens as 
are of the Growth and Manufacture of Great Britain or 
Ireland ; was read the Third time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Bill, That the Act fhould not extend to pro- 
hibit any Buckrams, printed or painted, and ufed for 

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Wrappers, or Tillets; for Package of tlie Woollen Maz 
nufacture exported, and not otherwife : 

And the Queftion being put; That the Claufe be 
brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A for preferving and encouraging the Woollen 
and Silk Manutaétures of this Kingdom; and for the 
more effectual employing the Poor; by prohibiting the 
Ufe and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, 
Callicoes and Linens, except as therein is excepted ; and 
for reftraining the Number of Apprentices to be taken in 
the Weaving Trade. 

Ordered, That Mr. Carterett do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. : 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for making forth new Exche- 
quer Bills, not exceeding One million, at a certain In- 
tereft; and for lending the fame to the South Sea Com- 
pany, at a higher Intereft, upori Security of repaying the 
fame, and fuch higher Intereft, into the Exchequer, for 
Ufes to which the Fund for leffening the publick Debts, 
called the Sinking Fund, is applicable; and for circulate- 
ing and exchanging, upon Demand, the faid Bills, at or 
near the Exchequer. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wedne/- 
day Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 5° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
QRaered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ament for the Borough of Knaresborough, in the County of 


York, in the room of Henry Earl of Montrath, of the 
Kingdom of Jreland, deceafed. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; for fettling and affuring the Manors of 
Orton and Bottlebridge, and other Premiffes, in the 
County of Huntingdon, to the feveral Ufes mentioned in 
the Will of Margaret late Duchefs of Newcajtle; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was committed; That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Windfor reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Lawrence Brodrick, an Infant, to perform certain 
Articles of Agreement, entered into by Aun his Mother, 
fince deceafed, to whom he is Heir, was committed, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 

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found the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had directed him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Aune Walker, alias Baughs, a Minor, the W ife 
of Thomas Folliot Walker Gentleman, to fell and convey 
unto the Right honourable William Conolly E{quire, and 
his Heirs, her Share and Proportion of feveral Manors, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the Kingdom 
of Ireland, devifed to her by the laft Will of Tomas 
late Lord Folliott, deceafed; and for other Purpoies 
therein mentioned ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord Wm. Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment: 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Leflees and Farmers of Daniel Whitby, 
Doétor in Divinity, and Prebendary of the Prebend of 
Teington Regis, in the Cathedral Church, of the Bleffed 
Lady Mary the Virgin, of Sarum, and of all fucceeding 
Prebendaries of the faid Prebend, for the Time being, to 
make Leafes of the Copyhold Lands of the feveral: Ma- 
nors of Prefion, alias Preflown, and Church Land, alias 
The Parfon’s Land, in the County of Devon, was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill with the Amendments, do 

als. 
: Ordered, That Mr. Reynell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for confirming a Partition made between the Right ho- 
nourable George Lord Carbery Baron of Carbery, in the 
Kingdom of Jreland, and Henry Obrien Efquire, of cer- 
tain Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the feveral 
Counties of Noribampton and Rutland, was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
has agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, 
Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain or Ireland ; 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects; was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refalved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Hontfe. 

Refolved, Yhat this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe taking notice of fome Words which had 
pafled between Sir Fohn Norris, and Mr. Hungerford, Two 
of the Members of the Houfe ; 

They were both required to ftand up in their Places, 
and declare, That they would not carry on any Relent- 
ment in refpect thereof : 

And they feverally ttood up in their Places, and de- 
clared the fame accordingly. 


Mr. Comptroller reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bil! from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for annexing the late Duke of Shretw/bury’s Eftate to 
the Earldom of Shrewfury; and confirming Gilbert Earl 
of Shrewfbury’s Settlement, in order thereto; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was committed; and 
to whom the Petition of Richard Lord Vifecount Fitz 
Witham, and George Pitt Efquire, on the behalf of George 


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Talbot, an Infant; and the Petition of William Lord Bi. 
fhop of Salisbury, were referred; That the Committee 
had heard Countel for the faid Petitioners; and proceeded : 
to examine the Allegations of the Bill, and found the- 
fame to be true; and that Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury, 
Mr. George Talbot, and Mary his Wife, Fobn Talbot, 
William Lord Bifhop of Salisbury, and Charles Talbct, 
fignified their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee ; who had made fome Amendments to the 
Bill; but, fome Claufes having been offered on behalf of 
Richard Lord Vifcount Fitz William, and George Pitt 
Efquire, the fame were difagreed to by the Committee, 
as varying from the Agreement of the Parties, upon 
whofe Confents the Bill is founded; and that the Com. 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill, with the 
Amendments, to the Houfe; and he read the faid Amend- 
ments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were read; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 13. L. 24. Leave out “ to charge,” and, in- 
ftead thereof, infert ** by any Writing under his Hand 
*¢ and Seal, to be attefted by Two or more credible Wit- 
neffes, or by his laft Will and Teftament, in Writing, 
to be attefted as aforefaid, to grant, leafe, limit, de- 
vife, or appoint, all or any :” 

Prefs 13. L. 28. Leave out ** with,” and infert ‘to 
any Perfon or Perfons, for the Term of gg Years, to 
commence from the Deceafe of the faid George Talbott, 
upon Truft only, for raifing :” 
Prefs 21. L.. 19. After ** fame,” leave out all to ** Save- 
ing,” in the fame Prefs, Line 39; and, inftead thereof, 
iniert ‘* Provided always, and be it further Enacted and 
Declared, by the Authority aforefaid, That nothing in 
this Act contained fhall any-ways extend, or be con- 
ftrued to extend, to fettle, entail, or any-ways affect, 
the Manor of Neffon, with its Rights, Members, and 
Appurtenances, in the County Palatine of Chefer, or 
any other the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments 
of the faid ‘fobn Talbot, Son of Thomas Talbot, of Long- 
ford, in Nefton, or elfewhere, in the faid County of 
Chefter; or the feveral Manors of Longford, Church 
Afton, alias Little Afton, alias Afton Parva, Edgmond, 
alias Edgmondon, Longueville, alias Long feild, alias 
Cheyneis Longueville, the Advowfon of the Church of 
Longford, the Moiety of the Manor of Newport, with 
their refpective Rights, Royalties, Members, and 
Appurtenances, in the County of Salop; or any 
the Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, of the 
faid ‘ohn Talbott, Son of Thomas Tatbot aforefaid, in 
Longford, Broéion, Cberfball, alias Chefoall, Church 
Afton, alias Little Afton, alias Afton Parva, Edgmond, 
alias Edgmondon, Chetwyne, Whitchurch, Longueville, 
alias Long feild, alias Cheyneis Longueville, and Newport, 
or any or either of them, or elfewhere, in the County 
of Salop; or the Manor or Caftle of Pembridge and 
Newton, alias Welch Newton, in the County of Here- 
ford; or any the Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, 
of the faid Fobn Talbot, Son of Thomas Talbott atore- 
faid, in Pembridge Newton, alias Welch Newton, Gar- 
way, St. Waynard’s, Longarren, Whitchurch, and 
Gannerew, or elfewhere, in the County of Hereford; 
or the Manor of Bittishy, alias Bittesby, in the Counties 
of Warwick and Leicefter; or any the Lands, Tene- 
ments, and Hereditaments, of the faid Fobn Talbot, Son 
of Thomas Talbot aforefaid, in Bittisby, alias Bittesby, 
and Claybrooke, and elfewhere, in the Counties of War- 
wick and Leicefter, or either of them; or the divided 
Moiety of the Manor of Wiggo/d, in the County of Glou- 
cefter ; or any the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments 
of the faid Febn Talbot, Son of Thomas Talbot aforefaid, 
in Wiggold and Cirencefter, or elfewhere, in the County 
of Gloucefter; or the Manor of Burward Scott, alias 
Boreward Scott, alias Bufcott, alias Phi/pott’s Courts, 
alias Philpote’s Court, and the Third Part of the Ad- 
vowfon of Bufcott, in the County of Berks, or any 
the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of the 
‘ faid Fohn Talbot, Son of Thomas Talbot oT in 
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“ Boreward Scot, alias Bufiott, or elfewhere, in the 
« County of Berks; or any other the Manors, Lands, 
«© Tenements, or Hereditaments, whereof or wherein the 
“ faid Fohn Talbot, Son of Thomas Talbot, of Longford, 
*¢ or any other Perfon or Perfons in Truft for him, is 
«© or are feifed in Poffeflion, Reverfion, Remainder, or 
«¢ Expectancy, except the Manors, Lands, Tenements, 
« and Hereditaments, mentioned and comprifed in the faid 
«¢ Indenture Tripartite of Settlement, dated the Thirty-firtt 
«© Day of Odfober in the Year of our Lord 1700, and in 
the faid laft Will and Teftament of the faid Ear]and Duke 
of Shrew/bury, the Manors, Lands, Tenements, and 
«© Hereditaments, of the faid Earl and Duke, comprifed 
«in the faid Settlement and Will, except all Lands, 
«© Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of Mid- 
«s djefex, herein before excepted, and no other, being in- 
« tended to be entailed and fettled by virtue of this pre- 
«« fent Act; any thing herein before contained to the 
‘© contrary thereof, in any-wife notwith{tanding.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 


agreed unto by the Houle. 


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A Petition of Richard Lord Fitz William, and George 
Pitt Efquire, next Friends to, and on behalf of George 
Talbot, an Infant of very tender Years, Son and Heir 
apparent of the honourable George Talbot, by Mary 
Fitz William his Wife, and as Truftees in the Settlement 
made on the Marriage between the faid George Talbot, 
and his faid Wife, for fuch others as are, or may be, con- 
cerned in the Ufes, and for the Purpofes, of and in the 
faid Settlement, was prefented to the Houle, and read; 
fetting forth, That there being brought down, from the 
Houfe of Lords, a Bill, intituled, An Act for annexing 
the late Duke of Shrew/bury’s Eftate to the Earldom of 
Shrew/bury, and confirming Gilbert Earl of Shrew/bury’s 
Settlement, in order thereunto; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; the Petitioners, on the behalf of the 
faid George the Infant, applied themfelves to this Houfe, 
to be heard, by their Counfel, againft fome Claufes in the 
faid Bill; and their Petition was referred to the Commit- 
tee, to whom the faid Bill was committed: Where the 
Petitioners were accordingly heard; and offered fome 
Claufes to be added to, and Amendments to be made to, 
the Bill; but they were all, fave One Amendment, of 
little Confequence, rejected: That by the faid Bill, in 
cafe the fame fhould pafs, not only the Infant will be 
barred of that Power and Authority, which, by the Laws 
now in being, a Tenant in Tail hath over an Eftate Tail, 
and the faid Infants Brothers, in cafe there fhall be any, 
will be affected in the fame manner; and the Daughters 
likewife of the faid George Talbot, in cafe he fhall leave 
no Sons, will be intirely defeated of their Right to the 
faid Eftate, which may accrue to them as Heirs at Law to 
the faid late Duke of Shrew/bury; and that the faid Bill 
is otherwife injurious to the Heirs at Law, and Family of 
the faid Duke: And praying to be heard, by their Coun- 
fel, at the Bar of the Houfe, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third time 
upon this Day Sevennight. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be then heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be allowed to be heard for the 
faid Bill at the fame time. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for regulating the 
Nightly Watch, be read the Third time upon Tbur/day 
next, in a full Houfe. 


The Houfe refumed the adjourned Debate upon Clatfe 
D, added, by the Committee, to the Bill for rebuilding 
the Parifh Church of Saint Martin in the Feilds, in the 
City of Weftminfter, at the Charge of the Inhabitants of 
the faid Parifh: 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be 
read a Second time; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


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The remaining Amendment, made by the Committec’ 

to the faid Bill, being read a Second time, was, upon the 

Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bil!, to im- 
power the Dean and Chapter of Weftminfter, or their Suc- 
ceffors, to fell and convey the Inheritance and Freehold of 
a void Piece or Pieces of void Ground, on the South 
Side of the Church of Saint Martin’s, to any Perfons, in 
Truft for the faid Parifh, in order to their being made 
Part of the Site of the faid Church: to be rebuilt, or to be 
as Part of a Church-yard thereto : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the. 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Hungerford, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
prevent the impious Practice of Duelling, was committed, 
the Amendments which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confi- 
deration upon To-morrow Sevennight. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to repeal fo much of the Aét, in- 
tituled, An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating 
Abufes, in his Majefty’s Cuftoms, paffed in the Thire 
teenth and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second, 
as relates to the prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards 
and Fir Timber from Germany. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the 
City of Briffoll to the Kingdom of Ireland, relating to 
the Drawback upon Tobacco, and other weighable Goods, 
exported to Ireland, was referred, be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Friday Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for Preventing of Frauds and 
Abufes in the Allowances on damaged Wines; and for 


lengthening the Time for the Drawbacks on the Exporta- 
tion of Wines. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 6° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill ftom the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A for vefting the Eftate late of Gilbert Nicholetts 
Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debts, 
and Sifters Portions; and for making Provifion for his 
Widow and Child; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendmert:, do 
afs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Weftphaling do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Lightboun : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made 
by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to enable 
the Leffees and Farmers of Daniel Whitby Doctor in Di- 
vinity, and Prebendary of the Prebend of Teington Regis, 

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in the Cathedral Church of the Bleed Lady Mary the 
Virgin, of Sarum, and of all fucceeding Prebendaries of 
the faid Prebend, for the Time being, to make Leafes 
of the Copyhold Lands of the feveral Manors of Prefton, 
alias Preflown, and Church Land, alias The Parfon’s Land, 
in the County of Devon. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Law/fon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the Eftates of Sir fobw Hales and Sir Chriftopber 
Hales Baronets, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, for 
raifing Money for the paying and difcharging the Debts 
had Incumbrances charged thereupon, and affecting the 
fame; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was com- 
mitted; That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Fable. 


Mr. Majfon reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for naturalizing Philip Germaine, was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and had directed him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he de- 
livered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrofled. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Loftds, intituled, An Act for 
Sale of Part of the Eftate of Sir Yohu Chichefter Baronet, 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

afs. 

Ordered, That Colonel Stephens do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordthips Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for inclofing the Common commonly called Baltonfoury 
Common, in the Parifhes of Balton/bury and Bradly, in the 
the County of Somerfet, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for fettling and affuring the Manors of Orton and Bottle- 
bridge, and other Premiffes, in the County of Huntingdon, 
to the feveral Ufes mentioned in the Will of Margaret 
late Duchefs of Newca/tle; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill ro the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingrofféd Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
toenable Lawrence Broderick, an Infant, to perform cer- 
tain Articles of Agreement entered into by Azz his Mo- 
ther, fince deceafed, to whom he is Heir, was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Windfor do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Comptroller reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for vefting the Eftate of Fohn Pendarves, late of 
Rofcrow, in the County of Cornwall, Efquire, deceafed, 
in new Truftees; and to and for the fame Ufes, Intents, 


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and Purpofes, as are mentioned in his Will; was commit. 
ted; That they had examined the Allegations of the Bij}_. 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties hg 
cerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satit. 
faction of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
direéted him to repert the Bill to the Houfe, without an 


Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’, 
Table. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to hj 
Majetty, That he will be gracioufly pleaied to give = 
rections, That the Report made by the Commiftioners of 
the Navy in the Year 1717, relating to the Eftablifhment 
of an Office for regiftering Searnens Warrants of Attorney 
and Affignments, may be laid before this Houfe. ; 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be -prefented to his 
Majetty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
making forth new Exchequer Bills, not exceeding One 
million, at a certain Intereft;‘and for lending the fame to 
the South Sea Company, at a higher Intereft, upon Se- 
curity of repaying the fame, and fuch higher Intereft 
into the Exchequer, for Ufes to which the Fund for left 
ening the publick Debts, called the Sinking Fund, is ap- 
plicable; and for circulating and exchanging, upon De- 
mand, the faid Bills, at or near the Exchequer; was com- 
mitted; the Amendments which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, i at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 


aa That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


The Se of the Day being read; 

An ingroffed Bill for repealing fo much 
of Parliament, of the Twelfth Tox of the fics 2 
King Charles the Second, intituled, An Aé for the En- 
couraging and Increafing of Shipping and Navigation 
as allows the Importation of the Produét or Manufacture 
of Afia from any Port within the Straits, or Levant 
Seas, was read the Third time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Bill, to explain what the Penalty, or For- 
feiture, to be incurred by virtue of this A&amp;, fhould be: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with a Blank 5 
which was filled up: 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be made 
Part of the Bill; 

Ic Lars in the Negative. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Ti 
be, An Act for prohibiting dhe lniphrtenion of raw Sill 
and Mohair Yarn, of the Produét or Manufacture of 
Afia, from any Ports or Places in the Straits, or Levant 
Seas, except fuch Ports and Places as are within the Domi- 
nions el “e aig Signior. 

Ordered, That Mr. Carteret do carry the Bi 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. , i 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 7° die Aprilis; . 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the Naturalization of Mary Sophia Charlotte 


Vifcountefs Howe, Wife of Screop Lord Vifcount Howe, 
of the Kingdom of Ireland, was read the Third time. 


Refolved, 








&gt; 


6 GEo. I. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett, do carry the 
Bill co the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houie 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting the Eftate of Yobn Pendarves, late of Rofcrow, 
in the County of Cornwall, Efquire, deceafed, in new 
Truftees, to and for the fame Ufes, Intents, and Purpofes, 
as are mentioned in his Will, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Comptroller do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their Ad- 
drefs, of Yefterday, hath been prefented to his Majefty, 
That he would be pleafed to give Directions, That the 
Report made by the Commiffioners of the Navy, in the 
Year 1717, relating to the Eftablifhment of an Office for 
regiftering Seamens Warrants of Attorney, and Affign- 
ments, may be laid before this Houfe: And that his Ma- 
jefty had been pleaied to give Directions, That the faid 
Papers fhall be laid before this Houfe. 


Sir Fobn Fennings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their faid Addrefs to his Majefty, a Copy of the Report, 
made by the Commiffioners of the Navy in 1716, re- 
lating to the Eftablifhment of an Office for regiftering Sea- 
mens Warrants of Attorney, and Affignments: And alfo, 

Copy of the Report, made by the Commiffioners of 
the Navy in 1717, relating to the Eftablifhment of an 
Office for regiftering Seamens Warrants of Attorney, and 
Affignments: And alfo, 

Mr. Aaron Lamb’s Propofal for fetting up an Office for 
regiftering Seamens Letters of Attorney, and Affignments, 


C. 
The Titles of the faid Papers were read. 
_ Ordered, That the faid Papers do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Papers are bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for vetting the Eftates of Sir Fobn Hales and Sir Chrifto- 
pher Hales Baronets, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, 
for raifing Money for the paying and difcharging the 
Debts and Incumbrances charged thereupon and affec- 
ting the fame ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Law/fon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Talbott Touchett Efquire was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he is the 
next Proteftant Heir to Charles late Duke of Shrew/bury, 
deceafed; and, in cafe the Settlements made by the faid 
Duke be void, he is advifed, that, by the Statutes made 
againft Popery, he, as next -Proteftant Heir, has an im- 
mediate Title to the faid Eftate: But if the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An AQ for annexing the late 
Duke of Shrew/bury’s Eftate to the Earldom of Shrew/- 
bury and confirming Gildert Earl of Shrew/bury’s Settle- 
ment, in order thereto; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; fhould pafs; he is advifed it will defeat him, 
and his Children, of their Right to the faid Eftate: And 
praying to be heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the faid Bill be read the Third time: And that the 
Petitioner be then heard, at the Bar of the Houfe, by his 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if he think fit. 


_The Order being read, for the Third Reading of the 
Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch; 
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Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third time To- 
morrow Morning, in a full Houle. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for the 
further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, 
and for the more effectual Tran{portation of Felons. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

The Lord Chetwynd took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord Chetwynd reported from the Committee, That 
they had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morring, 
refolve icelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 

Lighthoun: ! 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Sale of 
Part of the Eftate of Sir Zohn Chicheiter Baronet 3 and for 
the Purpofes therein mentioned. And, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for enabling the South Sea Company to increafe their pre- 
fent Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick 
Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and 
for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening feveral of 
the publick Debts and Incumbrances ; and for calling in 
the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and 
for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circu- 
lated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Ex- 
chequer; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holfcrd and Mr. 
Lightboun: — 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth 
Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Beer 
or Ale vended or fold within the Town of Brunt- 
ifland, and Liberties thereof, for increafing the publick 
Revenue of the faid Town, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part 
of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale and 
Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Pit- 
tenweem, and Liberties thereof, for repairing the Harbour 
there, and for maintaining other publick Works of the 
fatd Town, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir Wiliam Saunder- 

Jon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefly, immediately, inthe Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers. 

And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majelty 
had been pleafed to give the Royal Aifent to the pub- 
lick and private Bills tollowing; viz. 

An Aét for enabling the Soush Sea Company to increafe 
their prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming 
fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein men- 
tioned; and for raifing Money, to be applied for leffen- 
ing feveral of the publick Debts and Incumbrances ; and 
for calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining un- 
cancelled ; and for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, 
to be circulated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near 
the Exchequer: 

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An A&amp; for the better fecuring the Dependency of 
the Kingdom of Jreland upon the Crown of Great Bri- 
tain: : 

An A&amp; for preventing the Carriage of exceffive Loads 
of Meal, Malt, Bricks, and Coals, within Ten Miles of 
the Cities of Loudon and Weftminfter : 

An A&amp; for repairing the Roads from Stevenidge, in 
the County of Hertfcrd, to Bigglefwade, in the County of 
Bedford: 

An A&amp; to continue the Acts, formerly made, for 
repairing the Highways in the County of Hertford, there- 
in mentioned; and for making the faid Acts more ef- 
fectual : 

An A&amp; for making the River Derwent in the County 
of Derby, navigable: 

An A&amp;t for making the River Douglas alias Afland, 
navigable, from the River Riddle to Wigan, in the County 
Palatine of Lan-after : 

An A&amp; for preferving and improving the Navigation 
of the River Ou/e, in the County of Huntingdon: 

An A&amp; for making the River Jd/e navigable from Eaf- 
Retford, in the County of Nottingham, to Bawtry Wharf, 
in the County of York: 

An Aét for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of 
Ale or Beer that fha}l be vended or fold within the Town 
of Montrofe, and Privileges thereof, for fupplying the 
faid Town with frefh Water; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; 

An Act for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint 
of Beer or Ale vended or fold witsin the Town of Bruat- 
ifiand, and.Liberties thereof, for increafing the publick 
Revenue of the faid Town; and for other Purpoles there- 
in mentioned : 

An Act for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Pint of 
Beer and Ale that fhall be vended or fold within the Town 
of Pittenweem, and Liberties thereof, for repairing the 
Harbour there, and for maintaining other publick Works 
of the faid Town: 

An Aé&amp; for fettling and affuring the Manors of Orton 
and Bottlebridge, and other Premiffes, in the County of 
Huntingdon, to the feveral Ufes mentioned in the Will of 
Margaret \ate Duchefs of Newcafile; and for other Pur- 
poles therein mentioned : 

An Act for vefting Part of the Eftate of Thomas Earl 
of Hadington in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the 
Monies arifing thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of the 
like Value, to be fettled to the fame Uies: 

An Aé to enable Anne Walker, alias Baughs, a Minor, 
the Wife of Thomas Folliot Walker Gentleman, to fell 
and convey unto the Right honourable William Conolly 
Efguire, and his Heirs, her Share and Proportion of feve- 
ral Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in 
the Kingdom of Ireland, devifed to her by the laft Will 
of Téomas late Lord Folliot, deceafed; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned : 

An Aé for confirming a Partition made between the 
Right honourable George Lord Carbery Baron of Carbery 
in the Kingdom of Ireland, and Henry Obrien Efquire, 
of certain Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the 
feveral Counties of Northampton and Rutland: 

An Aét for inclofing the Heath, or Common, commonly 
called Gratwood Heath, in the Parith of Evcle/ball, in the 
County of Stafford: . 

An A&amp; for inclofing the Common commonly called 
Bal:onfoury Common, in the Parithes ot Baltonfbury and 
Bradley, in the County of Somerfet : 

An A&amp; to enable Thomas Dove Efquire to raife Two 
thoufand Pounds upon his Eftate at Upton, Sutton, Aylef- 
worth, and Caffor, and to make Sale of his Eftate at 
Heathencote, in the County of Northampton, for dif- 
charging Incumbrances upon the faid Eitates, Raifing of 
Portions for his Brother and Sifter, and Payment of his 
Father’s and his own Debts: 

An Act to enable the Leffies and Farmers of Daniel 


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A. 1720, 


Whitby Do&amp;or in Divinity, and Prebendary of the Pre. 
bend of Zeington Regis, in the Cathedral Church of the 
Blefed Lady Mary the Virgin, of Sarum, and of all fuc. 
ceeding Prebendaries of the faid Prebend, for the Time 
being, to make Leafes of the Copyhold Lands of the 
feveral Manors of Preffon, alias Preflown, and Cburch- 
Land, alias The Parfon's Land, in the County of Devon: 

An A&amp; for making the Townfhips of Shipfon and 
Tidmington a diftin&amp; Parifh from the Parith of Treding- 
ton, in the County and Diocefe of Worcefter, and for 
dividing the Rectory of the faid Parifh in Three 
Parts : 

An A&amp; for fupplying the Defects in, and better Per- 
formance of the Will of Edmond Dunch Efquire, de- 
ceafed : 

An A&amp; for difcharging certain Eftates in the Counties 
of Lincola and Warwick ot and from the Ufes and Limi- 
tations contained in the Marriage Settlement of Sir Wii- 
liam Keyte Baronet; and fettling other Lands, in the County 
of Gloucefter, of greater Value, to the fame Ufes: 

An A&amp;ct for vefting the Eftates of Sir Yobn Hales and 
Sir Chifiopher Hales Baronets, deceafed, in Truftees, to 
be fold, for raifing Money for the paying and difcharging 
the Debts and Incumbrances charged thereupon, and af- 
fecting the fame; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned : 

An A&amp; for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Sir abn Chi- 
chefer Baronet for the Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An A&amp; to enable Elizabeth Gomeldon Widow, and 
her Truftees, to enter their refpective Claims before the 
Commiffioners and Truftees for the forfeited Eftates ; and 
to impower the faid Commiffioners and Truftees to hear 
and determine the fame: 

An Act to enable Lawrence Broderick, an Infant, to per- 
form certain Articles of Agreement entered into by Ann 
his Mother, fince deceafed, to whom he is Heir: 

An A&amp; to enable Truftees to fell Part of the Eftate 
of Fobn Sandford Efquire, deceafed, for Payment of his 
Debts and Legacies; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned : 

An Aé&amp; for the Sale of the Eftate of William Pembroke, 
late of Port/mouth Dock, deceafed, fituate at North Mims, 
in the County of Hertford, for the Purpofes thercin men- 
tioned : 

An A&amp; for vefting the Eftate of Zohn Pendarves, late 
of Rofcrow, in the County of Cornwall, Efquire, deceafed, 
in new Truftees, to and for the fame Ufes, Intents, and 
Purpofes, as are mentioned in his Will: 

An A&amp; to enable Fobn Rofer Efquire, and his Iffue, 
to change their Surnames from Rofer to Reynolds: 

An A&amp; for the Naturalization of Mary Sopbia Char- 
lotte Vifcountefs Howe, Wife of Scroop Lord Vifcount 
Howe, of the Kingdom of Jreland: 

An A&amp; for naturalizing of Gerard Van Neck: 

An A&amp; for naturalizing Bennet Erafmus Hopfer : 

An A&amp; for naturalizing fob Backer and George Kru- 

er: 
An A&amp; for naturalizing Samuel Gampert : 

An A&amp; tor naturalizing Cornelius Backer and Henry 
de Putter: 

An Act for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert, Fobn, 
Van Hemert, Frederick Morgan, and Henry Nicholas San- 
der: 

An A&amp; for naturalizing ¥obn Henry Grutzman. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for pre- 
venting of Frauds and Abufes, in the Allowances on da- 
maged Wines; and for lengthening the Time for the 
Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reporied from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

4 Ordered, 





6 Geo. I. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 8° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Act, 
pafied in the Firft Year of his Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act to encourage the planting Timber Trees, 
Fruit Trees, and other Trees, for Ornament, Shelter, 
and Profit; and for the better Prefervation of the fame; 
and for the preventing the Burning of Woods; and for 
the better Prefervation of the Fences of fuch Woods; was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A¢t to explain and amend an Act, paffed in the 
Firft Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to 
encourage the planting Timber Trees, Fruit Trees, and 
other Trees, for Ornament, Shelter, and Profit; and for 
the betfer;Prefervation of the fame; and for the prevent- 
ing the Borning of Woods; and for the better l’referva- 
tion of the Fences of {uch Woods. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Bridgewater, in the County of Somer/et, 
in the room of the honourable George Dodington Efquire, 
deceafed. 


Ordered; That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
ele€ting a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Dorchefer, in the County of Dorjet, in 
the room of Henry Trenchard Efquire, deceated. 


Sir Samuel Lennard reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bil] for the more effectual Prefervation of the 
Game was committed, That they had made an Amend- 
ment thereunto; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendment, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendment was twice 
read ; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
groffed. 


Ordered, That Sir Samuel Lennard do carry the Bill 
for enlarging the Term granted by an Act, paffed in the 
Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act 
for repairing the Highways leading from the Stones End 
in Kent-fireet to the Lime-kilns in Eaft Greenwich, near 
Blackheath, and to Lewifbam Church, being the Tua- 
bridge Road, in the County of Kens; and for repairing 
and amending the Highways and Roads leading from 
Weftminfier Ferry, in the Parifh of Lambeth, in the County 
of Surry, to New Crofs, in the Parifh of Deptford, in the 
County of Kent, and for enlarging the Term granted by 
an Aét, paffed in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for amending the Roads 
from the City of London to the Town of Lajft Grinftead, 
in the County of Suffex, and to Sutton and Kang /fon, in the 
County of Surry, and for explaining and amending the 
fame Act; to the Lords; and defire their Concurrence. 


_Afi ingroffed Bill for making forth new Exchequer 
Bills, ‘nore exceeding One million, at a certain Intereft ; 
and for lending the fame to the South Sea Company, at a 


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higher Intereft, upon Security of repaying the fame,.and 
fuch higher Intereft, into the Exchequer, for Ufes to 
which the Fund for leffening the publick Debts, called 
the Sinking Fund, is applicable; and for circulating and 
exchanging, upon Demand, the faid Bills, at or near the 
Exchequer; was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 3. L. 12. Leave out “ his,” and infert ** your :” 

Preis io. L.22. After ‘* the,” to infert ** Auditor of 
** the Receipt of the Exchequer, and :” 

Prefs 18. L.17. To leave out ‘*injoined,” and infert 
** impowered :” 

Prefs 22. L. * To infert * faid,” before * Go- 
“© vernor :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto, by the Houle: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly, 

Refolved, That the Rill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for making forth new Exchequer Bills, not 
exceeding One million, at a certain Intereft; and-for lend- 
ing the iame to the South Sea Company, at a higher In- 
tereft, upon Security of repaying the fame, and fuch 
higher Incereft, into the Exchequer, for Ufes to which the 
Fund for leffeaing the publick Debts, called the Sinking 
Fund, is applicable; and for circulating and exchanging, 
upon Demand, the faid Bills, at or near the Exchequer. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 


ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee; to 
whom the Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the 
City of Brifiol to the Kingdom of Jre/and, relating to 
the Drawbacks upon Tobacco, and other weighab!e Goods, 
exported to Jreland, was referred, be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Monday next, at Twelve of the Clock. 


: An ingroffed Bill for regulating the Nightly Watch, 
was read the Third time. 

An ingroffled Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Bill, That the Act fhall not extend to the 
City of London, or the Liberties thereof; and to direct 
how the Rates and Afleffiments for maintaining the Nighr- 
ly Watch there fhall be affeffled, and collected: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks: And 
the fame was amended ; and the Blanks filled up; and 
then read the Third time; and upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part 
of the Bill. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 
Preis 7. L. 34. To leave out “ Third,” and infert, 
se Firit:” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for the appointing a Nightly Watch, and regu- 
Jating the Beadles, in that Part of Great Britain called 
England. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for the fur- 
ther preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, 
and for the more effectual Tran{portation of Felons; 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. ey 

The Lord Chetwynd took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Lord Chetwynd reported from. the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 

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to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. . 


_ Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for Preventing of 
Frauds and Abufes in the Allowances on damaged Wines; 
and for lengthening the Time for the Drawbacks on the 
Exportation of Wines ; wascommitted; be received To- 
morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 9° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Farrer reported from the Committee, to 
M whom the Bill for continuing fo much of an Act, 
made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Ma- 
jefty Queen dana, intituled, An Act for the reviving, and 
continuing, feveral Acts, therein mentioned, for the pre- 
venting Mifchiefs which may happen by Fire; for build- 
ing and repairing County Gaols; for exempting Apothe- 
caries from ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and ferving 
upon Juries ; and relating to the Returning of Jurors; as 
relates to the Building and Repairing of County Gaols; was 
committed; That they had made feveral Amendments 
thercunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Tuefday Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Pbilip Germaine, was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp; for naturalizing Philip Germaine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ma/on do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee, of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
Preventing of Frauds and Abufes in the Allowances on 
damaged Wines; and for lengthening the Time for the 
Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines; was commit- 
ted; the Amendments which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte: And another Amendment was 
made by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
‘grofied. 


The Lord Wiliam Powlett- reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for Relief of infolvent Debtors 
was committed, That the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Tuc/day Morning next. 


The Lord Chetwynd, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and 
other Felonies; and for the more effectual Tranfportation 


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of Felons; was committed; the Amendments which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in‘his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the faid Amendments were once read throughout; and 
then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
other Amendments were made by the Houfe to the Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for rebuilding the Parifh Church of 
Saint Martin in the Feilds, in the City of Weftminfter, ar 
the Charge of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, was 
read the Third time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Bill, to direét how the Burgeffes fhall be 
chofe in the Out Wards: 

And the fame was once read, with Blanks; and by, 
Leave of the Houfe, withdrawn. 

Then the Amendments following were feverally pro- 
pofed to be made to the Bill ; 

Prefs 1. L. 30. After the laft ** the,” infert ** Right ho- 
** nourable Edward Lord Sonds, Son and Heir apparent 
** to the Earl of Rockingham, the :” 

Prefs 2. L. 8. After “ the,” infert “* Right :” 

L.10. After ‘* Counfel,” infert ** the Right 
** honourable Robert Walpole Efquire, the Right ho- 
** nourable William Pulteney Efquire :” 

L. 13. Before ‘‘ Baronets,” infert ** Sir Sa. 
‘* muel Lennard :” 

L. 14. Before ‘* Brigadier,” infert ‘* Major 
*¢ General William Evans: 

L. 16. After ** Nicholas,” infert “* Horatio 
“&lt; Walpole, Hugh Cholinley, Wim. Chetwynd, Fohn Merryl, 
** Charles Dartiquenave:”? 

L.17. Before * William,” infert ** Nicholas 
“© Dubois, Edward Elliot:” 

L. 31. After “* Rainge,” infert * Mr. Wil- 
“© iam Bentley :” 

L. 32. After ‘* Crefweil,” infert «* Mr. Tho- 
“* mas Dance, Mr. Philip Craig, Mr. George Gilburt, Mr. 
“* Fobn Price, and Mr. Charles Haman.” 

The faid Amendments, were upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the 
Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Ac for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint Mar- 
tin in the Feilds, in the City of Wefminfter, at the 
Charge of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlet do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Lightboun: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Aé to en- 
able any Corporations within the Univerfity of Cambridge, 
or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any Meffuages 
and Ground to the faid Univerfity, for enlarging their 
publick Library: To which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made 
by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for vetting 
the Eftate late of Gilbert Nicholetts Efquire, deceafed, in 
Truftees, for Payment of his Debts, and Sifters Portions; 
and for making Provifion for his Widow and Child. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Bill for encouraging the Importation of Hemp, Flax, 
and Deal Boards, from the Plantations, was read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 


to enable any Corporations within the Univerfity of Cam- 
bridge, 








6 Gro. L. 


bridge, or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any 

Mefiuages and Ground to the faid Univerfity, for en- 

jarging their publick Library, was read the Firit time. 
Rejolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morning 
next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houle; 
upon the Bill to repeal fo much of the Ad, intituled, An 
A&amp;t for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abules, in his 
Majefty’s Cuftoms, paficd in the Thirteenth and Four- 
teenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates to 
the prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards and Fit 
Timber from Germany. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing; Nine of the Clock. 


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convicting Perfons for Burglary fhall be paid without any 
Deduction : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with a Blank 3 
which was filled up: 

And then the Claufe was read the Third time; andj 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. | ; 
_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the ‘File 
be, An Act for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, 
and other Felonies; and for the more effectual Trant- 
portation of Felons. 

Ordered, That the Lord Chetwynd do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 11° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


(pRacred, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia. 
ment for the Borough of Rygate, in the County of Surry, 
in the room of William Fordan Efquire, deceafed. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into Confideration the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Merchants and Traders of Bri- 
fioll, relating to a Drawback tor the Wafte upon To- 
bacce, Sugar, Hops, and other weighable Goods, ex- 
ported to /reland, was referred : 

And the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, Ttiat the faid Report, and the faid Petition, 
be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, who are to confider further of Ways 


and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jefty. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider turther of Ways and Means for railing the Supply 
granted to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Duties upon Fir 
Timber, Fir Plank, Fir or Deal Boards, and Mafts, of 
the Growth of Norway and Sweden, be referred to the 
faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of tne Inhabitants of Ivinghoe, Slap- 
ton, and &lt;Addlesborough, Parifhes, and Places adjacent, 
in the County of Bucks, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account, fhewing the Quantity of 
Hats, Shavings, Chips, and Plat for Hats, that have been 
imported into England between Cbrifimas 1712, and 
Coriftmas 1719; dittinguifhing the Countries; be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe. 

Nir. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Commiittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr, Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Relolutions; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
lame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received Fo-morrow 
Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for the further preventing Robbery, 
Burglary, and other Felonies ; and for the more effectual 
Tran{portation of Felons; was read the Third time. 

An ingrofled Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 


added to the Bill, That the Reward gor apprehending and 
Vor. XIX, 





Martis, 12° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


‘R. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to con- 
fider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
granted to his Majefty; the Refolutions which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered them in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where they were read; and are as fol- 
low; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Contmittee, 
That an Allowance be made to the Merchant Exporter 
on the Duties to be drawn back of all Tobacco thipped 
and exported to Jre/and, in Confideration of the Wafte 
which may happen in the Voyage between Great Britain 
and Ireland; fo as fuch Allowance do not, in any Cafe, ex- 
ceed Two per Cent. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That turther Provifion be made, by Law, to prevent 


-Frauds in re-landing Tobacco in Great Britain, or clan- 


deftinely running the fame in Ireland, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the fame Duties be paid for all Fir Timber, Fir 
Plank, Matts, and Deal Boards, that fhall be imported 
from Germany, as are now payable for Fir Timber, Fir 
Plank, Matts, and Deal Boards, imported from Nor- 
way. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are to prepare, and bring in, a Bill to prevent Frauds 
in the publick Revenues, That they do prepare, and bring 
in, a Claufe or Clautes, purfuant to the Two firft of the 
faid Refolutions. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committée 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to repeal fo much 
of the Act, intituled, An Act for preventing Frauds, and 
regulating Abufes, im his Majelty’s Cuftoms, pafled in 
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the 
Second, as'relates to. the prohibiting the Importation of 
Deal Boards and Fir Timber from Germany, is com- 
mitted, That they do provide, that the faid Bill be made 
agreeable to the laft of the faid Refolutions. 


Ordered, That the original Books and Papers, which 
were laid before this Houle by the Governor and Com~ 
pany of Merchants trading to the Levant Seas, be deli- 
vered back to the faid Governor and Company. 


A Bil! for encouraging the Importation of Hemp, Flax, 
and Deal Boards, from the Plantations, was read a Second: 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be commitzed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 


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338 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur {day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hovte, 


upon the faid Bill. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
tefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, upon 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, Sea- 
men, and Seafaring- men, of Great Bi ttain or Ireland; and 


for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects. 


The Counfel for the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An A for annexing the late Duke of Shrew/- 
bury’s Eftate to the Earldom of Shrevybury; and con- 
firming Gilbert Earl of Shrew/bury’s Settlement, in order 
thereto; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and 
alfo the Counfel on the Petition of the Lord Fitz William 
and George Pitt Efquire, and on the Petition of Talbot 
Touchett K{quire; were called in ; 

And the Bill was read the Third time: 

And the Petition of the Lord Fitz William and George 
Pitt Efquire ; on behalf of George Talbot, an Infant, was 
read: 

And the Petition of Talbott Touchett Efquire was alfo 
read. 

And the Counfel, upon the Petition of the Lord Fitz 
William, and Mr. Pitt, was iv Part heard. 

And then the Counfel were direéted to withdraw. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 

Godfrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making forth new Exchequer Bills, not exceeding One 
million, at a certain Intereft; and for lending the fame to 
the South Sea Company, at an higher Intereit, upon Se- 
curity of repaying the fame, and tuch higher Intereft, in- 
to the Exchequer, for Ufes to which the Fund for leffen- 
ing the publick Debts, called the Sinking Fund, is ap- 
plicable; and for circulating and exchanging, upon De- 
‘mand, the faid Bills, at or near the Exchequer ; without 
any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

The Counfel were again called in, andfurther heard upon 
the Petition of the Lord Fitz William, and Mr. Pitt: 

And infifting upon fome Matters contained in the Bill, 
but not mentioned in the Petition; 

And the Counfel for the Bill objecting to their Pro- 
ceeding on any Matter not particularly mentioned in the 
Petition ; 

The Counfel for the Petitioners were heard, in Anfwer 
to that Objection : 

And the Counfel for the Bill replied. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

Refolved, That the ‘Counfel be called in, and that the 
Counfel for the Petitioners be permitted to proceed. 

And they were called in again; and proceeded accord- 
ingly. 

ir then the Counfel were directed to withdraw. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander- 
fon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
tend his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houle of Peers. 

And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majetty, in the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty 
had been pleafed to give the Royal Afient to One pub- 
lick Bill, viz. 

An -A&amp; for making forth new Exchequer Bills, not 
exceeding One million, at a certain Intereft; and for lend- 
ing the fame to the South Sea Company, at a higher In- 
‘tereft, upon Security of repaying the fame, and fuch 
high Intereft, into the Exchequer, for Ufes to which the 


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A. 1720, 
Fund for leffening the publick Debts, called the Sinking 
Fund, is applicable ; and for circulating and exchanging 
upon Demand, the faid Bills, at or near the Exchequer: 
And to One private Bill; viz. 
An AG for vetting the Eftate late of Gilbert Nichole'ts 
Ejquire, deceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debrs, 


and Siflers Portions; and for making a Provifion for his 
Widow and Child. 


Then the Counfel were called in again, for and againgt 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act fog 
annexing the late Duke of Shrew/bury’s Eftate to the Earl. 
dom of Shrew/bury; and confirming Gildert Eari of Sb: ew/- 
bury’s Settlement, in order thereto; and for o:her Pyr- 
pofes therein mentioned : 

And the Countel for the Lord Fitz William and Mr. 
Pitt were further heard on their Petition againft the Bill: 

And then the Counfel upon the Petition of Mr. Touchet 
was heard. 

And afterwards the Counfel infifting, That the Con- 
fents of Mr. George Talbot, and Mr. Fobm Talbot of Long- 
ford, were procured by indireét means $ 

And it being objected, by the Counc! for the Bill, That, 
rothing of that Matter being alleged in the Petition, they 
could not be fuppofed to be prepared to anfwer it; and 
that therefore the Petitioners Counfel ought not to be ad. 
mitted to give any fuch Evidence: . 

Upon which Matter the Counfel for and againft the Bill 
were heard. 

And then they withdrew. 

And a Queftion being propofed, That the Counfel for 
the Petitioners be admitted to examine Witneffes as to 
Mr. George Talbott’s, and Mr. Fobn Talbot of Longford’s 
Agreement to this Bill ; 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Debate be adjourned ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth.- 


Mr. Weftern, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Hillerfden : 


66, 
Colonel Bladen ; 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 Mr iad: t 68, 
So it paffed in the Negative. | 
Then the Queftion being put, That the Counfel for the 
Petitioners be admitted to examine Witneffes as to Mr. 
George Talbot’s and Mr. Fohn Talbot of Longford’s, Agree- 
ment to this Bill; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Willoughby, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Calmady : 


63, 
Sir Hum. Briggs, 

Tellers for the Noes, aM. Gresery = t 67. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

The Counfel were called in; and Mr. Speaker acquaint- 
ed them therewith. 

Then the Counfei for the Bill were heard: 

And the Counfel for the Petitioners replied. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill, with the Amendments do pats ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 


Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Mickletbwaite. 


t 50. 
Mr. Windfor, 

Seca for the Noes, 1 Mi, Gibbon t 24¢ 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Comptroller do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 


the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ oe 
the 











cs, ae 
oe Pond 


6 Geo. I. 


the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Chippenkam, in the County of Wilts, 
in the room of Gyles Earle Efquire; who, fince his Election 
for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of one of 
the Clerk Comptroilers of his Majefty’s Houfhold. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for continuing fo much of an Aé, made in the 
Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Ann, intituled, An Act for reviving and continuing 
feveral Acts therein mentioned, for the preventing Mil- 
chiefs which may happen by Fire; for building and re- 
pairing County Gaols ; for exempting Apothecaries from 
ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and ferving upon Ju- 
ries ; and relating to the Returning of Jurors; as relates 
to the Building and Repairing of County Gaols; was 
committed ; be taken into Confideration To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of. infolvent Debtors was com- 
mitted, be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morn- 
ing. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
pen the Bill to repeal fo much of the Act, intituled, An 
Aé@t for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his 
Majefty’s Cuftoms, paffed in the Thirteenth and Four- 
teenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates to 
the prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards and Fir 
Timber from Germany. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 13° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A to enable any Corporations within the Univerfity 
of Cambridge, or any other Perfons, to fell and convey 
any Meffuages and Ground to the faid Univerfity, for en- 
larging their publick Library, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Windfor, 
Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Hardrefs, Mr. Poultney; Sir Tho. 
obnfon, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Lade, 
Sir Fcbn Phillips, Mr. Gwyn, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. 
Freman, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Cartwright, Sir Facob Afiiey, 
Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Cartaret, Mr. Earle, Mr. Hunger- 
ford, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Wright/on, Mr. 
Urthquert, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Devereux, Sir 
Wm. Thompfon, Mr. Pitt; and all the Members that 


_ferve for the Two Univerfities; and for the Counties of 


Cambridge, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Hertford: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of George Angel was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner is a 
Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance; but pro- 
feffeth the true Proteftant Religion; and hath given good 
Teftimony of his dutiful and loyal Affection to his Ma- 
jefty, and the good of this Kingdom: And praying, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for his Natura- 
lization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Whitchcot and Mr. Lade do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Mr. Freman prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for enabling Charles Earl of Arran to raife 
Money for purchafing the Eftate of Fames Butler, late 
Duke of Ormond; and for Payment of the Debts of the 


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faid late Duke, unprovided for by him: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for laying a Duty on wrought Plate; and for 
applying Money out of the Forfeitures for Treafon, for 
anfwering his Majetty’s Supply; and for taking off the 
Drawback upon Hops exported for Ireland: And thé 
fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill to prevent the impious Practice of Duelling, was 
committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to thé 
Bill, were once read throughout ; and then a Second time, 
one by one; and, upon. the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered; to be added to the Bill, to im- 
power his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, under the 
Great Seal of Great Britain, to conftitute and appoint 
Commiffioners to hear and determine all Differences arife- 
ing between Perfons within this Realm, by reafon of any 
diigraceful or reproachful Words, Geftures, or Actions; 
and to award Satisfaction: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up; and the Claufe amended : 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Claufe be made Part of the Bill; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And another Amendment was made, by the Houfe, to 
the Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill, with the 
Amendments, be ingroffed ; 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being: 
put, That the Debate be adjourned ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Sir Wilfred Lawfon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } vi Trelawny : 


i AT. 
Mr. Cbifwell, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mir Berane t 57+ 
So it paffed in the Negative. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 

put, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrofled ; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth, 

t 60. 

| t 33- 


Mr. Hey/bam, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Pelbam: 
Tellers for the Noes, j Mr. Yonge, 

» Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Seven- 

night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 

Houfe, upon the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging 


Mr. Weftphaling : 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men of Great Britain 


-or Ireland; and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Sub- 


jects. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for continuing fo much of an Act, made 
in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Ann, intituled,*An Act for reviving and continuing fe- 
veral Acts, therein mentioned, for the preventing Mifchiefs 
which may happen by Fire; for building and repairing 
County Gaols; for exempting Apothecaries from ferving 
Parifh and Ward Offices, and ferving upon Juries; 
and relating to the Returning of Jurors; -as relates to the 
Building and Repairing of County Gaols; was commit- 
ted; be taken into Confideration upon Tuefday Seven- 
night. 

Ordered, 








340 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of infolvent Debtors was com- 
mitted, be taken into Confideration upon Tue/day Seven- 
night. 


And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday the 
Twenty-fifth of this inftant April. 





Lune, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill for Preventing of Frauds and Abufes 
A in the Allowances on damaged Winess and for 
engthening the Time for the Drawbacks on the Expor- 
tation of Wines; was read the Third time. 
Refolued, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for Preventing of Frauds and Abufes in the 
Allowances on damaged Wines; and for lengthening the 
Time for the Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines. 
Ordered, What Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and deter- 
mine, the Debts due to the Army ; and to examine and 
{tate the Demands of feverai foreign Princes and States 
for Subfidies, during the late War: And that Mr. Treby, 
and Mr. Charles Stankope, do prepare, and bring in, the 
lame. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for re- 
giftering and encouragingMariners,Seamen, and Seafaring- 
men, of Great Britain and Ireland, and for the Eafe of 
his Majefty’s trading Subjects. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed him 
to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur {day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee, of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned til! To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of ihe Clock. 





Martis, 26 die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 


R. Whitchcot prefented to the Houfe, according to 
p Order, a Bill for naturalizing George Angell: And 
the fame was received, and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Hindon, in the County of Wilts,: in 
the room of Keynolds Calthorpe Efquire, deceafed. 


Fhe Orders of the Day being read’; 

The Houfe refolved itlelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill to repeal fo much of the A&amp;, 
intituled, An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating 
Abufes, in his Majefty’s Cuftoms, paffed in the Thir- 
teenth and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second, 
as relates to the prohibiting the Imporcation of Deal Boards 
and Fir Timber from Germany. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 


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Mr, Farrer repotted from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made fome Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurjday 
Morning next. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confidera:ion the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill for conti- 
nuing fo much of an Aét, made in the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Ana, intituled, An A&amp; 
for reviving and continuing feveral Acts, therein men- 
tioned, for the preventing Miichiefs which may happen 
by Fire; for building ana repairing County Gaols; for 
exempting Apothecaries from ferving Parifh and Ward 
Offices, and ferving upon Jurics; and relating to the 
Returning of Jurors; as relates to the Building and Re- 
pairing of County Gaols,; was committed; 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to 
the faid Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Se- 
cond time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally - 
put thereupon, fome of them were dilagreed with, and 
the Refidue, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto, by the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
punifbing fuch Perfons, who fhall be in actual Service 
and Pay in his Majefty’s Fleet, as fhall, upon the Shore 
in foreign Parts, commit any of the Crimes mentioned in 
the Articles eftablifhed by an At 13° Car. IIdi, for efta. 
blifhing Articles and Orders for the Regulating, and better 
Government, of his Majefty’s Ships of War, and Forces 
by Sea: 

Acnd the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bull. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to 
impower Juttices of Peace, within their refpective Jurif- 
dictions, to commit Vagrants, and other Criminals, for 
{mall Offences, either to the common Gaol, or Houfe of 
Correction, as they, in their Judgment, fhall think proper: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the 
City of London thall fettle and limit the Fees of the Gaols 
and Prifons belonging to the City: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
Sa agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 

ill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
repairing Gaols in Corporations and Franchiles: ) 

And the fame was once read; and, by Leave of the 
Houie, withdrawn. 


And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Dormer and Mr. 
Holford : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
Exchanging of feveral {mall Parcels of Land, in the Parith 
and Manor of Fulham, belonging to the Bifhoprick of Los- 
don, for other Lands, of greater Value, to Charles. Earl 
of Peterborough and Monmouth: To which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe to the Bill, intituled, An Aét for annexing 
the late Duke of Shrew/bury’s Eftate to the Earldam of 


‘Shrew/fbury ; and confirming Gilbert Earl of Shrew/bury’s 


Settlement, in order thereto; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned. And alfo, 


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The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for enlarging the Term granted by an Act, paffed in the 
Fourth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act 
for repairing the Highways leading from the Stones End 
in Kent-ftreet to the Lime-kilns in Eaf Greenwich, near 
Blackheath, and to Lewi/bam Church, being the 7: unbridge 
Road, in the County of Kent; and for repairing and 
amending the Highways and Roads leading from Weft- 
minfter Ferry, in the Parith of Lambeth, in the County 
of Surry, to New Cro/s, in the Parith of Deptford, in 
the County of Kent; and for enlarging the Term, granted 
by an A&amp;, paffed in the Fourth Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Aét for amending the Roads from 
the City of London to the Town of Eaft Grinflead, in the 
County of Suféx; and to Sutton and Kingfton, in the 
County of Surry; and for explaining and amending the 
fame Act; without Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of infolvent Debtors was com- 
mitted, be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morn- 
ing. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for encouraging the Importation of 
Hensp, Flax, and Deal Boards, from the Plantations. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, That the feveral Reprefertations that have been 
made to the Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations, 
relating to Wafte of Trees proper for Mafts, in any of 
his Majefty’s Plantations in America, fince his Majefty’s 
happy Acceffion to the Throne, may be laid before this 
Houle. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houle as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 27° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Windfor reported from the Committee, to whom 


the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, inrituled, An - 


Aé&amp; to enable any Corporations within the Univerfity of 
Cambridge, or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any 
Meffuages and Ground to the faid Univerfity, for enlarge- 
ing their publick Library, was committed, That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of Yefterday, That his Majefty would be pleafed 
to give Directions, That the feveral Reprefentations that 
have been made to the Commiffioners of Trade and Plan- 
tations, relating to Wafte of Trees proper for Mafts, in 
any of his Majefty’s Plantations in America, fince his Ma- 
jefty’s happy Acceffion to the Throne, may be laid be- 
fore this Houfe, hath been prefented to his Majefty; and 
that his Majefty had been pleafed to give Directions, That 
the faid Reprefentations be laid before this Houfe. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
Confideration the Report from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for Relief of infolvent Debtors, was committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to 
the Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Vou. XIX. 


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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be jn- 
erofied. 


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Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and 
determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine 
and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and States 
for Subfidies, during the late War: And the fame was 
received. 


Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Firft time To- 
morrow Morning. 


Mr. Hungerford reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into, and examine, the feveral Sub{crip- 
tions for Fifheries, Infurances, Annuities for Lives, and 
all other Projects carried on by Subfcriptions in and about 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter; and to inquire into 
all Undertakings for purchafing Joint Stocks, or obfolete 
Charters; the Matter, as it appeared to them, with the 
Refolutions of the Committee thereupon; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and-he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report and Refo- 
lutions were read; and are as follow; viz. 

That the Committee, in purfuance of the Order of the 
Houle, of the 22d of February, have taken into Con- 
fideration the feveral Matters to them referred; and 
inquired into the feveral Undertakings following, 
carried on by Subfcription ; viz. 

A Subfcription of 1,500,000/. for carrying on a Fifh- 
ing Trade, by the Name and Title of The Company of 
the Grand Fifhery of Great Britain: 

A Subfcription of 1,200,000/. for carrying on a Fifh- 
ing Trade, by the Name of The Company of the Royal 
Fithery of England: 

A Subfcription of 3,000,000/, taken at Garraway’s 
Coffee-houfe, for carrying on a Fifhery, by the Name of 
The Britifo Fithery: 

A Subfcription of 1,500,coo/. taken at Robin’s Coffee- 
houfe, for eftablifhing another Britifh Fithery : 

A Subfcription of 1,500,000/. as a Joint Stock, for 
the immediate and effectual carrying on the Greenland 
Whale-fithery : 

A Subfcription of 1,152,000/. for infuring Ships and 
Merchandize, kept at the Royal Exchange: 

A Subfcription of 2,000,000/, for infuring Ships and 
Merchandize, called Ram’s Infurance: 

A Subfcription of 1,000,000/, for Infuring of Ships 
and Merchandize, called Shales his Infurance: 

A Subfcription of 2,000,000/. for infuring Goods and 
Houfes from Fire, called Sadlers-ball Infurance : 

A Subicription of 1,000,000/. for a General Infurance 
from Fire, called Overail’s Infurance: 

A Subicription of 2,000,000, taken at the Three Tun 
Tavern in Swithen’s Alley, near the Royal Exchange, for 
a General Infurance on Houfes and Merchandize : 

A Subfcription of 1,500,000 /. for purchafing Govern- 
ment Securities ; and lending Money upon the fame: 

A Subfcription opened at Garraway’s Coffee-houfe in 
Exchange-alley, for raifing 1,200,000/ to be employed, 
by way of Loan, on Stocks, Annuities, Tallies, &amp;c. : 

A Subfcription of 1,200,000/. for granting Annuities, 
called Mr. Tomas Burgeffe’s Subfcription: 

A Subfcription of 1,000,000/, taken by the Governor 
and Company for raifing Thames Water, in York Build- 
ings: 

A Subfcription of 2,000,000/. taken in at Cooper’s 
Coffee-houfe in Cornhill, for preventing and fupprefling 
Thieves and Robbers both by Sea and Land; and infure- 
ing all Perfons Goods from the fame, as alfo from Fire: 

A Subfcription of 1,200,000/. for building or buying 
Ships to lett or freight: 

A Subfcription of 1,000,000/. for a Joint Stock, to 
be employed in carrying on the Navigation and Traffick 
of Coals from Neweaftle to London : 

A Subfcription of 1,200,000/. for raifing a Joint 
Stock, to be employed in Undertaking and Furnifhing of 
Funerals: 


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A Subf{cription of 1,200,000/, Sterling, to be a Fund 
for eftablifhing and carrying on a Trade to his Majefty s 
German Dominions : 

A Subfcription taken to carry on the Undertaking for 
raifing the Growth of raw Silk: 

A Subfeription of 10,000.000/. taken at Sadlers-ball, 
for raifing a Joint Stock, in order to the eftablifhing the 
Fifhery of Great Britain and Jreland. 

That the Committee have examined the feveral Agents 
or Managers of the aforefaid Subfcriptions ; and 
alfo have examined into the feveral Papers and Books 
relating to the fame, as well as the Papers referred 
to them by the Houfe; and thereby do find the 
feveral Matters of Faét following ; viz. 

That a Petition, figned by the Lords Stamford, Claren- 
don, and Yarmouth, with others, praying a Charter of 
Incorporation for carrying on a Fifhing Trade, by the 
Name of The Grand Fifhery of Great Britain, was pre- 
fented to his Majefty; and referred, by Order of Council 
of the 2d of February 1717, to the prefent Attorney and 
late Solicitor General; who have made a Report there- 
upon to his Majefty, dated the 12th November 17193 
which fets forth, That they have examined the Allegations 
of the faid Petition, and likewife, Application being made 
to them by feveral Perfons claiming to be Members of a 
Corporation fuppofed to be erected by his late Majefty 
King Charles the Second, by his Letters Patents under the 
Great Seal of Eng/and, bearing Date the 16th Day of Sep- 
tember 1677, by the Name of The Company of the Royal 
Fifhery of England, who defired to be heard, on behalf 
of the faid Corporation, againft the granting any fuch 
Charter as is prayed by the faid Petition; have feveral 
times heard Counfel thereupon; and, in the faid Report, 
do certify to his Majefty, That the Perfons claiming to be 
Members of the faid Corporation have not been ab'e to 
make it appear to them, that the Corporation fo ereéted, 
as aforefaid, now is, or, for many Years laft paft, has 
had any Exiftence; but, not having been fuccefsful in the 
faid Undertaking, foon after the paffing the faid Letters 
Patents, for aught appears to them, no Care has been 
taken to preferve the Succeffion of the Members of the 
faid Corporation, in the manner required by the faid Let- 
ters Patents; fo that the Corporation is long fince deter- 
mined; nor have they been able to make it appear, thar, 
for many Years laft paft, any Attempts or Endeavours 
have been made or ufed for the carrying on of the Fifhing 
Trade, by or under the Authorities or Rights granted by 
the faid Letters Patents : 

On which Confiderations, it being moft undoubted, 
that nothing can more conduce to the Increafe of the 
Strength and Riches of his Majefty’s Kingdoms, and the 
breeding able Seamen to ferve his Majefty as well in time 
of War as Peace, than the preferving the Fifhery of this 
Realm ; they are of Opinion, That his Majefty has not 
only full Power legally to grant the Letrers Patents prayed; 
but that fuch Incorporation, being granted under proper 
Regulations and Reftrictions, will be very beneficial to the 
Nation. 

The Committee do likewife find, That, on or about the 
14th of Oédzober 1719, a Subfcription of 1,000,000/. was 
opened for carrying on the faid Fifhing Trade, by the Name 
of The Grand Fifhery; and that 800,000/. Part of the 
faid 1,000,000/ was defigned for Exgland, and 200,000/. 
tor Scotland: ‘Vhat 175,000/ of that Sum was fubicribed 
here by the Gentlemen of that Country, who infifted on 
it as their Right; but, when the Subfcription Book was 
fent to Edinburgh, for the Gentlemen refiding there to 
fubfcribe, they complained, that the remaining Part of 
200,000/. was not fufficient for them; and thereupon, 
applying to the Managers, they enlarged the Subfcription 
for Scotland to 500,000/, which makes the whole Sub- 
{cription, 1,500,000 /. ; 

That, in the Preamble of the Subfcription Book, the 
Subfcribers agree to pay 25. 6d. per Cent. into the Hands 
of Meffieurs Cox and Cleeve, Goldfmiths in Cornhill, 
London, in Part of the faid Subfcription, to be applied 
towards defraying the Charge of taking out a Patent, aud 


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other Expences, as fhall appear to be abfolutely neceffary 
for carrying on the faid Undertaking; and that no Pare 
thereof be iffued but by an Order under the Hands of 
Three of the Committee of Managers for the faid Under. 
taking. 

It appeared to the Committee, by an Account delivered 
to them by the faid Meffieurs Cox and Cleeve, That there 
has been paid into their Hands, upon the faid Subfcrip- 
tion, 1,875/.; whereof they have difburfed 527/. to Mr. 
Phillips, Secretary to the faid Subfcribers, by Order of 
Three of the Committee of Managers, as aforefaid; and 
that, by an Account delivered to the Committee by Mr, 
Phillips, 5091. appears to be expended, and 18/. now 
remaining in his Hands: 

That there has been feveral Plans formed for carrying 
on the faid Undertaking, but none of them intirely com- 

leted. 
. That the Committee do find, That King Charles the 
Second, by Letters Patents, bearing Date the 25th Day of 
September, in the 29th Year of his Reign, did conftitute 
feveral Perfons, therein named, and fuch others as fhould 
thereafter be, from time to time, admitted into their 
Company, to be One Body Politick and Corporate, by 
the Name of The Company of the Royal Fithery of Eng- 
land: That they fhould have perpetual Succeffion; and 
that they were to meet annually, to choofe a Governor, 
Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, and Committees: That 
they had Power to increafe, contract, or divide, their 
Stock; with a further Power for each Member to tranf- 
fer and affign their Stock to any Perfon or Perfons what- 
foever : 

That it was reprefented to the Committee, by Mr. 
Mackburney, who has been Secretary to the faid Company 
28 Years, That, foon after the granting the faid Charter, 
a confiderable Stock was raifed, laid out, and expended, 
in carrying on the faid Fifheries; and feveral other great 
Sums, in the Time of King Charles, railed and employed 
in the fame manner; but, by Misfortunes and Accidents, 
the faid feveral Stocks were loft : 

That afterwards, in 1694, there was laid open a Sub- 
fcription Book for 300,000/.; and that, 10 per Cent. be- 
ing called in, there was raifed thereupon 10,000/. which 
was laid out in building and buying Doggers, and other 
Fifhing Veffels, employed in Catching of Herrings and 
Cod; and that alfo, by the Inconveniences occafioned by 
the War, was loft: And that then they borrowed Money 
upon Bottomre; Part of which was repaid, by felling 
the Doggers, and other the Effects, of the Company: 
That, at that time, the Government giving 14/. per Cent. 
for Money, they could not raife any further Sums fuffi- 
cient to carry on that Undertaking; and, by that means, 
the Trade was in a declining Condition, 

Upon further examining Mr. Mackburney, it appeared 
to the Committee, That, fince that time, there hath been 
many Meetings of the Company; and that, the Minutes 
taken at them being upon loofe Papers, moft of them are 
millaid and loft; but he did not pretend, or infift, that 
the Company had continued to act as a Corporation for 
feveral Years; or that they had, for the Seven Years 
laft paft, met every Year; but that, Four or Five Years 
before this new Subfcription, the Company have had 
feveral Meetings, and confulted how to fet the Fifhery on 
Foot; and, in order for that, a Subfcription was opened 
the 10th Day of February 1719 for 1,200,000/. for a 
Joint Stock, to carry on the faid Fifhery ; and that the 
Conditions thereof are as follow; viz. 

«* That the prefent Proprietors thall have the Liberty 
** to fubfcribe, by fuch Perfons as they have appointed 
‘© in that behalf, under their Common Seal, the Sum of 
‘© y00,000/.: That no other Perfon fhall be admitted to 
«© fubfcribe above the Sum of 5,000/, or under the Sum 
** of s5oo/.: That every Subfcriber, except thofe who 
** are to fubfcribe to the 100,000/, fhall pay into the 
‘* Hands of Meffieurs Mead, and Company, One Pound 
‘* per Cent.; 105. whereof for the fole Ute of the pre- 
** fent Proprietors; and the other 105. to be paid within 
* Ten Days after publick Natice given; 55. whereof to 

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be applied for the joint Benefit of the new Subfcribers 
&amp; to the 1,200,000/. in order to carry on this Under- 
«© taking; and the other 5s. for the Ufe and Benefit of 
“‘ the iaid prefent Proprieters ; to be alfo paid into the 
« Hands of Meffieurs Mead, and Company: That, in 
«© Ten Days after the faid 1,200,000/. or 500,000/. at 
leaft, fhall be fub{cribed, as aforefaid, publick Notice 
fhall be likewife given tor a General Meeting of the 
Subfcribers ; at which time every Subfcriber, not already 
admitted, fhall and may be admitted a Member of 
the faid Company; and, from that time, all and every 
fuch Subfcriber and Subfcribers fhall have a Vote or 
‘¢ Votes for the Choofing of a Governor, Sub Governor, 
«¢ Deputy Governor, and Committee; and for making 
s Rules, Orders, and By-laws; and in tranfacting all 
«© other Matters and Things which are to be tranfaéted 
«© and done in and by a General Court, according to the 
« Tenors, Powers, and Directions, of the faid Charter, 
« and in proportion to their refpective Interefts in the 
faid Stock; that is to fay, for 1,000/. in the faid 
«¢ Stock, One Vote; for 2,000/. Two Votes ; for 3,000 /. 
«© Three Votes; for 4,000/. Four Votes; and for 5,000/. 
«¢ Five Votes: And the Qualification of the Governor, 
«© Sub Governor, and Deputy Governor, to be as fol- 
*¢ lows; viz. The Governor to have 5,000/. ; the Sub- 
“ Governor, 4,000/.; and the Deputy Governor, 4000/. ; 
* in the faid Stock ; and each of the Committees to have 
* 3,000/. in the faid Stock :” 

That the faid Company, called The Royal Fithery, 
have lodged a Petition to his Majefty, in the Council 
Office; whereby they pray further Powers and Privi- 
leges ; but nothing is yet done thereupon. 

TheCommittee find, ThattheSubfcriptionof 1,500,000/. 
taken in at Garraway’s Coffee-houfe the 15th January 
1719, for eftablifhing the Brit Fithery, is on the fol- 
lowing Terms, and tranfacted in the following Manner ; 
viz. : 

‘‘ That no Perfon be admitted to fubfcribe above 
*¢ 5,000/. in his own Name: That 25. 6d. per Cent. 
“© be paid into the Hands of Meffieurs Mertins and Mit- 
“¢ ford, Goldfmiths in London, to be applied towards 
** procuring a Charter, and defraying other Charges : 

“* That, in Fourteen Days after the Subfcription is 
** completed, a General Meeting of the Subfcribers be 
* held, of which publick Notice fhall be given, for 
** choofing Seven Managers for carrying on this Affair, 
in order for procuring a Charter; and that Three of 
*“‘ the faid Seven be a Quorum: 

‘* That no Money be iffued out of the faid Goldfmiths 
“ Flands, but by Order under the Hands of the faid 
“ Managers : 

“© That any Subfcriber, or Bearer of a Receipt of the 
“ faid Subfcription, failing to pay according to the Call 
“ of the Governor and Directors, when Chole, the faid 
“ 25. 6d. and both Subfcription and Receipt, to be 
“ void.” 

It appeared to the Committee, by the Minute Book of 
the faid Subfcribers to 1,50c,000/, That there was a 
Meeting of the faid Subicribers, at Mercers-ball, the 
4th of February 1719; and it was then, and at other 
Meetings, agreed, That the Managers, or a Quorum 
have a Power to difpofe of the Money advanced for the 
Intereft of the Proprietors; and, at the faid Meeting, 
agreed to make an additional Stock of 1,500,000/.; and 
to invite into it the Fifhing Towns of England and Scot- 
land, as conducive to the Advantage of the faid Under- 
taking, and the Intereft of the faid Towns: And was 
further agreed, That fuch of the faid Towns in South 
Britain, by their Reprefentatives in Parliament, in their 
behalf, may fubfcribe a Sum, not exceeding 10,000/. ; 
and that a Sum, not exceeding 500,000/. in the Whole, 
may be fubfcribed for North Britain, paying 25. 6d. 
per Cent. according to the Condition of the Firft Sub- 
{cription : 

‘bat, at another Meeting, it was agreed, That a Peti- 
tion fhould be drawn up, in order to be prefented to his 
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porate them to carry on the Fifhing Trade, by the Name 
of the Britifh Fifhery: Which was accordingly drawn 
up; as alfo a Scheme, fhewing the Advantages to the 
Nation, the Profits of the Company, and the Methods 
propofed in carrying on the fame. 

It likewife appeared to the Committee, by the faid 
Minute Book, That there has been paid into the Hands 
of Meffieurs Mitford and Mertins, upon the Two Sub- 
{criptions, 1,875 /.; whereof 50/, has been paid to Mr. 
Kinnier. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Undertaking, propofed to be carried on by 
the Name of The Britifh Fifhery, wherein the Sea Ports 
and Royal Boroughs are concerned, may be fuccefsfully 
carried on, and prevent great Sums going annually out 
of the Nation, and fecure a valuable Trade; and may, 
upon any Emergence, furnifh Seamen to man the Royal 
Navy; and therefore highly deferves Encouragement. 

That the Committee find, That the Subfcription of 

1,500,000 /, taken in at Rodin’s Coffee-houfe, for carry- 
ing on a Fifhing Trade, by the Name of The Britifh Fifhs 
ery, was opened the 14th of Fanuary 1719, on the fol- 
lowing Conditions ; viz. 
** That the Subfcribers thereunto are to pay 25. 6d. 
per Cent. on their refpective Subfcriptions, to be lodged 
‘ in the Bank of England, fubject to the Order and Di- 
“* rection of a Committee of Managers, to be chofen by 
‘© the Majority of the Subfcribers, in a General Meeting 
‘© to be held when the faid Subfcription is completed.” 

Col. Horfey, a Perfon concerned in the Management 
of the faid Undertaking, being examined, gave the Com- 
mittee the following Account of the Proceedings in taking 
in the faid Subfcription; viz. 

“* That there was, fome time fince, a Subfcription 
‘© taken in at the Marine Coffee-houfe in Birchin-lane, 
“* for erecting and carrying on a Fifhery, under the Title 
‘© of the Grand Fifhery of Great Britain; which being 
‘* foon completed, feveral Gentlemen, who were defirous 
** to be concerned in fo ufeful and beneficial an Under- 
‘** taking, were prevented coming into the fame. 

‘© Therefore it was thought proper to open a Book, 
for a Subfcription of 1,500,000/. for the better carry- 
ing on fo good a Defign: 

‘* That, when the Subfcription was near completed, 
an Offer was made to the Managers of the faid Grand 
“&lt; Fifhery, for an Union with them; it being judged, 
“¢ that the united Stock of both Subfcriptions would the 
“ better enable them to carry on the Fifhing Trade, 
whenever his Majefty fhould be pleafed to grant a 
Charter for that Purpofe : 

“© That there has been feveral Meetings, in order to 
effect the faid Union; but, this Committee having 
under their Confideration the feveral Undertakings car- 
ried on by Subfcription, a Stop is put to any further 
Proceedings, till the Pleafure of the Houfe fhall be 
known: 

« That a Petition to his Majefty is figned by the Sub- 
“ fcribers; praying his Majefty’s Letters Patents, to in- 
“¢ corporate, and enable them to carry on the Fifhing 
“ Trade ; which was refolved not to be prefented to 
“¢ his Majefty, till the Proceedings towards a Union with 
the Grand Fifhery were determined : 

«© That, in order to prevent the jobbing this Subfcrip- 
tion, the Receipts tor the Depofit-money were not 
“ given out till Saturday the 2oth of February laft; and 
«« had not even then been delivered, but upon Complaint 
“© of fome of the Subfcribers, who thought themfelves 
‘&lt; injured by cheir being with- held : 

«That, if the Houte does not think fit to allow Li- 
“ berty for this Undertaking to go forward, the faid 
“© Depofit-money will be immediately repaid to the Sub- 
“* fcribers.” , 

That the Committee do find, That a Subfcription for 
1,500,000/, was taken for carrying on the Greenland 
Whale-fithery, and recovering the Credit of the fame, 
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‘© That every Subfcriber do pay, at the time of their 
“¢ fub{cribing, into the Hands ot Meffieurs enkins’ and 
** Kinz, Bankers in Lombard-frreet, the Sum of 55. 6d. 
“ per Cent.; 55. thereof forthe fole Ufe and Benefit of 
** the Subfcribers; and the remaining 6d. per Cent. to 
‘ be paid, by the faid Meffieurs Fenkins and King, to the 
* Proprietors, as Satisfaction for their Trouble in the 
“© Management of this Affair : 

‘© That no Perfon fhall fubfcribe above 10,000/, or 
¢ Jefs than [1,000/.]” . 

‘Yonathan Forward, One of the Managers of the faid 
Undertaking, being examined, faid, That Receipts were 
iffued ; but that, if the Undertaking does not fucceed, 
all the Money fubfcribed is to be returned, except the 6d. 
per Cent. afore-mentioned : 

That Whalebone, which was formerly fold for 52/. per 
Ton, is now fold for 550/. and 6007. per Ton; and 
that the Trade is now carried on by the Dutch and Ger- 
mans; and that, laft Year, the Dutch fent 30 Ships, and 
this Year 84, to Strait St. Davis, on Hudjon’s Bay 
Coatft. 

That the Committee have alfo examined into the Un- 
dertaking carried on by Subfcription, kept at the Royal 
Exchange, as well as feveral others, for infuring Ships and 
Merchandize at Sea; and do find; 

That the faid Sub{cription was opened on or about the 
14th of Auguft 1717, for 1,000,000/, or upwards, not 
exceeding 2,000,000/, under the Hands and Seals of the 
feveral Perfons therein mentioned, with feverai Agreements 
and Conditions therein contained, for carrying on the faid 
Undertaking : 

That another Subfcription was taken on or about the 
14th March 1717, for 1,000,000/.; the Subjcribers 
whereof were to pay 10 per Cent. for each Hundred Pound 
they fhould fubicribe, to be paid to the Firft Directors 
for the Management of the Affairs of the intended Cor- 
poration; and that 5 per Cent. fhould be paid to Sir 
Alexander Cairnes, Sir Fuftus Beck, and others, to defray 
the Charges in forming the faid intended Corporation, and 
obtaining and paffing a Charter: That, if a Charter be 
obtained, the remaining Part of the Quarter per Cent. be 
Part of the 10 per Cent. in proportion to their feveral 
Subfcriptions, and be made Part of the Joint Stock: 

' That there was a Petition figned by Sir Fuffus Beck, 
Fobn London Efquire, Sir Alexander Cairnes, and feveral 
. other Subfcribers, prefented to his Majefty; praying his 
Majefty’s Letters Patents, to incorporate them for in- 
furing Ships and Merchandize at Sea; which was referred, 
by Order of Council, dated the 2d February 1717, to the 
Jate Attorney and Solicitor General: That there were 
alfo two Petitions prefented to his Majefty, againft the 
faid Petition, for an Infurance by a Corporation; one from 
the Merchants of London, and the other from the Mer- 
chants of Brifioll; which were likewife referred, by Order 
of Council, of the 2d of February 1717, to the faid At- 
torney and Solicitor General; who, having confidered the 
faid Petition of Sir Fufus Beck, and others, as alfo the 
faid Petition of the Merchants of London, made a Re- 
port thereupon to his Majefty, dated the 12th March 
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‘© On the whole Matter, it is agreed on all Sides, 
‘© That the Infuring of Ships is of ablolute Neceffity for 
‘*¢ the Carrying on of foreign Trade; and that the fame 
** has been always managed in the Method the fame is 
‘© now in; and it has not been made our, that there is 
«© any Corporation in Eurepe for infuring Ships: That 
«¢ the Want of a good Method of Infuring will be very 
‘* fatal co Trade; and we are humbly of Opinion, 
** That the making of an Experiment in a Thiug of 
«this Nature, if it fhould prove amifs, would be of 
** the utmoft Confequence to the Trade of this Na- 
** tion; and that it fo highly concerns Trade and Com- 
“* merce, that it will be proper for the Confideration 
** of the Parliament: And therefore we cannot advife 
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* Goods at Sea, againft which thefe are fo many and 
“© great Objections; efpecially the Method now ufed 
*¢ being approved of both at home and abroad ; and we 
“* are not able to determine of what Confequence the 
** Erecting of another Corporation in Lonxdon, with 
** a Stock of a Million of Money, may be to the Pub. 
. 

The Committee do further find, That there is another 
Subfcription for carrying on the faid Undertaking of 
1,152,000/. dated the 27th of Auguff 1718, under the 
Charters for the Mines Royal, the Mineral and Battery — 
Works, on the following Conditions ; viz. 

“© That 5 per Cent. be paid by the Subfcribers, to make 
*¢ good what they are obliged to perform towards the 
‘© {aid Undertaking: That every Subfcriber fhall pay 
“© 5 per Cent. to the Governor and Company within 
*¢ Thirty Days after the Subfcription is clofed, and Five 
‘* per Cent. in Three Months then next enfuing; and that 
** the whole Money, fo fubfcribed, fhall be the Joint Stock 
** of the faid Governor and Company, for carrying on 
‘* the faid Infurance of Ships and Merchandize: That 
‘* the Profits arifing from the faid Joint Stock fhall be 
‘* divided half-yearly amongft the Subfcribers, in pro- 
‘* portion to the Sums by them refpectively fubfcribed ; 
‘* and that each Subfcriber fhall be admitted a Member 
‘** of the Societies of and for the Mines Royal, the Mi- 
*¢ neral and Battery Works, when the Subfcription fhall 
“* be completed, and 5/. per Cent. paid in.” 

Sir Fobn Williams, One of the Governors of the faid 
Company, being examined, faid, That he apprehended 
they were doing what was Legal, and for the Advantage 
of Trade; for that they had confulted, and had the Opi- 
nions of, feveral eminent Counfel, that they might in- 
fure Ships by virtue of the Charters for the Mines Royal, 
the Mineral and Battery Works: And that Two of the 
faid Counfel are Sir Robert Raymond and Mr. Reeves: 

That they have affixed the Seal of the faid Corporation 
to Policies, by virtue of the faid Charter: That no Man, 
as a Member of that Company, is liable to pay any 
Loffes in his private Capacity ; but, asa Member of the 
Company, is obliged to pay in what Sums the Company 
fhall think fit to call; and that the Corporation can fue, 
and be fued : 

The Witnefs, being asked what the Charters for the 
Mines Royal, the Mineral and Battery Works, coft, faid, 
That they did not buy the Charters; but that they had 
bought out the Shares of the old Proprietors, in Number 
about 124, at 23/. 8s. 6d. per Share; and that there is 
not above Two or Three of the old Proprietors re- 
maining : 

That the Subfcribers have paid in 10/7. per Cent. ; and 
that the Company have already infured Ships and Mer- 
chandize to the Value of 1,259,604/. 105.5; and that no 
Man, that has dealt with them, can fay, but that they have 
had Satisfaction: Andthat it was apreliminary Agreement, 
That there fhould be no Law-fuits commenced againft 
Perfons affured, where the Difference could be decided 
by Reference : 

That, when they firft applied for a Charter, they had 
great Oppofition, and were then advifed to make this 
Experiment ; but that moft of them that figned the Firft 
Petition againft a Charter of Incorporation, now petition 
for it, and defire it to be eftablithed : 

That the Reafon of Merchants coming to them, is, 
becaufe they think themfelves more fecure; for that there 
are Affidavits from abroad, That, before this Infurance, 
Bufinefs has been done at Amfterdam for Englifo Merchants, 
which are now done here ; 

That there is a great deal of foreign Money brought 
into this Kingdom by Merchants infuring from Holland, 
and other foreign Parts. 

Several Merchants defiring they might be heard againft 

thisUndertaking ; the Committeedid accordingly exa- 
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at an Attempt of a Body of Peoole infuring as a Com- 
pany, prefented a Petition to his Majefty, figned by 370 
the moft eminent Merchants in London: And that Peti- 
tion, as alfo the Petition of the Merchants of Briffoll, and 
the Petition for a Charter, were referred to the Board of 
Trade, and to his Majefty’s then Atcorney and Solicitor 
General: That the Board of Trade have reported Mat- 
ter of Fact; but gave no Opinion: And the Attorney 
and Solicitor General reported to his Majefty, That a 
Corporation for Infuring would turn to a Monopoly, and 
be prejudicial : 

That, notwithftanding the faid Reports, all the old Sub- 
fcribers fig..ed a new Subfcription, and began to infure 
Ships: 

That then the faid Merchants of London and Briftoll 

titioned to have the Charters of the Mines Royal, the 
Mineral and Battery Works, fet afide: That there were 
feveral Hearings thereupon before the prefent Attorney 
General; and he believes the Report is in favour of 
them : 

That it was the Bufinefs of the Company to bring the 
Merchants in to infure with them, by infuring cheaper 
than the private Infurers ; and by even pay:ng when ‘hey 
had no Occafion, in order to beat the private Infurers out 
of their Bufinefs : And that there was a Lift, proved upon 
Oath, of 150 or 160 private Infurers, delivered in to Mr, 
Attorney General: , 

‘The Witnefs owned, That there were other Merchants 
and Gentlemen that had formed themfelves into a Body, 
and had taken in a Subfcription for 2,000,c00/.; for 
that Two Corporations would, in fome meafure, prevent 
a Monopoly, though it would effectually drive out the 
private Inturers : 

That they had proved, before the Attorney General, 
That the private Infurers infure as cheap as poffible ; but 
the Company infure cheaper, to make themfelves accepta- 
ble: And that, as to foreign Money, the greateft Part 
of it arofe from the Offend Traders. who were infured Two 
Guineas per Cent. cheaper by the Company than the pri- 
vate Infurers could: 

That Foreigners ufed to give One per Cent. for infuring 
the Infurers; and that it was allowed to the Engli/h 
Merchants, for procuring good Infurers for the Foreign- 
ers : 

That the private Infurers are fometimes under a Ne- 
ceflity of going to Law, when they meet with unjuft De- 
mands : 

That what Gentlemen aimed at by incorporating them- 
felves, is, to get a great Eftate at once; for that the 
Company have blown their Stock up to a great Height: 
And that it was very few of thofe Merchants that figned 
the Firft Petition againft a Charter, that now figned the 
Petition for one. 

The Committee further find, That a Petition of the 
Governor, Affiftants, and Societies of the City of Lox- 
don, of and for the Mines Royal, Mineral and Battery 
Works; and for affuring Ships and Merchandize; pray- 
ing his Majefty’s Letters Patents, to infure Ships and 
Merchandize ; has been prefented to his Majefty ; and 
referred, by him in Council, to the prefent Attorney 
General, the gth of May 1719: That a Petition of the 
moft confiderable Merchants of London and Briftoll; 
praying a Refumption of the faid Charters of and for the 
Mines Royal, the Mineral and Battery Works; was pre- 
fented to his Majefty ; and likewife referred, the faid gth 
of May 1719, to Mr. Attorney General; who has made 
a Report thereupon to his Majefty, dated the Third 
March 1719; and therein has given the following Opi- 
ion; vz. 

** Upon the whole Matter, I am humbly of Opinion, 
** That the Tranfa¢tions ftated in the Report to have been 
** carried on for the Infurance of Ships and Merchandize, 
“under Colour or Pretence of the Charters aforefaid, 
and in the Names of the fuppoled Corporations, are 
illegal and unwarrantable; and, if drawn into Prece- 
dent, would be of dangerous Confequence to the Pub- 


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** Ends fpecified and limited therein; not giving fufi« 
cient Authority to the Corporations thereby erected, if 
they are exifting, to carry on a Bufinefs or Employ- 
ment of fo publick a Nature as that of Infurance of 
Ships and Merchandize, and which is wholly toreign to 
the Defign of thofe Incorporations : 

** And it not having been made appear to me, that 
thofe Corporations, or either of them, are now in 
being ; or that any of the Perfons who pretend and 
claim to be Members of the fame, are duly chofen or 
qualified to be Members of the faid Corporations, ac- 
** cording to the Directions of the Charters, or either of 
“ them; for thefe Reafons, if your Maj fty thail be 
pleafed, Writs of Scire facias may be brought, for the 
** repealing and cancelling the faid Charters; and alto In- 
formations, in Nature of Quo warrantos, againit any 
Perfons who have, and fhall continue to aét as ina 
** Corporate Capacity, in the Name, or under Colour, of 
the faid fuppofed Corporations, or either of them, for 
** In‘uring of Ships and Merchandize : But I do humbly 
certify your Majefty, That it doth appear, that the 
Defign of the Petitioners for a Charter, in making ufe 
of the old Charters, was, to make the Experiment of 
infuring Ships and Merchandize as a Corporation ; and 
that they have carried on that Undertaking, though, 
in that refpect, without legal Authority, yet without 
any Complaint from the Perfons with whom they have 
*¢ made Infurances, or any Objections to the Fairnefs of 
* their Proceedings. 

** As to the Matter chiefly contefted between the Par- 
‘€ ties, that is to fay, Whether ic be fit for your Majefty 
* to grant a Charter for erecting a Corporation, with a 
** large Joint Stock, for Infuring of Ships and Mer- 
“© chandize; that, being a Matter of the greateft Mo- 
ment to the general Trade of the Kingdom, deferves 
** the moft mature Confideration: And it does appear, 
‘¢ chat Infurance of Ships and Merchandize, bring a pub- 
“© lick and national Concern, has been, in fome mea- 
** fure, under Regulations by Two Acts of Parliament 
“© now in Force; the Firft made in the 43 Eliz. C. 12.5 
«© the Second in the 14 Car. II. C. 23. 

*¢ But it is your Majefty’s undoubted Prerogative, by 
s¢ Letters Patents under the Great Seal, if you fhal! think 
‘¢ fit, to create a Corporation for the Ends defired: And 
*“ Tam humbly of Opinion, That fuch a Corporation, 
*¢ not being made in any manner exclufive of others, and 
*¢ being granted under fuch Regulations as are fuitabie to 
&lt;&lt; a Matter of fo great Moment, may be of great Advan- 
* tage to Trade; but, whether it is advifvable to erect 
*¢ {uch a Corporation with fo large a Joint Stock as is 
mentioned in the Petition, may delerve particularly to 
** be confidered.” 

The Committee do further find, That there was an- 
other Petition, figned by Lord Oxfow, Sir Fobr Wil- 
liams, Fobn London Efquire, and ovhers, Subicribers to 
the afore-mentioned Sum of 1,152,000/. as a Joint- 
Stock, for infuring Ships and Merchandize; praying his 
Majefty’s Letters Patents for incorporating the Petition- 
ers, and the other Subfcribers to the faid Joint Stock, 
for more effectual carrying on the faid Undertaking ; which 
Petition was prefented to his Majelty; and referred, by 
his Order in Council, of the 8:h Fanuary 1719, to the 
prefent Attorney General ; who has made a Repost there- 
upon to his Majefty, dated March 5th, 1719; by which it 
appears, that the Petitioners, as alfo divers Merchants, and 
other Perfons, who follow the Employment of private 
Infurers, who defired to be heard againft any Charter for 
Infuring of Ships and Merchandize, have been feverally 
heard, by their Countel: 

And that the prefent Petition to his Majefty was occa- 
fioned by a Miltake which they had fallen into, in the 
Stile and Prayer of a former Petition, humbly prefented 
to his Majefty, in the Name of the Governors, Affiftants, 
and Societies ot the City of Londen, of and for the Mines 
Royal, the Mineral and Battery Works; and for affuring 
Ships and Merchandize: Aad praying, That the faid 
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for the Infurance of Ships and Merchandize: On Exa-. 
mination of which Petition it was objected, that there 
was no fuch Corporation as the Governors, Affittants, 
and Societies, of and tor the Mines Royal, the Mineral 
and Battery Works ;-and for affuring Ships and Merchan- 
dize: And the Prayer thereof being tor a Charter to the 
Petitioners, in a corporate Capacity; although his Ma- 
jetty fhould think fit to grant a Charter for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, yet the Prayer of the faid Petition, as the fame 
was framed, could not be complied with : 

That the Perfons who are now Petitioners to his Ma- 
jefty tor the Charter aforefaid, are the fame Perfons who 
preferred the faid former Petition, though in a miftaken 
Form ; ana who, with others, have carried on the Bufinefs 
of Infurance as a Corporation, in order to prove and 
confim, by Experience, the Ufefulnefs and Benefit that 
fuch an Incorporation will be of to the Trade of the 
Kingdom: And it does appear, that the prefent Petition- 
ers, with others, have fub{fcribed 1,152,000/. as a Joint 
Stock, tor the Purpofes mentioned in their Petition: 

Thaz the Petitioners, having been fully heard as to the 
Merits of this, upon the faid former, Petition, .efer them- 
felves to the Arguments then made ule of, and to the 
Memorials and Affidavits then produced : 

And that the Counfel! of the private Infurers, having 
again infifted upon the feveral Matters formeriy objected 
to uci) an Incorporation, and whici are fully ftated in the 
former Report to his Majefty of Mr. Attorney General, 
do |.kewife refer themfelves to the feveral Affidavits and 
Papers thereto annexed : 

Which Report is herein before mentioned. 

That the Committee do find. That the Subfcription of 
2,000,000 /, Sterling, for infuring Ships and Merchandize, 
commonly called Ram's Infurance, was opened the 22d 
of December 1719; and that it is taken on the following 
Terms; viz. 

“© That the Subfcribers do agree to pay 175. 64d. per 
“© Cent. in Money, together with a Receipt of 25. 6d. 
“ of either Mr. Staphen Ram, or Mr. James Colebrooke : 
** which Receipts are lately given by them, for former 
*¢ Subfcriptions ; which, together, will make One Pound 
** per Cent. and is in Part of each Hundred by us now 
«* jubfcribed : That the Sums, to received, are to be lodg- 
*© ed in the Bank of England, under the Direction of Sir 
“© William Chapman, Sit Facob Facobjon, Fofeph Eyles 
** Eiquire, and others; who have agreed the Terms of a 
** Coalition between the Two former Subfcriptions, to be 
** difpofed of by the Majority of them, for the fole Ufe 
“ of the Society, fubje€t to the Direction of any General 
** Meeting of the Subicribers, or their Affigns: They 
** further agree; it being the Intention of this Society 
** to endeavour to attain a Charter for the Purpofes afore- 
“© faid;” 

‘© That the EleAlion of the Governor, €&amp;c. fhall be in 
** fuch manner as fhall be direéted in the faid Charter: But, 
** until fuch Charter can be obtained, they agree to fub- 
** mit them{elves, and their Affigns, to fuch Rules, Or- 
*¢ ders and Regulations, as fhall thereafter be made by 
‘** any General Meeting ; who are fully impowered thereby 
** co choofe a Governor, Deputy Governor, and fo many 
** Managers as they fhall fee fit, and to order any Call or 
Calls of Money as they fhall judge expedient for the 
* giving an effectual Security to all fuch Perfons as think 
** proper to be affured by this Society, and to make Rules 
** and Orders neceffary for the good Management of their 
“ Affairs: 

** It is likewife agreed, That all Queftions in any Ge- 
** neral Meeting be determined by the Majority of Votes; 
and that Three Days Notice, et leaft, fhould be given 
** in publick Prints before any fuch General Meeting :” 

** It is agreed, That if any Subjicriber fhall refute or 
‘* neglect to pay, within the time limited for fuch Pay- 
** ment, any Sum or Sums of Money which fhall here- 
** after be called in by fuch Perfons as fhall be thereto im- 
** powered by any General Meeting of the Subfcribers, 
‘* and their Affigns ; which Subfcriber, or his Affigns, hall 
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‘© ciety, the One per Cent. now paid in on this Subfcrip. 
“ tion, together with fuch other Payments as fhall have 
“© been made at the time of Failure of Payment on fuch 
“ Call or Calls; and he and they fhall thenceforth be no 
“ longer deemed a Member, or Members, of this So. 
“ ciety :” 

** In all Cafes where a Ballot is demanded, which thal] 
“‘ not be refufed, if required by Seven or more 
«© Members qualified to vote, by Writing under their 
«© Hands, every Subfcriber, or his Affign:, having, in 
* his own Right, 2,000/. fhall have One Vote; 5,000/, 
“© Two Votes; 8,000/. Three Votes; and 12000 /. Four 
« Vores; and no Perfon to have more than Four Votes.” 

Sir Wiliam Chopman being examined, faid, That they 
had petitioned his Majefty for a Charter of Incorporation 
to carrry oo the faid Undertaking, whithin a Day or Two 
after the Subfcription was taken: 

That he can’t tell whether any of the Srock is fold 
out, or whether it continues in the Name of the Firft 
Subfcribers; but that no Transfer was made of any of 
the Stock; for it was the chiefeft Care of the Perlons 
concerned to think of Methods to prevent Stock- 
jobbing : 

That the moft cheap and expeditious Way of infuring 
is the moft beneficial manner to the Merchants ; and that 
20,000/. is as foon infured by a Corporation, as 500], 
by private Infurers: And that there has been a great In- 
fufficiency in private Infurers ; for that the Merchants have 
been Loters by private Infurers, within 20 or 25 Years, 
the Sum of 2,000,000 /.: And that it concerned the Inter- 
eft of the Merchants, that the Premiums fhould be made 
ealy : 

That there has been feveral General Meetings of the 
Subfcribers; and that there was a great Appearance at the 
laft; the Import of which was, to acquaint Gentlemen 
of the Progrefs they had made; and to confult, in order 
to bring this Undertaking to effect ; which was fet up to 
prevent Monopoly, and the too great Advantages that 
would accrue to One Company : 

That they have received 20,0007. and that 18,060/. 
is depofited in South Sea Bonds: That there is near 1,000/. 
in the Bank; and, in Mr. Bker’s Hands, about 146/.; 
and that of the whole Money there is about 1501. ex- 
pended: That if 107. per Cent. or any further Sum, were 
called in, they would come into a Security jor the Advan- 
tage of the Affured. 

The Committee do find, That the Petition afore-men- 
tioned, figned by Lord Che wynd, Sir William Chapman, 
and others; praying a Charter of Incorporation for in- 
furing Ships and Merchandize; was preftnted to his Ma- 
jefty ; and referred, by his Majefty’s Order in Council, the 
8th Day of Yanuary 1719, to Mr. Attorney General ; who 
made a Report thereupon to his Majelty, dated the 7th 
March 17193 by which it appears, That he has been 
feveral times attended by Countel, on behalf of this Pe- 
tition; and has alio, at the Defire of private Infurers, 
heard them, by their Countel, againft this Petition: And 
that his Opinion, upon the whole Matter, is, That it does 
appear, by the feveral Certificates and Memorials which 
have been made, upon the Examination of the prefent 
Petition, That the Senfe of the greater Part of the Mer- 
chants of the City of London, who have concerned them- 
felves on this Occafion, is in Favour and Approbaiion of 
fuch an Incorparation as is prayed : But, as no fatisfactory 
Reafon has been offered to me, for erecting fuch an In- 
corporation upon fo large a Joint Stock as is prayed alfo 
in this Petition, the Ends of Trade will, I think, be fuf- 
ficiently ferved by a far lefs Joint Stock than is therein 
propofed, in cafe his Majefty fhould think fit, that any 
fuch Charter fhould be granted; and by a Reduétion of 
fuch Joint Stock to a competent Sum, fufficient only for 
the Purpofes aforefaid, of Infurance, any Mifapplication, 
which might otherwife be made of fuch Joint Stock, to 
Purpofes different from that of Infurance of Ships and 
Merchandizes, and which may be of great Inconvenience 
to the Publick, will be prevented: But if his Majefty 
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der proper Regulations, I am humbly of Opinion, That 
jt is by no means advifable to erect ‘wo or more Cor- 
orations of that Nature. 

That the Committee do find, That the Sub{cription of 
1,000,000 /. for infuring Ships and Merchandizes, com- 
monly called Shales his Infurance, was opened the 23d Day 
of December 1719; the Preamble to which Sublcription is 
tothe Lff-&amp; following; viz. 

That the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubicribed, are-willing to engage themfelves in the faid 
Subfcription of 1,000 000/, Sterling for Iniurance of 
Ships and Merchandize, under fuch Regulations and Re- 
ftrictions as his Majefty fhall think fit to grant them, by 
his Royal Charter, tor that Purpofe; do engage themfelves 
feverally one to another, to pay the feveral Sums fet down 
again{t their refpective Names, in the Subicription Book, 
if there fhall be Occafion; and, in the mean time, to pay 
One Pound per Cent. as a Depofit, into the Hands of 
Mr. Charles Sheles, in Lombard-fireet, Goldimith; and to 
make up the fame, upon obtaining juch Charter, as atore- 
faid, 10/. per Cent, as a prelent Fund, to an{wer all En- 
gagements. 

Mr. Shales, one of the Managers of the faid Under- 
taking, being examined, faid, That the whole Money 
paid in is 10,000 4.; and that 1oo/. is difburfed, ome of 
which is laid out in purchafing cheir Receipts, at I'welve 
Shillings and Six Pence Advance, in order to oblige fome 
Perlons, by lett ng them into the Subfcription, whofe 
Names are in the Subfcription Book : 

That Thirty or Forty Perfons, private Infurers, went 
off about Twenty Years ago: That one Helbut, a Jew, 
now a brcken Merchant, propofed to have 12a per each 
1001. fub!cribed for himfelf; that he is in the Subfcription, 
and believes he has fold out, and got fome Money by it; 
and that the Advance Price of the Stock is 105. per Cent. : 

That there has been fevera]l Meetings of the Subicribers; 
and that a Petition, figned by John Merrys, George Pye, 
and others; praying a Charter of Incorporation for in- 
furing Ships and Merchandize at Sea; was prefented to 
his Majefty; and referred, by Order of Council, 21ft 
January 1719, to the prefent Attorney General ; who has 
made a Report thereupon to his Majefty, dated March oth 
1719; in which he refers to former Reports upon Peti- 
tions, praying Charters for the fame Purpofes as this: 

Which Reports are herein betore-mentioned. 

That the Committee have alfo examined into the feve- 
ral Undertakings, carried on by Subicription, for in- 
furing Houfes and Goods from Fire; and do find, 

‘That the Subfcription of 2.000 000 /. taken at Sadlers- 
ball, for infuring Goods and Houfes from Fire, is agreed 
to be difpofed of, according to.the Preamble of the Sub- 
fcription Book, under the Terms following; viz. 

‘** The Subfcribers agree to pay into the Hands of Mr. 
Stephen Ram, Goldf{mith, in Lombard-jtreet, at the time 
** of their refpective Subfcribing, 55. per Cent. in Part 
“ thereof, for the fole Ufe and Benefit of the intended 
** Company : 

** That, as foon as conveniently may be, publick No- 
tice fhall be given for the Subfcribers to meet, and eleé 
fuch, and fo many, Dire&amp;tors and Managers, as the 
Majority prefent thall determine ; at whofe Difpofal the 
55. per Cent. now paid, and under whofe Direction the 
Affairs of the intended Company, or Joint Stock, hall 
then be and remain: 

** It is alfo agreed, if any Subfcriber fhall refufe or 
neglect, after publick Notice given, to pay in fuch fur- 
ther Part of the Subfcription as fhall be ordered by the 
Direétors or Managers, chofen as aforefaid, and im- 
powered thereto by the General Court, fuch Subfcriber 
fhall forfeit and lofe, for the Benefit of the Society, 
the 55. per Cent paid on Subicription, and be no lon- 
** ger deemed a Member of this Society.” 

Mr. Lovme, a Manager in the faid Undertaking, being 
examined, faid, That 4,095 /. is paid in of the atoretaid 
Subfcription ; and, as yet, they have had no Meeting of 
the Subicribers: That what is bought or fold of the faid 
Subfcription, is about 155, per Cent. Advance 


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That, the Perfons wanting to fub‘cribe crouding very 
much, Parc of the Sub{crivtion was taken at the Feathers 5 
and that he has not made One Farthing Advantage by 
any the Letters for admitting Perfons to fub{cribe: 

That One Perfon fubfcribed Four or Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds in Mr. Overall’s Sub{cription ; and that 
Mr. Overall got Six Pence per Cent. by ali that fub- 
fcribed ; and that he had a Sheme long before him. 

Mr. Cooper, another Manager in the faid Undertaking, 
was examined; and faid, That each Subicriber figned a 
Petition, to be pre‘ented to his Majefty, when they figned 
the Subfcription Book: And that the whole 2,000,c00 
is net fubicribed; for that 300,000 /. is referved for divers 
Perions in England, diftant from Londen, and that no 
Publication has been made, that the Subicription is full: 
And taid, That the Receipts delivered to the Subfcribers 
were not transferrable. 

Mr. Wazers taid, That he is called a Manager in the 
faid Subicription for 2,000,000] at Szaler:-bail: That 
one Mr. Thomas Brown, of Fifh-fireet-bill, told him of the 
Subicription of Mr. Overall's, and defired him to tub- 
fcribe, and be concerned in it: That they thought them- 
felves injured by Mr. Overall; and thereupon fat up an- 
otier Subicription, not thinking his good enough. 

The Committee have alfo examined the Pertons fol- 
lowing, who defired to be heard againit the faid 
Undertaking; vz. 

Mr. Watker faid, That Letters were given out for Pre- 
miums, for Perfons to be let into the atorefaid Subfcrip- 
tion: And that 20,000/. has been got by this Stock, the 
Managers thereot filling the Subicription with Letters of 
their own: 

That Mr. Overa/l’s Infurance was firft intended to be 
fet up; and that the Purport of the taid Letters were, 
That if they could not come into Overall’s Subfcription, 
they fhould be admitted unto theirs : 

That the Methods of proceeding by the faid Managers 
were fuch, that the 25. 6d. per Cent. paid in, in Two or 
Three Days time, fold for 405 ; and thofe Perfons that 
the Managers intended fhould fubicribe, had Letters tent 
them, paying a Premium for them : 

That when he found that all the City run into a Me- 
thod of Stock-jobbing, he did fubfcribe in fome of them, 
and has been invited Three feveral times to be a Ma- 
nager; which he retufed: And that no Trade has been 
minded fince the feveral Subfcriptions have been {fet on 
foot. 

Mr. Overall faid, That he had been concerned in the 
Fire-Offices Four or Five Years; and that he pubtifhed 
Propofals for a Subfcription fur infuring Houfes; which 
was fet on foot the 15th Inftant; and chat Mr. Loome in- 
gratted upon his Projection; and that the Agents of the 
Infurance at Sadlers-ball took 20 and 30 Guineas from 
Gentlemen, to give them a Power to fub{cribe: 

That the Luftring Company’s Charter is in the Hands 
of Colonel Peter Racuife, Governor of that Company ; 
and that he has not contracted for that Charter; but that 
the prefent Proprietors have come to a Refolution to en- 
large their Capital : S20 

That the Committee find the Sub{cription of 1,000,000 /. 
towards raifing a Joint Stock for injuring Houfes and 
Goods from Lofs by Fire, called Overail’s Infurance, 
was opened the 15th of February 1719-205 and that 
the Preamble to the faid Subjcription is as follows, 
VIZ. 

“© That the Subfcribers agree to pay into the Hands of 
“© Mr. William Smith, Linen-draper, Three Shillings per 
© Cent. on the faid Million, under fuch Regulations as 
“© fhall hereafter be agreed upon by fuch Dire¢tors as 
‘¢ fhall be chofen at the General Meeting; which fhall be 
“© within 30 Days after the Subicription 1s completed; and 
“© approved of, by them, ata fubfequent General Meet- 
© ing :” 

«And do further agree, That Six Pence per Cent. 
“ Part of the atore-mentioned Three Shillings per Cent. 
«© fhall be paid, by Mr William Smith, to Mr. Edmond 
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«© Subfcription 5 and that they will anfwer all fuch fur- 
‘© ther Calls upon them as fhall be made by the Confeat of 
“ the firft General Meeting, within fuch a time as they 
‘ fhall order; or forfeit their Money now paid in, and 
© all further Intereft which they might have by this Un- 
‘© dertaking; provided Notice of fuch General Meeting 
“© be given in tome publick Paper, and Three Days, at 
“© Jeaft, be appointed for the Payment thereof.” 

Mr. Overall, being examined, faid, That what hath 
been tranfaéted with the Luftring Company is, that they 
have agreed to inlarge their Capital, and thereby let in 
feveral Perfons into their Company : 

That he had made feveral Inquiries about the Letters 
that was fold for Premiums, to admit Perfons to fubfcribe 
in Sad'ers-ball \nfurarce ; and had found feveral Perfons 
who had fold thofe Letters ; and that it was tranfacted in 
Change-alley, by Mr. Mertix, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Rogers, 
Mr. Samuel Butler, and Mr. Blackwell. 

Colonel Peter Racuife, Governor of the Luftring Com- 
pany, produced their Charter to the Committee; and faid, 
That the Company had no Dealings with Mr Overall: 
but that Mr. Loome, concerned in the Subfcription taken 
at Sadlers-ball, had been up and down with them, about 
buying the Luftring Charter, but that it was not fold: 

That they have enlarged their Capital, in Order for the 
more effectual carrying on the Luftring Trade, not to 
carry on an Infurance, 

That the Committee do find, That a Subf{cription of 
2,000,000 /. was opened the 16th Day of February 1719, 
at the Three Tuns, in Swithin’s A'ley, as a Fund for infure- 
ing Houfts and Goods, in any Part of England, from 
Lofs by Fire; and that the Sulcribers were to pay no 
Money as a Depot, till a Goldf{mith is appointed, and 
Notice thereof given, which is to be 25. 6d. per Cent. ; 
and that a General Meeting for choofing Directors thall 
be appointed as foon as the Subfcription 1s completed : 

That the Subfcribers have had feveral Meetings, and 
agreed to enter into a Deed of Affociation; which has 
been executed under the Hands and Seals of feveral of 
the Subfcribers; which faid Deeds recites, That the Sub- 
fcribers have concerted Meafures to carry on a Defign of 
a General Infurance, throughout England, from Fire; and 
for raifing 2,000,000 /. or fo much thereof as fhall be 
adjudged by Perfons impowered, for anfwering all Loffes, 
to the Iniured, by Fire; and therefore affociate them- 
felves; out of whom Directors and Auditors are to be 
elected, to manage the faid Undertaking : That they de- 
clare, That all Monies to be paid by the Subfcribers to the 
Treafurers fhall be only in Truft for them, fubjected to 
Limitations, Rules, &amp;%¢. therein prefcribed; viz. 

** That all Perfons that are Subfcribers, fhall be bound 
** with thefe Prefents ; and receive and bear Profit and 
** Lofs, in proportion to their Sums fubfcribed :” 

** That the Subfcribers fhall pay 5/. per Cent. at Five 
s* Payments ; each Payment to be made, at Thirty Days 
** Notice in fome News Paper: That there fhall be Two 
** Calendar Months between each Payment; and that the 
*¢ Subfcribers, making Default, fhall forfeit Twenty Shil- 
** Jings for every 1,000 /. Stock, on every Default, and not 
** have any Benefit, till Payment : 

“© That the 5/. per Cent. and the accruing Intereft, is 
declared to be a Depofit in the Hands of the Trea- 
furers, to an{wer all Loffes; which Depofit- money thall 
be put out to Intereft on Mortgages, or laid out on 
** Government Securities, for the Subfcribers Ufe : 

** That the Directors fhall and may, on any Lofs, 
make fuch After Calls on the Capital of 2,000,000 /, 
as fhall be neceffary to preferve the Depofit of 100,000/. 
*¢ from being leffened; of which after Calls Three Ca- 
** lendar Months Notice fhall be given to the Subfcribers, 
** or their Affignees:” 

- “ That they will infure any Sum, not exceeding 
«© 10,000/. on Merchandizes, &amp;c. in Brick or Stone 
‘ Building ; and a Sum, not exceeding 5,000 /. in Tim- 
“+ ber Buildings :” 

With feveral other Rules and Regulations, therein par- 
ticularly mentioned, for their better Government in car- 
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Mr. Mathew Snabling, being examined, faid, That 
the Subfcription is completed; and that between 17, or 
18,000 /, is paid in; and that he don’t know that there 
is any Premium upon it in Change-alley: That moft of 
the Subfcribers have figned the Deed of Affociation, as 
before-mentioned : And likewife that a Petition is drawn, 
in order to be prefented to his Majefty, for a Charter of 
Incorporation : 

That the Committee have alfo examined into the feve. 
ral Undertakings, carried on by Subfcriprion, for 
lending Money upon Government Securities; and 
for granting Annuities for Lives; and do find, 

That there is a Subfcription taken of 1,500,000/. for 
the Ufes, and under the Regulations, following; viz. 

“© That the faid Sum of 1,500,000/. fhould be raifed 
“ by Subfcriptions, under the Name of The Annuity Com- 
** pany for purchafing of Government Securities ; grant- 
** ing Annuities for Life; and lending of Money to Mer- 
** chants, on good Securities, that they may be enabled 
‘* to pay their Duties to che Crown more punctually, and 
** thereby have the Difcount for prompt Payment : 

“© And, confidering how advantageous it will be to 
‘© feveral Branches of the Revenue, and Trade in gene- 
*¢ ral, it is hoped, by proper Application, to obtain his 
‘© Majefty’s moft gracious Letters Patents for incorpo- 
‘© rating the faid Subfcribers into a Company; and, if a 
* Charter cannot be obtained, then to propofe the Unite- 
‘* ing of this with fome other Company or Society, who 
‘* have already made feveral advanced Steps, towards their 
Eftablifhment: 

*¢ Therefore Books are laid open this Day, being Fri- 
“© day the 5th February 1719, at Garraway’s Coffee- 
*¢ houfe, in Exchange-alley, at Ten of the Clock in the 
‘* Forenoon ; and {fo to continue until the Subicription is 
completed ; upon the following Terms ; 

‘© That no Perfon fhall be admitted to fubfcribe for 
‘¢ more than 10,000/. in his own Name: 

‘¢ That no Perfon fhall fubfcribe for lefs than 1,000/, 
*¢ in his own Name:” 

“¢ That every Subfcriber fhal] pay Three Shillings per 
*¢ Cent. on his Subfcription ; which fhall be lodged in the 
‘© Hands ot Meffieurs MGtford and Mertins, Bankers, in 
Cornbill, Eight Pence whereof being for the Ufe and 
“ Benefit of the Propofer, and towards defraying inci- 
dent Charges; the Kemainder to be in their Hands, to- 
wards the Charge of obtaining a Charter, under the 
« Direétion of Managers, when chofen, to iffue out the 
“© fame: 

“© That, in 14 Days after the Books are completed, 
‘© a General Meeting of all the Subfcribers fhall be adver- 
“¢ tiled, to confider of what Methods will be proper to 
** proceed upon ; and to choofe Managers for the Direc- 
“* tion of the fame; for which Purpofe printed Lifts of 
“© all the Subicribers will be prepared, and Propofals 
** be laid before them for Improvement of: the faid 
** Stock : 

** That every Perfon fub{cribing, intitled to the Stock, 
“* by his Receipt, fhall be fubjeét and liable to what Calls 
** of Payment the Managers fhall think fit, or fhal] lofe 
his Title to, and Subfcription Money in, the faid 
*¢ Stock : 

‘© That every Perfon fubfcribing 1,000/. is intitled to 
“© a Vote; he that fubfcribes 5,000/. to Two Votes; and 
“© he that fubicribes 10,0007. to Three Votes; and the 
*¢ 5,000/ and 10,000/. Sub{cribers are intitled to be 
** chofen Managers, or Directors.” 

Mr. Baker, the Propofer of the aforefaid Subfcription, 
being examined, faid, That all the Money received was 
paid to Meffieurs Mitford and Mertins; and that the 
Subfcription has no Rife in its Value; neither is there any 
Transfers made: 

That there has been one Meeting of the Subfcribers, 
at the Swan Tavern, 5th of laft Month; and that the 
Court chofe a Governor; and it was agreed by the faid 
General Court, That Meffieurs Mitford and Mertins 
fhould be accountable to Colonel Wyndbam, and Five 
other Gentlemen, for the Money already paid into their 

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Hands, according to the Preamble of the Subfcription 
Book before-mentioned: 

And then directed the Propofer to lay before them, 
what further Schemes he has for the Advantage of the 
Society; and agreed, That a General Court fhould be 
held on that Day Sevennight: 

That a Petition is drawn up, in order to be prefented 
to his Majefty, but not figned., 

That the Committee do find, That there is a Sub- 

{cription opened at Garraway’s Coffee-houfe, in Exchange- 
alley, the 19th of Fanuary 1719, of 1,200,000/, tor 
lending Money on Stocks, as Annuities, Tallies, Orders, 
Bills, and other negotiable Securities, on the Terms fol: 
lowing; viz. 
«© That every Subfcriber fhall pay down, at the time 
of tubfcribing, as a Depofit in the Hands of Meffieurs 
© Yohn Cox and Edward Cleeve, Goldfmiths, the Sum of 
“25. 6d. per Cent. and One Shilling per Cent. more at 
« the fame time, for the Undertaker Ra/ph Keate, to- 
« wards defraying the Charge of the Undertaking: That 
« g printed Receipt for the 25. 6d. per Cent. will be de- 
* Jivered out in few Days after the Subfcription is com- 
“© pleted :” 

‘© That no Perfon is to fubfcribe more than 10,000/. 
“nor Iefs than 1,000/.; and not above 5 per Cent. be 
* called in at the fame time. ’ 

Mr. Will:am Lambe, being examined, faid, That a Char- 
ter was intended ‘to be applied for; and that there is 
about 1,100,000/. fubicribed; and that there has been 
feveral Meetings of the Subicribers, in order to carry on 
the faid Undertaking. 

Mr. Lennard faid, That Mr. Keate, who was the Pro- 
pofer of this Undeitaking, claiming to himlelf One Shil- 
ling per Cent. for his Trouble, Meffieurs Cox and Cleeve 
would not give Receipts but for the whole Sums paid to 
them; which was 35. 6d. per Cent. 

That the Committee do find, That the Subfcription 
of 1,200,000/. for felling Annuities, fettling ot Jomtures, 
and afluring of Lives, commonly called Mr. Thomas Bur- 
geffe’s Subfcription, is taken on fuch Terms and Condi- 
tions as is herein after-mentioned; viz. 

«* That the Subfcribers do agree to pay the refpective 

* Sums againft their Names, in fuch Proportions as fhall 
* be called for by a Court of Direétors; aad, in order 
** to obtain a Charter, the better to carry on the faid De- 
“* fign, they agree to pay, on Subfcription, the Sum of 
“© a5. 6d. per Cent. on the Sums by them fubicribed ; 
«¢ whicl. Sub crip ion-money is to be paid into the Hands 
* of Mefficurs Greew and Eades; and is not to be taken 
*¢ thence but by an Order, iigned by a Majority of the 
«© Committee :” 
«© And alfo agreed, That any Subfcriber may have 
Liberty to withdraw his Subfcription, on Notice, in 
“ Writing, to Mr. Henry Symonds, at his Houfe in Fri- 
+ day-flreet, any time within Seven Days before the 
** Day appointed, by Advertifement, in the London Ga- 
** zette, ot the Choice of Direétors, on the Forfeiture 
© only of the faid 25. 6d. paid at fubfcribing.” 

It appeared to the Committee, by a Book of Minutes 
of the Proceedings of the Subfcribers, That they have 
had feveral Meetings; and that a Petition was drawn up, 
and prefented to his Majefty, in the Name of Sir James 
Hallett, and feveral other Perfons, fub{cribing the fame ; 
praying his Majefty’s Royal Letters Patents for incorpo- 
rating them, for granting Annuities, fecuring Fortunes 
to Widows, Orphans, and. others; which was referred 
to the prefent Attorney General, ‘by his Majetty’s Order 
in Council, dated 8th of ‘Fanuary 1719: 

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tion of the Amicable Society for a perpetual Infurance 
Office, who defired to be heard againit this Petition, has 
made a Report thereupon to his Majefty, dated the 10th 
March 1719; and therein gave his Opinion, That it is 
not advifeable for his Majefty to ereét any fuch Incorpo- 
ration as is defired by the aforefaid Petition. 

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Mr. Burge/:, being examined, faid, That 1,4617. 5~ 
had been paid in asa Part of the Swbicription; and the 
113/. 25. 4d. thereof had been difburfed: That there 
had been no transferring any of the Stock; and that the 
Receipts are not made payable to the Bearer. 

‘That the Committee having‘tunimoned the Governor 
and Company for raifing Tames Water, in York Build- 
ings, Sir Alexander Cairnes and Mr. * * * did accord- 
ingly attend; and, being examined, produced to the 
Committee an attefted Copy of an Act, of the 2d of 
King Wm. and Queen Mary, intituled, An Aéct for in- 
corporating the Proprietors of the Water-works in York 
Buildings; and tor encouraging, carrying on, and fettling, the 
faid Water-works; wherein it is recited, 1 hat King Charles 
the Second, in the 27th Year of his Reign, had, by Ler- 
ters Patents, granted to Ralph Bucknall and Ralph Weyne, 
their Executors, Adminiftrators and Affigns, full Power 
to erect a Water-houfe in York-boufe Garden, and to lay 
Pipes into the River Thames, and to convey the fame for 
the Ule of the Inhabitants, and adjacent i’laces ; which 
Water-houfes had been fince erected: It is therefore en- 
acted, That the feveral Perfons in the A&amp;t named, the 
then Proprietors of the Water-houfes and Water-works, 
and the Proprietors thereof for the Time being, thould 
be a Corporation, by the Name of the Governor and 
Company of the Undertakers fer raifing Thames Water, 
in York Buildings, able and capable, in Law, to have, 
purchale, receive, poflefs, enjoy, and retain, Lands, Te- 
nements, and Hereditaments, Goods, and Chattels, to 
them, and their Succeffors; and alfo to give, grant, de- 
mife, alien, affign, and difpofe of, the fame: 

And alleged, That the faid Governor and Company 
were fufficiently itpowered by the faid Act to purchafe 
Lands, and grant Annuities, ec. upon the fame. 

That as to the Petition of the Earl of Wefmorland, 
and others, praying a Charter for granting Annuities for 
Life, and afluring Lives, it was prefented co his Majefty, 
without the Confent or Approbation of the faid Com- 
pany; for that they difclaimed and refuted the Applica- 
tion; and that the Petition was not in the Name of the 
Corporation, but in the Names of private Perfons. 

It appeared to the Committee, That the faid Petition 
had been preiented to kis Majefty, and referred, by his 
Order in Council, dated 8th Yanuary 1719, to the pre- 


‘feat Attorney General; who made a Report thereupon 


to his Majefty, roth March 1719: That, having heard 
the Petitioners, as alfo the Amicable Society for a perpe- 
tual Infurance Office, Mr. Attorney Generai gives the fol- 
lowing Opinion; viz. 
“© As to the Proceedings upon the faid Petition, I am 
mott humbly of Opinion, That the Corporation, created 
by the Aét of Parliament above-recited, was fo infti- 
tuted for the particular Purpofes therein {pecified: And 
though the Power therein given to purchafe Lands is 
not, by exprefs Words, reftrained to any particular an- 
nual Valuz; yet, by a reafonable Conftruction, the 
** Exercife of that Power ought to be governed and 
‘© limited by the Purpotes for which the Corporation was 
erected ; and cannot be underftood to give Authority 
to that Coporation, fuppofing it to exift, to purchate 
Lands of what Value foever, and for Purpofes wholly 
foreign to the Ends of that Incorporation : 
“© And as tothe Tranfaction between fome of the Peti- 
“¢ tioners and the fuppofed Governor and Affiftants of the 
‘© faid Corporation, as the fame is reprefented by the 
‘© Affidavit, and Articles, ftated in the faid Report, I 
*¢ am of Opinion, That it is an unwarrantable Practice, 
‘* and of a very dangerous Tendency, and highly in De- 
‘* rogation of your Royal Prerogative; there being no 
“¢ Ground or Colour in Law for the faid Corporation 
“to contract with others for taking in Subfcriptions 
“for any Sum, but much lefs for fo great a Sum as 
*¢ 1,000,000]. for the carrying on an Undertaking, in 
“* the Name of the faid Corporation, fo different from the 
‘© Purpofes of their Incorporation; which Subfcriptions, 
‘¢ if taken in, purfuant to fuch Contract, are a Milufer of 
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“© the Powers of the faid Corporation, for which they 
* are liable to Profecution, if your Majefty thall fo 
“ pleafe.” 

That the Committee have likewi‘e examined into feve- 
ral other Undertakings, ot different Kinds, ¢arried on by 
Sub{cription, and do find, 

That there is a Sub{cription.of 2,000,000/. for fup- 

reffing Thieves and Robbers, taken at Cooper’s Coffee- 
fous in Cornbill; the Preamble to which is as follows; 


UZ. 
¢ We, whofe Names are hereunto fet down, do be- 
«© came Subfcribers towards raifing a Joint Stock of 
** 2,000,000/. Sterling, for preventing and fuppreffing 
‘¢ all Thieves and Robbers both by Sea and Land; and 
“* for infuring all Perfons Goods and Effects from the 
* fame, and likewife from all other Cafualties, as the 
* Proprietors and Company fhall judge proper, purfuant 
** to a Patent now paffing for that Purpofe. 

Francis Richardfon, Projector of the faid Undertaking, 
being examined, faid, That about 200,000/, was fub- 
fcribed for; and that a Peti:ion was prefented to his 
Majefty (which is referred to his Majefty’s Attorney 
General, by Order in Council of 21ft January 1719) 
praying his Majefty’s Letters Patents, for an Incorporation 
to carry on the faid Undertaking ; but nothing turther is 
done thereupon : 

That he intended to proceed in what Method the 
Company, when chofen, fhould think proper. 

That the Committee do find, That the Subfcription of 
1,200,000/, for building and buying Ships to lett or 
freight, was opencd the sich of February 1719-20, on 
the following Terms; viz. 

«© That no Perfon fhall be admitted to fubfcribe lefs 
** than 1,000/ : 

That 2s. 6d. per Cent. for every Sum fubicribed be 
“ paid to the Undertakers, for procuring a Charter, and 
“* defraying all other Charges and Expences : 

“¢ That2s. 6d. per Cent. more tor every Sum fubfcribed 
‘* be paid into the Hands of Meflieurs Mitford and Mer- 
‘© tins, Goldfimiths in Lordon, as Part of the capital 
“ Stock of the faid.Company: 

«© That in Fifteen Days time after the Subfcription is 
“* completed, a General Meeting of the Subfcribers fhall 
“© be held, whereof prblick Notice fhall be given, for 
** choofing Nine Managers, who fhail have the whole 
‘*¢ Dire&amp;tion in carrying on this Affair; and that Three of 
** the faid Nine be a Quorum: 

“© That no Money be iffued out of the Hands of the 
*¢ faid Meffieurs Mitford and Mertins, but by Orders 
** under the Hands of Three of the faid Managers: 

“ That any Subfcriber, or Bearer of the Receipt of the 
*&lt; faid Subfcription, failing to pay according to the Call 
‘© of the Governors and Directors, when choien, fhali for- 
“ feit the faid 25. 6d.; and that both Subfcription and 
* Receipt fhall be void : 

“© That, in cafe the faid Sum of 1,200,000/. be not 
“¢ fully fubfcribed within Sixty Days from henceforth, 
“ then the faid 25. 64. per Cent. paid into the Hands of 
“ Meflieurs Mitford and Mertins, as alfo the faid 25. 6d. 
“* per Cent. paid to the Undertaker, fhall be forthwith 
*¢ repaid to every Subicriber.” 

Benjamin Bravee, being examined, faid, That the Sub- 
feription is not quite full; and that 200 and odd Pounds 
are paid in; and that there has been fome Steps made 
towards obtaining a Patent. 

That the Committee do find, That the Subfcription of 
1,000,009/. for a Joint Stock, to be employed in carrying 
on the Navigation and Traffick of Coals from Newcaflle 
to London, was opened on the 23d February 1719; and 
on the following Terms; viz. 

“ That the Directors of the faid Undertaking are to 
** be chofen out of the Subfcribers ; and the Money to 
‘* be called in, in fuch Proportions and Payments as they 
‘¢ fhall find neceffary to promote, and carry on, a Joint 
*¢ Trade; all the Profits that accrue to be equaliy di- 
*s vided among the Proprietors, in proportion to their 
« refpective Subf{criptions.” 


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Jobn Smith, One of the Managers, being examined 
faid, That the whole 1,000,000/. is fubfcribed ; and 
that 6d. per Cent. is paid in, which the Undertakers are 
to have for their Charges; and that no Part of the Stock 
is transferred : 

p That they propofed to lower Coals to 255. per Chal- 
ron. 

That the Committee do find, That the Propofal for 
raifing a Joint Stock of 1,200,000/. to be employed jn 
Undertaking ‘and Furnifhing of Funerals to any Part of 
Great Britain, is as follows; viz. 

* Tt is propoféd, That the faid Bufinefs fhall be under. 
** taken, and carried on, in the Names of Fcbn 7. averher, 
** and another Perfon, as Copartners, in Truft, for 
*¢ themfelves, and the feveral other Perfons whofe Names 
** are herein after fubfcribed: Which faid Fob Taverner, 
*¢ and fuch other Perfon, ‘are hereby impowered to tranf. 
*© aét and manage the Affairs and Bufineis of the faid 
** Copartnerfhip, in Truft, ‘as aforefaid, until a Generaf 
“* Meeting ot the Subfcribers fhall be called; and other 
** Perfons appointed, in their ftead, to manage the {aid 
** Undertaking: 

‘© That every Subfcriber and Subfcribers fhall, upon 
‘* every reafonable Notice, raife and pay the feveral Sums 
‘* by them 'refpectively fubfcribed, or fuch Part thereof 
‘* as fhall be thought neceffary for carrying on the faid 
** Undertaking, into the Hands of fuch Perfon or Per- 
‘* fons as are, or fhall be, appointed, in their behalf, to 
‘* receive the fame: 

‘* It is further propofed, That the whole Stock fhall 

‘* be divided into 1,200/. Shares; and that every Perfon 
** having a Share fhall be intitled to a Vote for future 
“¢ Managers; and that no One Perfon fhall have more 
*¢ than Five Votes: 
“¢ That, with all convenient Speed after the faid Sub- 
fcription fhall be completed, publick Notice thall be 
‘¢ given for a General Meeting of the Subfcribers; at 
‘* which time a Committee of Managers fhall be appointed 
*© to take the Advice of Counfel learned in the Law, for 
“© a lawful and proper Eftablifhment of the faid Copart- 
“* nerbhip: 

‘* In cafe any Subfcriber fhall refufe to fubmit to fuch 
** Regulations and Agreements as Counfel thal! advife, 
‘* as aforefaid ; that then every fuch Subfcriber or Sub- 
‘* fcribers, fo refufing, fhall, upon returning their refpec- 
“* tive Receipts, be repaid the whole Money fpecified 
*¢ therein, without any Deduction whatfoever.” 

John Map'e, One concerned in taking in the faid Sub- 
{cription, being examined, faid, That 55. 6d. per Cent, 
was paid in; and that they had made no Application for 
an Eftabiifhment. 

That the Committee do find, That the Subfcription 
for the Sum of 1,200,000/. Sterling, to be a Fund for 
eftablifhing and carrying on a Trade to his Majefty’s 
German Dominions, upon feveral Privileges aiready 
granted, and upon fuch further Privileges as his Majefty 
fhall hereafter pleafe to grant, is taken on the following 
Conditions; viz. 

“* That the Subfcribers agree to pay the refpective 
‘* Sums againft their Names in fuch Proportions as thall 
© be called for by a Court of Direétors; and for the car- 
“‘ rying on the Defign, and towards the obtaining a 
‘* Charter, they do agree to. pay, on Subfcription, the 
** Sum of Two Shillings and Six Pence on the Sums by 
“© them fubfcribed, to be paid into the Hands of Mef- 
“ fieurs Eades and Green.” 

Mr. Burge/s, One of the Managers of the faid Under- 
taking, being examined, faid, That a Petition was drawn 
up, in order to be prefented to his Majefty ; praying a 
Charter of Incorporation. 

That the Committee having fummoned the Managers 


a 


_of the Undertaking for raifing the Growth of raw Silk; 


they accordingly attended; and laid before the Commitee 
a Charter, which appeared to be granted by his Majefty’s 
Royal Letters Patents, bearing Date the 23d Day of May 
1717, for-carrying on the faid Undertaking, 


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6 GEO. I. 


The. Committee being informed, that a new Subfcrip- 
tion of 10,000,000 for eftablifhing the Fifhery of Great 
Britain and Ireland, was opened on Monday the 4th of 
April 17203 

The Committee did that Day fummon the Managers 
of that Undertaking to attend them. 

George Fames did accordingly attend; and, being exa- 
mined, owned to the Committee, That he did contrive 
the Scheme for the faid Undertaking; and that he was 
the Perfon acting therein: He affured the Committee, 
That no Money ‘had been paid in upon the Subferption, 
for that nobody yet had fubfcribed; and that he would 
not proceed to carry on the faid Undertaking. 

Upon the feveral Matters before ftated, the Committee 
have come to the Refolution following ; vez.. 

Refolved, (hat it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, tor fome time laft paft, feveral large Subicriptions 
having been made by great Numbers of Perions in the 
City of London, to carry on publick Undertakings; upon 
which the Subicribers have paid in {mail Proportions of 
their refpective Sub!criptions, though amounting in the 
Whole, to great Sums of Money; and that the Sub- 
fcribers having a¢ted as Corporate Bodies, without any 
legal Authority for their fo doing, and thereby drawa in 
feveral unwary Pertons into unwarrantable Undertakings; 
the faid Practices man:fettiy tend to the Prejudice of the 
publick Trade and Commerce of the Kingdom. 

The Firft of the taid Refolutions being read a Second 
‘time, ‘I hat the faid Undertaking, propoted to be. carried 
on by the Name of Uhe Britifo Fifhery, wherein the Sea 
Ports and Royal Boroughs are concerned, may be tuc- 
ceistully carried on, and. prevent great Sums. going annu- 
ally out of the Nation; and fecure a valuable Trade; and 
may, upon any Emergence, furnifh Seamen to man the 
Royal Navy; and therefore highly deferves Encourage- 
ment 5 

Refolved, That the faid Refolution be poftponed. 

The Second Refolution being read a Second tine ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Houfe do 
agree with the Committee in the faid-Refolution, ‘That, 
for ‘ome time laft paft, feveral large Subfcriptions having 
been made by great Numbers of Perfons in the City of 
‘London, to carry on publick Undertakings ; upon which 
the Subicribers. have paid-in {mall Proportions of their 
refpective Subfcriptions, though:amounting in the Whole 
to great Sums of Money ; and that the Subicribers having 
a€ted as Corporate Bodies, without any legal Authority 
for their fo doing, and thereby drawn in feveral unwary 
‘Perfons into unwarrantable Undertakings; the : faid 
Practices manifeftly tend to the Prejudice of-the publick 
Trade and Commerce of the Kingdom. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
reftrain the extravagant and unwarrantable Practice of 
‘raifing Money’ by voluntary Subfcriptions, for carrying 
On Projects dangerous to the Trade and Subjects of this 
Kingdom: And that Mr. Secretary Craggs, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. ComptroHer, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 
Mr. Hungerford, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for enabling Charles Earl of Arran to raife Mo- 
ney for purchafing the Eftate of Fames Butler, late Duke 
of Ormond; and tor Payment of the Debts of the faid 

‘Yate Duke, unprovided tor by him; was read. a. Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hutche- 
fon, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Heyfbam, 
“Mr.” Ward, Sir Wim. St. Quintin, Sit Fobn Ward, .Mr. 
Vernon, Sit Wim. Wyndham, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Milner, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Lord Peircy Seymour, Mr. Wright- 
fon, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Snell, Mr. Secretary Craggs, Sir 
Wm. Thompfon, Mr. Longueville, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. 
Hanbury, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Difton, Sir Theo. Fanfen, 
Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Methuen, Mc. Barrington .Mr.- Ma- 
jon, Mr. Foley, Sir Arth. Kay, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Cuningham, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Gre- 
“gory, “Mr. Monroe, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Walter, Colonel Long, Mr. Windjor, Mr. Lutwich, Mr. 


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Calmady, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Rowney, Dr. Clarke, Mr. Ki- 
najton, Sir Fobn Pakingt-x, Mr. Talbot: And all that 


come are to have Voices: And they are.to meet this 
Alternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn. 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





ovis, 28° die Aprilis; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable any Corporations within the Univerfity of 
Cambridge, or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any 
Meffuages and Ground to the faid Univerfity, for enlarge- 
ing their publick Library, was read the Third time. 
Refolved, Twat the Biil do pafs 
Ordered, That Mr. Windfor do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral toreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War; was, accord- 
ing to Oider, ‘read the Firit time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Rejolved, That the Bill be read a Second time To- 
morrow Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for the more effectual Prefervation 
of the: Game, was read the Third time. _ 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act forthe more effectual Preie vation’ of the 
Game. 

Ordered, That Sir Samuel Lennard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to re- 
peal fo much of the A&amp;, intituied, An A&amp; tor prevent- 
ing Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his Majetty’s 
Cuftoms, paffed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years 
of King Charles the Second, as relates to the prohibiting 
the Importation of Deal Boards and Fir Timber from 
Germany, was committed. the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill, and direéted him. to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the {ame in his lace; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Sccond time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itielf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for regiftering 
and encouraging Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring men, 
ot Great Britain and Ireland; and for the Eafe of his 
Majetty’s trading Subjects. 

Mr.. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had-di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Oe Kefolued, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committce of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till, To-morrow Morna- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Veneris, 








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Veneris, 29 die Aprilis ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
GEre Angell took the Oaths appointed, in order to 


his Naturalization. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
ele€ting a Baron to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
Port of Sandwich, -in the County of Kent, in the room 
of Sir Henry Oxenden Baronet, deceafed. 


A Bill for naturalizing George Angell, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Whitch- 
cot, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Plumpire, Mr. Strickland, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Sit Robert Furnefe, Mr. Freman, General 
Wade, Sit Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Lade, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. 
Majfon, Mr. York, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Difton, 
Mr. Wylde, Mr.. Hungerford, Culonel Grabme, Mr. Elis, 
Mr. Comptroller, General Kofe, Mr. Hampden, Mr. 
Smith, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Yonge, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Longueville: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Holford : 

Mr Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
Sale of Pare of the Eitate of Sir Copplefton Warwick 
Bampfylde Baronet; and tor fettling another Eftate, of 
greater Value, to the fame Ufes: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meflengeis withdrew. 


The faid Bill was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill to repeal fo much of the Aa, inti- 
tuled, An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating 
Abufes, in his Majefty’s Cuftoms, paffed in the Thirteenth 
and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second, as 
relates to the prohibiting the Importation of Deal Boards 
and Fir Timber from Germany, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, that the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; to repeal fo much of the A, intituled, An Act 
for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his Ma- 
jefty’s Cuftoms, paffed ip the Thirteenth and Fourteenth 
Years of King Charles cle Second, as relates to the pro- 
hibiting the Importation of Deal Boards‘and Fir Timber 
from Germany. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War; was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a Second time. 

Refoived, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill for laying a Duty on wrought Plate, and for 
applying Money out of the Forfeitures for Treafon, for 
an{wering his -Majefty’s Supply; and for taking off the 
Drawback upon Hops'exported for Ireland; was read a 
Second time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 


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ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill to prevent the impious Practice of 
Duelling, was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill, 
Vi. 

Prefs 3. L. 30. To leave out from the Word ** Clergy” 
to the Word “and,” in Line the 40. ; viz. thefe Words; 
*¢ And if it fhall be found, by Inquifition before the Co- 
“ roner, on View of the Body of any Perfon killed or 
*¢ flain, that fuch Perfon was killed in fighting fuch 
‘© Duel as is herein before defcribed ; then the Body of 
** fuch Perfon, fo killed, fhail, on a Precept, to be directed, 
‘*¢ by the Coroner, to the Sheriff of the County whete 
fuch Faét was committed, be hanged in Irons, in fome 
publick Place, as near as conveniently may be to the 
*¢ Place where fuch Perfon was fo killed or flain :” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs; and that the Title 
be, An Aét to prevent the impious Practice of Duelling; 
and for abolifhing Tryals by fingie Combat. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hunge:ford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itieif into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for encouraging the Importation of 
Hemp, Flax, anda Deal Boards, trom the Plantations. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee ot the whole 
Houfe,to confider turther of the Bill tor the regiftering and 
encouraging Mariners, Seamen, and Seataring men, of 
Great Britain and Ireland; and for the Eafe of his Ma- 
jefty’s trading Subjects, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 2° die Mai; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


A‘ ingroffed Bill for continuing fo much of an Aa, 
made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late 
Majefty Queen Ana, intituled, An A&amp;t for the reviving 
and continuing feveral Acts, therein mentioned, for the 
preventing Mifchiefs which may happen by Fire; for 
building and repairing County Goals; for exempting Apo- 
thecaries from ferving Parifh and Ward Offices, and 
ferving upon Juries; and relating to the Returning of 
Jurors; as relates to the Building and Repairing of County 
Gaols; was read the Third time. 
The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 
Prefs 2. L. 35. To leave out * and:” 
L. 36. To leave out ** or:” 
L. 38. To leave out “ for doing whereof,” 
and infert ‘* which :”- 
L. 42. To leave out * do,” and infert “ re- 
‘© pair and rebuild :” 
L. 45. After ‘ Corporations,” to infert 
‘¢ Liberties and Franchifes :” 
Prefs 3. L. 4. After ‘* Corporations,” to infert “ Li- 
** berties and Franchifes :” ' 
L. 6. To leave out * their,” and_infert 
wh tn 
L. 7. To leave out ‘ Corporation ;” and, 
after ** Prifon,” infert ** of fuch Corporation, Liberty 
*© or Franchife ;” , 
Prefs 3. L. 17. After “* Corporation,” to infert “ Li- 
‘** berty, or Franchife.” 
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The faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the 
Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill do pals: And that the Title 
te, An Act for building and repairing County Gaols, and 
other Gauls, Prifons, aad Seflion-houfes, in that Part of 
Great Briain called Englands and for alcettaining the 
Fees of the faid Gaols; and for the better Rehet of Pri- 
foners in the faid Gaols and Prifons; and for making 

erpetual an Aét, of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of 
the Reign of King Witliam the Third, for the more ef- 
jeCtual Suppreffion of Piracy; and for making more ef- 
fe€tual the Aét, of the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of 
King Charles the Second, intituled, An Aé&amp; for eftablith- 
ing Articles and Orders for the Regulating, and better 
Government, of his Majelty’s Ships of War, and Forces 
by Sea. 

' Ondnel, That Mr. Farrer do caery the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Joba Chetwynd prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Addrefs to his Majefty, feveral Reprefentations 
which have been made to the Commiffioners of Trade 
and Plantations, relating to Watte of Trees; proper for 
Mafts, in his Majefty’s Plantations in America, fince his 
Majefty’s happy Acceffion to the Throne: 

And the Titles of the fame were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Reprefentations be referred to 
the Confideration of the Committce of the whole Houle; 
to whom the Bill for encouraging the Importation of 
Hemp, Flax, and Deal Boards, from the Plantations, is 
committed. 

The faid Reprefentations are bound up with the other 

Papers of this Seffion, 


A Petition of William Speke and Fofeph Damer Efquires, 
Francis Kingfione, Fobn Golep junior, and Geo. Yeat, 
Gentlemen, tn behalf of themielves, and feveral others 
who have a Right of voting for electi: g Members to ferve 
in Parliament for the Botough of Dorchefer, in the County 
of Dorfet, was prefented to the Houte, and read, fetting 
forth, That the ancient and undoubted Right of voting for 
Members to fervein Parliamenttorthe faid Borough is, and, 
beyond the Memory of Man, bas been, in the Inhabitants pay- 
ing to Church and Poor, in ref{pect of their perfonai Eftates ; 
and in all Perfons paying to Church and Poor, for or in 
relpeét of any real bftaies they are {eiled or poffeffed of 
within the faid Borough: That the Petitioners were, at 
the laft Election, thus qualified to vote; but Thomas Pit- 
man, Mayor of the faid Borough, at, and before, the 
faid Jaft Kleétion, in an arbitrary and illegal manner, en- 
deavoured to elude and deftroy the Petitioners Rights ; 
and to velt the Power of eleciing Members in himfelf, 
and the fucceeding Mayors of the faid Borough; by ad- 
mitting and allowing Perfons to poll who had no Right, 
nor were qualified: That, by the faid illegal Practices, 
the faid Thomas Pitman hath returned Robert Browne ju- 
nior, Efquire, duly eleéted; when, in truth, Abrabam 
Fanfen Ef{quire, the other Candidate, had a Majority of 
Four Votes, by the Mayor’s own Poll; and a Majority 
of Six-and-twenty Votes, by a Poll fairly and indifferently 


‘taken: And praying to be relieved. 


- 


Ordered, Vhat the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houle. OE 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe upon this Day Fortnight, the 
Sixteenth Day of May inftant. 


A Petition of Avraham Fanfen Efquire was prefented 
to the Houle, and read; fetting forth. That the Pe- 
titioner, and Robert Browne Efquire, ftoad Candidates 
for a Member to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
Borough of Dorchefter, in the County of Dorfett: That 
the Petitiener had a Majority of above Twenty Votes of 
fuch Perfons who had an undoubted Right of voting ; 
and a Majority of Four Vores, atthe leaft, by the Mayor’s 


‘own Poll: That notwithftanding fuch Majority, the 


Vou, XIX. 


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Mayor hath returned the faid Robert Browne, inftead of 
the Petitioner: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houte, at the fame time that the Mat- 
ter of the Petition of William Speake, Jofeph Damer 
Efquire; and others; is appointed to be heard. 


Ordered, That Mr: Locondes be adtied to the Gentle- | 
men who aré appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill 
to reftrain the extravagant and unwarrantable Practice of 
raifing Money, by voluntary Subfcrivtions; for catrying on 
— dangerdus to the Trade and Subjects of this King- 

om, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and Mr. 

Godfrey: 
Mr. Speaker, 5 2 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill intituled; An Act 
for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint Martin in the 
Fields, in the City of Weftminfter, at the Charge of the 
Inhabitants of the faid Parith; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew: 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the Bill for appointing Commifiioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and {tate the Demands of feveral foreign Prince¢ 
and States; for Subfidies, during the late War ; 

Ordered, Yhat it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to 
enable the Commiffioners to be appointed by this Bill to 
give Credit to the Lord Vifcount Shannon, of the King- 
dom of Jreland, for the Money he received by Warrant 
from her late Majefty; as Commander in Chief of her 
Majefty’s Forces in the Ife of Wight. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
Relief of the Captains of fuch Regiments in Minorca, 
the Eftablifhments whereof were aliered in the Year 
1712. 3 

Orderéd, That it be an Inftru&amp;tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, direct- 
ing the faid Commiflioners not to iffue any Certificates to 
the States General of the United Provinces, upon their 
Claims entered before the late Commifiioners tor ftating 
the Debts due to the Army, and the Subfidies due to 
foreign Princes and States, until the Arrears due to the 
Three Regiments of Douglas, Wood, and Hamilton, are 
{tated and allowed by the taid Siates. 

A Petition of feveral difbanded Officers of the late 
Regiments of Foot commanded by Brigadier Theodore 
Veley, Colonel Edward ‘fones, and Colonel James Butler, 
was prefenied to the Houle, and read; letting forth, 
That, in Obedience to her late Majefty’s Commands, 
fignified to them by Colonel ones, the then commanding 
Officer of the British Forces in Portugall, and Brigadier 
Stanwixy the then Governor of Gibraltar, they continued 
abroad, and did Duty equal with any Officers on full 
Pay, from the refpective Days the faid Regiments were 
difbanded, until their Arrival in Great Britain, without 
being on any Eftablifhment for full Pay: That the Ser- 
vice they performed was very expenfive; and that all Ofi- 
cers performing Duty in fuch manner have been allowed 
full Pay for the fame: And praying, That a Claufe may 
be inferted in the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to de- 
termine the Debis due to the Army, to impower the faid 
Commiffioners to certify what remains due to complete 
the full Pay to the reipective Days of the faid Oficers 
landing in Great Britain. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War; is com- 
mitted. 


4X Ordered, 








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554 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claule for the 
Relief of the faid Petitioners. ° 

A Petition of Lieutenant Colonel’ Richard Manninz, 
and Captain Benjamin Huffum, ov behalt of themiclves, 
and the feveral Officers ot Brigadier Hunt, Withers, and 
Colonel Cha les de ia Boucheticrs, late Regiments of Dra- 
goons, was prefented to the Houle, and read; tetting 
forth, That, after the 8th of September 1712, when the 
faid Two Regiments were reduced, the Vetitioners were 
direed, by Major General Pearce, Commander in Chief 
in Portugall, to be inimmediate Keadinefs, with the pri- 
vate Men belonging thereto, to march, upon the firft Or- 
ders, to Gibraltar, and to obferve and keep their Men in 
good Order and Difcipline: That the Petitioners, with 
the Corps of the faid Regiments, were left to continue in 
Portugall after the March of the other Britis Troops for 
Gibraltar, until an Opportunity could be had for their Paf- 
fage to Great Britain, where they did not arrive cll the 
22d of April 1713: That, notwithttanding the aforefaid 
Orders to continue their Men in military Difeipline, their 
being fo long detained abroad at an extraordinary Ex- 
pence, and being at laft obliged to pay their own Paffage 
to Great Britain, the Petitigners have received no more 
than Half Pay from the Day the faid Regiments were 
reduced: That, on their Arrival in Great Britain, they 
petitioned -her late Majefty to be allowed full Pay to the 
22d of April 1713, when they landed at Dover; which 
Petition was referred to the then Lord High Treafurer, 
and by him referred co the Comptrollers of the Army 
Accounts, who reported, That, allowing the Petitioners 
full Pay to the time of their landing in England, was 
agreeable to her Majefty’s Inftructions for reducing the 
Forces, dated the goth of Fuly 1712: That the late 
Commiffioners declined relieving the Petitioners, alleging 
they had no Authority to take Cognizance of their De- 
mand: And praying, That a Claufe, or Claufes, may be in- 
feried in the Bill, now depending, for appointing Commil- 
fioners to take, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army, to impower the faid Commifiioncrs to examine 
and report the Fact to his Majefty ; and, on his Majefly’s 
Warrant, to iffue Certificates for completing full Pay to 
the time of their landing in Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, 
ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to 
examine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Sublidies, during the late War; is com- 
mitted, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Ciaufe for the 
Relief of the faid Petitioners. 

Ordered, That it be an Jnftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe tor 
afcertaining the Time for receiving Claims. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe; upon the faid Bill. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, up- 
on the Bill for encouraging the Importation of Hemp, 
Flax, and Deal Boards, trom the Plantations; 

Refolved, That this Hoafe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve ittelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till. To-morrow Moyn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Martis, 3° die Mait; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
N \ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act tor Sale of Part of the Eftate of Sir Copplefey 
Warwick Bampfylde Baronet; and tor fettling another 
Eftate, of greater Vaiue, to the fame Utes; was read a 
Second time. 

R-felved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Herne, 
Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. 
Gregory, Sir Arth. Kaye, General Wills, Mr. Shuitleworth, 
Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Longueville, Mr. Wal. 
pole, Mr. Chetwynd, Lord James Cavendifa, Mir. Han- 
bury, Lord Molefworth, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Woite, 
Mr. Bruere, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Fre 
man, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Papillon, Mt. Monntague, Mr, 
Calmady, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Lade, Mr. Smith, Sir 
Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Bathurft, Sir Fobn Packington, Mr, 
Afoe, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Heyfham, Mr Far. 
rer, Sir Fohn Bland, Sir Tho. Sebright, Mr. Talbott, Mr. 
Snell, Mr. Gwyn, General Rofe, Mr. Moody, Lord Cay. 
penter; and ail that ferve for the Counties of Devon, 
Somerfett, Dorfett, and Cornwall: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough ot Monmouth, in the County of Mcenmouth, 
in the room of William Bray Efquire, deceafed. 


An ingroffed Bill for Relief of infolvent Debtors, was 
read the Third time: 

And the Amendments following being feverally pro- 
poled to be made to the Bill, wz. 

Prefs 4. L. 26. To leave out * or, 
s¢ other ;” 

Prefs 12. L. 7. To leave out “ of,” and infert ** by ;” 

Prefs 16. L. 21. To leave out “ of,” and infert ** at,” 

Prefs 16. L. 33. To leave out ** or;” 

Prefs 17. L. 15. To leave out * that,” and infert 
6c if;” 

Prefs 18. L. 11, 12, 13, 14. To leave out “ and that 
*¢ it may not be in the Power of any Sheriff, Under 
‘© Sheriff, Gaoler, or Keeper of any Prifon, to opprefs, 
‘* injure, or impofe upon, any Prifoner;” 

The faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the 
Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refo'ved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for Relief of intolvent Debtors. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


” and infert 


A Petition of Thomas Butler, of Kilcafb, in the King- 
dom of Ireland, Efquire, Son and Heir of Walter Butler, 
deceafed, who was eldeft Son and Heir of Richard 
Butler, of Kilcafa aforefaid, Efquire, deceafed, Second 
Brother of. ‘James firft Duke of. Ormond, on behalf 
of himfelf, and his Two Sons Walter and Fobn Builer, 
Infants; and Fobn Butler Efquire, Brother of Thomas 
Butler aforefaid, and Walter Butler his Son, an Infant, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That, by Indenture of \Settlement, dated the Sixth Day 
of Fuly 1683, all the Honours, Caftles, Manors, Lands, 
and Hereditaments, of Fames then Duke of Ormond, and 
Elizabeth Duchefs of Ormond, his Wife, within the King- 
dom of Ireland, were fettled to fuch Ufes, that, upon 
the Deceafe of the faid then Duke and Duchefs, ‘ames 
Butler then Earl of Offory, and Jaft Duke of Ormond, be- 
came poffeffed thereof, for the Term of Ninety-nine 
Years, determinable on his Death; with Remainder to his 
Firtt‘and other Sons, in Tail Male;-Remainder to Charles 
now Earl of Arran; for the Term of his natural Life; 
Remaiader to his Firft and other Sons, in Tail Males 

Remainder 








n 


6 Geo. I. 


Remainder to the Heirs Male of the Body of the faid 
Fames Firftt Duke of Ormond; Remainder to the faid 
Richard Butler, of Kilcafh, the Petitioner’s Grandfather; 
and Brother of the faid Fames Firft Duke of Ormond, 
for Ninety-nine Years, determinable on his Death; Re- 
mainder to Walter Butler, the Petitioner’s Father, Son 
and Heir of the faid Richard, tor Ninety-nine Years, 
determinable on his Death; Remainder to his ‘irtt and 
other Sons, in Tail Male; Remainder to Foba Butler, 
Second Son of the faid Richard, for the fame Kitates ; 
Remainder to all the other Sons of the faid Richard, of 
Kilcafo, in Tail Male, fucceffively ; Remainder to the 
Heirs Male of the Body of Peirce Butler Earl of Or- 
mond and Offory; Remainder to the Heirs Male of Wal- 
ter Butler, then late of Powelfown, deceated, Anceftor 
of Sir Walter Butler Knight; Remainder to the Heirs 
Male of Fobn Butler, deceafed, Anceftor of Peirce But- 
ler Lord Vifcount Jkerin; Remainder to the Heirs Male 
of Thomas Butler, Anceftor of Fames Lord Baron of 
Dunboyne; with Remainder to the right Heirs of the faid 
Firft Duke of Ormond: That the faid ‘ames Butler, latt 
Duke of Ormond, ftands attainted of High Treafon; and 
his Intereft in the faid Eftate, fubject to the feveral In- 
cumbrances affecting the fame, is now vefted in the Com- 
miflioners and Truftees of the forfeited Eftates, tor the 
Ufe of the Publick: That the faid Charles Earl of .drran 
entered his Claim before the faid Commiffioners, for the 
Remiainder limited to him by the faid Settlement of 
1633; and the Petitioners not having a Part of the faid 
Settlement, or any Copy thereof, in their Cuftody or 
Power, and being advifed, by their Counfel, that the faid 
Settlement being fec forth in the faid Earl of Arran’s 
Claim, and the faid Commiffioners thereby acquainted 
with the feveral Remainders over to the Petitioners, and 
others, there was no Neceffity for entering their Claims, 
inafmuch as the faid Karl of Arran’s Claim would effectually 
preferve their Rights under the faid Settlement, which, 
as they were advifed, could not be any ways affected by 
the Attainder of the faid laft Duke of Ormond, who was 
only Tenant of the faid Eftate, for a Term or Years de- 
terminable on his Death: That a Bill is now depending 
for enabling the faid Charles Earl of Arran, in cafe he 
thal] be allowed by the Commiffioners the Purchaler of 
the faid Ettate, by Mortgage or Sale of any Part thereot, 
to raile Money for paying for fuch Purchaie, and for pay- 
ing all the faid laft Duke of Ormond’s Debts ; which Bull, 
fhould it pafs without a Refervation of the Petitioners 
Right in Remainder, as aforelaid, the Remainders to the 
Petitioners will be intirely defeated, and they ftripped of 
ail Benefit thereof: That they are willing, and do con- 
fent, that a Bill fhould pafs for enabling the faid Karl of 
Arran to purchate the faid Eftate, in cale the Remainders 
ot the faid Eftate, after fuch Sale and Payment, may con- 
tinue, and go tothe fame Utes as the fame would have 
done before the faid lait Duke’s Attainder: And pray- 
ing, That a Claufe may be added to the faid Bill, tor 
fettling {uch Part of the faid Eftate as fhall remain unfold, 
after the Payment of the faid laft Duke’s Debts and In- 
cumbrances, and the Purchafe-money of the faid laft Duke’s 
Eitate for Life, to the fame Utes as the fame would have 
gone, in cafe the faid laft Duke had not been attainted ; or 
that a Claufe may be added to enable the Petitioners to 
claim the Remainders to them limited by the faid Set- 
tlement of 16832. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be referred to the Confidération of 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for enabling Charles Earl 
of Arran to xaife Money, for purchafing the Eftate of 
James Butler, iate Duke of Ormond; and for Payment 
of the Debts -of ‘the faid late Duke, unprovided tor by 
him ; is committed ; 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Hee Mr. Vernon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Batburft: 
T. i Mr. White, 

, Tellers for the Noes,} Mr. Trelawmey: 


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So it paffed in the Negative. 


The Houfe, according to-Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, Sea- 
men, and Seafaring-men, cf Great Britain aod Ireland; 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. , 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, ‘Lhat they may have Leave to fit again. 

_ Kefolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
- Ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee, of the whole 
Hour, to confidéer turther of the faid Bill, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 4 die Maiti; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 


R. Whitchcot reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for naturalizing George Angell, was 
committed, That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment; and he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for Exchanging of feveral tmall Parcels of Land, in the 
Parifh and Manor of Fulbem, belonging to the Bifhoprick 
of London, for other Lands, of greater Value, to Charles 
Earl ot Peterborough and Monmouth, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Hexfoam, Brigadier Sutton, Mr. 
Pelbam, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Recorder, Sir Wm. Huinfreys, 
Sir ‘Fohn Pakington, Mr. Sbippen,. Mr. Neville, Sir Roger 
Bradfoaigo, Siw Wm, Wyndbam, Mr. Edgcumbe, Mr. Con- 
gers, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Travers, Mr. 
Medlycot, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. Smith, Mr. Gregory, 
Mr. Wrightfon, Sir Robert Chaplyn, Mr. Cuningham,- Mr. 
White, Sir Edward Northey, Lord Harvey, Sir David 
Dalrymple, and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Middlefex, Surry, Hertfordfbire, and Effix: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the Houfe, 
That he had a Meffage from his Majefty, figned by his 
Majefty: And he pretented the fame to the Houfe; and 
it was read by Mr. Speaker ; and is as followeth; viz. 

GEORGE R. 

H!S Majefty having received feveral Petitions from 
great Numbers of che moft eminent Merchants of the 

City of London, humbly praying, That he would be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to grant them his Letters Patents for ercét- 
ing Corporations to affure Ships and Merchandize; and 
the faid Merchants having offered to advance and pay a 
confiderable Sum of Money, for his Majefty’s Ufe, in 
cafe they may obtain Letters Patents accordingly ; his 
Majefty, being of Opinion, that erecting Two tuch Cor- 
porations, exclufive only of all other Corporations and 
Societies, for Affuring of Ships and Merchandize, under 
proper Reftrictions and Regulations, may be of great Ad- 
vantage and Security to the Trade and Commerce of the 
Kingdom, is willing and dcfirous to be ftrengthened by 
the Advice and Affiftance of this Houfe, in a Matter of 
this Nature and Importance: He therefore hopes for their 
ready Concurrence, to {ecure and confirm the Privileges 
his 














his Majefty fhall grant to fuch Corporations; and to en- 
able him to difcharge the Debts of His Civil Government, 
without burdening his Peopie with any new Aid or 
Supply. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That a Bil! be brought in to enable his Majefty to grant 


Letters of Incorporation, to the Ufes and Purpofes men- 
tioned in his Majefty’s moit gracious Meflage ; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, bg Kar Wm. Powlett, ‘ 186. 

Tellers for the Noes, } 3 sm , i 72. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Baylie, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Clayton, and Mr. Lowndes, do prepase, and 
bring in, the Bill. 

And then the Houfe, upon the Queftion, adjourned 

till To-morrow Morning, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 5° die Mai; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
'R. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
N Order, a Bill for preventing Frauds in the pub- 
lick Revenues: and the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the Bill tor encouraging the Importation of 
Hemp, Flax, and Deal Boards, trom the Plantations. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, upon 
the Bill for laying a Duty on wrought Plate; and for ap- 
plying Money out of the Forfeitures for Treafon, tor 
an(wering his Majeity’s Supply; and for taking off the 
Drawback upon Hops exported for Ireland. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, That he will be gra- 
cioufly pleafcd to iffue his Royal Proclamation, promifing 
fuch turther Reward as he fhall think fit, for the difcover- 
ing any Perfon or Perfons that fall run or export Wool, 
or Woollen Yarn, until further Provifion fhail be made 
by Parliament for preventing the fame, and that his Ma- 
jefty will further be gracioufly pleafed to order the Com- 
miffioners of Trade and Plantations, during the Recefs of 
Parliament, to confider of, and lay before his Majefty, 
and both Houtes of Parliament, at the Beginning of the 
next Sefiion of Parliament, what they fhall find further 
neceflary to be done to prevent that pernicious Practice 
of running Wool from Great Britain and Ireland into 
foreign Parts; which is fo deftructive tq the Woollen 
Manufactures of this Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his Ma- 
jelty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Matter of the Petitions complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return. for the Borough of Dorcbefer, 
in the County of Dorfet, which were appointed to be 
heard at the Bar of this Houfe upon Monday the Six- 
teenth Inftant, be heard at the Bar of this Houfe upon 
Monday the 23d Inftant ; | 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


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Mr. Wright/on, 


4. 1740. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Mr. Convers : ina 
Mr. Trenchard, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Meyrick : ; i 103. 


So it pafitd in the Negative. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re: 
folve itfelt into a Cominittee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and 
determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine 
and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War; 

A Petition of the Officers of the Regiments of Foor 
that were difbanded at Port Maton, viz. the Regiments 
of Colonel Maurice Naffau, Colonel William Stanbope, 
Sir Robert Rich, Lord Mark Kerr, and Colonel Dz Bour- 
gays; was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the faid feveral Regiments were difbanded at 
Port Mabon, on the 14th of November 1712, by the late 
Queen’s Order: That, after their Difbanding, the Officers 
were ordered to continue there, and to do Duty, for a 
confiderable time after; which they did, at a very great 
Charge and Expence to themfelves: That, upon their 
Arrival here, found themfelves placed on the Lift of Half 
Pay, from the Day of their being difbanded aforefaid ; 
and were paid accordingly; ani have never had any 
other Recompence or Allowance but their faid Half Pay: 
And praying, that a Claufe or Claufes, may be inferted 
in the Bill now depending, for appointing Commiffioners 
for ftating and determining the Debts due to the Army, 
to impower them to examine and {tate the full Pay of the 
faid {everal Officers, from the time of their Difbandment, 
to their Arrival in Great Britain; and to iffue Certificates 
for what fhall appear to be due to complete their Half 
Pay to full Pay. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Sufidies, during the late War; is com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mitcee, That they have Power to receive a Claule for the 
Petitioners Relief. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
more effectual bringing the Agents and Paymafters of fe- 
veral Regiments to Account. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
Relief of Samuel Lynn Efquire, late Commiflary of the 
Marines. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr.. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Treby reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill ; and had direéted him 
to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into. a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr, Holford and Mr. 
Godfrey : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for prohibiting the Importation of raw Silk, and Mohair 
Yarn, of the Product or Manufacture of 4fa, from any 
Ports or Places in the Straits, or Levant Seas, except 
fuch Ports or Places as are within the Dominions of the 
Grand Seignor, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine a Clock. 





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Veneris, 6° die Maii ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingrofied Bill for naturalizing George Angell, was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing George Angell. 

Ordered, That Mr. Whitchcot do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for laying a Duty on wrought Plate, and for 
applying Money, out of the Forfeitures for Treafon, for 
an{wering his Majefty’s Supply ; and for taking off the 
Drawback upon Hops exported for Ireland; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to enable 
his Majefty to difpofe of fo much of the Sum of One 
hundred ten thoufand Pounds, given for Half Pay for 
the Year 1719, as fhall be more than fufficient to 
pay the Half Pay Officers, to fuch Officers as have been 
maimed in the Service, or by their long Services may be 
proper Objects of his Majefty’s Compaffion, or to the 
Widows and Children of fuch Officers. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to re- 
lieve any Perfon or Perfons who, through Neglect or In- 
advertency, have omitted to ftamp, and pay the Duties on, 
Indentures for taking Apprentices, in due time. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fic again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe, to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for the regiftering and encou- 
raging Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s 
trading Subjects. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Biil. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Yefterday, That his Majefty would be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to iffue his Royal Proclamation for the 
better preventing the Exportation of Wool ; and that the 
Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations may confider of, 
and lay before his Majefty, and both Houfes of Parlia- 
ment, what they fhall find further neceffary to be done to 
prevent that pernicious Practice of running Wool from 
Great Britain and Ireland into foreign Parts; had been 
prefented to his Majefty; and that his Majefty had been 
pleafed to give Dire¢tions purfuant to the faid Addrefs. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majelty, 
That he will be gracioufly pleafed to direét an Account 
to be laid before this Houfe of the Debts which were 
owing to the feveral Heads of Expence for his Majefty’s 
Civil Government, at Lady-day laft,; and alfo an Ac- 
oes of the Arrears of the Civil Lift Funds to pay the 
ame; 


Vor. XIX, 


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The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Shuttleworth, re 
Tellers for the Yeas, | Sin Sobn Hind Cotton : if 47. 
Mr. Morice 
} ’ 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Boteler: i 146. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, to return his Majefty the Thanks of this Houfe 
for his gracious Condefcenfion in defiring the Advice of 
this Houfe upon a Matter of fuch Importance.as the Af- 
furance of Ships and Merchandize; and to acknowlege 
his Majefty’s Goodnefs in applying the Advantages arife- 
ing to him from fuch Propofals to the Ufe of his Civil 
Government, for the Support of the Honour and Dig- 
nity of the Crown, without burthening his People with 
any new Aid or Supply ; and to affure his Majefty, That 
this Houfe will moft readily concur to make his Majefty’s 
moft gracious Intentions effectual for the Eafe, Security, 
and Welfare, of his trading Subjects. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up 
an Addrefs purfuant to the faid Refolution: 

And it is referred to Mr. Walpole, Mr. Aiflabie, Mr. 
Hampden, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Secretary Craggs, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Neville, Mr. Smith, Mr. Treby, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Pelbam, Sir Tho. Read, 
Sir Wm. Thompfon, Mr. Comptroller, Sir Cha. Wager, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Edgcumbe, Lord Car- 
penter, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Bond, Sir Wilfred Lawjon, 
Mr. Methuen, Mr. Gybbon: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

_ Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Meflage to 
this Houfe, of the Fourth Inftant, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That his Majefty will be gracioufly pleafed to 
direct, That an Account may be laid before this Houfe 
of the Difpofition of the Two hundred and fifty thou- 
fand Pounds, granted to his Majefty, in the Third Year 
of his Majefty’s Reign, for enabling his Majefty to con- 
cert fuch Meafures with foreign Princes and States, as 
might prevent any Charge, or Apprehenfions, from the 
Defigns of Sweden for the future. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to hig 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleated to give Di- 
rections to the proper Officer to lay before this Houle, 
an Account of what Penfions have been granted, and what 
Warrants for beneficial Grants have been iffued by the 
Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, fince the Tenth 
Day of May 19715, to any Member of this Houle. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Addrefs by pretented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houle as are of his 
Majefiy’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Ho/ford and Mr. 
Lovibond : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Philip Germain, with fome Amendments : 
To which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houle adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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358 Journals 0; 
Sabbati, 7° die Mai; 
Anno 6° Georgi Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 

R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, that their 
Addrefles of Yefterday, relating to the Account 
of the Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds granted: 
to his Majefty in the Third Yeaf of his Majetty’s Reign; 
and alfo rhe Account relating to Penfions and Warrants tor 
beneficial Grants granted toany Member cf this Houfe; had 
been prefented to his Majefty; and that his Majefty had 


been pleafed to give Directions to the proper Officers to 
Jay thofe Accounts before this Houfe. 


Mr. Pelbam reported from the Committee, who were 
appointed to prepare an Addrefs purfuant to the Refo- 
lution of Yefterday, That the Committee had prepared 
an Addrefs accordingly ; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houie; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the fame was twice read; and is as follows; 
VIZ. 


Moft Gracious Sovereign, 

WE your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 

the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament af- 
fembled, return your Majefty our humble Thanks for 
communicating to this Houfe the Applications made to 
your Majefty for obtaining Charters for infuring Ships and 
Merchandizes: Your Majefty being gracioufly pleafed not 
to take any Steps in a Matter of fuch Importance to the 
Trade and Commerce of the Kingdom, without the Ad- 
vice and Concurrence of your Parliament, is an Inftance 
of fo much Condefcenfion as deferves the higheft Returns 
of Duty and Thankfulnefs. 

We acknowlege your Majefty’s Goodnefs in applying 
to the Ufe of the Civil Government the Advantages arile- 
ing to your Majefty from fuch Propofals: It is a great 
Satisfaction to your Commons to fee the Honour and 
Dignity of the Crown fupported under the Difficulties 
which the Neceffity of your Majefty’s Affairs may have 
occafioned, without laying the Burthen of any new Aid or 
Supply upon your People : 

And we beg leave to affure your Majefty, That this 
Houle is refolved to render effectual your Majefty’s gra- 
cious Intentions for the Eafe, Security, and Welfare, of 
your trading Subjects. 


Refolved, That the Houfe do agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Addrels to be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fach Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 
know his Majefty’s Pleafure, when he will be attended by 


this Houfe. 


A Bill for preventing Frauds in the publick Revenues, 
was read a Second time. 

Refo'ved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refoived, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houte. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Walpole acquainted the Houfe, That his Majefty 
having been waited upon, to know when he will be attend- 
ed by this Houfe, his Majefty has been pleafed to appoint 


immediately, at his Palace of Saint Fames’s. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


the Ho 


ufe of Commons. = 4.1720. 
Lune, 9° die Maii; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 
R. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did, on Sa. 
| ‘ turday laft, attend his Majefty with their Addrefs ; 


To which his Majefty was plealed to give this moft gra. 
cious Anfwer; 


I Receive this Addrefs as a particular Mark of your Af- 
fe€tion to me: It is a new Proof to me, and all the 
World, how much I can always depend upon it: I thank 
you for it, in a particular manner. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Orlebar and Mr; 
Godfrey : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do defire, that this Houfe will give 
Leave to Sir Tomas Fobnfon, a Member of this Houfe, 
to attend their Lordfhips, in order to be examined, asa 
Wictneis, for the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for making the 
River Weaver navigable from Winsford Bridge to Frod- 
Joam Bridge, in the County of Chefer. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 

Refolved, That Sir Thomas Fohnfon have Leave to at- 
tend the Lords, as is defired by their Lordfhips, if he 
thinks ft. 

And the Meffengers were called in; and Mr. Speaker 
acquainted them, That the Houfe had confidered their 
Meffage; and had given Leave to Sir Thomas Fobnfon to 
attend the Lords, as defired, if he thinks fit. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for laying a Duty on wrought Plate, and for ap- 
plying Money out of the Forfeitures for Treafon, for an- 
fwering his Majefty’s Supply ; and for taking off the 
Drawback upon Hops exported for Ireland, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to ex- 
empt Four Bails of Senna, imported by Tomas Vernon 
Efquire, from paying the Duties chargeable thereon, by 
virtue of the Act, of the Firft Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, for charging Senna as a medicinal Drug; the faid 
Senna being imported, and fold, before the faid Ac 
paffed into a Law. 

Ordered, That the Petition of divers Merchants, Pro- 
prietors of Salt, and Fifhermen, concerned in curing 
Fith, which was prefented to the Houfe the Firft Day of 
March \aft, and then ordered to lie upon the Table, be 
referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Petition of divers Merchants, Pro- 
prietors of Salt, and Fifhermen, concerned in curing Fifh, 
within the Borough of St. Maws, and Places adjacent, ia 
the County of Cornwall, which was prefented to the Houtfe, 
the Ninth Day of March \att, and then ordered to lie up- 
on the Table, be referred to the Confideration of the Jaid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive aClautfe for the Re- 
liet of the faid Petitioners. - 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, of Ap- 
propriation. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, of 
Claufes, to prevent the counterfeiting any Receipts given 
out by the South Sea Company, for Sub{criptions tiken in 
for increafing their Capital Stock, purfuant to an Act of 
this prefent Seflion of Parliament; and alfo to prevent 
counterfeiting the Dividend Warrants of the faid Com- 

any. ' 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. - 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Forrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone thrcush the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 

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ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
ort, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wedne/- 
day Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for appointing Commiffioners 
to examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral 
foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late 
War: 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wecnefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itlelf into the faid Committee of the 
whole Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 10° die Maii; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
R.Wright/on reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aét for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Sir Copplefton War- 


. wick Bampfylde, Baronet ; and for fettling another Eftate, 


of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; was committed; 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had directed him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wright/on do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Floufe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for regiftering and encourage- 
ing Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland; and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trade- 
ing Subjects ; 

A Petition of the Merchants of Loudon, divers Owners 
of Ships, and others, concerned in the Trade and Navi- 
gation of the faid City, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That whereas a Bill is now depend- 
ing, for regiftering Seamen, and others fit for his Ma- 
jefty’s Navy ; which Bill, fhould it pals, will be a com- 
pulfive Regifter; and will be fo great a Dilcouragement to 
the Mariners and Seataring men of this Kingdom, as may 
induce them to abandon the Service of their Country ; 
whereby the Woollen, and all other Britif2 Manufactures 
will be very nearly affected, for want of Exportation: 
That, fhould this Bill pafs, the Seamen now employed in 
Britifh Merchant Ships abroad, - will defert the feveral 
Ships they belong to, and go into foreign Service, of 
join the great Body of Pirates; fo that the Petitioners 
Ships, now on foreign Voyages, will be in Danger of 
perifhing abroad, for want of Seamen to bring themhome: 
And praying, That the faid Bill may not pals. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for regiftering and encouraging Mariners, Sea- 
men, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects; is com- 
mitted. 

A Petition of the Owners, Mafters, and Mariners, of 
and belonging to the Ships of the Town of Scarborough, 
in the County of York, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, in behalf of themfelves, and others, concerned 
in the Trade and Navigation of the faid Town, was pre- 


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3.59 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Thar, 
whereas there is a Bill now depending, for regiftering Sea- 
men, and others, for his Majefty’s Navy; which Bill, 
fhould it pafs, will be a compulfive Regifter; and will, 
inftead of encouraging and improving the Navigation of 
the Kingdom, have’a quite contrary Effeét, by reafon 
feveral will be deterred trom being bound Apprentice to 
the Sea, and others be induced to abandon the Service of 
their Country, and go into foreign Service, or join the 
great Body of Pirates; fo as divers of the Petitioners 
Ships, now in foreign Voyages, will be in Danger of pe- 
rifhing abroad, for want of Seamen to bring them home : 
And praying, That the faid Bill may not pals. 

Crdered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, 
Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and Ireland ; 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects ; is com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
the better regulating Pilots for conducting Ships up the 
Rivers of Thames and Medway. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fortnight, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider 
further of the faid Bill; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Sir Wilfred Law/on, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Eo Hardrefi: fe i 50. 

Tellers for the Noes, } reas a : t 82. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon T4urfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill for encouraging the Importation of Hemp, 
Flax, and Deal Boards, trom the Plantations; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee of the 
whole Houle. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Ludlow, in the County of Salep, in 
the room of Sir Robert Raymond Knight; who, fince his 
Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
his Majefty’s Attorney General. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





11° die Mai; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


Mercurit, 


PRAYERS. 

R. Farrer, according to Order, reported from 

the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Kill for laying a Duty on wrought Plate, and for 
applying Money out of the Forfeitures for Treafon, for 
anfwering his Majefty’s Supply, and for taking off the 
Drawback upon Hops exported for Ireland, was com- 
} mitted; 








360 


mitted; the Amendments they had made to the Bill; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houle, 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the faid Amendments were once read throughout; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for giv- 
ing Relief to Thomas Bifoop and William Poljne, in rela- 
tion to Two Victualing Bills, amounting to 459 /. 105. 
44. not fubfcribed into the South Sea Company within the 
Time limited for fubfcribing the fame: 

And the fame was twice read with Blanks; which were 
filled up; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be made 
Part of the Bill. 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for giving Liberty to make Plate of both Standards; with 
Directions how the fame fhall be marked refpectively ; 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; 
which were filled up : 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
better explaining the Nature of Conveyances to be made 
to the purchafers of the forfeited Ejftates, acting in 
Scotland, and for preventing Difficulties in determining 
Claims on the faid Eftates; and that Mr. Zredy and Mr. 
London do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for preventing Frauds in the publick Revenues ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to con- 
fider further of the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral 
foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late 
War: 

A Petition of Colonel Magnus Kempenfelt, Lieutenant 
Colonel George Howard, Major Richard Mullins, Captain 
Robert Byng, and Captain Alexander Wilfon, in behalf of 
themfelves, and of the other Officers of the late Regi- 
ments of Marines, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, during the late War, feveral Charges 
have fallen upon the faid Officers, arifing from Omiffions 
of effective Men left out of their Mufter Rolls; in that 
Service unavoidable, by their being difpofed into fmall 
Detatchments, into diftant Parts of the World; from 
Levy-money difburfed, more than has been iffued by the 
Government ; and from double the Commiffions, where 
Vacancies have been filled up by the Generals abroad, 
and other Commiffions given out at home for the fame 
Pofts ; in which Cafes large Deduétions have been made 
out of the Perfonal Pay of the faid Officers: And pray- 

ing, That a Claufe may be received for their Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and toexa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War; is com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive-a Claufe for the 
Petitioners Relief. 

A Petition of Major General Fobn Pepper was prefented 


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to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, when the 
Regiment which the Petitioner then belonged to was 
commanded from Portugall to Spain, he was left behind 
in Portugall to command a Detachment of the Lord 
Raby’s and Major General Cuningham’s Regiments; and, 
being defirous to be with his own Regiment, which was 
then in Aétion, he obtained Leave to accompany the 
Fleet defigned for the Relief of Barcelona: That, feeing 
the Fate of Spaia depended on the Relief of Burcelona, 
Major General Stanbope offered Five thoufand Pounds, to 
procure certain Intelligence: That the Petitioner, con- 
vinced of the Confequence, undertook to go alone through 
the Enemy’s Country; and learn from the Earl of Peter. 
borow, then at the Camp near Barcelona, the true Pofture 
of Affairs; and, by that means, was the Occafion of his 
Majefty’s not expofing his Royal Perfon to the Hazard of 
either being taken or deftroyed, by leaving the Town 
that Night, as intended by a Signal made juft before, 
and, after having fome few Hours Refpite, having learned 
that the French Fleet were but 24 Sail, he returned back, 
in Two Days, to our own Fleet, and gave an Account of 
his whole Proceedings: That, upon this Information, our 
Fleet was encouraged to fail to Barcelona; the Relieving 
of which, at that time, being the Means of faving both 
the King and Kingdom of Spain: That, befides the Fa- 
tigues and Hardfhips he underwent, he fpent, on this ac- 
count, a confiderable Sum of his own Money, and has not 
as yet received any Satisfaction: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa. 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War ; 1s committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
Petitioner’s Relief. 

A Petition of Brigadier General Humphry Gore was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
whereas all the General Officers upon the Spanifh Efta- 
blifhment, in the late War, have received Pay, as fuch, 
to their landing in Great Britain, except the Petitioner: 
And praying Relief. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confidera- 
tion of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and 
determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine 
and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War; is committed; 


The Houfe divided. 
i I. 
Mr. Meyrick: 


The Yeas go forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas,} 
has 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

A Petition of the Officers of the feveral Regiments of 
Foot late under the Command of Major General Elliott, 
and Colonel Richard Molefworth, which were difbanded 
at Port Mabon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Cafe of the Petitioners is the fame 
as of the other Officers of the Regiments which were dif- 
banded at Port Mabon, who have lately petitioned to 
have their Half Pay made up full Pay, from the time of 
their Difbandment to their Arrival in Great Britain: And 
praying, That they may have the fame Relief as is prayed 
for by the Officers of the faid other Regiments. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and {tate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War ; is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
the Petitioners Relief. 


Mr. Neville, 
Colonel Carpenter : 


Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Plumpire, 


Ordered, 





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Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
Payment of the Intereft payable upon Debentures to be 
jffued purfuant to this, or any former, Act of Parliament, 
for ftating the Debts due to the Army during the late 


ar. 

Rejolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





JFovis, 12° die Maii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Owners, Mafters, and Mariners, of 

and belonging to Ships of the Town of Whitby, 
in the County of York, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, in behalf of themfelves, and others concerned in 
the Trade and Navigation of the faid Town, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
fhould the Bill, now depending, for Regiftering of Seamen, 
and others, for the Service of his Majefty’s Navy, pafs 
into an Act, it will be very detrimental to his Majefty’s 
Service, in compelling the Subject thereto; and, inftead 
of Advantage to the Navigation of this Kingdom, will 
have a quite contrary Effect, by preventing many from 
entering into Apprenticefhips, and otherwife apply them- 
felves; and alfo incline others to leave the Service of their 
Country, and to fall in with the many Pirates: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, Sea- 
men, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects; is 
committed. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill to 
enable his Majefty to grant Letters of Incorporation to the 
Ufes and Purpofes mentioned in his Majetty’s moft gra- 
cious Meffage of the Fourth inftant; and alfo to the Gen- 
tlemen who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill 
to reftrain the extravagant and unwarrantable Practice of 
raifing Money, by voluntary Subfcriptions, for carrying on 
Projects dangerous to the Trade and Subjects of this King- 
dom: That they do meet, and prepare, and bring in, 
One Bill, for the Purpofes aforefaid. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itflf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Treby reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill for the regiftering and en- 
couraging Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of Great 
Britain and Ireland; and for the Eafe ot his Majefty’s 
trading Subjects; 

A Petition of feveral Owners and Mafters of Ships be- 
longing to the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, in the 
County of Norfolk, in behalf of themfelves, and many 

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others, concerned in the Trade and Navigation of the faid 
Town, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That whereas a Bill hath been lately brought in for 
Regiftering of Seamen, and others, for the Service of his 
Majelty’s Navy; which faid Bill, thould it pafs, will be 
very detrimental to his Majefty’s Service, in compelling 
the Subject thereto; and, inftead of proving an Advan- 
tage to the Navigation of the Kingdom, will have a quite 
contrary Effect, by preventing many from entering intd 
Apprenticefhips, and others from going to Sea; and will 
be alfo a Means to induce others to leave the Kingdom, 
and go where they will be under no fuch Reftrictions; or 
elfe to go and {ail with the Pirates: And praying, That 
the faid Bill may not pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, Sea- 
men, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and Ireland; 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects; is 
committed, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Txe/day Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; 
upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfé adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Veneris, 13° die Maiti; 


Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


AY ingroffed Bill for laying a Duty om wrought Plate, 
and for applying Money out of the Forfeitures for 
Treafon, for anfwering his Majefty’s Supply; and for 
taking off the Drawback upon Hops exported for Ireland; 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that tlie Title 
be, An Aét for laying a Duty upon wrought Plate, and 
for applying Money arifing from the clear Produce, by 
Sale of the forfeited Eftates, towards anfwering his Mas 
jefty’s Supply; and for taking off the Drawback upon 
Hops exported for Ireland, and for Payment of Annui- 
ties, to be purchafed after the Rate of Four Pounds per 
Centum per Annum, at the Exchequer; redeemable by 
Parliament; and for appropriating: Supplies granted in 
this Seffion of Parliament; and to prevent counterfeiting 
Receipts and Warrants of the Officers of the Scuth Sea 
Company ; and for explaining a late Act concerning fo- 
reign Salt cellared and locked up before the Four-and- 
twentieth Day of Fune 1719; and to give a further 
Time for paying Duties on certain Apprentices Inden- 
tures; and for Relief of Thomas Vernon Efquire, in rela- 
tion to a Parcel of Senna imported in the Year 1716, 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bull to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence; 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houle, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for better explaining the Nature of Convey- 
ances to be made to the Purchaters of the forfeited Eftates 
by the Commiffioners and Truftees acting in Scotland; 
and for preventing Difficulties in determining Claims on 
the faid Eftates: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft-time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Crdered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Tue/day Morning next. 


Mr. Treby, according to Order, feported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for ap- 
pointing Commiffionets to examine, ftate, and determine, 
the Debts due to the Army; and to examine and ftate 
the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and States for Sub- 
fidies, during the late War; was committed; the Amend- 
ments they had made to the Bill; and which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 


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Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
in cafe an Account be not fettled, and allowed by the 
States General, in relation to Money due from them to 
the Regiments of Wood, Douglas, and Hamilton, who 
were in the Service of the faid States, the Commiffioners 
{hall deliver to the Paymafter of his Majefty’s Lana 
Forces, or fuch Perfons as the Commiffioners of the Trea- 
fury fhall appoint, a Certificate, expreffing the Sum re- 
maining unfatisfied, for a Part of what fhall have appeared 
due to the States General; and taking a Receipt for the 
Certificate fo delivered ; but in cafe fuch Account, fettled 
and allowed, fhall be produced, the Paymatter hall make 
out a Debenture for the remaining Part : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 
~ And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
to impower the Commiffioners to give Credit to Major- 
General Fo/eph Wightman, for his Service as General Officer 
in Scotland, according to the Commiffion he had in the 
Years 1712, 1713, and 1714: 

And the fame was twice read, with a Blank; which 
was filled up: And the Claufe was amended : 

And then the fame was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 

Refolved, That the Number of Commiffioners for put- 
ting the faid Bill in Execution be Seven. 

Refolved, That no Perfon be a Commiffioner who 
hath any Office of Profit, or is aceountable to his Ma- 
jefty. 

' Refalved, That the faid Commiffioners may be Mem- 
bers of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That.no Perfon who hath been, or is, an 
Agent, be a Commiffioner in the faid Bill. 

Refolved, That the faid Commiffioners be chofen by 
way of Balloting. 

Ordered, That the Members of this Houfe do, by Tue/- 
day next, at One of the Clock, prepare Lifts, to be put 
into Glaflés, of Seven Perfons Names, to be Commiffion- 
ers in the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 16 die Mai; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Order of the Day being read, for the Hearing 
i the Matter of the Petition of William Speke Efquire, 
and others, and alfo of the Petition of Abraham Fanfen 
E.fquire, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Dorchefler, in the County of Dorfett ; 
The Counfel for the Petitioners, and alfe the Counfel 
for the Sitting Member, were called in: 
And the faid Petitions were read: 
And the Counfel for the Petitioners were heard; and 
= yrs the Lange on the Petitioners behalf: 
nd the Counfel for the Sitting Member open 
Cafe on his behalf. . _ 
And then the Counfel were ordered to withdraw. 
Ordered, That the further Hearing the Merit of the faid 
Election be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned til] To-morrow Morn. 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 17° die Maii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


Pray ERS. 


R. Hungerford reported from the Committee, tg 

i whom the ingroffed Bill fromthe Lords, intituled 
An A@ for Exchanging of feveral fmall Parcels of Land. in 
the Parifh and Manor of Fulbam, belonging to the Bithop. 
rick of London, for other Lands, of greater Value, to 
Charles Farl of Peterborough and Monmouth, was com. 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par. 
ties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

The faid Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Town of Nottingham, in the room of Fohu Plumpire 
Efquire; who, fince his Election for the faid Town 
hath accepted the Office of Treafurer and Paymafter of 
his Majefty’s Ordnance. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Members to 
prepare Lifts, to be put into Glaffes, of Seven Perfons 
Names, to be Commiffioners for putting in Execution the 
Bill for appointing Commifiioners to examine, itate, and 
determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine and 
ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and States 
for Subfidies, during the late War; 

The Clerk and Clerk Affiftant went on each Side of the 
Houfe with Glaffes, to receive from the Members the 
= = ogg x Ny to be the faid Commiffioners: 

nd the faid J.ifts, being received o 
ein a . g » were brought up 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to inf 
the faid Lifts ; and report upon which _ Sunecen 
Majority falls : 

And it is referred to Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Zreby, Lord Hinchinbrook, Sir Wilfred 
Lawfon, Sir Tho. Wheate, Mr. White, Mr. Walpole 
Mr. Monro, Mr. London, Sir Wm. Strickland, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Sir Fohn Phillips, Mr. Medlycot, Sir Tho. Samwell, 
Mr. Minfbull, Colonel Morton, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. On- 

Jlow, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Pulteney, Sir Robert Corbett 
Colonel Carpenter, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Ducane, Sir Richard 
Fowler, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Merrick, Mr. Hitch, Sir Facob 
Afbley, Mr. Wallis: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning at Eight a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 


Dormer: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to explain and amend an Aét, pafied in the Firft Year of 
his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; to encourage the 
planting Timber Trees, Fruit Trees, and other Trees, 
tor Ornament, Shelter, and Profit; and for the better Pre- 
fervation of the fame; and for the preventing the Burn- 
ing of Woods; and for the better Prefervation of the 
Fences of fuch Woods; with fome Amendments: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


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6 GEO. I. 


The Houfe proceeded to the farther Hearing the Me- 
rits of the Election for the Borough of Dorchefter, in the 
County of Dorfet: 

And the Counfel were called in: 

And the Counfel for the Sitting Member proceeded to 
examine Witneffes, to qualify feveral of the Voters to 
which the Petitioners Counfel had objeéted; and, parti- 
cularly, fuch as voted for Eftates within that Part of the 
Parifh of the Holy Trinity, which was formerly the Parifh 
of Froom Whitfeild, and which was, by Act of Parlia- 
ment, united to thé Parifh of the Holy Trinity, alias Dor- 
chefter Trinitatis : 

And the faid Act was read: 

And the Counfel on both Sides were heard thereunto. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

Refolved, That that Part of the Parifh called the Holy 
Trinity, alias Dorchefter Trinitatis, which was formerly 
the Parith of Froome Whitfeild, is no Part of the Borough 
of Dorchefer, in the County of Dorfet. 

The Counfel were called in again; and Mr. Speaker 
acquainted them with the faid Refolution. 

‘Then the Countel for the Sitting Member proceeded to 
examine Witnefles, to qualify other Voters which the 
Petitioners Counfel had objected to; and, particularly, 
{uch as lived in a Place called Colliton Row; touching 
which fome Witneffes were examined: 

And the Counfel on both Sides were heard. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Tything of Colliton Row, within the Parifh of 
the Holy Trinity, alias Dorchefer Trinitatis, is no Part of 
the Borough of Dorchefer, in the County of Dor/et; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, i 103. 

Tellers for the Noes, } v4. Herdrefs: t 2. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Counfel were called in again; and Mr. Speaker 
acquainted them with the faid Refolution. 

Then the Counfel for the Sitting Member proceeded 
to examine Witneffes, to qualify other Voters which the 
Petitioners Counfel had objected to. 

And then the Counfel were ordered to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the further Hearing the Merits of the 
faid Elie€tion be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfdey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for preventing 
Frauds in the publick Revenues, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Turfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for the regiftering 
and encouraging Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men, 
of Great Britain and Ireland; and for the Eafe of his 
Majefty’s trading Subjects. 


Mr. Bond, 
Mr. Cater: 
Mr. Strangwayes, 


Ordered, That the Bill for better explaining the Nature 
of Conveyances to be made to the Purchafers of the for- 
feited Eftates by the Commiffioners and Truftees acting 
in Scotland; and for preventing Difficulties in determining 
Claims on the faid Eftates; be read a Second time upon 
Friday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 18° die Mait; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 
HE Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 


mittee, to whom it was referred to infpect the Lifts, 
given in by the Members Yefterday, of Seven Perfons 


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Names, to be Commiffioners for putting in Execution 
the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, 
and determine, the Debts due to the Army; ‘and to exa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War; and to 
report to the Houfe on which Seven Perfons the Majority 
fell; which Report he delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 
Herbert Rudbale Wefiphaling Efquire 


— 140. 
Sir Richard Fowler Baronet — — 41 i 
Francis Whitchcote Efquire _ — 139. 
Robert Hitch Efquire — — — 139- 
Owen Meyricke Efquire — — — 1 38. 
Gray Fames Grove Efquire _ — 137. 
William Yonge Efquire — — 136. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table 
until the ingroffed Bill for appointing Commiffioners to 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army; and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral 
foreign Princes and States for Subfidies, during the late 
War ; be read the Third time. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the Firft 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; to encou- 
rage the planting Timber Trees, Fruit Trees, and other 
Trees, for Ornament, Shelter, and Profit; and for the 
better Prefervation of the fame; and for the preventing 
the Burning of Woods; and for the better Prefervation 
of the Fences of fuch Woods: 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz, 

Prefs 3. L. 17. After * wrongfully,” infert ‘¢ and 
‘© malicioufly :” 

L. 25. After ‘ aforefaid,” infert ‘* mali- 
© cioufly :” 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. | 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Ms. 
Bennet: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing George Angell, without any Amendment. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for preventing Frauds and Abufes in the Allowances on 
damaged Wines; and for lengthening the Time for the 
Drawbacks on the Exportation of Wines; without any 
Amendment. And, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Sir James Lumley Baronet to fettle a competent 
Jointure; and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned : 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to the 
farther Hearing the Merits of the Election for the Borough 
of Dorchefter, in the County of Dorfet: 

And the Counfel were called in: 

And the Counfel for the Sitting Member proceeded to 
qualify fome more of the Voters which the Petitioners 
Counfel had objected to; and alfo to difqualify feveral of 
the Voters for the Petitioners, upon account of Treating 
and Bribery : 

And the Petitioners Counfel were heard ; and examined 
One Witnefs by way of Reply. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

Refolved, That the Right of electing Burgeffes to ferve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Dorcbefter, in the County 
of Dorjet, is in the Inhabitants of the faid Borough pay- 
ing to Church and Poor, in refpect of their perfonal 
Eftates ; and in fuch Perfons as pay to Church and Poor, 
in refpect of their real Eftates within the faid sts 

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The Queftion being put, That Robert Brown junior, 
Efquire, is duly elected a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent 
‘ Parliament for the faid Borough of Dorchefler 5 
The Houfe divided. 
The Noes go forth. uM :. i: 
Tellers for the Yeas, air’ Palmers” b 37. 
Mr. Plumer, . 

Tellers for the Noes, } “etiake yg ts lp go. 

So it pafied in the Negative. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Abrabam Fanféen Efquire is duly elected a Burgefs 
to ferve in this prefeot Parliament for the faid Borough of 
Dorchefter ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, os — dy } 85 
ratetin Me ag, 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Houfe To-morrow Morning, to amend the Return for 
the Borough of Dorchefer, in the County of Dorjet, by 
rafing out the Name of Rodert Brown junior, Eiquire, and 
inferting the Name of Abraham Fanffen Eiquire, inftead 
thereof. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That this Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. ape 

r. Wrightfon, 

Tellers for the Yeas, 4, Pt Cope : i 43. 

Tellers for the Noes, 1 sas. Bee: —— t 49. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Thomas Pitman, Mayor of the Borough of Dor- 
chefter, in the County of Dorfet, was guilty of divers 
illegal and arbitrary Practices at the late Election of a 
Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the faid Borough ; 

Sir Tho. Clerk, 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Kelfall ; t 50. 
. Mr. Conyers, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Maifters : 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the faid Thomas Pitman be, for his 
faid illegal and arbitrary Practices, taken into the Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


‘Fovis, 19° die Maii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
HE Clerk of the Crown attended, and, according 


to Order, amended the Return for the Borough of 
Dorchefter, in the County of Dorfet. 





An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Sir Fames Lumley Baronet to fettle a competent 
Jointure; and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned; 
was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, 


"A Petition of the Bailiff, capital Burgeffes, and other 


Freemen and Inhabitants, of the ancient Town of A/d- _ 


brough, in the County of Suffolk, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That whereas there is a 
Bill depending, for the regiftering Seamen and Seafaring- 
men; and for the greater Eafe of his Majefty’s trading 
Subjects; That the Support of that Town depends chiefly 


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on Fifhery and Navigation; by which are raifed and em- 
ployed great Numbers of Seamen and Seafaring-men.; 
That, fhould the Bill pafs into a compulfive Law, their 
Seamen may be induced to leave their Homes, and the 
trading Subjects be difcouraged ; and his Majefty may be 
difappointed, when there fhall be Occafion for Seamen 
for the Defence of this Realm: And praying, That fuch 
Methods may be taken as may induce Seamen voluntarily 
to enter themfelves. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, 
Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading fubjects ; is 
committed. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re. 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to con- 
fider further of the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging 
Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain 
and Ireland; and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading 
Subjects ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for pre- 
venting Frauds in the publick Revenues. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 3 





Veneris, 20° die Maii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


A Petition of the Owners and Matters of Ships be- 
longing to the Port of Jp/wich, in the County of 
Suffolk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That whereas there is a Bill depending for the Re- 
giftering of Seamen and Seafaring-men; That the greateft 
Part of the Inhabitants of that Town are either Owners 
of Parts of Ships, or Matters of Ships, chiefly employed 
in the Coal Trade, or in the Fifhery; whereby great 
Numbers of Seamen and Fifhermen are brought up in 


. the faid Town: That, if the Bill thould pafs into a com- 


pulfive Law, it will unavoidably induce them to leave 
their native Country, and ferve foreign Princes, and the 
trading Subjects difcouraged ; and his Majefty difappoint- 
ed, when there fhall be Occafion for Seamen for the De- 
fence of the Realm: And praying, That fuch Methods 
may be taken as may induce Seamen voluntarily to enter 
themfelves. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, Sea- 
men, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and for the Eafe of his Majefty’s trading Subjects; is 
committed, ' 


An ingroffed Bill for appointing Commiffioners to exa- 
mine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army; 
and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign 
Princes and States for Subfidies, during the iate War; 
was read the Third time. 


An 
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6 Geo. I. 


An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 
Prefs 8. L.# After ** Affidavit,” to infert ** or Affi- 
« davits:” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto, by the Houte: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Then the Blank, left in the Bill, for the Commiffioners 
Names for putting the faid A&amp; in Execution, was filled 


up with the Names of Herbert Rudale Weftphaling Efquire, © 


Sir Richard Fowler Baronet, Francis Whicheote Efquire, 
Robert Hitch Efquire, Cwen Meyricke Efquire, Gray James 
Grove Efquire, and William Yonge Efquire. 

Relfoved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 


An Act for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, — 


and determine, the Debts due to the Army; and to exa- 
mine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes 
and States for Subfidies, during the late War. 

And the Blank in the Bill, lett for the Title, was filled 


up. 
Ordered, That Mr. Zreby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill concerning Affurances of Ships and Mer- 
chandizes at Sea; and lending Money on Bottomry ; and 
for reftraining feveral extravagant and unwarrantable 
Practices therein mentioned: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time To- 
morrow Morning. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; - 
_ The Bill for better explaining the Nature of Convey- 
ances to be made to the Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates 
by the Commiffioners and Truftees acting in Scotland; 
and for preventing Difficulties in determining Claims on 
the faid Eftates; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tharfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe upon the faid Bill. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for preventing 
Frauds in the publick Revenues. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 21° die Mai; 
Anno 6 Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 
HE Houfe took into Confideration the Amend- 
ments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A@ for naturalizing Philip Germain: 
And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 
Prefs 1. L. 1. Leave out **befeecheth,” and infert 
“ befeech :” 
L. 5. After ‘* Holland,” infert ‘* and George 
“© Hollmans, Son of Robert Hollmans, by Katherine his 
** Wife, born in the Ifland of Borntholme, in Denmark: 
L. 7. Leave out “ his,” and infert ** their :” 
L. 14. After ‘* Germain,” infert ‘* and 
** George Hollmans;’* and, in the fame Line, leave out 
** is,” and infert ‘* are :” 
L. 17. Leave out “a;” and, in the fame 
Line, leave out * Subject,” and infert “ Subjects :” 
L. 18. Leave out “he is,” and infert ‘* they 
“ are” 
L.. 21. Leave out “he,” and infert ‘* they :” 
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L. 22. Leave out ** was,” and infert ‘ were ;” 

and, in the fame Line, leave out “a,” and, inftead of 
“ Subject,” infert ** Subjects :” 

Prefs 1. Lis 25. After ‘* Germain,” infert “ and 
“© George Hollmans;” and, in the fame Line, leave out 
“* is,” and infert ‘ are :” 

L. 34. Leave out * his,” and infert * their ;” 
and, in the fame Line, leave out “ Heir,” and inferc 
“* Ficirs,” and, inftead of ** his:” infert ** their :” 

. L. 39. Leave out ‘ him,” and infert 
*¢ them :”” 

PrefS 2. L. 1. Leave out * he,” and infert * they :” 

L. 6. The fame Amendment: 


L. 7. After ** Germain,” infert * and George 
© Tollmans :” 


L, 12. Leave out “a:” 
: L. 13. Inftead of * Subjeé,” infert ** Sub- 
© oe. 
L. 18. Leave out “ he,” and infert *¢ they :” 
L. 19. After “ Germain,” infert ‘and George’ 
‘© Hollmans : 
L. 20. Léave out ** a Member,” and infert 
¢¢ Members :” 
mt iL. 24. Leave out ** himfelf,;” and infert 
€ themfelves :” 
L.. 85. 
** them :” 
‘© To the Title of the Bill, add ‘* and George Holl- 
“© mans.” 
The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 


time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 


Ordered, That Mr. Majfon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


Leave out ‘* him,” dnd infert 


A Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, Bailiffs, and Bur- 
geffes, of the ancient Corporation of Queenborough, in 
the County of Kent, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Bill, now depending, for a 
general Regiftry of all the Seamen of England, will be 
vety detrimental and injurious to, his Majefty’s Liege Sub- 
jects, the Seafaring People of the Nation: And praying, 
That the faid Bill may not pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for the regiftering and encouraging Mariners, Sea- 
men, and Seafaring-men, of Great Britain and Ireland , 
and for the Eafe of his Majeftys trading Subjects; is 
committed. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of Excife and Cuf- 
toms, er fome of them, do, upon Monday Morning next; 
attend the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for preventing Frauds in the ptiblick Revenues, is com- 
mitted. 


The Bill concerning the Affurances of Ships and Mer- 
chandizes at Sea; and lending Money on Bottomry ; and 
for reftraining feveral extravagantand unwarrantable Prac- 
tices therein mentioned, was, according to Order, read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That thie Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Comimittee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Lune, 





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Lune, 23° die Maiis 
Anno 6 Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS, : | 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A to enable Sir ames Lumley Baronet to fettle a com- 
petent Jointure; and for other the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned ; was read a Second time. . 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Brace- 
bridge, Sit Wm. Fobnftone, Mr. Randyll, Lord Wm. Pow- 
lett, Mr. Pigott, Sir Fobn Phillips, Sir Robert Clarke, 
Sit Robert Chaplin, Mr. Rudge, Sir Fobn Anfiruther, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. 
Hungerford, Mr. Minfoull, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Bertie, 
Mr. Bramjfton, Sir Wm. Humfreyes, Sir Gilbert Heatb- 
cote, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Longdeville, Sir 
Jchn Pakingtom, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Onflow, Mr. 
Powlett, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Ward, Mr. Lade, Mr. 
London, Mr. Neville, Sir Fobn Rogers, Mr. Elford, Sir 
John Bland, Sir Geo. Warrender, Mr. Kelfall, Mr. Staa- 
hope, Mr. White, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Strickland, 
Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Clayton, Sit Richard Steel, Sit 
Edward Williams, Sir Richard Fowler, General Roffe, 
Mr. Pelbam; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Effex, Surry, Bedford, and Hertford: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for preventing Frauds in the publick Revenues, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

eRefolued, That this Houfe will, upon Tburfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Wednefday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 25° die Maii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
Reve: That this Houfe will; To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill for the regiftering and 
encouraging Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring-men, of 
Great Britain and Ireland; and for the Eafe of his 
Majefty’s trading Subjects. 


A Petition of fundry Merchants, in behalf of them- 
felves, and others, concerned in the Undertaking for re- 
viving, and effectual carrying on, a Greenland Whale- 
fifhery, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners were encouraged to fuch Un- 
dertaking by feveral Acts of Parliament ; and particularly 
an Ad of the Firft of Queen Ana, that enacts, That it 
fhall and may be lawful for any ot her Majefty’s Subjects 
whatfoever, that would adventure to Greenland for fifhing 
for Whales, to have and enjoy all the Privileges granted 
to the Company by former Acts, and to pay no farther 
Duty than if they had been of the faid Greenland Com- 
pany: That the Undertaking manifeitly tends to promote 
Navigation: That they are willing to proceed therein; have 
taken Partners, and raifed a very confiderable Joint Stock, 
to carry on the Trade with Vigour, to enable them to vie 
with Foreigners, who now engrofs that Trade to theni- 
Selves, and vend the Proceed of their Voyages to his 





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Majefty’s Subjects at exorbitant Prices: And praying, 
That they may not be difabled to carry on the faid Green. 
land Whale-fithery ; but that they may act in a publick 
Capacity, for carrying on the fame, as is prefcribed by 


fundry Acts of Parliament for that Purpofe. 
Refolved That the faid Petition be rejected. 


A Petition of divers Merchants, and other Partners in 
a Joint Stock advanced for lending Money on Bottomry, 
in behalf of themfelves, and many others concerned there. 
in, was offered to the Houfe: 
_ And the Queftion being put, That the faid Petition be 
brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill concerning 
the Affurances of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea; and 
lending Money on Bottomry ; and for reftraining feveral 
extravagant and unwarrantable Practices therein mens 
tioned. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Billy and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-mérrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 26° die Maii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 

Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Lucas 

Kenn, who, as Clerk, attended the Committee ap- 
pointed, the laft Seffion of Parliament, to examine the 
Allegations of the Petition of the Creditors of Yo/eph 
Long, a Bankrupt, and others, was, on Tue/day laft, 
publickly affaulted by one Thomas Barnet, one of the faid 
Creditors; who abufed and infulted the faid Lucas Kenn 
in a violent manner, and raifed a Mob upon him, to the 
great Hazard and Danger of his Perfon ; in Breach of the 
Privilege of this Houfe; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do examine the Matter of the faid Com- 
plaint upon Monday next. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of: 
the Bill concerning the Affurances of Ships and Merchan- 
dizes at Sea; and lending Money on Bottomry ; and for 
reftraining feveral extravagantand unwarrantable Practices 
therein mentioned. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, upon the Bill for better explaining the Nature of 
2 Convey- 





a 





6 Geo. I. 


Conveyances to be made to the Purchafers of the for- 
feited Eftates by the Commiffioners and Truftees acting 
in Scotland; and for preventing Difficulties in determining 
Claims on the faid Eftates. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill for preventing Frauds in 
the publick Revenues. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
jing next, refolve itfelf inco a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for the regiftering 
and encouraging Mariners, Seamen, and Seafaring men, 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and for the Eafe of his 
Majefty’s trading Subjects. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Veneris, 27° die Maii; 

Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS, 

Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Meller : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agfeed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for laying a Duty on wrought Plate, and for applying 
Money arifing from the clear Produce by Sale of the for- 
feited Eftates, towards anfwering his Majefty’s Supply ; 
and for taking off the Drawbacks upon Hops exported 
for Ireland, and for Payment of Annuities, to be pur- 
chafed after the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per 
Annum, at the Exchequer, redeemable by Parliament; and 
for appropriating Supplies granted in this Seffion of Par- 
liament ; and to prevent counterfeiting Receipts and War- 
rants of the Officers of the South Sea Company; and for 
explaining a late Act concerning foreign Salt cellared and 
locked up before the Four-and-twentieth Day of une One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen; and to give a fur- 
ther Time for paying Duties on certain Apprentices Inden- 
tures ; and for Relief of Thomas Vernon Efquire, in rela- 
tion to a Parcel of Senna imported in the Year 1716; 
without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to repeal fo much of the Adt, intiruled, An Act for pre- 
venting Frauds, and regulating Abufes, in his Majefty’s 
Cuftoms, paffed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years 
of King Charles the Second, as relates to the prohibiting 
the Importation of Deal Boards and Fir Timber from Ger- 
many, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for afcertaining the Breadths, and preventing Frauds and 
Abufes in manufacturing Serges, Pladings, and Fingrums; 
and for regulating the Manufactures of Stockings ; in that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland, without any Amend- 
ment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill con- 
cerning the Affurances of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea; 
and lending Money on Bottomry; and for reftraining 
ieveral extravagant and unwarrantable Practices therein 
mentioned; was committed; the Amendments they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
-\mendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; as far as Claufe B; and, upon 
the Queflion feverally put thereupon, feveral of them were 
Giagreed with, and the reft of them, with Amendments 
to lome of them, were agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

Claute B being read a Second time, to prevent either 
oi the Corporations to be ereéted in purfuance of this 


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Ac from lending atty Money on the Bottom of any 
Ship, or on Goods and Merchandizes on board, or to be 
put on board; any Ship belonging to, or employed by, 
the South Sea Company, without the fpecial Licence of 
the Court of Direétors of the faid Company ; 

And the Queition being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee in the faid Amendment ; 

kt pafled in the Negative. 

A Chutfe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
the South Sea Company might lend Money on the Bottom 
of any Ship, and on the Goods and Merchandizes on 
board any Ship, of, or employed by, the faid Com- 
pany: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, and amended, fo 
as to give the fame Power to the Eaf India Company to 
lend or advance Money for that Purpofe: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
a agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 

ill. 

Another Claufe was offered; to be added to the Bill, 
That the Act fhould not hinder or deprive the African 
Company from having and enjoying fuch Powers, Privi- 
Jeges, and Advantages, as do or fhall belong to them; 
except as to Infurance on Ships and Merchandizes at 
Sea, and going to Sea; and lending Money on Bot- 
tomry : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read ; and amended: 

And the Queftion being put; That the Claufe be made 
Part of the Bill; 

It paffed in the Negative : 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the A&amp; fhall not prohibit the Carrying on of any 
Home or Foreign Trade in Partnerfhip, in fuch manner 
as hath been hitherto ufually, and may legally be done, 
according to the Laws of the Realm; excepting only 
as to the Infuring of Ships ; and lending Money on Bot- 
tomry : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offeted, to be added to the Bill, 
That neither of the Corporations intended to be ereéted 
and eftablifhed, in purfuance of this Act, fhall, on Ac- 
count of the faid Corporations, or either of them, ad- 
vanee or lend to his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeflors, 
any Sums of Money, by way of Loan, or any Part of 
the Revenue belonging to the Crown, other than fuch Parts 
only on which a Credit of Loan is, or fhall be, granted 
by Parliament : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
ot agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 

ill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for reftraining Stock-jobbing : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be 
brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday next, at 
Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf inte a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for pre- 
venting Frauds in the publick Revenues. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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368 


Luna, 30° die Maii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
“R. Conyers reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Act to enable Sir Famées Lumiey Baronet to fet- 
tle a competent Jointure ; and for other the Purpofes 
therein mentioned; was committed; That they had exa- 
mined the Allegations of che Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee; and that the Committee had directed him to report 
the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
The faid Bill was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bull do pafs. 
Ordered, That Mr. Conyers do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for preventing Frauds in the publick Revenues, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mt. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
rejolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, upon 
the Bill for better explaining the Nature of Conveyances 
to be made to the Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates by 
the Commiffioners and Truftees acting in Scotland ,; and 


for preventing Difficulties in determining Claims on the 
faid Eftates. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliaments for 
the Borough of Corfe Cafile, in the County of Dor/et, in 
the room of Fohua Churchill Efquire, who, fince his 
Election for the faid Borough, hath excepted the Office 
of One of the Commiffioners for victualing his Majefty’s 
Navy. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Baron to ferve in this prefent Parliainenc 
for the Town of Seaford, in the County of Suffex, in 
the room of the honourable Henry Pelbam Efquire; who, 
fince his Election for the faid Town, hath accepted the 
Office of his Majetty’s Treafurer of the Chamber. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 31° die Mai; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill concerning Affurances of Ships and 
Merchandizes at Sea; and lending Money on Bot- 
tomry; and for reftraining feveral extravagant and unwar- 
rantable Practices therein mentioned ; was read the Third 
time. 
An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to che Bill, That the Act fhall not extend to any 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


M4. 1720, 


Corporation formerly created for the cartying on a Trade 


which they have publickly continued to exercife from 
the time of their. Eftablifhment; or to any Subicriptions 
made, or to be made, for enlarging the Capital Stock of 
the South Sea Company; or to any Receipts made out, 
and given, or to be made out, or given, in refpe&amp; of fuch 
Subfcriptions ; but that all fuch Subfcriptions thal! be firm 
and valid; and al! Receipts, made out concerning the fame, 
fhall be affignable, at Law, by Indorfement thereon: 

And the faid Claufe was thrice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another ingroffed Claufe was offered, to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider, That this Act thall not hinder 
or deprive the Corporation of the united Company of 
Merchants trading to the Eaf Indies from enjoying all 
fuch Powers, Privileges, Franchifes, Benefits, Matters, 
and Things, as do or fhall belong to them: 

And the faid Claufe was thrice read; and upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Then the Amendments following were feveraliy pro- 
pofed to be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 2. L. 14. After ‘*Partnerfhips,” to infert ** now 
“¢ are, or :” 

Prefs 24. L.g. To leave out ‘* Occafions ” and infert 
*s Affairs :” 

Prefs 26. L. 22. After ** Ships,” to infert ** and Goods 
“© or Merchandizes at Sea, or going to Sea :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly : 

Then a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill do pafs; 

The Houfe divided, 

The Yeas go forth. } 

The Lord Wm. Powleit, 

Tellers for the Yeas, They Earl: { 123. 

, Mr. Drake, 

Tellers for the Noes, hng Wright/on, { 22, 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And that the Title be, An Act for better fecuring cer- 
tain Powers and Privileges intended to be granted by his 
Majefty, by Two Charters, for Affurance of Ships and 
Merchandizes at Sea; and for lending Money upon Bot- 
tomry; and for reftraining feveral extravagant and un- 
warrantable Practices therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for preventing Frauds in 
the publick Revenues, was committed, be received To- 
morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itleif into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for better explaining the Nature of Conveyances 
to be made to the Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates by 
the Commiffioners and Truftees acting in Scotland ; and 


for preventing Difficulties in determining Claims on the 
faid Eftates. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 1° die Funit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 

R. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 

tor preventing Frauds, in the publick Revenues was com- 
mitted, the Amendments they had made to the Bills 
which they had directed him to report to the —— 

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6 GEo. I. 


and he read the fame in his Place ; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments in at the Clerk’s Table; 
where the faid Amendments were once read throughout ; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the 

veftion feverally put thereupon, with Amendments 
to fome of them, agreed. unto by the Houfe: And other 
Amendments were made by the Houfe to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Oliver 
Pearfon, and Thomas Baldwyn, Two Officers of the Cu- 
jtoms, did, upon Thurfday Morning laft, enter into, and 
fearch, the Chamber of Walter Plumer Efquire, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, in Grayes Inn, on pretence of fearch- 
ing for prohibited Eaf India Goods; in Breach ot the Pri- 
vilege of this Houfe ; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint : And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houte. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Old Sarum, in the County of Wilts, 
in the room of Sir William Strickland Baronet; who, fince 
his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Of- 
fice of his Majefty’s Commiffary General of the Mufters. 


The Ofder of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, up- 
on the Bill for better explaining the Nature of Convey- 
ances to be made to the Purchafers of the forfeited 
Eftates by the Commiffioners and Truftees acting in Scot- 
land; and for preventing Difficulties in determining Claims 
on the faid Eftates; 

- A Petition of Margaret Mac Donald, Widow of the 
late Sir Donald Mac Donald, of Slate, Baronet, for and 
on behalf of herfelf, and Mary, Margaret, Ifabel, and 
Janet Mac Donalds, the Four infant Daughters of the 
faid late Sir Donald Mac Donald, Baronet, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid late 
Sir Donald Mac Donald was, by an A&amp; of the Firft of his 
prefent Majefty, attainted of High Treafon, unlefs he 
fhould furrender himfelf before the laft Day of Fune 1716: 
That he intended, even before that Aét was paffed, to fub- 
mit himi{cifintirely to his Majefty’s Royal Clemency: He, 
in April 1716, by a Letter, furrendered himfelf to the 
Earl of Cadogan, not being able to make a perfonal Sur- 
render, by reafon of his ‘Indifpofition, and Inability to 
travel : That the faid Earl accepted of the faid Surrender, 
and acquainted one of the then Secretaries of State there- 
of ; and his Lordfhip directed the faid Sir Donald to go 
to Prifon at Fort William, and gave Orders to the Go- 
vernor-commanding there to receive him: That, before 
he could accomplifh to furrender himfelf, he died: That 
the Petitioner, ho-vever, apprehended, and was advifed, 
that was a good Surrender in the Eye of the Law; and 
the faid Sir Déenald’s Eftate not forfeited, though he did 
not furrender himfelf perfonally: That the Petitioner is 
intitled to a Jointure, and the Four Infant Daughters to 
Fortunes, chargeable upon the faid Eftate ; but they did 
not enter their Claims thereto before the Commiffioners : 
That the faid Surrender has been very lately adjudged 
not to be a Surrender within the faid At; and the faid 
Eftate is decreed to be forfeited: That the Petitioners, 
who. have omitted to Claim, will be intirely cut off from 
their refpeétive Rights; which is the only Support and 
Subliftence they have: And praying, That a Claufe may 
be added to the Bill, now depending, intituled, A Bill for 
explaining the Nature of Conveyances to be made to the 
Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates by the Commiffioners 
and Truftees aéting in Scotland, and for preventing Dif- 
ficulties in determining Claims on the faid Eftates; to en- 
able his Majefty to make the fame Provifions for, and 
Settlements upon, the Petitioners, refpectively, out of the 
Vor. XIX. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





faid Eftate, as they would have been-iniitled unto, had 
the {aid late Sir Donald not been attainted, and his Eftate 
forfeited. ; 

Mr. Secretary Craggs acquainted the Houfe, That the 
Petitioners Cafe had been humble prefented to his Ma- 
Jefty ; and that his Majefty had been pleafed to com- 
mand him to fignify to this Houfe, That his Majefty has 
no Objection to the relieving the Petitioners, if the Houfe 
fhall think it reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe; to whom 
the Bill for the better explaining the Nature of Convey- 
ances to be made to Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates 
by the Commiffioners and Truftees aéting in Scotland: 
and for preventing Difficulties in determining Claims oa 
the faid Eftates ; is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru&amp;tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
the Petitioners Relief. ; 

Then the Houle refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr: Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleate to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Meller and Mr: 
Lightboun: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other 
Felonies; and for the more effectual Tranfportation of 
Felons ; with fome Amendments: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords defire, That this Houfe will give Leave to 
Edward Minfbull Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, to 
come to a Committee of the Lords, to whom the Pcti- 
tion of Dominick. Donnelly, in relation to the Stopping of 
Dagenham Breach, ftands referred, in order to be examined 
at thac Committee. ; 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Refolved, That Edward Minfbull Efquire have Leave 
to go to the faid Committee of Lords, as is defired by the 
Lords, if he thinks fit. 

And the Meffengers were called in again; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them, That the Houfe had confidered 
that Part of their Meffage which relates to Edward Min- 
foull Efquire, a Member of this Houfe ; and had given 
[eave to the faid Mr. Minfbull to go to the faid Commit- 
tee, as is defired by the Lords, if he thinks fit 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Jobs. 
Price, a menial Servant to the Lord Hilsborough, a Mems 
ber of this Houfe, hath been arrefted by Charles Vinge and 
Thomas Moor, at the Suit of Fobn Kingham; in Breach of 
the Privilege of this Houle; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Eleétions, to examine the Matter ofs the faid 
Complaint: And that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion therein, to the Houfe. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. ~ 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee of 
Privileges and Eleétions, That they do fit To-morrow in 
the Afternoon, and proceed upon the Matters before 
them. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Hitch, Mr. Thompfon, Sir Edward 
Williams, Mr. Douglafs, Mr. Guybon, Mr. Fane, Mr. 
Scot, Sir Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Reynell, Six Richard Fowler, 
Mr. Keljall, Mr. Bruere, Sit Geo. Warrender, Mr. Plaum- 

5 B MEF 








37° 


mer, Mr. Plumtive, Mr. Minfbull, Mr. Pringle, Sir Ar- 
thur Owen, Mr. Northey; Mr. Ferkins, Sir Wm. Low- 
ther, Mr. Hutchinfon, Mr. Bramjtone, be added to the 
Committee of Privileges and Elections. 


And ther the Houfe adjourned till To-mortow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Fovis, 2° die Funii ; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Edward 
A ‘Smith, a Servant to Sir Fobu Packington Baronet, 
a Member of this Houfe, hath been arrefted by one 
Symonds, as Bailiff, at the Suit of William Herds,» and 
Philip Vincley, in which Action Thomas Witherfon is At- 


torney for the Profecutor; in Breach of the Privilege ot 


this Houle ; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint ; and that they do report the fame, with their 
Opinion therein, to the Houfe. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the- 


Committee of the whole Houle, to whorn the Bill for 
better explaining the Nature of Conveyances to be made 
to the Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates by the Commif- 
fioners and Truftees acting in Scctlend, and for prevent- 
ing Difficulties in determining Claims on the faid Eftates; 
was committed; the Amendments they had made to the 
Bill; and which they had directed him to report to the 
Houle and he read the famé in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to enable 
Corporations to purchafe any of the forfeited Eftates; and 
thereout to grant and fettle Rent-charges, or Annuities to 
the Extent, and yearly Value of the fame : 

And the fame was twice read; and amended; and, up- 
on the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte 
to be made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 3° die funit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS, 


ORéered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the County of Su/- 
Jex,,in the room of Sir Gregory Page Baronet, deceafed. 


Mr. [Yampden reported from the Committee of Privi- 
leges and Elections, the Matter, as it appeared to them, 
touching the Complaint of a Breach of the Privilege of 
this Houfe, by Thomas Barnet, in affaulting and infulting 
Lucas Ken, a Clerk, who attended a Committee of this 
Houfe, the laft Seffion, and the Refolution of the Com- 
mittee thereupon; which he read in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

That it appeared to the Committee, That the faid Lz- 
cas Ken did, as Clerk, attend the Committee appointed, 
Jatt Seffion of Parliament, to examine into the Allega- 


Journals of the Hoafe of Commons. 


A; YE 


tions of the Petition of the Creditors of Yofepb ‘Long, 4 
Bankrupt; upon which Examination there were mani 
Attendances and Hearings; and thereupon feveral Notes 
and Papers were exhibited before the Committee, and left 
in the Hands of the Clerk, in behaif of the faid Cre. 
ditors, by the faid Thomas Barnett, one of the Creditors, 
who was examined as a Witnefs, for his own Intereft, and 
for the Intereft of the other Creditors; which Notes and 
Papers are detained by the Clerk of the Committee, uns 
til che Fees due fiom the faid Creditors to him, and to 
the other Officers of the Houfe, fhall be paid: 

And that the Affault made upon, and Abufe of, the 
faid Lucas Kenn, by the faid Barnett, was for not delj. 
vering the faid Notes without Payment of the Fees 
due trom the faid Creditors to the Clerk of the Commit 
tee * * * * and other Officers of the Houfe. 

Touching which Afiault, and Abufe, the Evidence wag 
as follows: w/z. 

Mr. Geo. Haftings faid, That, on Tae/day the 24th of 
May \aft, Barnett, meeting Kenn, in Cornhill, afked him, 
When he fhould have his Notes? To which Kez an{wer- 
ed, that he might have them when ever he pleafed to 
pay the Fees due to the Officers of the Houfe: And Bar. 
nett replied, That he would oblige him to part with them: 
and, about an Hour after, meeting him in Exchange-aliey, 
Barnett took Ken by the Collar, and told him, He was'a 
Rogue, and worfe than a Pick-pocket; and that he would 
have his Notes before- he would part with him: Upon 
which there was a great Croud; and. Kenn’s Wig was 
torn, and his Hat beat off, and he was mobbed out of 
the Alley; fome crying out, That he-was a Pick-pocker; 
and others, that he had fold Stock, but could not deliver 
it; though he publickly declared, he only kept the Notes 
till the Fees due to the Officers of the Houfe were paid: 

That the Mob followed them to the King’s Arms Ta- 
vern ; where there happening to be fome Gentlemen who 
knew Kena, no farther Mifchief enfued to him; but. the 
Mob preffed fo much, that fome were forced to be knock- 
ed down, to keep others out of the Houfe; and that this 
Infult was made upon Ken before he fpoke one Word to 
Barnett. 

Mr. Fobn Cooper teftified to the fame Effect, as to 
Kenn’s being mobbed out of Exchange-alley: And faid, 
That Barnett firlt feized Kenn there, and demanded his 
Papers, and declared, That he would have fatisfaction be- 
fore he would part with him: To which Kenn anfwered, 
That he might have his Papers at any time, upon Pay- 
ment of the Fees to the Officers of the Houfe; and that 
they were detained upon no other Account: But this did 
not fave him from the Mob. 

On Mr. Barnett’s behalf it was alleged, That Kenn 
had promifed to deliver the Notes after Copies fhould 
be taken of them: And-that he began the Affray 
in Exchange-alley. 

Touching which, the following Witneffes were pro- 
duced ; 

Mr. William Poyntz {faid, That Kenn had promifed to 
deliver the Notes when the Chairman of the Committee 
fhould order him, Copies being firft taken; and that 
Barnet, who produced them, though he was a confider- 
able Creditor, did not fign the Petition; and was exa- 
mined only as a Witnefs. 

Mr. Abrabam Cole {faid, He faw Barnet and Kenn hold- 
ing and fhoving one another in the A/ey; but did not 
fee them meet, nor could he fay who began the A ffray. 

Mr. Gabriel Walters faid, He knew nothing of the 
Affray; only that, when Barnet and Kean came into the 
Tavern, they mutually complained of being affaulted by 
each other, and difputed who began the Afiault: 

Mr. Tho. Maley faid, he faw Kenn ftrike another Gen- 
tleman in the J//ey, on his Shoulder, with his Hand, 
without doing him any Hurt; but could not fpeak to 
the Buftle between Barnett and Kenn. 

Mr. Richard Trotter {faid, He faw, Barnett and Kena 
come into the Tavern, but could not {peak to what pafied 
in the Alley: 

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6 GEO. I. 


following ; v#z. 

Refolved, Vhat it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Thomas Barnet, haying, on Tuefday the 24th of May 
Jaft, affaulted, and otherwife infulted, and abuted, Lucas 
Kenn, for what he did, as Clerk attending the Committée 
appointed, the laft Seffion of Parliament, to examine the 
Allegations of the Petition of the Creditors of Fo/epb 
Long, a Bankrupt, is guilty of a Breach of the Privilege 
of this Houfe. 

The faid Refolution, being read a Second time, was; 
upon the Queftion put theieupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Thomas Barnet be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe: 


Ordered, That'the Clerk of this Houfe do deliver back 
to the Clerk of his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy 
Council, the feveral Petitions, and others Papers, for and 
againft granting Charters of Incorporation to infure Ships 
and Merchandizés at Sea; and for eftablifhing Fitheries, 
or Annuities for Lives, and other Papers relating thereunto; 
which were prefented'to the Houle the Firft and Eleventh 
of March \aft, purfuant to their. Addreffes to his Ma- 
jetty. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of this Houfe do deliver back 
the feveral Books and Papers laid before this Houfe by 
the High Conftables for the City and Liberties of Weft 
minfter, and for Holborn Divifion, relating to the Regu- 
lating of the Nightly Watch. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, 
and other Felonies; and for the more effectual Tranf- 
portation of Felons. A 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

1ft Prefs, L. 10. After ** Aét,” infert ** made in the 
&amp; Fourth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty :” 

ad Prefs, L. 17, 18. Leave out ‘* General Quarter 
“° Seffion$ of the Peace held,” and, inftead theréof, in- 
fert “ Court held with the like Authority :” 

L. 20, 21. Leave out ‘ by the faid Clerk 
«© of the Peace,” and, inftéad tliereof, infert ** amongft 
«© the Records of fuch Court:” 

L. 23. Leave out ‘ as aforefaid :” 

L. 32. Leave out “ faid;” and, in the fame 
and next Line, leave out ‘* by the Two Juftices, as:” 

L.°33, 34. Leave out ‘* and be agreed for 
« by them, in purfuance of the Order of any fuch Court 
‘© aforefaid :” 

L. 36. Leave out * as aforefaid :” 

L. . Leave out ‘** who,” and, inftead 
thereof, infert ‘* which faid Clerks of the Peace, and their 
** Succeffors :” 

L. 40. After ‘¢ time to time,” infert “ pro- 
“© fecute fuch Bonds in their own Names; to which Pur- 
“© pofe they fhall be deemed and taken to be a Body Cor- 
‘© porate, and :” 

L. 42. Before ‘ Suit,” infert ** fuch;” and 
after ‘* Suit,” infert ‘* as the faid Juftices of the Peace 
‘© fhall, at their General Quarter Seffions of the Peace, 
© direct :” . 

gd Prefs, L. 12. After ‘* aforefaid,” infert ‘¢ or their 
“© Affigns :” 

L. 24. Leave out from ** Clergy” to ** And 
“* whereas,” in the 43d Line of the fame Prefs: 

4 Prefs, L. 2. Leave out ‘ and,” and, inftead thereof, 
infert ** or :” 

; L. 2, 3. Leave out from * Tranfportation” to 
* be,” in the 6th Line in the fame Prefs: 
: L. 10. Leave out from-** A&amp;,” to “ before,” 
in the 13th Line of the fame Prefs, and infert ‘ thall be 
“ afterwards at large, within any Part of this Kingdom 
&amp; of Great Britain; without fome lawful Caufe:” 


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gL. 15. Leave out from “ tranf{ported” to 
and,” in the 2gth Line of the fame. Prefs, and infert 
all and every:fuch Perfon and Perfons, being thereof 
Jawfully conviéted, fhall fuffer Death, as in Cafis of 
Felony; without Benefit of Clergy. And, to. the In- 
tent that fuch Conviction may be with as little Trouble 
and Expence as poffible; be it further enacted, by the 
Authority aforefaid; That fuch Offender or Offenders 
may be tried either before Juftices of Aflize, Oyer and 
Terminer, or Gaol-delivery, for the County, City, or 
Liberty, where he, fhe, or they, fhall be apprehended 
and taken, or before Juftices of Affize, Oyer and Ter- 
miner, or Gaol-delivery, for that County, City, or 
Place, from whence he, the, or they, were ordered to 
be tranfported; and that the Clerk of the Affize, and 
Clerk of the Peace; where fuch Orders of Tranfporta~ 
tion fhall be made, and their Succeffors, for the Time 
being, fhall, at the Requeft of the Profecutor, or any 
other in theit Majefties behalf, certify a Tranferipc 
briefly; and in few Words, containing the Effeét and 
Tenor of evety Indictment, and Conviction, of fuch 
an or Woman, and of the Order and Contraét for 
his or her Tranfportation, to the Juftices of Afiize, 
Oyer and. Terminer, or Gaol-delivery, where fuch 
Man or Woman fhall be indi¢ted, not taking for the 
fame above the Sum of Two Shillings and Six Pence; 
which Certificate, being produced in Court, fhall be a 
fufficient Proof, that fuch Perfon or Perfons have be- 
fore been convicted, and ordered to be tranf{ported :” 
L. 38. Leave out from “ aforefaid” to * all,” 
the 2d Line of the next Prefs, and infert ‘* hat the 
Streets of London and Weftminfier; and other Citics, 
Towns, and Places, fhall be deemed and taken to be 
Highways, to all Intents and Purpofes, within the In- 
tent and Meaning of the Aét, made in the Fourth 
and Fifth Years of the Reign of their late Majetties 
King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An A&amp; for 
the encouraging the Apptehending of Highwaymen ; 
and;” in the fame Line, leave out ‘ other:” 
5 Prefs, L. 3. Aftér “ figned,” infert ** upon Con- 
viction for Robbery :” 


L. 4, 5: Leave out “ as is directed by the 
feveral Laws for that Purpofe, and:” 

L.: 6.. After ** fame,” infer “ excepting any 
Sum, not exceeding Five Shillings, for the Writing and 
Drawing thereof :” | 

L. 12. After ‘* fame,” infert “* other than as 
aforefaid :” 

L. 26. After ‘* Conviction,” infert “* of Fe- 
lony, without Benefit of Clergy :” 

L., 28. After “* Money,” infert “ or other 
Reward, direétly or indireétly :” 

L. 32. Leave out from ‘* Law” to * fhall,” 
the 36th Line of the fame Prefs: 

L. 38. Leave out trom ‘* Certificate” to 
like,” in the 41ft Line; after ‘* Payments,” infert 
made :” 

After the Rider, at the End of the Bill, add Claufe 


“ And be it further Enacted, by the Authority afore- 
faid, That if any Perfon or Perions fhall, at apy time 
or times from and after the Twenty-fourth Day of une 
in the Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Twenty, wilfully and malicioufly affault any Per- 
fon or Perfons, in the publick Streets or Highways, 
with an Intent to tear, {poil, cut, burn, or deface, and 
fhall tear, fpoil, cut, burn, or deface, the Garments 
or Cloaths of fuch Perfon or Perfons; that then all and 
every Perfon and Perfons,; fo offending, being thereof 
lawfully convicted, fhall be, and be adjudged to be, 
guilty of Felony; and every fuch Felon and Felons 
fhall be fubjeét and liable to the like Pains and Penal- 
ties, as in Cafe of Felony; and the Courts by and be- 
fore whom he, fhe, or they, fhall be tried, fhall have 
full Power and Authority of tranfporting fuch Felons 
for the Space of Seven Years, upon the like Terms 

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“ and Conditions as are given, directed, or enacted, by 
s¢ this, or the before recited, Act.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
time; and the faid Claufe B being-thrice read; the fame 
were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Lord Chetwynd do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the faid Amendments. . 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Lovibonda: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed upon an Addrefs, to be pre- 
fented to his Majefty: To which they defire the Concur- 
rence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for building and repairing County Gaols, and other Gaols, 
Prifons, and Seffion-houfes, in that Part of Great Britain 
called England; and for afcertaining the Fees of the faid 
Gaols; and for the better Relief of Prifoners in the faid 
Gaols and Prifons; and for making perpetual an Act, of 
the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King 
William the Third, for the more effcCtual Suppreffion of 
Piracy ; and for ‘making more effectual the Act, of the 
Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, 
intituled, An Aét for eftablifhing Articles and Orders for 
the Regulating, and better Government, of his Majefty’s 
Ships of War, and Forces by Sea; with fome Amend- 
ments: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houte. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Refolved, That this Hovufe will fend an Anfwer, by 
Mefiengers of their own, to that Part of the faid Meffage 
which relates to the faid Addrefs. 

And the Meffengers were called in again; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them therewith. 

And then they withdrew. 

The faid Addrefs was twice read; and is as follows; 
Viz. 

Die Veneris, 3° Funii 1720. 

Mott Gracious Sovereign, 

WE your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal 

in Parliament affembled, do moft humbly return your 

Majefty our moft hearty Thanks for the Continuance of 

your feafonable Interpofition, in Conjunction with the 

other Proteftant Powers, on the behalf of the poor per- 

fecuted Proteftants abroad : 

We alfo beg Leave humbly to exprefs our Satisfaction 
in the Profpect there is, that, by your Majefty’s gracious 
Endeavours, they may obtain the Redrefs of their Griev- 
ances, and be reftored to the Enjoyment of thofe Rights 
and Privileges, to which they have the jufteft Title, by 
the moft folemn Treaties, and be fecured in the future 
Enjoyment of them: 

And we do affure your Majefty, That we will chear- 
fully concur with your Majefty in the Profecution of fuch 
Meafures as your Majetty, in your Wifdom, fhall judge 
moit conducive to fo great and good an End. 


The faid Addrefs being read a Second time, the Blank 
left therein, by the Lords, was filled up with the Words 
&lt;* and Commons.” 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente,-That this Houfe doth 
agree with the Lords in the faid Addrets. 

Ordered, ‘That Colonel Berkley do go to the Lords, and 
acquaint them, That this Houfe*doth agree with their 
Lordfhips in the faid Addrefs, 


An ingroffed Bill for preventing Frauds in the publick 
Revenues, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. 

Preis 1. L. wit. To infert * is not only :” 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4 1726, 


Prefs 38. L. * To infert ** of the Reign :” 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, Tiat the Bill do pafs: And that the Tirls 
be, An Aét for preventing Frauds and Abufes in the 
publick Revenues of Excife, Cuftoms, Stamp Duties, 
Poft Office, and Houfe-money. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry. the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for better explaining the Nature of 
Conveyances to be made to the Purchafers of the forfeited 
Eftates, by the Commiffioners and Truftees acting in 
Scotland; and for preventing Difficulties in determining 
Claims on the faid Eftates; was read the Third time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
as a Rider, to prevent any Body Politick or Corporate, 
granting Annuities, or Rent-charges, out of the forfeited 
Eftates by them purchafed, not exceeding, in the Whole, 
the annual Value of the Eftates fo purchafed : 

And the fame was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: | : 

And then the Claufe was read the Third times and, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. 

Refolved, That the Bili do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for better explaining the Nature of Conveyances 
to be made to the Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates 
by the Commiffioners and Truftees acting in Scotland; and 
for preventing Difficulties in determining Claims on the faid 
Eftates; and to enable the Judges in Jreland to examine 
Witnefles relating to Claims on forfeited Eftates there ; 
and for enabling fuch Corporations as fhall purchafe any 
of the faid Eftates to grant Annuities, not exceeding the 
yearly Value of the faid Eftates,; and for relieving the 
en and Daughters of the late Sir Donald Mac Do- 
nald. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to, the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 2 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabbati, 4° die Funit; 
Anno 6° Georgii.Regis, 1720. 





PRAYERS. d 
Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Lightboun : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ‘ ftate, and: de- 
termine, the Debts due to the Army; and to examine 
and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign Princes and 
States for Subfidies, during the late War; without ‘any 
Amendment. And alfo, oq 

The Lords having fent to know what time his Majefty 
would be pleafed to appoint to be attended with an Ad- 
drefs of both Houfes of Parliament, his Majefty had been 
pleafed to appoint to be attended by both Houfes with 
the faid Addrefs, this Afternoon at Two of the Clock, at 
his Palace of Saint Fames’s; and that the Lords do intend 
to be there at that time. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords,’ to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp;t for building and repairing County Gaols, and other 
Gaols, Prifons, and Seffions-houfes, in that Part of Great 
Britain called England; and for afcertaining the Fees of 
the faid Gaols; and for the better Relief of Prifoners ia 
the faid Gaols and Prifons; and for making perpetual aa 


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AG, of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of 
King William the Third, for the more effectual Sup- 
preflion of Piracy;, and for making more effectual the 
A&amp;, of the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Charles 
the Second, intituled, An Act for eftablithing Articles and 
Orders for the Regulating, and better Government, of his 
Majefty’s Ships of War, and Forces by Sea: . 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; wz. 

Prefs 1. L. 23. Leave out from “ perpetual” to ** And 
«“ whereas,” in the 24th Line of the gd Preis: 
Prefs 3. L. 40. Leave out from “ notwithftanding” 
« and,” in the 27th Line of the 8th Preis: 
To the Title of the Bill, | 
L. :ft, Leave out from * for” to the 2d ** and,” in 
the sth Line, and infert ‘* making perpetua! fo mueh 
«¢ of an At, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of 
« Queen .4ane, for the reviving and continuing feveral 
« Aéts, therein mentioned, as relates to the building and 
« repairing County Gaols;” and, in the fame Line, leave 
out * for making perpetual,” and infert ‘ alfo.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
zoreed unto by the Houtfe. 
“Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
o the faid Amendments. 
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And then the Houfe adjourned till Wednefday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 8° die Funii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


Pr AYERS. 


R. Speaker reported to the Houfe, That both 
fl Houfes did, on Saturday laft, attend his Majefty 
with their Addrefs: To which his Majefty was pleafed to 


give this moft gracious Anfwer; viz 

I Hope that my Endeavours, in Conjunction with the 
other Proteftant Powers, to procure Eafe and Security 

to our diftreffed Brethren abroad, will; by the Blefling of 

God, prove fuccelsful. 

The unanimous and commendable Zeal which you ex- 
prefs upon this Occafion cannot fail to add Weight to 
my Initances, and you may depend upon it, that nothing 
fhall be wanting on my Part to comply with what you fo 
juftly defire. 


My Lords atid Gentlemen, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
elecling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
Borough of Pearya, in the County of Cornwall, in the 
room of the Right honourable Hugh Bofcawen Efquire, 


now Lord Vifcount Falmouth, called up to-the Houfe of 
Peers. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Friday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 10° die Funii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720, 

PRAYERS. 

Mefiage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Meller : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A 
for better fecuring certain Powers and Privileges intended 
to be granted by his Majefty, by Two Charters, for Af 
furance of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea; and for Jend- 


ing Moncey upon Boitomry ; and for reftraining feveral 
Vou, XIX. 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


373 
extravagant and unwarrantable Practices therein mention. 
ed; without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for preventing Frauds and Abufes in the publick Revenues 
of Excife, Cuftoms, Stamp Duties, Pott Office, and 
Houle-money, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill; intituled, An A&amp; 
for Relief of infolvent Debtors; with feveral Amend- 


ments: Lo which Amendments their Lordthips defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 


And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr: Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out 2 new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the County of Southampton, in the room of 


John Wallop Efquire, now Lord Vifcount Lymington, 
called up to the Houfe of Peers, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Town of Kingfton upon Hull, in the room of Sir 
William Saint Quintin Baronet; who, fince his Eleétion 
for the faid Town, hath accepted the Office of Vice 
Treafurer, and Receiver General, and Pay matter General, 
of all his Majefty’s Revenues in the Kingdom of Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the County of Gloucefter, in the room of 


Matthew Ducy Morton Efquire, now Lord Ducy, called 
up to the Houfe of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Town of Brackley, in the County of Northampton, in 
the room of the Right honourable Paul Methuen Efquite; 
who, fince his Election for the faid Town, hath accepted 
the Office of Comptroller of his Majefty’s Houfhold: 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warratit to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for electiig 
a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Plympton, in the County of Devon, in the room 
of Richard Edgcumbe Efquire; who, fince his Eleétion for 
the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of One of the 


Commiffioners for executing the Office of Treafurer of 
the Exchequer. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant fo the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, in 
the room of the Right honourable Rodert Walpole Eiquire ; 
who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath ac- 


cepted the Office of Paymafter General of his Majefty’s 
Forces: 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Caflerifing, in the County of Nor- 
folk; in the room of Colonel Charles Churchill; who, fince 
his Election for the faid Borougli, liath accepted the Office 
of Governor of his Majefty’s Royal Hofpital at Chel/ea, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
tle Botough of King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, 
in the room of Sir Charles Turner Knight; who, fince his 
Election for the faid Borough hath accepted the Office of 
One of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of 
Treafurer of the Exchequer. 


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374 
The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intictuled, 
An Aé for the Relief of infolvent Debtors: 
And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 
Prefs 1. L. 4. Leave out from “ been” to * liable,” 
in the 8th Line: 
Prefs 2. L. 12. Leave out ** Ninth,” and infert 
«© Fourth;” and, in the fame Line, leave out ‘* Septem- 
© der,” and infert ‘* Fune:” 
L. 34. After “ were,” infert “ to the beft 
“* of my Knowlege and Belief :” 
L. 35. Leave out ** Ninth,” and infert 
«¢ Fourth;” and, in the fame Line, leave out ‘* Septem- 
“¢ der,” and intert ** Fune:” 


L. 36. Before * truly,” infert ‘ really 


“ag” 
L. 37. Leave out ** and actually :” 
L. 38. Alter the Blank, infers ‘* or the Li- 
** mits thereof :” 
L. 41. After “ continued,” infert ‘* to the 
«« be(t of my Knowlege and Belief ;” and, in the fame 
Line, after ‘“* Day,” infert ‘* anlefs out of Prifon by 
** due Courfe of Law:” 
L. 43. Leave out “ aétually,” and infert 
* really and truly :” 
L. 44. After the Blank, infert ** unlefs out 
“¢ of Prifon by due Courfe of Law:” 
L. 45. Leave out ‘“ Ninth,” and infert 
“¢ Fourth;” and, in the fame Line, leave out %* Septem~ 
“© der,” and infert ‘* Fune:” 
Prefs 4. L. 1. The fame Amendment: 
L. 18. The fame Amendment: 
L. 25, 26. Leave out * upon any mefne Pro- 
“¢ cefs, Execution :” 
L. 28. Leave out from ‘* efcape” to ‘* who,” 
in the 34th Line:” ; 
Prefs 5. L. 34. Leave out ‘* Ninth,” and infert 
“© Fourth :” 
L. 35. Leave out * September,” and infert 


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“ Fane :” 
L. 37. After * Prifoner,” infert “ within 
** the Limits of the Prifon of “ii 

L. 38. Before ‘* Prifon,” infert ‘* faid :” 

Prefs 6. L. 2. After ** named,” infert ‘* unlefs at 
«* fuch time when I was out of Prifon by due Courfe of 
“ Law:” 

L. 5. Leave out ‘* or,” and infert ‘* and:” 
. 7. Before ‘* Eftate,” infert ‘* the:” 
. 19. After ** that,” infert ‘* neither :” 
. 20. Leave out * not :” 
. 21. Leave out * other :” 

L. 22. After ** Remainder,” infert ‘* other 
*¢ than what are in the faid Schedule contained :” 

Prefs 7. L. 10. Leave out from “ the” to ‘ in,” 
in the 17th Line of the fame Prefs, and infert ‘ Clerk 
** of the Peace of and for the County, Riding, City, or 
*¢ Town Corporate; who is hereby direéted and autho- 
** rized, by Order of the Juftices, at their General Quarter 
‘* Seffions of the Peace, to make an Affignment of the 
“ faid Eftate and Effects to fuch of the Creditors of 
** the faid Prifoners as the major Part of the Creditors of 
*¢ the Prifoner, who -fhall apply for the fame, by any 
«* Writing under their Hands, thall direct or appoint:” 

Prefs 8. L. 20. Before ** Prifoner,” infert ‘* faid:” 

L. 25. After ** or,” infert ‘* the fame, ora 
*¢ true Copy thereof, fhall be:” 

Prefs 9. L. 2. After ** Weekly Bills,” infert ‘* and 
* alfo that the like Notice fhall be given to every other 
*¢ Creditor inhabiting, or otherwife refiding, within Ten 
Miles of the Priton where fuch Prifoner was in 
Cuftody :” 

L. 33. Leave out ‘* Ninth,” and infert 
Fourth,” and, in the fame Line, leave out “ Septem- 
ber,” and infert ** Fune:” 

Prefs 10. L. 5. Leave out “ their Warrant,” and in- 
fert ‘* Order of the faid Seffions :”” 


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L. 15. Leave out ** Warrant,” and infer 
** Order :” 

L. 23. Leave out‘ Juftice or Juftices who,” 
and infert ** Court of General or Quarter Seffions which :” 

L. 25, Leave out ‘** Warrant,” and infert 
“© Order :” 

L. 26, 27. Leave out * fuch Juftice or Juf- 
s¢ tices fhall, at the General or Quarter Seffions,” and 
infert ** fhall:” 

L. 34. After ‘* Cuftody,” infert ‘* in the 
*« Prifon of or the Limits thereof, to the bef 
“* of my Knowlege and Belief;” and, in the fame Line, 
leave out ‘* Ninth,” and infert ** Fourth :” 

L. 35. Leave out * September,” and infert 
“ Jan :” 

L. 36. After “* Time,” infert * to the bef 
‘* of my Knowlege and Belief:” 

L. 37. After ** continued,” infert * unlef 
“* out of Prifon by due Courfe of Law:” 

Prefs 11. L. 5. Leave out “ Ninth,” and infert 
*¢ Fourth,” and, in the fame Line, leave out ** Septem. 
“© der,” and infert ** Fune:” 

L. 8, 9g. Leave out ‘* Warrant,” and infert 
* Order :” 

L. 9, ro. Leave out “ Juftice or Juttices 
© fhall, at the faid :” : 

Prefs 11. L. 11. Before * adminifter,” infert ‘* fhall:” 

L. 13. Leave cut ** Warrant,” and intert 
“© Order :” 

L. 22. Leave out * Ninth,” and infert 
** Fourth;” and, in the fame Line, leave out ** Septem. 
“© der,” and infert ** Fune:” 

Prefs 12. L. 41. The fame Amendment: 

L. 42. Leave out * Ninth,” 
« Fourth :” 

Laft Line, Leave out ‘* September,” and in- 
fert “© Fune:” 

Prefs x L. 3. After ‘ Lifts,” infert ‘* according to 
*¢ the Tenor of the faid Oath, taken at the time of deli- 
‘© vering in fuch Lifts:” 

L. 22. After ‘** allowed,” infert ‘* or by Or- 
“¢ der of the Juftices of the Peace, at their General Quar- 
“* ter Seffions of the Peace; who are hereby impowered 
** to levy the fame by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods of 
‘* the Perfons fo offending: 

L. 37, Leave out * Ninth,” and infert 
** Fourth;” and, in the fame Line, leave out ‘* Septem. 
© der,” and infert ‘* Fune:” 

Prefs 15. L. 1. The fame Amendment: 

L. 6, The fame Amendment: 

Prefs 15. L. 14. Leave out * Ninth,” and infert 
* Fourth:” 

L. 15. Leave out “ September,” and infert 


and infert 


* Jar” 
L. 19. Leave out ‘“ Ninth,” and _ infert 
‘© Fourth;” and, in the fame Line, leave out “ Septem- 
© der,” and infert ** Zune :” 
L. 25. The fame Amendment. 
L. 28. Leave out ‘* December,” and infert 
“ March:” 
L. 40. After ** Twenty,” infert ** One:” 
Prefs 16. L. 8. After ‘* Lodge,” infert ** or fome con+ 
** venient Room:” 
L. 37. Leave out * or clandeftine :” 
L. 40. Leave out ‘* clandeftine :” 
L. 41. Leave out the Firft * or :” 
Prefs 17. L. 10, 11. Leave out “ or who is liable to 
*© fuch Statute :” 
Prefs 18. L. 4. Leave out “ Ninth,” and infert 
Fourth,” and, in the fame Line, leave out ** Septem- 
“¢ ber,” and infert °* Fune:” 
At the End of the Bill, add Claufe marked X: 
Which Claute is as followeth ; 
‘** And whereas it was, for encouraging Bankrupts to 
“* make a Diicovery of, and to deliver up, their Eftates 
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Ae, paffed the laft Seffion of this prefent Parliament, 
intituled, An A&amp;t for the better preventing Frauds com- 
mitted by Bankrupts, enacted, amongit other ‘I hings, 
That every Perfon, againft whom a Commiffion of 
Bankrupt had, fince the Twenty-fixth Day of AdZey 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixteen, iifued, or 
fhould iffue, during the Continuance of the faid Aét, 
whereupon fuch Perion had been, or fhould be, de- 
clared a Bankrupt, who fhould difcover, and deliver 
up, all his Eftate and Effects to the Commifficners by 
the faid Commiffion authorized, for the Benefit of his 
Creditors, and in all Things conform as in and by the 
faid Act is directed, fhould be difcharged from all Debis 
by him, her, or them, due or owing at the time that 
he, fhe, or they, did become Bankrupt; and that in 
cafe any fuch Bankrupt fhould afterwards be arrefted, 
profecuted, or impicaded, for any Debt due before 
iuch time as he, fhe, or they, did become Bankrupt, 
fuch Bankrupt fhould be difcharged, upon common 
Bail; and fhould and might plead in general, that the 
Cauie of fuch Aétion or Suit did accrue before fuch 


* time as he, fhe, or they, did become Bankrupt; and 


might give the faid Act, and the Special Matter, in 


‘Evidence: And whereas it was by the faid Act Pro- 
‘ vided, and further Enacted, That no fuch Difcovery, 
‘ as aforefaid, fhould intitle fuch Bankrupt or Bankrupts 


ro the Benefits allowed by the iaid Act, unlefs the faid 


* Commiffioners fhould, in Writing, under their Hands 


and Seals, certify to the Lord Chancellor, or Lord 


‘ Keeper, or Commifiioners for the Cuftody of the Great 


Seal of Great Britain, That fuch Bankrupt or Bank- 
rupts had made a full Dilcovery of his, her, or their, 
Kiftates and Effects, and in all Things conformed him- 
felf, herfelf, or themfelves, according to the Directions 
of the faid Act; and unlefs Four Parts in Five, in 
Number and Value, of fuch Bankrupts Creditors, who 
fhould have duly proved their Debts under fuch Com- 
miffion, fhould fign fuch Certificate, and teftify their 
Content to the faid Certificate, and to fuch Bankrupt’s 
Diicharge, in purfuance of the faid Act; and unlefs 
{uch Bankrupt fhould make Oath, That fuch Certifi- 
cate, and the Confent of the Creditors thereunto, were 
obtained fairly, and without Fraud; and unlefs fuch 
Certificate fhould, after fuch Oath, be allowed and con- 
firmed by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Com- 
miffioners for the Cuttody of the Great Seal of Great 
Britain, or by fuch Two of the Judges of the Courts 
of King’s Bench, Common Pleas, or Court of Exche- 
quer, at Wejfiminfler, to whom the Confideration of 
fuch Certificate fhould be referred: And whereas Bank- 
rupts, notwith{tanding they have made fuch Difcovery, 
and delivered up all their Eftates and Effects, and ob- 
tained fuch Certificate from the faid Commiffioners, 
and fuch Certificate hath been allowed and confirmed, 
as aforefaid, have yet been fometimes taken in Execu- 
tion, and detained in Prifon, to the utter Ruin of their 
Families, on Account of Debts owing by them before 
they became Bankrupts, by reafon that Judgment was 
obtained againft them before their Certificates were 
allowed and confirmed, as aforefaid; and a Doubt have- 
ing arifen, Whether fuch Bankrupts, in Execution 
upon fuch Judgments, can, by virtue of the faid Act, 
be diicharged out of Cuftody, as by the faid Act 
was intended, without fuch Bankrupts bringing a Writ 
of Audita Querela, the Charge of which they are in 
no-ways able to bear, after delivering up all their Eftates 
and Effeéts; Be it therefore further Ena¢ted, by the Au- 
thority aforefaid, That it fhail and may be lawful for any 
One or more of the Judges of the Court wherein Judg- 
ment has been fo obtained againft fuch Bankrupt, on 
fuch Bankrupt’s producing fuch Certificate, as aforefaid, 
allowed and confirmed, as aforefaid, and entered of 
Record; according to the Direétions of the faid Ac, 
to order any Sheriff or Sheriffs, Bailiff, or Officer, 
Gaoler and Keeper of any Prifon, whoa hath, or fhall 
have, any. Bankrupt in his Cuftody, by virtue of fuch 
Execution, to difcharge fuch Bankrupt out of Cufto- 


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*¢ dy, on fuch Execution, without Payment of any Fee 
“© or Reward; and fuch Sheriff or Sheriffs, Bailiff and 
Officer, Gaoler and Keeper, are hereby required to 
diicharge fuch Bankrapt out of Cuftody accordingly ; 
and are hereby indemnified trom any Aétion for an 
‘{eape for his or their fo doing:” 

To the Title of the Bill, add “ and for the mote eafy 
Diicharge of Bankrupts cut of Execution, after their 
Certificates allowed.” 
The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
time, as far as the Amendment Prefs 2. Line 38. the fame 
were, upon the Quetiion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the hioute. 

The faid Amendment, Prefs 
Second time; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houle do agree 
with the Lords in the faid Amendment; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


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So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The other Amendments, as far as Prefs 7. Line 10. 
being feverally read a Second time, were, upon the Quel- 
tion feveraliy put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

The Amendment, made by the Lords, Prefs 7. Line 
10. being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the faid 
Amendment, by adding, at the End thereof, thefe Words; 
‘© for which Affignment the faid Clerk of the Peace fhall 
“© take a Fee of Two Shillings, and no more :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle: 

Then the faid Amendment, made by the Lords, fo 
amended, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

The reft of the Amendments, made by the Lords, to 
the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second time; and 
the faid Claufe being thrice read; the fame were, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle 
hath agreed to the faid Amendments, with an Amend- 
ment to One of them: To which Amendment this Houle 
defires their Lordthips Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, 
and other Felonies; and for the more effectual Trani- 
portation of Felons; to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
That this Houfe hath agreed to the Amendments, made 


by their Lordfhips, to the faid Bill. 


A Mefiage from the Lords, by Mr. HWiccocks and Mr. 
Meller : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better explaining the Nature of Conveyances to 
be made to the Purchaiers of the forfeited Eftates by the 
Commiffioners and Truftees acting in Scotland, and for 
preventing Difficulties in determining Claims on the faid 
Kftates,; and to enable the Judges in Ireland to examine 
Witneffes relating to Claims on forleited Eftates theres 
and for enabling fuch Corporations as fhall purchafe any 
of the faid Eftates to grant Annuities, not exceeding the 
yearly Value of the faid Eftates; and for relivving the 
Widow and Daughters of the late Sir Donald Mac Donald 
without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabbati, 11° die Funit; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRaveERs. 

Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Meller: 
Mr. Speaker, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment, made 
by this Houfe, to an Amendment, made by the Lords, 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Relief of infolvent 
Debtors; and for the more eafy Difcharge of Bankrupts 
out of Execution, after their Certificates allowed. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
ele&amp;ting a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Heire/fbury, in the County of Wilis, in 
the room of Edward Afbe Efquire; who, fince his Elec- 
tion for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
One of the Commiffioners for ‘rade and Plantations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Befiney, in the County of Cornwall, 
in the room ot Henry Cartwright Efquire; who, fince his 
Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office 
of One of the Commiffioners for victualing his Majefty’s 
Navy. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Borrowbridge, in the County of York, in 
the room of Sir Wilfred Lawfon Baronet; who, fince his 
Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office 
of One of the Grooms of his Majefty’s Bedchamber. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


for the Diftri&amp; of Boroughs of Hadington, Fedburgh, 
Dunbar, North Barwick, and Lauder, in the room of 
Sir David Dairymple Baronet; who, fince his Election for 
the faid Dittrict of Boroughs, hath accepted the Office of 
auditor of his Majetty’s Exchequer in Scotland. 


4. 17920, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Lefwithiel, in the County of Cory. 
wall, in the room of Edward Elliott Efquire; who, fince 
his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office 
of One of the Commiffioners tor managing his Majefty’s 
Revenue of Excife. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Saunder- 

Jon, Gentleman Ubher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefly, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went u 
to the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty was pleated 
= the Royal Affent to feveral publick and private 

ills. 


And his Majefty was afterwards pleafed to fay, 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 
I Have given Directions to my Lord Chancellor to declare 


to you, in my Name, and in my Words, the Caufes 
of my coming this Day to Parliament. 


And the Lord Chancellor thereupon acquainted both 
Houfes, That he had received, from his Majefty’s Hands, 
from the Throne, his Majefty’s Speech to both Houfes of 
Parliament: Which he read. 

And afterwards the Lord Chancellor, by his Majefty’s 
Command, faid; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 
It is his Majefty’s Royal Pleafure, That this Parliament 
be prorogued to Tburfday the Twenty-eighth Day of 
Fuly next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is 
accordingly prorogued to Thurfday the Twenty-eighth 
Day of July next. P 





Fovis, 28° die Fulii; 
Anno 6° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


HE Hovufe being met; 
A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Sauderfon, Deputy Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 
miffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this honour- 


able Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commif- 


fion read. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers: Where the Commiffion was read, 
for the further proroguing the Parliament until TAurfday 
the 25th Day of Auguft next. 


And the Parliament was prorogued, accordingly, until 
Thurfday the Twenty-fifth Day of Augut next. 





Fovis, 25° die Augufti ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


HE Houfe being met; and Mr. Speaker being in 
the Country; 
A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. San- 
derfon, Deputy Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 
The Lords authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 
miffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this honour- 


able Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commif- 
fion read. 

Accordingly, the Houfe, with the Clerk, went up to 
the Houfe oF Peers: Where the Commiffion was read, for 
the further proroguing the Parliament until TAur/day the 
Twentieth Day of Oéfober next. 


And the Parliament was prorogued, accordingly, until 
Thurfday the Twentieth Day of Offober next. 





Fovis, 20 die Oétobris ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
HE Houfe being met; 


A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Sanderfon, Deputy Gentieman Uther of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 
miffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this honour- 
able Houle, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the faid 
Commiffion read. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to 


the Houfe of Peers: Where the faid Commiffion nd 
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7 GEO. I. 


read, for the further Proroguing of the Parliament until 
Friday the 25th Day of November next. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


And the Parliament was prorogued, accordingly; until 
Friday the Twenty-fifth Day of November next. 





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—_ 


By the Lorps Justices. 


W. Cant’, Parker, C. Townfoend, P. Argyll and 
Greenwich, Holles Newcaftle, Berkeley, F. Graggs. 


A PROCLAMATION. 


HEREAS this prefent Parliament ftands pro- 
W rogued to the Twentieth Day of this inftant Oc- 
tober: We, with the Advice of his Majefty’s Privy 
Council, do hereby publifh and declare, That the faid 
Parliament fhall be further prorogued, on the {aid Twen- 
tieth Day of OGober, to Friday the Twenty-fifth Day of 
November next: And that we have given Order, That a 
Commiffion be prepared for proroguing the fame accord- 


ingly: And we do hereby further declare his Majefty’s 
Pleafure, That the faid Parliarnent fhall, on the faid 
Twenty-fifth Day of November next, be held, and fit, for the 
Difpatch of divers weighty and important Affairs: And 
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal; and the Knights; 
Citizens, and Burgeffes, and the Commiffioners of Shires 
and Burghs, of the Houfe of Commons ; are hereby re- 
quired and commanded to give their Attendance accord - 
ingly, at Weftminfer, on the faid Twenty-fifth Day of 
November. 


Given at Whitehall, the Twelfth Day of O@ober, in 
the Seventh Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


GOD fave the Kina. 





Veneris, 25° die Novembris; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
HE Hovufe being met, according to the laft Pro- 
rogation; and in purfuance of a Proclamation, 
hereunto annexed, by the Lords Juttices; 
A Meflage was brought from the Lords, by Sir Wil- 
liam Sanderfon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, | 
The Lords authorized by virtue of his Majefty’s Com- 


miffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this honour- 
able Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the Com- 
miffion read. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houte of Peers: Wherethe Commiffion was read; 
for proroguing the Parliament until T/ur/day the 8th Day 
of December next. 


And the fame was prorogued, accordingly, to the Eighth 
Day of December next. 





Fovis, 8° die Decembris ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


Mefiage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander- 
A fon, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

Tie King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers. 

And, being returned ; 

Several Members, returned upon new Writs, took the 
Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration, and 
took and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, according 
to the Laws made for that Purpofe. 


A Bill for the more effectual Prefervation of the Game, 
was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty 
was pleafed to fay ; 

My Lords and Gentlemen, 

I have given Order to my Lord Chancellor to declare 
to you in my Name and Words, the Caufes of my meet- 
ing you in Parliament at this time. 

And the Lord Chancellor thereupon acquainted both 
Houtes, That he had received a Speech from his Majefty 
irom the Throne; which the Lord Chancellor read; and 
of which Mr. Speaker faid he had, to prevent any Mit- 
takes, obtained a Copy; which he read to the Houle; 
and is as followeth; viz. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 
Glace we laft parted, the Face of our Affairs abroad is 
become more favourable; the Peace in the South 
only wants the Form of a Congrefs; and that of the 
North is brought much nearer to a Conclufion: | fhall, 


at a proper time, order the feveral Treaties | have made, 
V Gt. XIX, , , 


to be laid before you; by which you will perceive the 
Succels of our Endeavours to eftablifh a Peace through- 
out Europe, and to fecure and fupport the Proteftant Re 
ligion: At the fame time I can never fufficiently exprefs 
my Concern for the unhappy Turn of Affairs which has 
fo much affected the publick Credit at home. 

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

I do moft earneftly recommend it to you, That you 
confider of the moft effectual and fpeedy Methods to re- 
ftore the National Credit, and fix it upon a lafting Foun- 
dation: You will, I doubt not, be affifted in fo com- 
mendable and neceffary a Work, by every Man that loves 
his Country, and efpecially by the feveral great Societies 
of this Kingdom: I hope you will, on this Occafion, 
remember, that all your Prudence, your Temper, and 
Refolution, are neceffary to find out and apply the pro- 
per Remedies to our Misfortune; which will, if you fuc- 
ceed, ferve to increafe that Reputation you have fo juftly 
acquired ; particularly, if you fhall be able, notwith{tand- 
ing thefe Difficulties, to difcharge a Part of the publick 
Debts. 

I have ordered the feveral Eftimates to be laid before 
you of the Expence for the enfuing Year; and mutt de- 
fire you to difpatch the Supplies neceffary for them. 

My Lords and Gentlemen, 

I am glad to obferve to you, That our Trade does 
appear to have been more extended this Year than in the 
preceding one: We have the moft flourifhing Navy of any 
Nation whatfoever to protect it; and, I hope, you will . 
turn your Thoughts to the beft Methods for the Secu- 
rity and Inlarging of our Commerce: You may depend 
on my hearty Concurrence to all fuch Provifions as fhall 
appear to you neceffary for the Good of my People. 


A Motion being made, That an humble Addrefs be 
prefented to his Majefty, to return him the Thanks of » 
this Houfe for his moft gracious Speech from the Throne ; 
to exprefs the Satisfaction of his faithful Commons at the 
near Profpect there is of Peace beingeftablifhed throughout 
Europe, by the Succefs of his Majefty’s Endeavours ; to ac- 


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knowlege his Majefty’s great Goodnefs in his tender Con- 
cern for the Misfortunes of his People, occafioned by the 
unhappy Turn of Affairs that hath fo much affected the 
publick Credit of this Kingdom; to affure his Majelty, 
that this Houfe will, at this critical Conjuncture, wherein 
his Majefty’s Government, and the Intereft of his People, 
are fo highly concerned, proceed with all poffible Care, 
Prudence, and Temper, to inquire into the Caufes of 
thefe Misfortunes; and apply the proper Remedies for 
reftoring and fixing publick Credit upon fuch folid and 
lafting Foundations, as may effectually give Eafe and 
Quiet to the Minds of his Majefty’s Subjects; and that 
this Houfe will, with Readinefs and Chearfdlnefs, grant 
the Supplies neceffary for the Service of the enfuing 
Year; and confider in what manner the Trade and Com- 
merce of the Nation may be beft fecured, and extended ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, after 
the Word ‘* Subjects,” to infert thefe Words, “ fo far as 
*¢ is confiftent with the Honour of Parliament, the In- 
“¢ tereft of the Nation, and the Principles of Juftice:” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
there inferted ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas.go forth. . 

Tellers for the Yeas, mn ay. t 103. 

Tellers for the Noes, | Me Bends Powlett, t 261. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the main Queftion being put, 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up 
an Addrefs, to be prefented to his Majefty, wpon the faid 
Refolution : 

And it is referred to Mr. Pulteney, Mr, Pelham, Mr. 
Secretary Craggs, Mr. Walpole, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. 
Treby, Sir Cha. Turmer, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Stanhope, 
Sir Fobn Norris, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Comptroller, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Dockminique, 
Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Edgcumbe, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Duchy, Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Smith, Mr. 4h, Mr. Cow- 
per, Sir Robert Furnefs; or any Five of them: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Six a Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s Speech be referred to the 
faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Religion do 
fit every Tuefday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances do 
fit every Thurfday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Courts of 
Juftice do fit every Saturday in the Afternoon, in the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Trade do fit 
every Friday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions be appointed, of Mr. Hampden, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Edgcumbe, Mr. 
Windfor, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Delavall, Sir Tho. Fcbn- 
fon, Mr. Treby, Sir Tho. Hales, Sir Arthur Owen, Mr. 
Tufnell, Sir Fobn Rufhout, Mr. dfoe, Mr. Sandys, Lord 
Finch, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Stanhope, Sir Matth. Decker, 
Mr. Fuller, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bond, Sir Gilbert Heath- 
cote, Mr. Cartwright, Colonel Legh, Mr. Secretary 
Craggs, Mr. Freman, Mr. Molineaux, Mr. Brom- 
ley, Sir Fobn Hobart, Lord Morpeth, Sir Wm. Fobnfon, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir Geo. Beau- 
mont, Sir. Nath. Mead, Sir Jfaac Rebow, Mr. Difton, 
Sir Arth. Kay, Lord Carpenter, Sir Wm. Thompfon, Sir 
Fobn Hind Cotton, Sir Cha. Wager, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. 
Pelbam, Mr. Carter, the Earl of Hertford, Sir Orlando 
Bridgman, Mr. Briffow, Mr. Ward, Mr. ‘Pitt, Mr. 


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A. 17920, 


Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Pagett, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Attorney General, Sir Edward Tuy. 
ner, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Lowther, General Wills, Sir Robert 
Furnefe, Sir Cha. Turner, Sir Win. Strickland, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Micklethwaite, Colonel Grabme, Mr. Plumer, Sir 
John Norris, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Weftpbaling, Mr. Clayton, 
Mr. Knight, Sir Geo. Warburton, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Ser. 
jeant Reynolds, Mr. Foley, Mr. Baily, Lord Molefwortp, 
Sir Wm. Monfon, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Palmer, My. 
Plumptre, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Bacon, Sir 
Fohn Ward, Mr. Lade, Mr. Fenyns, Mr. Naylor, My, 
Shippen, Sir Wm. Wyndham, Colonel Peirfe, Sir Robert 
Davers, Mr. Neville, Sir Edward Ernle, Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Colmer, Mr. Kelfall, Sir Geo. Caf. 
wall, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Walpole; Mr, 
Snell, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Herbert, 
Mr. Noble, Mr. Sheppard, Sir Roger Bracfhaigh, Mr, 
Rowney, Mr. Monroe, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Guidoit, 
Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr, 
Lawfon, Mr. Denton, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Williams Wynn, 
Mr. Milner, Mr. London, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Butler, Sig 
Samuel Lennard, General Pepper, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Duchy, Mr. Fenkins, Mr. Burridge, Sir Fobn Rogers, 
Sir Wm. Pynfent, Mr. Erle: And they are to meet upon 
Monday Sevennight, at Five of the Clock, in the After. 
noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and to fit every Ved. 
nefday, Friday, and Monday, in the Afternoon: And 
all that come are to have Voices; and they are to take 
into Confideration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come 
in queftion touching Returns, Elections, and Privileges; 
and to proceed upon Double Returns, in the Firft place; 
and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinion there- 
upon, to the Houfe, from time to time: And all Perfons 
that will queftion Returns are to do it in Fourteen Days 
next, and fo within Fourteen Days next after any new Re- 
turn fhall be brought in: And the Committee are to have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their 
Information: And all Members who are returned for Two 
or more Places, are to make their Election by this Da 
Three Weeks, for which of the Places they will ferve; 
rovided there be no Queftion upon the Return for that 
lace: And if any thing fhall come in queftion touching 
the Return, Election, or Matter of Privilege, of any 
Member, he is to withdraw during the time the Matter is 
in Debate: And that all Members returned upon Double 
Returns do withdraw till their Returns are determined. 


Refolved, That no Peer of this Realm hath any Right 
to give his Vote in the Election of any Member to ferve 
in Parliament. 

Refolved, That where the Houle fhall judge any Peti- 
tion touching Elections to be frivolous and vexatious, the 
Houfe will order Satisfaction to be made to the Perfon 
petitioned againtt. 

Refolved, That in cafe it fhall appear any Perfon hath 
procured himfelf to be elected or returned a Member of 
this Houfe, or endeavoured fo to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt Practices, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Perfon. 


Refolved, That if it fhall appear, that any Perfon hath 
been tampering with any Witnefs, in refpect of his Evi- 
dence to be given to this Houfe, or any Committee there- 
of; or, directly or indire&amp;tly, hath endeavoured to deter or 
hinder any Perfon from appearing, or giving Evidences 
the fame is declared to be a High Crime and Mifdemea- 
nor; and this Houfe will proceed with the utmott Seve- 
rity againft fuch Offender. 

Refolved, That if it fhall appear, That any Perfon hath 
given falfe Evidence in any Cafe before the Houle, or any 
Committee thereof, this Houfe will proceed with the ut- 
moft Severity againft fuch Offender. 


Refolved, That it is a high Infringement of the Liber- 
ties and Privileges of the Commons of Great Britain, for 
any Lord of Parliament, or any Lord Lieutenant of any 
County, to concern themifelves in the Eleétions of Mem- 
bers to ferve for the Commons in Parliament. 


1 Ordered, 





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Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do, from time to time, take into his Cuftody any 
Stranger or Strangers that he fhall fee, or be informed of 
to be, in the Houfe, or Gallery, while the Houfe, or any 
Committee of the whole Houfe, is fitting: And that no 
Perfon, fo taken into Cuftody, be diicharged out of 
Cuftody without the fpecial Order of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Back-door of the Speakers Cham- 
ber be locked up every Morning, at the Sitting of the 
Houfe; and the Key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked 
vp by him; and that he do not prefume to deliver the 
fame to any Perfon whatfoever, without Order of the 
Houfe: And that the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take care to clear the Speaker’s Chamber every 
Day, before the Door is locked. up. 

Ordered, ‘That no Member of this Houfe do prefume 
to bring any Stranger or Strangers into the Houfe, or Gal- 
lery thereof, while the Houfe is fitting. 


Ordered, That the Conftables, and other Officers, of 
Middlefex, and Weftminfter, do take care, that from Ten 
of the Clock in the Morning to Four in the Afternoon, 
during this Seffion of Parliament, the Paflages through 
the Streets between Temple-bar, and Weftminfter-ball fhall 
be kept free and open; and that no Obftruction be made 
by Cars, Drays, Carts, or otherwife, to hinder the Pafiage 
of the Members to and from this Houfe: And that the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe do give notice of 
this Order to the Officers aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the Conftables in Waiting do take care 
there be no Gaming, or other Diforders, in Weftminjter- 
ball, or the Paffages leading to the Houfe, during the 
Sitting of Parliament: And that there be no Annoyance 
by Chairmen, Footmen, or otherwife, therein, or there- 
abouts. 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the High 
Bailif of Weftminfter; and that he do fee the fame put 
jn Execution. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle do take care, that no Footmen be permitted to 
be within the Lobby of the Houfe, or upon the Stairs 
leading thereto. 


Ordered, That the Reverend Doctor Wilcox be defired to 
preach before this Houfe, at Saint Margaret’s Weftmin- 
fer, upon Friday the Sixteenth Inftant, appointed by his 
Majefty as a Day of Fafting and Humiliation: And that 
Mr. Comptroller and Mr. Edgcumbe do acquaint him 
therewith. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Univerfity of Cambridge, in the room of Thomas Pafke 
Dector of Laws, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to. make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the City of Rochefter,.in the County of Kent, in the room 
of Sir Fobn Fennings Knight; who, fince his Election for 
the faid City, hath accepted the Office of Mafter of the 
Royal Hofpital at Greenwich. 


Ordered, That. the Votes of. this Houfe be printed, 
being firft perufed by Mr, Speaker: And that he do ap- 
point the Printing thereof: And that no Perfon but fuch 
as he fhall appoint prefume to print the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Veneris, 9° die Decembris; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
Pray ERS. 
(PRaered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
“ Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, 
in the room of Sir George Bing Knight and Baronet; 


who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Treafurer of his Majefty’s Navy. 


A Petition of the Juftices of Peace, Gentlemen and Free- 
holders, of the County Palatine of Cheer, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there is, and 
hath been anciently, a great Manufacture of Salt in the faid 
County, which are fufficient, to fupply not only this King- 
dom, /reland, and other foreign Parts, with Salt; yet, from 
the great Expence, and flow Difpatch, of the Shipping at 
the Port, by Land-carriage, fuch foreign Parts have, of 
late, been moftly fupplied with foreign Salt ; whereby the 
Proprietors of the faid Salt-works have loft their Trade : 
That if the River Weaver, near the faid Salt-works, was 
made navigable, from Frodfbam Bridge to Winsford Bridge, 
not only fuch Salt Trade would be extended into foreign 
Parts, but the Cheefe Trade will be very much improved, 
and other Advantages will accrue thereby : And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring ina Bill to make the 
faid River navigable from Frodam Bridge to Winsford 
Bridge, and that Witton Brook, from its falling into the 
River Weaver to Witton Bridge, may be comprifed in the 
faid Navigation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ape 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Booth, Sir Geo. Warburton, 
Colonel Morgan, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Godfrey; 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. 
Wilfon, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Neville, Mr. 
Plumer, Mr. Yorke, Sit Richard Sandford, Mr. Bladen, Co- 
lone! Churchill, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Briftow, Mr. Serjeant 
Birch, Colonel Delaune, Sir Wm. Daines, Lord Molefworth, 
Mr. Sandys, Mr. Eden, Mr. Rowney, Mr. Churchill, Mr. 
Harvey, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Freman, Mr. Bankes, 
Mr. Cater, Mr. Pitt; and all the Members that ferve for 
the Counties of Chefer, Lancafter, Stafford, Salop, and 
Derby: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker*’s Chamber: And have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the County of Stafford, in the room of 
William Ward Efquire, deceafed. 


Mr. Pulteney reported from the Committee; to whom 
is was referred to draw up an Addrefs, to be prefented to 
his Majefty, upon the Refolution Yefterday, That they 
had drawn up an Addrefs accordingly; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
lows; viz. 


Moft Gracious Sovereign; 
E your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affem- 
bled, beg Leave to return your Majefty our moft dutiful 
and hearty Thanks for your moft gracious Speech from 
the Throne. 
We can never fufficiently exprefs our Gratitude to your 


_ Majefty, for your conftant Care of the true Intereft of 


your Subjects; nor the Satisfaction of your faithful Com- 
mens, 








280 
mons, in feeing that the juft Influence of your Majefty’s 
Counfels abroad has procured f6 near a Profpect of a gene- 
ral Peace throughout Europe; which is a frefh Inftance to 
them, that your Majefty places your Greatnefs only in 
the Profperity and Happinels of your People. 

If any thing could more effeCtually endear your Majefty 
to us than the Mildnefs of your Government, it would 
be that tender and affetionaté Concera you exprefs for 
the prefent Misfortunes of your People, occafioned by 
the unhappy Turn of Affairs that hath fo much affected 
the publick Credit of this Kingdom: 

But your faithful Commons are, met. together with 
Minds fully difpofed to take the moft juft and effectual 
Methods, and to do every thing that becomes, an affection- 
ate Parliament, at this critical ConjunGure, wherein your 
Majefty’s Government, and the Intereft of your People, 
are fo highly concerned, to reftore and fix the Credit of 
this Nation upon fuch folid and lafting Foundations -as 
may effectually give Eafe and Quiet to the Minds of your 
Majefty’s Subjects : And we flatter ourfelves, that our Un- 
dertaking will be the more eafy, fince we are determined 
to proceed with all poffible Care, Prudence, and Temper, 
to inquire into the Cautes of our prefent Misfortunes ; and, 
with the matureft Deliberation, apply the molt, proper Re- 
medies for redreffing them. 

The Improvement of our Trade is of fo publick a Con- 
cern, and fo neceflary for the Support and Power of this 
Kingdom, that we will employ our utmoft Endeavours to 
confider in what manner the Commerce of the Nation 
may be beft fecured, and extended. 

And we beg Leave to affure your Majefty, That we 
will, with all Chearfulnefs and Unanimity, grant the Sup- 
plies which fhall be neceflary for the Sevice of the i 
ing Year, and the Support of your Government, upon 
which the Happinefs of the Nation, the Liberty of your 
Subjeéts, and the Security of our Religion, fo intirely 
depend. 


The faid Addrefs being read a Second time; 

_ An Amendment was propofed to be made in the Fourth 
Paragraph thereof to leave out ** Care :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made in the 
faid Paragraph, after ‘* Prudence,” to leave out “ and ;” 
and, after ‘* Temper,” to iniert ‘*and Refolution :” 

And the fame were, upon the feveral Queftions put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made in the 
faid Paragraph, atter ‘‘ apply,” co infert ‘* ourielves to 
** find out :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte, 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made in the 
faid Paragraph, by leaving out ‘* Remedies,” and infert- 
ing, ** Meafures :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houie. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made in the 
faid Paragraph, by adding, at the End of the faid Para- 
graph, thele Words, ** and for punifhing the Authors of 
*© them” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Addrels, fo amended, 
to be prefented to his Majefty. 

And the fame is as follows ; viz. 


Moft Gracious Sovereign, 
WE your Majefty’s mott dutiful and loyal Subjects, the 
Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affem- 
‘bled, beg Leave to return your Majefty our moft dutiful 
and hearty Thanks for your moft gracious Speech trom 
the Throne: 
We can never fufficiently exprefs our Gratitude to your 
Majefty, for your conflant Care of the true Intereft of 


Journals of the Houfe. of: Commons. 


4.1720, 
your Subjects ; nor theSatisfaétion of your faithful Com- 
mons, in feeing that the juft Influence of your Majefty’s 
Counfels abrdad has procured fo near a Profpect of a ge- 
neral Peace'throughout Europe; which is a freth Inftance 
to them, that your Majefty places your Greatnefs only in 
the Profperity and Happinefs of your People. 

If any thing could more effectually endear your Ma- 
jefty to us than the Mildnefs of your Government, ir 
would: be that tender and affectionate Concern you exprefs 
for the prefent Misfortunes of-your People, occafioned by 


the unhappy Turn of Affairs that hath fo. much affected 


the publick Credit of this Kingdom : 

But your faithful Commons are met together with Minds 
fully difpofed to take the moft juft:and effectual Methods, 
and to do every thing that becomes an affectionate Parlia- 
ment, at this critical Conjuncture, wherein your Majefty’s 
Government, and the Intereft of your People, are fo 
highly concerned, .to reftore ‘and: fix the Credit of this 
Nation upon fuch folid and lafting Foundations as may 
effectually give Eafe and Quiet to the Minds of your Ma- 
jefty’s Subjects: And we flatter ourfelves, that our Un- 
dertaking will be the more eafy, fince we are determined 
to proceed with all poffible Prudence, Temper, and Refo- 
lution, to inquire into the Caufes of our prefent Misfor- 
tunes; and, with the  matureft Deliberation, apply our- 
felves to find out the moft proper Meafures for redreffing 
them, and for punifhing the Authors of them. 

The Improvement of our Trade is of fo publick ‘a 
Concern, and fo neceffary for the Support and Power of 
this Kingdom, that we will employ our utmoft Endea- 
vours to confider in what manner the Commerce of the 
Nation may be beft fecured, and extended. © 

And we beg Leave to affure your Majefty, That we 
will, with all Chearfulnefs and Unanimity,-grant the Sup- 
plies which fhall be neceffary for the Service of the en- 
fuing Year, and the Support of your Government, upon 
which the Happinefs of the Nation, the Liberty of your 
Subjects, and the Security of our Religion, fo intirely 
depend. ; 

Refolved, That the faid Addrefs be 
Majefty by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 


know his Majefty’s Pleafure when ‘he will be attended by 
this Houfe. 


prefented to his 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, , 
take into Confideration his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech 
to both Houfes of Parliament. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tur/day Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to take into Confideration the prefent State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Shire of Elgin, in the room of James 
Brodie of Brodie, E{quire, deceafed. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he having 
waited upon his Majefty, humbly to know when he will 
be attended by this Houfe, his Majefty has been pleafed 
to appoint To-morrow at Two of the Clock in the After- 
noon, at his Palace of Saint Fames. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Sabbatt, 





4 GEO. I. 


Sabbati, 10° die Decembris ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 

(pRared, That’ Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 

Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Baron to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
Town and Port of Dover, in the County of Kent, in the 
room of Phillip Papillon E{quire, who, fince his Election 
for the faid Town and Port, hath accepted the Office of 
Receiver of the Stamp Duties. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing a Baron to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Town 
and Port of Dover, in the County of Ket, in the room 
of Mathew Lord Aylner, of the Kingdom of Ireland, 
decealed. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take into 
Confideration his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to both 
Houfes of Parliament: 

And the fame was again read by Mr. Speaker: 

And a Motion being made, for a Supply to be granted 
to his Majefty ; 

Refotved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider of that Motion. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Lune, 12° die Decembris; 


° 1 } = 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of Febn Robetbon, and George Robethon, 
bis Son, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners were born out of his 
Majeity’s Allegiance; but profefs the Proteftant Reli- 
gion, having given Teftimony of their dutiful and loyal 
Affections to his Majefty, and for the Good of the King- 
dom ot Great Britain: And praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for their Naturalization, 
Ordered, Vhat Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that the 
Lord Witham Powilett and Colonel Morgan do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Booth reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Juftices of Peace, Gentlemen, and Free- 
holders, of the County Palatine of Cheffer, was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them ; which he read in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
lows; viz. 

That the Committee have, in purfuance of an Order, 
of this Houfe, taken the {aid Petition into Confideration; 
and, by the Tellimony of Mr. William Squire, Mr. 
Samuel Clements, and Mr. Thomas Faithfull, the Matter 
appeared to be as followeth; 

That the Brine Springs, and Rocks of Salt, in the 
County of Cheffer, are iufficient not only to fupply this 
Kingdom, Ireland, and other foreign Parts, with Salt ; 
yet, by the great Expence of Land-carriage, which is now 
at Seven Shillings and Six Pence per Ton, and the flow 
Dilpatch of Shipping, the foreign Parts have of late been 
mottly fupplied with foreign Salt; from whence the Pro- 
prietors of ancient Salt-works have almoft loft their Trade, 
and tne Crown the Duties which ufed to arife thereby: 

That if the River Weaver, which runs through the 
Centre of the faid County, and near to which moft of 
thofe Salt Springs, and Rocks of Salt, arife, was made 


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351 

navigable, from Fred/bam Bridge to Winsford Bridge, not 
only fuch Salt Trade would be extended into foreign Parts, 
but alfo the Cheefe Trade, which is very great, there 
coming Eight or Ten thoufand Ton a Year, for which 
they now pay from Kight Shillings to Fifteea Shillings, 
would be much improved; the Duties to the Crown en- 
larged; and the Carriage of Sale reduced to Half a Crown 
per Tons; and that of Cheele to Three Shillings per 
Ton: 

That feveral Gentlemen of the faid County, who are 
defirous to have fo great an Advantage accrue to the faid 
County, and to the Publick in general, have fubfcribed 
the Sum of Ten thoufand One hundred Pounds towards 
effecting the fame. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make the River Veaver, in the County ot Chefer, navi- 
gable, from Frodfoam Bridge to Winsford Bridge; and 
that Witton Brook, trom its falling into the faid River 
Weaver 1o Witten Bridge, be compriied in the faid Navi- 
gation: And that Mr. Booth, Sir George Warburton, and 
Colonel Legh, do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did, on Satur- 
day \aft, attend his Majelty with their Addrefs: To which 
his Majefty was pleated to give this moft gracious An- 
{wer ; 


Gentlemen, 


Return you my hearty Thanks for this Addrefs; and, 

as I depend on your applying a fpeedy Remedy to the 
prefent Diitrefs, I am periuaded you will take the moit 
prudent Meafures to make ic effectual. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee cf the whole Houle, to confider of the 
Motion made on Saturday laft, tor a Supply to be granted 
to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. . 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had direéted bim to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the jame. 

Crdered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Directors of the Scuth Sea Company 
do forthwith lay before this Houfe, an Account of all their 
Proceedings whatfoever, relating to an Act, paffed the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for enabling the 
South Sea Company to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, 
and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incum- 
brances as.are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, 
to be applied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts 
and Incumbrances; and for calling in the prefent Ey 
chequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making forth 
new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, 
upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer. 

Ordered, That the Managers and Directors appointed 
by the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, by virtue of 
the faid Aét, do forthwith lay before this Houfe, all fuck 
Matters and Things as they have done and performed, or 
ordered to be done and performed, in relation to the faid 
A&amp;. 

Ordered, That the faid Managers and Directors do forth- 
with lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Orders they 
have received, from time totime, from the Lords Com- 
miffioners of the Treafury. 

Ordered, That the Dire&amp;tors of the South Sea Company 
do forthwith lay before this Houfe, an Account of what 
Money, and Exchequer Bills, have been received by, or tor 
the Ute of, the faid Company, fince the Twenty fitch Day 

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of December 17195 and the refpective Ufes and Purpofes 
to which the fame have been applied. 

Ordered, That the faid Directors do forthwith lay be- 
fore this Houfe, an Abftraét of what publick Debts and 
Incumbrances have been fubfcribded to, or difcharged by, 
the {aid Company, purluant to any Act or Acts of Parlia- 
ment in that behalf, fince the Twenty-tifth Day of De- 
cember 17193 and in what manner {uch Subfcriptions were 
made, 

Ordered, That the faid Directors do forthwith lay be- 
fore this Houfe, an Account of what Sum or Sums of 
Money have beén taken up, or borrowed, on Account of 
the faid Company, or which they ftand engaged for, upon 
Bills, Bonds, or other Contraéts, under their common 
Seal, or otherwife, fince the Twenty-fifth Day of Decem- 
ber 1719. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





. 7: . 
Martis, 13° die Decembris; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
(Raered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Cle:k of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the County of Lincoln, in the room of Sir 
Willoughby Hickman Baronet, decealed. 


The Lord William Peowlet prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Fobn Robethon, 
and George Robethon, his Son: And the fame was received; 
and r¢ad the Firft time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the . 


Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of the Motion for a Supply to be granted to 
his Majefty, That they had come to a Refolution which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the 
Cierk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
loweth; viz. 

Refotved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Supply be granted to his Majefty. 

Phe faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, ‘That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, That a 
Supply be granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe 
of the Deficiences of the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Year 1719. 

Ordered, That an Account be Jaid before this Houfe of 
the Deficiences, for the Year ending at Michaelmas 1720, 
of the Duties on Coals, and Houfes, granted in the Year 
1710, to make up a Fund of One hundred thirty-five 
thoufand Pounds. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Ordinary of the 
Navy, for the Year 1721, with the Half- Pay of the Of- 
ficers of the Navy, and Marines, be laid before this 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charges for Guards 
and Garifons, and Land Forces, for the Year 1721,. be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance for the Land Service, for the Year 1721, be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Debt of the Navy, 
to Chriflmas 1720, be laid before this Houfe. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. £4. 1420, 


Ordered, That a Lift of the Regimental and Warrant 
Officers that are to be in Half Pay for the Year 1721 
be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe. 
how the Money granted for extraordinary Repairs for the 
Navy, in the lait Seffion of Parliament, has been jaid 
out. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of what will be farther ne. 
ceflary for extraordinary Repairs of the Navy; for the Year 
1721, be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
how the Money given for the Service of the Year 1720, 
hath been difpoted of ; diftinguifhed under the fevera| 
Heads. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
of all Ships in Sea Pay which have been employed in the 
Year 1720; in what Stations; with the feveral Comple- 
a or Number of Men borne, or muftered, in the faid 
Ships. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
fhewing the Monies arifen at or before Michaelmas \aft 
paft, as well of or for the Excefs or Suplus of the Fund 
commonly called the Aggregate Fund, as of or for the 
Excefs or Surplus of the Fund commonly called the Sous 
Sea Fund; as alfo of or for the Excefs or Surplus of the 
Fund commonly called the General Fund. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleated to give Di- 
rections to the proper Officers, to lay before this Hout, 
the faid feveral Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn: 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 14° die Decembris ; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS, 
Obi Robethon, and George Robethon, his Son, took the 
Oaths appointed, in order to their Naturalization. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their Ad- 
drefs of Yefterday, That his Majefty would be gracioufly 
pleafed to give Directions to the proper Officers, to lay 
before this Houfe, the Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates, there- 
in mentioned, having been prefented to his Majefty, his 
Majefty had been pleafed to give Directions accordingly. 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, a Lift of the reduced Officers of 
his Majefty’s Land Forces, and Marines, that are to be 
in Half Pay for the Year 1721; with an Eftimate of the 
Charge thereof: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, 
and other his Majefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, 
for the Year 1721: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in 
the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 
1721: 

er the Titles of the faid Lift and Eftimates were 
read. 

The faid Lift of the reduced Officers of his Majefty’s 

Land Forces, and Marines, that are to be in Half 
Pay for the Year 1721; with an Eftimate of the 
Charge thereof; is bound up with the other Papers of 
this Seffion. 

And the faid Two other Eftimates are as follow; v2. 


ESTIMATE 














4GeEO.T. Journals of the Houfe of Commons, 


383 


;STIMATE of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, and other his Majefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, for 


the Year 1721: 


















































Numbers. Pay of the Troops and Re- Total. 
giments for 365 Days. 
HORSE, i. be 2t h S686 Oo, 
Firt Troop of Guards — — — — 181 16,546 13 4 
Second ditto —- -—- —- — — 181 16,546 13 4 
Third ditio — _ — — —- 181 16, 540 i 3 4 
Fourth ditto — — — a — 181 16,546 13 4 
Firft Troop of Grenadier Guards — — —— 17° 10,743 34 
Second ditio — —~ — _ —— 177 10,870 18 4 
Royal Regiment of Guards — _-_ — 310 25,644 5 10 
Lord Jrwin’s Regiment —- —- — 292 24,323 © I0 
Lord Londonderry’s — — — —. 196 16.875 32 4 
Major General Wade’s = — -—— _ — 196] 16,875 3 4 
onniees 3,078 7 172,018 $8 4 
DRAGOONS. 
Royal Regiment of Dragoons  — —— = —— 207 11,226 15 10 
Colonel Campbell’s Regiment — — — 20-7 11,226 15 10 
Lord Carpenters — — — — — 207 11,226 15 10 
Earl of Stair’s oo _- — —_- — 207 11,226 15 10 
Colonel Ker7?s —_ —_ — — — 207 11,226 15 10 
Major General Evans's — — a a 207 11,226 15 10 
Brigadier Gore’s — — —_ — otineemans 207 11,226 15 10 
Brigadier Henywooa’s — — _ —_— 207 11,226 1 10 
e ' 1,556 . : 893814 6 &amp; 
FOOT. 
Firft Regiment of Guards —_ — — |1,669 44,934 10 10 
Second ditto — — — — ——- |1,072 29,212 3 4 
Third ditto -— _ —_ _ —- | 1,072 29,212 3 4 
Colonel Kirk’s Regiment — — — —_—-— 445 10,502 17 6 
Lieutenant General Wiils’s — — —— 445 10,502, 17. 6 
Colonel Cadogan’s — _— — —- 446 10,502 17 6 
Colonel Cholmley’s _ — — —- 445 10,502 17 6 
Colonel Harrifon’s See 445 10,502 17 6 
Brigadier Grove’s — _: — — — 445 10,502 17 6 
Colonel Montague’s _ _ — —— 445 10,502 17 6 
Lieutenant General Macartuey’s — — —. 445 10,502 17 6 
Major General Wightman’s —_ —_— —— 445 10,502 17 6 
Colonel Clayton’s — — — — —— 445 10,502 17 6 
Brigadier Stanwix’s _—-—— = OO 445 10,502 17 6 
3,708 218,890 10 oO 
INVALIDS. 
Colonel Fielding’s Regiment of Invalids — _ 534 9,906 14 2 
25 Independent Companies ditto ——_ == ——_— J. 1325 22,584 7 6 
——| 1,859 32,491 x 8 
14,294 
STAFF OFFICERS, &amp;. 
Staff Officers — — —_— _— —— —. 7,156 7 6 
Garifons, with Fire and Candle — — —- —_ 30,348 9 2 
Contingences, upon Account = —— =e 10,000 OQ 0 
h 47:504 16 &amp; 
For an additional Pay, of 34. per Diem, to 1 Serjeant, Two Corporals, 1 Drummer, and 25 
effective private Men, of each of the Six Troops of 8 Regiments of Dragoons, in order 
to make an Allowance of 12 d. per Diem to their Landlords in Quarters, inftead of gd. per 
Diem, which they formerly had —_ — _ _ — _ 6,351 9 Oo 
Total 567,070 3 4 


War Office, 14th December 1720, 
Geo. Treby. 





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4.1720, 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the 
Year 1721. 


Inthe PLANTATIONS. 
Colonel Lucass Regiment 
Colonel Phillips's 
Four Independent Companies of Foot at New York 
One Company at Bermudas 
Two Companies at Famaica 
One Company in the Ifland of Providence 
One Company at Carclina 

















Ltt ttil 


eee 


I [hi 


Garifons at Annapolis Royal and Placentia 


In MINORCA. 
Colonel Fames Otway’s Regiment 
Colonel Co/by’s 
Brigadier Biffett’s 
Colonel Cha. Osway’s 


ee 





I TUT 


| 


Officers of the Garifon, &amp;c. 


In GIBRALTAR. 
Major General Pearce’s Regiment — 
Colonel Egerton’s 
Colonel Cotton's 


mB 


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1 11 


Officers of the Garifon, &amp;c. 


* 
ProviGions for Colonel Pdillip’s Regiment, in Garifon at Aznapolis 
Roya! and Placentia; deducting 4d. per Diem out of the Subfiftence 
of each Non-commiffion Officer, and private Man, towards that 


Expence, remains to be borne by the Government 


Provifions for the Three Regiments in Garifon at Gibraltar 


War Office, 14th December 1720. 


Crdered, That the faid Lift and Eflimates do lie upon 
he Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houie. 


A Bill for naturalizing Yobn Robethcn, and George Ro- 
betbon, his Son, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Booth, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Monree, 
Mr. Neville, Mr. Ireby, Lord Shelburn, Sir Hen. Hogh- 
ton, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Hanbury, Sir Orl. Bridgman, 
Mr. Haldane, Mr. Walpole, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Wyld, 
Sir The. Wheate, Sir Reger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Lomax, Sir 
Freon. Drake, Mr. Yonge, Sir Fobn Rogers, Lord Chet- 
wynd, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Campbell, Sir Geo. War- 
render, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Grove, Mr. Onflow, Mr. But- 
ler, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Weftphaling, Mr. 


Mr. Walter Chetwynd, Mr. Wm. Chetwynd, Mr. Churchill, 
Mr. Carteret: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve iticlf into a Committee of the whole 
hioule, to confider of the Supply granted to his Majeity. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Numbers. Pay of the Regiments, &amp;c. Total. 
for 365 Days. 
435 9:775 18 4 
434 9,830 13 4 
445 714t 16 8 
57 1,003 15 Oo 
224 3,653 oO I0 
112 1,82r 19 2 
115 $07: 7 &amp; 
—— 1,822 , 36,298 10 10 
wail ee ee 2.539 « § 
565 12,814 10 10 
565 12,814 10 10 
565 12,814 10 10 
565 12,814 I0 10 
——| 2,260 51,258 3 4 
— - - - 6,154 16 32 
488 11,877 14 2 
488 11,877 14 2 
488 11,877 14 2 
——| 11464 . 355633 2 «6 
— aa OO ea 32749 12 33 
52546 
—_— — 1,558 17 1 
+. = a 
15,110 6 6 
Total 150,743 13 4% 





Geo. Treby. 


Fovis, 15° die Decembris; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS. 

QC Réered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of the Out 
Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital for the Year 1721 be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Exceedings of the 
Year 1720, for the Land Forces, be laid before this 
Houfe. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections to the proper Officers, That the faid Eftimates 
may be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Lord Wiliam Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for naturalizing Fobn Robethon, 
and George Robethon, his Son, was committed, That they 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committee had direéted 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed, 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miflioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door; 
2 They 





7 GEO. I. 


They were called in; and prefented to the Houfe their 
Return to this Houfe, with the Accounts of prohibited 
Eaft India Goods, and Naval Stores, from Michaelmas 
1719 to Michaelmas 1720, in purfuance of Claufes in fe- 
veral Acts of Parliament. 

And then the Commiffioners withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read; dnd 
are as follow; viz. 

An Account of the prohibited Hap India Goods re- 
maining in the Warehoufes at St. Hellen’s, at Michaelmas 
17193 what brought in fince that Time; what exported; 
as alfo, what remained at Michaelmas 1 720: Arid alfo, 

An Account of the prohibited Zaft India Goods re- 


maining in the Warehoules at Leadenhall, at Michaelmas. 


17193 what brought in fince that time; what exported ; 
as alio, what remained at Michaelmas 1720: And alfo, 

An Account of the prohibited Eaf India Goods re- 
maining in the King’s Warehoufe, London, at Michaelmas 
1719; what brought in fince that time; what exported ; 
as allo, what remained at Michaelmas 1720: And allo, 

An Account of prohibited Zaf# India Goods remaining 
in the refpective Warehoufes in the Out-Ports, at MZ- 
chaelmas 1719; with what has been brought in fitice that 
time; what exported ; and what remained at Michaelmas 
1720: And alfo, 


Navy Office, 24th 
Ofober 1720. 


Heads of the Naval Eftimates. 


Journals of the Hoiife of Commons. 


An Account of Naval Stotes imported from Rufia inté 
the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1719 to Michaelmas 
1720: And alfo, 

An Account of Naval Stotes imported frotn Rufia in- 
to the Ports commonly called the Out Ports, from Mi- 
chaelmas 1719 to Michaelmas 1720. 

Ordered, That the aid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be peruled by the Members of the Houfe. 


The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion. 


Mr. Cockburn, from the Lords Commiffioners of the 
Admiralty, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Ad- 
drefs to his Majefty; an Eftimate of the Debt of his Ma- 
jefty’s Navy, as it ftood oti the Thirtieth of September 1720, 
And alfo, 

A Sheme of the extra’ Repairs of the Navy for the 
Year 1721: And alfo, 

The Ordinary Eftimate of his Majefty’s Navy for the 
Year 1721. 

The Titles of the faid Eftimates and Scheme were read. 

The faid Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy; 
as it itood on the goth of Sepicimdcr 1720, is in the an- 
nexed Sheet ot Paper. 


f AN Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter mentioned; as it 
ftood on the 30th of September 1720. 


Particulars. 
Total. 





Before this Reign. | Since this Reign. 





Wear and Tear ; ordinary and extraordinary Repairs: 
Due to pay off and difcharge, all the Bills eriteted on the 
Courfe of the Navy, for Stores, &amp;c. fapplied for the 
Service thereof; including the Premiums of ' Naval 
Stores imported from the Plantations 
For the Freight of Tenders; as alfo for Stores delivered 
into his Majefty’s feveral Yards, for which no Bills 
were made out on the aforefaid 3oth of September od ; 
as alfo to feveral Bills of Exchange 
To his Majefty’s Yards and Rope Yards, for the Ordi- 
nary and Extraordinary thereof 
For Half Pay to the Sea Officers, according to an Efta- 
blifhment made by his Majetty in Council on that be- 
half — 





Seamens Wenn 
Due to pay the Men unpaid on the Books of Ships paid 
off fince the late Revolution; which, per Eftimate, 
may require the Sum of 
To Ships in Sea Pay on the abovefaid goth of september 
1720 
To ‘itchesze, and pay off, all the Bills entered in Coie 
for Pilotage, Surgeons Neceffaries, Bounties to Widows 
and Orphans of Men flain at Sea, &amp;c. on the Heav 
of Seamens Wages 
Victualing Debt, as per an Eftimate received from thofe 
Commiffioners : 

Due for fhorte Allowance to the Companies of his Ma- 
jefty’s Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off -- 
For Bills on their Courfe, and alfo Bills of Exchange from 

foreign Parts; and for neceffary and extra-neceflary 
Money and Wages to the Officers, Workmen, anc: 
Labourers, employed at the feveral Ports, &amp;c. 
Sick and Wounded: The Debt of that Office, as per 
an Eftimate received from thofe Commiffioners; 
viz. 
Due for the Quarters and Cure of fick and wounded Sea- 
men fent afhore from his Majefty’s Fleet; and the 
Contingences relating to the faid Service 




















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478,833 0 21 


24,378 
307,563 


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2,710 3 0 23,806 


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566,039 0 Oo 
&gt; 663,402 17 3 


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81,810 18 5 73979 1 6 


3523311 3 8 


225 5 7} 262,295 18 2 


a 92256 g 1! 9,256 9 11 





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Tho. Swanton, T. Holmes, R. Burton, }. Fawler, Wm. Cleveland. 


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»Ge0.1. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimates and Scheme do lie 
bpon the Table, to be perufed by the Menibers of the 
Houfe. 

The Scheme of the extra’ Repairs of the Navy, and 

the Ordinary Eftimate of his Majefty’s Navy for the 


Year 1721, arebound up with the other Papers of this 
Seffion. 


The Houfe being acquainted; That the Sub Governot 
and Deputy Governor of the Soath Sea Company attended 
at the Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe feveral Papers, with a Schedule of them ; and 
acquainted the Houfe, That they were directed by the 
Court of Directors of the South Sea Company, and the 
Managers and Directors appointed by the Lords Coiti- 
miffioners of the Treafury, by virtue of the A@ for en- 
abling the Soush Sea Company to increafe their preferit 
Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick 
Debts and Incumbrance8 as are therein mentioned; and 
for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening feveral 
publick Debts and Incumbrances, to acquaint this Houfe, 
That they are ufing all poffible Diligence to prepare an 
Account of all their Proceedings whatfoever, relating to 
the faid Act; and that the fame, a8 foon as finifhed, will 
be laid before the Houfe. 

And then they withdrew. | = 

The faid Schedule was reads and is as follows ; viz: 

An Account of all fuch Matters and Things as the Ma. 
nagers and Directors appointed by the Lords Commiffion- 
ers of the Treafury to take Sub{criptions for enlarging thé 
Capital Stock of the South Sea Company lave done and 
performed, or ordered to be done and performed; in rela- 
tion to the A&amp; in that behalf: 

An Account of all fuch Orders which the Managers 
and Directors appointed by the Lords Commiffionets of 
the Treafury to take Subfcriptions for enlarging the Ca- 
pital Stock of the South Sea Company have received from 
their Lordfhips, in relation to the Act in that behalf: 

An Abftract of what publick Debts and Incumbrances 
have been fubfcribed, or difcharged, by the South Sea Com- 
pany, purfuant to any Ac of Parliament in that behalf, 
fince the twenty-fifth of December 1719; and in what 
manner fuch Subfcriptions were made : 

An Account of what Monies, and Exchequer Bills, have 
been received by or for the ufe of, the South Sea Com- 
pany, fince the Twenty-fitth of December 1719: and the 
refpective Ufes and Purpofes to which the fame have been 
applied : 

An Account of what Sum or Sums of Money have been 
taken up or borrowed, on Account of the South Sea Com- 
pany, or which they ftand engaged for, upon Bills, Bonds, 
or other Contraéts, under their Common Seal, or other- 
wife, fince the Twenty-fifth Day of December 1719. 

The Papers are bound up with other Papers of this 

Seffion. 
_ Ordered, That the Papers mentioned in the faid Sche- 
dule be referred to the Committee of the whole Houle, 
who are to take into Confideration the prefent State of 
the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


Then the Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf 
into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Ferrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a Progrefs in the Matter to them referred; and 
had dire&amp;ted him to move, That they may have Leave 
to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Roufe, to take into further Confideration the prefent State 
of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the Directors of the South Sea Com- 
pany do Jay before this Houfe, a particular Account of 
the Nine millions Three hundred and thirty thoufand Six 
hundred Sixty-eight Pounds Eleven Shillings lent out by 


387 


the faid Direétors, upon the Stock of che faid Company; 
to whom, at what times, and upon what Securities, the 
fame was lent; and how much of the faid Sum has been 
repaid; by whom; and at what times. % 

Ordered, That the faid Direétors do Jay before this 
Houfe, a particular Account of the Two millions. Two 
hundred and twenty-eight thoufand Eighty-nine Pounds 
Jent out by the faid Directors, upon Subfcriptions taken 
in by the faid Company ; to whom, at what times, and 
upon what Security, the fame was lent; and how much 
of the faid Sum has been repaid ; by whom ; aiid at whac 
times. 

Ordered, That the faid Directors do lay before this 
Houfe, an Accourit of the Authorities ind Powers they 
had from the General Court of the faid Company, to 
lend out any Money on the faid Stock, or Subfcriptions. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Saturday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


L 





Sabbati, 17° die Decembris; 
| Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
M Addrefs of Zburfday laft, that his Majefty would 
be gracioufly pleafed to give Direétions to lay before this 
Houfe, the Eftimates therein mentioned, having been pre- 
fented to his Majefty, his Majefty had been pleafed to 
give Directions accordingly. 


A Petition of the Major, Bailiffs, Burgeffes; and Com- 
monalty, of the Town and County of Poole, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth; That, the 
Petitioners are deeply fenfible of the great Decay of their 
home Manufactures, by reafon of the great Quantities of 
Goods run; not only on that, but on all the Eaftern Coafts, 
and the great Quantity of Wool carried out of this King- 
dom; which, they apprehend, proceeds from the Want 
of Employment for their Fifhermen; who, by reafon 
of the daily Importation of Oyfters from Concale, and 
other Parts of Fraice, aré obliged to do what otherwife 
they would not do: And praying, That the Bringing in 
of French Oyfters may be prohibited. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upori the Table. 


A Petition of Foachim Peterffen Merchant was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner was born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance; but pro- 
feffeth the Proteftant Religion; and having given Tefti- 
mony of his dutiful and loyal Affections to his Majetty, 
and the Good of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And 
praying, That a Bill may be brought in fot his Natura- 
lization. 

Ordered, Thiat Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lade and Mr. Heyfham do prepate and bring in, the 
fame. 


Orderéd, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to the 
Reverend Dottor Wilcox, for the Sermon by him preached 
before this Houfe Yefterday; at Saint Margaret’s, Weft- 
minfier: And that he be defired to print the fame: And 
that Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Edgcumbe, and Sir Thomas 
D’ Aetb, do acquaint him therewith. 


.Mr. Lowades prefented to the Houfe; purfuant to theit 
Addrefs to his Majefty,; an Account fhewing how the 
Money given for the Service of the Year 1720 hath been 
difpofed of ; diftinguifhed under the feveral Heads, until 
the Seventeenth Day of December 1720; and the Parts 
thereof remaining unfatisfied: And alfo, ' 

A Certificate of the principal Sum remaining unpaid 
on Malt, Anno 1719. : 
The Titles of the faid Account and Certificate were read. 
The faid Account and Certificate are as follow ; wa? 
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TH ESE are to certify, That there was lent, and regi- 
ftered, on the Malt Aét, for the Year ended on the 
a4th Day of une 1720, the principal Sum of 700,000/.: 
That, asthe Regifter now ftands, it appears there is re- 
maining unpaid the principal Sum of 155,805/. 145. 2d. 
by feveral Orders, in the Names of Richard Hampden 
Efquire, late Treafurer of the Navy; Harry Mordaunt 
Efquire, late Treafurer of the Ordnance; and Henry Earl 
of Lincoln, \ate Paymatfter of the Forces; all lent the gth 
Remaining unpaid on gth November 1720 — 
Paid fince 





Remains unpaid, 7th December 1720 


Ordered, That the faid Account and Certificate do lie 
upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 


Houfe. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
altering and amending the Laws for obliging Ships coming 
from Places infected to perform their Quarantine; and 
for preventing the Spreading of Infection: And that Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, 


and bring in, the fame. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


of Fuly 1719, without Intereft: And the Warrants that 
have fince been made on the faid Orders, for allowing a 
Rate of Intereft, do not, in great part, appear to be entered 
in my Office; fo that the Intereft for the faid Sum un- 
paid cannot be computed here. Hallifax. 
Exchequer, gth November 1720. 
Note, Every Week, Money is paid into the Exche- 
quer, towards difcharging this Regifter. 


l. 5. de 
— 155,805 
2,000 O Oo 


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153,805 





Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, an Eftimate of the Charge of 
the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital for the Year 1721: 
And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Exceedings for the Land Forces 
for the Year 1720. 

The Titles of the faid Eftimates were read. 

The faid Eftimates are as follow; viz. 


AN Eftimate of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of Chej/ea Hofpital for the Year 1721. 


2,361 Out Penfioners ftanding at prefent upon the Books of the Hofpital, at 








54. per Diem each 
100 Letter-men, at 124. per Diem each 


ee 


54. 3 
From which deduét the Sum of Four thoufand Five hundred Pounds, which, by Eftimati- 

















Per Diem. For 365 Days. 

.. &amp; cf . nw &amp;£ 

~ ast.) 
94 19,778 8 9g 


on, may be applicable towards defraying this Expence out of the Poundage of the Forces, 


for the Year 1721 


4,500 oO ce) 








Remains to be granted, upon Account, for the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital, for the 


Year 1721 
War Office, 17th December 1720. 


AN Eftimate of the Exceedings for the Land Forces for the Year 1720. 


Exceedings by General Nicholjon’s Independent Company of Foot, over and above what is faved 
by the Reduction of Five private Men out of each of the Ten Companies of Colonel Fielding’s 
« Regiment of Invalids, and the 25 Independent Companies of Invalids 
Bounty-money to 108 Men of the abovefaid Company, at 3/. each —_ opin 
To make up the Difference of Pay between the Englifh and Irifh Eftablifhment of the Regiments 
of Foot commanded by Major General Sabine and Colonel Pocock 


War Office, 7th December 1720. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimates do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Directors of the South Sea Company 
do forthwith lay before this Houfe the Lifts of the Money 
Subfcriptions that were delivered to, or made by, them, 


upon the Second, Third, and Fourth, Subfcriptions ;. 


and the Sums that have been paid thereupon. _ 

Crdered, That the faid Direétors do forthwith lay be- 
fore this Houfe a particular. Account of the. Three hun- 
dred thirty-one thoufand Five hundred Pounds Stock 
bought, by the faid Company, for Two millions Thirty- 
three thouiand Forty-three Pounds; ‘the Days when pur- 
chafed; the refpective Parcels and Prices; and the Perfons 
by whom it was bought; and by whom, and to whom, 
transferred. | 

Ordered, That the faid Dire€tors do forthwith lay be- 
fore this Houfe a particular Account of the Five hundred 
feventy-four thouland Five hundred Pounds Stock fold, 
by the faid Company, for One million Two hundred 
fifty-nine thoufand Three hundred Twenty-five Pounds; 

Vou, XIX. 





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the Days when fold; the refpective Parcels and Prices; 
and the Perfons by whom it was fold; and by whom, and 
to whom, transferred... 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty; | . 

Ordered, That the Ordinary Eftimate of his Majefty’s 
Navy for the Year 1721 be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. ; 

Ordered, That. the Scheme of the Extra Repairs of 

the Navy for the Year 1721 be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 
_ Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Guards, Garifons,. and other his Majefty’s Land, Forces, 
in Great Britain, for the Year 1721, be referred to the 
faid Committee... , 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of his Ma- 
jefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibralter, 
for the Year 1721, be referred to the faid Committee. 


5G Order 








399 


Ordered, That the Lift of the reduced Officers of his 
Majefty’s Land Forces, and Marines, that are to be on 
Half Pay for the Year 1721; with an Eftimate of the 
Charge thereof; be referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. : 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Matter to them referred; 
and had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had 
direGled him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 

ing. 
; Me Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Directors of the South Sea Com- 
pany do forthwith lay before this Houfe, an Account of 
the Ufes to which the Money by them received for laft 
Chrifimas Dividend was applied, fo far as the fame, or any 
Part thereof, was fatisfied in Bonds of the faid Com- 


pany. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 19° die Decembris; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
" PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Fobn Robethon, and 
George Robetbon, his Son, was read the Third time, 
Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Fobn Robethon, and George 
Robethon, his Son. 
Ordered, That the Lord William Powlet do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider of 
the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refolutions they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

1ft, Refolved, Thatit is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Ten thoufand Men be allowed for the Sea Service 
for the Year 1721, beginning from the Firft Day of fa- 
nuary 1'720. 

2d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four Pounds per Man per 
Month, be allowed for maintaining the faid Ten thoufand 
Men for Thirteen Months, including thé Ordnance for 
Sea Service. 

3d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred nineteen thou- 
fand Forty-nine Pounds Fourteen Shillings, be granted to 
his Majefty, for the Ordinary of the Navy for the Year 
1721, including Half Pay to Sea Officers. 

4th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty thoufand Two 
hundred Pounds, be granted to his Majefty, for the Extra 
Repairs of the Navy for the Year 1721. 

5th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com. 
mittee, That the Number of effective Men to be pro- 
vided for Guards and Garifons in Great Britain, and for 
Ferfey and Guernfey, for the Year 1721, be (including 
One thoufand Eight hundred Fifty-nine Invalids) Fourteen 


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4, 1720. 


thoufand Two hundred Ninety-four Men, Commiffion 
and Non-commiffion Officers included. 

6th, Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Com. 
mittee, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred fixty- 
feven thoufand Seventy Pounds Three Shillings and Four 
Pence, be granted to his Majelty, for defraying the Charge 
of the faid Fourteen thoufand Two hundred Ninety-four 
effective Men for Guards, Garifons, and other his Ma- 
jefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, Guernfey, and Fer. 
Jey, for the Year 1721. 

7th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred fift 
thoufand Seven hundred Forty-three Pounds Thirteen 
Shillings and Four Pence Halfpeny, be granted to hig 
Majeily, for maintaining his Majetty’s Forces and Gari. 
fons in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, and for 
Provifions for the Garifons at Annapolis Royal, Placentia, 
and Gibraltar, for the Year 1721. 

8th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com. 
mittee, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety-four thou- 
fand Five hundred Pounds, be granted to his Majefty, 
upon Account, to reduced Officers of his Majefty’s Land 
Forces, and Marines. 

The Firft Four of the faid Refolutions, being feverally 
read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

The Fifth Refolution being read a Second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Refolution be re-committed; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The reft of the faid Refolutions, being feverally read 
a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to take into further Con- 
fideration the prefent State of the publick Credit of this 
Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may-have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow. Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to take into further Confideration the prefent State of the 
publick Credit of this Kingdom, 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morns 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


_— 





ott. 


Martis, 20° die Decembris; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 172. 
PRAYERS. 


Teutenant General Wills, from the Board of Ord- 
nance, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, an Eftimate of the Charge of 
the Office of Ordnance for the Year 1721, for Land 
Service : 
And: the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 
The faid Eftimate is as follows; viz. 


AN 








7 Geo. I. 


AN Eftimate of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance for the Year 1721. 


~ For Land Service. 


The Ordinary of the Office, comprifing Salaries, Rents, Repairs.of Store- 
houies, Barracks, Platforms, Carriages, Stores for Garifons, and other inci- 


dent Charges 
Eftablifhments at Maon, 


Flanders, Spain, and on feveral Expeditions 


Towards carrying on the Fortifications at Maon 
Towards rebuilding the ? Plymouth 
Gun Wharfs at Chatham 


Exceedings in the Year 1720, by Order of their Excellencies the Lords Juftices, for which as yet 
been allowed by Parliament. 


Gibraltar 
For 2 South Carolina 
Babama \flands 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Houfe being informed, ‘That Sir Thomas Coleby, | 


One of the late Commiffioners for Tranfports, attended at 
the Door ;- 
He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Tranfport Office, 
3d November 1720. 
Due for Freight of Ships 


mee 


The Charge of tranfporting an Independent Company to South Carolina, under the Command of 


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Gibraltar, Annapolis, Placentia, and North Britain --- 
Half Pay of the Officers, who have ferved well in the Trains of Artillery in 


I il 





da. Lo. :h 
oe ~- 38,835 7 6 
9,962 3 9 
--- --- 2,080 12 6 
50,878 3 9 
--- --- 12,000 0 O 
—_ — 2,000 oO oO 


3,000 Oo O 





17,000 0 O 





67,878 3 9 





no Money hath 


— 22,092 11 8 
gi4 12 2 
2,283 6 4 








25,290 10 2 
Cha. Wills, T. Wheate, T. White, 
Tho. Frankland, Fobn Armftrong. 


Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, an 
Eftimate of the Debt for Tranfport Service, as it ftood 
on the 3oth of September 1720. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 

The faid Eftimate is as follows; viz. 





AN Eftimate of the Debt for Tranfport Service, as it ftood on the 3oth of September 1720. 


tad eee 


23,194 6 g 


Colonel Nicholfon, and for Freight of Three Months Provifions, which is to fuffice them tor that 


time after cheir Arrival there 


For Salaries, Rent of the Office, and of Warehoufes, and for Stationary-ware, Candles, Coals, 


and other Contingences --- pal 


Remaining in the Hands of the Treafurer of his Majefty’s Navy 
Total Sum due, Twenty-four thoufand One hundred and Twenty-nine Pounds Sixteen Shillings 


and Five Pence Farthing 
Exam. per P. Cranke. 


owe es 


850 0 Oo 


a@en sa 5 


544 9 





245588 16 63 
459 0 If 





24,129 16 
F. Fawler, 





Memorandum: The 15th of December 1749, the Parliament voted, for the extraordinary bo. Colby, 


Charge for Tranfport Services for the Year 1719, the Sum of Twenty thoufand Five 
hundred and Thirty Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Ten Pence; of which no Part hath 


been received. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unte fubfcribed, Owners and Proprietors in fundry re- 
deemable Debts, carrying Five Pounds per Centum, and 
Four Pounds per Centum, Intereft, payable at the Bank of 
England and alfo in feveral Orders and Tickets in the 
Lotteries of 1710, 1713, 1714, and 1719; in behalf of 
themfelves, and others; was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, upon the Pre- 
fumption of having the fame Liberty of an Option and 
Choice as was fome time before given the long Annuities 
by the South Sea Company, did, in the Month of July 
and Augu/ft aft, either by themfelves, or their Attornies, 
fubferibe their feveral and refpective Shares in the above- 
mentioned redeemable Debts; thereby declaring their Will- 
ingnefs to accept of Stock, in the faid Company, at fuch 
Rates as fhould be agreed on between the Proprietors and 
the Company: But the Governor and Company have 
Not, as yet, come to any Agreement with the Petitioners, 
according to Law. what Stock they fhall have for their 
feveral and refpeétive Interefts and Shares; neither have 
they accepted any Stock, in liew thereof: That, fore time 
after, the faid Company did propofe so admit them into 


Ken. Edifbury. 


their Stock, by allowing them for every Eight hundred 
Pounds in the redeemable Debts, taking them in at One 
hundred and Five Pounds per Cent. only One hundred 
Pound of their Stock; and that they would divide 
Thirty Pounds per Centum at Chrifimas following, and not 
lefs than Fifty Pounds per Cent. per Annum, for Twelve 
Years after: That, in.a fhort time after, feveral of the 
Petitioners, complaining of, and difliking, the Propofal, 
the Company publifhed another Scheme; thereby de- 
claring, they would admit them into Stock at Four hun- 
dred Pounds per Centum, Midfummer Dividend included ; 
but ftill without a Liberty to accept or refufe, as prefcribed 
by the Law: That, by fundry Claufes in the South Sea 
Ad, the faid Company have undertaken to pay off all, 
and feverally, the faid Debts, at the Rate of One hundred 
Pounds per Cent. on or before the Twenty-firft of March 
1721 and that, if all or any of the Proprietors of the 
redeemable Debts fhould be willing or defirous to accept 
and take a Share in the Capital, or Joint Stock, it’s to be 
at fuch Price or Prices as fhould be agreed on by or be- 
tween the faid Company, and the Proprietors of the faid 
Debts, without Compulfion upon any of the faid Pro- 
prietors: That, by an Advertifement in the Gazette of 
the 22d of Oéfober laft, the faid Company ordered their 
refpective Interefts and Shares in the feveral Annuities 


i transferrable 































y 

394 : 
transferrable at the Bank to be writ off from their Ac- 
counts; and alfo to have their Orders and Tickets can- 
celled at the fundry* Offices, without: coming ‘to any 
Agreement with them for the fame, as*preferibed by the 
Ac: And praying, That they may be defended in their 
jutt Rights againft the illegal Proceedings of the South 
Sea Company; ahd that they may either be heard, by 


themfelves, or Counfel. bs to 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Farrer, according to’ Order,’reported from the 
Committee of thé whole Houle, who: were to take into 
further Confideration the prefent State of the publick Cre- 
dit of this Kingdom, the Refolutions t!ey had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame were read; and are as'follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That nothing can tend more towards Eftablifhing of pub- 
lick Credit, than preventing the infamous Practice of 
Stock-jobbing. : oe, 

Rejolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Subfcriptions of publick Debts and Incum- 
brances, Money Subfcriptions, and other Contracts made 
with the South Sea Company, by virtue of an A&amp; of the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, remain in the prefent State, 
unlefs altered for the Eafe and Relief of the Proprietors, 
by a General Court of the South Sea Company, or fet 
afide by due Courfe of Law. 

The Firft Refolution being read a Second time ; 

An Amendment was propoted to be made therein, by 
leaving out thefe Words, ‘* nothing can tend more,” and 
to infert, inftead thereof, ** it will very much contribute :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. — 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Refolution, by leaving oyt ‘ than preventing,” 
and inferting ‘* to prevent,” inftead thereof: 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. ; 

~ Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That this Houfe doth 
acree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, fo 
amended, That it will very much contribute towards 
Eftablifhing of publick Credit, to prevent the infamous 
Practice of Stock-jobbing. ; 

The Second Refolution being read a Second time ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee in the faid Refolution ; 

And a Debate arifing in'the Houfe thereupon 5 

Anda Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


. Gyblon, 
Tellers for the Yeas,3 Mir Qi _ 


t 88. 

Tellers for the Noes, } “4 re ye Waipee, t 232. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Relolution, That all Subfcriptions of 
publick Debts.and Incumbrances, Money Subicriptions, 
and other Contraéts made with the South Sea Company, 
by virtue of an Aét of the laft Seffion.of Parliament, ‘re- 
main in the prefent State, unlefs altered, for the Eafe and 
Relief of the Proprietors,» by a General-Court of the 
South Sea Company, or fet afide by due Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, That'a Bill be brought in, purfvant ro the 
Firft of the faid Refolutions: And:that Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Hutchefon, Mr. Lowndes, and Mr. Hungerford, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. , ) 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of .the whole Houte, to 
take into further Confideration the prefent State of the 
publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





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A. 1720, 


Mercurit,: 210 die Decemibris ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS, Bia jay 
WR. Lowndes prefenited’ to the Houfe, purfuant to. 
their Addrets to his Majefty, an Account of feveral 
Surpluffes, ftated at Michaelmas: 720: 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the fatd Account be referred: to the'Com.: 
mittee of the whole Houfe, whoare to confider further of 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. ~—  &amp; ws) Gen 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 


. refolve itfelf into the faid Committee; 


Ordered, That the Certificate of the principal Sum 
remaining unpaid on Malt, Anno 1719, be reterred to 
the faid Committee. orb vn » WI 

Ordered, That the.Eftimate of the Charge .of, the Out 
Penfioners of Chelfea Hof pital for the Year 1721, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Office | 
of Ordnance for the Year.1721, for Land Service, be 
referred to the faid Committee, F 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Exceedings for the 
Land Forces for the Year 1720, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 13 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, -. _. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had directed 
him. to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 3 ) 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. PN, Pb lM ae 

The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
take into further Confideration the prefent State of the. 
publick Credit of this Kingdom; 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at: Arms attending this 
Houle do go with the Mace into Weftunnfter-bali, the 
Court of Requefts, and Places adjacent, and {ummon the 
Members there to attend she Service of the Houle. 

And he went accordingly. 

And, being returned; ; 

The Houte refolved itfelf into.the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, ‘ 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. , 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs.in the Matter to them res 
ferred; and had direéted him to move the Houfe, That the 
Committee may have Power to receive Propofals from the 
Bank of England, the South Sea Company, and the Eaf 
India Company, towards reftoring publick Credit. | 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Power to re- 
ceive Propofals from the Bank of England, the South Sea 
Company, and the Eaft India Company, towards reftoring 
publick Credit. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the faid Committee, That 
they ‘had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. ; | 

Refolved, Vhat this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to take into further Confideration the pretent State of the 
publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Fovis, 











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Fovis, 22° die Decembris ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720: 
PRAYERS. 


R. Lade prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for Naturalizing of Joachim Peterffen: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


_Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refo- 
lutions they had direéted him to report to the Houfe,; 
which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in 
at the Clerk’s Table: "Where the fame were read; and are 
as follow; viz. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen thoufand Twohundred 
Seventy-eight Pounds Eight Shillings and Nine Pence, 
be granted to his Majefty, upon Account, for Out Pen- 
fioners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1721. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thoufand Five hundred 
Eighty-one Pounds Nineteen Shillings and Three Pence, 
be granted to his Majefty for defraying fevera! extraor- 
dinary Expences for the Service of his Majefty’s Land 
Forces, for the Year 1720, not provided for by Par- 
liament. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred fifty-three 


thoufand Fight hundred Five Pounds Fourteen Shillings | 


and Two Pence, Principal Money, remaining unlatished 
on the Regifter for the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, which were granted for the Service of the 
Year 1719; and fo much as fhall remain due for the In- 
tere(t thereof; be granted to his Majefty, for Satisfaction 
of the faid Principal, and Intereft. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum not exceeding Eighty-two thoufand Seven 
hundred Ninety-three Pounds Nineteen Shillings and 
Ten Pence 44, be granted to his Majefty, for making 
good the Deficiency of the General Fund of Seven hun- 
dred Twenty-four thoufand Eight hundred Forty-nine 
Pounds Six Shillings and Ten Pence One-fifth Part of 
a Peny, per Annum, for the Year ended at Michaelmas 
1720. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty-feven thoufand Eight 
hundred Seventy-eight Pounds Three Shillings and 
Nine Pence, be granted to his Majeity, for the Charge 
of the Office of Ordnance for Land Service, for th 
Year 1721. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty-five thoufand Two 
hundred Ninety Pounds Ten Shillings and ‘Two Pence, 
be granted to his Majefty, for defraying feveral extraor- 
dinary Expences of the Office of Ordnance for Land 
Service, for the Year 1720, not provided for by Par- 
liament. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Quettion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf inco a Committee of the 
whole Houle, to confider of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Vou, XIX. 


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Veneris, 23° die Decembris. 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, of the City of Worceffer, in Council aflem- 
bled, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, 
That as they were obliged, laft Seffions, to make Appli- 
cation to this Houfe, to retrieve the decaying Frade of 
the Clothiers; fo they muft now, in the behalf of that 
whole City, whofe Trade, of all Sorts is at the loweft 
ebb, impute their Misfortune to that, pernicious and de- 
teftable Practice of Stock-jobbing, fo dettruétive to Trade, 
and the Glory and Bulwark of Great Britain; and pray- 
ing Relief, 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for preventing the infamous Pra&amp;ice of 
Stock-jobbing, fhall be brought in. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker Icit the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to fome Refolutions ; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleate to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurfday 
Morning next. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
South Sea Company attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of all the Proceedings whatfoever of 
the Court of Directors, and General Court of the Soutd 
Sea Company, relating to an Act paffed in the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, intituled, An Act for enabling the South 
Sea Company to increafe their Capital Stock, and Fund, 
by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as 
are therein mentioned, Ee. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to take into farther 
Confideration the prefent State of the publick Credit of 
this Kingdom. 

The taid Account is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon Monday 
the Ninth Day of Fazuary next. " 

Ordered, That fuch Members as fhall not then attend 
the Service of the Houfe, be fent for in Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Téurfdey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to take into farther Confideration the prefent State 
oi the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Thurfdzy Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 29° die Decembris; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. , 
HE Houfe being acquainted, That the Sub Go- 
vernor and Deputy Governor of the South Sea Com- 


pany attended at the Door; 
5H They 








394 


They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houte feveral Books, containing an Account of feveral 
Matters ordered to be laid before the Houle by the Di- 
rectors of the faid Company; with a Schedule of them, 
and a Return of the faid Directors, relating thereunto: 
And they acquainted the Houfe, That the reft of the 
Accounts, ordered to be Jaid before the Houfe, were pre- 
paring, with the utmott Expedition, to be laid before this 
Houte. 

And then they withdrew. 

The faid Schedule and Retutn were read; and are as 
follow 3 

The Schedule, in Obedience to an Order of the ho- 
nourable Houle of Commons of the Fifteenth of Decem- 
ber inftant: 

A particular Account of the Nine millions Three hun- 
dred thirty thoufand Six hundred Sixty-eight Pounds 
Eleven Shillings lent out upon the Stock of the South Sea 
Company; to whom, at what Times, and upon what 
Securities, the fame was lent; and how much of the faid 
Sum has been repaid, by whom, and at what Times: Alfo, 

An Account of the Two millions Two hundred twenty- 
eight thoufand Eighty-nine Pounds lent out upon Sub- 
fcriptions taken in by the faid Company; to whom, at 
what Times, and upon what Security, the fame was lent ; 
and how much of the faid Sum has been repaid, by whom, 
and at what Times: 

Both which Accounts are contained in Book, N° 1; 

In Obedience to an Order of the honourable Houfe of 
Commons, of the Seventeenth of December inftant; 

The Lifts of the Money Subfcriptions that were deli- 
vered to, or made by, them, upon the Second and Third 
Subicriptions; and the Sums that have been paid there- 
upon: Which Lifts are alphabetical; and contained in Five 
Books; viz. 

One Book, containing the Lifts of the Second Money 
Subfcription, N° 2: 

Four other Books, containing the Lifts of the Third 
Money Subicription. 

The Return; 

In Obedience to the faid Order of the Seventeenth of 
December inftant, the Direétors of the South Sea Com- 
pany do lay before this Houfe the Lifts of the Money 
Subfcriptions that were delivered to, or made by, them, 
upon the Second and Third Subfcriptions ; and the Sums 
that have been paid thereupon: Which Lifts are alpha- 
betical ; and contained in Five Books; viz. 

One Book, containing the Lifts of the Second Money 
Subfcription : 

One other Book, containing the Lifts of the Third 
Money Subfcription, of the Letters A, B,C, D: 

One other Book, containing the Lifts of the fame Sub- 
fcription, of the Letters E, F, G,-H, I, K: 

One other Book, containing the Lifts of the fame Sub- 
fcription, of the Letters L, M, N, O, P, Q: And, 

One other Book, containing the Lifts of the fame Sub- 
fcription, of the Letters R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z. 

Ordered, That the faid Books do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Books are bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. , 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
€ommittee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majefty, the Refolutions they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe;. which he read in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where they were read; 
and are as follow ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 
the Sum of Three Siillings in the Pound, and no more, 
be raifed, in the Year 1721, upon Lands, Tenements, 
Hereditaments, Penfions, Offices, and perlonal Eftates, 
in that Part of Great Britain called England, Wale, and the 
Town of Berwick upon Tweed; and that a proporiionable 
Cefs, according to the Ninth Article of the Treaty for 


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A. 1720, 


the Union, be laid upon that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majetty, 
the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, which, 
by former Acts of Parliament, have Continuance to the 
Twenty-fourth Day of Fue 1721, be further coutinued, 
and charged upon all Malt which fhall be made, and ail 
Mum which fhall be made or imported, and all Cyder 
and Perry which fhall be made for Sale, within the King- 
dom of Great Britain, from the Twenty-third Day of 
Fune, 1721 to the Twenty-fourth Day of Fune 1722. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Bills be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Stanboe, and Mr. Lowndes, do prepare, 
and bring in the faid Bills. 


Ordered, That the Directors of the South Sea Com- 
pany do lay before this Houfe, the Calculations, or Induce- 
ments, on which they teok in theThird and Fourth Money 
Subfcriptions at a Thoufand Pounds per Cent.; and alfo 
the Sheme, or Calculation, or other Inducements, upon 
which they grounded the Refolutions of making a Divi- 
dend of Thirty Pounds per Cent. at Chrifimas, and of 
not lefs than Fifty Pounds per Cent per Annum for Twelve 
Years after. 

Ordered, That the Sub Governor and Deputy Governor 
of the faid Company do lay before this Houfe, a Lift of 
the Names of the Directors of the faid Company ; toge- 
ther with the Names of the Treafurer, Secretary, and Ac- 
countant, of the faid Company. 

Ordered, That the Directors of the faid Company do 
lay before this Houfe, the original Book or Books of the 
Minutes of the Committee of Treafury of the faid Com- 
pany fince the Twenty-fifth Day of December 1719. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to take into farther Con- 
fideration the prefent State of the publick Credit of this 
Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker retumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred ; and had directed him to move, That they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to take into farther Confideration the prefent 
State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That the Directors of the South Sea Company 


do lay before this Houfe, a Copy of the Bye Laws of the 
faid Company. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 4° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
QReered, That the Reverend Doétor Baker be defired 
to preach before this Houfe, at Saint Margaret's, 
Weftminfter, upon the Thirtieth Day of Fanuary inftant: 


And that Mr. Secretrary Craggs and Mr. Plumptre do ac- 
quaint him therewith. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, prefented to the 
Houle, a Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by 4 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service i 

the 








7 GEO. I. 


the Year 1721: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


_ The Houfe being acquainted, That the Secretary to 
the Truftces for Dagenbam Breach attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to an A&amp;t of Parliament for that Par- 
pofe, an Account of the Treafurer to the Truftees for 
Degenbam Breach, from Michaelmas 1719 to Michaelmas 
1720. 
TKnd then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Paper¢ 

of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters: And that Mr. 
Treby, and the Lord Carpenter, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That Leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to reftrain the Sub Governor, Deputy 
Governor, Directors, Treafurer, Under Treafurer, Ca- 
fhier, Secretary, and Accountants, of the South Sea Com- 
pany, from going out of this Kingdom for the Space of 
One Year, and until the End of the next Seffion of Par- 
liament; and for difcovering their Eftates and Effects ; 
and for preventing the tranfporting or alienating the fame: 
And that the Mafter of the Ralls, Mr. Horatio Walpole, 
Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Attorney General, Mir. Soli- 
citor General, Mr. Fefferies, and Mr. Cowper, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolued, Nemine contradicente, That a Committee be 
appointed to inquire into all the Proceedings relating to 
the Execution of the Act, paffed the laft Seffion of Par- 
liament, intituled, An Aét for enabling the South Sea 
Company to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, 
by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are 
therein mentioned ; and for raifing Money, to be applied 
for leffening teveral of the publick Debts and Jncum- 
brances; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills 
remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth new Biils, 
in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, upon De- 
mand, ator near the Exchequer. 

Refelved, That the Number of the faid Committee be 
Thirteen. 

Refolved, That the faid Committee be chofen by way of 
Balloting. 

Ordered, That the Members of the Houfe do, upon 
Friday next, at Twelve of the Clock, prepare Lifts, to 
be put into Glafies, of Thirteen Perfons Names, to be the 
{aid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to take 
into further Confideration the prefent State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom ; 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

The Houle divided, 

The Noes go forth, | 

Tellers for the Yeas, ne pee. ¢ a81. 
Tellers for the Noes, } = oi t 76 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. | 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported trom the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 


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ferred; and had direétéd him to moves That they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
fefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
take into further Confideration the prefent State of the 
publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That al! Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





‘Fovis; §° die ‘fanuarit; 
0 4 ae 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


GS} R Fobn Fernings prefented to the Houfe, purfaant to 
their Addrefs to his Majefty, an Account of the 
Charge of the Rebuildings and Extra Repairs of the Navy 
between the Firft of Fanuary 1719, and the Thirty-firlt 
of Ofober 1720: And alfo, | 

An Account of all his Majefty’s Ships and Veffels in 
Sea Pay, which have been employed this Year, and on 
what Stations, with their feveral Complements, or Num- 
ber of Men: And alfo, . 

An Abftraét of the Number of Men borne and muftered 
aboard his Majefty’s Ships in Sea Pay in the Year 1720. 

or the Titles of the faid Accounts and Abitract were 
read. 

Ordered; That the faid Accounts and Abftra&amp; do lie 
upon the Table; to be perufed by the Members of the 
Houfe. 

The faid Accounts and Abftract are bound up with the 

other Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to take into further Con- 
fideration the prefent State of the publick Credit of this 
Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had received Propofals from the South Sea Company, the 
Bank of England, and Eaft India Company; and had 
come to a Refolution; which Propofals and Refolution 
they had direéted him to report, when the Houfe wiil 
pleafe to receive the iame. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Report be received To-morrow Mora- 
ing. 

"The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr, Chetwynd, 
Tellers for the Yeas, 4 Mr. Micklethwaite: 


i 140. 
she N Mr. Paimer, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr, Soper : 


i 153. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Report be reecived upon Tue/fday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned: till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 6° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Oachim Peterffen took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


The Houfe being moved, That the A&amp;, of the Ninth 
Year of her late Majetty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to 
oblige Ships coming from Places infeCted more effectually 
to perform their Quarantine, might be read; mn 

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396 


The farhe was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare,-and bring in, a Bill for 
altering and amending the Laws for obliging Ships coming 
from Places infeéted to perform their Quarantine; and 
for preventing the Spreading of Infection; That they do 
prepare, and bring in, a Ciaufe in the faid Bill, to repeal 
the faid Act of the Ninth Year of ther faid lace Majefty’s 
Reign. 


A Petition of the Adventurers, whofe Names are there- 
unto fub{cribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
fecting forth, That great Numbers of new Houfes have, 
of late Years, been built within the Cities of London and 
Wefiminfter ; and that, by reafon thereof, the Rivers and 
Waters brought unto the faid Cities, and Places adja- 
cent, for the Ufe of the Inhabitants thereof, are not fuffi- 
cient to fupply them with Waters neceflary for their ordi- 
nary Occafions: That the Petitioners, at their great Pains 
and Charges, have found out Ways and Means whereby 
a great Quantity of good and wholfome Water may be 
brought trom one or more Streams or Rivers that run by 
or near the Village of Drayton, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, to fome Place near the Cities of London and Weft- 
minfter, from whence the Inhabitants may be plentifully 
fupplied therewith: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for eficcting the faid Under- 
taking. 

Ordered, Tivat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Members of the Houfe do, upon 
Monday next, at Twelve of the Clock, prepare Lifts to 
be put into Glaffes, of Thirteen Perfons Names, to be a 
Committee to inquire into all Proceedings relating to the 
Execution of the Act, pafied the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Act for enabling the South Sea Com- 
pany to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, by 
redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are 
therein mentioned ; and for raifing Moncey, to be applied 
for leffening feveral of the publick Debts and Incum- 
brances ; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills 
remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth new Bills, 
in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, upon De- 
mand, at or near the Exchequer. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Sub Governor 
and Deputy Governor of the Suto Sea Company attended 
at the Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, feveral Books and Accounts, purfuant to feveral 
Orders of the Houfe; with a Schedule of them. 

And then they withdrew. 

The faid Schedule was read; and is as foll.; viz. 

Purfuant to an: Order of the l’itteenth of December 
Jatt ; 

An Account of the Authorities and Powers the Court 
of Directors of the South Sea Company had, trom the 
General Court of the faid Company, to lend out Money 
on the Stock and Subfcriptions of the faid Company : 

Purfuant to an Order of the Twenty-ninth ot December 
Jaft 3 

A Lift of the Names of the Directors cf the South Sea 
Company; together with the Names of the Treafurer, 
Secretary, and Accountant, of the faid Company: And 
alfo, 

Copy of the Bye Laws of the South Sea Company: And 
alfo, 

The original Minutes of the Committee of the Trea- 
fury of the South Sea Company fince the Twenty-fith of 
December 17,19, contained in One ftitched Buok, and One 
bound Book : 

Parfuant to an Order of the Seventeenth of December 
laft; 

A Lift of the Money Subfcription that was delivered 
to, or made by, the Directors of the South Sea Company, 


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upon the Fourth Subfcription; and the Sums that have 
been paid thereupon. 
Ordered, That the faid Books and Papers do lie upon 
the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe, 
The faid Books and Papers are bound up with the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Directo#s of thé Sceuth Sea Company 
do lay before this Houfe, a State of their prefent increafed 
Capital; and how the fame has been diftributed, and dif. 
poted of; viz. how much of the faid in¢reafed Capital 
has been difpofed of to the Firit and Second Subfcribers 
of the publick Debts, and how mucli to the laft Mid- 
Jummer Dividend of Ten Pounds per Centum in Stock; 
and to how much of the faid increafed Capital the Pro- 
prietors of the Four Money Sub{criptions are intitled re- 
fpectively, according to the laft Allowance at the General 
Court of the faid Company. 

Ordered, That the faid Directors do lay before this 
Houle, an Account of the whole Sum paid, and to be 
paid, on the Four Money Subicriptions, according to their 
prefent Scheme and Contraéts; diftinguifhing iow much 
of the faid Sum has been actually paid, and how much 
remains to be paid. 

Ordered, That the faid Directors do lay before this 
Houfe, a State of what their Capital Stock will be, in cate 
the remaining Payments of the laft Three Money Sub- 
fcriptions are diicharged, and Stock be allowed to thofe 
Proprietors at the Rate of One hundred Pounds Stock ; 
with the Midjummer Dividend of Ten Pounds per Cent. 
for every Four hundred Pounds actually paid in. 

Ordered, That the Directors of the Zaft India Company 
do lay before this Houfe, the Agreement that was made by 
them, with the Directors of the Soutb Sea Company, for 
the Difpofition and Diftribution of the One million and 
an Half Partof the Nine millions propofed to be ingrafted 
upon the Stock of the Zaft India Company, from that of 
the South Sea Company. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 9° die ‘fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 

HE Houfe being acquainted, That Mr. Heary 
Lyell, One of the Direétors of the Eaf India Com- 
pany, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and prefented to the Houfe, the 
Agreement which was made by the Directors of the Eaf 
India Company with the South Sea Company, for the 
Difpofition and Diftribution of the One million and a 
Half Part of the Nine millions propofed to be ingrafted 
upon the Stock of the Eaf India Company, from that of 
the South Sea Company. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the faid Agreement was read; and is as follows; 
Vid 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in 
Parliament affembled. 
May it pleafe your Honours, 
HIS honourable Houte having, on the 6th Inftant, 
been pleafed to order the Zaft India Company to lay 
before your Honours the Agreement that was made by 
them with the South Sea Company, for the Difpofition 
and Diftribution of the One million and a Half, Part of 
the Nine millions propofed to be ingrafted upon the 
Stock of the Eaft India Company, from that of the Soutb 
Sea Company; the faid Company, in Obedience there- 
unto, do lay before this honourable Houfe the faid Agree- 
ment, which is in the Words following, wz. 
The remaining 20 per Cent. Part of the Nine millions, 


making, in the Whole, One million and a Half, to 
2 be 











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be difpofed of as follows; viz. 640,000/. Part 
thereof, and which makes 20 per Cent. of the Eajt 
India Company’s prefent Stock, to be added to the 
Stock of their refpective Adventurers; the remain- 
ing 860,000/ to be referved for the common Bene- 
fit and Advantage of the whole Capital, fo increafed; 
and to be difpofed of as the faid Company fhall think 
fit. 
Signed, by Order of the Directors 

of the faid Company, 
Tho. Woolley, Secretary: 


Ordered, That the faid Agreement do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


Eaft India Houfe, 
London, the gth Fanuary 1720. 


A Petition of divers Fifhermen and Mariners living in 
Port/mouth, in the County of Southampton, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting torth, That as well the 
Petitioners, as great Numbers more of Fifhermien and 
Mariners living on the Sea-coaft about Port/mouth, have, 
for many Years paft, fupported themfelves and Families 
by Fifhing and Taking of Oyfters: That large French 
Veffels have lately come frequently over to this Coaitt, 
laden with French Oyfters; fo that our Markets are glut- 
ted with them, and the Englifh Oyfters rendered of little 
Ufe: And praying Relief. 

Ordered; That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 


The Order of the Day, for the Call of the Houfe, 
being read; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
til this Day Sevennighte. 


' The other Order of the Day being read, for thé Mem- 
bers to prepare Lifts, to be put into Glaffes, of Thirteen 
Perfons Names to be a Committee to inquire into all Pro- 
ceedings relating to the Execution of the Act, paffed the 
Jaft Seflion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for enabling the 
South Sea Company to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, 
and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incum- 
brances as are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, 


to be applied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts - 


and Incumbrances; and for calling in the prefent Exche- 
quer Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making ‘orth 
new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, 
upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer; . 

The Clerk, and Clerk Affiftant, went on each Side the 
‘Houfe, with Glaffes, to receive from the Members the Lifts 
of Perfons Names to be the faid Committee: And. the 
faid Lifts, being received, were brought up to the Ta- 
ble. 

Ordered, That a Committee bé appointed to examine 
the faid Lifts; and report to the Houfe; upon which 
Thirteen Perfons the Majority falls : ie i 

And it is referred to Lord Wm. Powlett, Colonel Co- 
drington, Mr. Zreby, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Bertie, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Selwyn, 
Mr. Sloper, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr: Tho. Conyers, Sit Fobn 
Rufhout, Mr. Serjeant Mead, Mr. Wefty Mr. Fobn Con- 
yers, Mr. Strangways, Mr. Snell, Mr. Micklethwaite, 
Mr. ‘Plumptre, Mr. Boteler, Sir Hen. Aifbburfl, Sir Ro- 
bert Furnefe, Mr. Vernon, Mr: Walpole, Mr. Milner, 
Mr. Carteret, Sir Richard Steel,,Mr. Clayton, Mr. Wil- 
loughby, Mr. Gwyn, Mr.. Smith, Mr. Yonge, Sir Arthur 
Kay, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Monroe; Mr. London, Mr. 
Drew, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Lord Morpeth: And they 


are to withdraw immediately into’ the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


_ And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. : 


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397 


Martis, 10° die fanuarii 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being acquainted, That the Sub Gover- 
nor of the Seuwsh Sea Company attended at the 
Door ; ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar; prefented to the 
Houfe feveral Accounts, purfuant to feveral Orders of the 
Houle; with a Schedule of them; 

And then he withdrew. 

The faid Schedule was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

A State of the prefent increafed Capital of the South 
Sea Company; and how the fame hath been diftri- 
buted, and difpofed of; viz. How much of the faid in- 
creafed Capital hath been difpofed of to the Fitft and 
Second Subfcribers of the publick Debts; and how much 
to the laft Adid/ummer Dividend of Ten Pounds per Cent. 
in Stock; and to how much of the faid increafed Capital 
the Proprietors of che Four Money Subfcriptions are inti- 
tled refpectively, according to the laft Allowance at the 
General Court of the faid Company: petate 

An Account of the whole Sum paid, and to be paid; 
on the Four Money Subicriptions taken by the South Sea 
Company, according to their prefent Scheme and Con- 
tracts; diftinguifhing how much of the faid Sum has 
been actually paid, and how much remains to be paid: 

A State of what the Capital Stock of the South Sea 
Company will be, in cafe the remaining Payments of 
the laft Three Money Subfcriptions are difcharged, and 
Stock be allowed to thofe Proprietors, at the Rate of 
One hundred Pounds Stock; with the Midfunmer Divi- 
dend of Ten. per Cent: for every Four hundred Pounds 
actually paid in. ; ’ 

Ordered, That the faid States and Account do lie upon 
the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe: 

The faid States and Accounts are bound up with the 

other Papers of this Seffion: 


The Matter of the Rolis prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to reftrain the Sub Governor, 
Deputy Governor, Directors, Treafurer, Under Trea- 
jurer, Cafhier, Secretary, and Accountants, of the Soush 
Sed Company, from going out of this Kingdom for the 
Space of One Year; and until the End of the next Sef- 
fion of Parliament; and for difcovering their Eftates and 
Effects; and for preventing the tranfporting or alienating 
the ame: And the fame was received; and read the Firit 
Ss ee en ea . 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time To- 


morrow Morning: 


Mr. Attorney General prefented to the Houle, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for altering and amending the Laws 
for obliging Ships..coming from Places infected to per- 
form their Quarantine; and for preventing the Spreading 
of Infeétion: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firtume . | ' 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time To- 
mofrow Morning: 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to take into Confideration the prefent State ,of the pub- 
lick Credit of this Kingdom, the Propofals of the South 
Sea Company, Bank of England, and Eaf India Com- 
pany; with the Refolution of the Committee thereupon 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the faid Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read. 


The faid Propofals and Refolution age as follow; viz. 


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398 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in 
Parliament affembled : | 
THE Corporation of the Governor and Company of 
Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
Seas, and other Parts of America; and for encouraging 
the Fithery; being, in purfuance of an A&amp; of the laft Sef- 
fion of this prefent Parliament, in that behalf, become in- 
titled to a Capital Stock, amounting, in the Whole, to 
about the Sum of 37,801,240/. 10.; 
They do humbly propofe ; 

- That a Sum, not exceeding Nine millions of the Capi- 
tal of the South Sea Company, together with an Annuity 
of 51. per Cent. per Annum, iffuing from the Exchequer, 
and payable weekly, be ingrafted into the Capital Stock 
of the Bank of England, and be added to their prefent 
Capital Stock of 5,559,995 /. 145. 8d: 

And that every Proprietor of the faid Nine millions, fo 
to be ingrafted, be intitled to a Share in the Capital of 
the Bank, at the Rate of 120/. per Cent. viz. For every 
120/. in the faid Nine millions, to be ingrafted, each 
Proprietor to have roo/. Stock in the Bank : 

The remaining 20/. per Cent. Part of the faid Nine 
millions, making, in the Whole, One million and an Half, 
to be referved for the common Benefit and Advantage of 
the Proprietors of the whole Capital, fo increafed : 

And that a certain Sum be annually allowed to the Bank, 
towards their Charges of Management. 

They alfo propofe ; 

That a Sum, not exceeding Nine millions of the Capi- 
tal of the South Sea Company, together with an An- 
nuity of 5/. per Cent. per Annum, ifluing from the Ex- 
chequer, payable weekly, be ingrafted into the Stock of 
the Eaft India Company, be added to their prefent Capi- 
tal Stock of 3,200,000/. : 

That every Proprietor of the faid Nine millions, fo to 
be ingrafted, be intitled to a Share in the Capital of the 
Eajt India Stock, at the Rate of 120/. per Cent.; viz. For 
every 120/. in the Nine millions, fo to be ingrafted, each 
Proprietor to have 1oo/. Stock in the Eaf India Com- 

any: 

, The remaining 20/. per Cent, Part of the Nine millions, 
making, in the Whole, One million and an Half, to be 
difpofed of, and diftributed, purfuant to an Agreement 
betwixt the Courts of Directors of the Eaf? India Com- 
pany and Seuth Sea Companies : 

And that a certain Sum be annually allowed to the 
Eajft India Company, towards their Charges of Manage- 
ment. 

By Order of the General Court of 
the South Sea Company. . 
D. Weftcomb, Secretary. 


South Sea Houfe, 
4th January 1720. 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in 
Parliament aflembled : 
PTHE Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 
under the prefent Circumftances of publick Credit, 
are willing to admit, that Nine millions of the Capital 
of the South Sea Company, together with an Annuity 
of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum, iffuing from the 
Exchequer, payable weekly, and free from all Incum- 
brances, be ingrafted into the Capital Stock of the Bank 
of England, and be added unto their prefent Capital Stock 
of Five millions Five hundred fifty-nine thoufand Nine 
hundred Ninety-five Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eight 
Pence: 

And that every Proprietor of the faid Nine millions, fo 
to be ingrafted, be intitled to a Share in the Capital of the 
Bank, at the Rate of One hundred and Twenty Pounds 
per Centum, viz. For every One hundred and Twenty 
Pounds in the faid Nine millions, to be ingrafted, each 
toe mygpey to have One hundred Pounds Stock in the 

ank: 

The remaining Twenty Pounds per Centum, Part of the 
faid Nine millions, making, in the Whole, One million 
and an Half, to be referved for the common Benefit and 
Advantage of the Preprietors of the whole Capital, fo 
increaled : 





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A. 1920. 


And that a certain Sum be annually allowed to the 

Bank, towards their Charges of Management. 

By Order of the General Court of 
the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of England, 

David Le Gros, Secretary. 


3d Fanuary 1720. 


To the honourable the Gommons of -Great Britain jp 
Parliament aflembled : ; 
May it pleafe your Honours, 
THE United Company of Merchants of Lagland 
trading to the Eaf Indies, having, on feverai preff. 
ing Occafions, given evident Proofs of their Readinefs to 
ferve the Publick, and being deeply feiifible of the Na- 
tion’s prefent unhappy Circumftances, are very willing, at 
this Juncture, to contribute their utmoft towards retrieving 
them, and repairing and fupporting the National Credit, 
even to their own particular Detriment: They are therefore 
willing to admit; viz. 

That a Sum, not exceeding Nine millions of the Ca- 
pital of the South Sea Company, together with an Annuity 
of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, iffuing from the 
Exchequer, payable weekly, and free from all Incum- 
brances, be ingrafted into the Stock of the. Eaf India 
Company, and added to their prefent Capital Stock of 
Three million Two hundred thoufand Pounds: 

That every Proprietor of the faid Nine millions, fo to 


_ be ingrafted, be intitled to a Share in the Capital of the 


Eaft India Stock, at the Rate of One hundred.and Twenty 
Pounds per Cent. ; viz. For every One hundred and Twenty 
Pounds in the Nine millions, fo to be ingrafted, each 
Proprietor to have One hundred Pounds Stock in the 
Eaft India Company; the remaining Twenty per Cent. 
Part of the Nine millions, making, in the Whole, One 
million and an Half, to be difpofed of, and diftributed, 
purfuant to an Agreement betwixt the Courts of Diredtors 
of the Eaft India and South Sea Companies : 

And that a certain Sum be annually allowed to the 
Eaft India Company, towards their Charges of Manage- 
ment. 

The faid Company do humbly hope, That this ho- 
nourable Houfe will be favourably pleafed to give them 
fuch Encouragements and Affiftances as may enable them 
to carry on their Trade more beneficially, and for the 
greater Advantage of the Nation. 

Signed, by Order of the Court of Direors, 
Tho. Woolley, Secretary. 


Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Ingraftment of Part of the Capital of the South 
Sea Company into the Capitals of the Bank of England, 
and the Eaft India Company, purfuant to the feveral Pro- 
pofals of the faid Companies, will contribute very much to 


the reftoring and eftablifhing publick Credit. 
The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Refolution be re-cammitted ; 

The Houfe divided. . 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, eg t 1343 

Tellers for the Noes, | oe ect i 267. 

So it, paffed in the Negative. 

Then thé Queftion being put, That the Houfe do 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, That an 
Ingraftment of Part of the Capital of the South Sea Com- 
pany into the Capitals of the Bank of England, and the 
Eaft India Company, purfuant to the feveral Propofals of 
the faid Companies, will contribute very much co the 
reftoring and eftablifhing publick Credit’; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Secretary Craggs, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr, Lowndes, and Mr. Stanbope, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. : i 

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7 GEO. I. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 11° die Fanuarit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Treby prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 


time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be-read a Second time. 


A Petition of Henry Muilman was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner is a 
Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance, having con- 
{tantly profeffed the Proteftant Religion, and given Tefti- 
mony of his Loyalty and Fidelity to his Majefty, and the 
Good of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And praying, 
That he may be. added to the Bill, now depending, for 
Naturalizing of Joachim Peterffen. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do Jie upon the Table 
till the faid Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Burgeffes and Inhabitants of the an- 
cient Town of Whitby, in the County of York, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That an 
A&amp; of Parliament was made, and paffed, in the Firft 
Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, in- 
tituled, An Act for the rebuilding and repairing the Piers 
of the Town and Port of Whitby, in the County ot York; 
whereby feveral Duties,'and Sums of Money, were grant- 
ed, and laid upon Ships and Veffels, and alfo upon Goods 
and Merchandizes, as therein is mentioned, for the Term 
of Nine Years; and by another Act, made in the Seventh 
Year of her faid late Majefty’s Reign, the faid Act above- 
mentioned, and the Duties and Sums thereby granted, 
were continued until the Firft of May 1723: That by and 
with the faid Duties already collected, and received, great 
Part of the faid Piers have been rebuilt; and, with the 
Money remaining to be collected, will, in all Likelihood 
and Probability, be completely rebuilt, and finifhed, by or 
before the faid Firft Day of May 1723; yet, after the 
faid time, there will be an abfolute Neceflity to keep and 
continue the fame in good Repair, from the Violence of 
the Sea; and, for that Purpofe, a conttant Fund will be 
neceflary to keep the fame in Repair, againft the 
Breaches the Sea fhall, from time to time, make: The 
feveral Duties already granted will be but barely fufficient 
to defray the Charge of rebuilding the faid Piers, and 
keeping the fame in Repair till the faid Firft Day of 
May 1723, without an Overplus: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Strickland, Lord Molefworth, 
Mr. Wild, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Gybbon, Sir 
Charles Turner, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Conyers, Lord 
Wm. Powlet, Brigadier Ferrers, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. 
Chulmley, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Earl, Mr. Wilfon, Sir Tho. 
Lee, Mr. Cox, Sir Charles Hotham, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Gar- 
teret, Mr. Fanfen, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Bromley, Colonel 
Morgan, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Freman, Mr. Eden, Mr. Hed- 
worth, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. God- 
fry, Mr. Herne, Sir Tho. Read, Mr. Stanbope, Mr. Brace- 
bridge, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sandys, Mir. Heathcote, Mr. Carte 
wright, .Sir Hea. Afoburft, Sir Fobn Rogers, Sir Alex- 
ander Cummyns; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of York, Lincoln, and Northumberland: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s: Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per« 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


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Mr. Serjeant Mead reported from the Committee, who 
were appointed to examine the Lifts, given in by the 
Members, of Thirteen Perfons Names, to be a Commit- 
tee to inquire into all the Proceedings relating to the Exe- 
cution of the Act, paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Ac&amp; for enabling the South Sea Company 
to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, by re- 
deeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are there- 
in mentioned; and for raifing Money, to be applied for 
leffening feveral of the publick Debts and Incumbrances; 
and for calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills, remaining 
uncancelled ; and for making forth new Bills, in lieu 
thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, upon Demand, 
at or near the Exchequer; and report to the Houfe on 
which Thirteen Perfons the Majority fell; That they bad 
examined the Lifts; and that the Majority had tallen 
upon, 

Thomas Brodrick Efquire 


-_ —- — 4 
Archibald Hutchefon Efquire — — — a6 
The Mafter of the Rolls _ — — 319 
Edward Wortley Efquire — — — 316 
Sit Thomas Pengelly, his Majefty’s Serjeant at Law 310 
William Clzyton Efquire =— — — 289 
Edward Feffreyes Efquire — — — 274 
Kobert Lord Vilcount Molefworth, of the King- 

dom of Jreland — _ — 267 
Thomas Strangways Efquire _ _ 209 
Wiktiam Sloper Eiquire - — _ — 204 
Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy — — 202 
The honourable Lieutenant General Charles 

Roffe Eiquire — —_— —_ Ig 
The honourabie Dixie Windfor Efquire —_— 178 


And they, or any Five of them, are to meet at Five of 
the Clock this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 
to have Power to adjourn from time to time, and from 
Piace to Place, as they fhall find it convenient; and to 
report their Proceedings, from time to time; to the 
Houfe: And to have Power to fend for Perfons; Papers, 
and Records. . 

Ordered, That the feveral Books and Papers which 
have been laid before this Houfe by the South Sea Com- 
pany; be referred to the faid Committee. 


A Bill to reftrain the Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, 
Direétors, Treafurer, Under Treafurer, Cafhier, Secre- 
tary, and Accountants, of the South Sea Company, from 
going out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, 
and until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and 
for difcovering their Eftates and Effects; and for pre- 
venting the tranfporting or alienating the fame; was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill for altering and amending the Laws for obliging 
Ships coming from Places infected to perform their Qua- 
rantine; and for preventing the Spreading of InfeCtion ; 
was, according to Order, read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will; To-morrow Morning, 
réfolve itfelf into 4 Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Fo-morrow Morr- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Fovis, 12° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. 
Godfrey : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing ‘foba Robethon, and George Robetbon, his 


Son, without any Amendment. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Bill for granting an Aid to his Ma- 
jefty, by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the 
Service of the Year 1721, be now read a Second time. 

The Bill was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
‘of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the ‘faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, 
and Direétors, of the South Sea Company, whoie Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That if the Bill to reftrain the Sub 
Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Treafurer, Un- 
der Treafurer, Cafhier, Secretary, and Accountants, of the 
South Sea Company, ‘from going out of this Kingdom for 
the Space of One Year; and for difcovering their Eftates 
and Effeéts; and for preventing the tranfporting or alien- 
ating the fame; be brought in as itnow ftands; it will not 
‘only deprive the Petitioners of their Liberties, but tend 
to the Ruin of them, and their Families; and will greatly 
injure the Properties of other Perfons, with whom many 
of the Petitioners, being Merchants, have great Dealings: 
And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill. 

‘Ordered, That the faid ‘Petition do lie-upon the Table. 


Mr. Brodrick reported from the Committee appointed 
to enquire into all the Proceedings in relation to the Exe- 
cution ‘of the Act, pafied the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Aét for enabling the South Sea Company to 
increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeem- 
ing fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein 
mentioned ; and for raifing Money, to be applied for leffen- 
ing feveral of the publick Debts and Incumbrances; and 
for calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncan- 
celled; and for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to 
be circulated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the 
Exchequer; That he was directed by the faid Committee 
to move the Houfe, That fuch Perfons as the Committee 
thall think proper to be examined, relating to the Matter 
of the faid Inquiry, may be examined in the moft folemn 
manner. : 

Ordered, That fuch Perfons as the faid Committee fhall 
think proper to be examined, relating to the Matter of the 
faid Inquiry, be examined in the moft folemn manner. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for alter- 
ing and amending the Laws for obliging Ships coming 
from Places infeéted to perform their Quarantine; and for 
preventing the Spreading of infection. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Secretary Craggs took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Secretary Craggs reported from the Committee, 
That they had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and 
had directed him to move, That they may have Leave 
to fit again. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 


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ing “next, -refolve itfelf into a Commit .. of the Whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe-adjournéd till To-morrow Mory: 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 13° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. ' 


H® Muilman took the Caths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for reftraining the Sub Governor, Deputy Go- 
vernor, Directors, Treafurer, Under Treafurer, Ca thier, 
Secretary, and Accountants, of the South Sea Company, 
from going out of this Kingdom for the Space of One 
Year, and until the End of the next Seffion of Parlia- 
ment; and for difcovering their Eftates and Effeéts, and 
for preventing the tranfporting or alienating thé fame; 

Ordered, That it’ be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they-do provide, by the faid: Bill, That:all 
Forfeitures of the real and perfonal Eftate of any of the 
Perfons to be named therein, be made fubjeé and liable 
to the Difpofition and Appropriation of Parliament. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com: 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Horatio Walpole took the Chair of the Commit: 
tee. | 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Horatio Walpole reported from the faid Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 14° die Fanuarii; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS. 

Bill for Naturalizing of Foachim Peterffen, was read 
a Second time. i 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Richard Goffe, Sir 
Fobn Rogers, Mr. Difton, Sir Fobn Stoneboufe, Mr. Wright- 
jon, Mr. Freman, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Ser- 
jeant Birch, Mr. Eari, Colonel Grabme, Mr. Booth, . Mr. 
Pitt, Mr. Feilding, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Carteret, Sir Richard 
Sandford, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Bigg, Mr. Inge, Mr. Reynell, 
Sir Geo. Warburton, Mr. Sandys, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. 
Hungerford, Sir Richard Howe, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Con- 
yers, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Knight, Mr. Thompfon, Lord Wil- 
liam Powlett, Mr. Bracebridge: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 

Ordered, That. the Petition of Henry Muilman, which 
was ordered to lie upon the Table till the faid Bill was 
read the Second time, be referred to the Conjideration of 
the faid Committee: And that they have Power to admit 
the Petitioner into the faid Bill, if they.think fit. 


Mr. Booth prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Frodfham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County. of 
Chefter: And the fame was received; and read the Fixtt 
time. 


Refolved, 





Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Charter of the Levant 
Company, which was laid before the Houfe the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, be delivered back to the Deputy Governor 
of the faid Company. — 7 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of Merchants 
of England trading into the Levant Seas was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there is a 
Bill now depending for altering and amending the Laws 
for obliging Ships coming from Places infected to per- 
form their Quarantine; and for preventing the fpreading 
of Infeétion: That there are fome Claules therein, which, 
the Petitioners conceive, wil] put an intire Stop to the fu- 
ture carrying on their Trade; which principally confifts 
in the Exportation of the Woollen Manufactures of this 
Kingdom, and the Importation of raw Silk, and Mohair 
Yarn: And praying, That they may be heard, by them- 
felves, or Counfel, againft the faid Claufes. 

Ordered, That thé faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for altering and amending the Laws for 
obliging Ships coming from Places infe¢ted to perform 
their Quarantine; and for preventing the fpreading of In- 
fection; is committed : And that the Petitioners be heard 
before the Committee, by themfelves, or Counfel, if they 
think fit. 


Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 


tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Secretary Craggs, took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mi. Secretary Craggs reported from the Committee, 
That they had heard fome of the Members of the Levant 
Company, upon their Petition referred to the Commit- 
tee; and had made a further Progrefs in the Bill ; and had 
dire€ted him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 

ain. 

PRefloed, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Lune, 16° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 

R: Cholmley reported from the Committee, to 
-whotii the Petition of the Burgeffes and Inhabi- 
tants of the ancient Town of Wbitby, in the County of 
York, was refetred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; 
and which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is a$ follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examiiied the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion: And it appeared; _ 

That an Act of Parliament paffed in the Firft Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, for the rebuilding 
and repairing the Piers of the Town and Port of Wbitdy, in 
the County of York; and thereby feveral Duties, and Sumis 
of Money, were’granted, ‘and laid upon Ships and Veffels, 
and alfo upon Goods and Merchandizes, for that Purpofe, 
for the Term of Nine Years, from the Firft of May 1702: 

And, by another Ad, paffed in the Sevénth Yéar of 
her faid late Majefty’s Reign, the faid Duties were con- 
tinued, and made payable, until the Firft of May 1723. 

That, vpon the Examination of Fobn Kitchenman and 
Richard Burden, it appeared the faid Duties, and Sums of 

Vor, XIX. 


“40 i 
Money, colleéted by virtue of the faid Iwo Aéts of Par- 
liament, have been conftantly applied towards rebuilding 
the faid Piers : And that the fame, with the Money arifing 
by the faid Duties, will, in all Probability; complete and 
finith the fame before the Expiration of the faid Term. 

It alfo appeared, That the Duties by the. faid former 
Acts granted, and continued, will be only fufficient to. de- 
fray the Charge of rebuilding and keeping the faid Piers 
in Repair, during the Continuance of the faid Term: 

That the faid Piers will unavoidably waite, and go té 
Decay, by the Violence and Impetuoufnefs of the Sea, un- 
lefs fome conftant Fund be granted for repairing and 
amending the fame, from time to time, as there fhall be 
Occafion. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring if a Bill for the 
better preferving and kéeping in Repair the Piers of the 
Town and Port of Whitby, in the County of York: And 
that Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Farrer, and Mr. Strickland, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Horatio Walpole, according to Order; reported 
from the Committee, to whom the Bill for reftraining the 
Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Treaturer, 
Under Treafurer, Cafhier, Secretary, and Accountants; 
of the South Sea Company, from going out of this King- 
doth for the Space of One Year, and until the End of 
the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering their 
Eftates and Effects; and for preventing the tranfporting 
or alienating the fame; was committed; the Amend- 
ments which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read them in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Amendments were once read . 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and; 
upon the Quettion feverally put thereupon, fome of them 
were difagreed with, and the Refidue, with Amendment 
to feveral of them, were agreed unto, by the Houfe: And 
other Amendments were made by the Houfe to the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Fhat the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


Ordered, That the Committee appointed to inquire into 
all the Proceedings relating to the Execution of the A&amp; 
paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled; An Ac&amp; 
for enabling the South Sea Company to increafe their pre- 
fent Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick 
Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and 
for raifing Money, to be applied for leflening feveral of 
the publick Debts and Incumbrances; and for calling 
in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled ; 
and for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be cir- 
culated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or néaf thé 
Exchequer; be a Committee of Secrecy. 


The Orders of the Day being read 5. 


Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned until 
this Day Sevennight. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty,: 
by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the 
Service of the Year 1721. , : 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Moras 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 17° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. : | ue 
—W4HE Houle, according to Order, Fefolved itfelfinto'a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further’ 
of the Bill for altering and amending the Laws for 
obliging Ships coming from Places infected to pertorm 


their Quarantine; and for preventing the Spreading of 


Infeétion: 
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402 


Mr. 

Mr. 
mittee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Secretary Graggs reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurfday 
Morning next. : 


Speaker left the Chair. 
Secretary Craggs took the Chair of the Com- 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 18° die fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
IR Henry Hoghton prefented to the Houfe a further 
Report, humbly offered by the Commiffioners and 
Truftees of the forfeited Eftates, who acted in Scotland: 
And the Title thereof was read. 
The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers of 
this Seffion. 
Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
sefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, upon 
the Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land 
Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year 3721; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftrvétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe ot Credic. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported. from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





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Fovis, 19° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Undertakers for making the River 
Kennet navigable from Reading to Newbury, in the 
County of Berks, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
‘was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That, by an Act paffed in the Firft Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, for making the River Kennet:navigable, the Peti- 
tioners were obliged to finifh. the faid Undertaking on 
or before the Firft Day of Fume 1721: That the Peti- 
tioners would have been able to have completed the fame 
whithin the Time limited, had not fome of their Works 
been unfortunately ruined by extraordinary Floods, and 
unforefeen Accidents ; which render it uncertain now, 
whether the, faid. Undertaking can poffibly be finifhed 
within the faid Time: And praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for enlarging the Term granted 
for making the jaid River navigable, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And itis referred to the Earl of Hertford, Mr, Booth, 


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A.1726, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Chetwynd; Mr. Palmer, My 
Plumptre, Mr. Briftew, Mr. Lawfon, Sir Redert Clark, 
Mr. Lade, Mr. Hor. Walpole, Mr. Knight, Mr. Deck. 
minique, Colonel Chandler, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Ellis, Sir 
Wm. Pincent, Mr. Smith, Sic Wm. Pole, Sir Edward 
Eruley, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Heybam, Sir 
Tho. Palmer, Mr. Inge, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Ward, Mr. 
Foley, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Gwyn, Sir Fob Eyles, Mr, 
Bramfton, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Tbompfon, Mr. Halfey 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Berks 
and Wilts: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at F ive 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power tg 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Fifhermen of Emfworth;’ itt the 
County of Southampton, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are very nume. 
rous; and depend wholly, and have maintained their Fe. 
milies, by Catching and Selling of Oyfters: That, for 
feveral Years laft paft, fuch great Quantities of Oyfters 
hath been brought into this Kingdom from France, and 
fold at fuch cheap Rates at our Markets, that the Peti. 
tioners are thereby deprived of their Employment; and 
mutt inevitably come to great Poverty, if fuch Praétice 
be not timely prevented : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lic upon the Table, 


Ordered, That the honourable Dodington Gievils, 
Efquire, have Leave. to go into the Country for Three 
Weeks, upon extraordinary Occafions. 


Ordered, That the Earl of Barford have Leave to go 
into the Country for Ten Days, upon extraordinary, Oc- 
calions. 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whomvthe 
Bill for Naturalizing of Joachim.Peterfen, was committed, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
confidered of the Petition of, Heury Muilman, which. was 
referred to the faid Committee;, and. found the faid:Alle. 
gations, and Matters of the faid Petition, to be true; and 
thereupon had made feveral. Amendments: to. the. Bill; 
which the Committee.had direéted. him to report to.the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in. his Place; and. after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments -were. once 
read throughout; and then a Second, time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. ‘ 

Ordered, That the-Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Bill for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Frodfoam Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the. County of 
Chefter, was read the Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed.to Mr. Booth, Sir 
Geo. Warburton, Colonel Legh, Mr, Serjeant Bireb,~ Mr. 
Plumptre, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Gregory,.Mr.. Reynell, Sir Fabs 
Eyles, Six Robert Rich, Sit Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Milner, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Wyld, Mr. Ward, Mt. 
Chetwynd, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Wm. Monfon, General, 
Roffe, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Wilfon,. Six Fobn Norris, .Mr. 
Earl, Mr. Freman, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Eyles, Colonel 
Cadogan, Sir Robert Davers, Mr., Halley, Mr. Powlett, 
Mr. Lade, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Chula- 
ley, Mr. Bromley, Mer. Chamberlain,.. General. Wade, 
Mr. Strickland, Mr. North, Mr. Gybbon; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Chgfer, Lan- 
cafter, Derby, Stafford, Salop, and London: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for reftraining the Syb Goyernor, 
Deputy Governor, Directors, Treafurer;. Under Trea 
furer, Cafhier,Secretary, and Accountants, of the. South 
Sea Company, from going out of this Kiagdum for the 
Space of One Year, and.until the End of the next Seffion 
of Parliament; and for difcovering their Eftates and 


Effects 5 











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7 GEO. IL. 


fiffeéts ; and for pteventing the tranfporting or alienating 
the fame; was read the Third time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be added 
tothe Bill, That the faid Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, 
Directors, Freafurer or Cafhier, Deputy Cathier, and Ac- 
countant, of the South Sea Company, fhould feverally and 
refpectively deliver, on Oath, to the Lord Chief Baron, or 
One other of the Barons of the Exchequer, a Specifica- 
tion of fuch Eftates as they held, or were intitled to, in 
Truft, or Partnerfhip, or Contraéts made, or Debts dona 
fide owing: And the Barons after examining the Spe- 
cification, and cettifying the Truth thereof, the Sub 
Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Treafurer or 
Cafhier, Deputy Cahier, and Accountant, fhould not be 
reftrained from difpofing, after fuch Certificates obtained, 
of fuch Eftates and Effeéts as they held, in Truft for 
others, Partnerfhip, or perforthing Contracts, or from 
Paying of juft Debts: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read with Blanks; which 
were filled up: And then the Claufe was amended: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Claufe be made Part of the Bill; by way of 
Ridet ; 

It paffed in the Negative. | 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; vz. ° 

Prefs 4. L. 7; After ** Twenty,” to infert * or at any 
time after: 

L. 26. The fathe Atiiendment 

Aitid the fame were, upon the Quieftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, Nomine contradicente, That the Bill do pafs: 
And that the Title be, An Aét for reftraining the Sub 
Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Tteafurer or 
Cathier, Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South 
Sea Company, from going out of this Kingdom for the 
Space of One Year, and until the End of the then next 
Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering their Eftates 
and Effects ; and for preventing the tranfporting or alien- 
ating the fame. 

Ordered, That. Mt. Horatio Walpole do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Matter of the Rolls acquainted the Houfe, from 
the Committee of Sectecy, That he was directed by the 
faid Committee to move the Houfe, That Sir Rodert 
Chaplin, Sir Theodore Fanflen, Francis Eyles Efquires and 
Jacob Sawbridge Efquire, Four of the Directors of the 
South Sea Company, and Metmbers of this Houfe, may 
attend the faid Committee ; and be examined before them, 
in the moft folemn manner: | 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Chaplin Baronet, Sir Theodore 
Fanfen Knight and Baronet, ‘Francis Ey’es EAquire, and 
Facob Sawbridge Efquire, Members of this Houfe; and 
Direétors of the South Sea Company, do atténd the Com- 
Mittee appointed to inquire into all the Proceedings re- 
lating to the Execution of the'A&amp;, paffed the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An A&amp;t for enabling the South Sea 
Company to increafe their ptefent Capital Stock, and 
Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incum- 
brances as are therein mentioned ; and for raifing Money, 
to be applied for leflening feveral of the publick Debts 
and Incumbrances ; and for calling in the prefent Exche- 
quer Bills remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth 


new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, 


upon Demand, at or near the. Exchequer: And that the 
faid Committee be impowered to examine the faid Sir Ro- 
bert Chaplin, Sir Theodore Fanflen, Francis. Eyles, and 
Jacob Sawbridge, :in the,moit folemn manner. 


Mr. Secretary. Craggs, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole. Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for altering and amending. the Laws. for obliging 
Ships coming from Places infected. to perform their Qua- 
tantine; and for preventing. the f{preading. of Infection ; 
was committed; che Amendments they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place; and 


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afterwards delivered the Biil, and Amendments, jn at cvs 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, the 
Hroufe difagreed with one of the faid Amend nents; and 
the Refidue of them, with feveral Amendments to One 
of them, were agreed unto by the Houfe: 

And fomé Amendments were made by the Hovf to 
the Bill. : . 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments; be int 
grofied. 


And then thé Houfe adjoutned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 20° die Yanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720: 


PRAYERS, 


eww of the Mayor, Jurats, and Freemeri, of 
&amp; the ancient Town and Port of Rye, in the County 
of Suffex, in behalf of themfelves, and many Hundreds 
of his Majefty’s faithful Subjects, was- prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Port. of Rye 
is the only Harbour for Shipping on the Coaft of Suffex 
and Kent, from Port/mouth to Dover, and is very conve- 
nient for Shipping that pafs up and down theChannel, to 
fave them in Strefs of Weather, and in time of War: 
That many Ships have been built in the faid Port; but 
for want of a publick Regard, in preferving the ancient 
Courfe of the Back-waters, the faid Harbour fwerves up 
with Mud and Slub, and is in Danger of being totally 
deftroyed: That if proper Methods were taken to pre- 
ferve the ancient Courfe of the Back-waters; and to 
prevent, for the future, the Inning of Lands now Part of 
the faid Harbour, the faid Harbour might not only be 
preferved, but réftored to its anciént Depth of Water : 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con: 
fideration of a Committee: And’ that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report to the Houle by what 
means the faid Harbour became obftructed and decayed ; 
and what they conceive neceffary to be done to reftore the 
{aid Harbour to its ancient Goodnefs : ; 

And it is referred to Sir Fobx Norris, Mr. Gybbon, Sit 
Charles Turner, Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Farrer, Mr, Medly- 
cote, Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. Lowther, Lord Bar- 
rington, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Denton, Mr. Norris, Mr. 
Felffop, Mr. Treby, Mr. Evgland, Mr. Inge; Sit Arthur Kay, 
Mr. Foley, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Newland, Mr. Cnflow, 
Mr. Wilde, Mr. Milner, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Gou'd, Mr. 
Pitt, Mr. Littleton, Mr. Bertie, Sir Tho. Crofe, and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Suffex, 
Suffolk, and Kent, and the Cinqué Ports: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five'a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. wes 

Refolved, That an hamble Addrefs be pteferitéd’ to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to’ direét, 
That the Papets telating to the Survey of the Harbour of 
Rye, taken by his Majefty’s Commiand, may be laid be- 
fore this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be préftnted to his’ 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Hoofé’ as aré of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Houfe being acquainted; That the Sub Govérnor 
and Deputy Governor of the South Sea Company attended 
at the Door; ) PoUOLN 

They were called in; and prefented to the Houfe feverat 
Accounts and Papers, purfuant to the Orders of the Fif: 
teenth, Seventeenth, and Twenty-ninth, of December laft ; 
with a Schedule of them. , 

And ther they withdrew. rVe 

The faid Schedule was read; and fs as foll. viz. 

A Supplement to the Account, prefented the ‘Fwenty~ 

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404 
ninth of December \aft, of Money lent out upon the Stock 
of the South Sea Company : 

An Account of the Ufes to which the Money received 
by the Svath Sea Company, for the lat Cbrifmas Dividend, 
was applied ; fo far as the fame, or any Part thereof, was 
fatisfied in the Bonds of the faid Company : 

An Account of the Inducements on which the Directors 
of the South Sea Company took in the Third and Fourth 
Money Subfcriptions at One thoufand per Cent.; with 
the Inducements for declaring the Dividend of Thirty 
per Cent. at Chrifimas, and not lefs than Fifty per Cent. 
per Annum for Twelve Years: 

An Account of the Calculation on which the Court of 
Directors of the South Sea Company grounded their Refo- 
lutions for making the Dividend of Thirty per Cent. at 
Corifimas, and not lefs than Fifty per Cent. per Anntim 
for Twelve Years: 

An Account of all Quantities of Stock which have 
been bought for the Ufe of the faid Company, and the 
Prices and Timés of buying the fame. 

The Account of the Inducements on which the Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company took in the Third and 
Fourth Money Sub{criptions at One thoufand per Cent.; 
with the Inducements for declaring the Dividend of Thirty 
per Cent. at Chrifimas, and not lefs than Fifty per Cent, 
per Annum for Twelve Years; was read and is as fol- 
lows; viz. , 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in 

Parliament affembled. 

N Obedience to an Order of this honourable Houfe, 

the 29th of December laft, requiring the Directors of 
the Sousb Sea Company to lay before this Houfe, the 
Calculations, or Inducements, on which they took in the 
Third and Fourth Money Subfcriptions at 1,000 per 
Cent. and alfo the Scheme, or Calculation, or other In- 
ducemenits, upon which they grounded the Refolutions of 
making a Dividend of 30 per Cent. at Chriffmas, and 
of not lefs than 50 per Cent. per Annum. for Twelve 
Years after; the Court of Direétors of the faid Company 
do humbly crave Leave to reprefent; 

That, foon after the Act paffed for increafing 
14th April. the Company’s Capital, they took a Subfcrip- 
tion for the Sale of 2,250,000/. at 300 per Cent.; which 
was immediately full: After that, the Price of Stock, and 
of that Subfcription, advancing, they had great Appli- 
cations for another Money Subfcription; and many of 
the Annuitants were very defirous to take Stock, rather 


than Money, for their long and fhort Annuities: And the 


Court of Directors being fenfible, that their taking in 
thofe Annuities was what the Parliament had chiefly in 
View; and they being defirous effectually to accomplith 
the fame ; 

_ They agreed to open Books for taking in.the 
a8th April. tong and fhort Annuities: The fame Day they 
agreed alfo to take another Money Sub{cription at 400per 
Cent. ; which was immediately full: And at the fame time 
declared their Opinion, not to take any further Subf{cription 
in Money: And the Annuitants fhewed fuch Forwardnefs, 
that in a few Days about Two-thirds ot the Whole were 
brought in. 

The Second Money Subfcription being fo foon filled, 
and fo many of the Annuitants, which before were reck- 
oned the moft difficult Part of the Scheme, being come 
in, gave great Reputation to the Stock; and caufed great 
Application to theDirettors for a Third Money Subfcrip- 
tion ; to which the Court of Directors were then noways 

May the inclined: And therefore, on the 13th May 
13th. 1720, came again to a Refolution, That no 
further Subfcriptions fhould be taken in at prefent for 
Money; whereby they hoped to have put a Stop to thofe 
Applications; but, the Stock, and alfo the Firft and 
Second. Money Suhfcriptions, rifing greatly, they had 
Solicitations from Perfons of all Ranks to open a Third 
Money Subfcription : 

And the Court of Direétors confidering the declared 
Sentiments of the Proprietors, and others, the Circum- 
ftances of Affairs, and the current Price of their Stock, 


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which was then near 800 per Cent. ; and the:Second Sub- 
{cription, taken at 400, was at 500 per Cent. Advance; 
found themfelves in fuch a fituation, That by denying or 
delaying fuch voluntarySubfcriptions, preffed with fo much 
Eagerneis, they would have been very much blamed by 
all the Proprietors, for difappointing the further Execu- 
tion of the Scheme, in refufing fuch an advantageous 
Sune the Support: And therefore took in the 3d Mo- 
sth, ney Subfcription at 1,000/. per Cent.; at 
which Price, or higher, moft Perlons made Application 
to have it fet: ; 

But there were fuch Times of Payment allowed to the 
Proprietors, that the Difcount thereof reduced it to under 
goo per Cent.; and, with the 10 per Cent. Stock for the 
Midfummer Dividend, brought it to about 800 per Cent; 
And the Times for thefe Payments were adapted to the 
ufual Times of making Dividends; fo that their Dividends 
might be deducted out of their Payments, to make them 
eafier. 

As to the taking the 4th Money Subfcription at 1,000 
per Cent. , they humbly reprefent, That foon after, the Third 
Money Sub{fcription was taken, and the Price of Stock, 
and that Subfcription, rofe confiderably ; which occafioned 
frefh Applications for another Money Subfcripticn ; and 
the Directors were blamed very much for not having fet 
the Third Subicription at a higher Price: But they re- 
fifted thofe Applications, and chofe rather to proceed by 
taking in the Redeemables and Annuities which remained 
out; which they did on the 14th of Fuly, and 4th Au. 
gut: And, the greateft Part of thofe Debts and Annui- 
ties being fubfcribed, this gave fuch Reputation to the 
Stock, as increafed the Application for a Fourth Money 
Subjcription from all Ranks of Perfons, even with greater 
Importunity than had been for the Third Subfcription: 
And, it being thought, that the Fourth Subfcription 
would add confiderably to the Security and Support of 
the Company, and to the Satisfaction of the Proprietors 
of the Redeemables and Annuities taken in on the laft 
Subfcriptions, the Court of Directors did, on the 24 4u- 
guf, take in the fame; and although a Fifth Part, being 
200 per Cent. was paid down, there was 1,200,000 filled 
in a few Hours. 

The Court of Directors, to the beft of their Judg- 
ment, endeavoured to make the Rate of each Subfcription 
as eafy and equal as they could for the Subfcribers, with 
regard to the current Price of Stock, and of former 
Subfcriptions; and have, on this Subject, laid their Pro- 
ceedings before .a General Court, and received their 
Approbation, 

As to the Scheme, or Calculation, upon which their Re- 
folutions were grounded, for declaring the Dividend of 30 
per Cent. at Chrifimas, and not lefs than 50 per Cent. per 
Annum for Twelve Years after; the Court of Directors 
crave Leave to refer to the annexed Scheme, or Calcu- 
lation : ' : 

Which Dividend they were, at the earneft Requett of 
great Numbers of confiderable Proprietors induced to 
propofe to a General Court; who unanimoufly agreed to 
the fame. : | 

By Order.of the Court of Directors, 
South Sea Houle, Fanuary D. Weftcomb, Secretary. 
1720. “nah 
Ex. 7. WY. 


Ordered, That the faid Accounts and'Papers be re- 
ferred to the Committee appointed to inquire into all the 
Proceedings relating to the Execution of the A&amp;, pafled 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for enabling 
the South Sea Company to increafe their prefent Capital 
Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and 
Incumbrances as are thetein mentioned; and for raifing 
Money, to be applied for leffening feveral of the publick 
Debts and Incumbrances; and for calling in the prefent 
Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making 
forth néw Bills, in lieu thereof to be circulated and ex- 
changed, upon Demand; at or near the Exchequer. 

The other Accounts and Papers are bound up with the 

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The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land 
Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year 1721. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Chamberlaine, Mr. Bracebridge, 
Mr. England, Mr. Morice, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Hony- 
wood, Mr. Whitchcot, Mr. Wilfon, Sir Fifoer Tench, Mr. 
Bacon, Mr. Inge, Mr. Bertie, be added to the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Petition of the Undertakers for making 
the River Kennet navigable from Reading to Newbury, in 
the County of Berks, whofe Names are fublcribed, is 
committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 21° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


‘R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
M Addrefs of Yefterday, That his Majetty would 
gracioufly pleafed to direct, That the Papers relating 
to the Survey of the Harbour of Rye, taken by his Ma- 
jefty’s Command, might be laid before this Houfe, hath 
been prefented to his Majefty ; and that his Majefty has 
been pleafed to give the neceffary Directions for the 
fame. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Borret: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé to 
difable the prefent Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, and 
Direétors, of the South Sea Company, at, and from and 
after, the refpective Times for electing a Sub Governor 
and Deputy Governor, and new Directors, of the faid 
Company, totake, hold, or enjoy, any Office, Place, or 
Employment, in the faid Company, or in the Laff India 
Company, or Bank of England, and from voting upon 
Eleétions in the faid Company: To which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Bill was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Henry Drax Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Davidieni: 


An ingrofted Bill for naturalizing Foachim Peterffen, was 
read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 
Prefs * Line * To infert ** or either of them :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refoived, That tne Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Joachim Peterfen and Henry 
Muilinan. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Undertakers for 


making the River Kennet navigable from Reading to New- 
Vor. XIX. 


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bury, in the County of Berks, was referred, That they 
had examined the Matter thereof; and had direéted him 
to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe,; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as follows; viz. 

That it appeared, by the Act of Parliament produced to 
the Committee, That the Undertakers were obliged to 
finith the Navigation of the faid River on or before the 
Firlt of June 1721; on Failure whereof, all their Powers 
and Interefts fhall ceafe, and become void. 

That it further appeared to the Committee, upon Exa- 
mination of Fobn Knight, Surveyor of the Works, and 
Workmen employed by the Undertakers, That the Un- 
dertakers have expended therein at lealt 30,000/. ; and, 
for the greateft Part of the Time from the Commence- 
ment of the A@, which was in ‘Fune 1716, have em- 
ployed near 400 Men, one Week with another: 

That the new Cuts for making the faid River naviga- 
ble will, in Length, contain Thirteen Miles and an Half, 
whereof about Twelve Miles are already made: 

That the Undertakers would have finifhed the faid 
Navigation within the Time limited by the faid Aét, had 
not fome of their Works been lately ruined by a veryex- 
traordinary Flood which happened a little before Chriftmas 
laft, which will require above Two Months to repair, and 
make good. 

Tho. Palfgrave faid, That he faw the Works and Cuts 
aforefaid a Week before Ckrifimas laft; and that 3 or 
400 ‘Vien were then at work about the fame: And that 
the hafty Floods had lately made great Breaches in the 
Works, which the Men were at that time repairing. 

Ordered, (hat Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Time granted for making the River Kennet 
navigable from Reading to Newbury, in the County of 
Berks: And that the Lord Wiliam Powlett, and the Earl 
of Hertford, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters; was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill for altering and amending the LawS 
for obliging Ships coming from Places infected to perform 
their Quarantine; and for preventing the Spreading of 
Infection; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repealing an Act, made in the Ninth Year 
of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, 
AnAé&amp;t to oblige Ships coming from Places inteéted, more 
effectually to perform their Quarantine; and for the better 
preventing the Plague being brought from foreign Parts 
into Great Britain or. Ireland, or the Mfles of Guernfey, 
Ferfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man; and to hinder the Spread- 
ing of Inieétion. 

Ordered, That Mr. Secretary Craggs do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 23° die Januari; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
[ \ to difable the prefent Sub Governor, Deputy 
Governor, and Directors, of the South Sea Company, at, 
and from and after, the refpective Times for electing a 
Sub Governor and Deputy Governor, and new Directers, 
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406 


©f the faid Company, to take, hold, or enjoy, any Office, 
Place, or Employment, in the faid Company, or in the 
Eaft India Company, or Bank of England; and from 
voting upon Elections in the {aid Company; was read a 
econd time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the faid Bill. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land Tox, to be 
railed in Great Britain, for the Service o: the Year 1721, 
was committed, the Amendments which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered’ the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Wohere the aid Amend- 
ments were once read; and feverai of them a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion teverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle do go with his Mace into Wefmin/er-ball, and 
the Courts there, and into the Court of Requefts, and 
Places adjacent, and fummoun the Members there to at- 
tend the Service of the Fiouie. 

And he went accordingly. 

And, being returned, 


Mr. Serjeant Pengelly acquainted the Houfe, from the 
Committee appointed to enquire into all the Proceedings 
in relation to the Execution of the A&amp;, paffed the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intitu!ed, An Act for enabling the 
South Sea Company to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, 
and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incum- 
brances as are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, 
to be applied for leffening feveral of the pubilick Debts 
and Incumbrances; and for calling in the prefent Ex. 
chequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making forth 
new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, 
upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer; That they had, 
this Morning, received Information, That Mr. Rodert 
Knight, Cafhier of the Seuth Sea Company, had, on Sa- 
turday Night laft, after he had been in part examined by 
the faid Committee, withdrawa himfelf from his Ha- 
bitation, and had not been heard of fince by his Fa- 
mily. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicentz, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefly, That he will be gra- 
cioufly pleafed immediately to iffve his Royal Proclama- 
tion, with fuch Reward as his Majefty fhall think proper, 
for difcovering, apprehending, and detaining, Mr. Rodert 
Knight, Cafhier of the South Sea Company, in order that 
he may be brought to Juftice. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, That he will be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to give Orders, That the Ports may be 
‘forthwith ftopped; and that fuch effectual Care may be 
taken of the Coafts, as may prevent the fuid Mr. Kurght, 
or any of the Directors, or other Officers, of the South 
Sea Company, from eicaping out of this Kingdom. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Addreffes be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houle as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 

Ordered, That the Doors of the Houle be locked up, 
and the Keys brought, and delivered in at the Table. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Chaplin, Sir Theodore Fanffen, 
and Facob Sawbridze Efquire, be fummoned to attend 
this Houfe, in their Places, immediately. 

Mr, Comptrolier went to attend his Majefty with the 
faid Addrefles: 


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4.1720; 


And, being returned; acquainted the Houfe, That the 
faid Addreffes had been prefented to his Majefty; ang 
that his Majefty had been pleafed to command him to ae. 
quaint the Houfe, That he would immediately give the 
neceffary Orders and Directions, according to the Defires 
of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Wortley, Mr. Hutchefea, 
and Mr. Clayton, do go immediately, and fecure all Books 
and Papers belonging to Mr. Robe t ‘Knight, or which 
have been lately under his Care; and alio al! Books and 
Papers’ belonging to, ‘or in the Cuftody of, Mr. Rober; 
Surman, and Mr. Fobn Grighy. 3 

Ordered, That Mr. Rodert Surincn, Deputy Cathier of 
the Sou’h Sea Company, be taken into the Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fobn Grig/ey, Accountant of the 
South Sea Company, be taken into the Cultody of the Ser. 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rofe and Mr. Sloper do go imme. 
diately, and fecure all fuch Books and Papers belonging 
to, or in the Cuftody of, Eisas Turner, Sir George Caj- 
wail, and Company, as they fhall think neceffary to be 
fecured for the publick Service. 

Ordered, That Sir Fokn Blunt Baronet, One of the Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, be taken into the Cuf- 
tody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Sir Yohn Lambert Baronet, One other of 
the Directors of the faid Company, be taken into the Cuf- 
tody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Fellows Baronet, Sub Governor 
of the South Sea Company, be taken into the Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms: attending this Houfe. 

Mr. Sawbridge being come into the Houfe; 

And a Motion being made, and a Queftion  pro- 
pofed, That the faid Mr. Sawdridge, a, Member of. this 
Houfe, is guilty of a notorious Breach of Truft, as a 
Director of the South Sea Company ;, and. thereby oc- 
cafioned very great Lofs to great. Numbers of his 
Majetty’s Subjects, and highly prejudiced the publick 
Credit ; 

Mr. Sawbridge was heard in his Place. 

And, being withdrawn; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That Facob Sawbridge 
Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, and One of the Direc- 
tors of the South Sea Company, is guilty of a notorious 
Breach of Trult, as a Director of the faid Company; and 
has thereby vccafioned very great Lofs to great Numbers 
of his Majefty’s Subjeéts, and has highly prejudiced the 
publick Credit. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the faid Facob 
Sawhridge be, tor his faid Offence, expelled this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Facob Sawbridge be taken into 
the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle. 

Sir Theodore Fanffen being come into the Houle; 

And a Motion being made, and a Queftion propoled, 
That the faid Sir Theodore Fanffen, a Member of this Houfe, 
is guilty of a notorious Breach of Truft, as a Direétor of 
the South Sea Company; and thereby occafioned very 
great Lofs to great Numbers of his Majelty’s Subjects, 
and highly prejudiced the publick Credit; 

Sir Theodore ‘fanffen was heard in his Place, 

And, being withdrawn ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That Sir Theodore Fanfen 
Knight and Baronet, a Member of this Houfe, and One 
of the Directors of the South Sea Company, is guilty of 
a notorious Breach of Truft, as a Director of the faid 
Company ; and has thereby occafioned very great Lofs 
to great Numbers of his Majefty’s Subjects, and has 
highly prejudiced the publick Credit. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the faid Sir Theo- 
dore Fanffenbe, for his faid Offence, expelled this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Theodcre Fanffen be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

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7 GEO. I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Secrecy do fecure all 
Papers belonging to, or in the’ Cuftody of, the Sub 
Governor, Directors, or other Officers, of the South Sea 
Company, direéted to be taken into the Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houle. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Chaplin, and Francis Eyles 
Efquire, do attend this Houfe, in their Places, on Satur- 
day Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Call of the-Houfe be adjourned till 
To-morrow Sevennight. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Martis, 24° die Fanuarit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS. ’ 

Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. 
Haccocks : 

__ Mr, Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for reftraining the Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Di- 
reGtors, Treafurer or Cafhier, and Accountant, of the 
South Sea Company, from going out of this Kingdom 
for the Space of One Year, and until the End o: the then 
next Seffion of Parliament; and tor difcovering their 
Eftates and Effeéts; and for preventing the tranfporting 
or alienating the fame; without Amendinent. 

And then the Meffengers wichdrew. 


A Petition of Fobn Hartcup was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That-the Petitioner was born at 
Hanover, out of the Dominions 0: Great Britain, but 
profefies the Proteftant Reiigion: ‘Laat he has given Tel 
timony ot his dutiful and loyal Affections to his Majeity, 
and for the Good of the Kingdom of Great Britain: Aud 
praying, That Leave be given co bring in a Bili tor his 
Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Thomas Hales, and Mr. Farrer, do prepare, and bring 
in, the iame. 


The Houfe refumed the adjourned Confideration of the 
Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year 1721, was committed: 

And the Refidue of the Amendments, made by the 
Committee, to the faid Bill, were feverally read a Second 
time; and, upon the Queltion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, for adding additional Commif- 
fioners to put this Act in Execution, with other Commif- 
fioners betore appointed by former Acts: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and amended, by 
adding feveral Lifts of the Names of the Commiffioners, 
which had been delivered to the Clerk: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
gpon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part of the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, in the 
toom of Facob Sawdridge Efquire, expelled this Houfe. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be preiented to his Majefty, That he will be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to give Directions to his Minifters refide- 
ing in the Courts of foreign Princes and States in Alli- 


407 
ance with his Majeftys That they.do make theif Applicaé 
tion, Lhat Mr. Robert Knight, Cahier of the South. Sea 
Company, if he fhall fhelter himfelf in any of their 
Dominions, may be furrendered, in order to his being 
brought to Jultice. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by tuch Members of this Houle as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That:a Perfon from the 
Office of the Right honourable Earl: Stanhope, One of his 
Majetty’s Principal Secretaries of State, attended ‘at the 
Door ; . 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, purfuant: to. their Addrefs to his Majefty, the 
Papers relating to the Survey of the Harbour of Rye, 


taken by his Majefty’s Command; together with a Sche- 
dule of them. 


And then he withdrew. 
And the faid Schedule was: read; and is as followeth; 
UZ 
Report of the Lords of the Admiralty, relating to the 
Harbour of Rye: Inclofing, 

Copy of the Report of the principal Officers of the 
Navy, about the cleanfing the Harbour of Rye, the Six- 
teenth of February 174%, N° 1.: 

Copy of the Examination of the Magiftrates of Rye, 
about that Harbour N° 2. : 

Copy of the Certificate of the Magiftrates of Rye, 
relating to that Harbour, the Twenty-firlt of Aday 1719, 
N®: 3.3 

An Eftimate of the Charge of performing the Works 
propoied for making the Harbour of Rye ufleful for Navis 
gation, N° 4.: 

A Plan of the Harbour of Rye, and of fome Part of 
the Levels thereto adjoining, N° 5. 

Ordered, That tie laid Papers be referred to the Com- 
mitcee, to whom the Petition of the:Mayor, Jurats, and 
freemen, of the ancient Town and Port of Aye, in the 
County of Suffex, is referred. 

ihe faid Papers are bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


A Petition of the Headman, Wardens, and Affiftants, 
of the incorporated Company of Worfted Weavers in 
the City of Norwich, and County of Suffolk, and others 
concerned in the fzid Manufaétury, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands depending on them, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Inhabitants of that City and County have, for many 
Years, been generally employed in manufacturing Wool- 
Jen, and Silk and Woollen, Stuffs; and thereby employed 
their Poor, and maintained themfelves, and Families; but, 
by the general Ufe and Wear of printed, painted, ftained, 
and dyed, Callicoes, their Trade is almoft come to De- 
cay, and the Poor are almoft ftarved for want of Work: 
And praying Relief. 

A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Grand Jury, 
and other Gentlemen, affembled at the General Quarter 
Seffions of the Peace holden at the Caftle of Norwich, in 
the County of Norfolk, the Fourth Day of Oéober 1720, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Poor of that County, for many Years, have been 
employed in the Woollen Manufactury; and thereby 
maintained themfelves, and Families, without any Charge 
to their Parifhes; but, by the general Ufe and Wear of 
Callicoes, the Poor are deftitute of Work, and are almoft 
ftarved for Want: And praying Relief. 

A Petition of the Clothiers and Stuff- makers, in behalf 
of themfelves, and a great Number of poor Families in 
Barton Regis, and Places adjacent, in the County of 
Gioucefter, was preiented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Poor of that County, for many Years, 
have been employed in the Woollen Manufactury; and 
thereby maintained themielves, and Families, without any: 
Charge to their Parifhes; but, by the general Ulie and 


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Wear of Callicoes, the Poor are deftitute of Work, and 
are almoft ftarved for Want: And praying Relief. 

A Petition of the Bailiffs, Wardens, Affiftants, and 
Commonalty, of the Trade, Art, and Myftery, of Weav- 
ers, London, on behalf of themfelves, and Trade, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners are the ManufaGturers of Silk and Worfted 
Stuffs, in which they have ufually employed many Thou- 
fand of poor Families in and about this City: Thar, by 
the general Ufe and Wear of Callicoes, have fo far ob- 
ftruéted the Confumption of their Manufaétures, that 
their Trades are very much leffened, and many of their 
poor Dependents have been deprived even of neceflary 
Subfiftence: And praying Relief. 

A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of 
the incorporated Company of Clothiers; in the City of 
Worcefter, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fecting 
forth, That the Petitioners are Makers of Woollen Cloth, 
and have employed great Numbers of Poor in and about 
that City and Country, who muft otherwife have been a 
great Charge to their refpective Parithes; but, by the Ufe 
and Wear of Callicoes, the faid Poor are reduced to great 
Want and Neceflity: And praying Relief. 

A Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the City’ of 
Briftol, was prefented to the Houle, and read; letting forth, 
That the vifible Decay of the Woollen Manufacture of this 
Kingdom in general, in and about that City, is fuch, that 
many Families are reduced to great Poverty, and the Poor 
in want of Employ; which they attribute to the great Ufe 
and Wearing of India Chints, and painted and ftained 
Callicoes; of which great Quantities are clandeftinely run, 
and brought in, from our neighbouring Nations: And 
praying Relief. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens, and Com- 
monalty, of the City of Norwich, in Common Council 
affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Worfted Weaving Trade of that ancient 
City has, for many Years paft, been carried on, nat only 
to the great Benefit of that City, but alfo to the Advan- 
tage of the Kingdom in general; whereby their nume- 
rous Poor, and thofe of the adjacent Counties, have com- 
fortably fubfifted themfelves, and Families: That their 
faid Trade is decreafed by the Ufe and Wear of printed, 
painted, and ftained, Callicoes; and many Families are 
utterly ruined thereby: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
preferve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufac- 
tures of this Kingdom, and for the more effectual em- 
ploying the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of 
all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, in Ap- 
parel, Hovbhold-fiuff, Furniture, or otherwife: And that 
Mr. Bacon, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Heyfoam, Colonel Berkey, 
Mr. Sandys, Mr. Earl of Briftol, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Bri- 
tiffe, Sir Adclpbus Oughton, and Mr. Carteret, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs. be prefented to. his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleated to give Di- 
rections to the Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, 
That they do lay before this Houfe, any Scheme they have 
prepared for effectual preventing the Ufe and Wear of 
Callicoes. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections to the Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, 
That they do lay before this Houfe, their Report relating 
to the preventing the Running of Wool. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Addreffes be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houte as are of his 
Majelty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the ingroficd Ball from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to difable the pretent Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, 
apd Directors, of the Sewib Sea Company, at, trom, and 
after, the refpective times for electing a Sub Governor 


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and Deputy Governor, and new Directors, of the faid 
Company, to take, hold,.or enjoy, any Office, Place, or 
Employment, in the faid Company, or in the Zaft Indig 
Company, or Bank of England; and from voting upon 
Eleétions in the faid Company. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn: 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 25° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRayERs. 

R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That the 
Addrefles of Yefterday, relating to Mr. Robert 
Knight, Cafhier of the South Sea Company ; and for the 
Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations to lay before 
this Houfe, the Scheme and Report therein mentioned; 
have been pretented to his Majefty ; and that his Majefty 
had been pleafed to command him to acquainc the Houfe 
That he will give the neceflary Directions accordingly, . 


Mr. Wortley reported, That he, and Mr. Hutchefon, 
and Mr. Clayton, had, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houle of the Twenty-third inftant, tecured all the Books 
and Papers belonging to Mr. Robert Knight, or which 
have been lately under his Care; and allo all Books and 
Papers belonging to, or in the Cuftody of, Mr. Robert 
Surman, and Mr. Fobu Grighy. 


Mr. Rof reported to the Houfe, That he and Mr: 
Sloper had, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe of the 
Twenty-third inftant, fecured fuch Books and Papers be. 
longing to, or in the Cuftody of, Elias Turner, Sir Gearge 
Cafwall, and Company, as they thought neceffary to be 
fecured for the publick Service, 

He further acquainted the Houfe, Thar, finding in the 
Sword Biade Office no other Books or Papers than what 
belonged to them in their common Bufinefs, and which 
had been before the Committee of Secrecy, and were re- 
turned for the Ufe of the Office, they went to Sir George 
Cafwall's and Mr. Turner’s Houfes, who readily thewed 
them their Books and Papers: That, upon locking into 
Sir George Cefwall’s Books, they found fome Names, 
which made it neceflary, in their Opinion, to have fome 
of thofe Books before the faid Committee: And they ac 
cordingly took the fame; giving a Lift thereof, in order 
to the returning fuch of them as the Committee thould 
find to relate only to private Affairs: And that One Book, 
belonging to Mr. Turner, having a Lock upon ic, was 
locked up, and Ieft in Mr. Zurner’s Cuftody, for the In- 
fpection of the Committee, and the Key given to Mr 
Sloper: That Mr. Sawbridge lodged in Mr. Turner's 
Houfe; but had no Books or Papers there. 


Mr. Rofe alfo reported from the Committee of Se« 
crecy, That the faid Committee had, purfuant co the 
Order of the Houfe of the Twenty-third inftant, fecured 
all Papers belonging to, or in the Cuftody of, the Sub 
Governor, or Dire¢tors, or other Officers, of the South 
Sea Company, directed to be taken into the Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. : 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Lovibond: 

Mr. Speaker, 

We are commanded by the Lords to acquaint this 
Houfe, That their Lordfhips have, for divers weighty Rea- 
fons, ordered Sir William Chapman Knight and Baronet, 
Robert Cheer, Edward Gibbon, Francis Hawes, and Ri- 
chard Houlditch, Efquires, Directors of the Scuth Sea Com- 
pany, to be taken into Cuftody of the Gentleman Uhher of 
the Black Rod attending their Houfe; and their Papers, and 
the Papers of Mr. Clark, the Company’s Solicitor, tobe feized 
by the faid Gentleman Ufher: And have likewife given 
Order to the faid Gentleman Uther, That the faid Per- 


fons, and their Papers, fhall be, from time to time, pro- 
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duced; in fuch thanher aé fhall be defired by the Houle 
of Commons, or by any Committee of that Houfe. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Sir Thomas Hales prefented to the Houle, acctrding to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Yobn Hurtcup: And the 
fame was received, and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Fobn Chetwynde, from the Commiffioners of Trade 
and Plantations, préfented unto the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addrefs to his Majefty; their Report to prevent the 
Running of Wool: 

And the Title thereof was read. 

The faid Report is as follow; viz. 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britais in 
Parliarnent afflembled. 

N Obedience to his Majefty’s Commands, fignified to us 

by the Right honourable. Mr. Secretary Craggs, the 
20th of May laft, upon an Addrefs from this honourable 
Houfe, requiring us, during the Recefs of Parliament, to 
confider of, and lay before his Majefty, and both Houfes 
of Parliament, at the Beginning of the next Seffioa of Par- 
Jiament, what we fhall find further neceffary to be done, 
to prevent that pernicious Practice of running Wool 
from Great Britain and Ireland into foreign Parts; which 
is fo deftructive to the Woollen Manufactures of this 
Kingdom; we have confidered the fame: And that we 
might be the better informed, and enabled to propofe fuch 
Methods as may moft effectually prevent the Exportation 
of Wool for the future, we caufed publick Notice to be 
given, for any Perfons to bring us whatfoever they hadto 
offer to that Purpofe : 

Accordingly, ieveral Schemes and Propofals having been 
delivered and tranfmitted to us; and having difcourfed 
upon this Subjeét with many Perfons, as well Manufac- 
turers as others, who, by their Employments and Stations, 
have had frequent Opportunities of obferving and dif- 
covering both the Practices of the Owlers, and the De- 
fects of the Laws now in Force; 

We bumbly crave Leave to reprefent to this honour- 
able Floufe, 

That it is very apparent, by the Informations and Ad- 
vices which we have received upon this Inquiry, That the 
Running of Wool is ftill continued from this’ Kingdom, 
but in a much greater Degree from Jreland to France, and 
other foreign Countries : 

That notwithftanding it is difficult to detect, and ha- 
zardous to oppole, the Owlers, who ufually carry on this 
pernicious Trade of tran{porting Wool by Gangs of Horfe- 
men, in the Night, from the Places where it’s houied, in 
Parcels, packed for that Purpofe, to fuch Creeks or Places 
where it may be moft conveniently fhipped, either on Vei- 
fels which lie ready to put to Sea as foon as they have 
received it, or on Boats in order to be carried off to Ships 


’ that hover on the Coaft ; and that the faid Owlers are, in 


a great meafure, fecured againft Difcoveries, as well by 
their fecret Management, as by involving their numerous 
Aiders and Dependents in the fame Crime with them- 
felves; 

Neverthelefs, fince the Running of Weol is no new 
Grievance, and that fome Attempts formerly made to 
prevent it have been attended with good Succefs, we 
hope thefe Practices, which are fo very prejudicial to the 
Woollen Manufacture, and to the Poor of this Kingdom, 
may be prevented. 

In the 1ft of Gul. &amp; Mar. there was an Act pafled, 
intituled, An Adt for the better preventing the Exporta- 
tion of Wcol ; and encouraging the Woollen Manufactures 
of this Kingdom; whereby feveral Perfons were nomi- 
nated and appointed Commiffioners for putting in Exe- 
cution the faid Aét, and all other Aéts made againft the 
Exportation of Wool: And it is ftill very well Known, 
and remembred, that the faid Commiffioners; and their 
Agents, by their great Care and Diligence, foon put a Stop 
to the Exportation of Wool: But, no Fund being fettled 


‘to defray their Expences, the Agents were ruined, and 


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409 
forced to retire for want of Subfiltence; and the Owleés 
returned to their Employment with greater Prefumptiori 
than ever : 4, 

It muft be likewile obferved, That the Regulations 
in the Act of the Ninth and Tenth Gui. IIId, Ch. 40. 
relating to the Houfirg, Removal, and Sale of Wool; 
in the Courities of Kent and Suffex, have, in good mea- 
fure, prevented the Running of Waol from thofe Coafts. 

At the latter End of her late Majefty’s Reign, when the 
Exportation of Wool to France was carried on toa very 
great Height, it is manifeft, that, aftet her faid Majefty 
had iffited out her gracious Proclamation, bearing Date 
the 18th of Offober 1713, for putting in Execution the 
Laws and Statutes of this Realm for preventing the Ex- 
portation of Wool, &amp;c. the extraordinary Reward of 40/. 
upon difcovering; and bringing to Jultice, arly Perions 
who had exported Wool, during One Year, had a very 
good Effect. ; a 

From the gdod Confequentes of the aforefaid Effays 
towards preventing the Running of Wool, we would 
humbly propofe, That proper Perfons mhay be fpecially 
appointed; either as Commiffioners, according to the Sra- 
tute of the :ft of Gul. &amp; Mar. of in fuch other manner 
as may be thought more convenient, and vefted with fuf- 
ficient Authority to put in Execution all Laws relating to 
the Exportation of Wool : 

That the faid Commiffioners may be impowered to de- 
pute Agents in fuch Parts of this Kingdom, as may be 
neceffary,; to inquire into all Offences contrary to the faid 
Statutes: 

That the faid Agents fhall conftantly make Returns to 
the Commiffioners of all fuch Informations upon Oath, 
as they fhall receive concerning the faid Offences: 

That the faid Commiffioners fhall direé&amp;t Profecutions to 
be made, upon fuch of the faid Informations as thal] appear 
to them to be material, in his Majeity’s Court of Exche- 
quer, to be carried on at the Expence of the Publick. 

And whereas the Running of Wool is an Offence of 
fo clandeftine a Nature, that it may be very difficult to get 
Witneffes fufficient to prove the fame, unlefs the Party in- 
forming, though contrary to the Scature of the 12th of 
Charles the Second, be aijlowed to give Evidence; it wiil 
be neceflary that the Law fhould be aliered in this Parti- 
cular: And we would humbly fubmit to the Wifdom of 
his Majetty, and both Houfes of Parliament, whether it 
might not be neceffary, that the faid Commiffioners fhould 
have a Power to protect Informers from Arrefts in‘ all 
Suits not exceeding Ten Pounds, whillt Suits, fhalk be 
depending on their refpective Informations ; becaufe we 
have been informed, that it is a frequent Practice amongft 
the principal Owlers to lend their Accomplices {mail 
Sums of Money, who are thereby deterred from inform- 
ing; left they fhould be arrefted for fuch Sums ; whereby, 
in all Probability; many Difcoveries have been pre- 
vented : 

That notwithftanding it is hereby propofed, That all 
thofe Aétions for the Running of Wool fhould be carried 
on at the Expence of the Publick, we are of Opinion, that 
the Informer fhould not only receive all the Rewards, 
Forfeitures, and Advantages, he is already intitled to by 
Law; but that as a further Encouragement to the Dil- 
eovery of fo pernicious a Practice, the faid Commiffioners 
fhall pay, or caufe to be paid, to fuch as fhall difcover, 
and bring to Jutlice, any Perfon that fhall export Wool, 
contrary to Law, or that fhall be actually aiding or afift- 
ing in carrying Wool towards the Sea-coaft, or to ang 
Creek, River, Bay, Harbour, or any other Place, in or- 
der to be exported, the Sam of 40/. over and above alk 
Rewards already given by Acts of Parliament, notwith- 
ftanding he or they who make fuch Dilcoveries, as afore- 
faid, be concerned im the fame Fact: 

And, as this will naturally occafion fome Expence, we 
would humbly propofe, That his Majefty would be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to direct, That the Part of the Porfeitures 
which appertains to his Majefty fhould be applied to the 
Difcharging of the extraordinary Rewards, and to the de- 
fraying the neceflary Charge that will attend the aforefaid 

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Profecutiors:: And: whether tupon the Expiration ‘of; the : 
sprefent Grant of the Ablnage Duty, thelaid Duty might 
not be further continued, and appropriated to the atore- 
faid Purpofes; anc, tin the Interim, that fuch other tro- 
vifion may be made.as will an{wer that Expences is hum- 
bly fabmmitred. 

We further beg Leave to propofe, That the fame Pro- 
vifion which is made by the Act of the 9th and. roth 
Gul. Mf}. Ch. 40: for preventing the clandettine Exportation 
of Wool from the Counties of oKent and Sufex, may be 
extended to all Parts of Great Britain within Ten:Miles 
of the Sea-fide; and that the Officers of his Majefty’s 
Cuftoms at the feveral Out Ports -be oblized to tranf- 
mit Accounts of the total Quantities of Wool annually 
fhorn, and entered in their refpeétive Diftricts, to fuch 
Commiffioners as fhall be appointed for putting the dLaws 
in Execution for preventing the Running of Wool. 

And we are induced to lay the greater Strefs upon thefe 
Propotals, becawfe the Authority and Force of :fuch a 
Commiffion cannot be eafily baffled by the Owlers; and, the 
Informers and Difcoverers being protected and encou- 
raged, that mutual Truft and Confidence which has been 
for fomany Years maintained between thofe Tranfgreffors 
of the Laws will, in all Probability, by thefe Methods 
be deftroyed: 

But as, in our Opinion, little or no Wool could he r run 
to foreign Parts, if the Carriage thereof, by Sea, from 
Port to Port in Greet Britain, was prohibited, although 
the fame may be inconvenient to fome few Places, as.par- 
ticularly to Exeter, in their Trade from Rye and Fever- 
foam; yet, confidering that Wool is carried in much bet- 
ter Condition by Land than by Water, and that there is 
but very fmall Difference between the Price of Land and 
Water-carriage of Wool to moft Places, we would hum- 
bly fubmit, whether it would nor be for the publick Good 
that the Carriage of Wool upon Sale-water fhould be 
intirely prohibited. 

And although it has been, and is, generally infilted on, 
* by thofe with whom we have d lifcourfed, on this Occafion, 
that the beft Method to prevent the Exportation of Wool 
would be by a general Regifter, to be kept of all the Wool 
annually fhorn, fold, and manufactured, and of all Per- 
mits granted upon the Removal of Wool from one Place 
to another ; ; yet we cannot conceive how fuch voluminous 
Accounts can be adjufted, and made up, with that Ex- 
actneis as to be ren: fered ferviceable in detecting the faid 
Offenders; mor how fuch a Regifter can be carried on with- 
out a valt Expence: 

Neither can we, for the fame Reafons, agree with thofe 
who propole the Erecting of publick Warehoufes for 
Houfing and Sale of W ool; or with fuch as conceive 
it neceflary, that all Wool, growing near the Sea-coaft, 
fhould be houted, and purchaled, by bis Majefty, by iffu- 
ing out Exchequer Bills, or Wool Notes, to be funk by 
the Sale of the taid Wool: 

But as the Preventing of thisevil Practice in Great Britain 
only, will be to little Purpofe, unlefs the fame can likewife 
be prevented in Ireland, trom whence much greater Quan- 
tities of Wool are run to foreign Parts than fiom Great 
Britain; we would humbly propole, That fuch of the 
above particulars as fhall be approved of, may be likewife 
made applicable to Ireland, io far forth as they are com- 
patible with the legal Importation of Wool trom Ireland 
to Grect Britein: And it is not to be doubted but that it 
would be very much for the Advantage of the Woollen 
Manufactures of Great Britain, that :ncouragement fhould 
be given to the Importers of Wool trom Ireland, and the 
Charge of bringing the fame from thence rendered as ealy 
as poffible; that it may thereby become the Intereft of Jre- 
land, as well as of Great Britain, to put the Laws againft 
Kunning of Wool duly in Execution. 

All which is moft humbly fubmitted. 
Weftmorland, 
Weitekall, January F. Chetevynd, 
23d, s2z%- P. Daockainique, 
IT. Pelbanz, 
M. Bladen, 
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» Ordered; That the faid.Report do.lie wpon the Table; 


to be pertfed by the, Members of. the Hoyle. , 


The Lord Wilkam Powlett, ont fenll to the Houfe, 
according to Order, -a Bill for enlarging the.time graoted 
for making the River Kennet navigable from Reading to 
Newbury, in the County of Berks :. And: the damerwas 
received; and read’ the Firft time. rT 

Refolr red, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

MY 

Mr. Cholmley prefented: to the Hout, according to,Or. 
der, a Bill for the better preferving and keeping in-Re- 
pair the Piers of the Town and Port.ef Whitby, in. the 
County of York: And-the fame was teceived 5; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe, according, to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee, of the whole’ Houfe, upon the ingroffed 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Ccifable the 
prefent Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors, 
of the Scuth Sea Company, at, from, and after, the re- 
fpective times for electing a Sub Governor, and Deputy 
Governor, and new Directors, of the faid Company, to 
take, hold, or enjoy, any Office, Place, or Employment, 
in the faid Company, or in the Eaf Jndia Company, or 
Bank of Exgland; and from voting upon Eleétions i in n the 
faid Companies. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Hedwerth took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hedworth reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill; and had direfled him to 
report the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Table. 


The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Bill do pafs, 

Ordered, That Mr. Hedworth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 

Lovibond : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
‘g repealing an AG, made in the Ninth Year of the 

Reign of Queen Anue, intituled, An Aé to oblige Ships 
coming from Places infected more effectually to “perform 
their Quarantine; and for the better preventing the Plague 
being brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain, or 
Freland, or the Ifles of Guernfey, Ferfiy, Alderney, Sark, 
or Man, and to hinder the Spreading of Infe€tion; with- 
Out any "Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. . 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander- 

fon, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houle of Peers. 

And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That his Majefty “had been 
pleafed to give the Royal Affent to Three publick Bills, 
and One private Bill; viz. 

An Act for reftraining the Sub Governor, Deputy 
Governor, Directors, Treafurer, or Calbier, Deputy 
Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Company, 
from going out of this Kingdom for the Space of One 
Year, and until the End of the then next Seffion of Par- 
liament ; and for difcovering their Eflates and Effects; 
and for preventing the tranfporting or alienating the fame: 

An Act to difable the prefent Sub Governor, Deputy 
Governor, and Directors, of the South Sea Company, at,. 
from, and after, the refpective times for electing a Sub- 
Governor, and Deputy Governor, and new Directors, of 


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the faid Company, to take, hold, or enjoy; any Office, 
Place, or Employment, in the faid‘Company, or in the 
Eaft India. Companys or Bank of Exg/and,; and from 
voting upon Elections in the {aid Companies: ». 

An Aét for repealing an, Act, made inthe Ninth Year 
of the Reign of her late. Majefty Queen Anne, intituled: 
An Act to oblige. Ships coming trom Places infected 
more. effectually, to perform, their Quarantine ; and for the 
better preventing the. Plague being brought from foreign 
Parts into Great,Britain or Ireland, or the. Mes of Guern- 
Seys, Fel» Alderney, -Sark, or Man; and to hinder the 
Spreading of Infection: 

An Act for naturalizing Fobn Robethon, and George 
Robetbon, his Son. 


And then the Houfe adjourned fill To-mortow.Morn- 
, ing, Nine of the Clock. 





—_ 


Fovis, 26° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 7° Georgti Regis, 1720. 


_ PRAYERS. 


bn Hartcup took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


A Petition of divers Fifhermen, Mariners, and Drag- 
ers of Oyfters, living at Newport and Cowes, in the Ife 
of Wight, and County of Southampton, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners, as well as great Numbers more of Fifhermen, and 
Draggers of Oyfters, near that Ifland, have for many 
Years fupported themfelves, and Families, by Fifhing, and 
Taking ot Oyfters: ‘Phat large French Veffels have lately 
come trequently over tothis Coaft, laden with French Oy- 
fters,whichthey fell at very lowRates; and thereby our Mar- 
kets are glutted, and the Engli/b Oyfters rendered of little 
Ufe: And praying, That the Importation of Freuch Oy- 
fiers may be prohibited, 
Orderedy That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliainent 
for the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Corn- 
wall, in the room of Sir Charles Cooke, Knight, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Fob Rolle Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country fur Ywo Months, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Ordered, That Charles Parker Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for Three Weeks; upon extraordi- 
nary Occafions. 


_ABill for naturalizing Yobn Hartcup, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Tho. Hales, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Briftcw, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Pel- 
bam, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Earl, Sir Matth. Decker, Sir 
Koger Bradjbaigh, Mr. Lade, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Hillerf- 
den, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Onflow, Mr. 


Carteret; Mr. Wilde, Mr. Smith, Mr. Stanbope, Colonel. 


Carpenter, Mr. Ward, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. 
Haljey, Mr. Pow/le:t, Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Boteler, Sir Wm. 
Thompfon, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Wbite, Mr. Harrifon, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Hucks, 
Mr. Wallis, Sir Charles Hotham, Mr. Knight: And they 
are to. meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in’ the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
Preventing the Corrupting of Juries; and for the more 
tfiectual enforcing the Laws for making up the Freehold- 
ets Books: And that Mr. Freman, Mr. Drew,. Mr. Pal- 


mer, and Mr. Harley, do prepare, and bring in, the 


fame. 


Jourhals af the: Houle of Comintons.! 


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And then the How’ adjoufned till To-morrow Morn: 
ing, Nine of the Clock. ee as 


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Veneris, 27° die Fanuarii; . ,+ 
Anno’ 7° Georgii: Regis; 1720. I: 

PRAYERS, 4 sees, é teas 

dN ingroffed Bill for granting anAid.to his Majefty, 

\&amp; by a Land Tax to be raiicd: in\Great Britain, fot 
the Service of the Year.1721, was*iead the Third.time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made.to.the Bill; vz. “Gorin ae 

.Prefs.90.. Li. 47. Before the Word: Foba,” infert 
** Levinus Bufh Efquire :” RAE AR, 

Prefs.93. L..394, After * Hinde,” infert ** Thomas 
‘* Winningion ;”” . RPS: fob. ay oe 

Prefs 94. L. 13. After. ‘* Maidfoue,” infert Mr. Wij- 
** fiam Wattle, Maidfione:” 7 ! 

Le g3.0After $+ Gentlemen,” .infert * For, the 
‘*. County of Lincoln, and the City of Lincoln, and County 
“* of the faid City, George Whichcote, Savile Cuft, Efquires; 
‘© Anthony Fames Brofealey, Fobn Pechard, Clerks :” 

Prefs 96..L. 2. Atter ** Efquire,”’sinlert “* Edward Ap 
&lt;¢ Efquire :” Bide ; ang 
.L, 28... After “* Burchet,” infert “* George 
© Stanley :” 

Prefs 97. Li. 5. Before ‘* Efquires,”’ infert ‘* Edward 
“© Clerk: , 

And the faid Amendments were, vponthe Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And the 
Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, tor the Service 
of the Year 1721, 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Deputy Go- 
vernor of the South Sea Company attended at the Door ; 

He was, called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, am Account of Stock fold, as récetved from the 
Committee of the Treafury, who never laid any Account 
before the Court of Directors of Stocix fold, rill after the 
Receipt of the Order of the Houle, of the Seventeenth 
of December \aft; though, upon Inquiry, the Court find 
the Money to’ be entered in the Cafli Book of the Com- 
pany; the Fourteenth of Apri/ lat. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the Account was read. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, who are appointed to inquire 
into all the Proceedings relating to the Execution of the 
A@, paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An 
Act for enabling the South Sea Company to increafe their 
prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch pub- 
lick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned ; 
and for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening feveral 
of the publick Debts and Incumbrances; and for calling. 
in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled ; and 
for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circu- 
Jated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Ex- 
chequer. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabbati, 28° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 7° Geofgil Regis, 1720. 


PRaveERs. : 

IR obs Norris reported from the Cothmittee, to 
S whom the Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, and Free- 
men, of the ancient Town and Port of Rye, in the County 
of Suffex, in behalf of themfelves, and many Hundreds 
of his Majefty’s faithful Subjects was referred, That they 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and by 
what theans the Harbour of Rye became obftruéted, and 
decayed ; and what they conceive neceflary to be done, to 
reftore the faid Harbour to its ancient Goodnefs; and had 
directed him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Floufe; and he read the Report in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz, 

That the Committee, to whom the faid Petition was re- 
ferred, find, upon Examination of Mr. Fobn Dixon, who 
faid, He had known the Harbour of Rye, and ufed the 
Sea, above Fifty Years: That, in the Year 1666, a Ship 
called The Saint Andrew, a Second-rate Man of War, 
ftruck on the Rip Raps, and came into the faid Harbour, 
and rid on Float for Six Months; and likewife Tbe Happy 
Return, a Fifty gun Ship, and fome large Dutch Ships, 
taken in the Firft Dutch War, and other large Ships, rid 
afloat there; and, in the next Dutch War, many large 
Ships, and, in the War in the Reign of King William, 
the Ships called Tbe Maidftone, Sea Horfe, Greyhound, 
with other Ships and Frigates, rode afloat there: 

That the faid Fobn Dixon faid further, That, about 
40 Years paft, he failed in a Hoy, of Sixty Tons, as 
far as Blackwall, and that it was navigable to that Place, 
till about the Year 1684, when a Dam being made, and 
feveral others fince, the Harbour has gradually decayed : 

That he remembers The Squirrell, and feveral Mer- 
chant Ships, taken in the late French War, for want of 
Water to come into the Harbour, the fame being fallen 
to Decay ; and that a Fly Boat, Jaden with Salt, was alfo 
Joft at the Mouth of the Harbour, and moft of the Men 
drowned: 

That no Ships of Burthen can now come into the Har- 
bour, to ride afloat at low Water; and that the Decay 
thereof is occafioned by the Inning of Lands, which pre- 
vetits the Flux of the Tide: 

That if the Tide had its Flux into the prefent drowned 
Level,-it would reftore the Harbour to its ancient Good- 
neis. 

Mr. Thomas Grebell faid, He was born at Rye, and re- 
members upward of 40 Years: That the Harbour then 
was open, and One hundred Ships might ride afloat, have- 
ing from 14. to 18 Foot Water, at low Water : 

That, in the Beginning of the War in King William's 
Reign, the Ships called The Sea Horfe, The Maiajftone, 
Swan, Sally, Roje, and feveral other Men of War, and 
feveral other Veflels, rid afloat at low Water: 

That the Fide flowed, about 35 Years ago, up to Black- 
wall, and then the Harbour was good ; but feveral Shuts, 
or Crofs-walls, being made fince, has prevented the Flux 
of the Tide, and been the Gaufe of the Decay of the Har- 
bour: 

That if the Tide was now to flow up to the Place 
called The Drowned Level, he believes, that the Weight 
of the Back-water would then reftore the Harbour to its 
ancient Ufe: 

That the Winchelfea, Squirrell, and Ren Pink, Men of 
War, and other Veffels, were taken in the late War; which, 
if the Harbour had been in its ancient Condition, might 
have been faved : 

That, in Ofober 1717, about 50 Sail of Ships, failing 
to the Weftward, were put back by contrary Winds, and 
obliged to lie under Dungine/s, becaufe they could not 
come into the Harbour; and that moft of them were loft, 
which otherwife might have been faved, if the Harbour 
had been as good as forinerly, 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


A. 1720. 


Mr. Fofeph Tucker, who had known Rye for 27 Yeats, 
being examined, faid, That feveral Ships were loft; and 4 
great many Veffels, of great Value, taken, off the faid Har 
bour, which might have been faved, if the Harbour had 
been in the Condition it formerly was in, 

Facoh Acworth Efquire, Sutveyor of the Navy; Win. 
Clevland E.{quire, Commiffioner of the Navy; Mr. Tip: 
pett, and Mr. Smith, elder Brothers of Trinity Houfe; were 
feverally examined; and faid, That they, by Direétions of 
the Navy Board, had lately taken a Survey of the faid 
Harbour ; and, in their Report to the Lords of the Ad: 
miralty, had fet forth, what they thought was the Caufe 
of its Decay, and the Method they apprehended moft 
proper to reftore it to its ancient Goodnefs, for the Bene. 
fit of Trade and Navigation: A Copy of which Report 
was produced to the Committee, and read: As alfo, an 
Eftimate of the Charge of performing the Work propofed 
for making the Harbour ufeful for Navigation; which 
amounts to 17,852/. 45. od.: Which Report and Efti- 
mate, the Committee carefully examined. 

That, upon the Examination of the Witneffes afore. 
faid, and by the Papers referred to the Committee by « 
the Houfe, it appeared, That the Inning of the Cha: 
nel, and wafte Lands, of the Harbour of Rye, and 
preventing the Flux of the Tide, has been the Caufe 
of the Decay of the faid Harbour; and that the only 
way to-preferve the Harbour from being totally loft, is, to 
prevent the fame for the future: 

And that the moft proper Meihod to reftore the faid 
Harbour to its ancient Goodnefs, for the Benefit of Trade 
and Navigation, would be, to let the Tide have its free 
Courfe from Scotch Flat and Craven Sluice into the prefent 
drowned Lands, between Blackwall and Maytham. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
better Prefervation of the Harbour of Rye, in the County 
of Suffex: And that Sir Fobn Norris and Mr. Gybbon da 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Thomas Miller Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. ‘ 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do go with the Mace into Wefminfler-bail, and 
the Courts there, and Court of Requefts, and Places ad- 
jacent, and fummon the Members there to attend the.Sere 
vice of the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And, being returned ; 


The Order of the Day was read, for Sir Robert Chap- 
lin and Francis Eyles Efquire to attend in their Places: 

And they being in their Places accordingly ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion pro- 
pofed, That the faid Sir Robert Chaplin, a Member of 
this Houfe, is guilty of a notorious Breach of Truft, as a 
Director of the South Sea Company; and thereby occa- 
fioned a very great Lofs to great Numbers of his Ma- 
jefty’s Subjects, and highly prejudiced the publick Cre 
dit : 

Sir Robert Chaplin was heard in his Place. 

And being withdrawn ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That Sir Robert Chap- 
lin Baronet, 2 Member of this Howfe, and One of the 
Directors of the South Sea Company, is guilty of a noto- 
rious Breach of Truft, as a Director of the faid Company 5 
and has thereby occafioned very great Lofs to great Num- 
bers of his Majefty’s Subjects, and highly prejudiced the 
publick Credit. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the faid Sir Ro- 
bert Chaplin be, for his faid Offence, expelled this Houfe. 

Then a Motion being made, and the Queftion pro- 
pofed, That Francis Eyles Efquire, a Member of this 
Houfe, is guilty of a notorious Breach of Truift, as a Di- 
rector of the South Sea Company ; and thereby oceafionet 
a very great Lofs to great Numbers of his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects, and highly prejudiced the publick Credit 5 
' Mr, Eyles was heard in his Place. 

a" And, 














7 GEO. J. 


And being withdrawn ; 

Refolved; That Francis Eyles Efquire, a Member of 
this Houle, and One of the Directors of the South Sea 
Company, is guilty of a notorious Breach of Truft, as 
a Director of the faid Company; and has thereby occa- 
fioned very great Lofs to great Numbers of his Majeity’s 
Subjects; and has highly prejudiced the publick Credit. 

Refolved, That the faid Lrancis Eyles be, for his taid 
Offence, expelled this Floute. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houle, upon the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and 
Defertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and 
their Quaiters. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Zrely reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill; and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. ' 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tuefday 
Morning next. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till Zuefday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 31° die fanuarii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


(pReeress That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Devizes, in the County of Wilts, in 
the room of Francis Eyles Efquire, expelled this Houle. 


A Petition of the Mercers, and other principal Dealers 
in the Combing of Wool, Spinning of Worfted Yarn, 
and Weaving of light Woolien Stuffs, in and about the 
Town and Parifh of Leeds, and Parts adjacent, in the 
Weit Riding of the County of York, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That feveral Thou- 
fand of poor Families in thofe Parts, have, for a long 
time, been employed in the Combing, Spinning, and 
Weaving, of thole Manufactures: Thar, by the general 
Wearing of Callicoes, the Petitioners faid Trade has been 
eradually declining; and is, at prefent, ia a very deplo- 
rable Condition: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, Yhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill to prelerve and encourage the Wocilen and 
Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
effeétual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 


Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, 


in Apparel, Houfhold-fluff, Furniture, or otherwife, fhall 
be brought in. 


A Petition of the Proprietors; Occupiers, and Owners, 


of Salt Springs, and Occupations of Walling, in and 


about the ancient Town of Middlewich, in the County 
Palatine of Cheffer, and the Inhabitants thereof, was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the 
whole Sea Trade for manufactured Salt in that County is 
now carried on from feveral Salt-works in or near the 
Towns of Northwi-b and Middlewich, and Two Works ac 
Winsford Bridge: That the Salt Springs of Middlewich 
are of great Antiquity, and hath been the chief Support 
of the faid Town; and -the Inhabitants have hitherto 
been enabled to trade with Ireland, and other foreign 
Parts; and thereby iupplied themfelves with Malt, Coals, 
and other Commodities: ‘That if the River //eaver 
thould be made navigable, without a previous Confidera- 


‘tion for the Petitioners, their faid Trade will be atterly 


. . 71 4 7 
ruined: And praying, That the River Daven, or Dane, 


Vou. XIX. 


Jourtals of tbe Houle of Comnioni. 





4i4 
to the Falling in of the Wheelock Brook to 17bcelock Bridge, 
may be alfo made navigable; and that a Claute or Clautes 
may be inferted in the Bill for the Navigation of the 
River Weaver, tor that Purpote. 

Ordered, Vhat the fiid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear tu 
them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Sir Richard Grofvenor, Mr Ver- 
non, Mr. Plumptre, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Bond, Su 
Arthur Kay, Mr. Notie, Lord James Cavendifo, Mir. Car- 
taret, Mr. Inge, Sir Tho. Foknjon, Mr. Farrer, Mi. Earl, 
Mr. Feffop, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Leigh, Colonel He- 
lyer, Mr. Giles Earl, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Medlycot,. Mr. 
kreman, Sir Arthur Owen, sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Godfrey. 
Sir Richard Steel, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Secretary Craggs; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Chefer, 
Lancafter, Derby, Stafford, Salop, atid London: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And they have Power to fend for 
Perions, Papers, and Records. 


c 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Brothers, and 
capital Burgeffes, of the Borouch of Derby; and of the 
Gentlemen, principal Inhabitants, and ‘radefmen, of 
the {aid Borough; was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, [hat a conftant Trade hath always been 
carfied on between the faid Town of Derby and the 
County of Chefter ; they fending large Quantities of Malt 
thither, and receiving Salt in i:xchange thereof: That 
the Town of Middlewich hath been the ulual Market for 
Malt fent from Derby: And, being a Jarge Fown, will 
be very convenient fdr Storing of other Goods and Mer- 
chandizes, from the Port of Leverpoosle: That there is a 
Propofal for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Frodham to Northwich, and from thence to Winsford 
Bridge, in the County of Chefer: That the Petitioners 
are informed, That the faid Navigation may, with as 
much Eafe, and no great Differenre in the Expence, be 
brought from Northwich, up the River Daven, or Dane, 
to the faid Lovin of Middlewich: And praying, That the 
faid. intended Navigation of the River Weaver may be 
alto carried on from Nortéwich, up the River Daven, or 
Dane, to Miadlewich. 

Ordered, That the faid Fetition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Proprietors, Occupiers, and Owners, of Salt Springs, aad 
Occupations of Walling, in and about the ancient Town 
of M:ddlewicb, in the County Palatine of Chefer, and 
the Inhabitants thereof, is referred: And that they do ex- 
amine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houte. 


Ordered, That Sir Trifram Dillington Baronet have 


Leave to go into the Country, for Recovery of his 
Fiealth. 


Ordered, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to the 
Reverend Doctor Baker, for the Sermon by him preached 
before this Houle Yelterday, at Sart Margaret’s, We/t- 
minfler; amd that he be defired to print the fame: And 
that Mr. Secretary Craggs; and: Mr. Plumptre, do acquaint 
him therewith, 


A Bill for enlarging the Time granted for making the 
River Kennet navigable from Reading to Newdury, in the 
County of Berks, was read a Second time. 

Refoived, That the Bill be committed to the Earl of 
Hartford, Mr. Plummer, Sir Phil. Parker, Mr. Sloper, 
Lord Carpenter, Lord Wm, Powlett, Mr. Heathcete, 
Mr. Onflow, Mr. Wilfon, Mr. Lade, Mr. Serjeant Bireh, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Micklethwaiie, Mr. Heath, Mr. But- 
ler, Mr. Naylor, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Hucks, Sir Tho, 
Fobnfon, Mr. Carteret, Mr Heyfoam, Mr. Plumptre, Mr, 
Bankes, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Ward, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Fre- 
man, Mr. Comptrolicr, Mr. Haley, Sir Wilfred Lawson, 
Mr. Ellis, Mr. Secretary Creges, Mr. Zi:ll, Mr. Beteler, 
Mr. Sandys, Sir Arthur Owen, Sit Robert Corbett, Mr, 

5 N Bend, 








At4 
Bond, Sit Hen. Hoghton, Mr. Medlycote, Sir Richard 
Gough, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cartwright, and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties of Berks and Wilts: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. ; 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Yarmouth, in the County of Southampton, 
in the room of Sir Theodore Fanffen Knight and Baronet, 
expelled this Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned until 
Thurfday come Sevennight. 7 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do write circular Letters 
to the Sheriffs and Stewards of the feveral Counties of 
Great Britain; requiring the Attendance of the Members of 
this Houfe on Thurfday come Sevennight, the Ninth Day 
of February next: And that this Houfe, notwithftanding 
any Leave to be abfent, will proceed with the utmoit 
Severity againft fuch Members, whofe Excufes fhall not 
be allowed of, as thall not then attend the Service of the 
Houfe: 

The Form of which circular Letter is as follows; viz. 


From the Houfe of Commons, the 31ft 
Day of Fanuary 1720. 
Sir, 
HE Houfe of Commons having taken Notice of 
the Abfence of feveral of their Members, I am com- 
manded to acquaint you with it, that you may give imme- 
diate Summons to the Reprefentatives of your County, 
and Boroughs within the fame, That they do atteid their 
Service in Parliament on Thurfday the Ninth Day of Fe: 
bruary next, notwithftanding any Order of Leave to be 
abfent; the Houfe of Commons intending to proceed 
with all Severity againft all fuch of their Members as 
fhall then negleét to attend the Service of the Houle, 
and whofe Excufes thall not be allowed: And you are to 
give an Account of the Receipt of this, and what you 
have done thereupon, to, 
Sir, 
Your humble Servant, 

Sp. Compton, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and 
Defertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and 
their Quarters, was committed, be received upon Satur- 
day next come Sevennight. 


Mr. Bacon prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and 
Silk Manufaétures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houfhold-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwife : 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Great Grim/by, in the County of Lincoln, 
in the room of Sir Robert Chaplin Baronet, expelled this 
Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Journals of he Houfe of Commons. 


J. 1720. 


Mercurii, 1° die Februarit; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS. 
Petition of Gi'bert de Flines, and Chriftian Frederich 
Zincke, was prefented to the Houle, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners were born out of hie 
Majetty’s Allegiance; but profefs the Proteftant Religion, 
and have given Teftimony of their humble, dutiful, and 
loyal, Affeétions to his Majelty, and the Good of the 
Kingdom of Great Britain: And praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for their Naturalization, 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac. 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr, 
Lade and Mr. Diffon do prepare, and bring in, the 


fame. 


Sir Yobn Norris prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the better Prefervation of the Harbour 
of Rye, in the County of Sufex: And the fame was re. 
ceived; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and other In. 
habitants, of the Towns of Man:hefler and Salford, in 
the County of Lancaffer, was prefented to the Houfe 
and read; fetting forth, That the faid Towns do ftand 
upon the Banks of each Side of the River Irwel/; which 
River joins the River Mercy, and fo defcends to the Port 
of Leverpoole: That the Trade from Leverreele to Man- 
chefier, and the Towns adjacent, is very great : That if 
the faid Rivers Mercy and Irwell, from Liverpoole to 
Manchefier, were made navigable, it would be a great 
Advantage and Encouragement to the Trade of thofe 
Parts; and a Communication opened betwixt the Weft 
and [aft Seas of Great Britain: And praying, ‘That the 
faid Rivers Mercy and IJrwell may be made navigable, 
from Leverpoole to Manchefter. 7 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Conyers 
Mr. York, Sir Tho. Fobufon, Mr. Levinz, Mr. Choliley, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Ychn Hind Cotton, Sit Nib. Mo. 
rice, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Campbell, Colonel Grabme, Mr. 
Palmer, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Briftow, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Wm. Fobuftone, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Morice, Sir Fobn Bland, Mr. 
Cartaret, Mr. Farrer, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Hal- 
Sey; Sir Tho. Palmer, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Noble, Lord Car: 
penter, Mr. Earl, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Medlycote; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Lancafter, 
Chefter, York, Stafford, and Derby: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And they have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 3 


Mr. Freman prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for preventing the Corrupting of Juries; and 
for the more effeCtual enforcing the Laws for making up 
the Freeholders Books: Aad the fame was received ; 
and read the Firit time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for the better preferving and keeping in Re- 
pair the Piers of the Town and Port of Witdy, in the 
County of York, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cholmley, 
Sir Wim. St. Quintin, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Strickland, Sir Fobn- 
Rufbout, Mr. Briffow, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Hucks, Mr. 
Hitch, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Horatio Walpole, Brigadier 
Ferrers, Mr. Travers, Mr. Ajbe, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Wil- 
fon, Mr, Milner, Sir, fames Campbell, Sir Fobn Puillips, 
Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. 

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Arunacll, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Earl, Mr. Shepbeard, 
Mr. Ellis, Mr. Lawfon, Lord Tirconnell, Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Neville, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Wrighifon, Mr. Low:her, 
Mr. Baker, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. 
Walpole, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Windfor, 
Mr. Levinz, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Pitt, Sir Geo. Beaumont, 
Sir Richard Steel, Mr. London; Sir Robert Clark, Mr. 
Dockminique, Mr. Weaver, Mr. Chetwynde, Mr. Inge; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of York, 
Durbam, and Northumberiand: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


The Houfe being moved, That the Borrowing Claufe 
‘n the Act, of the Fifth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act for enlarging the Time granted by Two 
Aas of Parliament for the Repairs of the Piers of 
Bridlington, alias Burlington; and for making the faid 
Acts more effectual, might be read; 

The fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for the better preferving and keeping in 
Repair the Piers of the Town and Port of Whitby, in 
the County of York, is committed, That they have Power 
to receive a Claufe to explain and make the faid Claufe 
more effectual. 


Mr. Yobn Chetwynde, from the Commiffioners for 
Trade and Plantations, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Addrefs to his Majefty, a Copy of the Re- 
prefentation from the Lords Commiffioners for Trade 
and Plantations, upon an Addrefs from the Houfe of 
Lords, relating to the Prohibition of Callicoes, Ee, 

The Ticle of the faid Reprefentation was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Reprefentation do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Weavers, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufands employed in the Woollen Manu- 
facture, in the City of Briffol, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Fhat whilft they had 
Employment they fupported themfelves, and Families, 
but now many of them are altogether detiitute of 
Work, and in a ftarving Condition; occafioned by the 
general Ule and Wear of Callicoes: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill to preferve and encourage the Wooilen and 
Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ute and 
Wear of all printed; painted, ftained, or dyed Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houfhold-ftuf, Furniture, or otherwife, fhall 
be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Clothiers and Stuff-makers, in behalf 
of themfelves, and many Thoufand poor Families, in 
Bedminfter; in the County of Somerfet, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by the Wear 
of great Quantities of Callicoes, the Confumption of our 


Britifo Manufactures, made of fine Worfted, have very 


much abated; and the Petitioners rendered uncapable of 
employing the Poor; who are become numerous, and 
are in a ftarving Condition: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and 
Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houfhold-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwife, fhall 
be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Clothiers and Stuff-makers, in behalf 
of themfelves, and many Thoufands, in Pensford, Coin- 
foam, and Places adjacent, in the County of Somer/et, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners formerly employed great Numbers ot 
poor Families; but, fince the Ute of printed and painted 


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Ais 
Callicoes have been fo generally worn, they cannot fell 
their Briti/h Manufactures; and thereby the Poor are be- 
come very numerous: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
unul the Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and 
Silk Manufa@ures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
eficctual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained; or dyed, Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houthold-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwile, fhall 
be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hucks, Sit Fifber Tench, Mr. Con- 
gers, Mr. Beker, Mr. Gay, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Eng- 
land, Mr. Eden, Mr. Watkins Wm. Wynn, Mr. Cal- 
mady, Mr. Plummer, be added to the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Proprietors, Occupiers, and Owners; 
of Salt Springs, and Occupations of Wailing, in and 
about the ancient Town of Middlewich, in the County 


Palatine of Cheffer; and the Inhabitants thereof, is re- 
ferred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





° Qo }* &lt;s 
Fovis 2° die Februarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Plumptre reported from the Committee, to 

whom the Bill for making thé River Weaver na- 
vigable from Frodham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in 
the County of Chefer, was committed, That they had 
made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a Se- 
cond time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion leverally 
put thereupon, with Amendments to tome of them, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, “Vhat the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Loviboud and Mr. 
Borrett: 


Mr. Speaker, 

We are commanded by the Lerds to acquaint this 
Houle, That their Lordthips, having under their Exa- 
mination feveral Matters of Importance, relating to the 
South Sea Company, defire that fuch of the Directors of 
the faid Company, and other Perfons, as are in the 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, 
may be, from time to time, produced before their Lord- 
fhips, or any Committee of their Houfe, when defired. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, or his Deputy, do attend the Lords with fuch 
of the Directors, or other Officers, of the South Sa Com- 
pany, as are in his Cuftody, in fuch manner as is defired 
by their Lordfhips. 

The Meffengers were called in again; and Mr. Speaker 
acquainted them, That the Houfe had confidered their 
Meffage; and had ordered, that the Serjeant at Arms 
attending this Houfe, or his Deputy, do attend the 
Lords with fuch of the Directors or other Officers, of 
the South Sea Company, as are in his Cuftody, in fuch 
manner as is defired by their Lordfhips. 


A Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and 
Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ule and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houthold-&amp;uff, Furniture, or otherwife, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 

of the whole Houle. ee 
7 ssh sf elgg LP 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the faid Bull : 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Reprefentation from the 
Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Plancations, upon an 
Addrets from the Ho:fe of Lords, relating co the Prohi- 
bition of Callicoes, &amp;c. be referred to the Confideration 
of the faid Committee. , 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Niae of the Clock. 





Veneris, 3° die Februarit; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Truftees whofe Names are fub- 

fcribed, appointed to put in Execution an Act of 
Parliament, pafled in the Tenth Year of the Reign ot her 
late Majefly Queen Axze, intituled, An Act for repairing 
the Road from Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of 
Middicfex, to Barnet Blockboufe, in the County ot Hert- 
ford; and of the Inhabitants of the feveral Parithes of 
Rijhops Hatfeld, North Mims, and Northaw, in the faid 
County of Hertford, and South Mims, in the faid County 
of Middlefex, whofe Name are alio fubfcribed, in behalf 
of themieives, and the reft cf the Inhabitants of the faid 
Parithes; was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, by the faid Act, feveral Sums of Money, 
therein mentioned, were direéted to be colleéted, levied, 
and paid, for amending the faid Road, during the Term of 
‘Thirteen Years: That the Truftees have duly applied the 
Money raifed by virtue of the faid Act, to amend and 
repair the faid Roads: That a certain Road, or Highway, 
leading from Hadley Windmill, in the faid County of Mid- 
dlefex, to the Sign of the Angel, in Enfield Chace, con- 
taining in Length One Mile and a Halt; and is Part of 
the great common Northern Road to the City of London, 
is now in very great Decay, for want of Repair; having 
never been repaired in the Memory of Man, by reafon it 
is Part of Enjield Chace, and not known to what Parifh 
it belongs: And praying the faid Road may be added to 
the Bill petitioned for; and be amended by virtue thereof; 
and that the Term may be enlarged; without increafing 
the Duty granted by the faid Act. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of 2 Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Bertie, Mr. Freman, Mr. Afbe, 
Mr. Briffow, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Plumptre, Lord 
Morpeth, Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Low- 
ther, Lord Win. Powlett, Lord Downe, Sir Fobn Cur- 
zon, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Chetwynde, Sir 
Fran. Drake, Mr. Harrifon, Si Fuftinian Iham, Sir 
Arthur Kay, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Smelt, Sir 
Fran. Leicefler, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Walcctt, Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Nortbey, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Baker, Mr. Jennings, 
Lord Grimjten, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Pitt, Sir Richard 
Gough, Sir Arth. Owen, Mr. Inge, Mr. Neville, Mr. 
Rowney, Sir Wm, Daines, Mr. Cowper, Lord Barving- 
ton, Mr. Forrefer: And all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Middlefex, Hertford, Bedford, Bucks, 
Northampton, and North Britain: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of the united Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the Eajt indies, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That a Bill is now de- 
pending, intituled, A Bui to preferve and encourage the 
Woollen and Siik Manufactures of this Kingdom, and 


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for the more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting 
the Ule and Wear of all Callicoes: What, if the faid 
Bill fhould pafs, the Petitioners will be greatly damaged, 
and their Trade will be very much impaired, and the 
Woollen Manufactures no-ways benefited thereby: And 
praying, That chey may be heard; by Countel, againgt 
the faid Bill, betore the Committee. 

Ordered, That the taid Petition be referred to the Con. 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houle, tg 
whom the Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and 
Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
effectual employing the Puor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houfhold-fluff, Furniture, or otherwife, jg 
commuted: And that the Petitioners be heard, before the 
faid Committee, by their Countel, if they think fit. 


Mr. Walpole prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a bill of Powers for ingrafting Part of the Capital 
Stock, and Fund, of the South Sea Company, into the 
Siock, and Fund, of the Bank of England, and another 
Part thereof into the Stock, and Fund, of the Eaft India 
Company: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firit time. 

Refa'ved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

A Motion being made, and the Queition being put, 
Tihac the Bill be read a Second time upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 

. Lord Hinchinbrook, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Wm. Chetwynde: 

Mr. Hey/bam, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Baker: 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


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fuss. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Tue/day Morning, 
Nine of the Clock. 





Maris, 7° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRayeERs, 


IR Thomas Hales reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for naturalizing Fobn Hartcup was 
committed, That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had direéted 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Table. 
Crdered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of the Mafter Taylors refiding within the 
Cities of London and Wefiminfter, in behalf ot themfelves, 
and others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
there having been, for fome time paft, and now is, a great 
Number of Journeymen Tayiors, who have, in order to 
procure themlelves greater Wages, entered into Combi- 
nations, by Articles, compelling each other, not only to 
infift upon unreafonable Prices, but alfo to work fewer 
Hours in the Day than ufual; by which means, they not 
only hinder themfelves from Employment, bur ule their 
utmoft Endeavours to feduce and corrupt others: That 
the fame may be of ill Confequence, in fetting an ill 
Precedent for other Artificers and Labourers: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine th 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. .Bertie, Mr. Heyfham, Sir 
Robert Davers, Mr. Inge, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Pel- 
ham, Me. Herbert, Wir. Rowney, Mr. Farrer, Sir 
Tho. Hales, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Adolphus Oughicn, Sir 

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«Gro. I. 


Abburft, Mr. Vernon, Mr. 


Mr. Ba- 
Sit Richard 


fen. 
ker, Mr. Preman, Mr. 
How, Mr. Walters. Sir Fokn Rogers, Mr. Carteret, Sir 
Arib. Kay, Sir € Turner, Sit Geo. Beaumont, Mr. 
Chetwyn, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Smith, Mr. Mixjoull, 


Dockminique, 
Clayton, Mr. Packer, 


Mr. Bacon, Mr. Egcumbe, Mr. Edwards, Mr. shep- 
pera, Mr. Milner, Nir. Treby, Sir Tho. Seabrigkt,; and 


all the Members that ferve for the City of Loadon, and 
for the Counties of Afiddlef-w and Surry: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, ‘in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And they have Power to fend for Perlons, 
Papers, and Records, 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of 
the Company and Feliowfhip of Worfted Weavers in the 
City of Coventry, in behalit of themlelves, and many 
others, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
That, by the frequent and cont inual Wear of 
India Callicces, the Woollen Manufacture in general is 
much decayed, and, in a manner, totally ruined; and 
inany, for want of Employment, are reduced to extreme 
Want and Poverty: And praying Reiict. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


for th, 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Adventurers, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, for bringing Waters to 
the Cities of Lowden and Wefminfer, and Parts adjacent, 
which was prefenied to the Houle, and read, the Sixth 
of January jaft, and then ordered to lhe upon the Table, 
be referred to the Confideration of a Committee: And 
that they do examine the Matter thereof, and report tae 
fame, as it fhail appear to them, to the Houte: 

And it it referred to Lerd Zyrconnell, Mr Hungerford, 
Mr. Carteret, Sir Ibo. Hi: ues Mr. Freman, Lord Stan- 
bope, Mr. Se erjeant Eirch, Mr. Onjlow, Sir Foba Norris, 
sir Roger Bradfoaigh, Mr. Minfbull, Sir Philip Parker, 
Mr. Neviile, Mr. Plum: mer, Mr. Palmer, ore Conyers, Sir 
Tho, Elenmer, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Lowndes, Lord Blun- 
an Mr. Meyrier, Mir. Bertie, Mir. W Seat Mr. Dock- 
iit ante Colones! Fane, Sir Samuei Leunard, Mr. Sandys, 
Mi Smith, Mr. Heyfoam, Brigadier Windfor, Sir Artb. 
Kay, Sir Tho. Palimr, Mr. F Myr. Herne, Sir Tho. 
Siabrip bh, Sir Fifber Tench, Mr. ” Hervey, Mr. daze, Sir 
Adolphus Ough.on, Sir Fran. Leicefer, Mr. Levinz, Mr. 
Strickland, Mr. Cholmiey, Mr. Pelbam, Sic Wm. Wynd- 
bam, Mr. Yonge, the Earl of Hertford, Mr. Archer, 
Mr. Lowther, Sir Cha. Turner, Nir. Cartwright, Mr. 
ger Mr. Halfey, Sir Bryan Broughton, Mr. Newland, 

fr. HVrightfon, Mr. Gay, Mr. Paleney, Mr. Hitch; and 
al the Members that ferve for the C.unties of Middiefex, 
Bucks, and Hertford, and City of London: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 
they have Power to iend for Perfons, Papers, andi Re- 
cords. 


— 


‘ley, 


A Petition of the Adventurers whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners having a Diicovery, 

nade by Mr. Thomas Acherley, That fome {mall Parts of 
the Waters of the Colne, and other Streams, being united, 
would furniih great Quantities that might be brought to 
the bigheft Parts of any Houtes 1a London or Weftiminfter : ; 
That the Petitioners have been at great Charges to pro- 
mote the Undertaking; and the fame may be effectually 
performed, with little or no Damage to any one, if they 
had but neceffary Powers granted them therefore: And 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Purpoles aforefaid. 

Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejected. 


A Petition of the Commiffioners for putting in Execu- 
tion an Act, paffed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of 
her late Maje ‘ity Que en Aane, tor repairing, amending, 
and enlarging, the Highways near the City of Bath, whole 
Names aretaere unto fubtcribed, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; fetting forth, That, when the Petitioners firtt 


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proceeded to put the fiid AQ in Execution, the Hi ghways 
thereby directed to be amended were in fo bad and ruin. 
ous a Condi ron, that the Petitioners were under a Nece{- 
fi ity of borrowing Three thoufand Pounds; and engaged 

e Income of the feveral Tolls for the Repaymenr there- 
of: with Intereft: That notwithitanding the faid Monk ‘y 
was laid out ih repairing the faid Highways, yet the fame 
continued in io bad a Co eCity that the Petitioners | nave 
been hitherto obliged contt tantly to apply the whole Profits 
arifing by the aid Tolls in amending the faid Roads; 
relerving only Money enough to pay the Iniereft of the 
faid 2 cool. and other neceflary gherctineger) That a 

great Part of the Term granted is expired; and the Cre- 

dviérs of the faid Toll have obtained a Decree in Chan- 
cery, that the Profits of the Tolls thall be ¢ app! ied to repay 
themielves their Principal and Intereft; fo that the Petia 
tioners are difabled to pay the fame, and to perfect the 
faid R epairs: And praying, That a Bill may be brought 
in for enlarging the Term granted by the faid A&amp;, 

Ordered, T hat the faid Petition be referred to the Cons 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and reporc the fame, as it thal] ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Win. Wyndham, Mc. Palner, 
Mr. Gay, Mr. Hevylham, Lord Carpenter, Mr Nichclas, 
Sir Edward Turner Mr. Harvey, Sie Fran. Leiceffer, 
Mr. Drake, Sit Hen. Albhurft, Mr. Peibam, Sir Fobn 
Hicbart, Mr. Treby, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Brigfiock, Mr. 
Herne, Sir Arth. Kay, Mr. W indjor, Sir Tho. Seabrizht, 
Sir Edward Stradling, Mr. North, Mr. Northey, Mr. 
Carteret, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Smith, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Heath, Mr. Inge, Sir Richard Gough, Sir Hen. Hoghton, 
Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Rowney, Mr. Herbert, Mr. New- 
land; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of 
Somerfet, Wilts, and Dorfet: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speake r’s Chamber: 
And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, a and Re- 
cords. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolued, That this Houle will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfeif into a Commirtce of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and 
Silk Manutactures of this lidedo: and for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ute 
and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Cal- 
licoes, in Apparel; Fioufhold-ftuff, Furniture, or other- 
wile. 


A Bill of Powers for ingrafting Part of the Capital 
Stock, and Fund, of the South Sea Company into the 
Stock, and Fund, of the Bank of Ezgland; and another 
Part thereof into the Stock, and Fund, of the Eaf India 
Company; was read a Second time. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill be committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Mr. Af, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr Fed Walpole : i 237. 
A Winds 

Tellers for the Noes} ir — ; t 139. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve iticlf into a Committee of the whole 
Hioufe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned tii! To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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418 


Mercurii, 8° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Lade prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
NM der, a Bill for naturalizing Gilbert de Fuines and 
Chrifiian Frederick Zincke: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft time. . . 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for the better Prefervation of the Harbour of 
Rye, in the County of Sujex, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn Nor- 
ris, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Lade, Sir Wm. Ca- 
rew, Sir Copleftone Bampfylde, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Brittffe, 
Mr. Carteret, Mr. Chamberlein, Mr. Herne, Sir Wm. 
Pole, Mr. Reynell, Mc. Harvey, Mr. Snell, Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Strickland, Mr. Inge, Mr. Cariwright, Mr. Hed- 
worth, Mr. Lifter, Mr. Bracebridge, Sir john Ward, Mr. 
Harrifon, Mr. Earl, Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. P/umptre, Mr. Freman, Mr. Ward, Mr. Bertie, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Sandys, Lord Morpeth, Mr. Difton; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Sufex 
and Kent, and for the Sea Ports: And they are to meet 
this Afteracon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Bertie reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Truftees, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, appointed to put in Execution an Act of Par- 
liament, pafled in the Yenth Year of the Reign of her 
late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for repairing 
the Road from Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of 
Midd efex, to Barnet Blockhoufe, in the County of Hert- 
ford; and of the Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes of 
Bifoo;s Hatfield, North Mims, and Nertkaw, in the faid 
County of Hertford; and South Mims, in the faid County 
of Midcélefex; whofe Names are allo thereunto fubicribed; 
in behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the Inhabitants 
of the faid Parifhes; was referred; the Matter, as it ap- 
peared to them; and which they had dire¢ted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and find, That, by the faid Act of the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of her late Majetty, the Duties and Toils thereby 
granted were to continue for Thirteen Years, from the 
24th Day of June 1712: And, 

Feremy Sambrook E{quire, Treafurer of the faid Toll, 
produced the Books and Accounts of Receipts and Pay- 
ments arifing by virtue of the faid A&amp;, which had been 
examined and paffed by the Truftees; and faid, That the 
Money collected for the faid Toll had been duly applied 
for amending the Roads, according to the Direétions of 
the faid Act, but, being obliged to fend to Hampfead 
Heath, and Barnet Common, tor Gravel, it hath greatly 
increafed the Charge and Expencesin amending the Roads; 
and the Truftees, for carrying on the faid Repairs, have 
borrowed 720/. at Intereft, of feveral Perfons; and there 
is alfo due to Workmen above 1o0/, 

That, as to that Part of the Petition as relates to the 
Road leading from Hadley Windmill tothe Sign of 
the Angel in Enjield Chace; 

Rickard Hurlock taid, He was above 80 Years of Age; 
and that he has tor 70 Years paft known that Highway, 
containing about a Mile and a Halt ia Length, and ts Part 
of the greatcommon Norchern Road :oLendo1, whichis now 
very much out of Repair: And that he believes it never 
was repaired in the Memory of Man; it being Part of 
the faid Chace, and not known to what Parith it belongs. 

Edward Vafs taid, Vhat he has known the faid High- 
way for 30 Years iait pait; and never knew, or heard, 


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that the fame was ever repaired, or to what Parith ir 
belongs. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term granted by an Act, paffed in the 
Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road trom 
Highgate Gatchoufe, in the County of Middlefex, 
Barnet Blockhoufe, in the County of Hertferd; and for 
repairing the Road or Highway leading from Had) 
Windmill, in the faid County of Middlefex, to the Sign 
of the Angel in Enfield Chace: And that Mr. Bertie, 
Mr. Cowper, Mr. Freman, and Mr. Heyfeam, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for preventing the Corrupting of Juries; and for 
the more effectual enforcing the Laws for making up the 
Freeholders Books; was read a Second time. 

Refolved,, That the Bill be committed. 

Refulved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn. 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Hungerford prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the better Eftablifhment of publick Cre- 
dit, by preventing, for the future, the infamous Practice 
of Stock-jobbing: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time 

refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refoive itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and Sik 
Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more effec. 
tual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houfhold-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwife; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
the prohibiting Callicoes chequered, ftriped, ftitched, or 
flowered, in foreign Parts. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, Capital 
Burgeffts, and principal Inhabitants, of the Borough of 
Weymouth, and Melcombe Regis, in the County of Dorfét, 
together with the Merchants, Mafters of Ships, Matter 
Workmen, Weavers and Spinners of Cotton Wool im- 
ported from the Briti/a Plantations, and manufaétured in 
the faid Borough, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Hundreds of poor Cotton Spinners in the Parifhes adja- 
cent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That, for many Years paft, a Manufacture has been carried 
on in the faid Borough, by making with Cotton Wool 
imported from Briti/b Plantations, divers Fabricks of Cot- 
ton Cloth; which have been ufually printed, or dyed 
blue; and have enabled the Manufacturers to employ and 
fupport a great Number of poor People, who are incapa- 
ble of other Work: And praying, That the making 
Cloth with Cotton Wool, imported as aforefaid, may be 
encouraged, and be fubjeét to no other Duties than the 
Manufacture of Britih Linen is fubjeét to. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more effectual 
employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Use and Wear 
of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, in 
Apparel, Houfhoid-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwife, is com- 
mitted, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru@tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they bave Power to receive a Claufe to 
prevent Mafter Weavers from taking too great a Number 
of Apprentices. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

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Mr. Bacon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. } 

Mr. Bacon- reported from the Committee, That they 
had heard the Counfel of the Zaf India Company ; and 
made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had direéted him to 
move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





ovis, 9° die Februarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


T'bert de Plines and Chriftian Frederick Zincke took the 
Oaths appointed, in order to their Naturalization. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgeffes, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Newbury, in 
the County of Berks, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That by an Act, pafied in the Firft 
Year of the Reigns of his prefenc Majefty, for making 
the River Kennett navigable from Reading to the Town of 
Newbury, it was in general Words Enacted, That the 
jaid River fhould be made navigable from Reading to the 
Yown of Newbury: hat the Undertakers have ftaked 
out Ground only to an Out-part of the faid Town called 
Srecnbamland, in another Parifb, when the Navigation 
fhould be carried to a Place called The Ho/pital, ficuate in 
the Market-place of the faid Town: And praying, That 
a Claufe may be added to the Bill, now depending, for 
making the River Kennett navigable, fo as the faid Navi- 
gation may be carried to the Piace called The Hofpital. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for enlarging 
the Time granted for making the River Kennett navigable 
from Reading to Newbury, in the County of Berks, is 
committed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgeffes, and 
Commonalty, of the Town of Great Yarmouth, in the 
County ot Norfork, in Common Council affembled, was 
piefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That in 
puriuance of an Act of Parliament, made in the Twelfth 
Year of Queen Anne, for building a new Church, or Cha- 
pel of Fate, in Great Yarmouth, by a Duty on all Coals, 
Culm, and Cinders, to be landed there, they have built 
a Chapel; but are not able, from the faid Duties, to pay 
ott the Monies borrowed, much lefs to finifh the fame: 
That the Inhabirants are defirous to have the Streets en- 
lightened in the dark Nights, and allo to finifh and adorn 
the faid Chapel: That they have confented to raife Money 
fufficient to pay off what they have already, and fhall here- 
atcer burrow tor that Intent, by a Duty on Coals, Culm, 
and Cinders, to be imported and confumed by themfelves 
oniy; but the fame cannot be done but by an Act of Par- 
liament: And praying, That Leave be given to bring in 
a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as 1t fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houle: 

And it is reterred ‘to Mr. Yownfhend, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. England, Mr. Baker, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Samdvs, 
Mr. Lacejon, Mi. Coomley, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Carteret, Mr. 
Inge, Mr. Freman, Mr. Morton, Lord Morpeth, 
Mr. Tre‘cwny, Mr. Milner, Mr. Smith, Mr. Levinz, 
Six Arthur Key, Mr. Ingram, Mr. Morice, General 
Wade, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mir. Butler, Mr. Halfey, Mr. 
Heeb, and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
ot Norfolk and Suffolk: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 
have Power to fend for Peifons, Papers, and Records. 


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An ingroffed Bill for making the River Wearer navi- 
gable from Frodham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the 
County of Cheffer, was read the Third time. 

Refo'ved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for making the River Weaver navigable 
trom Frodfham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County 
of Chefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Plumptre do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lightdoun and 
Mr. Borrett: 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled; An A&amp;t for 


draining, improving, and inclofing, the Common called 
Stoke/ly Common, in the Parith of Stokefby, in the County 
of Norfolk: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 


And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Lord Molefworth, from the Committee of Se- 
crecy, acquainted the Houfe, That they had received In- 
formation, That Mr. Robert Knight, late Cathier to the 
South Sea Company, is taken, and is in Cuftody in the 
Cattle at Antwerp. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an bumble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, to return his Majefty 
the Thanks of this Houfe, for his great Goodnefs in hav- 
ing given fuch effectual Direétions to his Minifters abroad 
for fecuring Mr. Robert Knight, late Cathier of the South 
Sea Company, purfuant to the Addrefs of this Houle; 
and humbly to defire, That bis Majefty will be gracioufly 
pleafed to give Orders to his Minifters refiding in the 
Courts of Vienna and Brufflls to make the proper Appli- 
cations, and ufe the molt effectual Inftances, that the 
Perfon of the faid Mr. Knight, together with his Papers 
and Effects, may be fecured, and delivered up to fuch 
Perfon as his Majefty thal! appoint to receive the fame: 
And that his Majefty will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Orders, upon the faid Mr. Robert Knight’s being brought 
into Great Britain, That he be forthwith delivered and 
put into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do imme- 
diately attend his Mayeity with the faid Addrefs, 


A Queftion being propofed, That the Directors of the 
South Sea Company do forthwith lay before this Houfe, 
an Account of what Stock the faid Company wiil give to 
the Proprietors of the Four Money Subicriptions, for the 
Money actually paid in upon the faid Sub{criptions refpec- 
tively; 

And the previous Queftion being put, That that Quef- 
tion be now put; 


It pafied in the Negative. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their Ad- 
drets, of this Day, relating to Mr. Robert Knight, hath 
been prefented to his Majetty; and that his Majefty hath 
commanded him to acquaint the Houfe, That he will 
give the neceffary Orders and Dire¢tions, according to the 
Defires of the Hovfe; and that, in cafe his Majefty’s 
Endeavours to have him fecured, and breught over into 
Great Britain, fha\l fueceed, his Majefty will’ forthwith 
caufe him to be delivered into the Cuftody of the Serjeant 
at Arms attending this Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
Ordered, That the Cal] of the Houfe be adjourned ti! 
this Day Sevennight. 


Refolved That this Houfe will, To-morrow Mornin, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hout: 
confider further of the Bill to preferve and encou 
the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this King 
and for the more effeCual employing the Poor, b) 
hibiting the Uie and Wear of all printed, painted, ita.. 








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or dyed, Callicoes, in Apparel, Houfhold-fiuff, Furni- 
ture, or otherwile. 


Ordered, That Lord Finch, Lord Peircy Seymour, 
Colonel Bladen, Lord Hiuchinbrooke, Mr. Bramjion, Mr. 
Eden, Mr. Anftis, Sit Orl. Brid:man, Coloncl Blackefone, 
Sir Geo. Beaumont, be added to the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Adventurers, whole Names are theie- 
unto fubleribed, for bringing Waters to the Cizies of Lea- 
Gon and Weftminfler, and Varts adjacent, is referred. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Han- 
bury, Mr. Gay, Mr. Britije, Mr. Bacen, Me. Wbitchcote, 
Mr. Morrice, Mr. Clayton, Sir Robert Clark, Mr. God- 
frey, Sir Fifoer Tench, Mr. England, Mr. Inge, Mr. Bri- 
flow, be added to the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
enlarging the Time granted tor making the River Kennet 
navigable from Reading to Newbury, in the County of 
Berks, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adiourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Ciock. 





Veneris, 10° die Februarit; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
Prayers, 
Bill for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines and Chriftian 
Frederick Zincke, was read a Second time. 
Kefolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wa'pole, 
Mr. /fe-ne, Mr. Gydbon, Mr. Trevanion, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 


Earl, Lord Downe, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Morize, 
Mr Cartwright, Mr. Reynell, Sir Edward Ernley, Mr. 


Foley, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Calmady, Mr. Drew, 
Mr. Dijton, Mr. Lade, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Cholmley, 
Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Ver- 
non, Mr. Heyfbam, Mr. Gedfrey, Mr. Ha‘jey: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Ciock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Yoba Hartcup, was 
read the I hird time. 

R-folved, Taat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act ior naturalizing Yoba Haricup. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Hales do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for draining, improving, and inclofing, the Common 
called Stokefoy Common, in the Parifh of Stoke/by, in the 
County of Norfolk, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill to preferve and encourage the Woollen and Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more effec- 
tual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houthold-ituff, Furniture, or otherwile. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Bacon took the Chair of the Committee. 

lvir. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Bacon reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 


ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabbati, 11° die Februarit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS, 

Mefface from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr, 
Lovibond: 
Mr Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for granting an Aid to his Majelty, by a Land Tax, to 
be raifed in Great Britain, ior the Service of the Year 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one, without 
any Amendment. And alio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for naturalizing Joachim Peterffen and Henry Mui'man, 
with fome Amendments: To which Amendments the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

and then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé for naturalizing Foachim Peterffen and Henry 
Muilman: 

And the fame were twice read; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle; and 
are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 1. L. 5. Leave out ** and :” 

L. 7. After ** Amfferdam,” infert ** Benedig 
‘© Koep, Son of Benedif? Koep, by Catharine his Wife, 
‘* born at Hamburgh, and ohn Henry Ott, Son of Fobn 
“© Ba tit Ott, by Derothea his Wife, born at Zurich, in 
6 Switzerland :” 

L. 16. Leave out *‘ and;” and, after ‘* Afuil- 
“© man,” iniert ** Beneait? Koep and fobn Henry Ott:” 

L. 27. Leave out ‘‘ and;” and, after ** Muil- 
“&lt; man,” infert ‘* Benedié# Koep and Fehu Henry Ott :” 

2 Prefs, L. 5. The fame Amendment: 

L. 16. Leave out “ and:” 

L. 17. After * Muilman,” infert ‘* Benedi# 
“ Keep and Fobn Henry Ott ;” and, in the fame Line, 
leave out ‘ either,” and infert ** any :” 

L. 22. The fame Amendment: 

In the Title, leave out ** and;” and, at the End, add 
“© Benedi&amp;t Koep and fobn Henry Ott.” 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
unto the faid Amendments. 


The Earl of Hertford reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill tor enlarging the Time granted for make- 
ing the River Kennett navigable from Reading to Newbury, 
in the County of Berks, was committed, That they had 
confidered the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Burgeffes, and other Inhabitants, of the faid Borough of 
Newéury, to them referred; and had made feveral Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in h's Place; and atter- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment to One of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


Ordered, That all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Surry, Bucks, Berks, and Oxford, be added to 
the Committee, to whom the Petition of the Adven- 
turers, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, for bring- 
ing Waters to the Cities of London and Weftiminfter, and 
Parts adjacent, is referred. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report trom the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and 
Delertion, aad for the better Payment of the Army and 

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7 GEO. I. 


their Quarters; was committed; be received upon this 
Day Sevennight. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for preventing the Corrupt- 
ing of Juries; and for the more effectual enforcing the 
Laws for making up the Freeholders Books. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Freman took the Chair of the Committee. 

The Committee being informed, That the Black Rod 
was at hand; 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Freman reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had dire&amp;ted him 
to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, at Half an Hour paft 
Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
faid Bill. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir Villiam Sander- 

fon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourabie Houfe to attend 
his Majcity immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordiagly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houle, went up to 
the Houfe of Peers; 

And, being returned ; 

Ar. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That his Majefty 
had been pleafed to give the Royal Affent to One publick 
Bill, and One private Bill; wz. 

An A&amp; for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land 
Tax, to be raiied in Great Britain, tor the Service of the 
Year 1721. 

An Aé&amp; to naturalize Joachim Peterffen, Henry Muil- 
man, Benedié? Koep, and Fobu Henry O:t. 


Then the Houfe refolved irfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for prevent- 
ing the Corrupting of Juries; and for the more effectual 
enforcing the Laws for making up the Freeholders 
Books. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Freman took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Freman reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Biil, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Foufe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Crdered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nefday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houle, to whom the Bill co preferve and encourage 
the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, 
and for the more eectual employing the Poor, by pro- 
hibiting the Ufe and Wear of ail priated, painted, ftained, 
or dyed, Callicoes, in Apparel, Houfhoid-ftuff, Furni- 
ture, or otherwife, was committed, be received upon 
Tuefday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Lune, 13° die Februari; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Townfhend reported from the Committee, to 
a whom the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bur- 
geffes, and Commonalty, of the Town of ‘Great Yar- 
mouth, in the County of Norfolk, in Common Council 
afiembled, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to 
them; and which they had directed him to report to the 


Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
Vou. XIX. 


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421 


wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have confidered, and examined, the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and find, 

That, purfuant to an Act of Parliament, made in the 
Twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituied, An AG for building a new Church, or 
Chapel of Eafe, in Great Yarinoutd, in the County of 
Norfolk, by a Duty or Impeofition on all Coals, Culm, 
and Cinders, to be landed there, the Inhabitants of the 
{aid Town have built a Chapel, called Saint Gecrge’s 
Chapel: And, 

Richard Ferrier Efquire, now Mayor of the faid Town, 
faid, It was computed that the Charge of building the 
Chapel, on obtaining the faid A&amp;, would not have ex- 
ceeded 3,000 /. ; but it was afterwards thought fit to en- 
large the faid Chapel, fo as to contain 1500 People: That 
the Money already borrowed for that Purpofe, amounts 
to 4,540/.; but the Duties arifing by virtue of the faid 
Act do very little more than pay the Intereit of the faid 
Debt ; the Surplus, in Six Years, being no more than 200/, 
towards paying off the principal Debt: 

That it will yet coit about S10/. to finifh and adorn 
the faid Chapel, and 150/, to purchafe, and fet up, Sixty 
Conick Lamps to enlighten the Streets of the flid Town 
making, in all, the Sum of 5,500/. ; which Sum the whoie 
Town is not only conienting, but defirous, that an A&amp; be 
obtained toraile, and pay off, by an additional Duty on Coals, 
Culm, and Cinders, to be imported and confumed by 
themfelves only. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
finiihing and adorning the new Chapel, called Saint 
Geerze’s Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the County of 
Norfolk, and tor enlightening the Streets of the faid Town, 
by a Duty or Impofition on all Coals, Culm, and Cin- 
ders, to be landed and confumed there: And that Mr. 
Townfbend, Mr. England, and Sir Charles Turner, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Brodrick acquainted the Houfe, from the Com- 
mittee of Secrecy, That they fhould, in a few Days, be 
ready with a Report to be laid before the Hioufe; and 
defired that the Houfe would appoint a Day for receiving 
the faid Report. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy be received upon Tbur/day Morning next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Corfe Cafile, in the County of Dor/et, in 
the room of Fa/hua Churchill, Efquire, deceafed. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill of Powers for ingrafting Part of the Capital 
Stock, and Fund, of the South Sea Company, into the 
Stock, and Fund, of the Bank of Exg/and; and another 
Part thereof into the Zaf India Company. 

A Petition of the Corporation of the Governor and 
Company of Merchants of Great Britain wading to the 
South Seas, and other Parts of America ; and for encourage- 
ing the Fifhery ; was offered to be preiented to the Houle. 


Ordered, ‘That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do go with the Mace into Wefminfter-ball, and 
the Courts there, and Court of Requefts, and Places ad- 
jacent, and fummon the Members there to attend the 
Service of the Houle. 

And he went accordingly. 

And, being returned 3 


Refolved That the faid Petition be brought up. 

And the fame was brought up accordingly, and read ; 
fetting forth, That an Act paffed the laft Seifion of Psr- 
liament, intituled, An Act for enabling the South Sea 

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Company to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and 
Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances 
as are therein mentioned: That, in purfuance of the 
Powers given the faid Company, by the faid Act, divers 
Subfcriptions have been taken of the redeemable and irre- 
deemable Debts: That, in confequence of the Conditions 
mentioned in the faid Act, the Company ftand liable to 
pay, for the Ufe of the Publick; v/z. 
For the Liberty of taking in the 1, ae 

redeemable Debts, the Sum of 4,156,306 4 11 
For fuch of the irredeemable Debts 

as have been fubfcribed 4 

Years Purchafe, amounting to 


the Sum of — — — 2,847,321 2 9} 
For One Year’s Purchafe of the 
Irredeemables, not yet fubfcribed 161,263 13 9 





That, over and above the feveral 
Sums foregoing, amounting, in 
the Whole, to 

The faid Company are indebted 
to the Publick, for Exchequer 
Bills, due and payable 7th Fune 
next 

Upon Bonds, upwards of — 

To a Dividend, due at Chrifmas 
laft; which, if computed at 5 /. 
per Cent. upon 26 Millions of 
Stock belonging to the Adven- 
turers, will amount to — 

And for Intereft of their Bonds, to 
Chrifimas, about 

And, for 12 Months Intereft on 
Exchequer Bills, about — — 40,000 0 O 
That of thefe feveral Sums. there being upwards of 

Three Millions that is already due, or that wili become 

due, and payable, at Lacy-day next, befides the Million of 

Exchequer Bills due on or before the Seventh Zune next, 

and 1,039,076/. 115, 2d. being the Second Payment 

due to the Publick on Midfummer-day next; as alfo the 

Half-year’s Dividend, and other Bonds that will become 

due at the fame time; and the Company having fuftained 

great Loffes by the late Mifmanagement; which, toge- 
ther with the unfettled Circumftances of the Company, 
the prefent Diftrefs of publick Credit, and the many Dif- 

ficulties which they now labour under, will render it im- 

practicable for the Company to comply with thofe preffing 

Demands; That, by the Bill now depending, the faid 

Company is neverthelefs fubjeét and liable co the Pay- 

ment of the faid 7,164,991 /. 15. 54.2 to the Ufe of the 

Publick, at the times, and in the manner, by the faid A&amp; 

directed and praying Relief. 

The Journal of the Eleventh of December, 5° Anne 
Regine, againft receiving Petitions for any Sum of Money 
relating to publick Service, without being recommended 
from the Crown being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be rejected ; 

The Hovufe divided. 


The Yeas go forth. 


— —_— ” 


ra ee 
7,164,991 I 5% 


—— —_-- ee 


1,000,000 0 O 
5,000,000 O O 


1,300,000 O O 


125,000 0 O 


Mr. Newland. . 

] &gt; 

Tellers for the Yeas,} Myr Cities i 166, 
Colonel Bladen, 7 

Tellers for the Noes, Brigadier Sutton : 5 255. 


So it pafied in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Committee, That 
they have Power to receive a Claufe for excluding the Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, the Eaf India Com- 
pany, and the Bank of England, from being elected Mem- 


bers, or fitting, and voting, in any future Parliament; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth, 
t 164. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Hinchinbrook, 
Mr. Drew: 


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A. 1720. 
tole 

Tellers for the Noes,} Mie yute Cong t it. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com. 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That the 
had made fome Progrefs in the faid Bill ; and had dire&amp;ed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit agaia, 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Wedaefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn, 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 14° die Februarit; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS.» 


Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 

unto fubfcribed, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands of Men, Women, and Children, concerned 
in the Throwing, Twitling, Dyeing, Manufaéturing, and 
Making, of Needle-wrougit Buttons, inhabiting in the 
ancient Town of Millorn Port, and Parts adjacent, in the 
County cf Somerfei, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That by an Act of Parliament, in 
the Fourth Year of the Keign of his prefene Majefty, in- 


we 25a 


tiruled, An Act for making more efiectual an Act, made 
in the Eighth Year of the late Queen Aya, intituled, An 
Act for employing the Manufacturers, by employing the 
Confumption of raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, ic is enacted, 
That no Perfon whatfoever fhall make, jell, fet on, ufe, or 
bind, or fhall caufe to be made, fold, fet on, ufed, or 
bound, upon any Cloth, or wearing Garment, any But- 
ton or Burton-holes made, or ufed, or bound, with Cloth, 
Serge, Drugget, Frize, Camblet, or any other Stuffs that 
Cloths for wearing Garments are ufually made of, upon the 
Forteitures thercin provided: That, notwithttanding the 
faid Acts, the Making of Buttons, and Button-holes, up- 
on Mens Apparel, with all the faid Materials, is become, 
in a manner, univerfal, to the utter Ruin of many Thou- 
fands of Families: And praying, Relief. 

A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thou- 
fands of Men, Women and Children, concerned in the 
Throwing, T wilting, Dyeing, Manufacturing, and Making, 
of Needle-wrought Buttons, inhabiting in the ancient 
Town of Sherborn, and Parts adjacent, in the County 
of Dorfet, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That by an A&amp;t, made in the Fourth Year of his 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for making more ef- 
fectual an Act, made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of the 
Jate Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for employing the Ma- 
nufacturers, by employing the Confumption of raw Silk, 
and Mohair Yarn, it is enacted, That no Perfon whatfo- 
ever fhall make, fet on, ufe, or bind, or caufe to be made, 
fold, fet on, ufed or bound, upon any Cloth or wearing 
Garments whatfoever, any Buttons, or Button-holes, made 
of, or ufed, or bound with, Cloth, Serge, Drugget, 
Frize, Camblet, or any other Stuffs that Cloths for 
wearing Garments are ufually made of, upon the For- 
feitures therein provided: That, notwithitanding the faid 
Acts, the Making of Buttons, and Button-holes, upoo 
Mens Apparel, with all the faid Materials, is become, in 
a manner, univerfal: That the faid Aéts cannot be put ia 
E.xecution, by reafon of the Difficulties that do attend the 
dete&amp;ting, and profecuting, the Offenders: And praying 

Relief, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 

making more effectual the Act, of the Fourth Year of hi 
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4 Geo. I. 


prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for making 
more effectual an Act, of the Eighth Year of her late Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for employing the Ma- 
nufactures, by encouraging the Confumption of raw Silk, 
and Mohair Yarn: And that Mr. Medlycot and Mr. Cha- 
fin, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Lord Fitz William have Leave to 
go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions, 


A Petition of the Burgeffes and Inhabitants of the Bo- 
rough of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf of themfelves, and 
other Burgefies and Inhabitants of the faid Borough, 
having a Right to vote at Election of Members to ferve 
in Parliament for the faid Borough, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That at the Election of 
a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid 
Borough, the honourable Matthew Ducie Moreton Etquire, 
and Thomas Gore Efquire, ftood Candidates: That the 
faid Thomas Gore had a Majority of legal Votes, and 
ought to have been returned: That Richard Clark, the 
Bailiff, would have declared, That the faid Thomas Gore 
had a Majority of legal Votes, and was duly elected, but 
that the faid Matthew Ducie Morton, and many of his 
Agents, and Voters, ufed fuch Menaces and Threats to 
the faid Bailiff, that,. if he had returned the faid Thomas 
Gore, he would have been in Danger of lofing his Life ; 
and therefore was prevailed upon to return the faid Mar- 
thew Ducie Moreton, though he was not duly elected: 
That the faid Matthew Ducte Moreton, and his Agents, 
are guilty of great Corruption, Bribery, and other indirect 
Practices: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe, upon Tue/day the Seventh Day of 
March next. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for draining, improving, and inclofing, the Common 
called Stokefby Common, in the Parifh of Stokefby, in the 
County of Norfelk, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Turner, Mr. Bacon, Lord Wim. Powlett, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Shuttleworth, Lord Sonds, Mr. Nortbey, Sir Rodert 
Davers, Sir Fobn Hobart, Mr. Lifter, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. 
Eilis, Sir Robert Clark, Mir. Serjeant Birch, Mr. De Gray, 
Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Tuf- 
nell, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Herne, Mr. Cole- 
more, Mr. Hill, Mr. Dockminique, Sir Bryan Brougbion, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Morice, Mr. Archer, Sir Tho. Hanmer, 
Mr. Britiffe, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Foley, Sir Edward 
Evniey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr. Inge, Mr. 
Newland, Mr. Lade; and all the Members that ferve for 
the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the time for making 
the River Kennett navigable trom Reading to Newbury, in 
the County of Berks, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for enlarging the time for making the River Kez- 
nett navigable from Reading to Newbury, in the County 
of Berks, 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Bacon, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to pre- 
ferve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures 
of this Kingdom, and for the more effectual employing 
the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of all printed, 
painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, in Apparel, Houfhold- 
ftuff, Furniture, or otherwife, was committed, the Amend- 
ments they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
which he read in his Place; and afterwads delivered 


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423 
the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments, as far as Claufe A, were feve- 
rally read a Second time; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, 
agreed unto by the Houfe 

Claufe A being read a Second time, That the Prohi- 
bition of Callicoes, intended by this Act, and the Penal- 
ties thereby inflicted for wearing or ufing printed, paint- 
ed, ftained, or dyed, Callico, in Apparel, Houthold- 
ftuff, or Furniture, after the 25th Day of December 1722, 
contrary to this Act, fhall refpectively extend to prohibit, 
and fhall be levied and recovered, for wearing or uling 
in Apparel, Houfhold-ttuff, or Furniture, after the {aid 
25th Day of December 1722, any Stuff made of Cotton, 
or mixed therewith, which fhall be printed or painted, 
or any Callico chequered, ftriped, ftitched, or flowered, 
in foreign Parts, with any Colour or Colours, or with 
coloured Flowers, made there, Muflins, Neckcloths, and 
Fuftians excepted, in fuch manner as the Penalties inflidied 
by this A&amp; for wearing or ufing printed, painted, ftained, 
or dyed, Callico, in Apparel, Houfhold-ftuff, or Furni- 
ture, after the faid 25th Day of December 1722, contrary 
to this Act, are to be levied, or recovered ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made in the faid 
Clauie, to infert the Word “ foreign” between the Word 
“any” and the Word “ Stuff:” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word ** foreign” 
be inferred 3 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

, a Vea Mr. Shuttleworth, 

‘Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir Roger Bradfbaigh: t ” 

sae ts Sir Charles Turner, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Horatio Walpole : { 136. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Claufe was amended in feveral Places; and, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

Claufe B, being the laft Amendment, was read aSecond 
time ; and amended; and, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for giving 
Cofts againft fuch Perfons as fhall give wrong Information 
before any Juftices of the Peace: 

And the Quettion being put, That the Claufe be brought 
up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 
Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to 
make the Act temporary : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be brought 
up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then feveral Amendments were made by the Houfe 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
eroffed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 15° die Februarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Townfbend prefented to the Houfe, according to 

Order, a Bill for the finifhing and adorning the 
new Chapel, called Saint George’s Chapel, in Great Yar- 
mouth, in the County of Norfolk, and for enlightening 
the Streets of the faid Town, by a Duty or Impofition on 
all Coals, Culm, or Cinders, to be landed and confumed 
there: And the fame was received; and read the kir(t 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines and Chrijiian Ive- 
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424 

devick Zincke, was committed, That they had examined 

the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 

true; and had directed him to report the Bill to the 

Houfe, without any Amendment; and he delivered the 

Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. I'reman, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
preventing the Corrupting of Juries; and for the more 
effectual enforcing the Laws for making up the Freehold- 
ers Books; was committed; the Amendments they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereepon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Sir Fobu Bland reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Merchants, Traders and other Inha- 
bicants, in the Towns of Manchefler and Salford, in the 
County of Lancafer, was referred, That they had ex- 
amined the Matter thereof; and had direéted him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
which Report he read in his Place, and afterwards deii- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; andis as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Hioufe, have examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and find, 

That the faid Towns co ftand upon the Banks of each 
Side the River Jrwell; which River, a few Miles below, 
joins the River Mercy; and fo defcends to the Port of 
Liverpoole, Twenty-four Miles from the faid Towns. 

That it appeared, by the Teltimony of Mr. Fobn Mo/s, 
That the Trade is very great from Liverpoole to Man- 
chefter, and the Towns adjacent ; and that the Land-car- 
riage betwixt Menchefler and Leverpoole doth amount to 
about Fifteen hundred Pounds per Annum; and the Land- 
carriage doth fo great Damage to the Highways, that the 
Charges of the Repairs thereof is very burthenfome to the 
Inhabitants of the refpective Towns, and other Places, 
chargeable therewith. 

It alfo appeared to the Committee, That if the faid 
Rivers Adercy and Irwell, from Leverpoole to Manchefter, 
were made navigable, it would not only preferve the Roads 
about and between the Places aforefaid, but be a great 
Advantage and Encouragement to the Trade of thofe 
Parts : 

That the River Mercy is already navigable from Lever- 
poole to a Place called Bank Key, near Warrington ; which 
is Twelve Miles, and computed to be about Half-way be- 
twixt the Two Towns of Leverpoole and Manchefter: 

That, by effecting this Navigation, there will be a 
Communication opened between the Weft and Eaft Seas 
of Great Britain ; that is to fay, from Manchefler to Wake- 

field, being Twenty-eight Miles; and from Maacheffer to 
Leeds, in the County of York, being Thirty-two Miles by 
Land 5 which will fhorten the prefent Land-carriage near 
One-half. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making the Rivers Mercy and IJrwell, in the County of 
Lancafier, navigable, from Manchefter to Leverpoole, in 
the faid County: And that Sir fobu Bland, Mr. Shuttle- 
worth, Mr. Wrightfon, and Mr. Heybaw, do prepare, 


and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he had 
a Meflage, figned by his Majefty, to deliver to the 
Hioute: And he delivered the fame to Mr. Speaker; who 
read it to the Hloufe; and is as followeth; viz. 


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17920, 


GEORGE R. 
H 1S Majefty having received a Petition from the Court 
of Directors of the South Sea Company, relating to 
the Payment of the Money due to the Publick from the 
faid Company, has thought fit to tranfmit the faid Petition 
to the Houfe of Commons; and, at the fame time, to ac. 
juaint them, That his Majefty has no Objection to the 
Parliament’s giving to the South Sea Company fuch Eafe 
and Relief, in the Times of making the Payments 
due to the Publick, as the Houfe of Commons fhall think 

fit and reafonable. 


Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn. 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to take his Majefty’s moft gracious Meffage into 
Confideration. 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft eracious Meflage be 
referred to the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve icfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill of Powers for ingrafting Part 
of the Capital Stock, and Fund, of the South Sea Com 
pany, into the Stock, and Fund, of the Bank of England; 
and another Part thereof into the Stock, and Fund, of the 
Eaft India Company ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to recetve a Claufe to re- 
ftrain the Corporations of the Bank of England, of the 
South Sea Company, or of the Za India Company, from 
lending any Sum of Money to their Proprietors, upon 
their Stock, exceeding One hundred Pounds, for One hun- 
dred Pound Capital Stock. 

Then the Houfe refolved ittelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to move, Thac they may have Leave to fit 
again, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Fridzy Morn- 
ing next, refolve iticlf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Buil. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 16° die Februarit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 

QRéered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 

Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the County of Worceffer in the room of 
Thomas Vernon Efquire, deceafed. 


Mr. Godfrey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mafter Taylors refiding within the 
Cities of London and Weftminfier was referred, the Mat- 
ter, as it appeared to them ; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
lows; Wiz. 

That the faid Committee, upon Examination of feveral 

Witneffes, do find the fame to be as followeth ; 

That great Numbers of Journeymen Taylors, in and 
about the Cities of London and Weftuinfter, have of late, 
in order to procure themfelves greater Wages than they 
ufed to have, combined together, and entered into Arii- 
cles, compelling one another to infift upon unreafonable 

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Wages, and to work fewer Hours in the Day than ufually 
they ufed to do; and very often, when there is a Fiurry 
of Work, infiit upon Seven or Light Shillings a Day: 

That, Complaint having been made thereot to his Ma- 
jefty’s Jultices of the Peace, feveral of the Journeymen 
Taylors have been bound over to the Quarter Seffions of 
the Peace; and Informations are ordered to be brought 
againft them next Term, yet they continue their unlawful 
Meetings, and obitinate Behaviour, to the great Impo- 
verifhment of themfelves, and Families; and may bring a 

reat Burthen on the Publick: 

That, by reafon of thefe unwarrantable Proceedings, 
the Trade in general will be very much prejudiced; and 
will fet bad Examples to other Artificers and Labourers. 

The Committee came to the following Relolution ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have fully proved the Allegations of 
their faid Petition. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
yeguiating the Journeymen Taylors within the Weekly 
Bills of Mortality: And that Mr. Godfrey, the Lord Wii- 
liam Powlett, and Mr. Bracebridge, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Bill for the better Eftablifhment of publick Credit, 
by preventing, for the future, the infamous Practice of 
Stock-jobbing, was read a Second time, 

Refalved, That the Bill be committed ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thou- 
fands of Men, Women, and Children. concerned in the 
Throwing, T wifting, Dyeing, Manufacturing, and Making, 
of Needle-wrought Buttons, inhabiting in the Cities of 
London and Wefiminfter, and Suburbs thereof, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by an 
A&amp;t of Parliament, in the Fourth Year of the Reign of his 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for making more ef- 
te€tual an Act, made in the Eighth Year of the late Queen 
Anne, intituled, An Act for employing the Manufacturers, 
by encouraging the Confumption of raw Silk, and Mo- 
hair Yarn, it is amongft other Things enacted, That no 
Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall make, fet on, ule, 
or bind, or fhall caufe to be made, fold, fet on, ufed, or 
bound, upon any Cloth or wearing Garments whatfo- 
ever, any Buttons, or Button-holes, made of, or ufed, or 
bound, with Cloth, Serge, Drugget, Frize, Camblet, or 
any other Stuffs, that Cloths for wearing Garments are 
vfually made of, upon Forfeiture of the Penalties therein 
provided: That, notwithftanding the faid Acts, the 
Making of Buttons and Burton-holes upon Mens Apparel 
with all the faid Materials, is become very general in al- 
moft all Places, if not in every Part of this Kingdom, and 
in Cities, and great Towns, in a manner univerfal: That 
the faid Acts cannot be put in Execution, by reafon of 
the Difficulties that do attend both the detecting and pro- 
fecuting the Offenders, who have contrived to evade the 
Force of the faid Act, in order to accomplifh an undue 
Gain to themfelves, and to the utter Ruin of Thoufands 
of Families: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill be brought in for making more effectual 
the Act, of the Fourth Year of his prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for making more effectual an 
A&amp;, of the Eighth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act for employing the Manufactures, by en- 


couraging the Confumption of raw Silk, and Mohair 
Yarn. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Call of the 
Houle; 


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Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Sevennight. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the receiving the 
Report from the Committee of Secrecy ; 

A Motion was made, That an Order of the Houfe, of 
the Tenth of February, 10° Gulielmi, might be read: 

And the fame was read accordingly ; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

“* Ordered, That every Member cf this Houfe, when 


‘© he comes into the Houle, do take his 


Place; and not 
‘ . 


ftand in the Paffage, as he comes in, or goes out; of 
fit or ftand in any of the Paflages to the Seats, or in 
the Pafiage behind the Chair, or clfewhere, that is not 
a proper Place.” 


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Lal 


Then Mr. Brodrick reported from the Committee of Se- 
crecy, to whom it was reterred to inquire into all the Pro- 
ceedings relating to the Execution of the Aét, pafizd 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aé for en- 
abling the Souid Sea Company to increafe their prefent 
Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick 
Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned ; and 
for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening feveral of 
the publick Debts and Incumbrances; and jor calling 
in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelied; and 
for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circu- 
lated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Ex- 
chequer; the Matter, as it appeared to them ; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfes and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
follows; viz. 

That the Committee have endeavoured, with conti- 
nued Application, to difcharge the Truit repofed in them: 
At the Entrance into their Inquiry, they obferved, the 
Matters referred to them were of great Variety and Ex- 
tent; many Perions were intrufted with different Parts in 
the Execution of this Law; and, under colour thereof, 
acted in an unwarrantable manner, in difpofing of the 
Properties of many Thoufands of Perfons, amounting 
to many Millions of Money. In the Progrefs of their 
Inquiry, your Committee found it attended with many 
Difficulties: In fome of the Books produced before them, 
falfe and fictitious Entries were made; in others, Entries 
with Blanks; in others, Entries with Raiures and Altera- 
tions, and in others, Leaves were torn out: They found 
further, that fome Books had been deftroyed, and others 
taken away, or fecreted: Neverthelefs your Committee 
are enabled to lay fome Matters of Importance before the 
Houfe, for their prefent Confideration. 

The Firft Matter that offered itfelf to the Confidera- 
tion of your Committee, was a Scene of Iniquity and 
Corruption; the Difcovery of which, your Committee 
conceived to be of the higheft Importance to the Honour 
of Parliaments, and the Security of his Majefty’s Go- 
vernment: 

Your Committee obferved, in the Account laid before 
this Houfe by the then Court of Direétors of the South 
Sea Company, purfuant to your Order of the Twelfth 
Day of December lat, That the Company were therein 
fuppofed to have: received the Sum of One million Two 
hundred fifty-nine thoufand Three hundred Twenty-five 
Pounds, upon Account of Stock fold, to the Amount of 
Five hundred feventy-four thoufand Five hundred Pounds 
Stock: Whereupon your Committee ordered the Com- 
pany’s Cath Book to be laid before them; and, upon In- 
fpection thereof, they found, at Fol. 120. and 121. the 
feveral Entries of Stock, as fold for the Company, an- 
nexed at the Fnd of this Report, N° I.; the Total of 
which Entries amount to the taid Sums of Five hundred 
feventy-four thoufand Five hundred Pounds in Stock, and 
of One miliion Two hundred fifty-nine thoufand Three 
hundred Twenty-five Pounds in Cath: But it is very ob- 
fervable, that from the Article of the 4th of Fedruary 
1719, unto that of the 12° of April 1720, both inclufive, 


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there is no mention made of the Name of any Perfon 
whatfocver, to whom the Stock is fuppofed to be fold: 

Yhe whole Accounts comprehended in thefe Two 
Pages of the Cath-book, and entered in this concealed 
manner, appear, neverthelefs, to have been ftared and ba- 
lanced by the Company’s Committee of Treafury, with- 
out expreffing the Day when fuch Accounts were ftateds 
and are fubicribed by Sir Fobm Fellows, then Sub Go- 
vernor; Mr. Charles Fey, then Deputy Governor; Sir 
Lambert Blackwell, Sir Robert Chaplin, Sir Theodore 
Yanflen, Mr. Facch Sawbridge, and Mr. Stephen Child, 
then Direétors; all of them of the faid Committee; and 
Sir Robert Chaplin, Sir Theodore Fanffen, and Mr. Saw- 
bridge, at that time Members of this Houfe. 

Your Committee, upon this Occafion, take the Liberty 
to remind the Houfe of a remarkable Period in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament; That, upon the 2d of February 
1719, the Houte agreed to the Report of the Committee 
of the whole Houte, appointed to confider of that Part of 
his Majefty’s Speech, which related to the publick Debts, 
That the Propofals made by the South Sea Company 
fhould be accepted ; and ordered a Bill to be brought in, 
purtuant to the faid Refolution; which Biil, having paffed 
this Houfe, and afterwards the Houfe of Peers, had the 

Royal Affent upon 7burfday the 7th of April 1720. 

Your Committee, furprifed to fee fo large an Account 
of Stock difpofed of by the Company before the pafling 
the Bill to enable the Company to increafe their Capital 
Stock, and Fund; and before any Subicription, or Ke- 
demption, could be made, whereby their Capital Stock 
was increafed; proceeded to examine carefully into that 
Trantaction : 

And, upon Examination of the late Sub and Deputy 
Governors, and the late Directors, of the South Sea ~om- 
pany; Mr. Robert Knight, then Cafhier; Mr. Rodert 
Surman, then Deputy Cafhier; Mr. ‘fobn Grigsby, then 
Accountant; Mr. Charles Lockyer, then Second Account- 
ant; and Mr. Matthew Wymondefold, Broker; it manifeltly 
appeared to your Committee, That the Company, at that 
time, was vot poffefled of fuch a Quantity of Stock, 
whereof they could then make an actual Sale, and 
Transfer; the Company having at that time, in their own 
Right, only a fmall Quantity of Stock, not exceeding 
‘Twenty-five thoufand Pounds, or (hirty thoufand Pounds, 
at the moft: And, upon Infpection of the Transfer Books 
of that time, as well as upon the Examination of the be- 
fore-mentioned Perfons, your Committee cannot find any 
Transfers made by the Company of any Part of that 
great Quantity of Stock, at the times fpecified in the Cafh- 
book, excepting to the Duke of Portland, the Lord De 
la War, and the honourable Fohn Weft Efquire, who 
fold their Annuities to the Company; and no Account of 
any Transfers of fuch Stock has as yet been given in to 
this Houfe; although, by your Order of the Seventeenth 
of December latt, it was exprefly required. 

Upon farther Examination of the Perfons before. men- 
tioned, your Committee difcovered, That this fuppofed 
Sale of Stock was colourably entered in the Book, for the 
Benefit of Perfons whofe Names were defigned to be 
concealed, with Intention to make an Intereft in favour 
of the Company, and to facilitate the Acceptance of the 
South Sea Propofals, and the Paffing of the Bill; which 
were at that time depending in Parliament: And, to that 
End, the late Sub and Deputy Governors, Sir Fobu Blunt, 
Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Chefter, and Mr. Houlditch, \ate Di- 
rectors, who had the Care of foliciting the paffing the 
Bill, together with Mr. Kaight, the Cahier, had the Power 
of difpofing of this Stock : 

And the general Method by which this Practice was 
carried on, was thus; 

This Stock was fet down as fold at feveral Days, and at 
feveral Prices, from One hundred and Fifty Pounds per 
Cent. to Three hundred Twenty-five Pounds per Cent. ; 
and was, from thole times, to be efleemed as taken in, or 
holden, by the Company, for the Benefit of the pretended 
Purchafers; although no mutual Agreement was then 
made, for the Delivery, or Acceptance, of the Stock at 


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any Certain time; and although no Money was paid down, 
nor any Depofit or other Security given to the Company 
for Payment, by the fuppofed Purchaters: So that if the 
Price of Stock had fallen, as might be expected if the 
Scheme had mifcarried, no Lofs could have been fuftained 
by them; but if the Price of Stock fhould advance, az it 
actually did by the Succefs of the Scheme, the Differ. 
ence by the advanced Price was to be made good to the 
pretended Purchafers: And, accordingly, the Account of 
fuch Stock was made up, and adjufted, with Mr. Knight, 
and the Money ariiing by the Difference of the Price, be. 
tween the Times of fuch taking in, or holding, the Stock, 
and the making fuch Adjuftments, was paid or allowed, 
out of the Company’s Cafh, to the pretended Pur. 
chafers: 

But no Entries of fuch Adjuftments, or of the Names 
of the Perfons with whom the fame were made, ap- 
pear to your Committee, in any of the Books of the 
Company. 

Sir Theodore Fanffen affirmed, That when the faid Ac. 
count in the Cafh-book was laid, by Mr. Knight, before 
their Committee of Treafury, to be paffed and figned; an 
Objection being made, that Blanks were left for the Names 
of the Buyers of this Stock, the late Sub Governor, and 
Mr. Kuight, faid, There were Reafons for paffing the Ac- 
count in that manner; and that the Stock was difpofed 
of to Perfons whofe Names were not proper to be known 
to a great many; but, at a fit time, a perfect Account 
thereot fhould be made up; and that, if the Bill did pafs, 
the Stock would be well iold. 

Mr. Robert Surman declared, That, about the 3d of April 
1720, Mr. Knight, the Cafhier, fhewed him that Account 
oi Stock fold in the Cafh-book, Fol. 120. and 121.; 
and toid the Examinant, That there was a Committee ap- 
pointed to look into the State of the Cah that Night; 
and that he, Mr. Kwight, having thereby charged himielf 
with the Value of fo Jarge a Quantity of Stock fold, 
would appear to have a great Sum of Money in his 
Hands, which he really had not; and, therefore, faid he 
would write off a fuppofed Sum of Eight hundred thou- 
fand Pounds, as lent by the Company to fundry Perfons, 
upoo Four hundred thoufand Pounds Stock: And Mr, 
Knight did then accordingly enter the fame with his own 
Hiand, Fol. 120, of the taid Cath-book, in the following 
Words: 

1720 Apr. 3. 
** By Loan to fundry, on Security of 400,000 
** South Sea Stock, at an Inteseit of 5 &gt; 800,000 
“* per Cent. per Annum” 

That Mr. Robert Surman further declared, He did not 
know, that any Part of the faid Money was really lent; 
but the Entry was made to that Effect by Mr. Knight, 
with an Intention to anfwer in Part the Account of Stock 
fold: He believed alfo, that the Entry in the fame Book, 
waitten by Mr. Knight, as follows, Fol. 121.; 

Apr. 14. 

‘* By Account of Loan on South Sea Stock, . 

** lent to fundry, on Security of 100,000/. 

** Stock, at 250, at an Intereft of 5 per 

“© Cent. per Annum” 
As to the greateft Part, if not the Whole, of that 
Sum, was entered with the fame View: And the Exa- 
minant, at that time, took it, that this Stock, entered as 
fold in the Cafh-book, was not paid for; and, for that 
Reafon, Mr. Knight entered thefe Sums of Eight hundred 
thoufand Pounds, and Two hundred and fifty thoufand 
Pounds, as actually difburfed, to help to make a Balance 
upon the Account, as it now ftands in the Cafh-book: 

That, the Examinant obferving the faid Entry of Stock 
fold, Mr. Kuiget told him, That it was a Tranfaction ot 
a private Natures and that a great Part of it was difpoled 
to Perfons of Diftinétion, 

Mr. fell, One of the late Directors, likewife declared, 
That he believed the faid Articie of Loan of Eight 
hundred thoufand Pounds on Four hundred thaufand 
Pounds Stock, was entered as a Blind, to anfwer the Ac- 
count of Reccipts on the other Side of the Cath-book ; 

for 


250,000 


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7 GEO. I. 


for that he could not find any Minute thereof in the other 
Books of the Company. 

Mr. Stepben Child faid, That he took the Articles of 

Stock bought and fold in the Cath- book to be fictitious; 
and to be entered in that manner, merely to make a Ba- 
ance. 
Whilft your Committee had this Matter under Exa- 
mination; viz. upon the 27th Day of Fanuary laft; the 
Court of Direétors, purfuant to your Order of the 17th 
of December preceding, requiring a particular Account 
of this Stock fold, and by whom, and to whom, 
transferred, laid before this Houfe a Book containing an 
Account of Stock fold, as then received from their Com- 
mittee of Treafury, without mentioning that any Part of 
fuch Stock was actually transferred : 

And, .your Committee examining into that Account, 
Sir John Blunt (from whom your Committee received the 
Firft material Informations), the late Sub and Deputy 
Governors, Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Affell, Mr. Chefter, late 
Direétors, and Mr. Robert Surman, informed them, 
That they believed, and that it was generally fo under{tood 
amongft the Direétors, that the faid Account laid before 
this Houfe is not a true Account; and that there are many 
fictitious Names therein; as the Names of feveral 
Brokers, and others, which are made ufe of to cover the 
Names of other Perfons who had the real Benefit of fuch 
Stock, and who, neverthelefs, are not mentioned in that 
Account; but that the Names of Perfons of Diftinétion 
or Condition, therein contained, are real. 

Mr. Afell declared, That, preffing Mr. Knight, ‘upon 
the repeated Orders of the Directors, to make up the Ac- 
count of this Stock, Mr. Knight anfwered, That he could 
not comply with thefe Orders, without giving up Forty 
or Fifty of the Company’s beft Friends. 

Mr. Robert Surman gave your Committee a farther Ex- 
planation of the framing this Account, as follows; 

That fince the Order of the Houfe requiring this Ac- 
count, he affifted Mr. Knight in preparing a Draught 
thereof; and, by Mr. Knighé’s Direction, he wrote down 
feveral Names, which Mr. Knight read to him out of a 
Book with a green Cover; wherein Mr. Knight had kept 
an Account of this Stock entered in the Cafh book of the 
Company, and alfo of Subfcriptions; but believed Mr. 
Knight did not give him all the true Names; becaufe Mr. 
Knight fometimes turned over a Leaf or Two, without 
giving him a Name, although there were in thofe Leaves 
Names of Perfons with whom an Account was there en- 
tered: And Mr. Surman faid further, That he remem- 
bred, that in the fame Book, at the Head of a large Ac- 
count, wherein the Debtor Side came near to the Bottom 
of the Page, he faw the Name of Fobn Aiflabie Efquire, 
Jate Chancellor of the Exchequer; but Mr. Knight turned 
over that Leaf, and did not give him that Name to infert 
in the Account: 

That, at the Head of another Account in the fame 
he faw the Name of ames Craggs Efquire : 

That, at the Head of another Account in that Book, 
he faw the Name of Charles Stanhope Efquire: 

All which were Accounts of Stock, and Subfcriptions; 
But Mr. Knight left out all thefe Names in this Account; 
and after it was thus drawn out from the green Book, and 
from fome Letters which Mr. Knight then delivered to 
this Examinant, the Sums not coming right, Mr. Knight 
made {everal Alterations in the Names and Prices, and in- 
ferted other Names and Prices, to frame the Account in 
the manner it now appears. 

Mr. Francis Hawes, One of the late Directors, likewife 
declared, That, about the time of making the laft Mid- 
jummer Dividend, Mr. Knight informed him, that he, Mr. 
Kuight, held Stock for Yobn Aiflabie Efquire; and that he 
had an Account of S:ock depending with Mr. Aiflabie , 
and the Examinant believed that fuch Stock had been 
taken in fome time before; and that Mr. Knight held fuch 
Stock with the Company’s Money : 

And the Examinant added, That he believes the Reafon 
of entering the Five hundred feventy-four thoufand Five 
hundied Pounds Stock told in the Cath-book, was to 


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give Perfons an Opportunity of having Stock at low 
Prices; and that great Part of the Stock fold was dif- 
pofed of for the forwarding the Bill. | 

Your Committee proceeding to examine Sir Fobn 
Blunt, concerning the Difpofal of the fictitious Stock be- 
fore: mentioned, he acquainted them, That the latter End 
of February, or the Beginning of March, lalt, Mr. Knight 
told him, and, as he remembers, the late Deputy Go- 
vernor, Mr. Gibbon, and Mr. Cheffer, That Mr. Craggs 
the Poftmafter defired to have Eighty thoufand Pounds 
Stock bought, or taken in, at the current Price; vz. 
Fifty thoufand Pounds for the Earl of Sunderland, or 
his Friends; and the remaining Thirty thoufand Pounds 
for Mr.Craggs, or his Friends: 

That this Requeft was complied with; and Eighty 
thoufand Pounds of the Company’s Stock was direéted to 
be applied accordingly; which the Examinant takes to be 
Part of the Sum of One hundred and thirteen thoufand 
Pounds entered in the Company’s Cafh-book, as fold, on 
the Twenty-feventh Day of February One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Nineteen, at One hundred and Seventy-five 
Pounds per Cent. : 

That no Money appears to have been paid for the 
above-mentioned Eighty thoufand Pounds: But Sir Fobz 
Blunt faid, That, fome time in March, Mr. Knight fhewed 
him a Note for the Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock, figned 
Sunderland; which Mr. Knight faid was the Earl of Sun- 
derland’s Hand; and the Examinant believed it to be fo; 
having feen his Lordthip’s Hand to Treafury Warrants 
and Orders: The Note, to the beft of his Remem- 
brance, was to the Effect following; That whereas Mr. 
Knight had bought feveral Parcels of South Sea Stock 
for the Earl of Sunderland, feveral Particulars of which 
were therein {pecified, amounting, in the Whole, to Fifty 
thoufand Pounds Stock, at feveral Prices; the Money 
payable for which amounted to more than Eighty thoufand 
Pounds; his Lordfhip promifed to pay the faid Money, 
with Intereft, at a certain time therein mentioned : 

That, fince the Beginning of this Seffion of Parliament, 
the Examinant and Mr. Kzight difcourfing about the 
Company’s fictitious Stock, and particularly concerning 
the Earl of Sunderiand’s Part of it, the Examinant afked, 
How he would conceal that? Mr. Knight replied, He 
would go through Thick and Thin, rather than difcover 
it: 

That the Examinant does not know of any Money 
paid, or Note, or other Security, given, by Mr. Craggs, 
for the Thirty thoufand Pounds, Refidue of the Eighty 
thoufand Pounds Stock, 

Mr. Edward Gibbon, another of the late Directors, 
faid, That Mr. Knight told him, That, fome time in Fe- 
bruary One thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen, he 
was to fupply and furnifh the Earl of Sunderland with 
Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock, at between 170 and 180 
per Cent. which was the Price of Stock at that time. 

Mr. Foy, late Deputy Governor, declared, That Mr. 
Knight, about 10 or 1x Months fince, told him, That 
One hundred thoufand Pounds Stock muft be referved 
for Mr. Craggs of the Poft Office, in Truft for others: 
Whereupon the Examinant afking, ‘* What! for my 
“* Lord Sunderland?” He replied, ‘* Not for himfelf, 
*¢ but for his Friends.” 

Mr. Foy faid further, That Mr. Knight told him, fince 
the Inquiry began, That the Sum promifed to Mr. Craggs, 
was but Thirty thoufand Pounds. 

The before-named Fames Craggs Efquire, being exa- 
mined, faid, That he never did apply to Mr. Knight, or 
any other Perfon whatfoever, to have any of the Com- 
pany’s Stock, or to have any Stock taken in for him by 
the Company. 

Mr. Richard Houlditch, another of the late Directors, 
faid, That he was told by Mr. Ka‘ght, That Fifty thou- 
fand Pounds of the Company’s Stock, faid to be fold, was 
held for a noble Lord in a high Station: That he appre- 
hended, and believed, that by the Lord in a high Station, 
Mr. Knight meant the Earl of Sunderland: But Mr. 
Knight, being fince afked about it, faid, That it did not 


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go that way, but it went another way; or to that 
lk ffeét, . 

Your Committee, in the Courfe of Sir John Biunt’s 
Examination, afked him, Whether he knew of any more 
of the Company’s Stock difpofed of in order to facili- 
tate the paffing the Bill? He anfwered, That he believed 
the Duchefs of Kendal/, her Two Nieces, and the Countefs 
of Platen, were the Perfons for whofe Benefit Thirty-fix 
thoufand Pounds Stock was entered in the Company’s 
Cafh-book as fold, on the Fourth of February One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Nineteen: 

That, fome time after the Fourth Day of February One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen, and while the 
Scuth Sea Scheme, or Bill, was depending in the Houle, 
Mr. Secretary Craggs, in Weftminfier-ball, Spoke to him, 
and to the late Sub and Deputy Governors, and to Mr. 
Gitbon, and Mr. Cheffer, on behalt of the Perfons above- 
named; and faid, he reaily thought it was for the Intereft 
of the Company to engage Perfons of their Rank to be 
concerned in it; or to that Effect: Whereupon it was 
agreed, That they fhould have Thirty-fix thoufand 
Pounds of the Company’s Stock at the Price men- 
tioned, which was One hundred and Fifty Pounds per 
Cent. ; although the Market Price, as he believed, was 
then fomewhat higher: That he took it for granted, the 
Agreement was fince made good: 

‘That Mr. Knight had the Management of this Affair ; 
and ufed to keep an Account of the Stock thus dilpofed 
of, in a particular Book of his own: 

That he then apprehended the Duchefs of Kendall, and 
Countefs of Platen, did not, either of them, know that 
the other was to have any Stock. 

Sir Foba Fellowes, \ate Sub Governor, on his Examina- 
tion, faid, That whilft the Propofals from the South Sea 
Company, or the Bill in the Houfe of Commons, was de- 
pending, Mr. Knight told him, Mr. Secretary Craggs pro- 
poled, That Twelve thoufand Pounds of the Company’s 
Stock fhould be difpofed of to the Duchefs of Kendall, 
Twelve thoufand Pounds to the Countefs of Plasen, and 
‘Il welvethoufand Pounds more tothe Duchefs’s Two Nieces: 
The Examinant agreed they fhould have the Stock, pay- 
ing the Market Price, which was then above One hundred 
and Fifty per Cent.: But Mr. Knighé telling the Examinanr, 
That he thought they were intitled to the Stock from the 
Firft Application made for it; at which time the Price 
was at One hundred and Fifty Pounds per Cent.; this 
Examinant confented they fhould have it at that Price: 
He added further, That Mr. Secretary Craggs did, at 
his Office, recommend the above-mentioned Propofal ; and 
faid, That it would be for the Service of the Company 
to have fuch Perfons Proprietors: 

He faid likewife, That the fame Propofal was, at an- 
other time, made to him, and others, by Mr. Secretary 
Craggs, in Weftminfler-ball: That the Examinant, and the 
Deputy Governor, waited on the Duchefs of Kendall, and 
acquainted her with the Propofal,; and that Mr. Knight 
fhould have Orders to follow her Direétions, and defired her 
good Offices on the Company’s behalf: That the received 
them civilly, and thanked them for it: The Examinane 
faid alfo, That a Letter was wrote by Mr. Knight to the 
Countefs of Platen, figned by the Examinant, and the 
Deputy Governor, to acquaint her with the faid Propofal ; 
and that fhe wrote an Anfwer, fignifying her Acceptance; 
but that he had loft the Letter. 

Mr. Edward Gibbon, another of the late Direétors, be- 
ing examined, declared, That, whilft the South Sea Bill 
was depending in the Eloufe, he was at a Converfation in 
Weftminfter-hall, at which were prefent Mr. Secretary 
Craggs, the Sub and Deputy Governors, and Mr. Chefer; 
where Mr. Secretary propo‘ed, That about Thirty thou- 
fands Pounds Stock fhould be difpoled of to certain 
Ladies, whofe having Stock would be of Service to the 
Company; or to that Effect; which was confented to; 
and that he believed they were Foreigners, but did not 
know their Names. 

Mr. Foy, the late Deputy Governor, informed the 
Committee, Thar, fome time before the above-mentioned 


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Converfation in Wefminfter-ball, Mr. Knight told him 
Mr. Secretary Craggs had mentioned to him, That - 
would be advifeable to have fome great Ladies concerned 
in the Company’s Stock; and that they fhould have j; 


at One hundred and Fifty Pounds per Cent.: That foon 
after Sir Fobn Fellowes, Mr. Knight, and himfelf, being 
at Mr. Secretary Craggs’s Office, the fame Proposal wag 
again renewed by the Secretary; and was confented to by 
Sir Fobn Fellowes, Mr. Knight, and himfelf: He did nog 
exactly remember the Proportiens in which the Stock was 
to be divided; but, on the beft Recollection he could 
make, he thought the Duchefs of Kexdall was to have 
Ten thoufand Pounds Stock, and the Countefs of Plarey 
the like Sum, and the Duchefs’s Nieces Five thoufand 
Pounds each, 

Mr. Foy faid alfo, That there was a Converfation with 
Mr. Secretary Craggs in Weftminfler-ball, concerning the 
afore-mentioned Propofal: That he could not recoile@ 
what then pafied ; but remembred, that foon after, Sir 
Fobn Fellowes, and himfelf, were introduced to the Duchefs 
of Kendall by Mr. Craggs, who interpreted between 
them: That they acquainted her with the Offer; and thar 
Directions would be given to Mr. Knight to transfer the 
Stock, on Payment of the Money: That the Duchef 
feemed well pleafed with the Offer, thanked them, and 
wifhed them good Succefs: 

He further faid, That, talking with Mr. Knight, fince 
this Inquiry began, Mr. Knight faid, That neither the 
Duchefs of Kendall, nor her Nieces, had any Stock 
transferred to them; but that the Countefs of Platey 
had: To which Mr. cy replied, That he did not believe 
him. 

Mr. Robert Chefer, One of the late Directors, being 
examined likewife about the faid Converfation in Weftmin- 
fter-ball, concurred in Subftance with what Sir Joba Fel- 
lowes has betore declared. 

Sir Zohn Blunt faid likewife, That, after his Examination 
on Friday the 27th Day of Fanuary laft, Mr. Foy came 
to his Lodgings, and afked him touching what had pafled 
in his Examination before your Committee: That Sir 
Fobn Blunt told him he had faid nothing of the Miniftry : 
What, fays Mr. Joy, nor of the Ladies neither? To 
which Sir Fobx replied, That he had not: 

That, on Saturday the Twenty-cighth Day of Fanuary 
laft, foon after Sir Yobn Blunt had been again examined 
by your Committee at the South Sea Houle, Mr. Foy came 
to him, and afked him what had pafled: That Sir Jobs 
told him he was under an Obligation of Secrecy: That 
he loved him very well; and that the beft way was to tell 
the whole Truth: What! fays Mr. Joy, of the Ladies 
and all? Yes, fays Sir Fubn; the Examination is very 
ftrict, and nothing but the Truth will do. 

Mr. oy, being examined by your Committee to the 
above-mentioned Converfation between him and Sir obs 
Blunt, did admit that the Subftance of it was true. 

Mr. Holditch alfo informed your Committee, That 
Mr. Knight told him, Twenty thoufand Pounds of the 
Company’s Stock, faid to be fold, was for a certain Per- 
fon, who had deferved well; and that fome other Perfon 
or Perfons of Diftinétion at Court, or Words to that 
Effect, were to have Forty or Fifty thoufand Pounds of 
the Company’s Stock referved for them. 

Sir Fobn Blunt, being again examined, informed your 
Committee, That Mr. Knight had the chief Management 
of the Difpofal of the Company’s Stock; and that, whilft 
the South Sea Bill was depending in the Houfe of Com- 
mons, Mr. Knight acquainted him, That Mr. Charles 
Stanbope, One of the Secretaries of the Treafury, defired 
to have Ten thoufand Pounds Stock bought, or taken 
in, for him, at the Market Price, which was then about 
Two hundred and Fifty Pounds per Centum, but the faid 
Mr. Stanhope did not abfolutely agree to have the Stock 
at that time; but the fame Day, or the Day following, 
Mr. Knight thewed Sir Fobu Blunt a Letter, figned Charis 
Stanhope, wherein he defired to have the faid Ten thou- 
fand Pounds Stock bought, or taken in, for him; and Sir 
Fokn Blunt confented, that he fhould have it according!y: 


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That, on the ftriteft Inquiry, your Committee cannot 
difcover, That the faid Mr. Stanbope ever paid, or gave 
any Security to pay, for the faid Stock; or that any 
actual Transfer was made to him of it. ; 

Mr. Richard Holditch, being again examined, faid, He 
underftood, by Mr. Knight, That Ten or Twelve thou- 
fand Pounds of the Company’s Stock, faid to be fold, was 
held for Mr. Charles Stanhope, of the Treafury : 

That Mr. Kuight told him, That the faid Mr Stanbope 
was undetermined in the Morning when he firft men- 
tioned it, whether he fhould have it, or no; burt in the 
Evening agreed to have it. 
~ Your Committee find, upon Infpection of the Account 
of Cafh kept by the South Sea Company with the Bank 
of England, That, by Notes drawn upon the Bank, by 
the Cafhier of the South Sea Company, the Sums.-follow- 
ing, amounting to Fifty-one thoufand Seven hundred 
Thirty-fix Pounds Thirteen Shillings, were paid to Charles 


Stanbope Efquire, One of the Secretaries of the Treafury, 
out of the Cafh of the South Sea Company, at the Days 
following ; viz. May the 7th, Five thoufand Six hun- 
dred Sixty-two Pounds Thirteen Shillings; May the 
Twelfth, Six hundred Pounds; June the Eighteenth, Forty 
thouland Six hundred and Nine Pounds; and September 
the Tenth Four thoufand Eight hundred Sixty-five 
Pounds. 

Upon the Examination of Facob Sawbhridge Efquire, 
late One ot the Directors, and of the Committee of Trea- 
fury, of the South Sea Company; and alfo a Copartner 
with Elias Turner Efquire and Company, with whom 
Part of the Cath of the South Sea Company had been 
ufually kept, till within Three or Four Months patt, 
and upon Perufal of their Books; your Committee dif- 
covered a Difpofition of Fifty thoufand Pounds of the 
Company’s Stock, as it was then called, unto the faid 
Turner, Sawbridge, and Sir George Cafwaill,; which Sum 
now appears in the Account of Stock fold, laid before 
this Houfe; viz. 

“© Mar. 21. Turner, Ca/waill, 

and C°, — 50,000)? 250 { 125,009. 

Ditto — ~~ 270 j 27,000.” 

The Particulars of which Affair, fo far as it relates to 
the faid Fifty thoufand Pounds, your Committee do now 
lay before the Houfe; and, for the better Information of 
the Houle, they have annexed, in the Appendix to their 
Report, N° Il. exact Tranfcripts of the feveral Articles 
and Accounts contained in the feveral Books of Turner 
and Company, unto which their Report has Reference. 

Mr. Facob Sawbridge, being examined as to his paffing 
and figning the Account ot Stock fold, entered in the 
Cafh-bock of the South Sea Company, without the Names 
ot the Perfons to whom it was fold; and allo to the Dif- 
pefition thereof; acknowleged, That he had allowed and 
figned the faid Account, and made no Objection thereto ; 
Mr. Knight iaying, that the Account was right: But the 
Examinant faid, He could nor tell to whom that Stock 
was fold, Mr. Knight not giving the Committee of Trea- 
fury any Particulars thereof: But, at length, Mr. Saqw- 
bridge owned, That he had Fifty thoufand Pounds, Part 
of the Sixty-eight thoufand Pounds, Stock, mentioned in 
the Cafh-book to be fold the 21 ft of March 1719, at 250 
per Cent.; and faid, That, when the Charter of Turner 
and Company was ordered to be laid before the Com- 
mittee appointed, the laft Seffion of Parliament, to inquire 
into, and examine, the feveral Subfcriptions for Fifheries, 
and other Projects, the faid Turner and Company were 
obliged to tell Fifty thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock 
mo.e than they had, which he called felling the Bear; and, 
hearing that the South Sea Company were felling Stock, 
be bought. as he faid, this Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock 
of the Company ; bur admitted, that he did nor pay down 
any Money for it; and that there was no Agreement in 
Writing relating thereunto ; but, if the Price of the Stock 
had fallen, he faid, he muft have ftood to the Lofs of it: 

That this Stock was not then delivered to him; but 
was cel.vered to him, or his Order, by Mr. Robert Sur- 
men, upon the ith of June 17203 at which ume he 
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paid the Money for it, amounting unto One hundred 
twenty-five thoufand Pounds: That the Price of Stock 
was then advanced to Seven hundred and Fifty Pounds 
per Cent.; fo that, at the Market Price, this Fifty thou- 
fand Pounds Stock came to Three hundred feventy-five 
thoufand Pounds; and that he entered, in his Books, One 
hundred twenty-five thoufand Pounds paid to the South 
Sea Company; and entered Two hundred and fitty thou- 
fand Pounds as paid to his own Cath 5 but did not receive 
any Money : 

That he directed this Account of Stock to be entered 
in a fictitious Name, that their Servants might not know 
it to be the proper Stock of Turner and Company; and 
carried it fo the Account of Stock in their Books; where 
it is blended with the reft of the Stock. 

Bat Sir Fobn Fellowes faid, That he did not know of 
any particular Parcel of Stock holden for Turner and 
Company, until lately; and faid, He did not remember . 
the Difpofal of the Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock to them : 
That Mr. Knight afed to tranfact with them; and he, the 
Examinant, believed the Company did not intend to 
give them the Benefit of fo much Stock. 

Your Committee, proceeding to infpeét the Books of 
Turner and Company; and to examine Daniel Watkins, 
One of their Clerks, and alfo Mr. Facob Sawbridge; do 
find, That, upon the 11th of Zune 1720, this Fifty thou- 
fand Pounds Stock, and the improved Value thereof, 
amounting to Three hundred feventy-fivethoufand Pounds, 
was regularly placed to the Account of Charles Stanhope 
Efquire, in the feveral Stock Leidger-books of Turner, 
and Company, mentioned, in the Appendix, under the 
following Letters; viz. in the Stock Ledger-book, Let- 
ter A, Fol. 99.; and, in the Stock Ledger, Letter B, 
Fol. 7. and 62. 

The Entry inthe Ledger, Letter A, is in thefe Words, 
on the Debtor Side: 

“© 1720, June 1°. To 
Cath, for 22,000 /, 


§. Sea to R. Knight} 202,230 

and R. Surman’s Or- ‘ 

dr’ —- — — 375 000.” 
To Ditto, for 28000 /. 

D°. to F. Stokes’ Ac- &gt; 172,770 


count 

And this Account was, upon the fame 11th of Fune 
1720, regularly entered in their Book called The Gene- 
ral or Clearing Book, Letter C, Fol. 110.; and was placed 
to Charles Stanbope Efquire accordingly. 

Daniel Watkins declared, That he at firft wrote thefe 
feveral Entries, in the faid Books, in the Name of Charles 
Stanhope, Efquire, by the Direction of Sir George Ca/wall, 
One of the Copartners with Turner and Sawbridge, or 
from fome other Account; and believed, that he had 
feen the faid Charles Stanbope Efquire at the Office of 
Turner and Company, once, or oftener, in or about the 
Months of May or Fune \aft, coming there to receive 
Money: That he was then told Mr. Stanhope’s Name by 
fome Clerk in the Office; and, upon his Examination, 
defcribed Mr. Stanhope to be a tall thin Man, of a black 
or brown Complexion, according to his Remembrance. 

The faid Accounts mentioning Twenty-eight thoufand 
Pounds Stock, Part of the faid Fifty thouiand Pounds, 
to be adjufted with Fofeph Stokes at One hundred feventy- 
two thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy Pounds, your 
Committee fent for the faid Fofeph Siokes, who is a 
Broker ; and for Fofeph Stanborough, his Partner, who 
acted for Turner and Company in the Selling of Stock : 
Who being examined, and producing their Account- 
book, and comparing it with an Account in the faid 
Ledger of Turner and Company, Letter D, Fol. 86. 
kept with the faid Fofeph Stokes, for the Produce of this 
Twenty-eight thouland Pounds Stock, at One hundred 
feventy-twe thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy Pounds ; 
Fofeph Stanborough faid, That he tranfacted this Affair 
for Mr. Sawbridge; and that the faid Twenty-eight thou- 
fand Pounds South Sea Stock was fold, or difpoted of, by 
him, or Fofeph Stokes, upon the 1oth of Fume 1720, or, 

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a Day or Two before ; together with another Sum of One 
thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock, at feveral Prices; 
amounting, in the Whole, to One hundred and eighty 
thoufand Two hundred and Kighty Pounds; which Sum 
he actually paid, and anfwered, to FacobSawbridge Efquire, 
upon the roth or rith of Fume 1720, who caufed the 
faid Stock to be transferred accordingly. 

Thereupon your Committee proceeded to inquire into 
the Time and Manner of Payment for this Stock unto 
Mr. Charles Stanbope; and, infpecting the feveral other 
Books of Turner and Company, mentioned in the Ap- 
pendix, called the Note-book, the Cath Note-book, the 
Drawing-ledger, and the Cath Noie-ledger, wherein 
the Account of all Notes iffued and paid by Turner and 
Company, are duly entered, it appeared by the Note- 
book, Letter F, Fol. 100. and by the Cath Note- 
ledger, Letter E, Fol. 298. and 299. That, upon the 
11th of June 1720, one Cafh-note of the faid Turner 
and Company was regularly made out for Two hundred 
and two thoufand Two hundred and Thirty Pounds, pay- 
able to the faid Mr. Charles Stanhope; and another Cafh- 
note of Zurner and Company was alfo regularly made 
out the fame Day for Forty-feven thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Seventy Pounds, payable to the faid Mr. Charles 
Stanbope; which laft Note in the Note-book, Letter F, 
Fol. 100. is entered, R. Surman; both which Notes were 
regularly entered, paid, and fatished, unto Mr. Charles 
Stanhope by Turner and Company, upon the 12th Day 
of December 1720, in the Note-book of Turner and 
Company, Letter G, Fol. 70. ; and in their Cafh Note- 
ledger Letter H, Fol. 77. 

And, by another Book of Turner and Company, called 
the Drawing Cafh-ledger, Letter I, Fol. 758. it ap- 
pears, That, upon the faid 11th of ‘¥une 1720, when the 
faid Notes were iffued, the Sum of Forty-feven thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy Pounds, being the Contents 
of One of the faid Notes, was charged to the Account of 
Mr. Kobert Surman, Deputy Cathier ‘of the South Sea 
Company, as paid that Day, out of the Cath kept by 
Turner and Company, unto the Order of the faid Robert 
Surman: And Robert Surman being examined thereunto, 
upon Infpection of a Book of Cafh-draughts kept by 
Turner, and Company, in his Name; wherein it appears, 
that he is charged with the aforefaid Sum of Forty-feven 
thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy Pounds, paid by Tur- 
ner and Company, upon the 11th of Fune 1720, out of 
the Cath kept with them by Mr. Knight, as Cafhier of the 
South Sea Company, and for which Surman was account- 
able to Knight; did verily believe, that the faid Sum was 
accordingly paid by them by Order of Mr. Knight given 
to the Examinant, out of the faid Cafh, and was no Part of 
the Examinant’s proper Cath. 

Your Committee, in this Place, obferve, That the Two 
Sums of Two hundred and two thoufand Two hundred 
and Thirty Pounds, and Forty-feven thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Seventy Pounds, amount to Two hundred and 
fifty thoufand Pounds; which, being added to the One 
hundred and twenty-five thoufand Pounds, the fuppofed 
Price of thefaid Fifty thoufand Pounds S:ock, amounts to 
the whole Suni charged in thefaid Stock-ledger, vz. Three 
hundred and feventy-five thoufand Pounds, as the Produce 
of the faid Stock, upon the 11th of Fune 1720; and, 
deducting out of the Three hundred and feventy-five thou- 
fand Pounds the Sum of One hundred and twenty-five 
thoufand Pounds for the Prime Coit of the faid Stock, 
there remains aclear Difference of Two hundred and fifty 
thoufand Pounds accruing to the Perion for whofe Benefit 
the Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock was charged as fold in 
the Company’s Cath-book; which is the exaét Amount 
of the Two Cafh-notes made payable to Charles Stanbope 
E{guire, and acccrdingly entered, paid, and futisfied, unto 
him, on the 12th of December 1720: 

In Confirmation of which Payment, it appears to your 
Committee, by the Drawing Cath-iedger, Letter K, 
now kept by Turner, Ca/wall and Sawéridge, ina new 
Copartnerfhip with Mr. Heary Blunt, Son of Sir Fobn 
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Knight, which commenced the 25th of Fane 1720, Fol, 
512. and 570. in an Account kept between Turner, Caf: 
wall, and Sawbridge, and the new Copartners, That the 
faid Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds was entered 
Paid, in Difcharge of the Two Notes, upon the rath 
of December 1720, and placed to the Account of Money 
difburfed upon the feparate Account of Turner, Cafwal). 
and Sawbridge, out of their feparate Cath actually paid 
into the Hands of the new Copartners, upon the 25th of 
June 1720; amounting in real Cafh, unto the Sum of 
One million One hundred fixty-fix thoufand Eight hun- 
dred Seventy-five Pounds Four Shillings and One Peny; 
out of which the Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds 
are accofdingly fet off, in Difcharge of the new Co. 
partners. 

Your Committee examined Fobn Mount and Fob, 
Maddy, Cafhiers to Turner and Company, as well betore, 
as fince, the new Copartnerfhip; Richard Fenton, their 
Book-keeper; and alfo “facob Sawbridge junior, Son of 
Facob Sawbridge Efquire; the faid Robinfon Knight and 
Henry Blunt, who, before the 25th of June 1720, were 
Affiftants in the Office of Turner and Company ; relating 
to the faid feveral Books and Entries, and to the faid 
Tranfaétions therein contained: And Fobn Mount, Fobn 
Maddy, and Richard Fenton, declared, That they verily 
believed, that all the faid Accounts and Entries of Re- 
ceipts and Payments, and of iffuing and paying Notes, 
were true; and that the refpe€tive Sums mentioned there- 
in to have been received and paid, were really received 
and paid; and that the Notes therein mentioned to have 
been iffued and paid, were actually iffued and paid accord- 
ing to the Import of the feveral Entries; and that thefe 
Two Notes for Two hundred and two thoufand Two hun- 
dred and Thirty Pounds, and Forty-feven thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy Pounds, were actually iffued, pay- 
able to Charles Stanhope Efquire, upon the 11th of Fune 
1720, in the ufual and regular Manner; the Note for 
Two hundred and two thoufand Two hundred and Thirty 
Pounds being entered, and filled up, by the faid Henry 
Blunt ; and the other Note for Forty-feven thoufand Se- 
ven hundred and Seventy Pounds being entered, and filled 
up, by Facob Sawbridge junior, by the Direction of Facod 
Sawbridgefenior, Efquire ; and both the Notes figned by 
Robinfon Knight, then entrufted by Turner and Company 
to fign Notes for them, as Yacob Sawbridge junior, Ro- 
binfon Knight, and Henry Blunt, did acknowlege; and 
that Turner and Company did thereby become charge- 
able with the Payment of the Money mentioned in the 
Two Notes; and that the Two Notes were actually paid 
and fatished upon the 12th of December 1720, according 
to the Entries thereof made in the faid Books, out of the 
Cafh, amounting to One million One hundred fixty-fix 
thoufand Eight hundred Seventy-five Pounds Four Shil- 
lings and One Peny, really paid, and anfwered, by Turner, 
Cafwall, and Sawbridge, into the new Copartnerfhip (which 
Henry Blunt and Robinfon Knight, the new Copartners, 
did likewife confefs) ; and that the Two Notes being then 
difcharged, were delivered up to Turner and Company. 

Your Committee, obferving, That, in the Stock 
Ledger-books, Letter A and B, the Name, as it now 
ftands, at the Head of the Accounts there, and alfo in the 
Account in the faid Stock Ledger, Letter B, Fol. 7. is 
Stangape; although in the Alphabets, or Indexes, of the 
faid Books, referring to the true Folios, the Name ftill 
remains Stanbope ; and alfo, that in the General or Clear 
ing Book the Name, now appearing in the Account of 
the faid Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock, is Stangape; and 
that the faid Books had been rafed, and the Letters altered 3 
did examine Jacob Sawbridge Efquire, and Daniel Wat- 
kins, One of the Clerks of Turner and Company, upon 
that Fact: Mr. Sawbridge acknowleged, That the Name 
at firft entered in the faid Books was Stanhope; and faid, 
Ic was entered in a fictitious Name, that their Servants 
might not know of it; that he gave Direétions to Da- 
niel Watkins, about Two Months paft, to make the feve- 
ral Rafures and Alterations in the Surname, and to turn 
it into Stangape,; but owned, that this Name referred “a 

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the Name Stanbope, mentioned in the Alphabets, and in 
the other Books; and that it meant the fame Perfon: 

Being afked, Whether there was any other fictitious 
Name made ufe of in the Books of Turner and Company, 
befides the Name Charles Stanhope, or Stangape, Efquire, 
he faid, That there was no other fictitious Name in the 
whole Book, to his Knowlege. 

Daniel Watkins, being thereupon fent for, and exa- 
mined, did declare, That, about the 14th Day of Decem- 
per laft, he made the feveral Rafures and Alterations in 
the Name Stanhope, which was the Name he at firft wrote 
in the Books, and altered the fame to Stangape, as it now 
appears, by the Direction of Sir George Cafwall; who 
then told the Examinant, that itwas an anonymous Name, 
as the Examinant expreffed it, and that it ought to have 
been Stangape at firft: That Mr. Sewbridge was not pre- 
fent at that time; and believed Mr. Sawbridge did not 
know of it till afterwards: But Watkins likewife owned, 
that there is no other fictiticas Name in any of the faid 
Books. 

Mr. Facob Sawbridge, attending in a Room next ad- 
joining, was called in again, after Watkins was with- 
drawn; and did then fay, That upon recolleéting him- 
felf, he defired Sir George Cafwall to give Directions for 
the Alteration. 

But Mr. Robert Surman, who was well acquainted with 
Turner and Company, and had, about Two Years fince, 
been a Clerk to them; and the prefent Cafhiers and 
Clerks of Turner and Company, viz. John Maddy, Fobn 
Mount, and Richard Fenton; did all of them declare, 
upon their Examinations, That they never knew nor heard 
of any fictitious Name made ule of by Turner, and Com- 
pany in any of their Books: And Fobn Madzy, One of 
the Cafhiers, faid, That, in the Nature of the Affair, 
fictitious Names could not be made ufe of. 

Your Commuttee, thinking it might be of Ufe to have a 
Sight of the Notes themfel ves, ordered Fohn Maddy to fearch 
for them in the proper Place, and to bring them before 
your Committee: Who, being returned, acquainted them, 
That he had fearched the Files kept, for that Purpofe, 
at the Office of Turwer and Company; and although 
he had found other Notes which were entered to be paid 
on the jame 12th of December laft, and upon other Days 
before and after that Day, preferved, as ufual, upon the 
File, yet he could not find either of the faid Two Notes ; 
and that inquiring of Daniel Watkins, what was become 
of the faid ‘Notes, he was informed by him, That he 
well remembred, that, when he entered thefe Two 
Notes paid upon the 12th of December laft, he took 
them up, and cancelled them ; and that, they being much 
worn by having been carried in a Pocket, he had deftroyed 
them; and gave the Examinant no other Reafon for his 
fo d ftroying them: The Examinant faid farther, That 
he did not know, or remember, that any other Notes deli- 
vered up had been deftroyed; but that the Method ob- 
ferved in their Bufinefs had been, to tear off the Name of 
the Perfon figning them; and to preferve the Notes, upon: 
a File kept for that Purpofe, in the Office of Turner and 
Company. 

Daniel Watkins, being thereupon examined, confeffed, 
That the faid Two Notes were delivered up to him upon 
the rath of December 1720, by Facob Sawbridge Eiquire ; 
and that, after he had examined them with the Books, 
and found them to be cf the fame Numbers, Dates, and 
Sums, with fuch Two Notes then outftanding, he, on the 
fame 12th of December, cancelled and deftroyed them; 
and believed he burnt them; but had no Direétion fo to 
do; his Order from Jacob Sawbridge Efquire being, to 
ciicharge them in the Books; and that the only Reafon 
for hig deftroying them, was, becaufe, the Files being re- 
moved out of their ufual Places, he could not find the 
proper Files whereon thele Notes ought to have been put; 
and alfo believing, that no other Perfon had any Pro- 
perty or Intereft therein befides Turner, Cafwall, and 
Sawbridge, to whole proper Account he then placed 
them: 

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delivered up unto Turner and Company, upon Payment 
thereof he anfwered, That he could not remember that 
he ever deftroyed any other Note fo delivered up; but 
that other Notes, after they were fo delivered, have beef 
preferved upon Files. 

Henry Blunt faid, That the Note for Two hundred 
two thoufand Two hundred and Thirty Pounds was filled 
up by himfelf; and, being figned by Kebinfon Knight, 
was delivered to Facob Sawbridge Elquire; who imme- 
diately cancelled the faid Note, by tearing off the Name 
of Robinfon Knight; fearing as the examinant fuppofed, 
that he might lofe it; and then put the faid cancelled Note 
in his Pocket; but the Examinant did not know the Rea- 
fon of Mr. Scwbridg’s fo tearing fuch Note. 

Your Committee hereupon cannot but obferve the dan- 
gerous Confequence of fuch extraordinary Acts of rafing 
and altering the Name of a Gentleman of Diftinction, in 
Books belonging to a Society of Bankers, and in an Article 
of fo very great Value; and of the deftroying thefe Two 
Notes, from the Infpection whereof, more full, and more 
direct, Evidence might have been laid before this Houfe; 
efpecially, confidering that both thefe Facts were committed 
after an Inquiry into the Proceedings of the Directors of the 
South Sea Company was begun by this Houfe; and the 
Rafure made in the Account Books of Stock was about 
the fame time when the General Account of Stock fold 
by the South Sea Company was delivered into this Houle; 
and when the fubfequentOrder of this Houfe, of the 17th 
of December laft, was made, That the Directors of the 
faid Company fhould lay before this Houfe, a particular 
Account of the Five hundred feventy-four thoufand Five 
hundred Pounds Stock fold by the faid Company, with 
the refpective Prices and Parcels, and the Perfons by whom 
it was fold, and by whom, and to whom, transferred. 

Your Committee further obferve, That Daniel Watkins, 
upon his Firft Examination, did not mention any thing 
concerning the Property of this Fifty thoufand Pounds 
Stock, although his Examination did naturally lead there- 
unto; but, upon his fubfequent Examination on another 
Day, he faid, He believed this Fifty thoufand Pounds 
Stock was bought by Turner and Company, or One of 
them, of the South Sea Company, or of Mr. Knight, 
for their proper Account; and directed to be entered in 
Mr. Stanbope’s Name, to prevent their Servants know- 
ing that it was their own Stock: But, being afked what 
Reafon he had for fuch his Belief, he only anfwered, Be- 
caufe he was ordered by Mr. Sawdridge, upon the 12th 
of December jatt, to place thefe Notes to the proper 
Account of Turner and Company; and that, from the 
Nature of the Account, and from Mr. Turner's infifting. 
to have Credit for Eleven thoufand Pounds South Sea 
Stock from the Copartnerfhip, which he could not other- 
wife have, and from all the Circumftances he had any 
Knowlege of, he could not find that any other Perfon 
had any Property therein. 

Mr. Robert Surman iaid, He remembred that there 
was Fifty thoufand Pounds, which, he believed, was Part 
of the Sixty-eight thoufand Pounds Stock mentioned, in 
the Cafh-book, to be fold the 21ft of March 1719, at 
250 per Cent. fold to Turner and Company; and, be- 
fore it was adjufted, Sir George Cafwail acquainted him 
with it, and jeft with him a Cath-note for One hundred 
twenty five thoufand Pounds, to be delivered to Mr. 
Knight; faying, Mr. Knight knew what it meant; and 
foon afterwards the Stock was adjufted between Mr. Knight, 
and Sir George Ca/wall; and the Examinant delivered the 
faid Note to Mr. Kuight; and had, after that time, feen 
fuch Cafh-note in Mr. Knighi’s Cuftody; but did not 
remember any thing of the Payment of the faid Note: 

Being fhewn the Entries before-mentioned in the Stock. 
Ledgers, Letter A and B; and the General or Clearing 
Book, Letter C; he faid, Thofe Entries imported Fur- 
ner and Company their paying to the Perfon therein 
named Stanhope, or Stangape, the Money therein men- 
tioned; the Examinant having formerly been a Clerk to 
Turner and Company, and negotiating their Stock for 
them: He faid, morcover, he never knew, nor heard of, 
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the Name Stangape, till afer Mr. Sawbridge’s Examina- 
tion; but knows Charles Stanbope F.iquire, of the Trea- 
fury ; and that, about Six, Eight, or Nine, Months be- 
fore his Examination, which ‘was upon the 24th of Fanu- 
ary laft, he had frequently feen him at the South Sea 
Houfe; and that he faw him there near Two Months 
paft, and not fince; at which feveral times Mr. Stanhope 
and Mr. Kaight were writing together, and feemed to be 
fettling Accounts. 

Upon Saturday the 21ft Day of Fanuary laft, before 
Noon, your Committee fent for Mr. Robert Knight, the 
Cafhier, to examine him particularly about this Difpofi- 
tion of Stock in the Company’s Cafh-book : Who faid, 
That this Fifty thoufand Pounds was Part of the Sixty- 
eight thoufand Pounds Stock, charged, in the Cafh-book, 
to be fold the 21ft of March 1719, at 250 per Cent.: 
That, about that time, he was ordered by the Sub and 
Deputy Governors, Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Chefter, Mr. Houl- 
ditch, and Sir Fobn Blunt, to deliver this Stock to Turner 
and Company, for their own Ufe, as he believed ; and that, 
about the latter End of May 1720, as he remembred, it 
was delivered to them by an Adjuftment of Stock made 
with them; and that he received the whole Money of 
them, for fuch Stock, at the Price of 250 per Cent.: He 
owned there was no Agreement in Writing made, nor 
any Time limited when the Stock fhould be delivered ; 
becaufe the Company had not the Stock at that time; but 
Turner and Company might call for it when the Price 
was advanced to 750 per Cent. upon paying One hun- 
dred twenty-five thouland Pounds; and thereupon the 
Stock was to be delivered, without making any Allow- 
ance to the Company for Forbearance of Payment: That 
Elias Turner, Sir George Cafwail, and Facob Sawbridge, 
were obliged in Honour to pay the Money, and to ftand 
to the Lofs, if the Stock had fallen; but that Stock con- 
tinued to rife, and was never under 250 per Cent, after 
this Bargain. 

Your Committee proceeding to examine Mr. Knight 
further concerning the Difpofal of the Stock entered in the 
Cafh-book in Blank ; and inquiring of him from whence 
the Account of Stock then prepared by him, and intended 
to be laid before this Houfe, was taken; he anfwered, 
That, before he entered this Stock in the Cafh-book, he 
fhewed the Sub and Deputy Governors, Sir Fobn Biunt, 
Mr. Chefter, Mr. Gibbon, and Mr. Hou'ditch, upon a 
Paper, the Method in which he propofed to enter it; and 
had their Approbation thereof; and, in that Paper, the 
feveral Names of the Perfons who were to have the Be- 
nefit of this Stock were mentioned: That he difpofed 
of about Half of that Stock, and put down the Names 
of the Perfons to whom it was difpofed of ; and that the 
Sub and Deputy Governors difpofed of fome; and Mr. 
Gibbon, Mr. Chefter, and Sir Fobn Blunt, dilpofed of 
other Part; and gave him the Names of the feveral Per- 
fons to whom it was difpoled of by them: That he had 
not feen that Paper for about Six Months; but made up 
an Account of this Stock, to be laid before the Houle, 
with the particular Names, from his Memory, and fome 
Letters, and by inquiring from feveral of the Dire¢tors, 
Brokers, and Clerks; and that the Fifty thoufand Pounds 
Stock to Turner and Company, was Part of the Stock 
which the Direétors difpofed of: That the Cafh-book 
was pafied in Blank by the Committee; and he believed 
that no Objection was made to it, nor any fuch Reafcn 
given, as that the Perfons Names were not proper to be 
made publick at that time: And denied, that he faid, 
“ That, if the Bill pafled, the Stock would be well dif- 
* pofed of 3? but owned, That he did not think it pro- 
per to enter the Names of the Members of Parliament, 
who had any Part of this Stock, in the Cath-bouk; and 
that it was the general Opinion of the Gentlemen then 
prefent, that ic was not proper the Names fhould be men- 
tioned; but he faid, That fuch Members did not know 
it was the Company’s Stock: That the Names of all the 
Members of Parliament who had Part of this Stock are 
not fet down in this Account framed by him, becaufe he 
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clared by the Directors, That the Sub and Deputy 
Governors fhould have the Care of the Scheme, with a 
Liberty of taking to their Affiftance fuch others of the 
Directors as they fhould think ft. 

Mr Knight, being here preffed to produce his Papers 
and Letters, and to declare more particularly what he 
knew of the Difpofition of this Stock, defired Leave tg 
attend the Houfe of Peers, according to their Order; the 
Timeappointed being come; and, not having his Papers in 
Readinefs then, your Committee, intending to proceed 
farther in his Examination on the Monday following, and to 
give him Time to collect his Papers and Accounts, did 
thereupon permit him to go to Wefminfter. 

But Mr. Knight, withdrawing himfelf that Saturday 
Evening, prevented any other Difcovery of this important 
Affair, from his further Examination. 

Your Committee further reprefent, That they have dif. 
covered great Dealings in South Sea Stock by Fobn Aiflabie 
Efguire, with one Broker, Matthew Wymendefold, whilft 
the South Sea Scheme, and the Bill, were depending in 
Parliament, and foon after the Bill was paffed; the Par- 
ticulars of which Dealings are contained in an Account 
of Capital Stock bought and fold, to the Amount of 
Seventy-feven thoufand Pounds each, delievered in to your 
Committee by Mr. Wymondefold: And which Account is 
annexed to this Report (Appendix, N° JII.) 

And your Committee finding, that Turner, Cafwall, 
and Company, had great Tranfactions with the South Sea 
Company, upon further Infpection of their Books, amongft 
other remarkable Paffages in the faid Books, they found 
very great Sums of Money received by Turner and Com- 
pany, for the Account of Edmund Weller Efquire, Son- 
in-law of Fobn Aiflabie Efquire, late Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, and paid out to him, or his Order, between 
the 28th Day of March laft, and the 21ft Day of No- 
vember following, amounting to Seven hundred ninety- 
four thoufand Four hundred Fifty-one Pounds Fitteen 
Shillings and Nine Pence : And yourCommittee alfo found 
there was a confiderable Quantity of South Sea Stock bought 
and fold in the Name of the faid Mr. Waller: And, in 
the General Account of Stock of Turner and Company, 
it appears, there was a Balance of Seventy-feven thou- 
fend Six hundred Pounds due to the faid Mr. Waller, 
from Turner and Company; for fecuring which Sum, 
Zurner and Company entered into Bonds, the 26th of 
November \aft, tor 12 Months, from the 24th of Seprem- 
ber then patt; that is to fay, One Bond, for Forty-four 
thouland Six hundred Pounds, to the faid Edmund Waller, 
and One other Bond, toThomas Weddell Efquire, for Thirty- 
three thoufand Pounds : Whereupon your Committee or- 
dered Mr. Waller and Mr. Weddell to attend them; but 
they have not as yet had an Opportunity of examining Mr. 
Waller, by reaton of his Indifpofition: But Mr. Weddell, 
attending your Committee, was examined ; and did in- 
form them, That, about the End of Ofober or Beginning 
of November, \aft, Mr. Waller defired him to take in 
Ten thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock for him; and, in 
Three Days afterwards, told him, He had accordingly 
transferred it to the Examinant; and defired him to go to 
Zurner and Company, and give them a Defeazance for 
transferring that Stock to them, upon their paying Thirty- 
three thoufand Pounds: That the Exaininant did accord- 
ingly accept a Transfer of the faid Ten thoufand Pounds 
Stock from Mr. Waller ; and gave a Defeazance for tranf- 
ferring that Stock to Turner and Company ; who gave the 
Examinant their Bond for Payment of the faid Thirty-three 
thoufand Pounds: That Mr. Waller acquainted the Exa- 
minant, That this was in Truft for fcobn Aiflabie Efquire ; 
and he was afterwards told fo by Mr. Aifadie himfelf; 
and fays, That he has Turner and Company’s Bond for 
the faid Thirty-three thoufand Pounds, which is the 
proper Money of Mr. Aiflabie: But Mr. Waller’s Indif- 
pofition has prevented your Committee trom laying before 
the Houle, in this Report, a more full Account, relating 
to the Sum of Seven hundred ninety-four thoufand Four 
hundred Fifty-one Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Nine 
Peace before-mentioned. 

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Here your Committee mutt obferve, That in the Ac- 
count of Stock fold, laid before this Houfe, they find the 
Names of feveral Members of this Houle, and of the 
Houfe of Peers, not concerned in the Adminiftration, or 
in the Management, of the publick Revenue; whote Cates 

our Cominittee could not particularly examine, but mutt 
wait for the Confideration and Direétion of the Houfe, 
in what manner fuch Examination fhall proceed: In the 
mean time your Committee think it proper to acquaint 
the Houie with divers Practices made Uie of to raife the 
nominal Value of South Sea Stock to that extravagant 
Rate to which it was afterwards advanced, above the real 
and intrinfick Value thereof. 

Your Committee find, That, by Computations made 
by the Direction of your Committee, it appears, that the 
Directors of the South Sea Company mighi ‘have raifed 
the whole Sum ftipulated for the Publick, with a Profit 
of near One million and a Half, for the Benefit of the 
Proprietors of the old Stock, without fetting their Stock 
to Sale at any higher Price than 150 per Ceat.: 

That, after the faid Directors had taken in the Firft 
Money Subicription at Three hundred per Cent, and the 
Second Money Subicription at Four hundred Pouniis per 
Cent. and the Firft Subicription of the long and Short 
Annuities at 375 /. per Cent. the Value of One hundred 
Pounds South Sea Stock was but 120/. or thereabouts ; 
fuppofing the whole Money of the faid Firit and Second 
Subfcriptions, amounting to Twelve millions Seven hun- 
dred and Fifty thoufand Pounds, had been all paid in: 

That the faid Court of Direétors did atterwards pro- 
ceed to take in a Third and a Fourth Money Subjier.ption, 
at the Rate of One thoufand Pounds per Cexium, anda 
Second Subfeription of the Long and Short Anauitics, and 
a Subicription of the redeemable Debts, at the Rate of 
Eight hundred Pounds per Cent. , after which, the Value 
of One hundred Pounds South Sea Stock was but Three 
hundred Thirty-two Pounds, or thereabouts; fuppoting 
the whole Money of the faid Four Money Subfcriptions, 
amounting to Sixty-eight millions Seven hundred and 
fifty thouland Pounds, had been all paid in: 

That if all the remaining publick Debts had been 
taken in, and all the remaining Stock of the Company 
fold, on the Terms which the faid Directors pretended to 
expect 100/. Sou'h Sea Stock wou'd have been worth 
but 547 /. or thereabouts; luppofing the Money of the 
faid tour Subfcriptions, and the Money for the remain- 
ing Stock, which, together, would have amounted to 
‘Two hundred and Five millions Thirty-nine thousand 
Four hundred and One Pounds, had been ail paid in: 

That on the Thirticth Day of Augut laft the Court 
of {rectors of the South Sea Company came to a Reio- 
lution, which on the 8th Day of September lait was con- 
firmed by aGeneral Court, todeclarea Dividend of Thirty 
Pounds per Centum to be made at Chrifimas 17205 and 
of not jefs than Fifty Pounds per Centum per Annum for 
not lefs than Twelve Years to come from that time: 

That foon after this Refolution, viz. at a General 
Court held the Twentieth Day of SeptenmJer lait, the Sub 
Governor acquainted the General Court, That the Affairs 
of the Company, in relation to the Price of their Stock, 
and Subfcriptions, had taken an unexpected Turn; and 
thereupon propofed their giving a Power to the Court of 
Directors to relieve the lait Subfcribers of the publick 
Debts, and the Proprietors of the Two laft Money Sub- 
{criptions ; which was accordingly granted: And at a 
Court of Directors held the 29th Day of September laft, 
it was refolved, That the faid Subfcribers fhould have the 
fame Terms with the Bank ; viz. That their Subfcriptions 
fhould be reduced from One thoufand Pounds, and Eight 
hundred Pounds, per Ceutuim, to Four hundred Pounds ; 
and that they fhould aifo have the Benefit of the Midfum- 
mer Dividend of Ten Pounds per Cent. , which was ac- 
cordingly conffirayed by a General Court held the Thir- 

iech Day of the fame Month: Upon which, your Com- 
mittee oblerve, That it appears to them very extraordi- 
nary, ‘Vhat the Dircciors, on the Eighth Day of Septem- 
ber, when the faid high Dividend was declared ina Ge- 
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neral Court, fhould have had no Forefight of the Turn 
which fo foon after, viz. on the zoth Day of the faine 
Month, hap-ened in their Affairs : 

_That on the iaid Eighth Day of September the Sub 
Governor acquainted the General Court, That their Di- 
rectors had been unanimous in all their Proceedings ; 
which, amongit other Things, includes the before-men- 
tioned feveral Subicriptions by them taken in, except the 
Firft: And, upon the Examination of the Direétors, it 
doth not appear to your Committee, that any one of them 
proteited againft, or declared any publick Diffent from, 
any of the faid Proceedings; and it appears, that all of 
them took their Snares and Proportions of the Subferip- 
tions which were allotted for the refpective Directors to 
difpote of. 

And your Committee have been informed by Sir 
Theodore Fenfen, Uhat there was a Meeting at the Houfe 
of Sir Foha Fellowes, betwixt Sixteen of the Court of 
Directors, and Mr. Secretary Craggs, and Mr. Aifladies 
at which time it was propofed, i hata Sub{cription fhould 
be taken in at 300/. per Ceat.; which was approved of 
by Mr. Secretary Craggs and Mr. ijflabie, and that, when 
the faid Company broke up, it was agreed, That every 
one fhould ufe their beft Endeavours to promote it; which 
is confirmed by the Information of Sir Lambert Blackwell: 

And at a Court of Directors, held the 13th Day 
of April iat, it was refolved to take in a Subtcription 
for iwo miliions, ac che Rate of three hundred Pounds 
per Centum, but the fame was afterwards increafed, 
without any previous Refolution to that Purpofe, to Two 
millions Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds: And 
your Committee oblerve, That the imaginary Value of 
the faid Subicripcions rofe very fait; and that thofe who 
had the Benefic of the faid additional Subfcription, if 
they lold and dilpefed of the fame, made very great 
Gains thereby. 

Phat ac a Court of Directors, held the 28th Day of 
April iat, it was reiolved to take in a Second Money 
Subicription, at the Rate of 4o00/. per Cent. for One 
million; but, by the Accounts delivered in to this Houie, 
it appears, that the faid Subfeription was for One million 
Five hundred thoufand Pounds, yet it doth not appear, 
that there was any previous Refolution of the Court ot 
Directors for the Addition of Five hundred thouiand 
Pounds; nor was the faid Addition declared till the 8th 
Day of September laft; at which time the Sub Governor 
acquainted the General Court therewith: Upon which, 
your Committee cannot but obferve the great Diftance of 
Vime between the Taking tn of the Second Sub{cription 
at One million, and the #1ighth Day of September, when 
the fame was reported to the General Court at.One million 
Five hundred thouiand Pounds; during which Interval 
the imaginary Value of that Subdfcription was exceffively 
increafed; whereby the Perfons who had the fame, had 
the Advantage of that extraordinary Rife. 

That at a Court of Directors, held the Fifteenth Day 
of une lait, it was refolved to take in a Third Money 
Subicription, at the Rate of One thoufand Pounds per 
Cen:um; One-tenth Part whereof was to be paid down 
at the time of Subfcribing: And at a Court of Direc- 
tors, held the 23d Day of the fame Month, the Sub 
Governor acquainted the Court, That the faid Third 
Money Subfcription was completed, without inentioning 
to what Sum; but at the before-mentioned General 
Court held the 8th Day of September lait, he declared 
the fame to be for Five millions: And Mr. Knight, late 
Cafhier of the South Sea Company, by an Article dated 
the zoth Day of Fuze lat, in the Cafh-book, Fol. 125. 
charges the faid Sum of Five millions as received; which 
Account was patied, and allowed, by the Company’sCom- 
mittee of Treafury, on, or fome time after, the Fourch 
Day of Augujt lait, and yet, in the. Account of the Third 
Money Subicription, delivered in to this Houle, it is 
{tated at Four millions Four hundred thoufand Pounds 
only; the remaining Sum of Six hundred thoufand Pouads 
being entered on the Credit-fide of the fa ne Cafh-book, 
on the 19th Day of December 1720, a3 a iuppofed Defi. 


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ciency of the Payments on this Subfcription; although it 
appears to your Committee, upon the Evidence of Mr. 
Lockyer, and others, that not only the whole Sum of Five 
millions, but even a confiderable Exceeding thereon, was 
paid in; that a great deal of Money was repaid back, to 
reduce the Sub{cription to Five millions; and that they 
had Money enough paid in for near Eight millions. 

That at a Court of Direétors,held the 1 2th Day of Zuguft 
laft, it was refolved to take ina Fourth Money Subfcrip- 
tion for One million, at the Rate of One thoufand Pounds 
per Centum: And at aCourt of Directors, held the 25th 
Day of the fame Month, it was declared, That, upon 
cafting up the Books, it was found, that the faid Fourth 
Money Subfcription, inftead of One million, was increafed 
to One million Two hundred and Fifty thoufand Pounds ; 
which was occafioned by taking the faid Subfcriptions in 
feveral Books; and at the before-mentioned General 
Court, held the Eighth Day of September laft, the Sub 
Governor declared the Fourth Money Subfcription was 
completed to One million Two hundred and Fifty thou- 
fand Pounds: And Mr. Kaight, the Cafhier, hath, in an 
Article, dated the Thirtieth Day of Zuguft laft, and en- 
tered in the Cafh-book, Folio 128, given the Company 
Credit for the Firft Payment, made on the Fourth Sub- 
{cription ; viz. For Two millions Five hundred thoufand 
Pounds ; which Account was pafied, and allowed, by 
their Committee of Treafury, on the Fourth Day of OZ7o- 
ber laft; and yet, in the Account of the faid Fourth Mo- 
ney Subfcription, delivered into this Houfe, it is ftated at 
One million Two hundred thoufand Pounds only: 

That, upon the Examination of Mr. Knight, and feve- 
tal of the Direétors, in relation to the Deficiency of the 
faid Third and Fourth Money Subicriptions, their An- 
fwers were very unfatisfactory ; and your Committee can- 
not but obferve, That, as by the before-mentioned Addi- 
tions to the Firft Two Money Subfcriptions, fome Perfons 
made great Gains whiift the Price of the faid Subfcrip- 
tions continued high, fo, when the Price of the Subfcrip- 
tions fell, many other Perfons were favoured, by having 
their Sub{criptions withdrawn, which was the Caufe of the 
Deficiency. 

That, on the Second Money Subfcription, each Di- 
rector was allowed, for himfelf and Friends, Twenty-fix 
thoufand Pounds; and that the Remainder of the Million, 
at firft refolved to be taken in, was at the Difpofal of the 
Sub and Deputy Governors; but for whofe Benefit the 
additional Subfcription of Five hundred thoufand Pounds 
was intended, your Committee have not yet been able to 
difcover : 

That, on the Third Money Subfcription, each Direétor 
was allowed Fifty-four thoufand Pounds, for himfelf and 
Friends; and that feveral large Lifts of Names of Perfons 
were fent to the Sub Governor to be admitted into the 
faid Third Subfcription; viz. by the Earl of Sunderland, 
Firft Lord Commiffioner of the Treafury, aLift, amount- 
ing to One hundred Sixty-feven thoufand Pounds, by Fohn 
Aiflabie Eiquire, late Chancellor of the Exchequer, an- 
other of the Lords of the Treafury, a Lift, amounting to 
Seventy-five thoufand Fhree hundred Pounds; by Fames 
Craggs Efquire, One of his Majefty’s principal Secretaries 
of State, Two Lifts, amounting to Six hundred Ninety- 
five thoufand Pounds; and by Charles Stanhope Efquire, 
One of the Secretaries of the Treafury, a Lift, amounting 
to Forty-nine thoufand Seven hundred Pounds; which 
Four laft-mentioned Lifts amount to Nine hundred 
Eighty-feven thoufand Pounds: 

That, upon Examination, it appears, That other Lifts 
have been given in as well on the Third as on the Second 
Subfcription; but, the fame being loft or miflaid, as your 
Committee have been informed, they are thereby difabled 
at prefent from making any Report thereon: They and 
Twenty-five thoufand Pounds of the Second Sub{cription 
to have been given to Yohn Aiflabie Eiquire, about Eight 
or Ten Days after the Opening of that Subjcription, 
at which time the Subfcriptions were at an advanced 
Price of about 40/. per Cent.; and foon after rofe vaftly 
higher. 


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That it doth not appear to your Committee, That an 
of the Perions who had the Honour to ferve his Majeity 
in the Treafury, or in any other Part of the Adminittra- 
tion, ufed any Endeavours to prevent the Directors of the 
South Sea Corapany from taking in Subfcriptions at the 
aforeiaid extravagant Prices: But,on the contrary, it doth 
appear, That fome of them, by the Lifts they gave in, 
as aforefaid, did not only encourage and promote the faid 
Subfcriptions, but greatly enlarge the fame. 

Your Committee obierving, That Sir Zohn Fellows, 
late Sub Governor of the South Sea Company, did, ata 
General Court of the faid Company, held the Twenty. 
firtt Day of April 1720, acquaint that Court, That the 
Defign of the Government’s Million of Exchequer Biils 
to be lent to the Company, by virtue of the late Act of 
Parliament for iffuing Exchequer Biils, to be circulated 
at or near the Exchequer, was to enable the Company to 
lend Money upon their Stock ; and finding that, by Or- 
der of the Court of Directors of the faid Company, the 
fame had been io lent out; your Committee proceeded 
to enquire into this Affair: 

And, on the Examination of Mr. Robert Knight, late 
Cafhier of the faid Company, he declared, That he did 
not remember, that any Application was made by the Di- 
rectors to have thofe Bills iffued; but that the Firft Dif. 
courfe of this Matter was by ohn Aiflabie Efquire, then 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, about a Week before the 
Propofals of the South Sea Company were offered to this 
Houfe: And that Mr. Afabie faid, It would be more 
acceptable to have thofe Bills circulated at the Exchequer, 
than to fend them to the Bank, or elfewhere; and that 
the Company might afford to circulate them for nothing, 
they being to be lent to the Company to enable them to 
execute their Scheme: That the Examinant believed the 
Intention of lending the faid Bills upon Stock had been 
communicated to Mr. Aiflabie; and that he, the Exami- 
nant, on his attending on the Treafury to folicit the Iffuing 
of thefe Bills, did mention that Defign; and never heard, 
that the Treatury difapproved of it: That Sir John Blunt 
declared, It would be better to employ thefe Bills in the 
lending upon Stock, than in paying off the Redeemables, 
which would take up more time. 

Hereupon, your Committee examining Sir Fohn Fel- 
lowes, he faid, That he, and others of the Direétors, 
treated with Mr, difabie, and others, at the Treafury, 
about the iffuing the faid Exchequer Bills; but that it 
was firft propofed to Mr. Afladie,; and the Examinant 
believed it was at firft mentioned by Sir Fohn Blunt, ina 
Committee of the Directors ; and that it was the general 
Opinion of the Directors, 

Your Committee examining Sir Fohn Blunt as to this 
Tranfaction, he declared, That he fpoke to Mr. Ajfladie 
to haiten the iffuing of the faid Bills ; and that himfelf, or 
fome other of the Directors, acquainted Mr. Aifladie, as 
he believes, at the Treafury, with the Company’s Defign 
to lend them upon Stock ; that it did not at firft arife from 
the Directors, but that it was intimated to them before, or 
very foon after, the Company’s Propofals were laid before 
the Houle, by fome of the Treafury; and, on Recollec- 
tion, the Examinant faid, It wasby Mr. Aifabie, to enable 
the Company to carry on their Scheme; and thereby to 
raife the Price of the Stock, the Borrowers being enabled 
to buy Stock. 

That by the Book of Loans, delivered in to this Houfe, 
it appears, That the Sum of Nine millions Thirty-nine 
thoufand Nine hundred Thirty-fix Pounds Eleven Shil- 
lings was lent to feveral Perfons, on the Security of Two 
millions Five hundred Sixty-three thoufand One hundred 
and Seventeen Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Five Pence 
Stock ; and that the further Sum of Two millions Two 
hundred and Nineteen thoufand and Eighty-nine Pounds 
was lent on the Security of Seven hundred feventy-three 
thoufand Six hundred Pounds Subfcriptig Receipts; the 
Money fo lent, and {till remaining.due, amounting, in 
the Whole, to the Sum of Eleven millions Two hundred 
fifty-nine thoufand and Twenty-five Pounds Eleven Shil- 
lings. 

That 





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That by feveral Refolutions of the Court of Direétors, 
of the Twenty-firft Day of April, Twentieth Day of 
May, and Ninth Day of Fune, laft,for Three feveral Loans, 
it appears, That the Sum refolved by them to be lent 
on Stock, from the 21ft Day of Apri! to the 20th Day 
of May, was limited to Five hundred thoufand Pounds in 
the Whole, and that not more than Five thoufand Pounds 
fhould be tent to any one Perfon; and fuch Loan to be 
only at the Rate of 250/. on 100 /. Stock : That from the 
20th Day of May to the Ninth Day of June, the Rule of 
lending was at the Rate of 300/. on 100/. Stock, and 
that not more than Three thoufand Pounds fhould be lent 
to any one Perfon; and from the gth Day of une, the 
Rule of lending was at 400/. on 100 /. Stock, and that 
not more than 4,000/. fhould be lent to any one Per- 
fon. 

That, on Examination of the Book of Loans, it ap- 
pears, That, on the Firit Loan, the Rules of lending were 
greatly exceeded ; viz. That there was lent, in the Whole, 
Nine hundred forty-three thoufand Six hundred Thirty- 
one Pounds moze than the Sum of Five hundred thoufand 
Poundss to which the faid Loan was confined; that the 
Excefs above 250/. on 100/. Stock, amounts to Three 
hundred and fixteen thoufand Seven hundred and Forty 
Pounds ; and the Excefs above Five thoufand Pounds to 
one Perfon, amounts, in the Whole, to Seven hundred 
feventy-nine thoufand Two hundred Thirty-one Pounds : 
That, on the Second Loan, the Excefs above the Rule 
of Three hundred Pounds onOne hundred Pounds Stock, 
amounts to Thirty thoufand Seven hundred and Fifty 
Pounds ; and the Excefs above Three thoufand Pounds 
to one Perfon, amounts, in the Whole, to One hundred 
fixty-nine thoufand and Twenty-five Pounds: And that, 
on the Third Loan, the Excefs above 400/. on 100/. 
Stock, amounts to Fifty-nine thoufand Four hundred and 
Thirteen Pounds; and the Excefs above the Rate of Four 
thoufand Pounds to one Perfon, amounts, in the Whole, 
to One million Four hundred forty-feven thoufand Six 
hundred Seventy-feven Pounds: 

For the Particulars of all which your Committee refer 
tothe Book marked N° IH. in which the fame are di- 
ftinctly expreffed ; and the Refolutions of the General 
Court, and Court of Direétors, in relation to Loans, are 
tranicribed. 

That your Committee do not find any Refolution, 
either of a General Court, or a Court of Dire&amp;tors, for 
lending Money on Subfcription Receipts ; but, by the F-xa- 
minations which they have taken, it appears, That Mr. 
Knight, the late Cafhier of the South Sea Company, and 
his Under Cafhier, and Clerks, by his DireStion, did lend 

foney on Subdicripticn Receipts, by verbal Orders from 
the Directors of the faid Company ; and under Colour of 
an Order of the General Court, made the 21ft Day of 
April 1720, to impower the Court of Directors, from 
time to time, as they fhould fee for the Intereft of the 
Company, to lend any Sum or Sums of the Company’s 
Money, on the Company’s prefent, and to be increafed, 
Capital Stock ; and to do all fuch Matters and Things as 
they fhould judge moft for the Good of the Company : 

But your Committee find, That, by the Second Bye- 
Law of the faid Company, relating to the keeping the Cath 
of the Company, it was ordained, That the Cath of the 
Corporation fhould, from time to time, be kept under 
Three feveral Locks, with different Wards; the Keys of 
which to be kept, One by the Cafhier, and the other wo 
by fuch of the Governor, Sub Governor, Deputy Go- 
vernor, or Directors, as the faid Court fhould, from 
time to time appoint ; except fuch Sums as the Court of 
Directors fhouid think neceffary to let remain in the Cuf- 
tody of the Cafhier; and that no Money, relating to the 
Trade or Affairs of the faid Company, fhould be difpoted 
of without an Order of the faid Court of Directors; and 
that the Intereft, and all other Advantages, arifing and 
growing upon the Cath of the faid Company, fhould be 
brought to the Account of the jaid Company : However, 
it appears, That the iaid Loans on Subfcriptions were 


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generally known, and never obje&amp;ed againft by any of the 
Directors, in a General Court, or in any Court of Di- 
rectors : 

That, on the faid Loans on Stock, the Stock was tranf- 
ferred to Perions for that Purpofe nominated, in the fame 
manner as if the fame had been abfolutely fold, without 
any Defeazance on the Part of the Company, or of the 
Perfons to whom the Stock was transferred, for re-transfer- 
ring the fame, on Kepayment of the Money ; nor was any 
Covenant, or other Security, for Repayment, taken from 
the Borrowers, except the Stock fo transferred ; nor doth 
there appear any Diftinction between the faid Transfers 
on Loans, and the other Transfers which were made of 
Stock ablolutely purchafed on Account of the Company: 
Upon which your Committee obferve, That it was in the 
Power of the Perfons to whom the fad pawned Stock was 
transferred, to difpofe thereof, at any time, as they thought 
fit, when the Price of Stock was high ; and to replace the 
fame when it fell¢ And your Committee do find, That, 
on the 19th Day of Oéfober laft, the faid Mr. Knight, to 
whom the faid pawned Stock was transferred, did, purfu- 
ant to an Order of the Court of Dire¢ctors, transfer Stock 
to the Amount of Two millions One hundred Forty-one 
thoufand Eight hundred Sixty-feven Pounds Seventeen 
Shillings and Five Pence, to Sir Harcourt Mafter, Co- 
lonel Hugh Raymond, Edward Gybbon, and ‘ohn Gore, 
Truftees for that Purpofe, nominated by the Court of 
Directors, in whofe Names the fame now remains: But 
this Sum is Four hundred twenty-one thoufand Two 
hundred and Fifty Pounds fhort of the aforelaid Sum 
of Two million Five hundred fixty-three thoufand One 
hundred and Seventeen Pounds Seventeen Shillings and 
Five Pence, which is. mentioned in the faid Book of 
Loans to have been pledged for the Security of the Re- 
payment of the aforefaid Sum of Nine millions Thirty- 
nine thoufand Nine hundred thirty-fix Pounds Eleven 
Shillings : From which it is evident, That the faid Sum 
of Four hundred twenty-one thoufand Two hundred and 
Fifty Pounds of the Stock mortgaged or pawnedon Loans, 
as aforefaid, has been fold, or otherwife difpofed of, by 
the Truftces, or Agents, of the South See Company ; and, 
till replaced, cannot be re-transferred to thofe by whom 
the fame was pawned, or mortgaged: Upon which your 
Committee again obferve, how eafy it was for the Truftees 
of the Company to have fold the faid Stock when it was 
at high Prices; and to have replaced the fame again when 
it fell; for, on Examination, it appears, that there was 
no diftin&amp; and feparate Account kept of the faid mort- 
gaged and pawned Stock; nor was the fame any way 
diftinguifhed from the other Stock of thofe Perions to 
whom it was at firft transferred : 

That, as to the faid Sum of Two million Two hundred 
and nineteen thoufand Eighty-nine Pounds lent on Seven 
hundred feventy-three thoutand Six hundred Pounds Sub- 
fcription Receipts it appears, by the aforefaid Book of 
Loans, That the general Rule of lending was at the Rate 
of 300 /. on 100 /. Subfcription Receipt; but, excluding 
from the faid Loans on Subfcriptions the Two great 
Loans, the one to the Million Bank, and the other to 
Turner and Company, the Loans to the other Borrowers 
will, at an Average, come out above 300 /. per Cent. It 
appears, that on the Firft Subfcription Receipts, at the 
time of the faid Lending, there was paid in only from 
go /. to 1201. per Cent.,; and on the Second Sub{cription 
Receipts, generally 40/.; and, on fome few, 80/. per Cent.: 
But how much more there hath been paid in fince, or 
whether all the faid Subfeription Receipts, on which Mo- 
ney was lent, be now remaining in the Cultody of any 
Perfon for the Security of the Company, your Committee 
cannot at prefent difcover; the Receipts not having been 
as yet produced to them : 

That it appears, That Zurzer and Company were em- 
ployed by the Direétors to lend out Five hundred thou- 
{ands Pounds on Subfcription Receipts; and that they, 
accordingly, lent One hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds 
on fuch Reccipts, after the Rate of 1904. per Cent, on the 


Firft 








436 
Ficft Subfcription, and Forty per Cent. on the Second: 
But fuch Rates being, by the faid Directors, thought too 
low, the faid Turner and Company were ordered to pro- 
ceed no further in Difpofing of the remaining Part of 
the Five hundred thouland Pounds; and were told at the 
fame time, That by lending at fuch low Ratcs on Sub- 
icriptions, they were ruining the Stock: And it alfo ap- 
pears, ‘hat Mr. Kxight did iffue a confiderable Sum, to 
be ditpoted of by Brokers, for the Refulal of South Sea 
Stock, at certain times, at very high Prices; and like- 
wile, That, on the Decienfion ot the Price of the Stock, 
large Sums were ifiued to purchafe Stock on Account of 
the Company, at very high Prices ; and Part of the Stock 
then bought appears to have belonged to fome of the 
Directors of thefaid Company: And although your Com- 
mittee are not yet prepared to fet this Matter in a full 
Light, they cannot but obferve, that the faid Directors, 
in all their Proceedings in the Execution of their Scheme, 
appear to have had chiefly in View the raifing, and fup- 
porting, the imaginary Value of the Stock, at a high and 
extravagant Price, for the Benefit of themfelves, and of 
thofe who were in the Secret with them. 

That, as to the aforefaid Loans on Subfcription Re- 
ceipts, it appears there were no Defeazances executed by 
thofe with whom the Receipts were depofited, for a Re- 
delivery of the fame, on Repayment of the Money; nor 
any Security given by the Borrowers, befides the Receipts 
by them fo delivered ; nor doth any thing elfe appear to 
diftinguith the Receipts, fo pledged, from fuch Receipts 
as were or might have been, abiolutely fold to the Com- 
pany; for all the faid Receipts were made out in one 
Name ; viz. Fofeph Safford ; and, by his Indorfement, the 
Bearer became intitled to the Property thereof: Upon 
which your Committee obferve, that the Security of the 


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Company, as to the Money lent on the faid Subfcription 
Receipts, is more precarious than the Loans on Stock ; 
for, by the Transfer-books, it might appear by whora 
fuch Stock was transferred ; but it hath not yet appeared 
to your Committee, that any Books have been kept, or 
Entries made, of the Names of the Perfons to whom fuch 
Loans have been made on Subicription Receipts: And 
your Committee do further obferve, That it was in the 
Power of the Perfons with whom fuch Subfcription Re- 
ceipts were depofited, to fell the fame whenat high Prices; 
and to replace them again when the Price fell : And, up- 
on the Whole, it doth appear to your Committee, That 
the faid Loans on Stock, and on Subfcriptions, have been 
managed with the utmoft Negligence, with refpect to the 
Intereitof the Company ; and were contrived for the raife- 
ing and keeping up the Price of Stock at an extravagant 
Height. 

Before your Committee conclude this Report, they 
think it proper to obferve, That it has appeared to them 
throughout their Examination, That Mr. Knight, Cafhier 
of the S2u°h Sea Company, was principally concerned in 
their moft fecret Tranfactions: And your Committee 
have been informed, by Sir Theodore Fanffen, {oon after 
Mr. Kuight’s withdrawing himfelf, That, upon, his pref- 
fing Mr. Knight, Two or Three Days before he went away, 
to make a Difcovery of whatfoever he knew relating to 
the whole Proceedings, Mr. Knight anfwered, That, if he 
fhould difclofe all he knew, it would open fuch a Scene as 
the World would be furprifed at. 

Your Committee, having made this Progrefs in their 
Inquiries, have thought themlelves obliged to lay this 
Report before the Houfe; and will proceed in the farther 
Examination of the Matters referred to them, with the 
utmoft Diligence. 


DS -dey, PL 


In the Cafh-book, at Folio 120. 


To South Sea Stock fold to Sundry ; viz. 





Feb. 4th - 36,000 - atI150 - 45 per Cent. 54,000 
27 - - 113,000 - at 175 - - 197,750 
Mar. 4 - - 12,000 - 176 - 21,120 
7 - - 106,000 = 180 - - 190,800 
9 - - 11,000 - 182 - - 20,020 
12 . - 13,000 - 184 - - 23,920 
14 - - 7,000 - 185 - - 12,950 
16 - - 3,000 - 190 - - 52700 
18 - - 2,000 - 195 - . 3,900 
19 - - 20,000 - 200 - - 40,000 
21 - - 68,000 - 250 - - 170,000 
21 - - 10,000 - 255 - - 25,500 
21 - - 6,000 - 260 «C- - 15,600 
21 - - 4,060 - 265 - - 10,600 
22 - - 10,000 - £90. = - 27,000 
22 - - 2,000 - 271 - - 55420 
22 - - 1,000 - 272 - 2,720 
Total 424,000 - + SouthSea Stock - 827,000 
At Folio rat. 

1720 “pete ot South Sea Stock, received for 15,000, fold at 305, to 

0° an{wer the 1,700 /. per Annum on the other Side - - 45,750 


Note, The 1,700 /. on the Credit Side is thus entered ; By Annuities for gg 


Years bought of the Duke of Portland, Lord De la Warr, and 
honourable Fohn Weft Efquire, 1,700 1. per Annum, at 27 Years, 
4£,000/. with Intereft, from Chriftimas to Lady-day, 425/.; the fame 
being fubfcribed into the Capital Stock of the South Sea Company, 
in the Name of Robert Surman, in Truft for the Company. 


Apr. 








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Apr. 12th. To Soutd Sea Stock fold to fundry; viz. 











437 























Mar. 22d. 7,000 273 19,110 
” Ditto —_-—— 10,c00 ———~ 270 ————=- 27,000 
Ditto —— 21,000 -—— 275 572750 
23d —__—_— 9,000 —— 270 24,840 
Ditto —_——— 4,000 —— 2978, —— 11,120 
Ditto ——__ 3,500 —— 280 ———_— 9,800 
Ditto ———_—_ 36,500 —— 285 ————- 104,025 
24 —_-—— 3,0c0 —— 310 ee 9,300 
Ditto —_—_ 2,000 —— ee 6, 300 
Mar, 25° ———— 5,000 —— 3008 ———_—_—_— 15,000 
26 —_—— 3,000 —— 320 — 9,600 
Ditto — 1,000 ——- 325 3,250 
~y 2 a ¥,0co0 -- 303 OH 3,030 
Ditto —_ 2,500 —— 305 —-— 7,625 
Apr. gth 6,000 —— 285 0 —— 17,100 
Ditto ——_—__—— 5,000 —-— 289 —-——— 14,450 
Ditto ——_—_. 2,000 —— $840 ent 5,680 
If —_—_— 1,000 —— 289 ———— 2,895 
Ditto —_——- 3,000 —— 230 —— 8,700 
Ditto —_-—_—_— 5,000 —— 3c00 15,000 
12th : 5,000 -——-— 300 -_-—_—_— 15,000 
135,500 a - — 386,575 
APPENDIX, N°IL. 
In the Stock Ledger Book F, commencing the 
25th of December 1719. 
Fol. 99. A. As 
1720. Charles Stangape Efquire, Dr. per Contra Cr, 
Sune 11th To Cafh for 22,000 S. Seato R.) : 
Knight, and R. } 202,230 1720. | 
Surman’s Order. June 24th By Balance for 50,000 S. Sea, 
To Ditio 28,000 Ditto — = iain carried to N° G. Fo. 62. — I 3753000 
F. Stokes Account § *7°977 
50,000 —_——— | 
sales 375,000 | 
In the Index, or Alphabet, of the faid Stock Ledger F; 
S. 
Cha. Stanhope, 99. 
In the Stock Ledger G, commencing 
the 24th of Fume, 1720. 
B. B. 
Fol. 62. Charles Stangape Efquire, Dr. per Contra Cy. 
1720. 1720. 
June 24. ‘To Balance, on 50,000/. November 4. By F. Sawbridge, and C°. for 
S. Sea, from Tf. C. and f 75,00 55,000/, §, Sea, to their act 375,000 
Ce, — —Fo. 99. count, — — Fo, 7. 
Auguft 20° To Midfummer Dividend 5,000 D° 
552000 | 375,000 
In the Index, or Alphabet, of the faid 
Stock Ledger G. 
S. 
Stanhope Char. Efquire — 62. 
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In the Stock Ledger G, at Fol. 7. 


B. 
Fo. 7. Jacob Sawbridge, and Company, Dr. £ 
3720. To C. Stangape, for $9,009} a 
November 4. §S. Sea, from Fol. 62. — $7 §2000- 


| sy20. 


B. 


per Contra Cr. 





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In the General or Clearing Book. 
Fol. 110. 


C. 


Saturday, rth Fune 1720. 
To General Account Stock, per Fof. Stokes 
28,000 S, S. adj’. with C. Stangape "777° 


— 


‘obn Maddy, Cafhier to Turner and endian faid, 
That the Entries in the General or Clearing Book, Letter 
C, at Fol. 110. viz. 

2,000/, §. Sea, to R. Surman, debit full Note, 27th 

April. 

10,000 Ditto to R. Knight, full Note, 4° June. 

10,000 Ditto, to Ditto, full 49,0004. Note, 18° April, 
did import, That the Perfon named there Charles Stan- 
gape did deliver to Turner and Company the feveral 
Notes of Robert Surman and Robert Knight, for the De- 
livery of thofe refpective Parcels of South Sea Stock, to 
him; which Notes Turner and Company accepted as fo 
much Stock transferred to them, becaule they could have 
the fame upon the faid Notes, 





By General Account of Stock, per Charles Stangape 
Efquire ; 
28,000 S. Sea, adj’. with Stokes 











a — 172,770 
2,000 Ditto to R. Surman deb". full Note, 
27 April == — — 
10,000 Ditto, to R. Knight, full Note, . 
4° June ey es 02,230 
10,000 Ditto to Ditto, full 49,000, Nore 
18 April a 
375,000 


50,000 





Robert Surman did alfo confefs, That thofe Entries did 
import, and might be underftood, as explained above, by 
JFobn Maddy; the Examinant, and Mr. Knight, having 
uled to fubfcribe, and deijiver out, fuch Notes for South 
Sea Stock, to be accordingly deiivered: But faid, That 
fuch Entries might likewife imply, That the Perfon 
named Charles Stangape had Notes for Stock to that Va- 
lue given, by Turner and Company, to the Examinant, 
and to Robert Knight, for Value received, in Money, 
from Surman and Knights which Sort of Notes Mr. Knight 
frequently accepted from Turzer and Company, and de. 


livered out as Stock, iuflead of making actual Tranf- 
fers. 








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APPENDIX, N°IV. 

Copies of the feveral R efolutions of the General Court, 
and Court of Direétors, of the South Sea Company, 
relating to Loans. 

At a General Court held the 21ft 4pril 1720. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Court of 
Direétors be, and are hereby, impowered, from time to 
time, as they fhall fee for the Intereft of the Company, 
to lend any Sum or Sums of the Company’s Money on 
the Company’s prefent, and to be increafed, Capital Stock ; 
and to do all fuch Matters and, Things as they fhall judge 
moft for the Good of the Company. 

At a Court of Directors, 21 Apr. 1720. 

Refolved, That the Sub and Deputy Governors, and 
Committee of the Treafury, be, and are hereby im- 
powered to lend any Sum or Sums of the Company’s 
Money, not exceeding 500,000 /, in the Whole, upon 
Security of Capital Stock in this Company. 

Refolved, That the Money which fhould be fo lent, do 
not exceed 250 /. on every 100 /, Stock. 

Refolved, That the Money fo to be lent do not exceed 
5,000 2, to any One Perfon; and that the fame run at 57. 
per Cent. per Annum Intereft, and be for any Time, not 
exceeding Four Months. 

At a Court of Directors, the 20th May 1720. 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Sub and Deputy 
Governors, and Committee of the Treafury, as foon as 
the Company are poffefied of the Exchequer Bills, to 
lend out fuch Sums thereof as they fhall think conveni- 
ent, upon the Stock of this Company, at the Rate of 
goo J, upon every 100 /, Stock, and at an Intereft of 4/. 
per Cent. per Annum, for fuch time as they fhall think fir, 
not exceeding Six Months. | 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Sub and De- 
puty Governors, and Committee of the Treafury, That 
they do not lend to any One Perfon more than 3,000 /, 


Journals of the Houife of Commons. 


441 
At a Court of Direétors, oth Fune 1720. 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Trea- 
fury to prepare forthwith the Form of the Defeazance to 
be executed, for all Money lent, or to be lent, on the 
Company’s Stock. 

Ordered, That it be a Direétion to the Company’s 
Cafhier, That upon Receipt of the principal Money 
which the Company have lent, or fhall lend, on the Stock 
of the Company, and the Intereft to the time of Re- 
payment, that the Cafhier re-transfer the Stock, on the 
ufual Transfer-days, notwithftanding the Time for which 
the Money was borrowed be not expired. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee 
of Treafury, That they do not lend to any One Perfon 
exceeding 4,000 /, upon the Company’s Stock, at 4004, 
per Cent. 

At a Court of Direétors, 27th Fuly 1720. 

Refolved, That it be referred to the Committee of 

Treafury to lend to any of the Proprietors of the Firft 
Subfcription Receipts, the Third Payment, which becomes 
due the 25th of Auguft next; and to the Proprietors of the 
Second Subfcription Receipts, the Second Payment, which 
becomes due the 14th of September next; for Six Months, 
at an Intereft of 4/. per Cent. per Annum; and that they 
alfo confider of a Method of lending the fame: And that 
fuch Perfons as borrow, may have a Liberty to repay 
the Money borrowed before the Time limited, if they 
defire the fame; and the Intereft to ceafe on the Day of 
fuch Repayment. | 

Ordered, That it be referred to the faid Committee to 
lend or employ the Company’s Money, that is, or fhall 

be, in Cafh, between this and Michaelmas next, in fuch 
manner-as fhall be judged moft for the Company’s In- 
tereft. 


A Particular of the Exceedings of the Rule of the Firft Loan, from the 21ft pri] to the 20th of May 1720; viz 


how much lent above the Rate of 25/4. on 100/. 


Stock ; and how much lent above 5,000/, to any one 








Perfon. 
Exceedin Exceedin 
Money 8 &amp; 
Stock. 250 /. per 000 /. to 
aan A. lent. Cent. . ~ Perfon. 
Apr. 25th. | Colonel Philip Anftruther — ——— | 4,400 | 13,000 2,000 8,000 
ms a Colonel Yohn Arnot ——— —— | 4,600 |°18,400 6,900 13,400 
,| Stephen Ainfworth Efquire ———- —— | 2,200] 6,500 1,000 1,500 
May 13th. | Captain Thomas Agnew me — | 2,200] 6,500 1,000 1,500 
Apr. 25. | Dr. Gilbert Burnet | —— | 3,000 | £2,000 4,500 7,000 
| Fames Bulteel a ny —a— 2,200 6,500 1,000 1,500 
Thomas Batt —— —— | 2,200] 6,500 1,000 1,500 
Wm, Billers Efquire — —— | 2,200] 6,500 1,000 1,500 
John Borrett junior, Efquire - —_— — } 4,950 | 17,750 52375 12,750 
27. | John Bourn Efquire ee witwnk | 3sgp0 | 12,029 3:750 7,000 
Robert Brifcoe Efguire _— —— |; 2,200; 6,500 1,000 1,500 
Fobn Beecher —— ——]} 2,200] 6,500 1,000 1,500 
‘Fohn Barber ——. nme 8,150 | 31,900 11,525 26,900 
Sir Yohn Bland —-. —— ]} 2,850 | 10,000 2,875 5,000 
May 2d. | Fohn Baines Efquire sqoesiom ae 2,200., 6,500 1,000 1,500 
Thomas Beak _— ——]} 1,500] 4,850 1,100 —- 
Wm. Brook Efquire _ —— | 3,200 | 10,500 2,500 5500 
Sir Mountazue Blundell — ——. | 4,180] 12,060] 1,610 7,060 
Cc, 
.22d. | Lord Carpenter ——. —— | 4400 | 11,560 560 6,560 
- John Chocoynd Efquire —— — |} 4,200 | 16,000 53500 11,000 
Charles Churchill Efquire — — | 1,650 | 5,000 875 _— 
25. | Henry Cornifh — —— | 4300 | 13,000 25250 8,000 
Felix Calvert —— ——.| 42300 | 13,500 25750 8,500 
Lord Caftlemain —_—— — | 135300 | 41,258 8,008 36,258 
Charles Calmeil — —]| 2,200] 6,500} 1,000.] 1,500 
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Apr. 29. 
May 2d. 


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16. 


Apr. 25. 


29. 


May 24d. 


Apr. 25th. 


29. 


Apr. 25. 


25. 


May 2. 


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Apr. 22. 


Matthew Hutton Efquire 





Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Fohn Cook 
Pheafant Crifp 
Wm. Cleveland 
John Cockburn Efquire 
Colonel Chudleigh . 
Dr. Fohn Cook 

Fohn Cox Goldf{mith 
Abraham Cropp 
Francis Chefter 
Colonel Chartre/s 
Fohn Caswell 

Fobn Capps 

John Cox, Chancery Lane 
Lord Chetwynd 


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Conyers Darcy Efquire 
Paul Daniel Chenevix 
Fames Dolliffe 

Daniel Dering 

Thomas Dinely 
Edward Dummer 
Thomas Dummer 
Mount Gerard Drake 
George Dafhwood Eiquire 
Wm. Douglas 
Stephen De La Cruife 
Lady Mary Downing 


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Wm. Forrefter Efquire 
Robert Fotherby Efquire 
Catharine Fleming 

Henry Faur Efquire 


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Patrick Gorden Efquire 


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Colonel Thomas Harrifon 

Sir Guftavus Hume 

Edmund Heath —_—— 
Lord Archibald Hamilton 
Sohn Hedges 
Thomas Haughton 
Abraham Henckle Efquire 
Lord Hyndford —_— 
Tempeft Holmes 
Colonel Samuel Holmes 
Sir Fohn Hynd Cotton 
Richard Horfey Efquire 
Samuel Hill 
Fiennes Harrifon 
Lord Holderne/s 
Fohn Haflewood 
Thomas Haws 
Honourable Robert Herbert 
Wm. Henfhaw 


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4. 1720. 








~ 4 Exceeding |Exceedine 
Stock. 7 2501. per |5,000/. to 
, Cent. one Perfon, 
2,200 | 6,500 1,000 1,500 
2,200 | 9,600 4,100 4,600 
3,200 | 9,000 1,000 | 4,000 
39309 |, 9,000 75°} 4,000 
1,050 | 5,250] 1125] 20 
500 | 2,000 750 — 
1,100 4,000 1,250 — 
3,200 | 10,500 2,500 | 5,500 
2,200 6,500 1,000 1,500 
4,400 | 14,500 39599 | 9,500 
2,200 |. 6,500 1,000 | 1,500 
1,600 | 4,500 500 — 
4,400 | 15,000 4,000 | 10,000 
3,100 | 12,500 4,750 73506 
7,100 | 26,500 8,750 | 21,500 
72150 | 22,750 | 4875 | 17,750 
500 | 2,000 750 — 
3,200 | 10,500 2,500 | 5.500 
2,200 | 6,500 1,000 | 1,500 
2,100 | 6,500 1,250 | 1,500 
2,200 | 6,500 1,000 1,500 
2,200 | 6,500 1,000 1,500 
2,650 | 9,000 2,375 | 4,000 
2,100 | 6,500 1,250 | 1,500 
1,650 4,500 375 pac 
2,200 | 6,500 1,000 | 1,500 
2,200 | 8,500 3,000 | 3,500 
4,200 | 14,500 4,000 | 9,500 
1,100 | 4,000 1,250 &lt;iiee 
3,300 | 9,000 759 | 4,000 
3,320! 4,500 1,200 waies 
2,100 | 6,500 1,250] 1,500 
41,200 | 97,576 — | 923576 
35200 | 10,500 2,500°'| 5,5¢0 
9,200 | 34,500 | 11,500 | 29,500 
42300 | 14,500 32759 | 9,500 
2,200 6,500 1,000 1,500 
32250 | 10,500 | §. 2,375 |. 5,500 
2,200 | 6,500 1,000 | 1,500 
3,200 | 10,500 2,500 | 5,500 
2,200 | 6,500 1,000 | 1,500 
3,700 | 17,820 85570 | 12,820 
3,200 | 10,500 2,500 | 5,500 
3,300 } 11,067 2,817 | 6,067 
2,200 6,500 1,000 1,500 
2,200 | 6,000 600'| 1,000 
1,100 | 3,0C0 250 —_ 
4,400 | 14,000 3,000'} 9,000 
1,100 | 3,000 250 pi 
1,100 | 3,000 250 oun 
440.f 1,600 500 _ 
1,650 | 4,250 125 —_ 
1,250} 4,100 975 — 
2,150 | 8,000 2,625 | 3,000 
2,100 f 8,000 2,750 | 3,000 
11,000 | 29,500 2,000:} 24,500 














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Exceeding | Exceezdin 
Stock. — 2501, per 5,000 7. A 
; K: * | Cent. . one Perfon. 
Apr. 25. | Duke Kent — -—— 35300 | 9,000 750 4,000 
27. | Mark Killigrew -—— —- 500 | 2,000 750 — 
May 6. | Colonel Kerr -— —— | 3,300 } 14,500 6,250 9,500 
Fohn Knapp —— —— | 2,200] 6,500 1,000 1,500 
| 
Apr. 27. | Lord Lonfiale — —]} 4,300 | 15,000 4,250 10,000 
Colonel ohn Ligonier —. —— | 3,300 | 10,500 2,250 545¢0 
Sit Wilfred Lawfon uggs — 7x 8,100 2,600 3,100 
Captain Thomas Levet — —— | 2,759] 6,750 — 1,750 
Richard Lockwood — —— | 1,100) 4,000 1,250 ons 
Richard Lucas Efquire — nm 2 Spee | 10,58 2,750 5500 
John Lifer Efquire — —— | 1,600 4 5,000 1,000 — 
Henry Lovell —— —— | 1,100] 3,000 250 — 
Fohn Lyddell —— -—-- 220 600 50 a 
Honourable Charles Lumley —_— —— | 3,300 } 11,000 23750 6,000 
Facobh Lamegoe Spun vn 1,100 | 4,000 1,250 ae 
Lady Lan/downe —— —— | 1,100] 4,000 1,250 asia 
Lord Lumley —— —— | 2,100 8,000 2,750 3,000 
) Edward Lovibond Efquire —— —— j} 1,100] 4,000 1,250 oa 
Sir Edward Lawrence —— anes 550 | 2,000 625 “— 
Henry Lovibend a ——. 1,100 4,000 1,250 a 
Fohn Love Efquire — —— | 1,100); 4,000 1,250 _— 
M. 
Apr. 25. | Colonel Robert Menrce = —— | 4,400 | 10,000 — 5,000 
O. 
27- | Sir Samuel Ongley omnonne ——— | 2,100} 6,500 1,250 t,500 
R. 
Lord Rothes — ———— | 4,200} 18,500 8,000 13,500 
Richard Rigby ————0 ——! 3,200] 9,500 1,500 4,500 
29. | Fohn Ramfden —— — | 1,980] 5,000 50 — 
May 11. | Edward Roit —— —— | 72950 | 21,525 3,900 16,525 
S. 
Apr.25. | Richard Seabright Efquire —— —— } 2,100) 7,000 1,750 2,009 
Brigadier Sutton ane — } 4,400 | 10,115 — 5115 
Elizabeth Southwell a omg | 8050) sme 375 aul 
27+ | Sir ohn Shadwell ee ——— | 2,200] 6,500 1,000 1,500 
Colonel Thomas Smith — —— j 11,090 | 39,3c0 | 11,800 342300 
May 4. | Thomas Swanton — —— | 15559] 5,250 1,375 250 
Bennet Swayn Efquire -_——— —— | 4,200 | 14,500 4,000 |, 9500 
Fofeph Shaw — —— | 3300 | 10,500 2,250 52500 
Sir Fohn Stanley —— — j 142549} 5,000 1,150 — 
11. | Alexander Strahan Efquire — —— {| 4,400 | 11,000 ~— 6,000 
18. | Wm. Singleton Efquire — ——]| 2,200} 6,500 1,000 1,500 
Sir Thomas Seabright ——— a | 25200 | 7,000 15500 2,000 
Mrs. Skipwith —_——. —-]| 1,100] 3,000 2£0 — 
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Apr. 25. | Thomas Thorpe Efquire ; — — | 4,300 | 13,500 25750 8,500 
Fohn Tutt Efquire ——— —— | 3,200 7 10,500 25500 By 500 
May 2. | Edward Turner Efquire —- ———- | 2,200] 6,500 1,000 15500 
9. | Chriftopher Tocpkin Efquire -_— —— | 2,200! 6,500 1,000 1,500 
| U. 
Apr. 25. | Fohn Upten Efquire —_—— w———— | 2,650 | 9,000 25375 4,000 
May 2. 3 Charles Vere EAguire —_—_+- ——]| 2,200] 6,500 1,000 15500 
WwW. 
Apr. 22. | Lord Windsor — —_—_ 2,200 8,000 2,500 3,000’ 
. | Samuel Warkhoufe -_— —— 2 650 8,500 1,875 3,500 
| Joel Watfon Efqvire — ——— | 3,850] in,000] 1,375 [| 6,000 


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May 4. 


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Journals of ibe Houfe of Commons. 


Marquis Winchofer 
Mr. Wentworth 


| Lord Waldegrave 


Fofeph Wyndham Efquire 
James Wyndham Efquire 
Matthew Wymondefold 
Fohn Waiker Efquire 
Wm. Wefterne Fiquire 
Francis Whitworth 

Dr. Thomas Wadfworth 


Ezward Young Ffquire 
Thomas York Efquire 





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Exceeding Exceeding 
Stock, Sumslent. | 250%. per | 5,000 /. to 
Cent. one Perfon, 
52500 24,500 | 305759 19,500 
2,200 5500 — 500 
4,300 13,000 2,250 8,000 
45400 16,450 52450] 11,450 
51400 20,g00 73400 15,900 
2,200 5,850 350 850 
1,100 4,000 1,250 on 
2,200 52500 mags 590 
1,100 4,000 1,250 — 
1,100 3,000 250 oun 
2,750 11,000 45125 6,000 
2,200 6,500 1,000 1,500 
4535730 | 1,443,631 | 3165740 | 779523 








Particular of the Exceedings of the Rule of the Second Loan, from the 20th of May to 
June 1720; viz; how much above the Rate of 300 /. 


the oth of 


on 1007. Stock; and how much lent above 3,000 /. to 





May 22. 
25. 
30. 


20. 
25- 


Fune i. 


23. 
30. 


Fane 3. 


May 23. 


"“Fune i. 
May 20. 


May 27. 


Fune i. 


May 29. 


May 27. 








Nehemiah Arnold Efquire 
Francis Annefley Eiquire 
Andrew Archer Efquire 


Fohn Brown Efquire 
Thomas Brereton 

Henry Bendifh Efquire 
Thomas Blackmore Efquire 
Captain Richard Bolton 
Thomas Bennet 


Robert Brooks 


Sohn Crookfhants 
Francis Coleman 
James Church 
Colonel George Churchill 


Wm. Farrer Efquire 
Nathanael Foche Efquite 
Colonel Charles Frampton 


Colonel Thomas Garth 
Geo. Tobias Guiger 
Sir Wm. Gorden 

Wm. Gore Efquire 
Wm. Granvill Efquire 
Thomas Gangane 
Thomas Green Efquire 


Colonel Murray 


Robert Newton 


|. Edward Netterville 


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Excecding | Lxceeding 

Stock. Money Jent | 3001. per | 3,000/. to 

Cent. one Perfon 

25750 9,000 750 6,090 
2,200 8,800 2,200 5,800 
1,400 4,700 500 1,700 
3,300 8,500 _ 5,500 
3,100 4,000 700 1,000 
2,200 6,000 — 3,000 
1,600 5,000 200 2,000 
2,100 7,000 700 4,000 
1,100 4,000 700 | 1,000 
1,100 4,400 3,100 | 1,400 
35300 8,000 — | 5,000 
3,100 11,000 ‘T,700 | 8,000 
1,650 5,000 50 |. 2,000 
2,200 7,000 400 4,000 
1,650 4,500 — 1,500 
2,200 6,000 ~ 3,000 
1,050 3,500 350 500 
4,300 | 13,000 100 10,000 
1,000 4,000 1,000 1,000 
3,200 10,500 g00 7,500 
3,300 8,000 _ 5,000 
25350- 8,000 950 5,000 
2,750} 6,975 — 3975 
2,200 7,000 400 4,000 
5,500 } 42,500 _ 9,500 
2,200 6,000 _ 3,000 

500 2,000 500 _ 

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Exceeding | Exceeding 
Stock. oo y 300 I, per’ 3,000 /. to 
re Cent. one Perfon. 
P. 
May 30. | General Pepper ——]| 1,100 4,000 700 1,000 
_ | Robert Packer —_——. —— | 2,200 5,000 — 2,000 
Lord Percival na —— | 3,300 9,000 — 6,000 
Thomas Paterfon ao —— | 4,100} 19,000 3,700 16,000 
R. 
27. | Jere. Rayne ——— | 2,200 8,000 1,400 5,000 
S. 
June 3. | John Salter Efquire ——- —— | -3,850 | 15,400 3,850 12,400 
Robert Salier Eiquire — —— i 2,200 7,000 400 4,000 
T. 
May 27. | Lord Thomond ——— — |! 2,200 8,000 1,400 5,000 
June 1. | Patrick Trahee Efquire — —— | 2,100 8,000 1,700 5,000 
V. 
May 25. Lady Mary Vere —— — 1,100 6,650 35350 3,650 
W. 
Nay 30. Fohn Wood rn iiiamiiatis iil ———a 550 2,000 350 aan 
Andrew Weods Eiquire ad 1,100 3,600 300 600 
Y. 
Fune ft. | Hitch Young Efquire — —— = 2,900 7,000 400 4,000 
gO,500 | 287,025 30,750 | 169,025 
A Particular of the Exceedings of the Rule of the Third Loan, from the 9th of Zune 1720; viz. How much above 
the Rate of 400/, on 1007, Stock ; and how much lent above 4,000/. to any one Perfon. 
M Exceeding | Exceeding 
Stock. “i 300 /. per | 4,000 1. to 
ent. ’ 
Cent. one Perfon. 
A. 
June 22. Edward Abbot Efquire —_-- ——| 2,200] 9,000 200 5,000 
Benj. Allen Etquire — ——| 1,430] £,800 80 1,800 
Auguft 29. 4 Folin Acres Efquire _ —— | 2,000] 8,000 -— 4,000 
Thomas Arno Etquire — -— —— | 2,000] §8,coo _ 4,000 
B. 
Fune 10. Thomas Brown _ — | 2,100} 8,000 — 4,000 
Fames Blitheman Efquire wo —— | 1,650] 6,000 — 2,000 
Fofeph Baker —- —— | 2,100] 8,000 — 4,000 
Robert Brifcoe Efquire _— — | 2,100] 8,000 — 4,000 
Lord Belhaven — —_—- a 2,200 | 10,000 1,200 6,000 
Mofes Beranger Efquire —- —- | 2,200] 8,000 — 4,000 
Fofeph Barrell - -—— —— |} 1,200] 4,400 — 400 
13. | Theod. Butler Efquire —_——-. a 1,650 | 6,000 no 2,000 
15. | Anne Briftow —- ——  ! 1,600} 6,000 _ 2,000 
Matthew Bernard Efquire — —— | 3,200 | 12,000 — 8,000 
20. | Samuel Bowes Efquire —_——— —— } 2,100] &amp;,000 ~~ 4,000 
F. Burch ST —— 2,100 8,000 —_ 4,000 
Wm. Bateman Efquire ———- —— | 2,200] 8,000 -- 4,000 
Maithew Barton Efquire —- —— | 2,750] 11,150 150 7,150 
Fohn Bird — ——]| 1,150] 4,400 —_ 400 
22. Sit Roger Bradhhaw aa —— |} 3,300] 9,700 _ 5.700 
Ralph Blomer —-- wena —— | 1,500] 5,600 — 1,000 
Thomas Bowdler Efquire —_———. ome | $300 8,000 —_— 4,000 
Colonel Bladen mee —— | 3,300 | 12,000 —_ 8,000 
Fohn Burridge —_———- -——-—- —— | 2,850 | 10,955 _ 6,955 
Thomas Baker aaa —_— —— | 2,200 | 6,000 — 2,000 

















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Exceeding Exceeding 

Stock. —— 400 /. per 44000 I. to 

. Cent. one Perfon. 

Auguft 26. | Mat. Bateman —— =—— |} 2,200} 8,400 _— 4,400 
ohn Bennet = a —. 2,000 8,000 | on 4,000 

C 

June 10. | Thomas Cook —_——— —j 1,100} 5,000 6006 1,000 
John Currier a —— — 1,600 |! 6,000 “nis 2,000 

Fonathan Cruces —— —- ——} 2,100 8,000 wins 4,000 

13. | Collin Campbell —— —_—— — | 1,760] 6,400 — 2,406 
Rupert Clark —_—— ae ——~| 1,600} 6,000 — 2,000 

Mrs. Frances Clark — ne — | 1,600] 6,000 — 2,000 

Henry Colt _ — —— | 2,650 | 10,000 a 6,000 

Peter Crank ———- —_— —— | 1,320] 4,800 _ 800 

Fofeph Clarkfon me -__—- —— | 2,100} 8,000 —_ 4,000 

Francis Clark wee —_— —— | 1,463} 5,400 — 1,400 

20. | Henry Cranmer oe ad -——— 1,550 6,000 ates 2,000 
Thomas Clark ao — ——! 1,650] 6,000 nae 2,000 

William Cole — -——- ——j| 2,200] 8,000 — 4,000. 

22. | Sir Cefar Child — —_—— —— 1! 9,075 | 34,977 _ 30,977 
Richard Chamberlain ee ~=~—ueme | 3,300] 4,500 100 500 

‘Fames Colebrook — 2,100 8,000 one 4,000 

Stephen Cook — a —— | 2,100} 8,000 — 4,000 

Thomas Chambers aa —— | 2,100; 8,000 —_ 4,000 

Alexander Chock ——— o——— | 1,100] 4,630 230 630 
Honourable Wm. Chetwynd 11,500 } 34,000 _ 30,000 

24. | Charles Cefar Etquire —— ———— | 13,800 | 41,824 — $7,824 
Auzuft 29. | Wm. Carter ne —— | 2,700 | 10,800 ine 6,800 
Fohannah Cock a ce ———= | 2,100 |. §,coD — 4,000 

Lord Carlton eee aoe 5,500 | 20,000 a 16,000 

Benj. Collier — ee — | 6,600 | 24,000 — 20,000 

Henry Cunningham — a — | 3,000 | 18,000 6,000 14,000 

Matthew Chandler — —_— ——{ 2,200] 8,000 — 4,000 

D. 

Fune 10. | Rivers Dickenfon — —~ ——| 2,650 | 10,000 — 6,000 
David Debarry — se os 3,200 | 12,000 ie 8,600 
Lewis Dive ——. ——_ —— | 2,100] 8,000 — 4,000 

Theo. Dillingham a —— | 2,200} 8,000 _ 4,000 

Facob de Paiba a —- — | 7,700 ; 28,000 — 24,000 

Benja. Dodfon —- — —— | 2,200] 8,000 — 4,000 

Colonel Fobn Duncomb —— —— | 2,100, 8,000 — 4,000 

Marquis De Quefne —_— —— — | 5,650 | 22,000 — 18,000 

‘Earl of Deloraine ee ——— | 1,100} 7,000 2,600 3,009 

Mofes Dupaiba —_— —_—-- _— 2,100 $8,000 eit 4,000 

Fohn Dive — —aie ———~ | 5,200 | 25,500 4,700 2 15500 

Marquis De Urint _—— —— | 2,000] 8,000 — 4,000 

E. 

Chriftopher Earn Keen wee —— | 2,200; 6,500 _ 2,500 

Francis Edwards Eiquire oe —— | 4,300 | 14,500 ean 10,500 

George Evelyn Efquire ——- ——— } 2,200! 5,500 i 1,500 

Thomas Edwards {quire —— ——] 2,200} 5,260 ome 1,260 

Abraham Elton Efquire — —- 1! 2,090] 7,600 ~_ 3,600 

20. | Sohn Edion Eiquire _— —— | 2,200 | 48,000 _ 4,000 

ohn Emmet Ejquire ——- — ]} 2,100} 8,000 ame 4,000 

22. } Karl of Effex — —_—~ —— | 3,850 | 17,295 1,895 13,295 
Auguf 24. Sir John Eyles iar a _—_ 4,400 | 12,000 — $,000 

‘ 29. | Thomas Evans noe _—— oneeneemenes 310 1,500 260 ‘ami 
Francis Eyles Efquire aa —— | 3,850 | 14,000 a 10,000 . 
F, 

Fune 10. | George Feilding — —— —— | 1,650} 6,000 dod 2,000 
Jofeph Fifber — — —— | 2,200] 8,000 ja 4,000 

Lord Fitz Williams a —— | 2,100] 8,060 ah 4,009 

Chriftopher Foxley — _—_— — | 1,600} 6,000 sls 2,000 

David Foxley _-- --— —— | 2,200; 8,000 oe 4,000 

Fohn Forfter Eiguire me ——, 2,200] 8,c00 ae 4,900 

Ldward Foley cae nee -—— 2,109 8,000 om 4,000 

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Richard Fleming 
Abrabam Farrington 


Fohn Gould 
Edward Green Efquire 
John Goodier Efquire 
John Gardner 

Fofeph Goddard Efquire 
Alexander Gordon 

William Gerifh 

Lord Guilford 

Brigadier Gower 

Mary Glover 

Orlando Gee 

Fohn Grigsby 

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Thomas Holdipp Efquire 
Lord Hillsborough 
Andrew Hope Eiquire 
Jonas Hanway Etquire 
Richard Hall Eiquire 
Richard Hatley Etquire 


Colonel Archibald Hamilton 


F. Hanbury 

Edward Harrifon Efquire 
Henry Hankey Efqu:re 
Fohn Hancock Efquire 
Lawrence Holford Ef{quire 
Edmond Howard Efquire 
George Hamilton Eiquire 
Lord Harvey 

Fohn Harknefs Efquire 
Thomas Hamilton Efquire 
Richard Harwood Etquire 
Sir Fohn Humble 

Patrick Haldane 

Lord Harborrough 

George Harrifon 

Fobn Hendley E{quire 
Tfaac Helbut Efquire 
Fohn Eduggins 

Dr. Fohn Herbert 


Henry Fernegan Efquire 
Thomas Fett Eiquire 


The honourable Arthur Ingram Efquire 
Arthur Ingram, York Buildings 


Charles Kent Eiquire 
Wm. King Etquire 
David Kilmain Eijquire 
Sir Godfrev Kneller 
Wm. Knight Eiguire 
Thomas Knapp 


Fames Lancapire 
Charles Longueviil 
Honourable Charles Leigh 
Fames Lowther 

Peter La Roque 

Dr. Langdon 
Thomas Lumley Efquire 
Thomas Lane Efquire 
Lord Londonderry 
Lord Litchjeiid 

Tfaac Lesffe 

Lord Lempfer 


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Sack, | Money | Exceeding | Exceeding 
Jent. t sal pot cag 
ent. one Perfon. 

1,100 4,500 100 500 
2,000 | 8,000 _— 4,000 
1,450 | 5.400 — 1,400 
2,100 } 8,000 — 4,000 
2,150 | 8,000 — 4,000 
1,600 | 6,000 — 2,000 
5,100 5,000 600 1,000 
2,100 | 8,000 — 4,000 
1,600 | 6,000 sine 2,C00 
2,100 | 85000 —_ 4,000 
1,650 | 7,500 goo 3,500 
2,000 8,000 &lt;n 4,000 
1,100 } 5,000 600 1,000 
6,000 | 24,000 ts 20,000 
3,000 | 12,000 ae 8 ,coo 
2,200 | 8,000 ab 4,000 
7,700 | 31,800 1,000 27,800 
2,100 8,000 aiteas "4,000 
2,100 8,000 cain 4,000 
2,100 8,000 _ 4,000 
2,100 | 8,000 csi 4,000 
1,550 | 6,000 -_ 2,000 
2,200 8,000 —_ 4,000 
1,550 } 5,000 mn 1,000 
2,520 | 9,200 am 5,200 
3,200 | 12,000 _— 8,000 
2,200 | 8,800 — 4,800 
2,100 | 8,000 — 4,000 
2,100 ; 8,000 — 4,000 
2,200 8,000 =&lt; 4,000 
1,100 ; 5,000 600 I 
2,000 | 8,000 — 4,000 
2,000 8,000 in 4,000 
2,200 | 9,380 580 6,380 
4,900 | 15,500 — 11,500 
4,400 | 16,800 — 12,800 
2,000 | 8,000 — 4,000 
3,000 } 12,000 — 8,000 
2,000 8,500 500 4,500 
2,000 8,coo -— 4,000 
2,200 8,000 —_ 4,0CO 
2,650 | 10,000 — 6,000 
6,500 | 26,000 _ 22,000 
1,100 45950 550 959 
2,000 , 8,000 — 4,000 
1,650 6,000 —e 2,000 
3,200 | 12,000 —_ 8,009 
1,650 | 6,000 — 2,000 
1,350] 5,200 — 1,200 
2,100 | 7,500 — 3,500 
1,100 | 4,780 380 780 
1,380 | £,200 — 1,200 
2,r00 8,000 — 4,000 
2,rOO 8,000 —_— 4,000 
1,500 | 5,600 — 1,600 
33100 | 12,000 — 8,000 
2,200 6,500 ae 2,500 
2,100 $,0C0 — 4,000 
2,200 8,400 — 4,4C0 
2,:00 §,000 7 4,000 
3,300 | 9,000 — 5,000 
2,200 $8,000 _ 4,0CO 
2,!00 $,000 _ 4,000 














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Fune 10. 


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Auguft 24. 
29. 


June 10. 


Auguft 29. 


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Auguft 26. 


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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


John Lake Efquire 
Henry Laufen 


Fohn Mulcafter 
Lord Morpeth 
Duke of Moniroffe 
Val. Morvis Eiquire 
Sir Nathanael Mead 





David Mitchell Ffquire 
Philip Meniconi Eiquire 
Thomas Motley Figuire 


Sid. Ma'thus 
Duke of Me ntague 
Sir Peter Meyer 


Fobn Mitfcrd, Merchant 


Fohn Myefter 
Anthony Meacke 
H {6 Oe 
Lord Montrath 
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Lafcells Metcalfe 
Sahe Anal} fe 
Jolin Manl-y 


Lewis and Abraham Mendes 


Thomas Milner 
Henry Marfeall 


Fohn Mead 
Capell Moore 


Henry Metcalfe 
Fokn Merrill 


Fohn Neal 
George Nelthorpe 
Count Neficx 


Cy 
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Lord Newburgh 
Duke of N ot folk 


Elizabeth Nar/b 


Richard Norris 


Lord Orkney 
James Oglethorp 
Thomas Oyles 
Thomas Oliver 


Thomas Pannwell 
David Polhill 
Duke of Portland 
Lord Wm. Pawlett 
Wm. Paclett 
Fojeph Pefiane 
Wm. Paffenger 
Walter Plommer 
Zeph. Page 

Wm. Pennyman 
Geo. Pitt 

Thomas Pearce 
Chriftopher Powell 
Thomas Powell 
Edward Poulter 
Thomas Poulzney 
Fohn Powell 

Mr. Purcell 
Fohn Pine 


Pearce, and Company 


Sir J/zac Rebow 


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! Mone Exceeding Exceeding 
Stock. lent Y | 4002 per 4,000 /. to 
5 Cent. one Perfon, 
2,000 | 8,000 —_— 4,000 
2,000 8,000 ~~ 4,000 
42959 | 15,500 — 11,500 
1,100 | 9,000 4,600 5,000 
35300 | 13,800 600 9,800 
1,430 | 5,200 — 1,200 
2,100 8,000 — 4,000 
2,200 | 6,500 — 2,500 
3,200 4 12,000 —_ 8,000 
3,200 | 12,000 —- 8,000 
1,550 | 6,000 — 2,000 
3,300 ! 9,000 —_ 5,000 
2,100 8,000 — 4,000 
1,550 6,000 — 2,000 
2,100°| 8,000 —_ 4,000 
2,100 8,000 —_ 4,000 
2,050 8,000 — 4,000 
4,300 | 13,500 a 9,500 
3,100 | 12,000 — 8,000 
2,100 8,000 — 4,000 
4,850 | 16,550 — 12,550 
1,650 6,000 —_— 2,000 
2,200 8,000 — 4,000 
2,255 | 11,800 2,780 7,800 
2,000 8,000 — 4,000 
1,500 6,000 — 2,000 
4,250 | 17,000 — 13,000 
2,200 6,500 — 2,500 
3,300 | 15,000 1,800 11,000 
4,400 | 12,000 —_ 8,000 
32300 9,000 — 53,000 
1,100 | 4,370 ar 370 
2,000 §,000 — 4,000 
4.300 | 14,500 —_ 10,500 
1,760 | 5,500 — 1,500 
2,200 8,000 _— 4,000 
2,000 | 8,000 — 4,000 
1,600 53500 _ 1,500 
2,100 6,000 _— 2,000 
15,100 | 78,000 17,600 | 74,000 
1,650 | 6,000 — 2,000 
3,200 | 10,500 — 6,500 
1,650 | ‘6,000 — 2,000 
1,050 | 5,250 ~— 1,250 
2,700 | 8,500 — 4,500 
2,100 § 000 —_— 4,000 
2,100 } 8,000 — 4,000 
1,550} 6,000 — 2,000 
1,760 | 5,500 aa 1,500 
2,100 $,000 ones 4,000 
2,200 | 4,715 — 715 
6,000 | 24,000 _— 20,000 
4,400 | 10,000 — 6,000 
2,200 | 8,800 — 4,800 
330] 1,800 480 aa 
4,400 | 16,500 —_ 12,500 



































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. y 3 %x eo, f.3 ‘ 8 ' 4. Exéeeding Exceeding 
Stock. — 400 /. per 4,000 /. to 
‘ Cent. one Perfon, 
Fames Round _— - ——] 2,200] 8,000 — 4,000 
Duke of Rutland 2 ——] 2,200] 5,000 -- 1,000 
John Rogers i ee —— | 2,100] 8,000 | akc 4,000 
| Benjamin Robinfon —. — =] 3,200] 10,500 _ 6,500° 
t5. | Reehard Rigby, Effextfreet + _—e — | 1,600' 6,000 ona 2,000 
Fonathan Rafbley ——— — =| 2,200] 6,500 — 2,500 
Edward Riggs — ——-} 2,100} 8,000 — 4,000 
| Chesftopher Redes — — | 3,850 | 12,500 — 8,500 
Fohn Raffey - oo —— | 2,100] 8,000 —_ 4,000 
1 Nathanael Rookby ae —— | 2,200] 6,500 — 2,500 
Peter Rival — —— | 1,700] 6,400 — 2,400 
Lord Ranelagh — —tmeet- | 1,550 | 6,000 — £2,000 
George Read ——- —— | 2,200] 6,500 — 2,500 
Fune-22. | Fames Ruck a, on onaine 2,100 8,000 — 4,000 
Wm. Ryder —_—- ———| 2,200! 7,000 ~ 3,000 
. Samuel Rufb — _ 2,200 7,000 _ 3,000 
Auguft 26. | Honourable Charles Roffe —_— — 550 | 2,500 300 _— 
S: 
June 40. | Sir Fulwar Skipwith — =m | 23001 8,000 —- 4,000 
Samuel Swynfen Efquire ne ———— 3,200 7 12,000 —_ 8,000 
Thomas Spence Efquire —- ——j| 2,100] 8,000 — 4,000 
33. | Oftver St. Fchn — ona 2,100 8,000 — “4,000 
15. 1 Thomas Swayne —— ——j} 2,100] 8,000 — 4,000 
Pairick Seagrove —— ——! 1,600] 6,000 ee 2,000 
Anne St. Fohn a —— 1,600 | 6,000 — 2,000 
Anne Seymour —--- — | 1,500] 5,600 — 1,600 
Wm. Smith Efquire — —_—_—- 2,200 | 8,000 = 4 4,000 
June 20. | Alexander Stephenfon Efquire oe — 2,100 8,000 _— 4,000 
Jacob Sawbridge, for fundries _— —— | 7,500 | 28,000 = 24,000 
22. | Dr, Thomas Sherlock —— —— 2,100 | 8,000 a 4,000 
Fohn Shuckburgh Efquire — —— | 2,100 | 8,000 — 4,000 
Robert Sherrard Efquire ——— ——| 2,100} 8,000 7 4,000 
Fohn Seward —_——- See 3,000 | 12,000 one 8,000 
Richard Spenthurft ——— | 2,000] 8,000 - 4,000 
Auguft 29. | Benjamin Sheppard wee —— | 2,500 } 10,000 “ue 6,000 , 
Lady £liz. Seylard — a 400 | 2,000 400 _ 
Fofeph Safford —— — —— | 2,200]. 8,847 47 * 4,847 
Samuel Strode Efquire sinhained ——— | 5,000 | 20,000 — 16,000 
B. H. Shelden -——. — | 2,200 5,000 —- 1,000 
Thomas Strickland -——- ——} 2,200} 9,960 1,160 51960 
7. 
June 10. | Wm, Tully Efquire —— —— |} 2,100} 8,000 — 4,000 
Wm. Thomas nn —— | 1,600] 6,000 -~ 2,000 
Matthew Teftas —_——— — 1,600 6,000 — 2,000 
George Tilfon Efquire ae —— | 2,2007 8,750 _ 4,750 
Thomas Townfend Efquire —- —— |} 2,100} 8,000 — 4,000 
22. ¢ Samuel Thompfon on ——- 2,000 5,700 — 1,700 
Sir Fames Thornhill —_——_ —— } 13,5501 6,000 _ 2,000 
Auguft 29. John Turner Efquire aaa —_— 2,100 | 8,000 ome 4,000 
Samuel Tufuell —— —— } 2,000 | 5,000 onan 1,000 
Mr. Wim. Thompfon ——- — | 1,650 | 6,000 } — 2,000 
. 2 
June 10. Fofeph Vere _ ve ——— 1,600 | 6,000 —_— 2,000: 
* 20. | Fohn Venner _—— —_—— 1,650 | 6,000 — 2,000 
, 22. | Thomas Vaughan — —_— 550} 2,500 300 — 
3 w. 
June 13. Captain Wall ; _ -——— 2,100 | §,000 ostnentt 4,C00 
‘ Thomas Walker Efquire eennetioenen — | 1,650] 5,000 — 1,000 
: Thomas Woodcock Efquire —- —— | 2,100] 38,000 a 4,000 
Alexander Wilfon —_—_—- -_—— 1,300 4,800 —_— Soo 
0 -Williem Ward Ff{quire —- —_—_—— 1,760 ‘6,400: — 25400 
0 ss Wright Efguire _—— —_—- 2,100 8,000 —_ 4,000 
Samuel Wrexham Efquire ——- ——f 2,050 |, 8,059 — 4,059 
22. | Edward Webfter _—_— —_—- —_—— 550 2,471 - 271 —_ 
Richard Weft Efquire sein —_—_ 1,100 5,00. 600 1,000 
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Thomas Wynn Efquire 
Matthew Wefiley 

Dottor Woodward 

Fohn Wilmott Efquire 
Matthew Wynn Efquire 
Daniel Weftcomb 

Audrew Wyndfor Efquire 
Thomas Warrington Efquire 


William Young Efquire 


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4.52 
Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Con§- 


deration upon Saturday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Mora- 
ing, Nise of the Clock, 





Veneris, 17° die Februarii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
Rdered, That the ingroffed Bill to preferve and encou- 
rage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this 
Kingdom, and for the more effectual employing the 
Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear of all printed, 
painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, in Apparel, Houf- 
hold-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwife, be read the Third 
time upon Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That Thomas Wentworth junior, Efquire, have 
Leave to go into the Country for Six Weeks, upon ex- 
traordinary Occafions. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines and 
Chriftian Fried: ick Zincke, was read the Third time. 

Rejoivcd, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Gilbert de Flings and Chriftian 
Friedrick Zincke. 

Ordered, That Mr. Zade do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

‘The Efoufe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider of his Majefty’s moft gracious Met- 
fage of Wednefday \att. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to fome Refolutions; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
faine. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill of Powers 
for ingrafting Part of the Capital Stock, and Fund, of 
the South Sea Company, into the Stock and Fund of the 
Bank of England; and another Part thereof into the Eaf 
India Company. 

Mr. Speaker Jeft the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 18° die Februari: ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
A unto fub{fcribed, on behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands of Men, Wonien, and Children, concerned 
in the Throwing, Dyeing, Twifting, Manufacturing, and 
Making, of Needlewrought Buttons, inhabiting in the 
Towns of Macclesfield and Stockport, Leeke, and Towns 
adjacent, in the County Palatine of Chefer, and the County 
of Stafford, was prefented to.the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting foreb, That, by an Act, made in the Fourth Year of 


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A. 1720; 


his prefent Majefty, for making more effectual an A@, 
made inthe Eighth Year of Queen Anne, for employing 
the Manufacturers, by Confumption of raw Silk, and 
Mohair Yarn, it is ena¢ted, That no Perfon whatfoevey 
fhall make, fell, fet on, ufe, or bind, or caufe the fameto . 
be made, fold, ufed, fet on, or bound, upon any Wearing 
Apparel whatfoever, any Button or Button-holes bound 
with Cloth, Serge, Frize, Camblets, or any other Stuffs 
whereof Cloaths are ufually made: ‘That, notwithfland- 
ing the faid Aédts, the fame is become fo very general, 
that it is the utter Ruin of many Thoufand of poor Fa. 
milies: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill be brought in for making more effectual the 
Aé@t, of the Fourth Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, An Act for making more effectual an Act, of 
the Eighth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aét for employing the Manufactures, by encouraging 
the Confumption of raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of his Majefty’s moft gracious Meflage of 
W ednefday \aft, the Refolutions they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
f2id Refolutions were feverally read ; and are as follow; 
Viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

hat the Payment of the Sum of Four millions One hun- 
dred fifty-fix thoufandT hree hundred Six Pounds Four Shil- 
lings Eleven Pence due to the Publick, from the South Sea 
Company, by virtue of an A&amp;, of the Sixth Year of his 
Majelty’s Reign, inticuled, An Act for enabling the South 
Sea Company to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and 
Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances 
as are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, to be 
applied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts and In- 
cumbrances; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer 
Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making forth new 
Bilis, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, 
upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer; and made pay- 
able within One Year, by Four equal and quarterly Pay- 
ments, the Firft Payment commencing the T wenty- 
fifth Day of March 1721; be further delayed and poft- 
poned to the Year 1722: And that further Provifion be 
made for the more effectual Payment thereof, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Repayment of the Sum of One million, which 
was lent to the South Sea Company on or about the Se- 
venth of Fune 1720, be poftponed to the Seventh Day 
of Fune 1722. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read aSecond time, 
were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill of Powers for in- 
grafting Part of the Capital Stock, and Fund, of the 
South Sea Company, into the Stock, and Fund, of the 
Bank of England; and another Part thereof into the Eaf 
India Company; is committed; That they have Power 
to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, purfuant to the faid Relo- 
lutions. 


The Order of the Day being read, for receiving the 
Report of the Bill for punifhting Mutiny and Defertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters; 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for taking the Re- 
port from the Committce of Secrecy into Confideration ; 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do go with the Mace into Wefminfter-ball, the 


_ Court of Requefts, and Places adjacent, and fummon the 


Members there to attend the Service of the Houle. 
And he went accordingly, 
And, being returned ; 


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The Houfe proceeded totake the faid Report into Con- 
fideration : 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the late Sub 
Governor, Deputy Governor, and Direéctors, of the 
South Sea Company, and their Officers, and their Aiders 
and Abbettors, in lending out the Companies Money 
upon Stock, and Subfcriptions, without taking fufficient 
Security for Repayment thereof, have been guilty of a no- 
torious Breach of Truft; and have thereby occafioned 

reat Lofs to the Company; for which they ought to 
make Satisfaction out of their own Eftates. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Selling or 
Difpofing of Stock, or Subfcriptions, transferred or depo- 
fited as a Security for the Repayment. of the Money fo 
lent, was a notorious Breach of the Truft repofed in the 
faid Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Direétors, and theif 
Officers; and a Fraud on the Proprietors, in order to en- 
rich themfelves ; for which they ought to make Satisfaction 
out of their own Eftates. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Taking in, or « 


Holding, of Stock, by the South Sea Company, for the 
Benefit of any Member of either Houfe of Parliament, 
or Perfon concerned in the Adminiftration (during the 
time that the Campany’s Propofals, or the Bill thereto 
relating, were depending in Parliament,) without any va- 
Juable Confideration paid, or fufficient Security given, for 
the Acceptance of, or Payment for fuch Stock, and the 
Company’s paying or allowing fuch Perfon the Difference 
arifing by the advanced Price of the Stocks, were cor- 
rupt, infamous, and dangerous, Practices, highly reflect- 
ing on the Honour and Juftice of Parliaments, and de- 
ftructive of the Intereft of his Majefty’s Government. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Lovibond : 

Mr. Speaker, 

Wearecommanded by the Lords to acquaint this Houfe, 
That their Lordhhips, intending to take into Confideration, 
‘on Monday next, fome Matters, relating to a Tryal at the 
laft Affizes at Hereford, touching the Prefentation to the 
Vicarage of Leominfter, defire, That Sir George Ca/wall, 
a Member of this Houfe, may have Leave to attend the 
Houle of Lords, to declare his Knowlege concerning the 
ame. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. _ 

Ordered, That Sir George Cafwall have Leave to attend 
the Lords, as is defired by their Lordfhips, if he thinks fir. 

And the Meffengers were called in again; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them, That the Houfe had confidered 
their Meffage, and had given Leave to Sir George Ca/wall to 
attend the Lords, as their Lordfhips defire, if he thinks fit. 


Refolued, Nemine contradicente, That any of the Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company felling their own Stock 
at high Prices to the Company, or others, at the fame 
time that they gave Orders for buying Stock upon Ac- 
count of the Company, under Pretence of keeping up 
the nominal Value of the faid Stock, was a fcandalous 
Practice, tending to enrich themfelves, to the great Lofs 
and Detriment of the Company, and of others his Ma- 
jefty’s Subjects; for which they ought to make Satif- 
faction out of their own Eftates. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the declaring a 
Dividend of Thirty per Cent. for Chrifimas \aft, and not 
lefs than Fifty per Cent. per Annum for not lefs than Twelve 
Years after, was an infamous Contrivance to give his 
Majefty’s Subjeéts falfe Notions of the Value of the faid 
Stock, that the late DireCtors might more eafily difpofe 
of their own Stock at exorbitant Prices. 

Refolved, Nemine coutradicente, That the fetting the 
Stock of the South Sea Company to Sale by Subfcriptions, 
at high Prices, above the intrinfick Value of the fame, 
by the late Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, and Direc- 
tors, of the faid Company, was a grofs and notorious 
Fraud; and has been one great Caufe of the Sinking of 
the publick Credit, and bringing upon the Nation the 
Diftrefs it at prefent labours under. 

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Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the advifing the 
Jate Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors of 
the South Sea Company, to fet the Stock of the faid Com- 
pany toSale bySubfcriptions,at high and extravagantPrices; 
or to declare the high and extravagant Dividends for Chrift- 
mas laft, and Twelve Years after, by any Perfons in the 
Adminiftration ; was a notorious Breach of the Truft re- 
pofed in them ; to the Prejudice of his Majefty’s Govern- 
tent, and the Intereft of this Kingdom. oe 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned till Tue/dzy Morning next. 


And ‘then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 20° die Februari; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
Pravers. 
Petition of the Mayor and free Burgeffes, and alfo 
of many others trading in the Woolien Manu- 
taéture, in the Borough of Boffinny Trevana, and Tinta- 
gell, and Places adjacent, within the County of Cornwall, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That, 
notwithftanding the feveral Laws to prevent the Exporta- 
tion of Wool from Great Britain and Ireland to foreign 
Countries, yet great Quantities are conftantly exported , 
fo that the Markets are glutted with foreign Commodi- 
ties; to the great Deftruction of the Exglifb Merchants, 
and the Impoverifhment of many Thouland poor Fami- 
lies employed in the Woollen Manufacture: And praying 
Relief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for the finifhing, and adorning, the new Chapel 
called Saint George’s Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the 
County of Norfolk’; and for enlightening the Streets of 
the faid Town; by a Duty or Impofition on all Coals, 
Culm, and Cinders, to be landed and confumed there; 
was read a Second time. } 

_ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Torwn/= 
hend, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. England, Mr. Carteret, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Shuttleworth, Lord Carpenter, 
Sir Facob Afiley, Lord-Wm. Powlett, Mr. Butler, Mr. 
Walpole, Mr. Medlycote, Mr. Inge, Mr. Hedworth, Sir 
James Campbell, Sir Robert Rich, Colonel Carpenter, Sir 
Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Knight, Mr. Cole- 
more, Mr. Foley, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Tho. Palmer, Lord 
Stanhope, Mr. Bacon, Lord Downe, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. 
Harvey, Colonel Berkeley, Mr. Afoe, Lord Chetwynd, 
Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Campdell, Mr. Neville, Mr. Ells, 
Lord Barrington, Mr. Milner, Sir Henry Afbburft, and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Norfolk 
and Suffolk: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Fobn Norris reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for the better Prefervation of the Harbour of Rye, 
in the County of Sufex, was committed, That they had 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 


_ directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 


fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That Gyles Eyre Efquire have Leave to go 
into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


A Petition of the Mayors Bailiff, and Commonalty, of 
the ancient City of Winchefter, in the County of South- 
ampton, was prefented fo the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That divers Perfons, in open Defiance of the Laws, 
do continue to fmuggle and run great Quaniities of French 
Brandies, and other Merchandize; to the great Danger 


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of bringing in the Plague, and the Prejudice of his Ma- 

jelty’s Subjects in general: And praying Relief. 
Ordered, that the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Theodcre Fanfen Knight and Baronet, 
in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, 
was prefented.co the Eloufe, and read; Ictting forth, 
That, by an A&amp; palled this Scifion of Parliament, the 
Petitioner is obliged to put in_an. Inventory of all his 
Eftate and Effects, from the Fir of June; and to 
give Security, purfuant tothe faid Act, not to depart this 
Kingdom within Twelve Months, and before the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; which he hath:done; 
but, being in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, cannot 
make the /aid Inventory, unlefs he had his Liberty : And 
praying, That he may be difcharged out of Cuftody, 
paying his Fees, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Sir Yoba Feliows Baronet in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by 
an Act paffed this Seflion of Parliament, the Petitioner 
i8 obliged to deliver in, upon Cath, an exact Inventory of 
his Ettate, and all Tranfaétions, from the Firft Day of 
June \aft,; and to give Security not to depart this King- 
dom within Twelve Months, ard before the End of the 
next Seffion of Parliament; which he hath done; bur, 
being in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, cannot make 
the faid Inventory, unlefs he had his Liberty’: And pray- 
ing, That he may be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying 
his Fees. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Fcbhn Lambert Baronet, in Cultody 
of the Serjeant atc Arms attending this Houfe, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That, by 
an Act pafied this Seffion of Parliament, the Petitioner 
is obliged to deliver in, upon Oath, an exact Inventory 
of his Eftate, and of all bis Tranfactions, from the Firft 
Day of June laft; and to give Security not to depart 
this Kingdom within Twelve Months, and until the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; which he hath done; 
but, being in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, cannot 
make the faid Inventory, unlefs he had his Liberty: And 
praying, That he may be diicharged out of Cuftedy, 
paying his Fees. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the faid Petitions be taken into Confi- 
ration upon Wednefday Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill to preferve and encourace the Wo»l- 
Jen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for 
more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the 
Ufe and Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, 
Callicoes, in Apparel, Houfhold-ftuff, Furniture, or other- 
wife, was, according to Order, read the Third time. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill do pais: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; to preferve and encourage the Woollen and Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for more effectual 
employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear 
of all printed, painred, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, in 
Apparel, Houfhold-{tuff, Furniture, or otherwife, after 
the Twenty-fAfth Day of December One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Twenty-two, except as therein is excepted. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bacon do carry the Bill co the Lords, 
and defire their Concurrence. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill of Powers for ingrafting Part 
of the Capital Stock, and Fund, of the South Sea Com- 
pany, initio the Stock, and Fund, of the Bank of Eng- 
‘and, and another Part thercof into the Stock, and Fund, 
ot the Eaft Iudia Company ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, hat it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
ihat they do receive Propodals from the South Sea Com- 





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pany, touching the Manner in which they intend to exe. 
cute the Propolals, laid before this Houfe, for refloring 
publick Credit; , 

The Houfe divided. 
’ The Yeas go forth, 


Tellers for the Yeas, } yest Mihp i 147, 
Tellers for the Noes, } “rig si Rarttts i 183, 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com. 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to 
exempt all Transfers of Stock, in the Three Companies, 
ot One hundred Pounds, or under, from all Duties. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth, 


Tellers for the Yeas, nag pts iy 


Tellers for the Noes, } ae ie ad 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Houle refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nefday Morning next. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better Eftablifhment of pub- 
lick Credit, .by preventing, for the future, the infamous 
Practice of Stock-jobbing. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 21° die Februarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for preventing the Corrupting of 
A Juries; and for the more effectual enforcing the 
4.aws tor making up the Freeholders Books; was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for preventing the Corrupting of Juries ; and 
for the more effectual enforcing the Laws for making up 
the Freeholders Books. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freman do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Charles Turner reported from the Committee,to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
draining, improving, and inclofing, the Common called 
Stoke/by Common, in the Parith of Stoke/by, in the County 
of Norfolk, was committed, That they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be trues 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confents 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


A Petition of Robert Surman Gentleman, late Deputy 
Cafhier to the South Sea Company, ini Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by an A&amp; 
paffed this Seffion of Parliament, the Petitioner is obliged 
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7 GEO. I. 


to deliver in, upon Oath, an exact Inventory of his Eftare, 
and of his Tranfactions, from the Firft Day of Fane laf ; 
and to give Security not to depart this Kingdom, within 
Twelve Months, and before the End of the then next 
Seffion of Parliament; which Security he hath given ; 
but, being in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, cannot 
make the faid Inventory, without he had his Liberty : 
And praying he may be difcharged out of Cuftody, pay- 
ing his Fees. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 
-Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confidera- 
tion To-morrow Morning. " 


Ordered, That the Directors of the South Sea Company 
do, with all convenient Speed, lay before this Houfe, an 
Account of what they intend to do, in relation ‘to the 
feveral Perfons interefted in the faid Company, by Money 
Subfcriptions, or otherwife. 

Ordered, That the Directors of the South Sea Company 
do lay before this Houfe the Proceedings and: Refolutions 
of the General Court of the faid Company, held the 
Twenty-third of December \aft. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refumed the further 
Confideration of the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy : ; ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Entry in the 
Cafh-book of the South Sea Company of Five hundred 
feventy-four thoufand Five hundred Pounds Stock, pre- 
tended to be fold for One million Two hundred thirteen 
thoufand Five hundred Seventy-five Pounds, between the 
Fourth of February 1719, and the Twelfth of April fol- 
lowing, was contrived with a Defign to conceal the Names 
of Perions for whofe Benefit Stock was taken in by the 
faid Company. 

Refolved, Nemine contredicente, That every Perfon, 
for whom Stock was taken in, or held, fuch Stock being 
Part of the Five hundred feventy-four thoufand Five 
hundred Pounds pretended to be fold by the South Sea 
Company, from the Fourth Day of February 1719 to the 
Twelfth Day of April following, without Money paid, or 
fuiiicient Security given, for the Acceptance of, and Pay- 
ment for, fuch Stock, be obliged to pay to the faid Com- 
pany all fuch Sums of Money as have been received by 
way of Difference, or otherwife, for fuch Stock taken in, 
or held, as aforefaid. L 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Addition of 
Two hundred fifty thoufand Pounds to the Firft Money 

“Subfcription, after it had been declared to have been 
opened for Two millions ; and the Addition of Five hun- 
dred thoufand Pounds to the Second Money Sub‘cription, 
after it had been declared to be opened for One million ; 
were fraudulently contrived to give corrupt Advantages to 
particular Perfons ; and were injurious to publick Credit. 

Refelued, Nemine contracicente, That a Bill be brought 
in for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South 
Sea Company. 

Ordsted, That Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Duchy, the Lord Molefworth, Mr. At- 
torney General, Mafter of the Rolls, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Ward, Nir. Horatio Walpole, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Rofe, 
Lord Barrington, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. effryes, and Mr. Talbot, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be brought in, purfuant to 
the Refolutions of this Houle of this Day, and of Sztur- 
day \aft. 
Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Re- 
port be adjourned till Sa¢urday Morning next. 


.And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Mercurii, 22° die Februari; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS, 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


for draining, improving, and inclofing, the Com- 
mon called Stoke/fhy Common, in the Parifh of Stoke/y, 
in the County of Norfolk, was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Turner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennett and Mr. 
Godfrey : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac toin- 
clofe the Common Field of Lighthorne, and a Common 
called Lighthorne Mufters, in the County of Warwick: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
And alfo, ’ 

We are commanded by the Lords to. acquaint this 
Houfe, That their Lordthips, having appointed to tale 
into Confideration, on Saturday next, fome Matters re- 
lating to a Tryal at the laft Affizes at Hereford, touching 
the Prefentation to the Vicarage of Leominfler, do. defire 
that Sir Richard Fowler Baronet, Thomas Lewis Efguire, 
and Edward Winnington Jefferys E{quire, Members of this 
Houfe, may have Leave to attend the Houfe of Lords, 
to declare their Knowlege concerning the fame. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Richard Fowler Baronet, 
Thomas Lewis E{quire, and Edward Winnington Fefferys 
Efquire, have Leave to attend the Lords as is defired by 
their Lordfhips, if they think fic. 

And the Meffengers were called in again; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them, That the Houfe had confidered 
of that Part of their Meffage which related to Sir Richard 
Fowler Baronet, Thomas Lewis Efquire, and Edward Win- 
nington Fefferys Efquire, Members of this Houfe, and 
had given them Leave to attend the Lords as their Lord- 
fhips defire, if they think fit. 


A Petition of Facob Sawbridge Efquire, in Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by an Ad&amp;, 
paffed this Seffion of Parliament, the Petitioner is obliged 
to deliver in, upon Oath, an Inventory of his Eftate, and 
of his Tranfactions trom the Firft Day of Fume laft; and 
to give Security not to depart this Kingdom within Twelve 
Months, and before the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament ; which Security he hath given; but, being 
in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, cannot make the faid 
Inventory, purfuant to the faid Act, without he had his 
Liberty: And praying he may be difcharged out of 
Cuitody, paying his Fees. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confi- 
deration at the fame time that the Petitions of Sir Theo- 
dove Fanfen, Sir Fobn Fellows, Sir Fohn Lambert, and 
Mr. Robert Surman, are appointed te be confidered. 


Ordered, That Francis Swanton Efquire have Leave 
to go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, 
Merchants, Clothiers, and other Dealers in the Woollen 
Manufacture, in the Town and Borough of Totnes, and 
Places adjacent, in the County of Devon, was prelented 
to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That the chief 
‘Trade of the faid Town, and Parts adjacent, is the Woollen 
Manufacture: That of late Years the faid Trade is very 
much decayed; occafioned by the French driving a clan- 
deftine Trade with Ireland; the Englifo Merchant not 

eing able to give fo much for their Wool as the French 
do; by reafon the Englifh Merchang is obliged to pe a 
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Duty, and the French no Duty at all: And praying 
Relief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Merchants, 
Clothiers, and other Dealers in the Woollen Manufactures, 
in the Town and Borough of Plympton, and Places ad- 
jacent, in the County of Devon, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the chief Trade 
of the faid Town and Parts adjacent, is the Woollen 
Manufacture: That, of late Years, the faid Trade is very 
much decayed ; occafioned by the French driving a clan- 
deftine Trade with Jreland; the Englifh Merchant not 
being able to give fo much for their Wool as the French 
do; by reafon the Englifo Merchant is obliged to pay 2 
Duty, and the French no Duty at all: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into Confideration the Petitions of Sir Theodore Fanffen, Sir 
Fobn Fellows, Sir Fobn Lambert, Mr. Robert Surman, and 
Mr. Sawbridge: 

And the Certificate of the Deputy Remembrancer of 
the Court of Exchequer, which was annexed to the Peti- 
tion of the faid Sir Thecdore Fanffen, was read. 

Ordered, That Sir Theodore ‘fanffen Knight and Ba- 
ronet, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, having given Security, purfuant to the Act of 
Parliament paffed this Seflion, be difcharged out of 
Cuftody, paying his Fees; to the end he may prepare 
the Accounts and Inventories of his Eftate, as the faid AG 
directs, 

The Certificate of the Deputy Remembrancer of the 
Court of Exchequer, which was annexed to the Petition 
of Sir Fobn Fellows; was read. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Fellows Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, having 
given Security, purfuant to the Act of Parliament pafied 
this Seffion, be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his 
Fees ; to the end he may prepare the Accounts and In- 
ventories of his Eftate, as the faid Act dire¢ts. 

The Certificate of the Deputy Remembrancer of the 
Court of Exchequer, which was annexed to the Petition 
of Sir John Lambert, was read. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Lambert Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, having 
given Security, purfuant to the Act of Parliament pafied 
this Seffion, be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his 
Fees; to the end he may prepare the Accounts and In- 
ventories of his Eftate, as the faid Act directs. 

The Certificate of the Deputy Remembrancer of the 
Court of Exchequer, which was annexed to the Petition 
of Mr. Robert Surman, was read. 

Ordered, That Robert Surman Gentleman in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, having 
given Security, purfuant to the Act of Parliament paffed 
this Seffion, be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his 
Fees; to the end he may prepare the Accounts and In- 
ventories of his Eftate, as the faid Act directs. 

The Certificate of the Deputy Remembrancer of the 
Court of Exchequer, which was annexed to the Petition 
of Facob Sawbridge Efquire, was read. 

Ordered, That Fach Sawbridge, Efquire, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, having 
given Security, purfuant to the Act of Parliament paffed 
this Seffion, be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his 
Fees; to the end he may prepare the Accounts and In- 
ventories of his Eftate, as the faid directs. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
* Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill of 
Powers for ingrafting Part of the Capital Stock, and 
Fund, of the Scuth Sea Company, into the Stock, and 
Fund, of the Bank of England; and another Part thereof 
into the Stock, and Fund, of the Eaft India Company; 
was committed; the Amendments which they had di- 
re€ted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1720. 


in his Place; andafterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend. 
ments, in at the Table: Where the faid Aniendments 
were once read throughout : 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the further Confideration of the Report be 
adjourned ; 

It paffed in the Negative : 

The faid Amendments, made by the Committee, were 
feverally read a Second time; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for ex. 
empting Transfers of Stocks under One hundred Pounds 
from the Stamp Duties: 

And the fame was twice read, and amended; and then, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe to be made Part of the Biil. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to 
impower the Eaft India Company to borrow Money upon 
Contracts, Bonds, Bills, or Obligations, under their Com. 
mon Seal, for carrying on their Trade, or for lending 
Money by way of Botcomry, as is therein prefcribed: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and amended, 
and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by 
the Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


And then the Houfe adjourned ti!] To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 23° die Februarii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill for the better Prefervation of the 
A Harbour of Rye, in the County of Suffex, was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for the better Prefervation of the Harbour of 
Rye, in the County of Suffex. 

Ordered, ‘That Sir Fobn Norris do carry the Bill tothe 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parifh, ancient 
Borough, and Town, of Ledbury, within the County of 
Hereford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That Ledbury is the beft Market Town for Grain 
within the faid County: That the Highways leading to 
the faid Town, occafioned by the heavy Carriages that 
come to and from the Rivers Severn and Wye, are become 
fo bad and ruinous, that it is impracticable for Waggons, 
Carriages, or Horfes loaden, to come to the faid Town, 
without manifeft Danger; although they have conftantly 
done their Statute-work to the fame, and raifed very great 
Sums yearly: And praying, That Leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to enable the Petitioners to erect Turnpikes 
to make the faid Ways paffable, for themfelves, and 
Neighbours. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Hungerford Hoskins, Lord Wm. — 
Powlett, Mr. London, Mr. Foley, Sir Fobn Packington, 
Sir Geo. Cafwall, Mr. Medlycote, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Wil- 
mer, Sir Richard Fowler, Sir Adolph. Oughton, Mt. 
Grove, Mr. Carteret, Sir Fobn Eyles, Mr. Whitmore, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Vernon; and all the Members that 
ferve for the Counties of Gloucefter, Worcefer, Hereford, 
and Monmouth: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Cholmley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for the better preferving and keeping in Repair 
the Piers of the Town and Port of Whitby, in the County 


of 2ork, was committed, That they had made feveral 
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Amendments to the Bill; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houle; andshe read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
the effectual levying and collecting the Duties granted 
and continued for repairing and lengthening the Piers of 
Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the taid County of York: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to 
impower the Truftees appointed to put in Execution the 
feveral Acts pafled for repairing’ the faid Piers of Brid- 
lington, alias burlington, to appoint a fit Perfon to require, 
and compel, all Ships within the Port to ballaft, anchor, 
and moor, in proper Places; and to prevent Stones or 
Rubbifh from being thrown into the Harbour: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was amended; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groficd. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Secretary to the 
South Sea Cuinpany attended at the Door, 

He was called in; and prefented to the Houfe a Paper, 
containing the Proceedings and Refolutions of the General 
Court of the Soush Sea Company, held the Twenty-third 
of December 1720. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Paper was read. 

The faid Paper of the Proceedings and Refolutions of 
‘ the Genera! Court is as follows; viz. 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in 
Parliament afflembled. 
IN Obedience to an Order of this honourable Houle, of 
the 21ft of this inftant February, the Direétors of the 
South Sea Company lay before you the Proceedings and 
Refolutions of the Genera! Court of the faid Company, 
held the 23d December laft,; which are as follow; wiz. 
Fridcy 23 December 1720. ot 
Ata Generai Court of the South Sea Company, held 
at Merchani Taylors-hall. ~ 
The Minutes of the laft General Court were read. 
The Sub Governor opened the Court in manner fol- 
lowing ; 
Gentlemen, 
The Occafion of calling this General Court is. to ac- 
quaint you with what was opened on Wedne/day laft in 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


5 


the honourable Houfe of Commons, ‘in relation to this - 


Company; which, as we are informed, was to the Effe@ 
following; viz. 


.1. That the Firft Money Subfcription be completed; 


allowing longer Time for future Payments, and making | 


them lefs, and more eafy; or that Stock be given for the 
Money already paid in, or due, for the Firft Four Pay- 


ments upon this Sub{cription; as fhall be hereafter deter-- 


mined by a General Court. 

2. That for the Money paid, and due, on the Second 
Subf{cription, and for the Monies paid on the Third and 
Fourth Money Subfcriptions, there be Stock in this 
Company allowed to the refpective Proprietors, after the 
Rate of 400 per Cent. together with 10 per Cent. for, or 
in lieu of, the laft Midfummer Dividend; and that the fu- 
ture Payments, to become due on thofe Subfcriptions, be 
difcharged. 

3. That the Stock belonging to the Company, which 
fhall then remain undifpoied of, amounting to about 


Vou. XIX, 


457 


11,600,000/. be divided out, in Capital, to all the 
Proprietors of Stock, as well by Subfcription as other- 
wile; which would amount to about 45 per Cent. upon 
every Proprietor’s prefent Stock: But it is propoted, 
That the afcertaining the exact Quantum that is to be 
carried to each Proprietor’s Account, be referved to the 
future Determination of a General Court. 

4. That a Sum, not exceeding 9,000,000/. Part of 
this Company’s original, and increafed, and to be in- 
creafed, Capital Stock, be ingrafted into the Capital 
Stock of the Bank of E»gland, on Terms to be agreed 
on between this Company and the Bank. 

“5. That aSum, likewife, not exceeding Nine millions, 
Part of this Company’s original, and increafed, and to be 
increafed, Capital Stock, be ingrafted alfo into the Capi- 
tal Stock of the Haft India Company, on Terms to be 
agreed on between this Company and the Eaf India 
Company. , | 

6. It is propofed, That for the Stock, to be thus in- 
gratted on the Bank, and Eaf India Company, each of 
thoie Companies are to have an Annuity out of the Com- 
pany’s Funds, after the Rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum, to 
attend the fame, together with 2,000/. per Annum to 
each of thofe Companies, out of this Company’s Allow- 
ance, for Charges of Management: 

7. That about One-fourth Part of each Proprietor’s 
Stock, after the Addition made to his Capital, be writ into 
the Bank; and about One-fourth Part more thereof into 
the Eaft India Company, to make up the faid Sums, not 
exceeding Nine millions, to be ingratted into each of the 
faid Companies: And the Capital Stock of thofe Com- 
panies may be enlarged fo much as the whole Sum of this 
Company’s Stock, to be ingrafted into each Company, 
fhall amount to; and the particular Proprietors of this 
Company to have Credit in the Stock of the Bank, and 
of the Eaft India Company, afcer the Rate of 120/, per 
Cent. for the Stock of thofe Companies; whereby, if 
the Sum ingrafted into the Bank be juft Nine millions, 
there will belong to the Proprietors of this Company, in 
Bank Stock, 7,500,co0/.; and there will remain to the 
Bank, for the common Ule and Benefit of all the Pro- 
prietors, as well of the to be ingrafted, as of the prefenc, 
Stock, 1,500,000/. Stock, in their Corporate Capacities, 

8. And for the Nine millions to be ingrafted into the 
Eaft India Company, there will alfo belong to the Pro- 
prietors of this Company 7,500,000/. Stock; and there 
will remain to the Eaft India Company, in their Corporate 
Capacity alfo, 1,500,000/. Stock; whereof 640,000/. is 
propofed to be for the Benefit of the Proprietors of the 
prefent Stock of thar Company; and the remaining 
860,000/. Stock, for the common Ufe and Benefit of 
the Proprietors, as-well of the to be ingrafted, as of the 
prefent, Stock of this Company: ) 

_g. That all the Profits which have hitherto arifen,_or 
fhall arife, to this Company, by increafing their Capital, 
by taking in the publick Dy bts and Incumbrances, or by 
Money Subfcriptions, or otherwile, fhall remain for the 
fole Benefit of the Stock which fhall remain in this Com- 
pany, after the faid Ingraftments; as fhall likewife ail 
future Privileges and Advantages to be granted by the 
Publick to this Company. 

Gentlemen, : 
Your Court of Directors, having taken under their 


_Confideration your Refolution concerning the Delivery 


ofthe Receipts, at 400 per Cent. for the Third and Fourth 


- Money. Subicriptions made into this Company, have, in 


order to comply therewith, advifed with feveral eminent 
Counfel; but, as they find it a Matter of great gt oT 
ance to the Corporation, they have defired further Time 


to confider of ‘this’ Affair: And your Court of Directors 


do affure you, they will not iffue the Receipts, unlefs 
in’ Compliance with the Directions of a future General 
Court. ' 7 ge? 
Refolved, That it isthe Opinion of this General’ Court, 
That no Receipts be given out for the Third and Fourth 
Money Subfcriptions, unlefs by thé'‘Approbation and Di- 
rections of the General, Court: And" in cafe. the prefenc 
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458 


Scheme is approved of, that then the Stock fhall be car- 
ried to the Account of the Subfcribers, in lieu of their 
Subfcriptions. 

Refolved, That the Court ‘of Directors be, and are 
hereby, impowered to make a*Propolal to the honourable 
Houfe of Commons, upon the foot of the Propofition 
now read. ; : 

Refolved, That the Court of Directors be, and are 
hereby impowered to treat with the Eaft India Company, 
and Bank of England, in relation to the faid Propofal ; and 
that they lay the fame before the General Court for their 
Approbation. 

Then, upon a Queftion, the Court adjourned. + 

By Order of the Court of Directors, 
South Sea Houte, D. Wefcomb, Secretary. 
22 Feb. 1720. 


Ordered, That the faid "Paper do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Truro, in the County of Cornwall, in 
the room of Yobn Selwyn Efquire; who, fince his Election 
for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of Receiver 
General ‘and Cafhier of his Majefty’s Revenues arifing by 
Cuftoms, Subfidies, Impofitions, and Duties, upon Mer- 
chandize and Goods imported. 


Ordered, That the Reprefentation from the Lords Com- 
miffioners for Trade and Plantations, relating to the Pro- 
hibition of Callicoes, and propofing what Methods may 
be moft proper and effectual for fecuring to the Zaft India 
Company their carrying on, tuccefsfully, a Trade fo be- 
neficial to the Kingdom, which was laid before this Houfe 
upon the Firft Day of this inftant February, purfuant to 
the Addrefs of this Houfe to his Majefty; be taken into 
Confideration upon this Day Sevennight. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Call of the 


Houle ; : 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 


this Day Sevennight. 


An ingroffed Bill fromthe Lords, intituled, An Act 
to inclofe the Common Field of Lighthorne, and a Com- 
mon called Lighthorne Mufters, in the County* of War- 
wick, was read the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 24° die Pebruarii ; 
Anno. 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


(pRééered, That Mr. Gibbon do-carry the Bill for the - 


‘better Prefervation of the Harbour of Rye, in the 
County of Sufex, to the Lords; and defire their Con- 
currence. 


“A Petition of the Merchants, Clothiers, Clothworkers, 
and other Dealers in the Woollen Manufacture, in the 
Borough of Leeds, and Parifhes adjacent, in the \Weft 
Riding of the County of York, was. prefented -to the. 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Woollen Cloth 
Trade is very much decayed; and great Numbers of Fa- 
milies, who have heretofore handiomely fubfifted by their 
Trades, are now in Danger of perifhing; occafioned by 
the E-xportation of Wool, not only from this Kingdom, 
but from, Ireland; fo. that. the Woollen Manufa@urers in 
foreign Parts are fupplied with our Wool ; and, by that 
means, can under-fell-us in their Markets: and praying, 
That the Exportation:of Wool may: be prevented. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





A720. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Merchants, Clothiers, Clothworkers, 
and other Dealers in the Woollen Manutactures, in and 
aboutthe Town and Parith of Wakefield, and Parts adjacent, 
in the Weft Riding of the County of York, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read; fetiing forth, That feveral Thou- 
{ands of poor Families in thofe Parts, have, for a long 
time, been employed in the Making, Dreffing, Weaving, 
and otherways Working in thole Manufaétures: But, by 
the Exportation of Wool from this Kingdom, and Jreland, 
they are reduced to great Neceffities, for want of Em- 
ployment: And praying, That the Exportation of Wool 
may be prevented. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr, Serjeant Birch prefented to the Houfe a further 
Report of the Commiilioners and Truftees appointed to 
execute the feveral Trufts and Powers in England, Ire- 
land, and elfewhere, except Sco‘/and, contained in feveral 
Acts of Parliament, for appointing Commiffioners to in- 
quire of the Eftates of certain Traytors, and of Popith 
Recufants, and of Eftates given to Popifh or Superttitious 
Ufes, in order to raife Money out of them, teverally, 
for the Ufe of the Publick; and for vetting the, forfeited 
Eftates in Great Britain and Iveland in Truftees, to be 
fold, for the Ufe of the Publick; and for giving Relief to 
lawful Creditors, by determining the Claims; and for the 
more effectual bringing into the refpective Exchequers the 
Rents and Profits of the faid Eftdtes, till fold, 

The Titie of the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. ° 


Colonel Coddrington reported from the Cémmittee, to 
whom the Petition of the Commiffioners for putting in 
Execution an Act, of the Sixth Year of the Reign of her 
late Majefty Queen Aune, for repairing, amending, and en- 
larging, the Highways near the City of Bath, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was referred, the Matter, 
as it appeared to them; and which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houle; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follows; 
ViZ. 4 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and find, ‘upon examining Mr. Facch Smith, who tettificd, 
When the faid A&amp;t was firft put in Execution the faid 
Highways were in fo bad and ruinous a Condition, thar, 
in order to the carrying the Undertaking on with Succefs, 
the Commiffioners borrowed the Sum of 3,000/. on the 
Credit of the Toll, as they were, by the faid A@t, im- 
powered to do; and engaged the Income and Profits of 
the feveral Tolls, for Repayment thereof, with Intereft 
for the fame. | 

That it appeared to the Committee, by the Accounts 
kept of the Money received and paid on Account of the 
Tolls, fince the Paffing of the faid A&amp;t, That the faid 
3,000/, fo borrowed, as allo what other Money has, from 
time to time, been collected at the feveral Turnpikes, has. 
been conftantly laid out in paying the Intereft of the Mo- 
ney fo borrowed, and towards repairing the Highways, 
and other neceffary Works directed to be done by the, 
faid A&amp;: 

That, a great Part of the Term granted by the faid 
former Act being expired, the Creditors on the faid Tolls 
have brought their Bill in the Court of Chancery, to have 
the Profits of the faid Toll applied towards diicharging 
their Mortgage- money ; and have lately obtained a Decree, 
That the Profits of the feveral Tolls thall be applied to 
repay their principal and [ntereft accordingly : 

That, the Sum of Six hundred Pounds being only paid 
of the Money fo borrowed, there ftill remains due on the 
faid Mortgage the Sum of 2,400/. which carries Intereft 
after the Rate of Six Pounds per Cent. per Annum. 


4. It 





7 GEO. I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


It appeared to the Committee, That there is Part of the 
Road between the faid City of Bath and Briffol, and alfo 
between Bath and Trverten, in the faid County, about 
Two Males ia Length, adjoining to fome Parts of the 
Roads direéted to be repaired by the faid former A&amp;t, and 
near the City of Bath, much out of Repair; and chat the 
fame cannot be amended and kept in Repair by the ordi- 
nary Courfe of the Laws now in being: 

That, there being fo large a Debt on the Toll, and the 
Intereft thereof to be paid, and only about Fight Years to 
come of the faid Term, granted by the faid former Ad, 
the Committee find, that the Commiffioners for putting 
the faid A&amp;t in-Execution will not, during the faid Term, 
be able to pay off the Money remaining due on the 
Mortgage, and the Intereft thereof ; and to amend the 
feveral Highways near the faid City of Bath; a Place of 
very great Refort, from all Parts of the Kingdom ; and 
to defray the Charges of other Works neceffary to be 
done and performed, to make the Roads commodious 
for Pailengers, without the Term firft granted be en- 
larged, and fome other Provifion made for the Purpofes 
aforefaid. : : 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
continuing an Act, mae in the Sixth Year of the Reign 
of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for 
repairing, amending, and entarging, the Highways be- 
tween the Top of King/down-bill and the City of Bath; 
and alfo feveral other Highways, leading to and through 
the faid City; and for cleanfing, paving, and lightening, 
the Streets, and regulating the Chairmen there; and for 
making the faid Act more effectual: And that Coionel 
Coddrington, Mr. Gay, and Mr. Nevill, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Treby, according to Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for punith- 
ing Mutiny and Delertion, and for the better Payment of 
the Army and their Quarters, was committed, the 
Amendments they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; which he read in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That, 
where any Troops, or Parties upon Command, have Oc- 
cafion, in their March, to pafs regular Ferries, in that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland, the commanding 
Officer may pafs over with his Party, as Paflengers; or 
hire the Ferry-boat intire for himfelf, and his Party, debar- 
ring others for that Time in his Option; paying half 
of the ordinary Rates paid by fingle Perfons at any fuch 
Ferry: . 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And the Claufe was amended: 

And then the fame was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


The other Order of the Day: being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better Eftablithing of pub- 
lick Credit, by preventing, for the future, the infamous 
Practice of Stock-jobbing. | 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Sabbati, 25° die Februari; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Bertie prefented to the Houfe, according to 

Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term granted by 
an Act, pafied in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late 
Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An A&amp; for repairing the 
Road from Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, to Barnet Blockhoufe, in the County of Hertford; 
and for repairing the Road leading from Hadley Windmill, 
to the Sign of the Angel in Enfield Chace, in the faid 
County of Middlefex: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firit time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Brodrick acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee of Secrecy, fince their former Report, had come 
toa farther Knowlege of fome Matters, therein mentioned; 
and were ready to lay a farther Report before the Houfe, 
at fuch time as the Houfe fhall appoint to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Brodrick accordingly read the faid Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the fame was read; and is.as follows; viz. 


The Committee of Secrecy, appointed to inquire into 
all the Proceedings relating to the Execution of 
the Act, pafied the laft Seffion of Parliament, inti- 
tuled, An Act for enabling the Souwb Sea Company. 
to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, 
by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances 
as are therein mentioned; and for railing Money, to 
be applied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts 
and Incumbrances; and for calling in the p:eient Ex- 
chequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and tor making 
forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and 
exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Exche- 
quer, have made fome turther Progrefs in the Mat- 
ters referred to them: 

Upon the Examination of Mr. Matthew Wymondefald, 
Broker, and of Fobn Falconbridge, his Book-keeper, 
touching the Particulars of Stock bought by Wymondefold, 
for Fobm Aiflabie Efquire, late Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer, {pecified in the Account annexed to the former Re- 
port of your Committee, it appears, That, amongft other 
great Sums, in Stock, bought by Wymondefold on Mr. 
Aiflabie’s Account, the Sum of Twenty thoufand Pounds, 
South Sea Stock, was, on the 12th of February 1719, de- 
livered to. Mr. Wymondefold, by Mr. Robert Surman, then 
Deputy Cafhier of the South Sea Company, by Order of 
Mr. Hawes, at the Rate of 130/. per Cent. tor the Ufe of 
Mr. Aiflabie; which was about 40 per Cent. below the 
Market Price, as appears by the Account of Stock fold, 
laid before the Houfe. 

Upon this, your Committee fent for Mr. Hawes, and 
examined him as to this Twenty thoufand Pounds Stock: 
He faid, He remembred, that Mr. Wymondefold applied to 
him for this Twenty thoufand Pounds Stock; and the 
Examinant told him, He had no Orders for the delivering 
fuch Stock: But the Examinant could not remember 
whether he went to Mr. Aiflabie, and had his Direétions to. 
fend Mr. Wymondefold to Mr. Surman; or whether he, 
the Examinant, did not tell Mr. Wymondefald to go to Mr, 
Surman for it: But that if he did fend him to Mr. Sur- 
man, he had Mr. Aiflabie’s Directions for that Purpofe. 

Jobn Falconbridge intormed your Committee, That, on 
the gth of February 1719 he did take in the faid Twenty 
thoufand Pounds Stock of Mr. Surman, for Mr. Aiflabie’s 
Ufe, at 130/. per Cent.; and that the Examinant, on the 
Twelfth of the fame Month, wrote off this Stock from 
Mr. Surman’s to Mr. difabie’s Account: But your Com- 
mittee examining Mr. Surman as to this Matter, he 
faid, He did not remember his transferring the faid 
Stock; but faid, That he had a great Quantity of Stock, 
in his Name, in Truft for Mr. Knight; and x 

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the fame on verbal Orders only; and that this Twenty 
thoufand Pounds, if it was transferred, was transferred by 
Mr. Kzight’s Directions. = Ber: 

Your Committee alfo found, on the Examination of 
Mr. Wymondefold and Fobn Falconbridge, That feveral 
Parcels of South Sea Stock, amounting to Twenty thou- 
{and Pounds Stock, were bought by Mr. Wymendefold, 
for Mr. Aiflabie, on the Firft of March 1719, at feveral 
‘ Prices amounting to Thirty-five thoufand Three hundred 
Fifty-feven Pounds Ten Shillings, and that Mr. Knight, 
Jate.Cafhier of the Sourh Sea Company, paid the Exa- 
minant the Money for fuch Stock, and placed the fame 
to Mr. Aiflatié’s Account: Mr. Wymeondefold produced to 
your Committee a Letter, from Mr. Aiflabie to him, 
dated the Firft of March 1719; whereby he direéts Mr. 
Wymondejold to buy this Twenty thoufand Pounds Stocks 
and adds, That he would defire Mr. Knight to pay the 
Money for the faid Stock: Which Letter, the Examinant 
faid, is of the Hand-writing of Mr. 4iflabie, and was re- 
ceived by the Examinant on the faid Firht of March; and 
the Examinant returned an Anfwer to Mr. Aiflabie on the 
fame Day: That, on the Fourth of March laft, Mr. 
Knight adjufted the faid Stock with the Examinant 
Wymondefold, who delivered the Stock to Mr. Knight, for 
the Uie of Mr. A flabie; and Mr. Knight paid the Exa- 
minant the Money for fuch Stock. 

¥ckn Falconbridge, who was concerned in the entering, 
and making out the Accounts kept, of this Stock, being 
examined, faid, That about a Fortnighi fince, and after 
Mr. Wymondefola’s Firft Examination betore the Houfe of 
Peers, and his delivering in an Account of Stock bought 
for Mr. diflabie, by Mr. Wymondefold, to your Commit- 
tee; Mr. Aiflabie requiring the Particulars of the Stock 
bought and ‘old for him by Mr. Wymondefold, the Exa- 
minant, by Mr. Wymondejold’s Direction, attended Mr. 
Aiflabie with the Particulars thereof: That Mr. Aifabie 
then objeéted againft the faid Twenty thouland Pounds 
Stock, bough: the Firft of arch; and, with Execrations 
not fit to be repeated, declared, He knew nothing of it; 
and bid the Examinant tell Mr. Wymondefold, that be, Mr. 
Aiflabie, mutt declare the fame, upon Oath, at the Bar of 
the Houfe: The Examinantthen cold him, That he hap- 
pened to object againft an Article which was the plaineft 
in his Account; for that this very Twenty: thouland 
Pounds Stock was taken in for bim, and paid for by Mr. 
Knight, and that the Examinant had fhewn:the fame Ar- 
ticle co Mr. Waller, Mr. Aiflabie’s Son-in-law, in an Ac- 
count made up, and fettled, with Mr. Knight, long fince; 
which Mr. Waller, who was then prefent, faid, was true: 
And the Examinant, the next Day, attending-Mr.4/a- 
bie, with the Explanation of the Account, on Sight of it, 
Mr. Aiflabie exprefied himfelf thus; wiz. |“ Aye, this 
“© makes it plainer; now I can recollect fomething-of it.” 

The faid Mr. Wymondefold further intormed. your Com- 
mittee, That there were Dealings between. Mr. Ai/lab e 
and Mr. Knight; and that the Examinant had feen a 
Green Book in Mr. Kuight?s Cuftody, wherein the Ac- 
count of Mr. Aiflebie was kept; which Green Book your 
Committee apprehend to be the fame Book mentioned in 
the Examination of Mr. Surman, taken notice of in their 
former Report. 

Mr. Hawes further acquainted your Committee, That 
he had Dealings in Stock with Mr. Ajflabie, for a con- 
fiderable time paft, and kept an Account of the fame in 
a Book, of which Mr. Aflabie had a Duplicate: That 
the Accounts in the faid Books were continued till fome 
time in November laft; and that, upon every Adjuftment, 
Mr. Aifabie and tne Examinant ufually figned each others 
Book: That, amongit other things, the faid Bogks con- 
tained Accounts of Quantities of South Sea Stock, bought 
and fold by the Examinant for Mr. flabie:. That, fome 
time in November laft, the Accounts were -finally fettied, 
and adjufted, between them; and thereupon the Exami- 
nant was ordered, by Mr. Ajfabie, to bring the Baok, 
which the Examinant kept to Mr. Aifabie,; which-he 
accordingly did; and then Mr. Ajflabie defired to have it 
delivered up tohim: Which, at frft, the Examinant was 


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unwilling to do, faying, That he ought to keep it for hy), 
own Juftification: But Mr. Afladie told bim, Thar. the 
Account being then made up between them, he would 
have the Book up, that nobody elle might fee it: Ang 
Mr. Aiflabie gave the Examinane a Receipt in full of aj 
Demands; and the Examinant delivered him the Book. 
Mr. Hawes further faid, That he never was defired {o 19 
do nor ever did the like to any Perfon with whom he 
had Dealings of this Nature. 

Your Committee have been informed, by Mr. Robders 
Surman, That feveral Sums of Money were paid, out of 
the Company’s Cath, to John Aiflabie Efquire: And, by 
the Book of Cath Draughts, kept betweea, the South Seq 
Company and the Bank, and alfo by the faid Mr. Surman’, 
Examination, your Committee find, That, on the 18th of 
April 1720, a Bill for Twenty-feven thoufand Three 
hundred Seventy-eight Pounds Nineteen Shillings and Six 
Pence was drawn by Mr. Knight, then Cafhier of the 
South Sea Company, upon the Bank of Hngland, payable 
to the faid Mr. Aifabie; and the Entry of the faid Bill jn 
the Cafh Draugit-book, has been fince razed by Mr, 
Knight's Direction: Who toid Mr. Surman, That he had 
taken that Bill back again in Payment: and, as the Exa- 
minant believed, from Mr. Aifladie: That a Bill for the 
further Sum of Six thoufand Pounds was drawn the rth 
of June 1720, and paid, by the Bank, out of the Cah 
kept there, in the Name of the South Sea Company, to 
Mr. Aiflabie, on the Tenth of September aft; and the 
Sums of Fourthoufand Seven hundred Pounds, and Eighty- 
fix Pounds, were, in like manner, drawn the 2oth of Sep- 
tember \aft,; and paid to the faid Mr. 4fabie on the Fir 
of Oéober tollowing. 

Your Committee are ftill proceeding upon the Matters 


referred to them, in order to lay the fame before the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cherles Foye do attend this Houfe 
upon Tue/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Gibbon do attend this 
Houfe upon Tue/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Chefter do attend this Houfe 
upon Tue/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Houlditch do attend this 
Houle upon Tuefday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do bring Sir Yohn Blunt, in his Cuftody, to attend 
this Houfe upon Tuc/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Surman do attend this Houfe 
upon Tuefday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Facob Sawbridge fenior do attend 
this Houfe upon Tuefday Morning next. 

_ Ordered, That Mr. acob Sawbdridge junior do attend 
this Houfe upon Tue/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Elies Turner do attend this Houfe 
upon Tuefday Morning next. 

_ Ordered, That Mr, Henry Blunt do attend this Houfe 
upon Tue/day Moraing next. 

~ Ordered, That Mr. Robinfon Knight do attend this 
Houle upon Tuefday Morning. next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Daniel Watkins do attend this Houfe 
upon Tue/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr Richard Fenton do attend this Houle 
upon. Tue/day Morning next. se 

Ordered, That Mr. ¥obn Maddy do attend this Houle 
upon Tye/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fohn Mount do attend this Houfe 
upon Tue/day Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
confider further of the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the fuppofed Def- 
ciency of Six hundred thoufand Pounds upon the Third Mo- 
ney Subfcription, and of One hundred thoufand Pounds up- 
on the Fourth Money Subjcripiion taken in by the South Sea 
Company, ought to be made good, and aniwered, to the 

Com- 





” GEo. I. 


Company, by the late Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, 
Directors, and Cafhier, the faid Subicriptions being de- 
clared, at a General Court of the faid Company, holden 
the Eighth Day of September 1720, to have been com- 
pleted at Five millions, and at Two millions Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds, relpectively; and accordingly entered, 
and paffed, to the Credit of the Company, in their Cafh- 
book. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen 
who are to prepare, and bring in, the Bill for the Relief 
of the unhappy Sufferers in the Sou’b Sea Company, That 
they do prepare, and bring in, a Clauie, or Claules, pur- 
{uant to the faid Refolution. 

A Motion being made, and a Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee of 
Secrecy, Uhat they proceed in the Examination of what 
Stock has been diftributed, or taken in, by the late Sub 
Governor, Deputy Governor, or Directors, of the South 
Seca Company, and their Officers, and Agents, to and for 
the Ufe and Benefit of any Member of either Houfe of 
Parliament, or any other Perfon whatfoever, without Mo- 
ney being immediately paid, or fufficient Security given 
for the fame, during the time that the Bill for enabling 
the Scuth Sea Company to increafe their Capital Stock, and 
Fund, was depending in the Jatt Seffion of Parliament; 
and that they do report the particular Facts, as they fhall 
appear to them, with all convenient Speed, to the Houle; 

An Amendment was propoled to be made th-rein, by 
leaving out all the Words from the Words ‘* Examina- 
** tion of,” to the End of the Queftion : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words fo pro- 
poled co be lett out ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

And a Motion being made, That the Words ‘* the 
“© Particulars of the 574,500/. South Sea Stock, fuppofed 
“ to be difpofed of between the Fourth of February 1719, 
** and the I'welfth of April following,” be inferted, inftead 
of the Words fo left out; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Queition, fo amended, was put. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee 
of Secrecy, That they proceed in the farther Examination 
of the Particulars of the Five hundred feventy-four thou- 
fand Five hundred Pounds South Sea Stock, fuppofed to 
be difpofed of between the Fourth of February 1719, and 
the Twelfth of April following. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Report 


from the Committee of Secrecy be adjourned till Zue/- 
day Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 27° die Februarii; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A to inclofe the Common Field of Lighthorne, and a 
Common called Lighthorne Mufers, in the County of 
Warwick, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Fre- 
mar, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Colonel Thompfon, Mr. Leigh, 
Mr. Cartaret, Mr. Chulmley, Sir James Campbell, Sir 
Cha. Turner, Sir Tho. Samwell, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir 
Robert Davers, Mr. Corrance, Sir Fuftinian ham, Mr. 
Hill, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir Fobn Curzon, 
Mr. Chamberlaine, Sir Edward Stradling, Mr. Earle, Mr. 
White, Sir Phil. Parker, Mr. Wylde, Sir Cha. Hotham, 
Mr. Forefter, Mr. Hilyar, Mr. Butler, Mr. Gay; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Warwick, 
Leicefter, Northampton. and Stafford: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

Vou. XIX. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


461 


An ingroffed Bill for the better preferving and keep- 
ing in Repair the Picrs of the Town and Pore of Woitey, 
in the County of 2ork, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feveraily propofed to 
be made to the Bill; vz. 

Prefs 9. L. * To leave out ‘* with :” 

Prefs lait, L. # Toinfert ** be :”? 

L. laft, To leave out * of :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better preferving and keeping in 
Repair the Piers of the Town and Port of Wéitdy, in 
the County of York; and for explaining, and making 
more effectual, the feveral Acts paffed for lengthening and 
repairing the Piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the 
fame County. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cholmley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, capital Burgefies, 
and chief Inhabitants, of Great Torrington, in the County 
of Devon, was prefented to the Houte, and read ; fetting 
forth, That that Town and Parts adjacent, are chiefly 
f{upported by the Woollen Manufacture, which is for the 
mott part carried on with Jri/hWool; which Trade has been 
miferably decayed of late Years, and ftill continues, occa- 
fioned by the great Quantities of Wool run from Ireland 
to France, without paying any Duty ; and are thereby en- 
abled to a‘ford their Goods in foreign Markets cheapet 
than Englifh Merchants can: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill of Powers for ingraft- 
ing Part of the Capital Stock, and Fund, of the South Sea 
Company, into the Stock, and Fund, of the Bank of Eng- 
land, and another Part thereof into the Eaf India Com- 
pany; be read the Third time upon Thurfday Morning 
next. 


Ordered, That Sir Fobn Fellows Baronet do attend this 
Houfe To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer of the Bank of Eng- 
land do attend this Houfe To-morrow Morning, with the 
Book or Books wherein the Payments of the South Sea 
Company’s Cafh Draughts are entered, from the Firft of 
February 1719 to the Firft of Ofober 1720; together 
with the Name or Names of the Officer or Officers who 
paid the fame: And that the faid Officer or Officers do 
attend this Houfe at the fame time. 


Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Lords, to ac- 
quaént their Lordfhips, That this Houfe, having under 
their Examination feveral Matters of Importance relate- 
ing to the South Sea Company, defire, That Edmund 
Waller Efquire, in Cuftody of the Gentleman Usher of 
the Black Rod attending the Houfe of Peers, may, from 
time to time, be produced before this Houfe, or any 
Committee of this Houfe, when defired. 

Ordered, That Mr. Levefon do carry the faid Meffage. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill for the better eftablifhing of publick Cre- 
dit, by preventing, for the future, the infamous Pr.Cctice 
of Stock-jobbing. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn-, 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Martis, 28° die Februarit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS.» 
R. Levefon reported to the Houfe, That he had, 
according to their Order of Yelterday, been at 
the Lords with the Meffage relating to Edmund Waller 
Ff{guire; and that the Lords have agreed, That Edmund 
Waller Efquire, in Cuftody of the Gentleman Uther of 
the Black Rod attending the Houfe of Peers, may, from 


time to time, be produced before the Houfe of Commons, 
or any Committee of their Houfe, as is defired. 


A Petition of the Borough of Taviftock, in the County 
of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That many Thoufands of Families in the Weftern 
Parts of this Kingdom, formerly maintained by the Wool- 
len Manufacture, are now perifhing, or reduced to ex- 
treme Poverty, by the Lofs of that Trade, lately gained 
by the French, on account of their having the Jri#/ Wool 
run free of Duty; which renders them capable of felling 
all Woollen Goods at foreign Markets on cheaper Terms 
than the Exgli/s are enabled to do, who pay full Duty for 
the fame: And praying, That a Stop may be put to thefe 
Calamities. 


Oré-red, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Heufe being acquainted, That fome of the Off- 
cers of the Bank of England attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and delivered in a Jarge Cath- 
book belonging to the faid Bank; and acquainted the 
Houfe, That the Officers Names who ufed to pay the 
Money, were Thomas Woolkead and Roger Fultborpe. 

And then they withdrew. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Cafh-book do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Houfe according to Order, refumed the further 
Confideration of the Report from the Committee of Se- 
crecy: 

And fome Parts of the faid Report, relating to Charles 
Stanbope VAquire, a Member of this Houfe, were read: 

After which, the Examination of Sir Fobu Blunt before 
the Committee, of Secrecy, relating to the faid Mr. Svan- 
bope, was read: 

And then Sir Jobs Blunt was called in; and exa- 
mined. 

And then he withdrew. 

And then the Examination of Mr. Houlditch before 
the faid Committee, was read ; 

And then Mr. Houlditch was called in; and examined. 

And then he withdrew. 

Then the Examination of Jacob Sawbridge fenior, 
Efquire, before the faid Committee, was read : 

And then the faid Mr. Sawbridge was called in; and 
examined. 

And then he withdrew, 

Mr. Elias Turner was called in; and examined. 

And then he withdrew. 

Me. Henry Bluxt’s Examination before the faid Com- 
mittee, was read: 

And then the faid Mr. Blunt was cailed in; and exa- 
mined. 

And then he withdrew. 

Then the Examinations of Soba Stanborough, Fobn 
Mount, and ‘fchn Maddy, were teverally read. 

‘And Mr. Stanbope was heard in his Place. 

And then he withdrew. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That ic appears to this Houfe, That, during the 
time that the Propofal made by the Svatd Sea Company, 
and the Bill relating thereto, were depending in this 
Houfe. Tea thoufand Pounds Siock was taken in, or 
held, by Mr. Knight, late Cafhier of the faid Company, 
for the Bencfit ot Charles Stanhope Wiquire, One of the 
Secretaries of the Vrealury, and a Member of this Houle, 


Houfe o yf Commons. 


A.17206. 


without any valuable Confideration paid, or Security given, 
for the Acceptance of, or Payment for, the faid Stuck; 
and that the Difference arifing by the advanced Price 
thereof was paid to the faid Charles Stanhope, Efquire out 
of the Cath of the South Sea Company ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ) Mn Caen” i 177, 

Tellers for the Noes, lect t 180, 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That the making ufe of the Name of Charies 
Stanhope Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, in the En- 
tries of the Books of Turner and Company, in order to 
conceal Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock, fuppofed to be 
bought of the South Sza Company, was an unjuttifiable 
and unwarrantable Practice. 

The feveral Examinations of Sir Fobn Blunt, Mr. Houl- 
dich, Mr. Sawbridge fenior, Mr. Henry Blunt, Fobn 
Stanborcugh, ‘ohn Mount, and Fobn Maddy, taken 
before the Committee of Secrecy, this Day read, 
relating to the faid Mr. Stanbope, which had been 
delivered to the Clerk of this Houfe by the Clerk 
who attended the faid Committee of Secrecy, are 
bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Report 
from the Committee of Secrecy be adjourned until Fridey 
Morning next. 

Ordered, That the Cafh-book belonging to the Bank of 
England, delivered in to this Houfe this Day, be re-deli- 
vered to the Officers of the Bank who brought the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Thurfday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Fovis, 2° die Martii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, and Free- 
A men, and alfo of the Merchants, and others, trading 
in the Woollen Manufactures, within the Borough of Ca- 
melford, in the County of Cornwall, and Places adjacent, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That 
the great Support of that Town and Neighbourhood is 
the Woollen Manufacture, heretofore chiefly carried on 
with rio Wool, tranfported in vaft Quantities to Bid- 
ford, in Deven, from whence they are fupplied ; but, of 
late, little cr none hath been tranfported thither, by rea- 
fon it is clandeftinely run to France; fo that they are en- 
abled to under-fell us in foreign Markets ; which, if not 
timely prevented, muft inevitably prove the Ruin of our 
Woollen Manufacture: And praying Relief. 

Orderea, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Townfbend reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for the finifhing, and adorning, the new Chapel, 
called Saint George’s Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the 
County of Norfolk, and for enlightening the Streets of 
the faid Town, by a Duty or Impofition on all Coals, 
Culm, and Cinders, to be landed and confumed there, 
was committed ; That the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed him 
to report tothe Houle; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table:. Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
orofied. 


from the Lords, by Mr. Lightboun and Mr. 
Mr. 


A Mefflage 


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7 GEO. I. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, inticuled, An A&amp; 
for enlarging the Time granted for making the River 
Kennett navigable from Reading to Newbury, in the County 
of Berks, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Wright/on prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell 
navigable from Liverpool to Manchejter, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaffer: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Sir Gecrge Cafwall,a Member of this 
Houfe, do attend, in his Place, To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That the proper Officer do Jay before this 
Houle, an Account of the Arrears that are due upon the 
yearly Annuity, or Fund, of the af India Company, 
tor their Capital of Three millions Two hundred thoufand 
Pounds. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That the Lord 
Chiel Baron of the Court of Exchequer had been with 
him this Morning; and, purfuant to the A&amp; of Parlia- 


ment paGed this Seffion, delivered to him a Duplicate of - 


the Inventory, or Particular, of the Eftate of William Til- 
lard KW {quire, One of the late Direétors of the South Sea 
Company : 

And Mr. Speaker delivered the faid Duplicate to the 
Clerk of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Duplicate do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Duplicate is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Reprefentation from the Lords 
Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, relating to the 
Prohibition of Callicoes; and propofing what Methods 
may be moft proper and effectual for fecuring to the Eaf 
India Company their carrying on fuccefsfully a Trade: fo 
beneficial to the Kingdom; which was laid before this 
Houfe upon the Firft Day of February, purfuant to the 
Addrefs of this Heufe to his Majefty; be taken into 
Confidcration upon Saturday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned until 
this Day Sevennight. 


An ingroffed Bill of Powers for ingrafting Part of the 
Capital Stock, and Fund, of the South Sea Company, 
into the Stock, and Fund, of the Bank of England; and 
another Part thereof into the Stock, and Fund, of the Ea 
India Company ; was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 28. L. 1. After * transferred,” to infert * or 
“ then belong ;” and to leave out ‘* by,” and infert 
“© from :” 

Same Pr. L. 33. The like Amendments: 

Prefs 30. L. 16. After transferred,” to infert “ or 
* then belong :” 

Ditto, L. 37. After ‘ transferred*” to infert “ or 
““ then belong;” and to leave out * by,” and infert 
“ from:” 

Prefs 31. L. 18. After ** transferred,” to infert * or 
** then belong :” 

Ditto, L. 35. After “ transferred,” to infert ‘ or 
then belong ;” and to leave out ‘ by,” and infert 
** from :” 

Prefs 32. L. 27. The like Amendment : 

Prefs 38. L. 27. To leave out “ nor,’ 
ee or. 

The faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly ; 


« 


‘J 


and infert 


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And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill do pafs; 
The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. : 


Mr. Horatio Walpole, 
Tellers for the Yeas) Me We. Chetwynds : i 177. 
c Mr. Currance, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mir, Bertie: 93: 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative: And that the 
Title be, An A&amp; to enable the South Sea Company to 
ingraft Part of their Capital Stock, and Fund, ....... 
of the Bank of /izg/end; and another Part thereof into 
the Stock, and Fund, of the Eaft India Company; and 
for giving further Time for Payments to be made by the 
faid South Sea Company, to the Ufe of the Publick. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 3° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 

IR Hungerford Hofkins reported from the Commit- 

tee, to whom the Petition of the [nhabitants of the 
Parifh, ancient Borough, and Town, of Ledbury, within 
the County of Hereford, was referred, the Matter, as it 
appeared to them; and which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Report in at the Cierk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 

Houfe, have examined, the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and find, 

That Ledbury is a great Market Town, and, fome 
Years paft, was much the beft for Grain of all Sorts 
within the faid County; fituate in a deep Clay Country, 
Twelve computed Miles diftant from Gloucefer, Ten from 
Worcefter, Ten from Hereford, Fifteen from Leominfter, 
Nine from Bromyard, Eight from Rof?, Nine from 
Tewkefbury, and Seven from Upton: 

That, upon the Examination of Henry Foues Efquire, 
the faid Roads of late Years are become deep, and dan- 
gerous to Paffengers, chiefly occafioned by great and 
heavy Carriages of Goods to and from the Rivers Severn 
and Wye; and that, in the Winter-time, it is impracticable 
for Waggons, Carriages, or Horfes, loaden, to come to 
the faid Town, without manifeft Danger and Hazard; and 
even in the Summer-feafon, at fome times, fome Places 
are impaffable. 

That it appeared to the Committee, That the Inhabi- 
tants have always done their Duty, as the Law prefcribes ; 
notwithftanding which great Sums are yearly raifed to- 
wards the Amendments of the fame, they are found very 
far deficient; and cannot be amended, and kept in Re- 

air, without fume other Provifion for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for ree 
pairing the feveral Roads leading to the Town of Led- 
bury, in the County of Hereford: And that Sir Hunger- 
ford Hofkins, And the Lord William Powl:t, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Richard Grofvenor reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Proprietors, Occupiers, and 
Owners, of Salt Springs, and Occupations of Walling, 
in and about the ancient Town of Middlewich, in the 
County Palatine of Chefer and the Inhabitants thereof, 
and the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Brothers, and 
capital Burgefles, of Derby, and of the Gentlemen, prin- 
cipal Inhabitants, and Tradefmen, of the faid Borough , 
were referred; the Matter, as it appeared to them ; and 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the fame, in his Place, and afterwards delivered the 

Report 








464 
Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as follows; vz. 

That the faid Committee. have met, according to the 
Order of the Houfe, and examined feveral Wit- 
nefles; and the Matter appeared to be as followeth; 
Viz. 

Mr. Benjamin Branker faid, That he had viewed the 
River Dane, which runs juft below the Town of Mrddi-- 
wich, and joins the River Weaver at Northwich, and 
found it capable of being made navigable, with very little 
Trouble. 

Robert Bromley and William Hooke faid, That they had 
carried Salt for fome Years from Middlewich to Stafford, 
Derby, Nottingham, and to feveral other Parts; and 
brought Wheat and Malt in Return for the fame. 

Mr. Thomas Ellifon faid, That the Trade of this Town 
was now upon an equal Foot with its Neighbours ; bur, 
in cafe the River Dane fhou!d not be made navigable, the 
Navigation of the River Weaver, being carried on from 
Winsford Bridge to Frodfoam Bridge, muft turn the Courfe 
ot Trade from them, by bringing the Water carriage to 
Nerthwich and Winsford, and \eaving them under the 
Difficulty of Two very long Miles Land carriage in bad 
Roads ; and fo quite deftroy that Equality of Trade which 
the aid Town now enjoys in common with them. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for 
making. the River Dane navigable from Northwich to 
Middlewich, in the County of Chefler: And that Sir Ri- 
chard Grofvenor and Sir Henry Bunbury do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve icdelf into a Committce of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the better Eftablithing of publick Cre- 
dit, by preventing, for the future, the infamous Practice 
of Stock-jubbing ; 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, wpon Tburfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


The Order of the Day being read, for taking into 
further Confideration the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy; 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle do go with the Mace into Wefminjter bail, the 
Court of Requetts, and Places adjacent, and fummon the 
Members there to attend the Service of the Houte. 

And he went accordingly. 

And, being returned 5 


And Sir George Ca/waill attending in his Place, accord- 
ing to Order; 

The Three Examinations of Danie] Watkins, Clerk to 
Elias Turner, Facob Sawbridge Efquire, and Company, 
taken before the Committee of Secrecy, were read: 

After which, Facob Sawbridge fenior, Efquire, was 
called in; and examined. 

And then he withdrew. 

And then Daniel Watkins was called in; and examined, 

And then he withdrew. 

And then Yobn Chrk was called in; and examined. 

And then he withdrew. 

And Sir George Ca/wall was heard in his Place. 

And then he withdrew. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That Sir 
George Cafwall Knight, One of the Copartners of Turner 
and Company, and a Member of this Houte, did, on or 
about the Fourteenth Day of Decewber 1720, after this 
Houfe had began to inquire into the Conduct of the late 
Directors of the South Sea Company, order Daniel Wat- 
kins, One of the Book keepers of the faid Turner and 
Company, to erafe, in feveral Places of the Books of the 
faid Zurner and Company, the Name Stanhope, and to 
make the fame Stanzape,; which was accordingly done. 

Another Quettion being propoied, in relation to the 
faid Sit George Cafwa!! ; 

The Serjeant at Arms was directed to acquaint Sir 
George Cafwall, Vhat he might come again into the 
Houle: 


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A.1720, 


And the Serjeant at Arms went and acquainted Sj, 
George Cafwall: 

And he came into the Houfe, accordingly : 

And was heard in his Place : And defired further Time; 
it being neceffary for him to fummon feveral Witnefies, 
to be examined, at the Bar of the Houfe, in relation to 
the Matter propofed. 

The feveral Examinations of Daniel Watkins, taken 
before the Committee of Secrecy, this Day read, 
relating to the faid Sir George Cafwall, which had 
been delivered to the Clerk of this Houfe by the 
Clerk who attended the faid Committee of Secrecy, 
are bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy be taken into further Confideration upon Monday 
Morning next. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lightboun and Mr, 
Borrett: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable the Right honourable Henneage Earl of Ailesford 
to fell certain Eftates of Leafehold and Inheritance in the 
County of Kent, comprifed in his Marriage Settlement, 
and to purchafe another Eftate, in the County of Leice. 
After, of better Value, to be fettled to the fame Ufes: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrente of this Houfe, 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed another Bill, intituled, An AG 
for the Naturalization of J/abella Countefs of Denbigh, 
Wife of William Earl of Denbigh: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Fioufe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Sir George Cafwall do attend, in his 
Place, upon Thurfday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 4° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


ingrofled Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


N 
A to enable the Right honourable Heneage Earl of 


Ailesford to {cli certain Eftates of Leafehold and Inheri- 
tance, in the County of Kent, comprifed in his Marriage 
Settlement; and to purchafe another Eftate, in the County 
of Leicefer, of better Value, to be fettled to the fame 
Ules; was read the Firft time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the Naturalization of J/abella Countefs of Dendigh, 
Wife of William Earl of Dentigb, was read the Firf 
time 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for the finifhing, and adorning, the 
new Chapel, called Saznt George’s Chapel, in Great Yar- 
mouth, in the County of Norfolk, and for enlightening 
the Streets of the faid Town, by a Duty or Impofition 
on all Coals, Culm, and Cinders, to be landed and con- 
fumed there, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Biil; 

Prefs laft, L. * To infert ** or their :” 

L. * To infert * or them :” 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for the finifhing, and adorning the new Chapel, 
called Saint George’s Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the 


County of Norfo/k, and tor enlightening the Streets ra 
2 the 





4 GeEo. I. 


the faid Town, by a Duty or Impofition on all Coals, 
Culm, and Cinders, to be landed and confumed there. 

Ordered, That Mr, Townfhend do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Tregony, in the County of Cornwwail, in 
the room of the Right honourable James Craggs Elquire, 
deceafed. 


An ingroffed Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, that the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aét for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, 

Ordered, That Mr. Zreby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take 
into Confideration the Reprefentation of the Lords Com- 
miffioners of Trade and Plantations, relating to the Pro- 
hibition of Callicoes; and propoling what Methods may 
be moit proper and effectual for fecuring to the Zaft India 
Company their carrying on fuccelstully a Trade fo bene- 
ficial to the Kingdom; which was |aid before this Houfe 
upon the Firft Day of February, purfuant to the Addrefs 
of this Houfe to his Majefty : 

And the faid Reprefcntation was read; and is as fol- 
lows; viz. 

To the King’s moft Excellent Majefty. 

May it pleafe your Majelty, 

N Obedience to the Commands of their Excellencies 

the late Lords Juftices, fignified to us, by Mr. Dela- 
faye, the 24th of Fune laft; directing us, purfuant to 
the Addrefs of the Houfe of Lords to your Majelty, 
« That we fhould confider of, and propote, a Scheme, 
“¢ to be laid before your Majetty, and both Houfes of 
*: Parliament, ia the next Seffion of Parliament, for the 
« effectual preventing the wearing and ufing painted, 
« ftained, and dyed, Callicoes, which are fo detrimental 
** to the Manufactures of this Kingdom; and alfo to 
“ confider of, and ftate, the many Difficultics the Eaf 
India Company do at prefent lie under in the Carrying on 
“© of theie Frade; and propofe what Methods may be moft 
“© proper and ¢feétual for fecuring to the faid Company 
*¢ their carrying on fuccelsiully a Trade fo beneficial to 
* the Kingdom ;” 

We humbly beg Leave to reprefent to your Majefty, 
That we delivered our Opinion very tully the laft Year, 
in our Report on the Weavers Petition, againft the Wear- 
ing of printed, fltained, and dyed, Callicoes; and we can- 
not conceive how any Scheme more effectual can be ap- 
plied, to prevent this Evil, than what was propofed by 
the Bill depending, the laft Seffions, in Parliament; nor 
hath any thing occurred to us fince that ume, whereby 
we fhould be induced to alter our Opinion upon this 
Subject : 

However, as the Prohibition thereby intended will be 
a great Reitraint upon the Haf India Trade, it might be 
reafonable, that fome Advantages fhould be allowed to 
the Eaft India Company, in lieu thereof, as feems to be 
propoted by their Lordfhips Addrefs. 

Having therefore difcourfed with the Dire@tors of the 
faid Company, we crave Leave'to lay before your Ma- 
jefty an Account of fome Privileges and Advantages which 
the Company are very defirous of; and, having confulted 
the Commiffioners of your Majefty’s Cuftoms upon fuch 
of them as relate to their Province, we are of Opinion, 
that the following Particulars may be granted in favour 
of the Ea? India Company, without any Detriment to 
the Publick, or to your Majefty’s Revenucs; but, we 
prefume, whatever new Privileges may be granted them, 
the fame will be underftood to be in Compenfation for the 

Vou. XIX. 


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465 
Reftraint intended to be laid upon the Wearing and Ufing 
of printed, ftained, and dyed, Callicoes : 

That the Deficiencies on the Funds appropriated to pay 
the Interelt of the Debt due from the Publick to the Leff 
India Company may be made good to them, and tuitable 
Provifion made to prevent Deficiencies thereon for the fu- 
ture: 

That a Law may pafs, ro put an effectual Stop to any | 
of your Majefty’s Subjects being concerned, for the fu- 
ture, in the Interloping Trade to the Eaf Indies, in Part- 
nerfhip with Foreigners, or in their Service, on any Pre- 
tence, or from any Place, whatloever: 

That the Limits of the faid Company’s Charter may be 
extended Five, or Ten, Leagues on this Side the Cape of 
Good Hope, to prevent the claadeftine Trade faid to be 
carried on by hovering Ships that lie off the Dutch Settle- 
ments there, and frequently take in Goods at Sea, as well 
from Dutch as Brit-/b Ships : 

To encourage the Company to make Settlements at 
Madagajcar, by giving them Leave to import fuch Slaves, 
as they fhiall purchaie there, directly to the Weft Indies ; 
provided this Allowance can be fo guarded, that no Op- 
portunity may be thereby given to import any other Com- 
modities, purchated in the Haff Indies, directly to the 
Eritifa Plantations likewife : 

To repeal the Law for giving Certificates for foreign 
Tea imported; whereby great Encouragement is given 
to the Bringing of it fromm Offend, and other Places: 

To lay fevere Penalties on Ships going to S¢. Helena, 
or Afcention, to meet Ships there, it they take in any 
Eaft India Goods: 

To prohibit the Importation of all Zaft India Goods 
into any of the Britih Colonies in America, except fuch 
as fhall be carried thither dire€tly from Great Britain, on 
the fame Penalties and Forfeitures on the Governors; 
Cuftom-houfe Officers, and Importers, as Goods of the 
Growth, Product, or Manufacture, of Europe, are now 
prohibited to be imported there from other Places than 
Great Britain, with proper Encouragement for difcovering 
the Importation : : 

To lay Penalties on all Ships and Commanders that 
fhall take in any Goods out of any Eaft India Ship, not 
being within the Limits of the Company’s Charter: 

That if any Goods be unfhipped at Sea, or at any other 
Place, out cf aShip from the £a/t nates, into any other Ship 
or Veffel, that then the fame, or the Value thereof; fhall be 
forfeited ; with a Penalty on the Perfons concerned either 
in unfhipping or receiving the ‘aid Goods: | 

That a Kate be put on all unrated Ea? Jidia Goods, 
provided the fame be done in fuch, manner as not to leffen 
the Produce of the prefent Funds: 

And whereas the Company now ftand indebted to the 
Crown, by Retrofpeét upon the Duties paid on their 
Goods, occafioned by a Miflake in the former Manner 
of computing the faid Duties; an Account of which 
Retrofpect is drawing out by the proper Officers, when 
the fame fhall have been laid before your Majefty, and 
both Houles of Parliament, we fhall hambly fubmit how 
far it may be reafonable to indulge the Company, in re- 
mitting the Money due thereon, or any Part of it: 

To allow the Company Five per Cent. prompt Pay- 
ment, on the Duties arifing on the 15 per Cent. additional 
Duty taid on all Goods made of Cotton, and not prohi- 
bited, payable on the grofs Sale of the Candle, notwith- 
ftanding fuch Goods fhall not be fold within the Twelve 
Months after Importation ; it not being the Intereft of 
the Company.to prolong the Fime of Sale, unilefs it be 
for a better Market, wherein the Revenue will find its 
Account: 

To allow the Company, as is allowed to all other Mer- 
chants, 64 per Cent. Difcount on the Impoft of Cuftoms 
on unrated Goods, although not fold within the Year; 
becaufe the Company can fell but twice a Year, and othes 
Merchants at any time: Pa. 

To grant a longer time than a Year for Drawbacks 
on the Company’s Goods exported; by which means the 

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466 Journals of the Houfe.of Commons. 4.1720. 


further Confideration the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy &gt; 

Crdered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon /Vednefday Morning next. 


Goods would {cll better, and the Revenue be thereby in 
creafed : n 
To allow the Company Liberty to fhip out Garifon 
Stores, Provifions, and Neceffaries, of all Sorts, for main- | ; | 
taining their Garifons and Settlements, free of Duties, as The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
they were formerly allowed'to do by their Charter; pro- refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
vided the Quantities and Species to be annually exported take into Confideration the Reprefenration from the Lords 


be afcertained. Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, relating to the 
All which is moft humbly fubmitted. Prohibition of Callicoes; and propofing what Methods 
Weftmorland, may be moft proper and effectual for fecuring to the Ea# 
Whitehall, Feb. ¥. Chetwynd, India Company their carrying on fuccefsfully a Trade {@ 
the ift, 1743. P. Dockminique, beneficial to the Kingdom, which was laid before this 
T. Pe bam, Houfe upon the Firft Day of February, purfuant to the 

A true Copy. D. Pulteney, Addrefs of this Houfe to his Majefty ; 
Wim. FP opple. Martin Bladen, Ordered, ‘That the faid Reprefentation be referred to 

Edw. Afbe. the faid Committee. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday ee a the Houle refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
i t, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole mittee. 
Sieetn: to confider of the faid Reprefentation. Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 
jay before this Houfe, an Account of the grols and net Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 
Produce of the Duties on Tea for Three Years, ended Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
at Michaelmas +720; diftinguifhing the Duties and Draw-_ had made fome I rogrefs in the Matter to them referred ; 
backs of foreign Tea imported by Certificates from the png Digi - ected him to move, That they may have Leave 
i acks of Tea from the Eaft Indies. gain. ne 
re egyie Commiffioners of Cuftoms do | Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
Jay before this Houfe their Report to the Lords of the ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Treafury, dated the Twenty-eighth Day of January \alt, Houfe, to confider further of the faid Reprefentation. 
ing the Eaff India Trade. Ordered, That a Copy of the Warrant of the Lords 
pena: Commiffioners of the Treafury to the Auditor of the 
e ; i fonday Morn- Receipt, to make forth new Exchequer Bills for the Mil- 
— — = tis =r re lion of Money lent to the South Sea Company, be laid be- 
ra cg tages fore this Houfe. 
Ordered, That the Memorial of the South Sea Com- 





ie pany, relating to the Iffuing of Exchequer Bills by way 
Lune, 6° die Marti; of Loan to the faid Company, be laid before this Houfe. 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. Ordered, ‘That the Warrant for the iffuing out the faid 


Exchequer Bills be laid before this Houfe. 
PRAYERS. / Ordered, That the South Sea Company’s Securities for 
Olonel Coddrington prefented to the Houfe, according Repayment of the faid Exchequer Biils be laid before this 
to Order, a Bill for continuing an Act, made in the pout. 
Sixth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Aue, Oy gered, That the feveral Books of Draughts of Money 
intituled, An Act for repairing, amending, and enlarging, rade by Mr. Knight, \ate Cafhier of the South Sea Com- 
the Highways between the Top of Kingsdown-bill and the pany, on the Bank of England, be laid before this 
City of Bath; and alfo feveral other Highways leading tO Houle. 
and through the faid City; and for cleanfing, paving, = Qydered, That Sir Jobn Fellows Baronet do attend this 
and lightening, the Streets, and regulating the Chairmen, pagu ye upon Wednefday Morning next. 
there; and for explaining, and making the faid Act more Ordered, That Charles Foye Efquire do attend this 
effectual: And the fame was received; and read the Firft yaoi upon Wednefday Morning next. 


time. ' Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. Houfe do bring Sir Fobn Blunt, in his Cuftody, to at- 


The Lord William Powlet prefented to the Houfe, ac- we dn bigemhy Adee te og ae 
cording to Order, a Bill for regulating the Journeymen &gt; q 


. i o¢ ; , this Houle upon Wednefday Morning next. 
Taylors within the Weekly Bills om Mortality : And the Ordered, That Francis Hawes Eiquire do attend this 
jame was received ; and read the Firft time. 


. : : ; Houfe upon Vednefday Morning next. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. Ordered, That Edward Gibbons Efquire do attend this 


Ordered, That Sir William Lowther Baronet have Leave Houfe upon Wedne/day Morning next. . 
to go into the Country for Three Wecks, upon extraordi- Ordered, That Robert Chefter Efquire do attend this 
nary Occafions. Houfe upon Wedne/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That Sir Theodore Fanffen Knight and Baronet 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That the Lord do attend this Houle on Wedne/day Morning next. 

Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer had been with Ordered, That Sir Lambert Blackwell Baronet do attend 
him this Morning; and, purfuant to the Aét of Parlia- this Houle upon Wednefday Morning next. 

ment paffed this Seflion, had delivered to hima Dupli- — Ordered, That ‘Yohn Gore Efquire do attend this Houle 
cate of the Inventory, or Particular, of the Eftate of Fran- \ upon Wedne/day Morning next. 

cis Eyles Efquire, One of the late Directors cf the South Ordered, That Sir Robert Chaplin Baronet do attend 
Sea Company: And Mr. Speaker delivered the faid Du- this Houfe upon Wednefday Morning next. 

plicate to the Clerk of the Houfe. Ordered, Vhat William Aftell Efquire do attend this 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Duplicate do lie upon the Table, Houfe upon Wednefday Morning next. 


to be peruled by the Members of the Houfe. Ordered, That Mr, Robert Surman do attend this Houfe 
The faid Duplicate is bound up with the other Papers upon Wednefday Morning next. 
of this Seflion. Ordered, That Mr. Matthew Wymondefold do attend 


this Houfe upon Wednefday Morning next. 
The Order of the Day being read, for the taking into . wer . 


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Ordered, That Mr. Bingfeild do attend this Houfe upon 
Wednefday Morning, next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Singleton do attend this Houfe upon 
Wednefday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Daniel Watkins do attend this 
Houle upon Vednefday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 7° die Martii; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

for the Naturalization of J/adella Countefs of Den- 

bigh, Wite of William Earl of Denbigh, was read the 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Leve/on, 

the Earl of Hertford, Lord Molefworth, Sir Arthur Kay, 

Mr. Bertie, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. San- 


dys, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Eden, Mr. Moor, 


Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Gregory, Sir Adolphus Oughton, 
Sir Robert Davers, Sir Robert Pollock, Mr. Freman, Mr. 
Northy, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Inge, Sir Nicholas Morice, 
Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Fenyns, Mr. Treby, Mr. Walpole, 
Lord Stanhope, Mr. Young, Mr. Drew, Mr. Hilliard: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an AG, 
paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Ma- 
jefty Queen Apne, intituled, An Ac for repairing the 
Road from Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, to Barnet Blockhoufe, in the County of Hertford; 
and for repairing the Road leading from [Hadley Wind- 
mill, to the Sign of the Angel in Enfield Chace, in the 
faid County of Middlefex, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bertie, Mr. 
Levefon, Mr. Walpole, Sir Arth Kay, Sir Robert Davers, 
General Rofe, Lord Moleworth, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. 
Serjeant Mead, Sir Fcha Trevelyan, Sir Edward Stradting, 
Sir Robert Fenkinfon, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Moor, Mr. Inge, 
Mr. Fennings, Mr. Rowney, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. 
Cowper, Lord Win. Powiets, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. Harvey, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Freman, Lord Barry- 
more, Mr. Eden, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Milner, Mr. Heyfoam, 
Mr. Boad, Lord Barrington, Mr. Walcot, and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Middlcfex, Hert- 
ford, Bedford, Stafford, Lincoln, Northampton, Bucks, 
York, and North Britain, and the City of London: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Ciock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Freman reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
inclofe the Common Field of Lighthorne, and a Common 
called Ligbthorne Mufters, in the County of Warwick; 
was committed, That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that all 
the Perfons concerned, except One named in the Bill, had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed him to 
Teport to the Lioule; and he read the Amendments in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were twice read; and fome of them were difagreed 
with, and the reft agreed unto, by the Houfe : | 

And the faid Amendments are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 1. L. 3. After the Word * Lighthorne,” leave out 
the Word ‘“* Mujffers,” and infert ** Heath; and Two 
“ Meadows called Lighthorne Common Meadows:”. 

L. 10. After ** the,” infert °° faid;” and, after 
** Lands,” infert ** or thereabou:s :” 





Prefs 1. L. 16. After “ Field,” infert ** and Mea- 
“© dows:” 


L. 19. After ** Field,” infert ** or Common 
‘© Meadows:” 


L,. 33. Leave out the Word “* Mafers,” and 


infert ** Heath :” 


‘Prefs 2. L. 1. After ** Field,” infert ** and Mea- 
*¢ dows :” 
L. 27. After ‘ Lighthorne,” leave out 
“ Mufters,”’ and infert ‘* Heath, and the faid Two Mea- 
“¢ dows called Lighthorne Common Meadows :” 
Prefs 3. L. 29. After ** Field,” infert ** or Com- 
** mon Meadows: 
L. 35. After “together,” infert ** or as 
*© near as conveniently may be :” : 
Prefs 4. L. 8. After ‘* Field,” infert ** or Meadows :” 
L. 19. Leave out the Word * Affignment,” 
and infert ** Time :” , 
_L. 20. After * Field,” infert * and Mea- 
* dows:” — 
L. 24. After “ Field,” infert ** and Mea- 
“© dows ;” and, after ‘¢ Allotments,” leave out ‘* and,” 
and inferc ** or :” 
 L. 3t. After “ appoint,” infert ** And if 
any Difference fhall arife touching the fowing, laying 
down, accepting, or inclofing, the faid refpective Shares; 
or touching any Allowance or Satisfaction to be made 
for the Growing of Corn, or for Manures or concera- 
ing any Intereft of the faid Proprietors; the faid Com- 
miffioners, or any Five or more of them, fhall have 
full Power and Authority, and are hereby impowered 
and authorized, to hear, and finally determine, the 
“© fame :”” 
L. 36. After ** Field,” infert “* and Mea- 
&lt;&lt; dows :” 
Prefs 5. L. 6. After ‘* Field,” infert ** or Meadows :” 
L. 22. The fame Amendment: 
L: 27. The fame Amendment: 
L. 34. The fame Amendment: 
L. 39. After ** Commiffioner,” infert or 
“© Commiffioners :” 
L. 40. After ** Field,” infert ** or Meadows:” 
Prefs 6: L. 1. After ** Commiffioner,” infert ** or 
“© Commiffioners :” 
L. 2. After ‘“¢ Commiffioner,” infert ** of 
«© Commiffioners :” 
L. 4. After * the,” infert ‘* Commiflioner 
‘© ot;” and, after the Word ‘* whofe,” infert ** Place 
“a 


6c 
&lt;4 
ce 
ia 4 
“c 
ce 
ec 


oe 


IL. 5. After the Wotd * Places,” infert 
“© he or:” 


Prefs 7. Le 7. After “ Field,” infert ‘* and Mea- 


‘© dows :” 


In the Tithe, Leave out ‘“* Maufers,” and infert 
«¢ Heath.” 


A Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes; Affiftants, 
Merchants, Clothiers, Serge-makers, and other Dealers 
in the Woollen Manufactures, in the Town and Borough 
of Tiverton, and Places adjacent, in the Gounty of Devon, 
was prefented to the Houte, and read; fetting forth, That 
the faid Town and Borough, and Parts adjacent, and 
many Thoufand Families there, chiefly depend on the 
Woollen Manufacture Trade; which is greatly decayed 
by reafon of the Exportation of Wool trom Jre/and to 
France, upon which no Duty is paid, and by the Run- 
ning of Wool from England to France; to the utter Ruin 
of the faid Trade, and vaft Numbers of Perfons whofe 
Livelihoods depend thereon: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Kelfall prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Copy of a Memorial from the South Sea Com- 
pany, relating to the Iffuing of Exchequer Bills by way 
of Loan to the faid Company: And alfo, 

The Company’s Obligation for the Million of new 
Exchequer Bills, and Intereft: 


Ang 











468 


And the Titles thereof were read. 
The faid Copy of the Memorial, and the South Sea 
Company’s Obiigations are as follow ; wz. 
To the Right honourable thé Lords Commiffioners of 
his Majetty’s Trealuty. 
May it pleale your Lordhhips. 
HE Court of Direétors of the South Sea Company 
humbly defire, That your Lordthips will be pleatec, 
purfuant to an Aét of this prefent Seffion of Parliament 
in that behalf, intituled,; "An Act tor making forth new 
Exchequer Bills, not exceeding One million, ata certain 
fatereft; and for lending the fame to the Seath Sea Com- 
pany at am higher Intercit, upon Security of repaying the 
fame, and fuch high Intereft, into the Exchequer, for 
Ufes to which the Fend for lefening the publick Debts, 
ealled the Sinking Fund, is applicable; and for circulate- 
ing and exchanging, upon Demand, the faid Bills, at or 
near the Exchequer; to iffue, or caule to be iffued, by 
way of Loan, or Advance, all the Hxchequer Bills, not 
exceeding One million in principal Money, prepared, or 
to be prepared, by virtue of the faid Act, unto the taid 
Company, or unto Robert Knight Elquire, Cafhier of the 
Company, in Truft for the faid Company. 
And the faid Court of Directors do humbly propole, 
That the faid Company will pay and ailow for the princ:- 
pal Sums contained in fuch Bills, which fhall be lens or 
advanced to the faid Company, after the Rate of Four per 
Cent. per Annum; and that the faid Company will repay 
into the Receipt of his Majefty’s Exchequer the principal 
Sum fo lent, together with Intereft, as aforetaid, at the 
End of One Year from the Borrowing thereof; and the 
faid Company are ready to give fuch Security for Re- 
payment of the fame Principal and Intereft accordingly, 
as in and by the faid Act is prefcribed. 
Which is humbly fubmitted. 
By Order of the Court of Directors, 
Seuth Sea Houle, D. Wefcowmb, Secretary. 
2 Sune 1720. 
pth March 1720-1. 
Examined by 
H. Kelfall. 
O all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, the Gover- 
nor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain 
trading to the S.ah Seas, and other Parts ot America; 
and for encouraging the Filhery; fend Greeting: Where- 
as by an Aét of Pailiameiit, of the pretent, Sixth, Year of 
his Majelty’s Reign, intituled, Au Act for making forth 
new Exch: quer Bills, not exceeding One milion, at a 
certain Intereft; and for lending the fame to the South 
Sea Company et an higher Incerctt, upon Security of re- 
paying the fame, and iuch high Ioterelt, into the Exche- 
quer, for Utes to which the und for leflening the pub- 
lick Debts, called the Sinking Fund, is applicable; and 
for circulating and exchanging, upon Demand, the faid 
Bills, at or near the Exchequer; it is Enacted, That the 
Commiffioners of the Treatury, or any Three or more of 
them, or the High Treafurer, for the Fime being, fhall 
have Power to ilfue, or caufe to be iflued, by way of 
Loan, or Advance, all fuch Bills as fhould, from time to 
time, be prepared by virtue of that Act, the Principal 
contained therein not exceeding One million of Pounds, to 
the Corporation of the faid Governor and Company; the 
fame Corporation, or Body Politick, giving Security upon 
their then prefent, and to be increafed, Annuity, or yearly 
Fund, and upon their Weckly or other Payments, to be 
made at the Exchequer, for, or upon account of, their 
faid Annuity, or yearly Fund, for the Repayment of the 
principal Sum fo lent, with an Inteceft, not exceeding the 
Rate therein mentioned, for every principal Sum fo lent, 
at fuch Day or Days, Time or Times, as fhould be agreed 
upon by and between the faid Commiffioners of the Lrea- 
fury, or any Three or more of them, or the High Trea- 
furer, for the Time being, on behalf of the Publick ; 
aid the faid Governor and Company of Merchants. of 
Great Britain, or their Court ot Directors, on their be- 
bait; do as no fuch Day or Time fhouid be more remote 


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“A, 1720; 


than the Firft Day of March One thoufand Seven hun: 
dred Twenty-one, or the End of the then next Sefion 
of Parliament: And the faid Commiffioness of the Trea. 
jury, and High Treafuter, for the Time being, are there= 
by directed and required to take efpecial care, that, upog 
Repayment of the principal Monies to to be lent, the 
fame, with the Intereft or Increafe accruing thereupon, be 
received, and be applied, in the Firfl place, to the paying 
off and difcharging the faid new Exchequer Bills to be 
made torth in purfuance of that Aét,; and that the Sur. 
plus thereof, after paying off and dilcharging the fame 
new Exchequer Bills, fhali be placed at the faid Receipt cf 
Exchequer, to and for the lame Ufes, Intents, and Pur- 
pofes, to which the Monies of the Surpluffes, Exceffes, 
and Overpluffis, commonly called the Sinking Fund, are 
applicable: And that the faid Governor and Company of 
Merchants of Great Britain fhall make juft Account of 
the priscipal Money fo borrowed, and of the faid Interett 
and increafe thereof, and of the Repayment of the fame 
Principal, with the faid Incereft or Increafe thereof, into 
the Exchequer, in manner as aforetfaid; and, in Detaulr of 
repaying the laid Monies fo to be Jent, with the faid In. 
tereit or Increafe thereof, at the Day or Days, Time or 
Times, to be limited for that Purpote, as aforefaid, then 
the faid Commiffioners of the Treafury, or any Three or 
more of them, or the High Treafurer, for the Time be- 
ing, fhall eaufe the Money fo lent to be ftopped out of the 
Monies which weekly, or otherwife, fhal] be payable to 
the faid Corporation, at the Exchequer, for or upon the 
then prefeat, or to be increafed, Annuity, or yearly Fund, 
of the fame Corporation, together with fo much more as 
the Intereft of the Money, to unpaid, thall chen amount 
unto; and to caufe the Principal and Intereft, fo ftopped, 
to be applied and placed in the Exchequer, as aforeiaid, 
as by the faid A¢t of Parliament may more fully appear; 
And whereas the Court of Directors of the faid Corpora- 
tion have defired the Commiffioners of his Majelty’s 
Treafury, purfuant to the faid Act, to iffue, or caufe to 
be iffued, by way of Loan, or Advance, all the Exche- 
quer Bills, not exceeding One million in principal Money, 
prepared, or to be prepared, by virtue of the faid Ad, 
unto the faid Company, or to the Cafhier thereof, for the 
faid Company; and the faid Court of Direétars have 
propofed, That the faid Company will pay and allow for 
the principal Sums contained in fuch Bills, which fhall be 
lent or advanced to the faid Company, Intereft after the 
Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum; and that the 
faid Company will repay, into the Receipt of his Majefty’s 
Exchequer, the principal Sum fo lent, together with In- 
tereit, as aforelaid, at the End of One Year from the 
Borrowing thereof; which Propofal the Commiffioners of 
his Majcity’s Treafury have judged to be reafonable, and 
have agreed thereunto on behalf of the Publick: Now 
know ye, That the faid Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants of Great Britain, for themfelves, and their Suc- 
ceflors, do, by thele Prefents, under their Common Seal, 
covenant, promife, and grant, to and with our Sovereign 
Lord George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, 
France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. 
his Heirs and Succeffors, That they the faid Governor 
and Company of Merchants of Great Britain, or theic 
Succeffors, fhall and will well and truly repay, or caule 
to be repaid, in good and lawful Money of Great Bri- 
sain, into the Exchequer at Weftminfter, all and every 
fuch Sum and Sums as fhall be iffued to them in Exche- 
quer Bills, by way of Loan, or Advance, purfuant to the 
faid Act, as aforelaid, together with Intereft for the fame, 
after the faid Rate of Four Pounds per Cent. per Annum; 
and that all and every fuch Sum and Sums, fo to be re- 
paid, with fuch Intereft thereof, fhall be paid and fatil- 
fied at the End of One Year, to be reckoned from the 
Time, or refpective Times, of iffuing the faid Bills by 
way of loan, or Advance, as aforefaid, without Fraud, 
or further Delay: And that they the faid Governor and 
Company of Merchants of Great Britain, and their Suc- 
ceffors, fhall and will make juft Account of the principal 
Monies fo borrowed, and of the Intereft and Increafe 

thereof, 








7 GEO. I, 


thereof, and of the Repayment of the fame Principal, 
with the faid Intereft or Jncreafe thereof, into the Exche- 
quer, in fuch manner as by the faid Act is required: And 
for the better fecuring the Repayment of the Sum and 
Sums to be borrowed by the faid Governor and Com- 
pany, as aforefaid, with Intereft, at the End of One Year, 
according to the true Meaning of the faid Act, and of 
thefe Prefents, they, the faid Governor and Company of 
Merchants of Great Britain, for themfelves, and their Suc- 
ceflors, do hereby declare, grant, and agree, that their 
prefent, and to be increafed, Annuity, or yearly Fund, and 
their weekly and other Payments, to be made at the Ex- 
chequer, for or upon Account of their faid Annuity, or 
yearly Fund, are, and fhall be, a Security, and are, and fhall 
be, fubject and liable to and for the Repayment of the 
principal Sums fo to be borrowed by them, with the faid 
[ntereft, after the faid Rate of Four Pounds per Cent. per 
Annum, at the End of One Year, to be reckoned as afore- 
faid, according to the Tenor and true Meaning of the faid 
Aét, and of their Covenant herein before contained, in 
that behalf: And if Default fhall be made of repaying 
the faid Sum and Sums to be lent, with the faid Intereft or 
Increafe thereof, or any Part of the fame, at the End of 
One Year, to be reckoned next after the Time, or refpective 
Times of borrowing the fame, as aforefaid, that then it 
fhail and may be lawful to and for the Commiffioners of 
his Majefty’s Treafury, or any Three or more of them, 
or the High Treafurer tor the Time being, and to and for 
the Officers in the Receipt of his Majefty’s Exchequer, or 
any of them, by the Direction or Appointment of the 
faid Commiffioners of the Treafary, or any Three or 
more of them, or of the High Trealurer, for the Time 
being, to caule the faid Sum and Sums fo lent to the faid 
Governor and Company, and remaining unpaid, to be 
{topped by or out of the Monies, which weekly or other- 
wife fhall be payable to the faid Governor and Company, 
atthe Exchequer, for or upon the preient, or to be increafed, 
Annuity, or yearly Fund, of che fame Corporation ; together 
with fo much more as the Intereft of the Money fo unpaid 
fhail chen amount unto; and to apply the fame Principal and 
Intereft to and for the Purpofes in the faid Act preicribed, 
in fuch Manner and Form as are thereby directed and 
intended. In Witnets whereof, the faid Governor and Com- 
pany have caufed their Common Seal to be affixed to thefe 
Prefents, dated the Fourth Day of June in the Year of 
our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty; and 

in the Sixth Year of his faid Majefiy’s Reign. 

By Order of the Court of Direétors, 
Daniel Wefiomb, Secretary (L. S.) 
Intratur in Officio Clerici Pellium, 7° die 
Junii 1720. 
7 bo. Sadler, Deput’ Cler’ Pellium. 
Intrat’ in Officio Auditoris Receipt’ Scaccarii, 
vio die Funit 1720. 

Halifax. 


Ordered, That the faid Copies of the faid Memorial 
and Obligation do lie upon the Table to be perufed by 
the Members of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houte do bring Sir Fcbn Blunt, in his Cuftody, to attend 
this Houfe upon T4ur/day Morning next. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Robert Surman do attend this Houfe 
upon Thurfday Morning next. 

Ordered, ‘What Mr. ‘ames Tefard do attend this Houfe 
upon Thurjday Morning next. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Jofeph Stanburgh do attend this 
Houle upon Thurfdey Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Poulter do attend this 
Houfe upon Tburfday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Daniel Watkins do attend this 
Hovfe upon Thurfday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fobn Clerk do attend this Houfe 
upon Thurfday Morning next. 

Jrdered, That Mr. Fobn Mount do attend this Houfe 
upon Thur/day Morning next. 

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Ordered, That Mr. Edward Owen do attend this Houfe 
upon Thurfdey Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Bowles do attend this 
Houle upon Tbarfday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the Transter-book of the South Sa 
Company, Letter S, of the Eighteenth of Feéruary 1719, 
be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Fobn Falconbridge, Book-keeper to 
Matthew Wymondefold, do attend this Houle To-morrow 
Morning. 

Ordered, That Thomas Weddall Efquire do attend this 
Houle To-morrow- Morning. 

Ordered, That Edmund Waller Efquire, in Cuftody of 
the Gentieman Ufher of the Biack Rod attending the 
Houfe of Peers, be produced before this Houfe To-mor- 
row Morning. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Book, containing the Accounts of 
Francis Hawes Efjuire, One of the late Direftors of the 
South Sea Company, referred to in the Second Report 
from the Committee of Secrecy, be laid before this Houle 
To-morrow Morning. 


The Houfe, according to Order, preceeded to the 
Hearing the Matter touching the Ele¢tion for the Bo- 
rough of Crick/ade, in the County of Wilts: 

And the Counfel on both Sides were called in: 

And the Petition, complaining of the faid Eleétion, 
was read: 

And the Petitioners Counfel were heard, and examined 
feveral Witneffes on the Petitioner’s behalf: 

And the Sitting Members Countel were heard, and ex- 
amined jeveral Witneffes on his behalf: 

And the Petitioner’s Counfel replied. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the honourable Matthew Ducy Morton Eiquire is 
duly elected a Burgefs to jerve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Crick/aae, in the County of Wilts: 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

t 87. 
bos. 


Tellers for the Yeas,} 
And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Mr. Yonge, 
Colonel Cadogan: 
Tellers for the Noes } aa age 

&gt; USir Tho. Sebright: 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 





Mercurii, 8° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 

PRAYERS. 

HE Houfe being informed, That Mr. Fox, from 
the Auditor of the Exchequer’s Office, attended at 
the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, according to Order, a Copy of a Warrant for 
making forth new Exchequer Bills for One million; and 
aifo, 

The Warrant for lending to the Governor and Com- 
pany of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
Seas 8c. or to their Cafhier, One million in Exchequer 
Bills. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Titles of the faid Copy and Warrant were read. 

The Copy and Warrant are as follow; viz. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Bur- 
geffes, in Parliament affembled ; puriuant to an Or- 
der from this Lonourable Houte, the following 
Copy is humbly prefented : 

AF T ER our hearty Commendations: Whereas by an 
Aét, lately paffed in Parliament, intituled, An Act 

for making forth Exchequer Bills, not exceeding One 
million, at a certain Interett ‘ - for lending the fame to 
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470 


the South Sea Company, at an higher Intereft upon Se- 
curity of repaying the fame, and fuch high Intereft, into 
the Exchequer, for Ufes to which the Fund for leffening 
the publick Debts, called the Sinking Fund, is appli- 
cable; and for circulating and exchanging, upon De- 
mand, the faid Bills at or near the Exchequer; we are, 
among{t other Things, impowered, at any time or times, 
within One Year from the Tenth Day of May 1720, 
and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament, and by fuch Proportions at a time as we fhall 
find to be mott for the Advantage of the Publick, to 
make forth, or caufe to be made forth, at the Exche- 
quer, in fuch Method and Form as we fhall think moft 
convenient, any Number of new Exchequer Bills, not ex- 
ceeding One million of Pounds Sterling; and the faid 
Bills are to bear an Intereft not exceeding Two Pence per 
Cent. per Diem, and to be current in all publick Pay- 
ments ; and to be circulated and exchanged by Truftees 
to be appointed for that Purpofe; as in and by the faid 
Act, relation being thereunto had, may more fully ap- 
pear: Thele are, in purfuance of the Power to us given 
by the faid Act of Parliament, and for the more regular 
jafe making and iffuing the faid Bills, from time to time, 
that the following Rules, Orders, and Inftruétions, be ob- 
ferved by you, and every of you, herein concerned ; that 
is to fay, That you, the Auditor of the Receipt, do caufe 
indented Bills to be made forth, according to the Form 
hereby approved, and herewith fent you, not exceeding 
the Sum of One million, bearing an Intereft after the 
Rate of One Peny per Cent. per Diem; and that you 
fign the faid Bills. and caufe them to be numbered, and 
alfo fealed or marked with a Portcullis; and that you 
caule Books to be made of the Cheques, Indents, or Coun- 
terfoils from which the faid Exchequer Bills fhall be cur, 
as well for trying the Truth thereof, as for keeping an Ac- 
count ot the Sums iffued thereby; one Part of which 
faid Books are to bs kept in your Office, and the other 
Part to be delivered to the faid Truftees ; which they are to 
re-deliver when the faid Bills, are to be cancelled: And you, 
the faid Auditor, are to deliver over the Bills, which fhall 
be made forth, from time to time, by virtue of the faid 
Aét, to the Four Tellers of his Majefty’s Exchequer, to 
be placed as fo much Cafh in their refpective Offices ; 
which Bills are intended to be lent to the South Sea Com- 
pany, upon fuch Security as we fhall approve, and fuch 
Warrant as we fhall make in that behalf: And you are to 
keep an exact Account, in the nature of a Comptrol, 
whereby you are to charge the faid Tellers, refpectively, 
with the Monies which fhall be contained in the Bills fo 
by you delivered to them: And you are to give in Charge 
to the faid Tellers,, That they do alfo caufe to be kept a 
true Account of all the Bills, which they fhall fo receive 
from you; and of their iffuing, receiving back, and de- 
livering out, the fame: And yourfelf, and the faid Tellers, 
are ftrictly injoined and required, in all Matters and 
Things, touching the faid Bills, to obferve the Prefcrip- 
tions and Directions of the faid Act of Parliament; and 
fuch further Rules and Methods as we, or the High 
Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury, for the 
Time being, fhall find neceffary for his Majefty’s Service : 
And, for fo doing, this fhall be your Warrant. 
Whiteball, Treafury Chambers, 28th pril. 1720. 


To our very good Lord George Earl Sunderland, 
of Halifax, Auditor of the Receipt F. Arflabie, 
of his Majefty’s Exchequer; and 7. Wallop, 


Geo. Baillie, 
Wm. Clayton, 


to our very loving Friend Henry 
Pelbam Eiquire, Clerk of the Pells; 
and to the reft of the Officers of 
the faid Receipt, herein concerned. 


This is a true Copy of the original Warrant. 
F. Fox. 





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4. 1720. 


Auditor Receipt to make forth new Exchequer Bills for 
One million. 


&amp; Ne The Day of 1720. &amp; 
= Purfuant to One A&amp;t, Anno 6° Geor. Regis tor @ 
2 making forth new Exchequer Bills, not exceeding &amp; 
“s One million ; and for lending the fame to the South 5 
Sea Company, &amp;c.; this Bill inticles the Bearer to gy 
One hundred Pounds, with Intereft at One Peny &amp; 
€2) per Cent. per Diem; and is to be current in all Pay- © 
ments to the Crown, and to be exchanged by Tru &amp; 
tees, at or near the Exchequer, for ready Money, 


© upon Demand. @) 


AF TER our hearty Commendations: Whereas by an 

‘* Aé of Parliament, of this Sixth Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for making forth new bx- 
chequer Bills, not exceeding One million, at a certain In- 
terett; and for lending the fame to the South Sea Com- 
pany, at an higher Intereft, upon Security of repaying the 
fame, and fuch high Intereft, into the Exchequer, for 
Ufes to which the Fund for leffening the publick Debts, 
called the Sinking Fund, is applicable; and for circu- 
lating and exchanging, upon Demand, the faid Bills, at 
or near the Exchequer; we are impowered to iffue, or 
caufe to be iffued, by way of Loan or Advance, all fuch 
Bills as fhould, from time to time, be prepared, by vir- 
tue of that Act, the Principal contained therein not ex- 
ceeding One million of Pounds to the Corporation of 
the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Bri- 
tain trading to the South Seas, and other Parts of 
America, and for encouraging the Fifhery; the fame 
Corporation, or Body Politick, giving Security upon their 
then prefent, and to be increafed, Annuity, or yearly Fund, 
and upon their weekly or other Payments, to be made at 
the Exchequer, for or upon Account of their faid An- 
nuity, or yearly Fund, for the Repayment of the Principal 
Sums fo lent, with an Intereft not exceeding the Rate 
therein mentioned, for every Principal Sum fo lent, at fuch 
Day or Days, Time or Times, as fhall be agreed upon 
by and between us, on behalf of the Publick, and the faid 
Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain 
or their Court of Direétors, on their behalf; fo as no fuch 
Day or Time fhould be more remote than the Firft Day 
of March One thoufand Seven hundred Twenty and One, 
or the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament: And 
we are thereby directed and required to take efpecial Care, 
that, upon Repayment of the principal Monies, fo to be 
lent, the fame, with the Intereft or Increafe accruing 
thereupon, be received; and be applied, in the Firft Place, 
to the paying off and difcharging the faid new Exchequer 
Bills, to be made forth, in purfuance of that At; and 
that the Surplus thereof, after paying off and difcharging 
the fame new Exchequer Bills, fhall be placed at the faid 
Receipt of Exchequer, to and for the faid Ufes, Intents, 
and Purpofes, to which the Monies of the faid Surpluffes, 
Exceffes, and Overpluffes, commonly called the Sinking 
Fund, are applicable; and that the faid Governor and 
Company of Merchants of Great Britain fhall make jutft 
Account of the principal Monies, fo borrowed, and of 
the faid Intereft and Increafe thereof, and of the Repay- 
ment of the fame Principal, with the faid Intereft or In- 
creafe thereof, into the Exchequer, in manner as afore- 
faid: And in Default of repaying the faid Monies, fo to 
be lent, with the faid Intereft or Increafe thereof, at the 
Day or Days, Time or Times, to be limited for that 
Purpofe, as aforefaid; then we, or the Commiffioners of 
the Treafury, or any Three or more of them, or the High 
Treafurer, for the Time being, fhall caufe the Money 
fo lent to be ftopped out of the Monies, which weekly or 
otherwife fhall be payable to the faid Corporation, at the 
Exchequer, for or upon the then prefent, or to be increafed, 
Annuity, or yearly Fund, of the fame Corporation, toge- 
ther with fo much more as the Intereft of the Money fo 
unpaid fhall then amount unto; and to caufe the Princi- 
pal and Intereft, fo ftopped, to be applied, and placed in the 
Exchequer, as aforefaid, as by the faid Act of Parliament 
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may more fully appear: And whereas the Court of Di+ 
rectors of the faid Corporation have defired us, purfu- 


ant to the faid A&amp;, to iffue, or caufe to be iffued, by way - 


of Loan or Advance, all the Exchequer Bills, not ex- 
ceeding One million in principal Money, prepared, or to 
be prepared, by virtue of the faid Act, unto the faid Com- 
pany, or to the Cafhier thereof, for the faid Company ; 
and the faid Court of Directors hath propofed, That the 
{aid Company will pay and allow for the principal Sums 
contained in fuch Bills, which thall be lent or advanced 
to the faid Company, after the Rate of Four Pounds per 
Centum per Annum; and that the jaid Company will re- 
pay into the Receipt of his Majefty’s Exchequer the prin- 
cipal Sum fo lent, together with Intereft, as aforefaid, at 
the End ot One Year trom the Borrowing thereof; which 
Propofal we judge to be reafonable; and we have agreed 
thereto, on behalf of the Publick: And whereas the faid 
Corporation hath, by a Deed or Inftrament in Writing, 
under the Common Seal thereof, bearing Date this Fourth 
Day of Zune One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty, 
given fuch Security upon their Annuity, or yearly Fund, 
and upon their weekly and other Payments, to be made 
at the Exchequer, as by the faid Act was required, for re- 
paying the faid Sum, with Intereft, after the faid Rate of 
Four Pounds per Cent. per Annum, at the End of One Year 
after the Borrowing thereof, as by the faid Deed or Inftru- 
ment, relation being thereunto had, may more fully ap- 
pear: Thefe are therefore, in purfuance of the faid Ac, 
to pray and require you, the Auditor of the Receipt, 
forthwith to draw One or more Orders for iffuing to the 
faid Governor and Company, or to their Cafhier, tor their 
Ute, the full Sum of One million of Pounds, by way of 
Loan or Advance, as aforeiaid; and let the fame Order 
or Orders be fatisfied, by iffuing Exchequer Bills, not ex- 
ceeding as aforefaid, made forth, or to be made forth, by 
virtue of the faid Act; which Bills are to be iffued, only 
for the principal Sums contained therein, as the faid Act 
directs: And we do hereby direét and require you, and 
every of you, in your feveral Places and Stations, to take 
{pecial Care, that, upon Repayment of the principal Mo- 
nies fo to be lent, the fame, with the Intereft or locreafe, 
after the faid Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum 
accruing thereupon, be received and applied in the man- 
ner preicribed by the faid Act, as aforefaid: And in De- 
fault of repaying the fame, with the faid Intereft and In- 
creafe thereof, at the faid Rate of Four Pounds per Centum 
per Annum, at the End of One Year after the Borrowing 
thereof, as aforefaid; then we do hereby direct and 
require you, and every of you, in your refpective Places 
and Stations, to take efpecial Care, that the Money, fo 
lent, be topped out of the Monies, which weekly or other- 
wife fhall be payable to the faid Corporation, at the Ex- 
chequer, for or upon their faid Annuity, or yearly Fund, 
together with fo much more as the Intereft of the Money 
fo unpaid fhall then amount unto, at the faid Rate of Four 
Pounds per Centum per Annum, and to caule the Principal 
and Intereft, fo flopped, to be applied, and placed in the 
Exchequer, as aforefaid: And for fo doing this fhall be 
your fufficient Warrant. 
W biteball, 
Treafury Chambers. the Fourth Day of Fume One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty. 


To our very good Lord George Earl = Sunderland, 
of Halifax, Auditor of the Receipt Ff. Aiflabie, 
of his Majefty’s Exchequer; and Ff. Wallop. 


to our very loving Friend Henry 
Pelbam Efquire, Clerk of the Pells 
and the refit of the Officers of the 
faid Receipt, herein concerned. 
Intrat’ in Officio Auditoris Recept’ Scaccarii, vii° 
die Funii 1720. 


Ordered, That the faid Copy and Warrant do lie upon 
the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Lockyer, from 
the South Sea Company, attended at the Door ; 


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He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, according to Order, the Transfer-book, Letter S, 
and another Transfer-book of the Eighteenth of Fes 
bruary 1719. 
And then he withdrew. ' 
Ordered, That the faid Books do lie upon the Fable, to 
be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parifh of Hadley; 
in the County of Middle/ex, whole Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That a Road in Length about Half a Mile from 
the Bear Inn to the Windmil, in the faid Parifh, Part 
of the Saint Albans and Hatfield Roads. being the great 
Road, leading into the North Part of the Kingdom, and 
lying upon a Flat, is become fo ruinous, that the fame 
cannot, by the ordinary Courle appointed by the Laws, 
be fufliciently kept in Repair: That the faid Parith is very 
fmall, and not above Sixty-feven Inhabitants, and only 
One whole Team is kept there : That there is Leave given 
to bring in.a Bill for enlarging the Term granted by the 
A, paffed in the Tenth Year of ber late Majeily’s Reign, 
for repairing the Highways to Barnet; aud for repairing 
a Road adjoining to the Highway, in the faid ‘arith of 
Hadley: And praying, That Provifion may be made in 
the faid Bill for including the faid Road. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Bertie, Sir Win. Courtenay, 
Mr. Freman, Lord Downes, Sir Arth. Kay, Mr. Cater, Mr. 
Shippen, Mr. Inge, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hitler{den, Mr. Car 
taret, Mr. Herne, Sir Fobn Curzon, Mr. Medlycote, Mr. 
England, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Serjeant Birca, Mr. Knight, 
Sir Edward Des Bouverie, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Har- 
vey, Sir Fuftinian Ilham, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr Pitt, Mir. 
Lawfon, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Bracebridge, Sir Ed- 
ward Williams, Mr. Earl, Mr. Drew, Mr. Reynell, Mr. 
Herbert ; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
of Middlefex, Hertford, Bedford, Nottingham, Nortb- 
ampton, York, Lincoln, and Noth Britain: And tiey 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Right honourable Heneaze Earl of Ailesford 
to fell certain Eftates of Leafehold and Inheritance, in the 
County of Kent, comprifed in bis Marriage Settlement; 
and to purchafe another Eftate, in the County of Lercefier, 
of better Value, to be fettled to the fame Utes; was read 
a Second time. 

Refo'ved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Nicholas, 
Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Freman, Mr. Archer, Mr. Harvey, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Mr. Hucks, Sit Barnbam Ryder, Mr. Hal- 
for, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Fobn Trevelyan, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Ellis, Sir Fobn Tirwhyt, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Leigh, 
Lord Finch, Mr. Walter, Mr. Newland, Sir Gro. 
Beaumont, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Hill, Sit Fobn Bland, Sir 
Arth. Kay, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Med'ycote, Mr. Wright- 
fon, Sit Wm. Gordon, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Inge, Mr. Ccn- 
yers, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Cholmley, Colonel Grabm, Sir - 
Edward Defbouverie, Sir Tho. Lee, Sir Arib. Owen, Mr. 
Pelbam, Mr. Weftern, Mr. Urqubart, Mr. Palmer, Mr. 
Ward; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
of Kent, Surry, and Leicefer: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to inclofe the Common Field of Ligithorne, and a Com- 
mon called Lighthorne Muflers, in the County of War- 
wick, was read the Third ume. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill with the Amendments, do 

als. 

Ordered, That Mr. Frerzan, do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, ‘Lhat this fioufe hath agreed 

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to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which Amend- 
ments they defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


The Order of the Day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther Confideration the Reports from the Committee of 
Secrecy ; 

Thofe Parts of the Firft of the faid Reports, which 
related to Fobn Aiflabie Efquire,a Member of this Houfe, 
were read : 

And then the Second Report from the faid Committee 
was read: 

A Letter from the faid Mr. Aiflabie to Mr. Wymonde- 
fold, dated 1 March 1719, was read; and is as follows; 
ViZ. 

¢ Sis, 

** ] received yours: I did not write to Mr. Knight, as 
*¢ you fanfied, but left it all to you. If you can make 
** it up 20,0007. I would ftop there, fince it has rilen 
** upon us fo fait. 

“TT am 
* 1 will defire Mr. Kzight to pay you ‘* Yours, | 
‘the Money. March 1. 1719.” “&lt; F Aiflabie.” 


And alfo feveral Examinations of Mr. Wymondefold be- 
fure the faid Committee were read: 

And the Examination of Mr. Robert Surman before 
the faid Committee, taken the Thirty-firft of January 
laft, was read: 

And the Examination of Mr. Francis Hawes before the 
faid Committee, taken the Twenty-fourth ot February 
Jaft, was read. 

Afterwards Sir Fobn Fellows, Mr. Charles Foye, Mr. 
Hawes, Sir Fobn Blunt, Mr. Holditch, Mr. Gibbon, aad 
Mr. Chefler, were feverally called in, and examined. 

Then the Examination of Mr. Hawes taken the 
Thirty-firft of January laft betore*the faid Commitiee, 
was read: 

And Mr. Hawes was called in, and examined. 

Then the Examination of Mr. Robert Surman, taken 
before the faid Committee the Seventh Day of March 
Jaft, was read: 

And he was called in, and examined; and proved an 
Account of South Sea Stock, bought by Mr. Kuighs for 
Mr. Aiflabie: 

Which Account was read. 

Then Mr. Wymondefold was called in, and examined. 

Then the Examination of Sir Theodore Fanffen, taken 
before the faid Committee the Twentieth and Twenty- 
fixth Days of Fanuary laft; and alfo, 

The Examination of Sir Lambert Blackwell, taken be- 
fore the faid Committee the Twenty-fifth Day of January 
laft; were read. 

Afterwards Mr. Gibbon, Sir Fobn Fellowes, and Mr. 
Foye, were again feverally called in, and examined. 

Then the &amp;:xamination of Mr. Knight, taken before the 
faid Committee the Seventeenth Day of Fanuary lat; and 
the Examination of Sir Fohn Blunt, taken before the faid 
Committee the Fourteenth of Fanuary laft, were read. 

Then the Copy ef the Warrant for making forth new 
Exchequer Bills for One million; and alfo, 

The Copy of the Memorial from the South Sea Com- 
pany, relating to the Iffuing of Exchequer Bills, by way 
of Loan to the faid Company, were read: 

And afterwards Sir fobn Fellows and Sir Fobn Blunt 
were again feverally called in, and examined. 

After which Mr. 4iflabie was heard in his Place. 

And then he withdrew. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That it appears to this 
Houte, That Twenty-two thoufand Pounds, South Sea 
Stock, was bought by Mr. Robert Knight, late Cafhier of 
the South Sea Company, upon the Third and Nineteenth 
Days of December 1719, for the Ule, and on the Account, 
of Fobn Aiflabie Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, then 
Chancellor and Under Treafurer of the Exchequer, and 
One of the Commiffioners of his Majefty’s Treafury. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That from 
the Thircieth Day of Fanuary 1719 to the Fourth Day 
of March following, inclufive, Seventy thoufand Pounds, 


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South Sza Stock, was tranfacted by Mr. Motthew Wy. 
mondefold, Broker, by the Direction, and on the Account, 
of the faid ‘Yobu Aiflabie Efquire. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That Twenty 
thoufand Pounds, South Sea Stock, Part of the faid Seventy 
thoufand Pounds Stock, was delivered to Mr. Matthecy 
Wymondefold, Broker, on the Twelfth Day of February 
1719, by Robert Surman, late Deputy Cafhier of the 
South Sea Company, at the Rate of One hundred ang 
Thirty Pounds per Cent. by Direction of Robert Knighy, 
late Cafhier of the faid Company, for the Ufe and Be. 
nefit of the faid Fobn Aiflabie Efquire. 

Refolved, That it appeares to this Houfe, That fevera} 
Parcels of South Sea Stock, Part of the faid Seventy 
thoufand Pounds Stock, amounting to Twenty thoufand 
Pounds Stock, for Thirty-five thoufand Three hundreg 
Fifty-ieven Pounds Ten Shillings, were bought by Map. 
thew Wymonaefo'd, Broker, on the Firft Day of March 
1719, by the Order of the faid Fobn Aiflubie Efquire; 
and that the faid Twenty thoufand Pounds Stock was de. 
livered by the faid Matthew Wymondefeld, on the Fourth 
Day of March 1719, to Robert Knight, late Cathier of 
the South Sea Company, for the Ufe and Benefit of the 
faid Mr. Aiflabie; and that the faid Robert Knight did then 
pay the faid Thirty-five thoufand Three hundred Fifty. 
feven Pounds Ten Shillings for the fame. | 

Refolved, That the aforefaid Twenty thoufand Pounds, 
South Sea Stock, was Stock taken in and held by the faid 
Robert Knight for the Benefit of the faid Fobn Aiflabie, 

. Efquire, after the Propofals of the South Sea Company were 
accepted by this Houfe, and a Bill ordered to be brought 
in thereupon, without any Money paid, or Security given, 
by the faid Mr. Aiflabie, for the faid Stock. 

Refolved, That the taking in, and holding, the faid 
Twenty thoufand Pounds, South Sea Stock, by the faid 
Robert Knight, with the Privity, and for the Benefit, of 
the faid ‘foba diflabie Eiquire, was a moft notorious, 
dangerous, and infamous, Corruption, in the faid Mr. 
Aiflabie. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That between 
the Twentieth Day of March 1720, and the Twenty-firtt 
Day of November following, there was an Account be- 
tween Turner and Company and Edmund Waller, Son- 
in-law of the faid Fobn Aiflabie Efquire, amounting, in 
the Whole, to the Sum of Seven hundred ninety-four thou- 
fand Four hundred Fifty-one Pounds Fifteen Shillings.and 
Nine Pence; and that there was alfo an Account of South 
Sea Stock depending between the faid Turner and Com- 
pany and the faid Mr. Waller; on the Balance of which 
laft-mentioned Account, there was Seventy-feven thoufand 
Six hundred Pounds due from the faid Turner and Com- 
pany; for the Securing whereof, the faid Turner and Com- 
pany entered into Bonds the Twenty-fixth of November 
Jaft, for Twelve Months, from the Twenty-fourth Day of 
September then paft; wiz. One Bond for Forty-four 
thoufand Six hundred Pounds, to the faid Edmund Wailer; 
and One other Bond to Thomas Weddall Kiquire, for 
Thirty-three thoufand Pounds, in Traft for the faid Yobu 
Aiflabie. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That the faid 
Fobn Aiflabie Efquire was privy to, and did approve and 
confent, [hat the Million of Exchequer Bills, lent by the 
Treafury to the South Sea Company, fhould be lent out, 
by the faid Company, upon their Stock ; and accordingly 
the fame was done. 

Refolved, ‘That the faid Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, at a 
Meeting with the late Sub Governor, and feveral of the 
Directors, of the South Sea Company, did advite the 
taking in the Firft Money Subfcription at Three hundred 
Pounds per Cent.; and agreed to promote the fame. 

Refolved, That the faid Fobn Aifladie Eitquire, gave in 
a Lift to the late Directors of the South Sea Company of 
the Names of Perfons to be admitted into the Third 
Money Subdfcription at One thouiand Pounds per Cea. 
for feveral Sums of Money, amounting to Seventy-five 
thoufand Three hundred Pounds; and did thereby pro- 


mote and encourage the faid Subicription. 
Resolved, 





" Geo. I. 


Refolved, That the faid ohn Aiflabie Esquire has en- 
couraged and promoted the dangerous and deftructive 
Execution of the late South Sea Scheme, with a View to 
his own exorbitant Profit; and has combined with the Jate 
Directors of the South Sea Company, in their pernicious 
Praétices; to the Detriment of great Numbers of his Ma- 
jefty’s Subjects, and the Ruin of the publick Credit, and 
the Trade, of this Kingdom, . 

Refolved, That the taid Yokn Aiflabie Efquire be, for 
his faid Offences, expelled this Houte. 

Ordered, That the faid Joba Aiflabie Efquire be com- 
mitted Prifoner to his Majefty’s Tower of London: And 
that Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrants accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
re(training Fokn Aifiadie Ejquire from going out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the End 
ot the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his 
Eftate and Effects; and for preventing the tranfporting 
or alienating the tame; and that Mr. Hutchefon, and the 
Matter of the Rolls, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

The feveral Examinations of Mr. Weymondefold, Mr. 

Robert Surman, Mr. Francis Hawes, Sir Theodore 
Fanffen, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Knight, and Sir 
John Blunt, taken before the Committee of Secrecy, 
this Day read, relating to the faid Mr. Afabie; 
which had been delivered to the Clerk of this HHoufe 
by the Clerk who attended the faid Committee of 
Secrecy; are bound up with the other Papers of this 
Seffion. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 
crecy be taken into further Confideration upon Friday 
Morning next. 

Ordered, Vhat Sir George Ca/wall do attend this Houfe 
in his Place upon Friday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons who were ordered to 
attend this Houfe To-morrow Morning, do attend this 
Houfe upon Fiiday Morning next. 

Ordered, ‘That Edward Gibbon Efquire do attend this 
Houfe upon Fridey Morning next. 


May it pleafe your Lordhhips, 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till Friday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 10° die Martii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 


(Cj Racred, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 

Houfe do take care, that no Footmen be permitted 
to be within the Lobby of the Houfe, or upon the Stairs 
leading thereto; and that he do, from time to time, call 


the Conftables in Waiting to his Affiftance, to tee this 
O:der executed. 


Mr. Medlycote prefented to the Houle, according to 
Order, a Bill for making more effectual the A&amp;, of the 
Fourth Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
Act for making more effectual an Act, of the Eighth Year 
of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for employ- 
ing the Manufacturers, by encouraging the Confumption of 
raw Silk, and Mohair-yarn: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe being informied, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door ; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, according to Order, a Report from the Commiffi- 
oners of the Cuftoms to the Lords Commiffioners of his 
Majefty’s Treafury, concerning the Eaf India Trade: 

And they acquainted the Houfe, Thatthe Conmmiffioners 
of the Cuftoms have directed the proper Officers to pre- 
pare an Account of the grofs and net Produce of the Du- 
ties on Tea, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, for that 
Purpofe, without Lofs of Time; which, as foon as 
finifhed, will be likewife laid before this Houfe, 

And then they withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Report was read. 

The faid Report is as follows; viz. 


[N Obedience to your Commands, fignified to us by Mr. Lowndes, in his Letter of the 25th Inftant, inclofing 4 
Letter from Mr. Popple, Secretary to the Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, relating to the prohibiting 


the Wear of printed Cailicoes, and to the Difficulties the Za India Company lie under in carrying on their Trade; 
your Lordfhips dire@ling us to tranfmit our Report thereon, and, at the fame time, to fend a Copy thereof to the 
Board of Trade ; 

We humbly acquaint your Lordfhips, That fome time fince we received, from the Lords Commiffioners for Trade 
and Plantations, Extract of a Memorial to them, from the Directors of the united Zaf India Company, confifting 
of feveral Articles relating to their Trade ; defiring our Opinion: But, obferving that the faid Memorial contained 
feveral Matters tending to the leffening the Revenue, we thought proper to acquaint the Board of Trade, that we 
did not think ourfelves juftified in giving our Opinion, as they have reprefented to your Lordfhips: And having 


now received your Commands therein, we herewith humbly lay before your Lordthips the Copy of the faid 


Extract, with our Obfervations on each Article; v7z. 


In relation to the Company’s Trade at home; 
They progofe, 

ift. To put a Rate on all unrated Eajt India Goods, 
thereby to prevent the Computation of the Duties by a 
new-introduced Method of Algebra, contrary to all former 
Ufage of Merchants, and very difficult to be underftood 
by the Buyers, Englijh or Foreigners; whereby their Sales 
are prejudiced. 


2d. To take off the Retrofpect charged on the Com- 
pany, by that Method. 


3d. To allow the Company the Five per Cent. prompt 
Payment on the Duties arifing on the 14 per Cent. additi- 
onal Duty laid on all Goods made of Cotton, and not 
prohibited, payable on the grofs Sale at the Candle; the 
Company allow 6 and 4 per Cent. for prompt Payment on 
all their Goods; the Directors apprehend, by the General 
Words of the Act, this Five per Cent. is due to the Com- 

Vou. XIX. pany 5 


CommifMfioners Obfervations. 


The Commiffioners have no Objection to this Pro- 
pofal, provided the Rates to be fixed upon unrated Eaf 
India Goods be fuch as will not leflen the Produce of the 
prefent Funds; as they formerly reprefcented to the Trea- 
fury: But the Commiffioners obferve, That thefe Duties 
are not computed by Algebra, as alleged by the Com- 
pany, but by the Rule of Pioportion, which is com- 
mon Arithmetick. 

The proper Officers have, for fome time, been em- 
ployed in drawing out an Account of fuch Retrofpect, 
chargeable on the Company; but they have not yet been 
able, from the Nature of the Bufinefs, to perfect the fame ; 
fo that we cannot now lay before your Lordfhips the 
Amount of that Charge: As to the taking off or difcharg- 
ing the Retrofpeét, we humbly fubmit. 

The not allowing the Company the Difeount of Five 
per Cent. for prompt Payment on the Duties of 15 per Cert. 
on Mullins and Callicoes, ana other Manutactures of Cot- 
ton, not fold within 12 Months after their Importation, 
was according to the Opinion of Sir Eaward Northey, 
late Attorney General, when that Matter was dilputed ; 
bur, confidering that the Company do, as they allege, 

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474 
pany; but the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms have, of 
late, denied to allow it when the Goods chargeable with 
that 15 per Cent. could not be fold within the Year after 
Importation. ' 


4th. To allow the Company, as all other Merchants are, 
the Five per Cent. Difcount on the Subfidies, and 6 and 3 
on the Impofts of Cuftoms on unrated Goods; becaufe the 
Company can fell but twice a Year; and if their Goods 
will not go off in One of the Two Sales, as fometimes is 
the Cafe the Commiffioners refufe to allow faid Dif- 
counts; whereas other Merchants can fell at any time. 


sth. To grant a longer Time than a Year for Draw- 
backs on the Company’s Goods exported: By this means, 
the Goods, generally fpeaking, would fell the better, 
and thereby, the Revenue increafed; the Merchants would 
not be under the Neceffity of fending them fo foon abroad 
as now, to wait for a Market; would fave the Commiffion, 
and Warehoufe-room, paid on that Account to Foreigners ; 
and the Crown would have the Duties longer in their 
Hands before drawn back again. 

6th. To review and amend the Law, as it now ftands, 
of giving Certificates for foreign Tea imported, as is now 
daily practifed; which gives great Encouragement to the 
bringing it in from Offend. 


“th. It would be a further Eafe, and generally benefi- 
cial, to the Company, and encourage the home and foreign 
Buyers, if a Method could be feitled, that the Cuftoms 
on all the Company’s Goods fhould not be paid for till 
taking them away, as is already the Cafe in Coffee. 


8th. It would be fome Eafe to the Company to pay no 
Duties on the prohibited exportable Goods till they are 
fhipped out, as is directed in the Cafe of Tea. 


gth. The Directors take Liberty humbly to reprefent, 
That the Deficiencies on their Fund are very great; and to 
pray they may be reimburfed, and the like Deficiencies 
prevented in future. 


To prevent clandeftine Trade; 

They propofe ; 

1ft. To lay fevere Penalties on Ships, going to Saint 
Hellena or Affcention, to meet the Ships there, if they take 
in any Eaft India Goods. 

2d. To prohibit the Importation of all Ea? India 
Goods into any of the Briti/a Colonies in America, except 
fuch as fhall be carried thither directly from Great Bri- 
tain, 


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allow 6 and 3 per Cent. for prompt Payment to the Buyers. 
and there being no other Difcount, or Allowance, on the 
faid Duties, except the faid Five per Cent. for prompt Pay 
ment; and that, moreover, the Company, as they are 
obliged, do conftantly fet up their Goods to Sale within 
12 Months after Importation; and it being no ways their 
Intereft to prolong the time of their Sale; the Commif;. 
oners, on confulting with the proper Officers, have no 
Objection to the allowing to the Company the faid Di;- 
count of Five per Cent. for prompt Payment on the {aid 
Duties of 15 per Cent.; for they do not apprebend, that 
any Lofs will arife to the Revenue by fuch Allowance. 
becaufe, as may be reafonably prefumed, what induces the 
Company to keep fuch Goods as will not fell at the Price 
put up at, is to referve them to a time when they will og 
off better, and at a higher Rate; which may, ‘one time 
with another, more than compenfate the Lofs to the 
Crown, in allowing the faid Difcount; the Dutiés of ; 
per Cent. increafing in proportion to the Advance of the 
Price of the Goods. 

The Commiffioners think the Company’s Propofal for 
allowing them the Difcount of 6 and 4 per Cent. on the 
Impofts of unrated Goods, though fold after a Year, to 
be equitable, for the Reafons mentioned in the Propofal 
and the Commiffioners Anfwer to the foregoing Article: 
but as to their dejiring the Allowance of Five per Cent. 
Difcount on the Subfidies, there was no need of it; ae 
the proper Officers have certified to us, that the faid A]. 
lowance on thofe Duties, when paid, has always been 
made to the Company on all forts of Goods, without any 
regard to the time of Importation, though more than a 
Year before the time of the Goods being fold. 

The Commiffioners have nothing to objeé&amp; to the 
granting the Company a longer time for the Drawback on 
their Goods exported, for the Reafons they offer, as is 
done in the Cafe of fome other Goods. 


The Commiffioners agree to this; and are of Opinion, 
That no Certificate, or Licence, fhould be granted for Tea; 
they having obferved, That, of late, Licences have been 
taken out for the bringing great Quantities thereof from 
Holland and landers, wherewith they acquainted fome of 
the Directors of the Zaft India Company. 

As to what they propofe in this Article; viz. That the 
Cuftoms on all their Goods fhould not be paid for tiil 
they are taken away, as is already the Cafe on Coffee, the 
Commiffioners cannot agree to this Propofal; forafmuch 
as the fame will be a Detriment to the Revenue, by keep- 
ing the Crown out of the Money fo long; befides, as the 
Officers have reported to us, fhould fuch a Liberty be 
granted, it would occafion much Trouble and Difficulty, 
with relation to the Number of Entries, and knowing the 
precife Times when their Goods were taken away: The 
Cafe of Coffee is extraordinary, and is but One Species; 
whereas the Species of other Goods, imported by the Com- 
pany, are very numerous. 

Unrated prohibited Goods pay only the Half Subfidy; 
but the Paying thereof, in the manner propofed, will bea 
Prejudice to the Revenue, by keeping the Crown fo long 
out of the Money. 

This is not properly cognizable by the Commiffioners. 


The Commiffioners have no Objeétion to this Article. 


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jain, on the fame Penalties and Forfeitures on the Go 
yernors, Cuftom-houfe Officers, and Importers, as Goods 
of the Growth, Product, or Manufacture, of Europe, are 
now prohibited to be imported there from other Piaces 
than Great Britain, with proper Encouragements for dil- 
covering the Importation. 

3d. To lay Penalties on all Ships and Commanders 
that fhall take in any Goods out of any Eaft India Ship 
not being within the Limits of the Company’s Charter. 

4th. To impower the Company to feize any Bullion, 
Money, or Goods, put on board their Ships without Li- 
cence; which would have fome Influence to prevent even 
running Goods into Britain, and to make the Perfons 
liable, when difcovered afterwards. 


sth. To make the Goods, or the Value, afterwards liable 
to Forfeiture, if laden on board any Ship, to be-after- 
wards, when at Sea, or in any Port, put on board an 
outward-bound Ea? India Ship; and to make fuch Ship 
which puts them on board forfeited. 


6th. To extend to the Company, and their Officers, the 
fame Benefits as the Laws provide for the Cuftom-houfe 
Officers more fafe and eafy Seizing of Goods or Veffels ; 
with like Penalties and Provifions, in cafe of Refiftance, 
for fo far as relates to Goods to be carried to or from the 
Eaft Indies. 

ath. To give the Company a Share of the Forfeitures 
of Eafi India Goods feized by the Cuftom-houfe Officers; 
which would prevent fraudulent Seizures. 


In relation to the Company’s Settlements abroad ; 
To allow them Liberty to fhip out Garifon Stores, 
Provifions, and Neceffaries, of all forts, for maintaining 
their Garifons and Settlements, free of Duties; thefe be- 
ing not for Trade, but only dead Stock: The Company 
have this Liberty by Charter, and freely enjoyed the Be- 
nefit of it; but of late it hath been denied them. 


Cuftom-houfe, London, 
28tin Fanuary 1720. 
Duplicate. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
2 be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Daniel Wilfon Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country for Six Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


A Petition of the Merchants, and Makers of Herrings, 
in Great Yarmouth, in the Couaty of Norfolk, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That b 
an Act, made in the Fifth Year of his prelent Majetty, 
intituled, An Act for recovering the Credic of the 
Britifo Fifhery in foreign Parts; and for bett-r Securing 


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The Commiffioners have no Objection to this Article. 


The Commiffioners cannot be of Opinion, That the 
Company fhould have Power to grant Deputations to feize 
Money or Goods fhipped on board their Outward-bound 
Ships, without their Licence; which may encourage col- 
lufive Seizures, mentioned in the 15 Seétion of the Act 
of Frauds, 14 Car, II. and will be a Repeal of that 
Section which prohibits any Perfon making Seizure of any 
Ships, Goods, or Merchandize, for or by reafon of un- 
lawful Importation or Exportation, other than by Officers 
of the Cuftoms: But the Commiffioners may, on a War- 
rant from your Lordfhips, in that behalf, grant their De- 
putation to One or more Perfons, whom the Company 
fhall recommend for the Service mentioned in this Para- 
graph. 

The Commiffioners have no Objection to what is here 
propofed; and think an Addition to it may be ferviceable 
to the Company; viz. That if any Goods be unfhipped 
at Sea, or at any other Place, out of a Ship from the 
Eaft Indies, into any other Ship or Veffel; that then the 
fame, or the Value thereof, fhall be forfeited, with a Pe- 
nalty on the Perfons concerned either in unfhipping or 
receiving the Goods. 

If this fhall be thought reafonable, it may be done by 
Authority to this Board from the Treafury, as mentioned 
in the Commiffioners Anfwer to the 4th Article. 


This muft be a Prejudice to the Revenue, or the 
Officers; and the Commiffioners do not fee how it will 
hinder collufive Seizures. 


The Commiffioners having a Doubt, whether the 
Charter granted to the Company could warrant their 
Stores to be exported, free of Duty, they adviled with 
Sir Edward Northey, then Attorney General, in March 
17143; who was of Opinion, That if the Charter granted 
by King William was good, and warranted by the Act 
for fettling the Trade to the Zaft Indies, the Privileges to 
the Company could continue no longer than the then Con- 
tinuance of the Cuftoms; but, thofe expiring, the Grane 
could not difcharge the Company of the like Duties, 
given de novo, in the 5th Year of her late Majefty, with- 
out there had been an Exception in favour of the Com- 
pany: But we have no Objection to the Company’s Re- 
queft, provided the Quantities and Species of Goods to 
be annually exported be afcertained. 

All which is humbly fubmitted to your Lordhhips 
Confideration. 

Walter Yonge. 
Charles Peers. 
7. Pulteney. 
T. Walker. 


the Duties on Salt; it is Enacted, That Salt, Duty-free, 
fhall be allowed for curing Fifh for Exportation only : 
That it is found very difficult, if not impoffible, to 
diftinguifh Red Herrings for Exportation, and Red Her- 
rings for Home-confumption, fo exactly as not to leave 
room for Frauds in the Duty of Salt, and Hardthips on 
the fair Traders: And praying, That a Bill may be 
brought in, That Salt, Duty-free, may be allowed to the 
Makers of Red Herrings, as well for Home-confumption, 
as tor Exportation. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to take the faid Petition into Confideration. 


2 Ordered, 





4.76 
O: dered, That the Commiffioners for the Duties upon 
Sale do then attend the faid Committee. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the Bill for the better E.(tablifhing of publick Credit, 
by preventing, for che future, the infamous Practice of 
Stock -jobbing. . 

Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon Thurfday 
Morning next. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of the Houfe as fhall not 
then attend, be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms 
attending this Houfe. 


The Orcers of the Day being read; 

Refolved, Vhat tris House will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the Reprefentation from the 
Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, relating 
to the Prohibitioa of Caliicoes; and propofing what Me- 
thods may be mott proper and eficétual for fecuring to 
the Kat India Company their carrying on fuccelstully a 
Trade fo beneficial to the Kingdom; which was laid be- 
tore this Houle upon the Firft Day of February, puriuant 
to the Addrefs of this Houle to his Majelty. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into further Confideration 
the Reports fiom the Committee of Secrecy : 

And that Part of the Firft Report which relates to Fifty 
thoufand Pounds Scuth Sea Stock taken in, and held by, 
Robert Knight, for the Ufe of Elias Turner, Facob Saw- 
bridge, and Sir George Cafwail, a Member of this Houle, 
was read: 

And a Transfer in the South Sea Company’s Transfer- 
book, dated the Eighteenth Day of February 1719, was 
read: 

And Mr, Robert Surman, Mr. Tefard, and Mr. Peoul- 
ter, were feveraily callad in, and examined. 

Then the Examination of Mr. of. Stanbrough, taken 
before the faid Committee the Twenty-firft of Fanuary 
3720, was read: 

And he was calied in; and examined. 

Then feveral Books of Turner and Company; viz. the 
Stock Ledger, F, Fo. 86. Fof. Stckes’s Account, of the 
rith of Zune 1720; the Drawing Cath Ledger, Fo. 1 759. 
of the Kieventh of Fave 1720; and the Stock Ledger, G, 
Fo 7. for the Account of Sawbridge and Company ; were 
read. 

Then Mr. Mount was called in; and produced the Night 
Cath-book of Turner and Company, for the Tenth and 
Twelfth Days of Deember 1720; which was read; and 
he was examined: 

Then the Examination of Mr. Jacob Sawbridge fenior, 
taken before the Committee of Secrecy the Twentieth 
Day of Jaavary \aft; and alfo Mr. Knight’s Examination, 
taken before the faid Committee the Twenty-firft Day of 
Fanuary \aft; were read. 

Mr. Surman was again called in; and examined. 

Then Mr. Evias Turner and Mr. Fobn Mount were 
feverally called in; and examined: 

And the Cafh-book of Turner and Company, of the 
Eighteenth of February laft, 1719, was read. 

And Sir George Ca/wall was heard in his Place. 

And then he withdrew. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That it appears to this Houfe, That, during the tame 
the Bill for enabling the South Sea Company to enlarge 
their Capital Stock, and Fund, was depending in Parlia- 
ment, fifty thoufand Pounds Scock, bring Part of the Five 
hundred feventy-four thoufand Five hundred Pounds ficti- 
tious Stock, entered in the Cath book of the Company, 
‘as fold for One million Two hundred fifty-nine choufand 
Three hundred Twenty-five Pounds, was taken in, or held, 
by Robert Knight, late Cafhier of the faid Company, for 
Elias Turner, Jacob Sawbridge, and Sir George Cafwall, 
a Member o! this Houle, without any valuable Coatid-ra- 


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tion paid, or fufficient Security given for, the Acceptance 
of, or Payment for, fuch Stock ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } t 227. 

Tellers for the Noes} vir Tufnell : t 92. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, by the Books 
of the faid Turner and Company, ahd the Examinations 
now before this Houfe, That there was a clear Profit of 
Two hundred fifty thoufand Pounds made of the faid 
Fifty thoufand Pounds Stock, fo taken in, or held, 
as aforetaid. 

Refolved, That the faid Sir George Cafwall, by concur. 
ring with his Partners, the faid Elias Turner and Facob 
Sawbridye, in having the faid Fifty thoufand Pounds 
Stock taken in, or held, as aforefaid, has been guilty of 
a corrupt, infamous, and dangerous, Practice, highly re- 
flecting on the Honour and Juftice of Parliament, and de- 
{tructive to the Intereft of his Majelty’s Government. 

Refilved, ‘That the faid Sir George Cafwall be, for his 
faid Offence, expelled this Houfe. 

Refolved, That the faid Sir George Ca/wall be commit. 
ted Prifoner to his Majefty’s Tower of London: And that 
Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Eftates, real and pertonal, of the faid 
Sir George Cafwall, Jacob Sawbridge, and Elias Turner, 
be fubject and liable to anfwer, and make good, to the 
Scuth Sea Company, the aforefaid Sum of Two hundred 
fitty thoufand Pounds, which was the advanced Price, on 
the Eleventh Day of June 1720, of the faid Fifty thou- 
fand Pounds Stock, over and above the Sum of One hun- 
dred twenty-five thoufand Pounds paid to the faid Com- 
pany for the fame. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolution: And that Mr. Bredrick, the Lord 
Molefworth, Mir. Hutchefon, and Mr. Ward, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 

The feveral Examinations of Mr. Fo/f: Stanbrough, Mr. 
Jacob Sawbridge fenior, and Mr. Knight, taken be- 
fore the Committee of Secrecy, this Day read, re- 
lating to the faid Sir George Cafwall, which had been 
delivered to the Clerk of this Houfe by the Clerk 
who attended the faid Committee of Secrecy ; are 
bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 

Ordered, ‘that the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy be taken into further Confideration upon Tue/- 
day Morning next. 


Sir Edward Stradling, 
Mr. Cholmley : 
Lord Barrington, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Luna, 13° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS, 
CRaered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Leominfter, in the County of Hereford, 


in the room of Sir George Cafwall Knight, expelled this 
Houle. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the City of Edinburgh, in the room of Sir George War- 
render Baronet, decealed. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Fox, from the 
Auditor of the Exchequer, attended at the Door ; 
He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 


Houfe, according to Order, an Account of the Arrears 
that 














F GEO. I. 


that are due upon the yearly Annuity, or Fund, of the 
Ea? India Company, for their Capital of Three million 
‘Two hundred thoufand Pounds. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as follows; viz. 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Bur- 
gefles in Parliament affembled ; 

Purfuant to an Order from this honourable Houfe, the 
following Account is humbly prefented. 


AN Account of the Arrears that are due upon the yearly 


Annuity, or Fund, of the Eaf# India Company, for 
their Capital of 3,200,000/. viz. 








l. 5. da 
‘chael 
For the Year ending at rE 27,364.15 4 
Michaelmas 1715 27,314 167 
Michaelmas 1716 8,764 18 gt 
Michaelmas 1717 60,046 41 
Michaelmas 1718 32,396 o 64 
Michaelmas 1719 35,142 1 28 
. 191,028 16 6; 
Exchequer, 13 March 1720. . 
F. Fox. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. 
Conway: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Gilbert de Fiines and Chriftian Frederick 
Zincke, with fome Amendments: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo, 

_ The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable Fames Clavering junior, Efquire, to make Sale of 
his Eftate at Tanfield, in the County of Durbam, freed 
from the Ufes and Trufis in the faid ames Clavering's 
Marriage Settlement; and to fettle his Eftate at Hall- 
kill, in the faid County, to the fame Ufes: To which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 

to preferve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manu- 


factures of this Kingdom, and for the more effectual - 


employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and Wear 
of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed, Callicoes, in 
Apparel, Houthold-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwile, after 
the Twenty-fifth Day of December 1722, except as therein 
is excepted, without Amendment. - 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Yames Clavering junior, Efquire, to make Sale 
of his Eftate at Tanfield, in thé County of Durham, freed 
from the Ufes and Trufts in the faid Hames Clavering’s 
Marriage Settlement; and to fettle his Eftate at Hall- 
bill, in the faid County, to the fame Ufes ; was read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Richard Waring, Bryan Fairfax, and 
Thomas Afourf, Efquires, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That, by Indenture, bearing Date 
the 8th Day of December, in the 43d Year of the Reign 
of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Thomas Lee Knight, Thomas Spen- 
cer, Edward Rigby, and Thomas Ireland, i.{quires, Truttees 
for William then Earl of Derby, did grant and convey to 
her faid late Majefty, her Heirs and Succefiors, the Ma- 
nor of Lathom, and the Demefne and other Lands thereto 
belonging, in the County of Lamncaffer, Part of the an- 
cient Eftate belonging to the Anceftors of the faid Earl, 


to hold to her faid late Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, 
Vor. XIX. 


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to her'and their own Ufe, for ever: That, by Letters Pa- 
tent, her faid late Majefty did give and grant to the faid 
William then Earl ot Derby the faid Manor and Pre- 
mifies, to hold to him, and the Heirs Male of his Body; 
Remainder to the Heirs Male of the Body of Sir George 
Stanley, formerly Lord Strange; Remainder to her faid 
late Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors: That, by other 
Letters Patent, bearing Date the Third Day of uly, in 
the 13th Year of his late Majefty King Charles the Firft, 
his faid late Majefty did give and grant to Fames then 
Lord Strange, amongft other things, the Reverfion of 
the faid Manor of Lathom, and Premiffes, to hold to the 
faid Fames Lord Strange, his. Heirs and Affigns, to the 
Ufe of him, his Heirs and Affigns, for ever: And his 
faid late Majefty did, by fuch Letters Patent, will and 
declare, That the faid Fames Lord Strange, or his Heirs, 
fhould, within One Year then next after, re-convey the 
faid Reverfion of the faid Manor and Premiffes to his faid 
Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, to remain as if that 
Grant had not been made; but the fame was never fo re- 
conveyed: That Fines and Kecoveries were afterwards had 
and fuffered of the fame Premifies; and, upon a fpeciat 
Verdict in the Court of Exchequer, the faid Manor and 
Premiffes were adjudged to be the Right of the Daughters 
and Heirs of Wiliam George Richard \aft Earl of Derby; 
and, upon the Death of the Lady Elizabeth Stanley, did 
wholly veft in Henrietta Maria, late Lady Afburnbam, 
the furviving Daughter, as Heir general of the faid Fa- 
mily: That, by Indentures of Leaie and Releafe, bearing 
Date the 22d and 23d Days of July 1714, made previous 
to the Marriage of the faid late Lady Henrietta Maria 
with the Right honourable ohn now Lord A/bburnbam, 
fhe, the faid late Lady Henrietta Maria, did grant and 
convey to the Petitioners, and Richard Brook Efquire, 
fince deceafed, among other things, the faid Manor and 
Premiffes, to hold to the Petitioners, and the faid Richard 
Brook, and their Heirs, upon Truft, to pay feveral Sums 
of Money therein mentioned ; and, fubjeét thereto, in Truft 
for the faid Lady A/bdurnbam, her Heirs and Afiigns: 
Thar, by Indenture, dated the 30th 4uguft 1717, the faid 
late Lady Abburnbam charged the faid Manor with the 
Payment of feveral other Sums of Money: That the faid 
late Lady Abburnbam is fince dead, having left [fue only 
One Daughter, Henrietta Bridget Afoburnbaim, an \nfant 
about Five Years old, who is intitled to the faid Manor, 
fubject to the feveral Charges thereon: That there are fo 
many Heirs Male of the Family of the Earls of Derdy 
now living, who mutt all be dead, without Iffue Male, be- 
fore the faid Reverfion of the faid Manor, if the fame 
fhould be re-conveyed to the Crown, purfuant to the In- 
tention of King Charles the Firft, can take place, that 
the fame cannot be accounted valuable to the Crown: 
That, by the Act of the Firft Year of Queen Ane, for 
limiting the Grants of the Crown, his Majetty is reftrained 
from aliening any Right belonging to the Crown; fo that 
the faid Clauie in the faid Grant from’ King Charles the 
Firft cannot be difcharged, nor the Benefit thereof waved, 
without Confent of Parliament: And praying, That a 
Bill may be brought in for confirming the faid Manor 
and Premifies in the Petitioners, and their Heirs, upon, and 
fubject to, the feveral Trufts in the faid refpective Inden- 
tures of 17:4 and 1717, difcharged of the faid Claufe in 
the faid Graat from King Carles the Firft, and all Bene- 
fit and Advantage to be taken thereof. | 

Mr, Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That the Con- 
tents of the faid Petition had been laid before his Majefly ; 
and that his Majefty had been pleafed to command him 
to fignify to this Houfe, That his Majefty has no Ob- 
jection to the bringing in a Bill in the manner defired by 
the Petition. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Bond and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


A Petition of feveral Mafters and Barge-owners of the 
Town of Ware, in the County of Hertford, was prefented 
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to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Navi- 
gation of the ancient River Lee, runging from the faid 
Town of Ware to the City of London, for feveral Years 
Jatt paft, hath been much obftructed and hindered, and is 
in Danger of being loft, by the Increafe of the Shallows 
therein, the Neglect of fcouring and cleanfing the fame 
by the Millers and Weir-keepers cutting the Weeds grow- 
ing on the faid Shallows, by additional Tolls which the 
Navigators are forced to pay, by lacroachments of the 
Millers and Weir-keepers, and by the Ereétion of feveral 
new Weirs upon the faid River: And praying, That a 
Bill may be brought in for fecuring and amending the 
Navigation of the faid River Lee. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be 
referred to a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houle. 

And it is referred to Mr. Freman, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. 
Piumer, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Hungerford, 
Lord Sozds, Mr. Farrer, Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Cater, 
Lord Fermanagh, Sit Rebert Davers, Mr. Harley, Lord 
Wm. Powilett, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Bond, Mr. Merton, Mr. 
York, Mr. Plumptre, Colonel Codrington, Sir Tho. Clarke, 
Sir Win. Monfon, Mr. Herne, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Archer, 
Sir Wilfret Lawjon, Mr. Pawlett, Mr. Roberts, Mt. Hal- 
fey, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Tho. Seabrigh’, Mr. Clarke, Mr. 
Boteler, Sir ‘Jobn Tyrwhit, Mr. Lade, Sir Tho. Samwell, 
Sir Tho. Crofjz, Sir Fohn Ward, Sir Tho, Scawen; and all 
the Members that ferve for the Counties of Hertford, 
Middiefex, and Effex: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an 
A&amp;, paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late 
Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for repairing the 
Road from Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of Mid- 
dicfex, to Barnett Blockhoufle, in the County of Hert- 
ford, and for repairing the Road leading from Hadley 
Windmill to the Sign of the angel in Enfield Chace, in 
the faid County of Middlesex; is committed; That they 
have Power to receive a Claule to oblige the Undertakers 
to repair the Damages they fhall do, by digging Gravel 
upon Finchley Common. 


Sir Hungerford Hofkins prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for repairing the feveral Roads leading 
to the Town of Leabury, in the County of Hereford: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, 


A Bill for continuing an Aét, made in the Sixth Year 
of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, 
An Act tor repairing, amending, and enlarging, the High- 
ways between the Top of Kingfdown-bill, and the City 
of Bath, and alfo feveral other Highways leading to and 
through the faid City; and for cleanfing, paving, and 
lightening, the Streets, and regulating the Chairmen, there; 
and for explaining and making the faid A&amp;t more effec- 
tual; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Colonel Cod- 
drington, Mr. Gay, the Earl of Hertford, Mr. Earl, Mr. 
Waspole, Sit Cha. Turner, Lord Wm Powlett, Mr. Hey- 
Joam, Mr. Morton, Sir Tho. Fobnfin, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Pierfe, Sir Orl. Bridgman, Mr. Pitt, Sir Nich. Morice, Mr. 
Trenchard, Mr. Neville, Mr. Archer, Sir Fuft. Tham, 
Lord Barrymore, Wir. Freman, Mr. Herre, Mr. Powlett, 
Mr. Lacefon,g Mr. Smith, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Sir Alex- 
ander Comyns, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Aierice, Mr. Nortb, 
Mr, Weftern, Mr. Cariwight, Mr. Urquart, Sir Edward 
Stradling, Mr. Boteler, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Ellis, Sir 
Tio. Hales, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mi. Newland; and all the 
Membeis that terve for the Counties of Somerfet Wilts, 
Berks, Gleucefter, ‘Bucks, and Middlefex: And they are 
to meet this Atternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 2 


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A Bill for regulating the Journeymen Taylors within 
the Weekly Bills of Mortality, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Sandys, Lord Wm. Powlett, Colonel Cadogan, Mr, 
Wild, Mr. Morton, Sir Wm. Pole, Mr. Herne, Sir Cha, 
Turner, Mr. Heyfobam, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr. Bacon, Mr, 
Micklethwaite, Sir Tho. Lyttleton, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. 
Talbott, Sit Wm. Fobnfion, Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Cartaret, 
Mr. Morice, Mr. Lade, Mr. Freman, Mr. Halfey, Mr. 
Plumer, Mr. Earl, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Levefon, Mr. North, 
Mr. Bertie, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Evelyn, Sir Richard 
Gough, Mr. Godfrey; and all the Members that ferve for 
the City of London, and Counties of Middlefex and Surrey : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order of the Day being read; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Commnuttee of the whole 
Houfe, to take into Confideration the Petition of the 
Merchants, and Makers of Herrings, in Great Yarmouth, 
in the County of Norfolk. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners for the Duties upon 
Salt do attend the faid Committee of the whole Houfe 
upon Friday Morning next. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 14° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PrayveERs. 


R. Bertie reported from the Committee, to whom 

the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parith of 
Hadley, in the County of Middle/ex, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was referred, the Matter, as it ap- 
peared to them; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houle; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, to whom the Petition was referred, 
have met; an‘, upon the Examination of feveral 
Witnefiez, do find the Matter to be as followeth: 

That a Road, in Length about Half a Mile, from the 
Bear Inn to the Windmill, in the Parith of Hadley, Part 
of the Saint Albans at.d Hatfield Road, being the great 
Road to the North Part of this Kingdom, is become fo 
ruinous, that the fame cannot, by the Courfe appointed by 
the Laws now in being, be kept in Repair : 

That the Inhabitants are very {mall in Number, and 
have collected Two Six Peny Rates, and duly applied 
the fame; yet the faid Road is almoft impaffable. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an 
Act, paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late 
Majefty Queen dune, intituled, An Act for repairing the 
Road from Highgete Gatehoufe, in the County of Mdiddle- 
fex, to Barnet Blockhoufe, in the County of Hertford; 
and for repairing the Road leading from Hadley Wind- 
mill to the Sign of the Angel in Enfield Chace, in the 
faid County of Midd'efex, is committed; That they do 
make Provifion therein tor repairing the Road leading trom 
the Bear Inn in Barnet to the Windmill in the Parifh of 
Hadley. 


A Petition of the Mafter Clothiers, Weavers, Wool- 
combers, Tackers, and Dyers, and other Inhabitants, of 
tne Town and Borough of Ahburton, in the County of 
Devon, and -Parifhes adjacent, depending on the Woollen’ 
Manufacture, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the faid Town is a large aad populous 
Town, whoie Support hath always been upheld by the 

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Woollen Manufacture; but of late the faid Trade is very 
much decayed, by the clandeftine Running of Wool from 
Ireland ; which impowers the French, and other Countries, 
to under-fell our Merchants in foreign Markets: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hutchefon prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for reftraining Fobn Aiflabie Efquire trom 
going out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, 
and until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and 
for difcovering his Eftate and Effects; and for the pre- 
venting the tran{porting or alienating the fame: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen and Freeholders border- 
ing upon the River Mercy, and other the Inhabitants of 
the County Palatine of Lancafer, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That fhould the Bill 
for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell navigable pafs 
into a Law, it will be very prejudicial to the Fifheries, 
Banks, and Plantations of feveral Kinds of Trees, and 
particularly thofe of Poplars, with which the Banks of 
the faid River do very much abound: And praying to be 
heard, by Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the {aid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making the Rivers. Mercy and Irwell na- 


479 


vigable from Liverpool to Manchefter, in the County ’ 
Lancafter, is read a’Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen and Freeholders border- 
ing upon the River Mercy, and other the Inhabitants of 
the County Palatine of Chefer, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That fhould the Bill, 
now depending, for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell 
navigable, pats into a Law, it will be very prejudicial to 
the Fifheries, Banks, Orchards, Gardens, and Plantations 
of feveral Sort of Trees and particularly thofe of Pop- 
lars, with which the Banks of the faid River do very 
much abound: And praying to be heard, by Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell na- 
vigable from Liverpool to Manchefter, in the County of 
Lancafter, is read a Segond time. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome Perfons from 
the Cuftom-houfe attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, an Account of the Duties on Tea, for Three 
Years, from Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1720. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the Reprefentation from the Lords 
Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, relating to the 
Prohibition of Ca'licoes; and propofing what Methods 
may be moft proper and effectual for fecuring to the La 
India Company their carrying on fuccefsfully a Trade fo 
beneficial to the Kingdom; which was laid before this 
Houfe upon the Firft Day of February, puriuant to the 
Addrefs of this Houfe to his Majetty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, relotve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Reprefentation. 


The Order of the Day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther Confideration the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy ; 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle do go with the Mace into Weftminjfer-hal/, the 
Court of Requefts, and Places adjacent, and iummon the 
Members there to attend the Service of the Houle. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; 

The Houfe was moved, That a Part of the faid Re- 
port, relating to the Earl of Suaderland, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Confideration of that Part of the 
faid Report be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That Sir Fohn Fellows Baronet do attend this 
Houie To-morrow Morning. 

Orde: ed, That Charles oye Efquire do attend this 
Houle To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houle do bring Sir Fohn Blunt Baronet, in his Cuitody, 
to attend this Eloufe To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That Edward Gibton Efquire do attend this 
Houfe To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That Robert Chefler Efquire do attend this 
Houte To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That Richard Holditch Efquire do attend this 
Houfe To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Surman do attend this Houfe 
To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 15° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Levefon reported from the Committee, to whom 

N the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the Naturalization of Jjabella Countets of Den- 
bich, Wife of William Earl of Dentigh, was commit- 
ted; That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the fame in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Levefon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of divers Journeymen Taylors, in behalf of 
themfelves, and many others, and their Families, was 
prefented to the Houfe, ahd read; fetting forth, That 
they find there is a Bill depending tor regulating the 
Journeymen Taylors within the Weekly Bills of Morta- 
lity: And praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 


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oufe of Commons. 


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481 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the faid Bill is committed: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, before the Committee, by their 
Couniel, if they think fit. 
Ordered, That the faid Committee have Power to fend 
for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holfird and Mr. 
Lightboun: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intiruled, An A@ for 
vetting in Truftees a Moiety of divers Manors and Lands 
in Efex belonging to Thomas Pagett Eiquire, and Mary 
his Wife, to enable them to convey the fame, according 
to Articles for the Sale thereof: To which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, inticuled, An A&amp; 
for the better Prefervation of the Harbour of Rye, in the 
County of Sufex, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making the River Weaver navigable from Fredfham 
Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County of Cheer, 
without any Amendment. And allio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for finifhing and adorning the new Chapel, called Saint 
George’s Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the County of 
Norfolk, and for enlightening the Streets of the faid 
Town, by a Duty or [mpofition on Coals, Culm, and 
Cinders, to be landed and conlumed there, without any 
Amendment. And allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made 
by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Act to inclofe 
the Common Field of Lighthorue, and a Common calied 
Lighthorne Heath, in the County of Warwick. 

Then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


The ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for veiting in Truitecs a Moiety of divers Manors and 
Lands in ‘:ffex, belonging to Thomas Pegett Eiquire, and 
Mary his Wife, to enable them to convey the fame, ac- 
cording to Articles for the Sale thereof, was read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines and Chriftian 
Frederick Zincke: 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 
1 Prefs, 5. L. Leave out ‘* and :” 

7 L. After ‘* Saxony,” infert ‘ Sohn Bru- 
neau, Son of William Bruneau, by ‘Jaue his Wife, 
born at Nantes, in Brittany, in France, and Philip 
Meniconi, Son of Francis Meniconi, by Elizabeth his 
“ Wife, born at Leghorn, in Italy :” 

16 L. Leave out ** and;” and, in the fame 
Line, after “* Zincke,” add ‘%* fohn Bruneau and Philip 
“© Meniconi :” 

27 L. Leave out “ and;” and, after 
© Zincke,” infert ‘** Fohn Bruneau and Philip Meni- 
“&lt; com * 

2 Prefs, 11 L. Leave out “ and;” and, after 
“© Zincke,” infert ‘© Fohn Bruneau and Philip Meui- 
“© coni:” 


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Lal 


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23 L. Leave out “ and;” and, after 
“© Zincke,” infert ‘* John Bruneau and Philip Mentconi,” 
and, in the fame Line, leave out * either,” and infert 
“* any &lt;” 
28 L. Leave out “* either,” and infert 
any” 
In the Title of the Bill, leave out *‘and;” and, at the 
End, infert ‘ and others.” 
‘The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second. 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 


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482 


Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


A Bill for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell navi- 
gable from Liverpool to Manchefter, in the County Pala- 
tine of Laacafter, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wright- 
fon, Mr. Medlyccte, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Vernon, Sir Roger 
Bradfhaigh, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Eden, Mr. Earl, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Heyham, Mr. Godfrey, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Moore, Sir Fohn Norris, Lord Bar- 
rymcre, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Knight, Sir Geo. Beaumont, 
Mr. Delavall, Sir Arth. Kay, Mr Freman, Mr. Harvey, 
Sir Fohn Bland, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Baker, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Mr. Levinz, Sir Richard Grofvenor, Sir Hen. 
. Bunbury, Lord Barrington, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Elis, 
Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Lade, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Newland, 
Mr. Foley, Mr. Longueville, Mr Denton, Sir Geo. Oxen- 
den, Mr. Heron, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. London, Mr. 
Wykes ; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
of Lancafter, Chefter, York, Stajord, and Derby: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber 

Oracred, That the Petitions of the Gentlemen and 
Freeholders bordering upon the River Mercy, and other 
the Inhabitants of the County Palatine of Lancajter and 
Chefter, prefented to the Houfe Yefterday, and ordered 
to lie upon the Table, be referred to the Confideration of 
the faid Committee: And that the Petitioners be heard, 
by their Countel, before the faid Committee, if they think 
fit. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded in the ad- 
journed Confideration of that Part of the Report from 
the Committee of Secrecy, which related to the Earl of 
Sunderland: 

And the feveral Examinations of Sir Fohw Blunt, Mr. 
Edward Gibbon, Mr. Charles Foye, Fames Crages Efquire, 
Mr. Richard Holdi:ch, Mr. Fohn Webfier, Mr. Robert 
Surman, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Francis Hawes, Mr. 
William Aftell, Sir Fohn Fellowes, and Sir Thecdore Fanffen, 
taken before the faid Committee, were read: 

And afterwards, Mr. oye, Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Chefer, 
Mr, Helditch, and Mr, Surman, were ieverally called in ; 
and examined. 

And aMotion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
‘That it appears to this Houfe, That, after the Propofals 
of the South Sea Company were accepted by this Houfe, 
and a Bill ordered to be brought in thereupon, and before 
fuch Bill paffed, Fifty thouland Pounds of the Capital 
Stock of the South Sea Company was taken in by Rodert 
Knight, late Cafhier of the faid Company, for the Ufe, 
and upon the Account, of Charles Earl of Sunderland, a 
Lord of Parliament, and Firft Commiffioner of the Trea- 
fury, without any valuable Confideration paid, or fuffi- 
cient Security given for Payment for, or Acceptance of, 
the fame ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Strangways 
Tellers for the Yeas, } aE it ? 


Ra 
Lord Wm. Powlett, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Charles Hotham: t 733: 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

The feveral Examinations of Sir fohn Blunt, Mr. Ed- 
ward Gibbon, Mr. Charles Foye, Fames Craggs Efquire, 
Mr. Richard Holditch, Mr. fohn Webfter, Mr. Ro- 
bert Surman, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Francis 
Hawes,’ Mr. Wm. Aftell, Sir Fohn Fellows, and Sir 
Theodore Fanffen, taken before the Committee of 
Secrecy, this Day read, relating to the Earl of Sua- 
derland ; which had been delivered to the Clerk of 
this toufe by the Clerk who attended the faid Com- 
mittee of Secrecy; are bound up with the other Pa- 
pers of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 


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crecy be taken into further Confideration upon Friday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 








Fovis, 16° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRraveERs, 


Petition of Nicholas Corfellis Efquire was prefented 

to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That fhould 
the Act, now depending, for vefting in Truftees a Moiety 
of divers Manors and Lands in Effex, belonging to Tho- 
mas Pagett Eiquire, and Mary his Wife, to enable them 
to convey the fame, according to Articles for the Sale 
thereof, pafs into a Law, as it now flands, it will, by 
fome general Words therein contained, deprive the Peti- 
tioner of his Right and Title to fome Lands, which he 
has enjoyed with quiet Poffeffion for many Years: And, 
praying, That he may be heard, by his Counfel, or other. 
wife, againft the faid Act. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for vetting in Truftees a Moiety of divers Manors 
and Lands in Affex, belonging to Thomas Pagett Efquire, 
and Mary his Wite, to enable them to convey the fame, 


- according to Articles for the Sale thereof, be read a Se- 


cond time, 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, and other Gen- 
tlemen, in the County Palatine of Cheffer and Lancafer, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the making the Rivers Mercy and Jrwell.navigable will 
not be ot any Advantage to the Publick, or of his Ma- 
jefty’s Cuftoms, but only a private Gain and Advantage to 
the Undertakers themfelves ; and that very great Damages 
to the Inhabitants of the faid Counties will be fuftained 
thereby: And praying, That the faid Bill may not pafs, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making the Rivers Merc 
and Jrwell navigable from Liverpool to Manchefter, in the 
County Palatine of Lancajter, is committed: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, if they think fit. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, of the great 
Rudeneis of Footmen, and of their Difobedience to the 
Orders which have been made concerning them; 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do go immediately, and take into his Cuftody all 
fuch Footmen as he fhall find in the Lobby of the Houfe, 
or upon the Stairs leading thereto: And that he do, from 
time to time, take into his Cuftody fuch Footmen as fhall 
prefume to difobey the Orders of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That no fuch Footmen be difcharged out of 
Cuftody but by the fpecial Order of the Houte. 


Sir George Beaumont reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; to enable the Right honourable Heneage Earl of 
Ailesford to fell certain Eftates of Leafehold and Inheri- 
tance, in the County of Kent, comprifed in his Marriage 
Settlement; and to purchafe another Eftate, in the County 
of Leicefter, of better Value, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes ; was committed ; That they had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
fame in at the Clerk’s Table. 

The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 


Ordered, 








47 Geo. I. 


Ordered, That Sir George Beaumont do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, T hat this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Call of the 
Houfe ; . 

Ordered, That the Houfe be now called over. 

The Houfe was accordingly called over: And the 
Names of fuch Members as made Default to appear were 
noted down. 

Ordered, That the Names of the Members who made 
Default to appear this Day be called over upon this Day 
Sevennight. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 

refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
take into further Confideration the Reprefentation from 
the Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, re- 
lating to the Prohibition of Callicoes; and propofing 
what Methods may be moft proper and effectual for fe- 
curing to the Eajft Incia Company their carrying on fuc- 
cefsfully a Trade fo beneficial to the Kingdom; which 
was laid before this Houfe upon the Firlt Day of Febru- 
ary, purivant to the Addrefs of this Houte to his Ma- 
jeft &gt;: 
Gaieed: That the Report from the Commiffioners of 
the Cuftoms to the Lords Commiffioners of his Majefty’s 
Treafury, concerning the Eaf India Trade, be referred 
to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Duties on Tea for 
Three Years, from Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1720, 
be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee, 

Ordered, Tixat the Account of the Arrears that are due 
upon the yearly Annuity, or Fund, of the Eaf India 
Company, for their Capital of Three million Two hun- 
dred thoufand Pounds, be referred to the Confideration 
of the faid Committee. 7 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morning 
next, refolve itfeif into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to take the faid Repreientation into further Confidera- 
tion. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 17° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, That the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe did, Yefterday, purfu- 
ant to the Order of that Day made, take into his Cuftody 
feveral Footmen, either in the Lobby, or on the Stairs 
leading thereto; and that they were itill in his Cuftody ; 
Ordered, That the feveral Footmen in Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, making reafonable Satisfaction to him for 
the Charges of their Confinement. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Fames Clavering junior Eiquire, to make Sale 
of his Eftate at Tanfield, in the County of Durham, freed 
from the Ufes and Trufts in the faid Fames Clavering’s 
Marriage Settlement; and to fettle his Eftate at Hall- 
hill, in the faid County, to the fame Ufes; was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. York, Sir 
Richard Sandford, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Hedworth, Mr. Ho- 
nywood, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Gregory, Mr. 
Conyers, Colonel Blackeftone, Mr. Allafon, Mr. Heyfham, 
Mr. Lifter, Mr. Mickletiwaite, Mr. England, Mr. Shut- 
tleworth, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Delavall, Lord Wm. Pow- 
lett, Mr. Yonge, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Eden, Sir Cha. 
Turner, Mr. Pitt, Sir Win. Robinfon, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
Plumer, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Medlycot, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Mr. Earl, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Newland; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of York and Dur- 


ham: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for making more effectual the Aét, of the Fourth 
Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled An, Ac 
for making more effectual an Act, of the Eighth Year 
of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aé&amp; for em- 
ploying the Manufacturers, by encouraging the Confump- 
tion of raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn, was read a Second 
ume, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm 
Powlett, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Plumer, Mr.. Herne, 
Mr. Godfrey, Colonel Kerr, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Hor. 
Walpole, Mr. England, Mr. Hutchejon, Mr. Heron, Sir 
Tho. Foh: fon, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Medly- 
cot, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Bacon, Lord Tyr- 
connell, Mr. Newland, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Helyar, Mr. 
Chaffin, Mr. Carterett, Mr. Brigftock, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Morice, Mr. Vernon, Colonel Grchme, Mr. Farrer; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Chefter, 
Stafford, Gloucefter, Worcefter, Somerfett, Dorjett, Lan- 
cafter, and City of Londoz: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Lovibond » 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable any Corporations within the Univerfity of Oxford, 
or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any Meffuages 
and Ground within the faid Univerfity, for building a 
Library, purfuant to the Will of Yoh» Radcliffe, Doctor 
in Phyfick; and for impowering any Colleges in the faid 
Univerfiry to fell or convey any Ground or Houtes to 
each other, for the Purpoies therein mentioned : To which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the South Sea Company to ingraft Part of their 
Capital Stock, and Fund into the Stock, and Fund, of 
the Bank of England; and another Part thereof into the 
Stock, and Fund, of the Eaf India Company; and for 
giving further Time for Payment to be made by the faid 
South Sea Company, to the Ufe of the Publick; without 
any Amendment. And allio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Fohx Hartcup, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable any Corporations within the Univerfity of Ox- 
ford, or any other Perions, to fell and convey any Mef- 
f{uages and Ground within the faid Univerfity, for build- 
ing a Library, purfuant to the Will of John Radcliffe, 
Doétor in Phyfick; and for impowering any Colleges in 
the faid Univerfity to fell or convey any Ground or Houfes 
to each other, for the Purpofes therein mentioned; was 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refclved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the Bill for the better Eftablifhing of pub- 


lick Credit, by preventing, for the future, the infamous 
Practice of Stock-jobbing. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of the Petition of the Mer- 
chants, and Makers of Herrings, in Great Yarmouth, in 
the County of Norfolk. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. — 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had heard the Commiffioners for the Duty on Salt; and 

had 











454 


had come toa Refolution; which they had dire&amp;ted him 
to report, when the Houie will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
take into further Confideration the Report from the Com- 
mittee of Secrecy ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
dreis be prefented to his Majefty, humbly to defire his 
Majetty, Phat he will be pleafed to impart to this Houfe 
the Advices his Majefty has received, or fhall receive, 
from abroad, concerning his gracious Endeavours to bring 
over Robert Knight, late Cathier to the Soath Sea Com- 
pany, to anfwer to the Juftice of the Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the faid Addref; be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s mott honourable Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 20° die Marti; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 
(pRacred, That Mr Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs co Jerve in this preient Parliament 
for the Borough of Rippon, in the County of York, in 
the room of Jehu Aiflabie Efquire, expelled this Houie. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting in Truitees a Moiety of divers Manors and 
Lands in Effex, belonging to Thomas Pagett Efquire, and 
Mary his Wife, to enable them to convey the fame, ac- 
cording to Articles for the Sale thereof, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Walter, 

Ky. Herne, Sir Robert Rich, Lord Tyrconnell, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Mr. Wynn, Mr. London, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Medly- 
cot, Lord Down, Lord Chetwynd, Sir Roger Bradhaigh, 
Colonel Middleton, Mr. Drew, Mr. Archer, Mir. Lifer, 
Lord Sonds, Mr. Molyneaux, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Bradyl, 
Sir Wm. Thompfon, Colonel Stuart, Mr. Hedworth, Mr. 
Plumer, Mr. Earl, Sir ohn Rogers, Mr. Freman, Mr. 
Yonge, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Gybbon, Lord Molefworth, Colo- 
nel’Cadsgan, Mr. Lade, Mr. Haljey, Lord Harvey, Mr. 
Bramfton, Mr. Newland, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Bruere; and 
all the Members that ferve for the County of Effex: And 
they are to meet this.Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Nicholas Corfellis Efquire, 
which was ordered to lie upon the Table till the faid Bill 
was read a Second time, be referred to the Confideration 
of the faid Committee : And that the Petitioner be heard, 
by his Couniel, before the Committee, if he thinks fit. 


A Petition of Humphrey Trafford, of Trafford, in the 
County of Laacafier, Eiquire, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner is Proprietor 
and Owner of, and feifed of an abfolute Eftate of Inherit- 
ance, in Fee-fimple, of and in the Manor of Trafford, 
Wiicklefwick, and Barton, and divers Lands and Here- 
ditaments thereto belonging, adjoining unto, and bounded 
by, the River Jr&lt;vell ; and of and in certain ancient Mills 
called Barton Mills, adjoining to the faid River, with a 
Weir for fupplying the fame; and of and in an ancient 
Royalty, and Liberty of Fifhing and Fowling upon the 
faid River: That, in cafe the Biil for making the Rivers 
Mercy and Irwell navigable fhould pafs into a Law, as it 
now ftands, the Petitioner’s Lands may be fubjected to 
be cut; his Mills to be pulled down, prejudiced, or damni- 
fied; and the faid Weir belonging thereto, and Royalties, 
injured: And praying to be heard, by his Countel, againit 
the faid Bill. 


Journais of the Houfe of Commons. 


MA. 1720, 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for makino 
the Rivers Mercy and Irqwei! navigable from Liverpool to 
Mancheer, in the County Palatine of Laxzcefier, is com- 
mitted: And that the Petitioner be heard, by his Coun- 
fel, before the Committee, if he thinks fir. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgeffes, Mer- 
chants, and other Inhabitants, of Liverpool, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaffer, was pretented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Rivers Mercy and Iwe/] 
feem very capable of being made navigable from Men. 
chefter to Liverpool: That it the fame were made navi- 
gable, it would be of publick Advantage to the Nation, 
and the Places adjacent to the faid Towns: And praying 
That a Law may pafs to make the fame navigable. = 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the Rivers Mercy and Irweil navigable from Liverpeel to 
Menchefer, in the County Palatine of Lancaffer, is com- 
mitted. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, Merchants 
Clothiers, and feveral other Dealers in the Woollen Ma- 
nufactures, Grocery, and other Goods, in and about the 
Town of Wakefield, in behalf themfelves, and feveral 
Hundred Families in and about the faid Town, was pre- 
fented to the Houie, and read; fetting forth, That, if the 
Rivers Mercy and Jrwell were made navigable from Man- 
chefter to Liverpool, it willbe of great Advantage to the 
Publick; and a near Communication between the Eaft 
and Weft Seas would be effected thereby: And praying 
That the faid Rivers may be made navigable. m 

Ordered, Uhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the Rivers Mercy and Jrwell navigable from Liverpcol to 
Mancheyier, in the Couaty Palatine of Lancafter, is com- 
mitted. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of £7iday lait, relating to Mr. Knight, hath been 
preiented to his Majefty; and that his Majefty hath 
been pleafed to command him to lay before this Hovfe 
feveral Letters and Papers, containing Advices from Flaz- 
ders concerning him, with a Schedule of them; and at 
the fame time co acquaint this Houfe, That his Majefty 
has not received any Advice of Colonel Churchili’s being 
got to Vienna, nor any Letter from thence, relating to 

Mr. Knight; and that, as foon as any fhall come to his 
Majefty, they fhall be laid before this Houfe. 

The iaid Schedule, and the feveral Copies of the faid 
Letters and Papers therein mentioned, were read; and 
are as follow; viz. 

Lift of Papers relating to Mr. Knight. 

Copy of Mr. Leathes’ Inttructions for Apprehending 
of Mr. Kuight: s 

Copy of his Majefty’s Letter to all Princes and States, 
&amp;Sc. delivered to Mr, Leathes, about apprehending Mr. 
Knight :, . 

Copy of Lord Towmbend’s Letter to Mr. Leathes, dated 
roth February 1720-1: 

Copy of Mr. Leathes’ Letter to my Lord Sunderland, 
dated 24th February 1720-1: 

Copy of Mr. Leashes? Letter to Lord Vifcount Town/- 
hend, dated Brufflls, 27th February 1721: 

_ Copy of Mr. Leathes’ Letter to the Earl of Sunder- 
‘land, dated Bruffells, 26th February 1721: 

Copy of Lord Townfbend’s Letter to Mr. Leathes, 
dated 20th February 1720-1. 

Copy of Mr. Leathes’ Letter to Lord Vifcount Town/- 
end, dated Brujelis, 6th March 1721: 

Copy of Mr. Leathes’s Letter to Lord Vifcount Town/- 
bend, dated Brujfells, toth March 1721: 

Copy of a Leiter from Mr. Leathes to Lord Vifcount 
Townfoend, dat. Brufelis, 15th March 1721: 

Copy of a Letter from Mr. Leathes to Lord Vifcount 
Townjhend, dat. Brufells, 8; March 1720-1. 


¥ 


4 Infructions 





7GEc. I. 


Inftructions for our trufty and well-beloved William 
Leathes Efquire, our Refident at Bruféls. Given at 
our Court at St. Fames’s, the 6th Day of February 
172%. in the Seventh Year of our Reign. 


GEORGE R. 

WHereas Mr. Robert Knight, late Cafhier of the South 

Sea Company, did make his Efcape out of this 
Country fome time fince, when he was under Examina- 
tion of a Committee of the Houle of Commons, touch- 
ing feveral fraudulent and corrupt Practices, of the Direc- 
tors, and other Officers, of the faid Company : 

And whereas alfo we have received humble Addreffes 
from both our Houfes of Parliament, That we would be 
eracioufly pleafed to ufe our moft powerful Inftances with 
all Princes and States in Alliance with us, that, in cafe the 
faid Robert Knight fhould betake himfelf to any Part of the 
Countries or Dominions belonging to them, they would 
caufe him to be apprehended, and delivered up to us, in 
order to his being brought to Juftice: Now, having re- 
ceived fome Information, That the faid Robert Knight 
may be, at this time, fkulking either in the City of 
Brufelis, or in fome other Part of the Low Countries, and 
having ftrong Reafons to believe, that he knows the Se- 

ret of many of the fraudulent and corrupt Practices 
abovefaid; which, perhaps, will never be brought to Light, 
unlefs he make Difcovery of the fame ; and being alfo in- 
formed, That feveral extraordinary Reports, which highly 
reflect onthe Credit and Reputation of the Adminiftration 
of our Affairs, can beft be cleared up, and fet inatrueLight, 
by the faid Rodert Kuight ; our Will and Pleafure is, That, 
without Lofs of Time, you crofs the Sea, and make the 
mott diligent and ftrict Enquiry after the faid Rodert 
Knight, both in the faid City of Brufells, and in all other 
Parts of the Low Countries ; and that, if you fhall learn, 
that he hath been ftopped by any Prince or State whatfo- 
ever, you do immediately go and deliver to that Prince 
or State the Latin Letter which we have figned, and given 
to you, for that Purpofe ; and you will, at the fame time, 
ufe the ftrongeft and moft effectual Inftances, that the 
faid Robert Knight be delivered up to you; which being 
done, you will ufe all neceffary Precautions, to bring him 
over, and deliver him up to Juftice: And if you fhall 
have Intelligence, that the faid Robert Knight is either re- 
fiding or travelling in any other Country or Part whatfo- 
ever, you are hereby required to follow him with the ut- 
moft Diligence; and make Application to that Prince or 
State in whofe Dominion you fhall then find him, in or- 
der that he may be delivered up to you for the Purpofes 
abovefaid: You are carefully to fend exaét Accounts of 
all your Proceedings, from time to time, in this moft im- 
portant Affair: And.you are to follow fuch further Or- 
ders and Inftruétions as you fhall receive from us, or One 
of our Principal Secretaries of State. 
G. R, 
~ EORGIUS, Dei Gratia, Magne Britanniez, Fran- 
civ, &amp; Hiberniz, Rex, Fide Defenfor, Dux Brunf- 
vicenfis et Luneburgenfis, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi- 
thefaurarius, et Princeps Elector, &amp;c. Omnibus &amp; fingu- 
lis, ad quos praefentes literae pervencrint, falutem : Quan- 
doquidem, dum utraque Parliamenti noftri Magne Bri- 
tannia domus in quorundam flagitiotorum hominum faci- 
nora, quos focietas fubditorum noftrorum pro commerciis 
in Mare Americ Auftrali ad res fuas tra¢tandas directo- 
rum titulo infignitos preepofuerat, penitys fcrutaretur, Ro- 
bertus Knight, eyuidem focietatis nuper gerarius,ac omniumn 
pravorum iftorum hominum confiliorum, ut credi par eft, 
particeps, fefe examini tam aquo et neceffario fuftulerit, 
et trans mare clam, aufugerit,; quumque ambe Parliamenti 
noftri praediéte domus a nobis popofcerint, ut a quibufvis 
principibus ftatibufve nobis foederatis &amp; amicis, dicti Ro- 
berti Knight extraditionem, fi in corum aliqua ditione con- 
fugeret, peteremus: Nos, petitionibus tam aquis annu- 
entes, rogandus duximus omnes ¢t fingulos reges ac prin- 
cipes, cujufcungue dignitatis atque ordinis, ftatus, ref- 
publicas, liberaigue civitates, amicos noftros et foederatos, 
necnon provinciarum gubernatores, exercituum ciaffium- 
Vou. XIX, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Se 
405 
que duces, prefectos limitaneos, arciumque cuftodes, re&gt; 
liquofque ipforum officiales ac miniftros, ut fideli noftro 
et dile¢cto Gulielmo Leathes armigero, noftrique Bruxellis 
refidentis nunc partes fuftinenti, cui hoc munus concredi- 
dimus, ut ipfius fugam explorarat, et, quovis tendat, iter 
fuum infequeretur, omne favoris officium prabeant, eique, 
in quocunque opus fuerit, auxilium adjumentumque pre- 
{tare velint; ac ut, fi dictus Robertus Knight, in eorum 
ditionibus inveniatur, ipfum praedi¢to Gulielmo Leathes 
extradant, domum reducendum, et juri legibufque ob- 
noxium fubmittendum ; id ab iplis, eorumque quolibet, 
enixiffime precamur, tanquam id quod hominum iftorum 
criminibus palam reddendis neceflarium eft, et quod inju- 
{tiffimis rumoribus fufpicionibufque deftruendis, quibus 
rerum noftrarum adminiftrationem maculari injufti homi- 
nes operam dederunt, maxime collaturum videtur : Hoc 
beneficium femper gratiffime agnofcemus, et pari vel alio 
quovis officiorum genere femper rependere paratiffimi eri- 
mus. Dabantur in palatio noftro Divi Jacobi, 6* die 
menfis Februarii, anno Domini 173°, regnique noftri 
feptimo. 
GEORGIUS R. 
Sir, Whitehall, 1oth February 173°. 
H IS Majefty having, upon my Lord Stanhope’s Death, 
been pleafed to command me to ferve him again in 
the Office of Secretary of State, and committed to my 
Care the Department his Lordfhip had, in whofe Province 
you were, Mr. Secretary Craggs, who is ill of the Small- 
pox, has fent me Copies of the King’s Latin Letter given 
you, and of your Inftructions ; by which I find you are 
fully apprifed of his Majefty’s Pleafure with relation to 
the fecuring Mr. Robert Knight; fo that all I have to 
fend you at prefent, is, the Copies of the Addreffes from 
each Houfe of Parliament, the Prayer of which his Ma- 
jefty has granted; and commanded you accordingly to 
make the proper Applications, and ufe the moft effectual 
Inftances, that the Perfon of the faid Robert Knight, toge- 
ther with his Papers and Effects, may be fecured, and 
delivered up to you: His Majefty would have you, in his 
Name (which, moft probably, you have already done), 
thank the Marquis de Prié for his Readinefs in caufing 
Mr. Knight to be feized, and acquaint him, That his 
Majefty hopes for a further Mark of his Affeétion, in de- 
livering him, and his Papers and Effects, up to you, as 
before-mentioned: You will take a particular Account 
of them, being liable to Demands from the South Sea 
Company as you will find by the inclofed Copy of their 
Reprefentation, to whofe Requeft his Majefty has been 
gracioufly pleafed to condefcend: I do not doubt but 
you will carefully inform me, from time to time of what 
fhall occur, in your Parts, that is proper to be laid be- 
fore the King; which! fhall not fail to do, and to fend 
you his Majefty’s Commands, as often as they fhall be 
requifite, for your Conduct in the Affairs under your Ma- 
nagement ; and, if in any thing I may be particularly fer- 
viceable, I fhail be ready and defirous to fhew you how 
much Iam, We. 
Townfhend. 
9° Februarii 1720. 
Houfe of Peers. 
Ordered, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, to return the Thanks of this Houfe to his Ma- 
jefty, for the Meafures which he has already caufed to 
be taken for fecuring the Perfon of Robert Knight, late 
Cafhier or Treafurer of the South Sea Company: And this 
Houfe, being informed, that the faid Robert Knight is now 
in Cuftody in the Territories of the Emperor, humbly do 
befeech his Majefty, that he will be pleafed to make the 
moft preffing Inftances to the Emperor, that the faid 
Robert Knight may be fecured, and delivered up to fuch 
Perfon as his Majefty fhall appoint, and brought over 
into England. 
g° Februarii 1720. 
Houfe of Commons. 
Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, to return his Majefty 
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the Thanks of this Houfe, for his great Goodnefs in hav- 
ing given fuch effectual Directions to his Minifters abroad, 
for fecuring Mr. Robert Knight, late Cafhier of the South 
Sea Company, purfuant to the Addrefs of this Houte 5 
and humbly to defire, That his Majefty will be graci- 
oufly pleafed to give Orders to his Minifters refiding at 
the Courts of Vienna and Bruffels, and to make the proper 
Applications, and ufe the moft effectual Inftances, that 
the Perfon of the faid Mr. Robert “Knight, together with 
his Papers and Effeéts, may be fecured, and delivered up 
to fuch Perfon as his Majefty fhall appoint to receive the 
fame; and that his Majefty will be gracioufly pleafed to 
give Orders, upon the faid Mr. Rebert Knight's being 
brought into Great Britain, That he be forthwith deliver- 
ed and put into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms at- 
tending this Houle. 


To the King’s moft Excellent Majefty; 

The humble Reprefentation of the Corporation of the 
Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Bri- 
tein trading to the Scuth Seas, and other Parts of 
America; and for encouraging the Fifhery ; 

Sheweth, 

HA T the faid Company being informed, That Ro- 

bert Knight, the late Treafurer of the faid Company, 
who, fome time fince, withdrew himfelf out of the King- 
dom, is ftopped and fecured in Flanders, and there being 
good reafon to believe, that he hath in his Cuftody con- 
fiderable Effects belonging to the faid Company ; 

Your Petitioners therefore moft humbly befeech 
your Majefty, That you will be gracioufly pleafed 
to give fuch Directions as may moft effectually 
fecure to your Petitioners the Recovery of their 
Effeéts in his Poffeffion. 

By Order of the Court of Directors of the faid 
Corporation, 
South Sea Houle, 
oth February 1720. 


My Lord, Bruffells, 24th February 172%. 
Efterday Morning, immediately after my Arrival at 
this Place, I waited on the Marquis de Prié. When I 
had made him the Compliments he deferves, on his ready 
Compliance with the King’s Requifition to feize Mr. 
Knight, in cafe he fhould be difcovered fkulking in any 
Part of the Auftrian Netherlands, 1 fhewed him his Ma- 
jefty’s Letter, which I received with my Inftuctions ; the 
Contents of which I need not repeat, becaufe the Copy 
of it lies in Mr. Secretary Craggs’ Office; and at the fame 
time I explained to him the Service it would be to the 
King, and the Nation, to have Mr. Knight immediately 
delivered into my Care, and a fufficient Guard given me, 
to conduct him to Oftend, from whence I would carry 
him, on board One of the King’s Packet-boats, direétly 
to London, in cafe I did not meet with a Frigate there on 
my Arrival, as I had reafon to expect ; I told his Excel- 
lency how much the King had at heart, and in how 
ftrong Terms his Majefty had recommended to me, the 
Care of having him brought to England, in fate Cuftody, 
with all poffible Difpatch: I enforced my Inftances with 
the ftrongeft Arguments I was Mafter of; and, I muft 
own, I could not think of any fo {trong as thofe I had the 
Honour to receive from his Majeity’s own Mouth the 
Night before I left Lendon, and thofe your Lordfhip was 
pleafed to furnifh me with. sib 
The Marquis heard all I had to fay on this Subje&amp; with 
great Attention ; and made a very handiome Return to 
the Compliment I made him in his Majefty’s Name ; 
which he concluded, by defiring me to aifure the King, 
That he had hitherto improved ail Opportunities of fhew- 
ing his Zeal and Attachment for his Majefty’s Service ; 
and that he would always continue with Pleafure, and the 
ereateft Sincerity, to do the fame : He continued ; What 
| have done on this Occafion will, 1 hope, be agreeable 
to his Majefty; and you may be affured, that my beft 
Endeavours fhalf not be wanting to complete what I have 
already fo luckily begun: But you are fenfible, faid he, 
that there are T'wo weiglity Confiderations which makes it 


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impoffible for me to comply immediately with the De- 
mand you have now made, in the Name of the King your 
Maiter: Firft, The Meafures I am obliged to keep with 
the Court of Vienna; and, Secondly, with the States 
of this Province: Although I have feized Mr. Kuight, 
at the King’s Requifition; yet I dare not prefume to de- 
liver him to you, or any other Perfon, before I have the 
Approbation of the Emperor, and his Imperial Majefty’s 
potitive Orders for fo doing; to which Purpofe, I will 
write To-morrow to Vienna, in fuch Terms, as I hope, 
will procure me a fatisfactory Anfwer: And I muft tell 
you, that even then I fhall be extremely embarraffed with 
the Privileges of this Province, which I have myfelf but 
lately fworn, in the Emperor’s Name, to maintain invio- 
lably: You know, by a long Experience, the turbulent 
Spirit of thefe People, and it would be needlefs for me to 
enlarge on that Head; fince I can’t fuppofe, that you have 
forgot, that notwithftanding all the Pains you were obliged 
to take, how narrowly you efcaped a Tumult in this 
Town, when the Lord North and Gray was arrefted, on 
a groundlefs Report of your defigning to carry him to the 
Cattle of Gheut, where there was then an Englifh Garifon,; 
and at atime when the Adminiftration of the Govern- 
ment of thefe Provinces was in the Hands of the King 
your Mafter, and of the States General : You have been 
an Eye-witnefs of the late Troubles in thefe Parts; which, 
fo far from being yet forgot, are fcarce appeafed ; and 
you know from what fmall Beginnings they took their 
Rife: You will, then, I flatter myfelf, make a juft Repre- 
fentation to his Majefty of thefe Matters; and give me 
time to endeavour to procure the good Effect the King 
expects from your preffing Inftances, in fuch manner as 
my Proceedings may be juftifiable at the Imperial Court, 
and not give Grounds here to open anew the Sore, which, 
though fkinned over, is full of Corruption at bottom: | 
mutt not omit acquainting you, that fome of the Council, 
and feveral of the Deputies, of the States of Brabant, 
have already cautioned me on this Head; and, fhould 
your Inftances come to their Knowlege, they would ap- 
ply to me in Form for the Prefervation of their Privileges; 
and that would put it out of my Power to render the Ser- 
vice I propofe to his Majefty, and the Britifh Nation: 
Therefore, if you expect I fhould bring this Affair to a 
good Iffue, it behoves you to leave the Management of it 
entirely to me; in which cafe, I promife you, I will ufe 
all my Skill and Dexterity to effect it; and, in the mean 
time, I will not only communicate to you the Advances I 
make, and the Obftacles I may meet with; but I will 
alfo concert with you the moft likely Means to make it 
fucceed. 

I with, my Lord, I could fay, that the Marquis de Prié 
had reprefented, the fore-mentioned Faétsin a wrong Light: 
I have had but too much Occafion to know the Truth of 
them, and feveral others of that Kind; fo that I cannot 
judge it for the King’s Service at prefent to declare the 
Purport of my Commiffion ; nor to infift openly on the 
Demand I have made, before I fhall have founded the 
States of Brabant, or that I fhall have received his Majef- 
ty’s particular Orders for fo doing : Neverthelefs, I hope 
your Lordfhip will not queftion my moft affiduous Appli- 
cation, in Concert with the Marquis, for obtaining fo jutt 
and fo good an End as his Majefty propofes, by bringing 
Mr. Knight to Juftice in England. 

By the Accounts I have of the Manner of his being 
guarded, I think he is in fafe Cuitody: There is an Of- 
ficer conftantly in his Chamber; Four Centinels by Day, 
and Nine by Night, at his Door and Windows ; and the 
Lieutenant Governor of the Citadel has a watchful Eye 
over him. 

I am informed, that there were Three Trunks taken at 
Tirlemont, belonging to him, and carried to Antwerp, 
where they remain fealed: I think of going thither ina 
Day or Two hence, to have them opened ; and an Inven- 
tory made of the Papers, and other Effects, in them; and 
then to feal them up again in his own, and the Prefence 
of fuch other Perfons as the Marquis de Prié fhall appoint 
for that Purpofe. 


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The Character I have had from the Marquis de Prié 
of the Zeal and Diligence which my Secretary has fhewn 
on this Occafion, obliges me to beg Leave to recommend 
him to you Lordfhip’s Favour, as he was the chief In- 
itrument of fecuring Knight: 1 hope it will intitle him to 
a Reward. 

I have the Honour to be, &amp;e. 
Wn. Leathes. 
My Lord Sunderland, 
Bruffells, the 27th February 721. 
My Lord, 
I Was juft going to fend the inclofed Letter for my Lord 

Sunderland to the Poft, when the Meffenger, John 
Camara, brought me the Honour of your Lordfhip’s 
Difpatch of the roth Inftant, O. S. with Copies of the 
Addreffes of both Houfes of Parliament, and the Repre- 
fentation of the South Sea Company, to his Majefty, con- 
cerning Mr. Knight; on Recerpt of which, I went im- 
mediately to the Marquis de Prié, and acquainted him 
with the Contents of them all: This gave me a frefh 
Opportunity of renewing my Inftances, and of making 
the Marquis fenfible, how agreeable it would be to his 
Majeity, and his Parliament, to have Mr. Knight put 
into my Hands, to be tranfported to England, with all 
poffible Difpatch. I preffed his Excellency, in the 
ftrongeft Terms, to comply with the King’s Requeft ; 
and fhewed him the Inconveniencies which might attend 
the leaft Delay in this important Affair: But all my Ar- 
guments were not fufficient to move him to a Compli- 
ance: The Marquis repeated what he had faid in the Two 
Conferences I had had with him on the fame Subject; and 
he renewed to me the Affurances of his utmoft Endea- 
vours to procure the Effects which his Majefty propofes 
from my repeated Inftances ; adding, That the Confi- 
deration the Emperor has for his Majefty, and the Intereft 
his Imperial Majefty has in contributing all that in him 
lies towards Re-eftablithing of the Affairs of England, 
would be ftrong Motives to induce him to comply with 
the King’s Requett. 

I fhall not trouble your Lordfhip with a Repetition of 
my Letter of the 24th Inftant to my Lord Sunderland, 
fince I am perfuaded it will have been put into your Lord- 
fhip’s Hands before this can reach you: That Letter, and 
the inclofed, will, I hope, convince you, that I have not 
omitted any thing that was in my Power, or proper to be 
done in the Management of the Affair committed to. my 
Charge, as they will likewife fatisfy the Parliament of the 
juft Meafures his Majefty had taken for obtaining the Pur- 
port of their Addrefies, even before they were prefented : 
And I beg leave to affure your Lordhip, That [I will 
continue to ufe the utmott Diligence in the Profecution of 
my Inftructions: Though I have the Mortification of 
meeting fuch Obftacles as cannot be immediately remov- 
ed, yet I hope, ina little time, to get over them all, pro- 
vided the Marquis de Prié aéts with the Sincerity he ex- 
preffes, and that Zeal for his Majefty’s Service, which 
he has effectually fhewn on former Occafions. I muft 
not omit acquainting your Lordfhip, That the Privileges 
of this Province embarrafies him more than the Orders 
he waits for from Vienna; and, on that Account, Iam 
obliged to proceed with the greatéft Caution and Privacy, 
to prevent the Alarm my Inftructions would give here, 
in cafe they fhould come to be known by the States of 
Brabant; which would infallibly put it out of the 
Marquis de Prié’s Power to render the Service to his 
Majefty, which he propofes, and which, I hope, his In- 
clination leads him to. 

Your Lordfhip may remember the Inconveniencies we 
were like to have been brought into, by the Arreft of my 
Lord North and Gray: Had I not aéted with great Pre- 
caution in that Affair, it would furely have caufed a Tu- 
mult in this Town; which, with all my Care and Ma- 
nagement, I was barely able to prevent: However, if, 
after what I have faid, your Lordthip judges it abfolutely 
neceflary, I will perfift in the Demand I have made in 
his Majefty’s Name; though, if I were to act wholly by my 
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own. Opinion; I fhould proceed in the manner I have be- 
gun, as moft likely to bring the Bufinefs in hand to a 
happy Conclufion. Iam, &amp;e. 
Wm. Leathes: 
Thurfday Morning; Five a Clock; 
27th February. 

My Lord Vifcount Tuwnfhend. 

Bruffells,; the 26th February 1721, N: S: 

My Lord, 

} N my laft of the 24th Inftant, by Sguire the Meffenger, 
" Idid myfelf the Honour to give your Lordfhip a par- 
ticular Account of the Conference I had, on my Arrival 
at this Place, with the Marquis de Priz : I have fince re- 
newed my Inftances, and, in the moft prefling Terms, 
defired, That Mr. Knight might be given up to me in or- 
der to have him carried to England. 1 repeated all the 
Arguments I had before made ufe of, and juch others as 
then occurred to me; andI enforced them, with the earneft 
Defire his Majefty expreffed to have Knight brought over 
with all poffible Difpatch : I affured his Excellency, as the 
King had direéted me, That he could not, at this Junc- 
ture, do a greater Pleafure, nor render a more agreeable 
Service, to his Majefty: To which the Marquis replied; 
I hope the King will do me the Juftice to believe, that 
had it been in my Power to comply with the Demand 
you made in his Majefty’s Name, I would not have ba- 
lanced One Moment, nor given you the Trouble of re- 
newing your Inftances. I thought I had already explain- 
ed mytelf fo fully, in our laft Conference, as to convince 
you of the Neceffity I am under to act in this Affair con- 
trary to my Inclinations: And, that you may not doubt 
my Sincerity, I will fhew you the Letter I have writ to 
Vienna, which, I hope, will procure me the Emperor’s 
Orders to commit Mr. Knight to your Care. In the 
mean time, I intreat you to have Patience; and to de- 
pend on my beft Endeavours to procure you the Effects 
his Majefty expects from your Solicitations. 

I read the Marquis’s Letter to the Prince of Savoy ; in 
which he has faithfully reported all that I had faid to him 
in our Firft Conference: He told the Prince, how much 
the King had this Affair at Heart, and in what preffing 
Terms I had applied to him; but the Marquis defired, I 
would excufe him from communicating to me, as yet, the 
Conclufion of that Letter, though it was not improbable 
he might do it at a more proper time. This, my Lord, 
is the Subftance of what paffed between us Yefterday : 
And I have Reafon to fear, that I fhall have no other 
Anfwer from him, until he be fully informed of the In- 
tenfions of the Imperial Court on this Head. 

Although I forefaw, before I left London, the Difficul- 
ties I fhould have to ftruggle with; yet, I muft confefs, 
the Delay gives me a very fenfible Concern: But, as I 
have not omitted any thing that might contribute to the 
obtaining of the End for which I was fent over, I hope 
your Lordfhip will judge favourably of my Condu&amp;, 
and Honour me with his Majefty’s Commands, in cafe 
it fhall be thought neceffary to renew my Initances before 
the Marquis has received an Anf{wer to his Letter. I 
have the Honour to be, with the greateft Veneration and 
Refpect, 

My Lord, &amp;e. 
The Right honourable the Earl Win. Lathes. 
of Sunderland. 
Whiteba!l, 20th February 172%. 

Sir, 
I Have received your Letters of the 26th and 27th In- 

ftant, N.S. and have laid them before the King; who 
is well fatisfied with the Endeavours and Arguments you 
have ufed to induce the Marquis de Pri? to deliver up 
Mr. Knight ; but at the fame time his Majefty is not a 
little furprifed at the Marquis declining to do it: This 
Cafe is fo fagrant, and the Perfon demanded fo notoriou‘ly 
culty of thofe infamous Frauds and Artifices, that have 
brought the Nation into the utmoft Diforder, that his 
Majeity did think the Marquis might have exerted himfelt, 
without particular Orders, in doing fo exemplary a Piece 











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of Juftice, and giving Satisfaction to the King, the Par- 
liament, and even to many Thoutands, in foreign Coun- 
tries, who have fuffered irreparable Loffes by thofe wicked 
Contrivances, in which this Rodert Knight has had fo great 
a Share: His Majefty cannot queftion, but that the Em- 
peror will readily give his Confent to the furrendering fuch 
a Man; and that Colonel Charchill’s Errand will produce 
that Effect, if the Marquis de Pri: fhall perfift in judging 
it neceflary to wait for fuch Orders: But as the King 
thinks the Marquis would run no Rifque in complying 
immediately with his Defires in this Peint; and would 
particularly oblige his Majefty, by making it, in fuch 
manner, his own AG; it is therefore his Majefty’s 
Pleafure, That you fhould renew the moft preffing In- 
{tances for the delivering up the faid Mr. Knight, without 
expecting till the Orders come from Vienna: And his 
Majefty hopes, that you will prevail at laft, and get in- 
to your Hands one whom no Country, no Laws, or Privi- 
leges, fhould proteét from being given up to Jultice, 


lam, We. 
Townfbend. 


Brufels, the 6th March 1721. 


Mr. Leatbhes. 


My Lord, 

Uriuant to your Lordfhip’s Directions of the Tenth 
February, O. S. I have been at Antwerp, where 
I opened, in the Prefence of the Lieutenant Governor, 
and another Officer, the Three Trunks, and a fmall 
Writing-box, which were feized with Mr. Knight: Al- 
though I fearched and vifited all very exactly, I am to ac- 
quaint your Lordfhip, that, to my Surprize, I found nei- 
ther Papers, Books, nor any Effects whatever, only his 
own, and his Son’s, wearing Apparel and Linen, and 
about 130 Guineas: I afked him feveral Queftions con- 
cerning the Papers and iffects, which it was reported he 
had brought with him: To which he anfwered, by a very 
folemn Declaration, That what I had feen in his Trunks, 
and a few Guineas he had fpent on the Road, was all that 
he brought off : That his Departure was fo fudden he had 
not time to lay afide any Part of his Eftate, which, on In- 
quiry, would be found confiderable. Finding him fo 
very pofitive in affirming what he had faid, I took my 

Leave of him, and returned to this Place. 

As I have not been honoured with any of your Lord- 
fhip’s Letters, fince that of the Tenth altima, O.S. I 
have very little to add, more than a Repetition of what I 
mentioned in my laft of the 27th February; viz. That 
I donot expect any other Anfwer from the Marquis de Prié 
than what I have already acquainted your Lordfhip with, 
until he knows the Emperor’s Intentions on the Subjeét 
of Knight's being delivered up to me. However, as I 
have frequent Opportunities of feeing him, I turn the Sub- 
jet of our Converfation on this Affair, and, by the beft 
Obfervations I can yet make, he appears very inclinable to 
do all that is in his Power to procure the Effects of my 
Inftances : But I obferve him daily more embarraffed how 
to deal with thefe turbulent People, who are very jealous 
of, and zealous in, the Prefervation of the fmall Remains 
of their ancient Rights and Privileges. This Obftacle, I 
plainly forefee, as I did before I left England, will give 
me more than ordinary Trouble to furmount, after the 
Emperor’s Intentions are known ; and till then the Mar- 
quis de Prié does not judge it proper to touch this nice 
Point to the States of Brabant , for which Reafon I muft 
alfo be filent for fome time longer. I have the Honour 
to be, with a moft profound Refpect, 

My Lord, &amp;c. 
To the Right honourable the Wi. Leathes. 

Lord Vifcount Towaehend. 

Brujfells, the 1oth March 1721. 

My Lord, 

N my laft, of the 6th Inftant, I had the Honour to ac 
quaint your Lordihip, That the Marquis de Pri¢ had 
defired me to be filent, in relation to Mr. Kaizht, until the 
Emperor’s Intentions, on that Subject, be known: Al- 
though i have been intirely fo, yet I find both the People, 
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on that Subject: And, by what I can gather from their 
Diicourfes, 1 imagine, that the Demand I have made of 
his being delivered up to me, will meet with a good deal 


of Oppofition. All I can affure your Lordthip of, at pre- 
fent 1s, that no proper Means fhall be left unattempted 
to remove the Difficulties which I fhall have to ftrugele 
with, on this Occafion. 

The inclofed Sheet contains the common Occurrences 
of this Place. 

I have the Honour to be, with the greateft Veneration 
and Refpect, &amp;c. 

Wm. Leathes. 


Bruffells, 15th March 173%. 


My Lord, 3 

S INCE my laft, of the roth Inftant, by which, and 

my former Relations, your Lordfhip will perceive, 
that I had not difcontinued my Inftances, I have received 
thé Honour of your Lordfhip’s Letter of the 20th Fe- 
bruary, O. S.; which gave me a frefh Occafion to prefs the 
Marquis de Prié, in the ftrongeft Terms, to confent to 
Mr. Knighi’s being delivered up to me: I urged all the 
Arguments your Lordfhip was pleated to furnifh me with; 
and I laid a great Strefs on the Lofles fuftained by the 
People of thefe Provinces, by the Frauds and Artifices of 
the Perfon in queftion ; which were fo flagrant, that I 
could not doubt but his Conduct, in delivering Mr. 
Knight up to Jultice, would meet with the Approbation 
of the Emperor, fince his Imperial Majefty’s Subjects 
would probably reap a confiderable Benefit thereby ; and 
that I judged the Demand.not only juft and reafonable, 
but even the Intereft of the Emperor, or of any other 
Prince, to contribute towards making an Example of fo 
vile an Offender; by whofe unwarrantable Practices a 
whole Nation had been brought into the utmoft Diforder: 
And I affured his Excellency, That, had the Cafe hap- 
pened in his Majefty’s Dominions, the King would not 
have made the leaft Difficulty in giving up a Perfon 
whofe Crimes had rendered him obnoxious to his King 
and Country, and who had been One of the principal In- 
ftruments in the Ruin of an infinite Number of his Fel- 
low Subjects, as well as Foreigners: That his Majetty, 
on th¢fe Confiderations, and feveral others, too long to 
repeat here, hoped his Excellency would exert himielf, 
without waiting for the Emperor’s Orders to do fo exem- 
plary a Piece of Juitice; by which he would render a moft 
agreeable Service to the King, the Parliament, and the 
whole Nation; efpecially at this Juncture, when the Par- 
liament had the Conduct of Mi. Knight, and his Affo- 
ciates, under their Confideration: I alfo reprefented to 
him the ill Confequences which might attend the leatt 
Delay in this Affair. 

When I had ended my Remonftrances, the Marquis, 
being a little ruffled, told me, with an Air of Difcontent, 
That he was furprifed to find me fo warm in the Renewal 
of my Inftances ; and that he imagined the Reafons he had 
alleged in our former Conferences on this Subject, if truly 
reprefented, would have fatisfied the King, and his Mini- 
fters, of the Reafonablenefs of his Proceedings: But fince 
he found the contrary, by the Language I had held, he 
was obliged to repeat what he had formerly acquainted 
me with ; viz. That however he might be inclined of 
himfelf to give his Majefty a Mark of his Zeal, on this 
Occafion he could not comply with the King’s Demand, 
without having firit the Emperor’s Orders for his Jutti- 
fication: Befides, faid he, fince you prefs me fo hard, I 
muft tell you, That at the fame time that I acquainted 
the Imperial Court with the Arreft, my Duty obliged me 
to inform the Emperor of the Difficulties I fhould pro- 
bably meet with, by reafon of the Privileges of this Pro- 
vince, which I myfelf have but lately fworn to main- 
tain inviolably: Therefore I hope his Majeity will not 
expect I fhould act direétly contrary to the Oath I have 
taken in the Emperor’s Name, without fo much as the 
Scrape of a Pen to jultify my Conduct, either at Court, 
or to the States of Brabant; who are become more jealous 
than ever of the fmall Remains of their ancient Rights 

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and Privileges: And I hope his Majefty will confider from 
what a {mall Beginning the late Troubles, which, though 
a pealed, are not yet forgot, took their Rife; and left 
his Majefty, and his Minifters, fhould have forgot it, I de- 
fire you will inform them, That our late Infurrections 
roceeded from no other Caufe than his Imperial Majeity’s 
infifting on the Doyens taking the Oaths, which they 
had never fcrupled under the Duke of Anjou, nor during 
the Adminiitration of the Two Maritime Powers. If the 
Animofities of the People rofe then to fuch a Height as 
to take up Arms without any juft Grounds, What may 
we not expect, fhould I, of my own Accord, comply 
with your Demand ; which every Body is fenfible would 
be a manifeft Violation of the 17th Article of the Foyeu/e 
Entrée, of which I intreat you to tranfmit a Copy to my 
Lord Townbend? Befides, continued the Marquis, I will 
not fuppofe the King your Matter can expect his Imperial 
Majefty thould violate the Privileges of his Sulyects, 
when his Britt. Majefty is fo religious an Obferver of the 
Richts and Liberties of his Subjects, as*by Law eftablifh- 
ed, in all his Dominions: No; fuch a Suppofition would 
be too injurious to that exemplary Juftice and Clemency, 
for which his Majetty is fo univerfally efteemed by all the 
d. 
— my Lord, is what paffed in the Conference I had 
Yefterday with his Excellency ; who gave me to under- 
ftand, That he doubted of my having made a juft Report 
of what he had formerly faid to me in this Subject; and 
concluded by telling me, That he had explained hinfelf 
at large to Mr. Hoffmaa; and that he could not give any 
other Anfwer to my Demand, until he knew the Em- 
eror’s Intentions thereupon. 
I have the Honour to be, with the greateft Veneration 
and Refpect, 
My Lord, 
Your Excellency’s moft faithful, 
And moft obedient humble Servant, 
Right honourable Lord Win. Leathes. 
Vifcount Townfbend. i 
Extrait du 17 Article de la Joyeufe Entrée 
Ariicie 17°. : 
Item, { quelque Perionne que ce foit eft apprehendeé 
dans les pays de Brabant, et d’outre Meufe de fa dite Ma- 
jelté, qu’elle ne le fera mener, ny laiffera mener, Prifon- 
niere, hors de fon dite pays. 


My Lord, Bruffells, the 19th March 1721, N.S. 
Did myfelf the Honour to give your Lordfhip, in my 
Letier of the 15th Inftant, a full Account of the 
Conference I had with the Marquis de Prié the Night be- 
fore, on the Subject of Mr. Kuight: I have fince dif- 
courfed him twice on the fame Head; and particularly 
laft Night; when he was pleafed to acquaint me, That 
the News of Mr. Kzighi’s being arrefted had reached 
Vienna; and he could now tell me, That his Conduct had 
not been difapproved, although his Letter to the Prince 
of Savoy, which he fent from hence only Four Days after 
the Arreft, was not then come to Hand ; and therefore 
his Highnefs waited for his Relation, with a particular 
Account of all the Circumftances of this Affair, in order 
to receive the Emperor's Orders, relating thereunto ; fo 
that he had reafon to expect he fhould be able in a few 
Days to give me an Anfwer to the Demand I had made 
in his Majefty’s Name. 

His Excellency at the fame time acquainted me, That 
the Griffier of the States of Brabant had, about Eight 
Days fince, prefented a Petition to him, in the Name of 
the faid States; praying, That nothing might be done in 
this Matter to the Prejudice of their Privileges ; and that 
fome of the Deputies had fpoke to him on the fame Sub- 
ject: To which he had anfwered in General Terms; That 
he would, on all Occafions, have a due Regard to their 
Privileges, and a particular Care of fupporting the Em- 
peror’s Prerogative: That, having already informed the 
Court of this Matter, it was not in his Power to do more 
at prefenc than to tranfmit their Petition to Vienna , 
which, he told me, he had done accordingly: This, faid 
the Marquis, ought to fatisfy you with how much Precau- 
tion ] am obliged to act; and although this Petition is no 

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more than what I expected, yet, if the States fhould re- 
new their Application, it will require Time, and a great 
deal of Management, to induce them to wave their Pri- 
vileges: Whereupon I told his Excellency, That had he, 
on my Firft Inftances, given up Mr. Knight, all the 
Trouble he now apprehends fron the States, would have 
been prevented: And I defired Leave to obterve to him, 
That it would be a difficult Matter to reconcile his Con- 
duc in fecuring Mr. Kuight at the King’s Requett, with 
his delaying to give him up; fince the latter feemed to be 
a natural Confequence of the former; and the Rimperor’s 
approving the Arreft, was a Proof of his Imperial Ma- 

jetty’s Intentions to give him up to Juftice: Wherefore I 

hoped his Excellency would do it of his owa Accord, 

without waiting any longer for Orders from Court: But 
all my Argumeat could draw no other Anfwer from him 
than what he gave me before: He {till infifted on the 

Meafures he was obliged to keep with the Court, and the 

States of this Province ; and repeated anew all that he had 

urged in our former Conferences on this Subjeét ; which 

Ifhall not trouble your Lordthip with, having already done 

it in my former Relations. 

I have the Honour to be, with a profound Refpeét, 
My Lord, 
Your Excellency’s moft faithful, 
And moft obedient humble Servant, 

Right honourabie the Lord Wm. Leathes. 

Vilcount Townfbend. 
P. S. 

On the Arrival of the German Poft, I waited on the Mar- 
quis de Prié, who opened his Letters from Vienna, of 
the 8th Inftant, in my Prefence ; but there was not a 
Word in them concerning Mr. Knight, from whence 
he concludes, That his Relation had not got thither 
before the Departure of thofe Letters. His Excellency 
acquainted me, i hat the States of Brabant, not fatil- 
fied with his Anfwer, had been again this Morning 
with him to remind him of their Privileges ; and their 
Remonitrances were in fuch ttrong Jerms, that he 
fhould be indifpenfably obliged to give a due Attention 
to them, and to reprefent their Reafons to his Imperial 
Majeity : That fo far from taking upon him to deliver 
up Knight of his own Accord, without Orders, he 
doubted whether it would be done without the Confent 
of the States; which Confent he could not afk until he 
had an Anfwer to the Letters he intended to write 
by next Poft, on this Subje€&amp;; and that the Matter 
in Queftion being of great Importance, both in rela- 
tion to the Emperor’s Power, and to the Privileges in- 
fifted on, he was perfuaded the Court would confider 
the Affair very attentively before they come to any Re- 
folution thereon. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Ordet, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Petition of 
the Merchants, and Makers of Herrings, in Great Yar- 
mouth, in the County of Norfolk, was referred, the Re- 
folution the Committee had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; which he read in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in Curing 
and Making of Red Herrings; and, inftead thereof, lay- 
ing a proportionable Duty upon ail Red Herrings con- 
fumed at home only ; will be of Service to the Makers and 
Curers of Red Herrings, andno Prejudice to the Revenue. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, That the Houle doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the taking off the 
Duty upon all Salt ufed in the Curing and Making of Red 
Herrings; and, inftead thereof, laying a proportionable 
Duty upon all Red Herrings confumed at home only ; 
will be of Service to the Makers and Curers of Red Her- 
rings, and no Prejudice to the Reveaue. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill for the better Eftablithing of publick Cre- 

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dit, by preventing, for the future, the infamous Practice 
of Stock-jobbing ; 

Refolved, Uhat this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 21° die Marti; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, That Mr. Wefcomb, 
Secretary to the South Sea Company, attended at 
the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe the Refolutions of the General Court of the South 
Sea Company, held the Ninth and Eighteenth Days of 
March inttant, relating to the Four Money Subfcriptions. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Refolutions was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Refolutions do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Refolutions are as follow ; viz. 


To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in 
Parliament affembled. 

[NS Obedience to an Order of the 21ft of February laft, 

the Directors of the Sou:h Sea Company do lay before 
this honourable Houfe the Refolutions of the General 
Court of the faid Company, held the gth, and continued, 
by Adjournment, to the 18th, Inftant, relating to the 
Four Money Subfcriptions; 772. 

ft, Refolved, N.C. That no more Money than what 
is actually paid on the Four Money Subfcriptions, fhall 
be demanded, or infifted on. 

2d. Rejolved, N.C. That Stock be given for the Money 
a¢tually paid by the refpective Proprietors in the Firit and 
Second Money Subfcriptions ; viz. 

On the Firlt, at 300 per Cent. with the Mid/ammer Di- 
vidend of 10 per Cent. in Stock : 

On the Second at 400 per Cent. with the like Divi- 
dend : 

And that the Receipts be called in, and Stock forth- 
with transferred to the Proprietors accordingly. 

3d. Refolved, N.C. That Stock be forthwith given for 
the Money paid on the 3d and 4th Money Subfcriptions, 
at the Rate of 400 per Cent. with the Mid/ummer Dividend 
of 10 per Cent. in Stock. 

By Order of the General Court of the South Sea 
Company, 


South Sea Houle, D. Wefcomb, Secretary. 
18 March 1720. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and Freeholders, and 
other the Inhabitants, of Warburton, Lynn, Heatly, Agden, 
Partington, Sunderland, Dunham, Bollington, High Legh, 
Millington, Rojthorn, Tatton, Meir, and Afton, in the 
County Palatine of Chefer, near toa Ford, or Paffage, 
over the River Mercy, called Hallin Ferry, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, fhould the 
Bill for making the Rivers Mercy and Jrwell navigable 
pais into a Law, it will be very prejudicial to the Petition- 
ers, on feveral Accounts; and particularly, by hindering 
their Paffage over the faid Ford, called Hollin Ferry ; or, 
if the faid Bill do pafs, that the Undertakers may be 
obliged to build a good and fufficient Bridge over the faid 
River Mercy: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the Rivers Mercy and Irwel! navigable from Liverpool 
to Manchefter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, is 
committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Comanittee, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, of the City of Exon, and allio of the Merchants, 





and others, trading in the Woollen Manufacture within 
the faid City, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
fetting forth, That the chief Support of that Country is 
the Woollen Manufacture, principally carried on by /rjp 
Wool; which, on Exportation for England, pay a high 
Duty ; and the French running fuch vaft Quantities from 
Ireland to France, without paying any Duty at all; fo that 
the French under-fell us in foreign Markets: And pray. 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lofds, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable any Corporations within the Univerfity of Ox- 
ford, or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any 
Meffuages, and Ground, within the faid Univerfity, for 
building a Library, purfuant to the Will of John Rad. 
clife, Doétor in Phyfick ; and for impowering any Col- 
leges in the faid Univerfity to fell or convey any Ground, 
or Houfes, to each other, for the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Dr. Clark, 
Sir Geo. Beaumont, Sir Robert Gordon, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. 
Cartaret, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Drew, Mr. Helyar, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Herne, Colonel 
Stephens, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Nicholas, Sir Edward Strad- 
ling, Mr. Rowney, Sir Robert Fenkinfon, Mr. Gybbon, 
Mr. Farrer, Lord Sonds, Mr. Lade, Mr. Bathurft, Co- 
lonel Coddrington, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Harvey, Lord 
Downe, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Moore, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
Windfor, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Edwards, 
Colonel Graham, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Cal- 
mady, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Smith, Mr. Foley, Mr. Hill, 
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Palmer: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Archibald Douglafs, of Cavers, Efquire, 
in behalf of the Borough of Fedburgh, in Teviotdale, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
the faid Borough has been engaged in confiderable Debts; 
and their common Good, or Revenue, being fince applied, 
partly for Payment of the Intereft of thofe Debts, and 
partly for other Ufes of the Corporation: That the 
faid Debts are increafed, by the Rebels feizing on the faid 
Town : That the faid Borough is in great want of Spring- 
water ; which has obliged them to contract fuch new Debts, 
that they cannot, without fome other A fliftance,difcharge: 
That the Bridges, Streets, and Buildings, of the faid 
Town are very much decayed; fo that the Inhabitants 
are unable to keep the fame in Repair: That the Building 
of Work-houfes for the manufacturing coarfe Wool would 
be of great Ufe and Advantage to the faid Borough ; as 
alfo to fuch Parts of the Country as lie near thereto: And 
praying, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
granting a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or the Sixth Part of 
a Peny, upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer brewed 
and fold within the faid Town and Privileges thereof, to 
be added to the prefent Revenue of the faid Town, for 
the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir David Dalrymple, Sir John An- 
Sivuther, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Douglas, Mr. 
Nicholas, Lord Barrymere, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Sloper, Mr. 
Yonge, Sir Richard Sanford, Mr. Butler, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Carteret, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Bacon, 
Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Smelt, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Fleetwood, Mr. 
Difion, Mr. Bere, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. 
Halfey, Mr. Earl, Mr. Helyar, Sic Wm. Pynfent, Mr. Hil- 
lerfden, Mr. Rowney; and all the Members that ferve for 
North Britain: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five aClock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And _ have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and other In- 
habitants in the Town of Rochdale, in the County of Lan- 
cafter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Town, and Parts adjacent to Rochdale, is 


very 





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very populous; and great Quantities of Woollen Cloth are 
there manufactured; amongft which is ufed much Lib 
Wool, imported at Liverpool; but the Land-carriage 
from thence, being bad, and in deep Roads, is very 
chargeable, being but Eight Miles from Manche/ter , and, 
if the Rivers Mercy and Irwell be made navigable, it will 
be a great Benefit to their Trade, and an Eafe to the 
Charge of maintaining their Roads: And praying, That 
the faid Rivers may be made navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the Rivers Mercy and Irwell navigable, from Liver- 
pool to Manchefter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, 
is committed. 


A Petition of feveral of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and 
Tradefmen, on behalf of themfelves, and many other In- 
habitants in Liverpool, Manchefter, Warrington, Leigh, 
and other Places, in the County Palatine of Lancafter ; 
and alfo of the Owners and Proprietors of Lands, on each 
Side of the River Gla/sbrook, in the faid County ; was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That a Bill 
is prepared to be brought in for making the Rivers Mercy 


and Jrwell navigable from Liverpool to Manchefter, in the 


faid County: That the River Gla/sbrook, running by a 
direét and level Courfe, from Brading Bridge, in Bedford, 
into the River Mercy, for about the Space of Five Miles, 
might eafily be made navigable; and will be an Addition 
to the Trade of the Rivers Mercy and Irwell, and a great 
Advantage to that Country : That the Roads along the 
River Gla/sbrook are very moffy, and founderous, the 


- greateft Part of the Year: And praying, That a Claufe, 


or Claufes, may be added to the faid Bill, for making the 
faid River Glafsbrook navigable from Mercy to Brading 
Bridge aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Fohn Bland, Mr. Norris, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mc. Medlycote, Mr. Hesfoam, Mr. Lade, 
Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Lord Wm, Powlett, Mr. Farrer, Lord 
Barrymore, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Herne, Mr. Halfey, Mr. 
Godfrey, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Richard Sandford, 
Mr. Gwynn, Mr. Wortley, Mr. England, Sir Nich. Mor- 
rice, Mr. Moor, Sir Tho. Hanmer , and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Lancafter, Chefter, Derby, 
Stafford, and York : And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Colonel Coddrington reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for continuing an Act, made in the Sixth 
Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, in- 
tituled, An Act for repairing, amending, and enlarging, 
the Highways between the Top of King/down-hill and 
the City of Bath, and allo feveral other Highways lead- 
ing to and through the faid City; and for cleanfing, 
paving, and lightening, the Streets, and regulating the 
Chairmen, there ; and tor explaining and making the faid 
A&amp; more effectual , was committed ; That they had made 
feveral Amendments to the Bill, which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, inat the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houie. 

Ordered, Uhat the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houte, to confider further of the 
Reprefentation from the Lords Commiffioners for Trade 
and Plantations, relating to the Prohibition of Callicoes ; 
and propofing what Methods may be moft proper and 
effectual for fecuring to the Eaff India Company their 
carrying on fuccelsfully a Trade fo beneficial to the King- 


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dom; which was laid before this Houfe, upon the Firft 
Day of February, purfuant to the Addfefs of this cloufe 
to his Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker ieft the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Ch:ir. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had directed 
a to report, when the Houle will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurfday 
Morning next, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 22° die Martii ; 


: Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, in behalf of themfelves and many 
Thoufands of Poor, employed in the Woollen Manufac- 
ture, in the County of Gloucefter, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That by an A@, inthe 
Fourth Year of his prefent Majefty, for making more 
effectual an Act, made in the Eighth Year of the Reign 
of Queen Ame, intituled, An Act for employing the 
Manufacturers, by encouraging the Confumption of raw 
Silk, and Mohair Yarn, it is, amongft other things, en- 
acted, That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, within the 
Kingdom, ihall make, fet on, ufe, or bind, upon any 
Cloth, or wearing Garments whatfoever, any Buttons or 
Button-holes made of, or ufed, or bound, with, Cloth 
Serge, ec. or any other Stuffs that Cloths for wearing 
Apparel are ufually made ufe of, upon the Forfeitures 
therein provided : That, notwithftanding the faid Aéts 
the Making of Buttons and Button-holes with the faid 
Materials are become very general; fo that there is not a 
Confumption for the raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn: And 
praying, That the faid A&amp; may be made effectual. 
The Houfe being acquainted, That the Committee, to 
whom the Bill was committed, had gone through the Bill; 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill 
for making more effectual the Aét, of the Fourth Year 
of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A@ for 
making more effectual an AQ, of the Eighth Year of her 
late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aéct for employing 
the Manufacturers, by encouraging the Confumption of 
raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn, was committed, be received.: 


_ Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That his Ma- 
jefty, having Yelterday received a Letter from Colonel 
Churchill, directed to the Lord Vifcount Townfbend, dated 
Vienna, the Fourth of March 1720-21, had commanded 
him, purfuant to the Addrefs of this Houfe, to lay a 
Copy thereof before this Houfe: And he prefented the 
fame to the Houfe: 

And the Copy of the faid Letter was read ; and is as 
followeth: viz. 

My Lord. 


l Have the Honour to inform your Lordhip, That I 
got here on Thur/day, and went immediately to Mr. 
St. Sapherin, who carried me directly to Count Sinzendorf ; 
who received me with a great deal of Civility; and has 
promifed me, on what I faid to him, all the Affiftance he 
can, as to the Delivery of Mr. Knight; and indeed fhewed 
as great a Diflike to a Man of his Character as I could 
with; fo that, for my Part, I fee no Difficulty in this 
Affair, unlefs the States of Brabant fhould mutiny; which 
I fancy they will not do, when they are rightly informed 
of the Virtues of the Man that is demanded. 
Ihave no more at prefent to trouble your Lordthip 
with, than to affure you, that my Solicitations fhan’t be 
wanting, both for the Delivering of Mr. Kxight, and for 


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my Return: Yefterday I had an Audience ; and delivered 
my Letter; and was moft gracioufly received. 
Iam your Lordfhip’s very obedient and humbleServant, 
Cha. Churchill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Bennet : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Norfolk and 
Suffolk, of and from the Ufes and Limitations contained 
in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas De Grey Efquire ; 
and for fettling other Eftates, in the faid Counties, to the 
fame Ufes: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiecocks and Mr. 
Bennet : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to veft 
the Eftate of Sir Charles Cartaret Baronet, deceafed, in 
Truftees, for Payment of his Debts ; and fettling the Re- 
mainder to the fame Ules,in his Will: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to enable 
Herbert Perret Pakington Efquire, only Son of Sir Fehz 
Pakington Baronet, to acknowlege Fines, and fufferReco- 
veries, while he is under the Age of One-and-twenty Years: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houte, upon the Bill for the 
better eftablifhing of publick Credit, by preventing, for 
the future, the infamous Practice of Stock-jobbing. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker reiumed the Chair. 

Mr. Ferrer reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 23° die Martit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 


PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of 
Norfolk and Suffolk, of and from the Ufes and Limita- 
tions contained in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas De 
Grey Efquire; and for fettling other Eftates, in the faid 
Counties, to the fame Ufes; was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Herbert Perret Pakington Efquire, only Son of 
Sir John Pakington Baronet, to acknowlege Fines, and 
fuffer Recoveries, while he is under the Age of One-and- 
twenty Years, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to vet the Eftate of Sir Charles Carteret Baronet, deceafed, 
in T ruftees, for Payment of his Debts ;. and fettline the 
Remainder to the fame Ules, in his Will; was read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


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Ordered, That Mr. Gybbon do carry the Bill, intituled, 
An Ac for naturalizing Gilbert de Fixes, Chriftian Frede. 
rick Zincke, and others, to the Lords, and acquaint them, 
That this Houfe hath agreed tothe Amendments, made 


by their Lordships, to the faid Bill. 


Mr.. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider further of the Reprefentation from the Lords 
Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, relating to the 
Prohibition of Callicoes; and propofing what Methods 
may be moft proper and effectual for fecuring to the Eag 
India Company their carrying on fuccefsfully a Trade fo 
beneficial to the Kingdom; which was laid before this 
Houte upon the Firft Day of February, purfuant to the 
Addrefs of this Houte to his Majefty ; the Refolutions of 
the faid Committee, which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered them in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Refolutions were read ; and are 
as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the carrying on of any Trade, by his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects, to the Eaft Indies, under foreign Commiffions, or 
in Conjunction with Foreigners, is of pernicious Confe- 
quence to the Commerce and Welfare of this Kingdom ; 
and that an effectual Stop ought to be put thereto. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That 
the clandeftine putting of unlicenfed Goods on Board any 
outward bound af India Ships, and taking any fuch 
Goods out of the homeward-bound Ships, is a mifchievous 
Practice; and highly detrimental and injurious to his 
Majeity’s Cuftoms. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committtee, 
That the allowing the Importation of Tea, by Certificates 
from Offend, and other foreign Places, not being the Place 
of its Growth, tends to promote the illegal Trade car- 
ried on by his Majefty’s Subjects to the Eaft Indies, un- 
der foreign Commiffions, and in Conjunétion with 
Foreigners; and is very prejudicial to the Trade and 
Navigation of this Kingdom. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That it will be for the Benefit of the Trade of this King- 
dom, that the time given for Drawbacks for all Goods 
and Merchandizes imported, and afterwards exported, be 
enlarged. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That it will be for the Benefit of the Trade of this King- 
dom, that the time given to the Ea/t India Company for 
their Difcounts, and other Allowances, be enlarged. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Haft India Company be allowed to fhip out 
Stores, Provifions, and Neceffaries, for maintaining their 
Garifons, and Settlements, free of all Duties. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Horatio 
Walpole, Mr. Herne, Mr. Hungerford, and Mr. Lowndes, 


do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to call 
over the Names of fuch Members as made Default to 
appear upon the Call of the Houfe, on Thurfday latt: 

And feveral of their Names were called over; and 
many of them appeared ; and others were excufed. 

The Name of Sir Fohn Curzon Baronet being called 
over ; and an Excule being offered on his behalf ; 

And the Queftion being put, That Sir John Curzon 
Baronet be excufed ; 

The Houfe divided, 


The Yeas go forth. 
ee Mr. Chetwynd 
Tellers for the ¥eas,} Sir Cha. Hotham y 


i I 7 I. 
Mr. Windfor, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Paéher: 


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So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
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A Meffage from his Majefty by Sir Wiiliam Sander- 

fon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
tend his Majefty, immediately, in the Houle of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to 
the Houle of Peers. 

And, being returned; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That he, with the Houfe, had 
attended his Majefty, in the Houfe of Peers: And that 
his Majefty had becn pleafed to give the Royal Affent to 
the feveral publick and private Bills following; viz. 

An A&amp; to enable the South Sea Company to ingraft Part 
of their Capital Stock, and Fund, into the Stock, and 
Fund, of the Bank of EZxgland, and another Part thereof 
into the Stock, and Fund, of the Eaf India Company ; 
and for giving further time for Payment to be made b 
the faid south Sea Company, to the Ufe of the Publick: 

An Aé for punifhing Mutiny and Deiertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters: 

An Act to preferve and encourage the Woollen and 
Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Ufe and 
Wear of all printed, painted, ftained, or dyed Callicoes, 
in Apparel, Houfhold-ftuff, Furniture, or otherwiie, after 
the T'wenty-fitth Day of December One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Twenty-two, except as therein is excepted: 

An Act for the better Prefervation of the Harbour of 
Rye, in the County of Suffex : 

An A@ for finifhing and adorning the new Chapel, 
called Saint George’s Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the 
County of Norfo/k, and tor enlightening the Streets of 
the faid Town, by a Duty or Impofition on Coals, Culm, 
and Cinders, to be landed, and confumed, there: 

An Aét for making the River Weaver navigable from 
Frodfoam Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter : 

An A&amp; for enlarging the Time for making the River 
Kennet navigable from Reading to Newbury, in the County 
of Berks: 

An A&amp; to inclofe the common Field of Lighthorne, and 
a Common called Lighthorne-heath, in the County of 
Warwick: 

An Aét for draining, improving, and inclofing, the 
Common called Stocke/y Common, in the Parifh of Siocke/by, 
in the County of Norfolk : 

An A&amp; to enable the Right honourable Heneage Earl 
of Ailesford to fell certain Ettates of Leafehold and Inhe- 
ritance in the County of Kext, comprifed in his Marriage 
Settlement; and to purchafe another Eftate, in the County 
of Leicefter, of better Value, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes : 

An A&amp; for the Naturalization of J/abella Countefs of 
Denbigh, Wife of William Earl of Denbigh: 

An A&amp; for naturalizing ‘fohn Hartcup: 

An Aét for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines, Chriftian Fre- 
derick Zincke, and others. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and 
Mr. Bennet: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
veft the Fee and Inheritance of divers Meffuages, Lands, 
and Hereditaments, of William \ate Marquis of Hallifax, 
in Truftees, to be fold; together with a Term of Five hun- 
dred Years, by him deviled to his Executors, in Trutft, 
for the better Performance of his Will: To which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded to call over the reft of the Names 
"eg Members as made Default to appear on Thur/day 
aft : 

And many of them appeared; and others were ex- 
cufed. 

The Name of Charles Parker Efquire, being called over; 
and no Excute being offered for him ; 

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Ordered, That the faid Charles Parker Efquire, be taken 
into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon To- 
morrow Three Weeks. 

Ordered, Vhat fuch Members as fhall not then attend 


be taken into the Cuttody of the Serjeant at Arms attend- 
ing this Houie. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





V eneris, 24° die Martii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1720. 
PRAYERS. 


Riera, That Lieutenant General Harvey have Leave 


to go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extra- 
ordinary Occafions. 


Ordered, ‘That Sir The. Wheat Baronet, have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the ingroffed 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for vefting in 
Truftees a Moiety of divers Manors and Lands in Effex, 
belonging to Thomas Pagett Kiquire, and Mary his Wite, 
to enable them to convey the fame, according to Articles 
for the Sale thereof, is committed, have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Bertie, Lord 
Pagett, Lord Win. Manors, Mr. Smith, Mr. Ward, Sir 
Orl. Bridgman, Colonel Campbell, Lord Stanhope, Mr, 
Cowper, Sir Hen. Afbhurfl, Mr. Hampden, Sir Wiifred 
Lawjon, Mr. Win. Chetwynd, Mr. Brudenell, Lord Wm. 
Powl:tt, Mr. Furnefe, be added to the faid Committee, 


Ordered, That George England Ef{quire, have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Heaith. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to veft the Fee and Inheritance of divers Meffuages, Lands, 
and Hereditaments, of William late Marquis of Halifax, 
in Truftees, to be fold, together with a Term of Five 
hundred Years, by him devifed to his Executors, in 
Truft, for the better Performance of his Will, was read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the honourable Price Devereux Efquire, 


have Leave to go into the Country for Six Weeks, upon 
extraordinary Occafions. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury, Juftices of Peace, Gen- 
tlemen, and Freeholders, of the County of Gloucefter, at 
the Affizes held the Eleventh Day of March 1720; and 
alfo of the Mayor, and Aldermen, and Grand Jury, of the 
City of Gloucefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the mifchievous Effects the Trade of 
the Nation, and particularly the Clothing Manufacture of 
that Country, lie under, is occafioned by the treacherous 
Practices of the late South Sea Directors; as alfo the 
Ruin of the publick Credit of the Nation: And praying, 
That they may be put under an Incapacity of doing fuch 
Mifchief to the Publick for the future. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Mafcy Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Rixton, cum Glaffebrook, and the Tenants, Free- 
holders, and Inhabitants, of the faid Towns, which Towns 
lie, for the Space of Two Miles and an Half, upon the 
Bank of the River Mercy, within the County Palatine of 
Lancafter, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell naviga- 
ble from Liverpool to Manchefter will be of great Eafe to 
the refpective Townthips, in the Charge of Reparation 
of the Highways, which amount to more than the Value 
of the Inheritance of the Lands to be cut will amount 
unto; and the Land-carriage will thereby be a great deal 

6K cheaper : 








4.94, 


cheaper: And praying, That the faid Rivers may be made 
navigable. 7 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for mak- 
ing the Rivers Mercy and Jrwell navigable irom Liver- 
pool to Manchefter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, 
is committed, i 

A Petition of William Pulteney, Harry Pulteney, John 
Pulteney, Daniel Pulteney, Charles Pulteney, and Thomas 
Pulteney, Efguires, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That Sir Wiil’am Pulteney being pof- 
feffed of feveral Meffuages, and Parcels of Land, Part 
of the Manor or Bayliwick of Saint James, lying in the 
Parifhes of St. Fames, Saint Martin’s, and Saint Ann’s, 
in the County of Middle/ex, which had been held by him, 
and his Anceftors, ever fince the Reign of Queen Etiza- 
beth, by virtue of feveral Leafes from the Crown, furren- 
dered Twenty-fix Acres, Part thereof, to his late Ma- 
jefty King Charles the Second, for the Inlargement of his 
Park of Saint fames: That by his laft Will, dated the 

oth April 1685, he deviied all his Leafehold Eftates to 
gir Thomas Clerges Knight, and Hexry Guy Efquire, fince 
deceafed, upon Truft, to pay his Debts, and the Portions 
given by his Will; and to lay out the Surpluis-money in 
the Purchafe of Lands within Fighty Miles of London, to 
be fettled to the Ufe of William Pulteney Eiquire, his eldett 
Son, fince deceafed, for Life; Remainder to William Pulte- 
ney, Grandfon of the faid Sir Wiiliam Pulteney, for iis Life, 
and to his Firft and other Sons, in Tail Male; Remainder 
to Harry Pulteney, in Tail Male; with feveral Remainders 
to Fohn, Daniel, Charles, and Thomas, Pulteney, for their 
re{pective Lives ; and to their refpective Sons fucceflively, 
in Tail Male: That, after the faid Sir Wil'tam Pulteney’s 
Death, his Truftees fold Part of the Premiffes; and, upon 
Hearing of a Caufe in Chancery, the 7th November 1692, 
upon a Bill exhibited for an Execution of the Trufts in the 
faid Will, the Court declared, That, in cafe the faid Truf- 
tees could purchafe the Reverfion of the faid Leatehold 
Premiffes, it would be for the Benefit of the Eftate: That 
their late Majeities King William and Queen Mary were 
gracioufly pleafed, by Indenture under the Great Seal, 
dat’ 3d April 1694, to grant and demife Part of the faid 
Leafehold Premiffes to the faid Sir Thomas Clarges, and 
Henry Guy, for Ninety-nine Years, from the 14th Fe- 
bruary 1722, at which Time the former Leafes will ex- 
pire, under the Rent of 12/. 165. 10d, and upon the 
Truft appointed by the faid Sir William Pulteney’s Will: 
And their faid Majefties did, by Letters Patents, dated 
the 4th of faid 4pril, grant the Inheritance of other 
Parts of the faid Leafehold Eiftate to Sir Tho. Clarges, 
and Henry Guy, and their Heirs, upon Trufts appointed 
by Sir William Pu!tency’s Will; and the fame have been 
fince fettled according to the Directions thereof: That 
the faid laft- mentioned Leafe, and Grant of the Inheritance, 
were made in Confideration of 2,498 1. 6s. paid into 
their Majefties Exchequer: That, fince the faid Leafe 
of 3d April 1694, the Truftees of Sir William Pulteney 
have fold Part of the Premiffes leafed, and paid all his 
Debts, and the Portions given by his Will; and confi- 
derable Part thereof remains in the Petitioners Family : 
That fome of the Houfes, built upon Part of the leafed 
Premiffes, which remain untold, lately fell down; and 
others are become ruinous and decayed, and therefore 
cannot be fold but at great Ditadvantage; nor can any 
Building ‘.eafes be made thereof, but by Direétion of the 
Court of Chancery: That the Petitioner William Pulte- 
ney, and his Anceftors, having held the faid Premiffes for 
feveral Generations, as Tenants to the Crown, the Peti- 
tioners are very defirous, that the fame fhould be pre- 
ferved in the Family, by a Settlement; according to the 
Ufes directed by the Will; which, although there are 
above One hundred Years yet to come in the faid Leafes 
oranted by the Crown, cannot be effected, unlefs the 
Inheritance thereof be purchafed of his Majefty, and for 
which the Petitioners are willing to pay the utmoft Value: 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 


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A. 1720. 


Bill to enable his Majefty to grant the Inheritance of the 
faid leafed Premiffes, which remain unfold, to Truftees 
upon a full Confideration to be paid for the fame, as thal 
be valued by the proper Officers of the Crown ; to the 
end the fame may be fettled according to the faid Will 
and be preferved in the Family; and that the Petitioners 
may be enabled to make Leaics of the Premiffes for Sixty. 
one Years, in like manner as they have Power to do of 
the other Eftates fettled purfuant to the faid Will. 

Whereupon Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houf, 
That, the Contents of the faid Petition having been laid 
before his Majeity, his Majefty had commanded him to 
acquaint the Houie, That his Majefty has no Objcétion 
to the bringing in fuch a Bill as is defired by the Peti- 
tion. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr, 
Falpole, the Lord Wiliam Powlett, Mr. Siith, and Mr. 
Horatio Walpole, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Bond prefented to the Houfe, according to Or. 
cer, a Bill for confirming the Manors of Lethom, and 
divers Lands, in the County of Launcaffer, to Ri hard 
Wareing, Bryan hairfax, and Thowas Afpurft, Liquires, 
and their Heirs, fubject to the Trufts to which the fame 
are now liable, difcharged of a certain Claule, in Letters 
Patents of King Charles the Firtt, for conveying the Re- 
verfion in Fee to the Crown: And the fame was re. 
ceived; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Dougla/s reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Archibald Deuglafs, of Cavers, Efquire, 
2 H t Sodhy j ; 
in behalf of the Borough of Fedburgh, in Teviotdale, 
was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; and 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
which he read in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 

read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Committee, to whom the faid Petition was 
referred, have met, and examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and find, upon Examination of Sir 
Gilbert Elliot, and William Ellict Efquire, 
stoke &gt; we 2 Aerss } be %y } 1 ° . 

That the faid Borough, before the Revolution, did en- 
gage in feveral confiderable Debts; and the Revenues 
thereof have fince been partly applied for Payment of the 
Intereft thereof, and partly for other Ufes of the faid 
Corporation ; which has put the faid borough under great 
Difficulties; and the Debts of the faid Borough are much 
increafed by the late unhappy Rebellion in 1715, when 
the Rebels feized the faid Town, and put the Inhabitants 
to feveral great Charges : 

That the faid Borough has, of late, been in great Want 
of Spring-water, the River-water being often muddy, and 
unferviceable; which has obliged the Borough to contract 
new Debts : 

_ That the Building of Work-houfes, and other Conve- 
niencies, for the Manufacturing of coarfe Wool, the faid 
Town being a very proper Place for it, would be of great 
Advantage to the fame : 

That the Bridges, Streets, and publick Buildings, be- 
longing to the faid Borough, are io much out of Repair, 
that the Inhabitants are unable to amend and keep the 
fame in Repair, and to do the other Works before- 
mentioned, without fome Provifion be made for that Pur- 
pole. 

That it alfo appeared to the faid Committee, That the 
carrying onand completing the Works before-mentioned 
will not only be very necetlary for the Support of the faid 
Borough, but aifo of great Benefit to fuch Part of the 
County as lie near to the fame. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part 
of a Peny Sterling, upoa every Scots Pint of Ale or 
Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Fed- 
burgh, and Privileges thereof, for paying the publick 
Debts of the faid Town; and for fupplying the fame with 

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7 GEG. I. 


freth Water ; and for building publick Work-houfes, and 
other neceffary Works there: And that Mr. Douglafs of 
Cavers, and Sir David Dalrymple, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Bennet: 

Mr Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to en- 
able the Right honourable Thomas Lord Parker, Baron 
of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 
Fohn Sutton Clerk, Edward Eyres, and Sarah his Wite, 
and Matthew Hawes, and Sarah his Wife, for and on the 
behalf of themfelves, and of their Infant Children, to 
make feveral Exchanges of Lands and Tenements, and to 

erform their feveral Agreements touching the fame: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Hioufe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the County of Rutland, in the room of the 
Right honourable ohn Maners Efquire, commonly called 
Marquis of Granby, now Duke of Rutland, called up to 
the Houfe of Peers. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
better Eftablifhing of publick Credit, by preventing, for 
the future, the infamous Praétice of Stock jobbing, was 
committed, the Amendments which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendiments, be in- 
profied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Mozday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





27° die Marti; 


Lune, 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

to enable the Right honourable Thomas Lord Par- 

ker, Baron of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of Great 

Britain, Fohn Sutton Clerk, Edward Eyres, and Sara his 

Wife, and Matthew Hawes, and Sarah his Wife, for and 

on the behalf of themfelves, and of their Infant Children, 

to make feveral Exchanges of Lands and Tenements, 

and to perform their feveral Agreements touching the 
fame, was read the Firft time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Norfolk 
and Suifolk, of and from the Ufes and Limitations con- 
tained in the Marriage Settlement of Tiomas de Grey 
Efquire ; and for fettling other Eftates, in the faid Coun- 
ties, to the fame Ufes; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bacon, 
Mr. Walpole, Sir Tho. Lee, Sir Fohn Pakington, Sir Tho. 
Lyttleton, Sir Wim. Monfon, Mr. Herne, Sir Richard 
Goffe, Lord Win. Powlet, Sir Orl. Bridgman, Mr. Ellis, 
Mr. Halfey, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Booth, Sir Tho. Hales, 
Mr. Heron, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Evelyn, Sir Fames Camp- 
bell, Sit Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Onfow, Mr. Wright{on, Sir 
Hungerford Hofrins, Lord Tyrconnel, Sir Cha. Hetham, 

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Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Cartaret, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Wiud- 
for, Sir Geo. Beawmont, Mr. Edwards, Sir Adsipbus Ouzh- 
ton, Sir Richard Grofvenor, Mr. Conyers, Sir ‘Yoha Eden, 
Sir Geo. Warburton; and all the Members that ferve for 
the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 
to enable Herbert Perrot Pakingtox Efquire, only Son of 
Sir Fohn Pakington Baronet, to acknowlege Fines, and 
fuffer Recoveries, while he is under the Age of One-and- 
twenty Years, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Tho. Lyt- 
telton, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Archer, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Wylde, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Herne, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. 
Wrightfon, Sit Cha. Hotham, Sir Win. Thompfon, Mr. San- 
dys, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Hillerfden, Sir James Campbell, 
Sir Richard Grofvenor, Mr. Earle, Mr. Foley, Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Windfor, Mr. Powlett, Sir John Eden, Mr. Medly- 
cot, Sir Arth. Kay, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Helyar, Sir Cha. Tur- 
ner, Mr. Cartaret, Sir Geo. Warburton, Mr. Edvwvards, 
Mr. Eliys,. Sir Nicholas Morice, Mr. Sinith, Mr. Lazw/on ; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of or- 
cefter and Bucks: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at ive of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to veft the Eftate of Sir Charles Cartaret Baronet, de- 
ceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debrs; and fet- 
tling the Remainder to the fame Ufes, in his Will, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cartaret, 
Sir James Campbell, Lord Win. Powlett, Mr. Sandys. Mr. 
Halfey, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Chetwynd, Me Wylde, Lord 
Tyrconnell, Sir Adal, Si 





1s Oughton, Sir Foha Hobart, Mr. 
Dedaington, Mr. Treby, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Ea-l, 
Sir Cha. Turner, Sir Ori. Bridgman, Sir Cha Hothan, Mr. 
Thompfon, Mr. Ferrer, Sir Tho. Lyttelton, Mr. Archer, Sir 
Ar ih. Kay, Mr. Conyers, Sir Geo. Warburton, Nir. Herne, 
Mr. Winafor, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Lawfon, Mr, Slop:r, 
Mr. Bayle, Mr. Edwaris, Sir Richard Goffe, Colonel 
Thompfon, Mr. Weftera, Sir Roger Bradfoaigh, Mr. Plum- 
mer, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Whiichcot, Mr Bacon, Mr. Mickle- 
thwaite, Mr. De Grey: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


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A Petition of the Gentlemen, Frecholders, Land- 
owners, and Inhabitants of the Town of Wa, durtoa, lyine, 
for the Space of One Mile and Half, upon the Banxs of 
the River Adercy, within the County Palatine of Chefer, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; feiting forth, Thar 
the making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell navigable from 
Liverpool to Manchefter will be of creat Hale to that and 
the neighbouring Townthips, in the Charge of Keparation 
of the Highways; and a great s\dvantage in carrying 
Produce of the Lands to the refpective Markets of 
Liverpool and Manchefter at cheaper Rates: And pray- 
ing, That the faid Rivers may be made navigable 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the Rivers Mercy and Jrwell navigable from Liver- 
pool to Menchefter, in the County Palatine of Lancafer, 
is committed. 


1 
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tam 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, and other 
Gentlemen, of the County Palatine of Chefer, met to- 
gether at the Affizes held at the Caftle of Chefr the Firt 
Day of Oéoder, in the Seventh Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; fetring 
forth, That the Counties of Lancaffer and Chefter are 
joined together, for a confiderable Length, by the River 
Mercy; into which River, from Manchefler, falls the Ri- 
ver Irwell, and, when joined, they fall into the Sea, by 
the Port of Liverpool, and tothe Jrifh Sea, or St. George’s 
Channel: That, if the faid Rivers Mercy and Irwel] were 
made navigable, it will be an Encouragement to Trade, 
an Increafe of Seamen, the Benefit ef the Roads, and 

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the Lands may be better hufbanded: And praying, That 
the faid Rivers may be made navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the Rivers Mercy and J/rwell navigable from Liver- 
pool to Manchefter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, is 
committed. : 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, Juftices 
of the Peace, and Gentlemen, affembled at the Affizes 
held at Lancafter, in and for the County Palatine of 
Lancafter, on Tuefday the Thirtieth Day of Auguft, in 
the Seventh Year of his Majefty’s Reign, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Towns of 
Manchefter and Liverpool, by their Manufactures, Trade, 
and Merchandize, do not only fubfift great Numbers of In- 
habitants, but alfoemploy many Thoufands of Families: 
That, if the Rivers Jrwel! and Mercy were made navigable, 
it will be agreat Increafe and Advantage to the Trade, and 
a further Benefit to the Lands, of the taid County, by the 
Eafe, Cheapnefs, and Conveniency, of Carriage ; and fave 
a great Expence in maintaining the Roads and Highways: 
And praying, That the faid Rivers may be made navigable. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for make- 
ing the Rivers Mercy and Irwell navigable from Liver- 
pool to Manchefter, in the County Palatine of Laacafer, 
is commiited. 


Ordered, That Sir Adolphus Oughton have Leave to go 
into the Country for Three Weeks, upon extraordinary 
Occafions. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That Mr. Baron 
Page had on Saturday \aft been with him; and, pur- 
fuant to the Aé&amp;t of Parliament paffed this Seffion, deli- 
vered to him Duplicates of the Inventories or Particulars 
of the Eftates of the late Sub Governor, Deputy Gover- 
nor, and of all the late Direétors, of the South Sea Com- 
pany (except fuch of them, Duplicates of the Inventories 
or Particulars of whofe Eftates were already before this 
Houfe) ,; and of the late Deputy Cafhier and Accountant 
of the faid Company : 

And Mr. Speaker delivered the faid Duplicates, with 
a Schedule of them, to the Clerk of the Houle: 

And the faid Schedule was read; and isas followeth; viz. 

Sir John Fellows Baronet, Sub Governor; Charles Foye 
Ffquire, Deputy Governor; Fames Edmendfon Efguire, 
Arthur Ingram Efquire, Sir Theodore Fanffen Knight and 
Baronet, Stephen Child Efquire, Francis Hawes “quire, 
Jacob Sawbridge Efquire, Fohn Turner Etquire, Sir Wil- 
liam Hamond Knight, William Morley Efquire, Richard 
Horfey Efquire, Hugh Raymond Efquire, Sir Lambert 
Blackwell Baronet, ‘Fohx Gore Efquire, William Aftell 
Efguire, Samuel Read junior, Efquire, Robert Chefter 
Eiquire, Richard Holditch Efquire, Sir Robert Chaplin 
Baronet, Thomas Reynolds Eiquire, Peter de la Porte 
Efquire, Edward Gibbon Efquire, Sir Harcourt Mafters 
Knight, Ambrofe Page Eiquire, Sir Facob Facobjon Knight, 
Sir Fohn Lambert Baronet, Sir William Chapman Knight 
and Baronet, Sir ohn Blunt Baronet ; ohn Grig/by, Ac- 
countant; Rodert Surman, Deputy Cafhier. 

Ordered, That the feveral Duplicates of the Inventories 
or Particulars of the Eftates of the late Sub Governor, 
Deputy Governor, Directors, Deputy Cafhier, and Ac- 
countant, of the South Sea Company, delivered into this 
Houfe, be referred to the Confideration of a Committee, 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine 
the faid Duplicates : 

And it is referred to Mr. Fohn Hopkins, Mr. Rogers, 
Mr. Rudge, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. 
Gedfrey, Mr. Morice, Mr. Peter Walter, Mr. Lowther, 
Mr. Gould, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Clayton, General Roffe, 
General Wade, Mr. Furnefe, Mr. Auditor Foley, Mr. 
Carteret, Lord Moiefworth, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Herne, 


Mr. Biffle, Mr. London, Mr. Deacle, Sir Richard Thomp- - 


fon, Sir Thomas Croffe, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Diftcn, Sir 
Hen. Bunbury, Sir Fohn Ward, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. 
Pulteney, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, or 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


MEVFT. 


any Three of them : Andtheyare to meet at Five a Clock, 
this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee do make Eftimates 
of the Balances of the faid feveral Duplicates ; and lay the 
fame before this Houfe with all convenient Speed: And 
that they do report to the Houfe, from time to time, 
fuch Obfervations as they fhall make upon the faid Du- 
plicates: And they are to fit de die in diem. 

The faid Duplicates are bound up with the other Paperg 

of this Seffion. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That his Ma. 
jefty, purfuant to their Addrefs, had commanded him to 
lay before this Houfe Copies of feveral Letters and Papers 
relating to Mr. Knight: And he prefented the fame to the 
Houfe, with a Schedule to them. 

And the faid Schedule, and the Copies of the faid 
feveral Letters and Papers were read; and are as follow; 
ViZ. 

A Lift of Papers : 

172%, February toth, Copy of his Majefty’s Letter 
to the Emperor, and Tranflation : 

Copy of my Lord Townjhend’s Letter to Count Sinzen. 
dorf, and Tranflation : 

February 11th, Copy of his Majefty’s Inftructions to 
Colonel Charles Churchill : 

March 18th, N. S. Copy of the Emperor’s Letter to 
his Majefty, and Tranflation : 

Copy of Prince Engene’s Letter to the Margiuis de Prié, 
and Tranflation : 

Copy of Count Sinzendorf’s Letter to my Lord Town/- 
hend, and Tranflation : 

1721, March 30th, N. S. Copy of Mr. Leathes’s Let- 
ter to my Lord Zowsfhend. 


Sir, my Brother, 
I Thank you with all my Heart for the obliging Manner 

in which the Marquis de Prié, upon the Inftances my 
Minifter, had made by my Order, cauled Robert Knight 
Cafhier of the South Sea Company, to be feized, who, 
having fled in order to withdraw himfelf from the Juftice 
of my Parliament, was fo audacious as to take Refuge in 
your Imperial Majefty’s Dominions: I efteem this Pro- 
ceeding asa Mark of your Frendfhip, of which I am 
very fenfible; and I perfuade mylelf, that your Imperial 
Majefty will be pleafed to fhew me the Continuance of 
it, by ordering, that he, with all his Papers and Effects, 
may be delivered up into the Hands of fuch Perfon as I 
fhall employ to bring him home, under a fure Guard, 
that he may undergo the Examination of both Houfes of 
my Parliament; and that he may be profecuted accord- 
ing to Juftice and Equity: I cannot doubt of obtaining 
fo reafonable a Demand from your Imperial Majefty, 
whofe known Jutftice will never permit, that, in whatever 
depends on you, any Means may be wanting of obtaining 
an Inquiry into, and Punifhment of, Crimes of fo black 
a Dye as thofe of the Perfons in whofe Hands the Ma- 
nagement of the A ffairsof thatCompany has been; whofe 
Plundering, having fpread itfelf all over my Kingdom, 
has reduced fo great a Number of Families of Diftin¢tion 
to the utmoft Want, that my Parliament could not avoid 
taking particular Notice of it, and making the moft 
lively Reprefentations to me thereupon: I am perfuaded 
the Calamity of fo many Perfons in Diftrefs will move 
your Imperial Majefty’s Compaffion ; and I flatter my- 
felf, that you will grant me fo juft a Requeft; placing an 
intire Confidence in your Imperial Majefty’s Friendthip, 
and being perfuaded you will oblige me in fo fenfible a 
Point, who am, with the moft fincere Zeal and Attach- 
ment, 

Your Imperial Majefty’s 
mott affectionate Brother, 
St. Fames’s, roth February 172%. 
To my Brother, 
the Emperor. 

Sir, Whitehall, toth February 172%- 

Tele Lines will be delivered to you by Colon 
Churchill, a near Relation of the Duke of Aéarlve- 

TeugU s 


GEORGE R. 








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4 GEO: I. 


rough; and who, I beliéve may be known to Prince Eu 
gene, by the means of his Service inthe War in Flanders: 
Having’a very particular Regard for him, I take the Li- 
berty of recommending him earneftly to your Excellency; 
whofe Goodnefs to him will moft ferifibly oblige me: 
He is charged with a Letter from the King my Mafter to 
his Imperial Majefty, containing an earneft Requeft, that 
he would caufe to be delivered into fuch Hands as his 
Majefty fhall entruft in that behalf, the Perfon, and all 
the Papers and Effects, of Robert Knight, late Cafhier of 
the South Sea Company ; who, being under the Exami- 
nation of the Parliament, has thought fit to abfcond, and 
to retire into Brabant, where the Marquis de Pri‘,-upon 
the Inftances of our Mimifter at Bruffels, has been fo good 
as to caufe him to be arrefted: Fhe King teckons upon 
your good Offices in this Affair; both on account of the 

ood Inclination he is perfuaded you have towards him, 
and becaufe he cannot doubt the Compaffion of a Perfon 
of your Generofity, and love of Juftice and Equity, 
towards fo many Perfons of Condition, diftrefled by the 
Rapine of thofe that had the Management of the Affairs 
of that Company; nor your Willingnefs to contribute 
towards ‘bringing thofe Men to Juitice, who not only 
have ruined a great Number of Families, but; having 
alfo violated the publick Faith, fo neceffary to Commerce, 


“are become Criminals to all Princes and States with whofe 
‘Subjects we carry on any Trade: And I am ordered to 


affrre you, that you will, by this, do a moft acceptable 
Service to his Majefty, and moft fenfibly oblige him. 

Your Excellency will permit me to take this Opportu- 
nity of affuring you, That I canmever forget the Pleafure 
and Satisfaction I formerly enjoyed if the Honour of 
your Friendfhip and Converfation at the Hague but 
fhould think myfelf moft happy, could I give you Marks 
of the pureft Zeal, and moft perfect Regard, with which 
I fhall ever be, &amp;e. 


Townfbend. 


Inftructions for our trufty.and well-beloved Colonel 
Charles Churchill, whom we have ordered to go to 
the Court of our good Brother the Emperor. of 
Germany. Given at our Court at Saint Fames’s, 
the 11th Day of February 172%, in the Seventh 
Year of our Reign. 

GEORGE R. 


| W Hereas both the Houfes of our Parliament have hum- 


bly addreffed us, That we would make the proper 
Applications, and ule the moft effectual Inftances, that Re- 
bert Knight, late Cafhier of the South Sea Company, who, 
as we are informed, is at prefent feized, and detained Pri- 
foner, in the Citadel of Antwerp, may be delivered up to 
us, together with his Papers and Effects, we, being moft 
earneftly defirous, that this juft Requeft of our Parlia- 
ment may be exactly complied with, have thought fit to 
make choice of you to go to Vienna on that account. 
Therefore, upon the Receipt of thefe our Inftructions, 
together with our Letter to our good Brother the Empe- 
ror, and likewife a Letter which our right trufty and 
well-beloved Coufin and Counfellor Charles Vifcount 
Townfbend, One of our principal Secretaries of State, has 
wrote, on this Occafion, to the Count de Sinzendorff, by 
our Command, you are forthwith to repair to the Impe- 
rial Court, with all the Diligence you can make; and 
upon your Arrival there, you are to deliver the faid Let- 
ters, as directed ; and, as the Matter you are fent upon is 


of great Importance to us, you are to prefs to receive as . 


favourable and as {peedy an Anfwer as you can get upon 
the aforefaid Letters; and, having received the fame, 
you are to return to us without Lots of Time. 

You have, with thefe Inftructions, Copies of the afore- 
faid Letters, which will fully fhew you our Sentiments 
upon this your Errand ; and accordingly you will con- 
form yourfelf, in your Reprefentations at Vienna, to the 
Contents of the Letters above-mentioned. 

G. R. 
OST Serene King, my moft dear Brother and Cou- 
“*~ fin, I have received your Majefty’s Letrer, wherein, 
Vou. XIX. 


Jourtials of the Houfe of Commons. 


497 
after having acknowleged the Satisfaction .you-had, .on 
the arrefting the Perfon of Kebert Kniger, by Order ot the 
Marquis de Pri, at the Requeit of your Majelty’s Mini- 
fter, you acquaint me with your Defire, that he may be 
delivered to your Majefty, in order to his being examined 
by both Houtes of Parliament, and his receiving the Pu- 
nifhment due to his Offences ; as having been tne Oc: 4- 
fion of the Ruin of fo many of your Majefty’s! faithiul 
Subjeéts, who move my Compaffion: Your Majefty. will 
fee, by the annexed Copy of the Order given to the Mar- 
quis de Prié, the earneft Inclination I have to comply with 
you, im executing what you defire fhould be done; as- 
being unwilling to omit any Opportunity of making your 
Majefty fenfible of the Effeéts of that fincere Union and 
Friendfhip that is eftablithed between us; but the Diffe- 
rence there is between the Crimes of Rebellion, and thoue 
of Knight, will perhaps raife fome Difficulties in the deéli- 
vering him up, on account of the known Privileges which 
the States of our Low Countries enjoy, and which I will 
endeavour to overcome, if poffible; and, flattering my- 
felf that thefe my earneft Intentions will be acceptable to 
your Majefty, I remain, with an unalterable Friendhhip, 
and an affectionate Efteem, 


Vienna, 18th March Your Majefty’s 
17216 moft affectionate Brother, 
To the moft Serene King and Coufin, 
of Great Britain, my 
moft dear Brother and CHARLES. 


Coufin. 


Copy of the Letter writ by the Prince Eugene, of Sa- 
voy, to the Marquis de Prié, dated at Vienna, the 
18th of March 1721. 

THE Letter which your Excellency wrote to me 
the 26th of Iaft Month, is come to my Hands: I 
found, by it, on one Side, the preffing Inftances ‘which 
Mr. Leathes, the King of Great Britain’s Refident, made 
to you, That Robert Knight, Cathier of the South Sea 
Company, might be delivered to him, in order to be fent 


‘over into England, and, on the other Side, the Difficul- 


ties which you forefee in granting that Requeft, conft- 
dering the Privileges of the States of Brabant, which 
have been fworn to by his Imperial arid Catholick Majefty, 
their Right of Afylum, or Sanctuary; and the continual 
Complaints which they made during the time of the Re- 
bellion in Scotlend, on account of the Treatment which 
the King of Great Britain’s Rebel Subjects, who had re- 
tired thither, then received; although their Cafe was 
very different, and more heinows than that of Kwigbt. 

Since that Letter from your Excellency, Colonel 
Churchill has browght one to his Imperiat Majefty, froin 
his Majefty the King of Great Britain, whereby he de- 
mands, with the ftrongeft Inftances, that the faid Robert 
Knight may be put into his Hands. 

His Imperial Majefty, being always difpofed to give 
the King of Grect Britain, and the Nation, all the moft 
fincere Proofs of luis true Friendhhip, defires nothing more 
than to have it ta his Power to grant, and effectually to 
comply with, that Requeft, without any more to do: 
But, as it appears to you to be direétly contrary to the 
Rights and Privileges of which all Nations are jealous, 
and particularly the People of Brebant, his Imperial Ma- 
jefty has thought fit to refer this Matter to your Excel- 
lenicy ; with precife artd pofitive Order, That, being upon 
the Spot, and thoroughly informed of the abovefaid Pri- 
vileges, and Objtacles, you fhould do all that you poffibly 
can to remove them, artd to fatisfy the Defires of his 
Majefty the King of Greet Britcin with refpeét to the 
Surrendery which is demanded; and that without caufing, 
as far as may be, any dangerous Froubles or Commo- 
tions. . 


My Lord Vierna, 18th March 1721, N.S. 
y ‘ U ‘ W b 
nd a7 ye? ») 

Have received, by Colonel Conrchiil, your Excetlency’s 

Letter, dated trom Whitehall, the += February: His 
perfonal Merit, his Name, and the Share he enjoys in your 
Friendfhip and Protection, are juch prevailing Motives 
with ne, that there is nothing upon Earth that lL would not 


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at aniy'time, and upon any Occafioh; do for his Service ; 
I am only forry that his fhort Stay here would not-allow 
me to give him as many Marks ofvit :as I wifhed: The 
Jultice his Britannick Majefty does me, in believing me to 
be fullof Zeal and Attachment for his Service, gives me, 
my Lord, a Satisfaétion I cannot fufficiently expreis to 
u; and will be a frefi Inducementr to my giving, as 
ong as I live, the moft refpectful Proofs of it: One can 
never admite too much that Monarch’s conftant Appl 
cation to the Maintaining of Juftice in his Realm, and to 
the Relieving of the Diftrefled; the Orders he has given 
againft Robert Knight can bear no other Interpretation : 
And his Imperial and Catholick. Majefty, who abhors all 
corrupt Practices, efpecially fuch as turn to publick Op- 
reffion, is entirely difpofed to give his Britannick Ma- 
jefty, upon this Occafion, all poffible Tokens of his Af- 
fection and Friendfhip: Your Excellency has not forgot 
with what Readinefs he gave his Orders in the Bufinets 
relating to the Rebellion; and, if the Matter depended 
on his Will alone, thoie he now gives would be as pre- 
cife, and as ftrong: But, you know, the Low Countries 
have their particular Laws and Privileges; and that his 
Majefty very lately caufed a folemn Oath to be taken, in 
his Name, to the Obfervance of them: Al! that can be 
done, without 2 Violation of them, fhall certainly be per- 
formed; and you will, in the mean time, fee, by the in- 
clofed Copy, what Orders his Majefty has thought fic to 
fend beforehand to the Marquis de Prie upon that Sub- 
je: And now, my Lord, I defire you will be perfuaded, 
no Man can be pofiefied with a greater Senfe, than I have, 
of the Honour of your Remembrance, and of that valu- 
able Friendthip which you appear to have preferved for 
me: I hope Colonel Churchill will be pleafed to teftify 
the unbounded Efteem for you with which he found me 
filled : The Time that has lapfed fince I was deprived of 
thofe pleafing Hours that paffed in your Converfation, has 
not in the leaft altered it: Such Friends as your Excel- 
lency are never to be forgotten; nothing can make 
Amends for their Abfence. I am, with the fame Paffion, 

and the fame Refpect, . 

My Lord, 
Your Excellency’s 
Moft humble and 
moft obedient Servant, 
Count Philip of Sinzendorff. 


My Lord, Bruffells, the 30th March 1721. 
I HAD the Honour to give your Lordfhip a particular 

Account, in my Letters of the 15th and 19th Inftant, 
of what had paffed between the Marquis de Prié and me 
on the Subject of Mr. Knight; fince which, I have not 
been honoured with any new Commands from your Lord- 
fhip ; and, though I had Reafon to believe his Excellency 
was inclinable to keep Meafures with the States of Bra- 
bant, 1 ftill perfifted in my Inftances for his being deliver- 
ed up to me. 

On Wednefday \aft, after the Departure of the Poft, I 
waited on the Marquis again, to try whether he would be 
more flexible than he appeared in our laft Conferences ; 
and to know whether the Information I had had that 
Morning was true; viz. That, Mr. Knights Son having 
preferred a Petition to the States of Brabant, they had 
made a Second Reprefentation, in ftronger Terms than 
the Firft: His Excellency told me, It was fo; and that 
the States, in a Body, had prefented it to him that Morn- 
ing ; and that they had prefied him very hard to declare 


in favour of their Privileges, and urged the ftrongeit © 


Reafons to induce him to it; but, as he had not received 
any Orders from Court, on the Matter in queftion, he 
avoided giving a direct Anfwer to their Demands ; 
neverthelefs, to fatisfy them, he promifed to do nothing 
precipitately, in Prejudice of their Requeft, until he had 
again repretented the whole Matter to the Emperor; and 
that their Remonitrances had beenduly weighed at Vienna, 
whether he would fend them, with his Confiderations there- 
on: The Marquis acquainted me likewile, That Mr. 
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Journals. of ‘the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1721. 


Knight had, fome Weeks fince, petitioned him, andclaim- 
ed le Droit @ Azile de cette Provinces _ . 

The Marquis having then other Bufinefs to difpatch 
he appointed the next Evening, to difcourfe this Matter 
more at leifure: Accordingly, I attended him on the 27th 
inftant ; when he acquainted me, That he had jult receiv. 
ed a Letter from Prince Exgene, by a Courier, on the Syb- 
ject of Mr. Knight ; by which he obferved, that the Em- 
peror was inclinable to give his Majefty a Mark of his 
Friendfhip on this Occafion; but, as the Privileges of 
the Province of Brabant might be an Obftacle to it, he 
defired the Marquis to inform the Court very exaély 
how far thofe Privileges were bitiding ; and, at the fame 
time, directs his Excellency to ufe his Endeavours to re- 
move thofe Obftacles; however, to be careful not to 
give new Grounds for any dangerous Troubles, or Agita- 
tions of the People. 

This, my Lord, is the Subftance of the Orders brought 
him by the Courier; at leaft, of all he thought fit to 
communicate tome: The Marquis told me again, That 
he had already given the Court his Sentiments ; and that 
he would repeat them, with his further Confiderations on 
the Matter; and that he would ufe his Endeavours to 
induce the States to wave their Privileges ; but, by what 
he had obferved in them, when they prefented their laft 
Reprefentation, he had Reafon to doubt of their Compli- 
ance; without which, he could not refolve to deliver up 
the Prifoner, being perfuaded, that the Confequences 
would be fuch as the Prince had cautioned him to be care- 
ful in avoiding: He added, This is an Affair of the laft 
Importance to his Imperial Majefty, the Management of 
which requires both Time and Dexterity: I have a jealous, 
obftinate, People to deal with ; and you may remember, 
that, in Three Years time, I was fcarce able to compel 
them to take the Oath they had formerly made no Ob- 
jection againft: I muft therefore acquaint you beforehand, 
That, as the Succefs of this Affair depends chiefly on 
the Caprice of thofe I have to manage, I will not anfwer 
for it; nor can I promife more than my beft Endeavours, 
which, you may affure his Majefty, thall be employed in 
bringing this Matter to a Satisfactory Conclufion. 

Since the Marquis has promifedyme his good Offices, 
I will endeavour to keep him in the favourable Difpofition 
he now profeffes ; and I will ufe all proper Arguments 
with the Deputies of the States, in particular (for I cannot 
apply to them in any other manner), to gain their Con- 
fent to Mr. Knigh?’s being delivered up, and fent Prifoner 
into England. 

I will not omit any thing that may contribute to the 
Succefs of this Affair ; which will, I am perfuaded, give 
great Satisfaction to his Majefty, and a general Content 
to the Nation, in cafe I can be io happy as to effect it. | 
have the Honour, &amp;c. : 

Wm. Leathes. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon, Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to take into Confideration the feveral Letters and 
Papers relating to Mr. Knigit, which his Majefty has 
been gracioufly pleafed to communicate to this Houle, 
purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty. 

Ordered, That the faid Letters and Papers be referred 
to the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morh- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 28° die Martii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
A N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 


to veft the Fee and Inheritance of divers Meffuages, 
Lands, 











7 GEO. I. 


Lands, and Hereditaments, of William late Marquis. of 
Heiifax, in Truftees, to be fold, together with a Term of 
Five hundred Years, by him devifed to his Executors, 
in Truft, for the better Performance of his Will, was 
read a Second time. | 

" Refalved, That the Bill be committed to. Sir ohn Pak- 
ington, Sir Tho. Lyttelton, Mr. Conyers, Mi. Reynsll, Lord 
Hinchiugbroke, Mr. Wright/on, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Fobn 
Rujbout, Mr. Sandys, Mr. London, Mr. Palmer, Mr. 
Clarke, Sir Roger Bradjoaigh, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Ber- 
jie, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Windfor,; Mr. Medlycot, 
Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Wefiphaling; Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. 
Gioyn; and all the Members that jerve for the Counties 
of York, Nottingham, Middlefex, and for the City: of Lon- 
don: And they are to meet this Afternoon; at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing ari Act, rhade in the 
Sixth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, 
intituled, An Act for repairing, amending, and: enlare- 
ing, the Highways between the Top of King/down-bill 
and the City of Bath, and alfo feveral other Highways 
leading to and through the faid City; and for cleanfing, 
paving, and lightening, the Streets, and regulating the 

“hairmen, there; and for explainitig and making the 
faid A&amp; more effectual; was read the Third time. : 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp; for continuing an Act, made in the Sixth Year of 
the Reign of her late Majelty Queen Anne, intituled, An 
A&amp; for repairing, aE Pa andenlafging, the Highways 
between the Top of King/down-kjl and the City of Bath, 
and alfo feveral other Highways leading to and through 
the faid City; and for cleanfing, paving, and lightening, 
the Streets, and regulating the Chaitmen, there; and for 
explaining and making the faid Act more effectual. 

Ordered, That Colonel Coddringtoa do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Bertie reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an Aét, paffed 
in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled, An#Act for repairing the Road froni 
Highgate Gatehoufe in the County of Middlefex, to Barnet 
Blockhoufe, in.the County of Hertford, and for repair- 
ing the Road leading from Hadley Windmill, to the Sign 
of the Angel in Enfield Chace, in the faid County of Mid- 
dlefex ; was committed; That they had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill, which they had direé&amp;ted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he tead the fame ii his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Aimend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon thé Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Act to enable James Clavering junior, Efquire, 
to make Sale of his Eftate at Tanfield, in the County of 
Durbam, freed from the Ufes and Trutts in the faid Fames 
Clavering’s Marriage Settlement ; and to fettle his Eftate 
at Hall-bill, in the faid County, to the fame Ufes; was 
committed, That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had dire€ted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 


out any Amendment : And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Yonge reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingrofled Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for veft- 
ing in Truttees a Moiecy of divers Manors and Lands, in 


Journals. of the Houfe of Conintofis. 


499 
Effex, belonging to Fhomas Pagett Efquite; atid Mary his 
Wite, to enable them to eonvey the danie, according'to 
Articlés for the Sale thereof, was -comititted, That they 
had heard Mr. CorJelfis, by his Counteél, upon his-Peit- 
tion referred to the Committee; and concetyed, that, if 
he had an Intereft in any of the Preihiffes mentiored in 
the Bill, the feme was fifficienttly preferved to him bythe 
genéral Savitig in the Bill, and that they had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and fourid the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Corfents 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


_ Ordered, That the Committee, t6 whom the Confidera- 
tion of the Duplicates of the Ihventofies or Particulars 
of the Eftates of the Sub Gévernor, Deputy Governor, 
Directors, Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South 
Sea Company, were referred, have Powet to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Complaint beirig made to the Houfe,; That Robert 
Channy and Fobn Dick/on, Bailiffs, had arrefted fobn Smith, 
a Servant of Thomas Bere Efquire, 2 Member of this 
Houfe, at the Suit of Thomas Curtis; and that the faid 
Bailiffs, and one Benjamin Fenhings, had abufed and af- 
fronted the faid Mr. Bere in a very rede manner; and 
fpoken Words very much reflecting upon him, znd upon 
the Parliament; in Breach of ie Privilege of this 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be referred to thé Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the {aid 
Complaint; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
therewpon, to the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill forthe better Eftablith- 
ing of publick Credit, by preventing, for the future, the 
intamious Practice of Stock-jobbing, be read the Third 
time upon Thurfday Morning next. 


Mr. Medlycot reported ftora the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for making more effectual the Aét, of the Fourth 
Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intiruled, An Act 
for making more effectual an Act, of the Eighth Year of 
her late Majefty’s Reigh, intituled, ax AG for employ- 
ing the Manufaéturers, by encouraging the Confamption 
of raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn, was comiitted, That 
they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and Amendiments, in at thé Table: Wheré the 
fai¢ Amendments were onee read throughout; ard then 
a Second time, one by one; and upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of 
them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. ie 

A Motion beiti¢ made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill with the Amendments, be ingroffed. 

The Hovte divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, j mo Os sted ¥ i 73. 
Tellers for the Noes, } = ant i 44. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


The Lord William Powiett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for regulating the Journeymen 
Taylors within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, was com- 
mitted, Fhat they had heard the Journeymen Taylors, 
by their Counfel, upon their Petition, referred to the faid 
Committee ; and that the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill, which they had dire&amp;ed him 


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to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table. ; 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. ; 


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Mercurii, 29° die Martii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. : 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable James Clavering junior, Efquire, to make 
Sale of his Eftate at Tanfield, in the County of Durham, 
freed from the Ufes and Trufts in the faid Fames Claver- 
ing’s Marriage Settlement; and to fettle his Eftate at 
Hall-bill, in the faid County, to the fame Ufes; was read 
the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Mr. York do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting in Truftees a Moiety of divers Manors and 
Lands, in Effex, belonging to Thomas Pagett Efquire, 
and Mary his Wife; to enable them to convey the fame, 
according to Articles for the Sale thereof, was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yonge do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Doétor Clark reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords; intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable any Corporations within the Univerfity of Oxford, 
or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any Meffuages, 
or Ground, within the faid Univerfity, for building a Li- 
brary, purfuant to the Will of Yobn Radcliffe, Doctor in 
Phyfick ; and for impowering any Colleges in the faid 
Univerfity to fell or convey any Ground, or Houfes, to 
each other, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was com- 
mitted ; That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
made fome Amendments to the Bill, which they had di- 


rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 


fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
{aid Amendments were read; and are as follow; viz. 
Prefs 5. L. 5, 6. Leave out “Name or :” 
L. 6, 7, 8. Leave out * Truftees, or the Sur- 
« vivors or Survivor of them, or the Executors or Ad- 
‘ miniftrators of fuch Survivor, and,” and, inftead 
thereof, infert “ Three Regius Profefiurs for the Time 
“ being, or any Two of them, that fhall:” 
L. 8. Leave out the laft Word “ to.’ 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

The Bilt was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

afs. 

Ordered, That Doctor Clark do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houte hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments: To which they 
defire their Lordfhips Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Provoft, Magifirates, and Council, 
of the Town of Dundee, on behalf of theimfelves, and 
the Community of the faid Town, was preiented to the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 17921. 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, the faid Town 
being indebted, in the Year 1707, in a very confiderable 
Sum’ of Money, an Act was paffed in the Parliament of 
Scotland, laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots upon eve 
Pint of Ale and Beer brewed or vended within the faid 
Town for Twenty-four Years, to be applied to pay the 
faid Debt; which it hath not hitherto done: That the 
Churches, Town-houfe, and Tolbooth, are become al- 
moft ruinous: That the Harbour, which is the principal 
Support of the Inhabitants, is lately fo filled up with Sand, 
that Ships of Burthen, which formerly could enter at any 
time, cannot now come in, or go out, even at the higheit 
Tides : That the Church is too {mall for the Inhabitants 
and, if another Church were endued, it would be of great 
Advantage: And praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for continuing the faid Duty for a longer 
Term. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, ‘as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to’ Mr. Haldane, Mr. Baylie, Mr. 
Treby, Mr. White, Mr. Cuningham, Sir Fames Campbell, 
Mr. London, Sir Fobn Anftruther, Mr. Douglafs, Mr. 
Earl, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Ingram, Sir Harry Afbburf, 
Lord Molefworth, Mr. Whitchcote, Mr. Bankes, Lord 
Naffaw Powlett, Mr. Meyrick, Sir Richard Steel, Mr. 
Shepheard, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Afbe, Mr. Freman, Colonel 
Cadogan, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Trelawny, Mr. Rowney, Mr. 
Halfey ; and all the Members that ferve for North Bri- 
tain: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And they have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Fobn Hedworth Efquire have Leave to 
go into the Country, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That Richard Vaughan, of Derwith, Efquire, 
have Leave to go into the Country for Five Weeks, upon 
extraordinary Occafions. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to take into Confidera- 
tion the feveral Letters and Papers relating to Mr. 
Kxight, which his Majefty had been gracioufly pleafed 
to communicate to this Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs 
to-his Majefty. 

_Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Houfe being informed, That a Difference had 
arofe, who fhould take the Chair of the Committee ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Brodrick do take the Chair of the 
Committee. . 

Then Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Brodrick took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Bredrick reported from the Committee, That the 
Committee had direéted him to move the Houfe,. That 
an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, return- 
ing the Thanks of this Houfe for the Inftanees he has 
been pleafed to make, by a Letter under his Royal Hand, 
to his Imperial Majefty, for obtaining the delivering up 
Mr. Knight, purfuant to the Addrefs of this Houfe ; and 
for communicating to this Houfe the Steps which have 
been taken, relating thereto; and to reprefent to his Ma- 
jefty the Diffatisfaétion which his Commons have at the 
Obttaeles which, they find, have been raifed, under the 
Pretence of the Privileges of the States of Brabant, againit 
a Compliance with his gracious Endeavours ; and alfo to 
reprefent, That this Houfe is every Day more convinced 
of the high Importance it is to the Juftice due to his 
People, that effectual Meafures be ipeedily taken tor 
bringing over Mr. Knight; and earneftly to befeectr his 
Majefty to employ his moft prefling Endeavours, in fuch 
manner as in his great Wifdom fhall be thought proper, 
for attaining the juft Defire of his Commons. 

Refalzed, 











7 GEO. I. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicenie, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, returning the T hanks of 
this Houfe for the Inftances he has been pleafed to make, 
by a Letter under his Royal Hand to his Imperial Ma- 


jetty, for obtaining the delivering up Mr. Knight, purlu- 
ant to the Addrefs of this Houfe; and for communicating 
to this Houle the Steps which have been taken, relating 
thereto; and to reprefent to his Majefty the Diffatisfaction 
which his Commons have at the Obftacles, which they 
find have been raifed, under the Pretence of the Privileges 
of the States of Brabant, againft a Compliance with his 
gracious Endeavours; and alfo to reprefent, That this 
Houfe is every Day more convinced of the high Import- 
ance it is to the Juftice due to his People, that effectual 
Meafures be fpeedily taken for bringing over Mr. Knight, 
and earneftly to beleech his Majefty to employ his moft 
refine Endeavours, in fuch manner as in his great 
Wifdom fhall be thought proper, for attaining the juft 
Defire of his Commons. ; 

Refolved, That the faid Refolution be laid before his 
Majefty by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 
know his Majefty’s Pleafure when he will be attended by 
this Houfe. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for regulating the Journeymen Taylors 
within the weekly Bills of Mortality, was committed, be 
taken into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 30° die Martit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he, 

having waited upon his Majefty, humbly to know 
when he will be attended by this Houfe; his Majefty has 
been pleafed to appoint this Afternoon at Two of the 
Clock, at his Palace of Saint Fames’s. 


The Houfe, according to Order, took into Confidera- 
tion the Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill 
for regulating the Journeymen Taylors within the weekly 
Bills of Mortality, was committed : 

And the Amendments were once read throughout; and 
then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, fome of them were dilagreed 
with, and the Refidue, with Amendments to fome of 
them, were agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


A Bill for repairing the feveral Roads leading to the 
Town of Ledbury, in the County of Hereford, was read 
the Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Hungerford 
Hofkyns, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Booth, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Onflow, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Windfor, Sir Richard 
Grofvenor, Colonel Berkeley, Mr. Sandys, Sir Tho. Hales, 
Colonel Negus, Sir Richard Steel, Mr. Hungerford, 
Lord Win. Powletit, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Gydbon, Sir Robert Furnefe, Mr. Heathcote, 
Mr. Morton, Mr. Wyndbam, Mr. Earl, Mr. Morice, 
Mr. Wallis, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Conyers; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties of Hereford, Gloucefter, 


Worcefter, Salop, and South Wales: And they are to 
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meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That Sir Thomas Hanmer have Leave to gd 
to the Bath, for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That Sir fobn Eden have Leave to go into 


the Country for Five Weeks, upon extraordinary Occa- 
fions, 


Ordered, That Sir Arthur Owen have Leave to go into 
the Country for Recovery of his Health. 


Ordered, That Mr. Milner be added to the Committee, 
to whom the Confideration ‘of the Duplicates of the 
Inventories or Particulars of the Eftates of the late Sub 
Governor, Deputy Governor, Direétors, Deputy Cahhier, 
and Accountant, of the South Sea Company, is referred. 


_ Sir Richard Grofvenor prefénted to the Hoife; accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for making navigable the River Dane 
from Northwich, where it joins the River Weaver. to the 
Falling in of Wheelock Brook; and from thence up 
Wheelock Brook, to Wheelock Bridge, in the County of 
Chefter: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Order of the Day, for reading the ingroffed Bill 
for the bettter Eftablifhing of publick Credit, by pre- 
venting, for the furure, the infamous Praétice of Stock- 
jobbing, the Third time, being read; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third time 
To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 31° die Martii; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An A&amp; 
to enable the Right honourable Thomas Lord 
Parker Baron of Macklesfeld; Lord High Chancellor of 
Great Britain, Fobn Sutton Clerk, Edward Ayres, and 
Sarab his Wife, and Matthew Hawes, and Sarab his Wife; 
for and on the behalf of themfelves and of their Infant 
Children, to make feveral Exchanges of Lands and Tene- 
ments, and to perform their feveral Agreements touching 
the fame, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Herne, 
Sir Hungerford Hefkyns, Lord Wm. Pow!ett, Lord Car- 
penter, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Farrer, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. 
Neville, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Chetwynde, Sir Fobn Packing- 
ton, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Powlett, Mr. 
London, Sir Arthur Kay, Lord Downe, Mr. Plumer, 
Mr. Carteret, Mr. Ellis, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mre 
Moor, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Afbe, Mr. 
Difton, Mr, Rudge, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Weft, Mr. Anfiis; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Ox- 
ford, Berks, and Bucks :- And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to enable 
ames Clavering junior, Efquire, to make Sale of his 
Eftate at Tanfield, in the County of Durham, freed from the 
Ufes and Trufts in the faid Fames Clavering’s Marriage 
Settlement; and to fettle his Eftate at Ha//-Dill, in the 
faid County, to the fame Ufes; to the Lords; and ac- 
quaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to the fame, 
without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term granted by an 
A&amp;, paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late 


Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ag for repairing the 
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502 


Road from Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of Mid- 
diefex, to Bawnet Blockhoufe, in the County of Hertford 3 
and for repairing the Road leading from Hadley Wind- 
mil to the Sign of the Angel, in Enfield Chace, in the 
jaid County of Middlefex , was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp; for enlarging the Term granted by an Act, pafied 
in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled, An Ac for repairing the Road trom 
Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of Middlefex, to 
Barnet Blockhoufe, in the County of Hertford, and for 
repairing the Road leading from the Bear Inn, in Hadley, 
‘ro the Sign of the Angel, in Enfield Chacey in the faid 
County of Middlefex. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bestie do carry the Biil to the 
Lords, and defire thetr Concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did Yefterday 
attend his Mcjefty with their Refolution: To which his 
Majefty was plealed to give this moft gratious Aniwer; 


I Am very well pleafed, that the Inftances which | have 
made for the obtaining the Delivering up of Mr. 
Knight, have given you Satisfaction: F fhall continue to 
employ my utmoft Endeavours for obtaining what you 
defire; and hope they will prove effectual. 


An ingroffed Bill for making more effectual the Act of 
the Fourth Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An A&amp; for making more effectual an A&amp;t, of the Eighth 
Year of her late Majelty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for 
employing the Manufacturers, by encouraging the Con- 
fumption of raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn, was read the 


Third time: 

And a Motion being made, and: the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill do pals ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Feat, } gy aie tn by } 138. 

Tellers for the Noes, } A om co | 75° 

So it was refolved’ in the Affirmative: And that the 
Title be, An Act for employing the Manufacturers, and 
encouraging the Cenfumption of raw Silk, and Mohair 
Yarn, by prohibiting the Wearing of Buttons or Button- 
holes made of Cloth, Serge, or other Stuffs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Medlycot do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

An ingroffed Bill for the better Eftablifhing of pub- 
lick Credit, by preventing, for the future, the infamous 
Practice of Stock jobbing, was, according to Order, read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for the better Eftabiifhing of publick Credit, by 
preventing, for the future, the infamous Practice of 
Stock-jobbing. 


Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourntd till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 3° die Aprilis; 
Anno 7% Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS: 


(Raered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 

the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a’ Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, 
in the room of the Right honourable Robert Walpole 
Efquire; who, fince his Eleétion for the faid Borough, 
hath accepted: the Offices of Firft Commiiffioner for exe- 


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44.1721, 


cuting the Office of Treafurer of the Exchequer, and of 
Chancellor and Under Treafurer of the Exchequer. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
€lerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Baron to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Town of Seaford, in the County of Suffex, in the 
room of the honourable Henry Pelham Efquire; who 
fince his Election for the faid Town, hath accepted the 
Office of One of the Commiffioners for executing the 
Office of Treafurer of the Exchequer. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in 
the South Sea Company: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon this 
Day Fortnight. 


Ordered, That all Orders for Leave to any Members 
to. be abfent be revoked. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do write his circular Letters 
to the Sheriffs and Stewards of the feveral Counties of 
Great Britain, requiring the Attendance of the Members 
of this Houfe upon Friday the Fourteenth Day of this 
jaftant April; which Letter is as follows; viz, 


From the Houfe of Commons, 3d “pril, 1721. 

Sir, 
AM commanded by the Houfe of Commons to ac- 
quaint you, That you are, immediately upon the Re- 
ceipt of this, to fummon the Reprefentatives of your 
County, and Boroughs within the fame, to attend their 
Service in Parliament on Friday the Fourteenth Day of 
this inftant 4pri/, notwithftanding any Order of Leave to 
be abfent; all fuch Orders being revoked by the Houfe: 
And you are to give me an Account of the Receipt of 
this, and what you have done thereupon, upon Pain of 
incurring the Difpleafure of the faid Houfe. } 

Lam, Sir, 
Your humble Servant, 
Sp. Compton, Speaker, 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Lightboun : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Sale of Part of the Eftate of the Right honourable Ro- 
bert Lord Romney, in the County of Norfolk; and for 
fettling other Lands, of greater Value, in the County of 
Kent, already purchafed, to the fame Ufess: To which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed.to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe, to a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; to enable any 
Corporations within the Univerfity of Oxford, or any 
other Perfons, to fell and convey any Meffuages, or 
Ground, within the faid Univerfity, for building a Li- 
brary, purfuant to the Will of fobs Radcliffe, Doctor in 
Phyfick ; and for impowering any Colleges in the faid 
Univerfity to fell or convey any Ground,. or Houfes, te 
each other, for the Purpofes therein mentioned. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe being informed, That Fwo Aldermen, and 
One of the Sheriffs, of the City of London, attended at 
the Door ;. 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, acquainted the 
Houfe, That they were commanded by the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Commons, of the City, of London, in 
Common Council aflembled, to prefent to the Houfe/a 
Petition from them: And they prefented the fame to the 
Houfe accordingly. 

And then they withdrew. 

The faid Petition was ready complaining of the Mif- 
managements, Avarice,. and fatal- Contrivances, of ae 

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Jate Directors of the Scuth Sea Company, their Aiders, 
Abettors, and Confederates, in the Deftruction of their 
Country; and of the general Decay of Trade, Manu- 
fatures, and of publick Credit: And returning Thanks 
ro the Houfe for the great Pains they have taken to relieve 
the unhappy Sufferers, by compelling the Offenders to 
make Reftitution; and for their continued Application to 
Jay open the whole Scene of Guilt, notwith{tanding the 
induftrious Artifices of fuch Sharers in the Plunder, as 
have endeavoured to obitruct the Detection of Fraud and 
Corruption; not doubting but the fame Fortitude, Im- 
partiality, and publick Spirit, wherewith the Houfe hath 
hitherto acted, will ftill animate them in Purfuit of thele 
truly great and noble Ends: And expreffing their infinite 
Concern, That the Payment of a great Sum towards the 
publick Debts, which was expected from the Succefs of 
the late Scheme, is now rendered extremely difficult, if 
not impracticable; and yet is a Cloud hanging over the 
Heads of the prefent unfortunate Proprietors of the 
South Sea Company, and a great Damp to publick Cre- 
dit: And praying, That the Houfe will take fuch further 
Meafures as they fhall judge proper, that Trade may 
flourifh, publick Credit be reftored, and Juftice done to 
an injured People. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upén the Table. 


The Lord William Powlett prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to enable his Majefty to grant the 
Inheritance of fome Eftates, held by Leafe trom the 
Crown, which have been long in the Family of Sir Wil- 
liam Pulteney, deceafed, and in which more than a Hun- 
dred Years are yet tocome, to Truftees, upon a full and 
valuable Confideration to be paid for the fame, as fhall be 
valued by the proper Officers of the Crown; to the end 
the fame may be fettled, according to the Ufes directed 
in the Will of Sir Wilkam Pulteney, and be preferved in 
his Family: And the Bill was received; and read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second tithe. 


The Houfe being moved, That the Twenty-fixth and 
Twenty-eighth Sections of the Statute of the Sixth Year 
of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for the 
Security of her Majefty’s Perfon and Government, and 
of the Succeflion to the Crown of Great Britain in the 
Proteftant Line, might be read; 

The fame were read accordingly : 

And the Houfe being informed, That Brigadier Gene- 
ral Stanwix, a Member of this Houfe, hath, fince his 
Election to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the City 
of Carlifle, accepted the Office of Governor of the Town 
of Kingfton upon Hull, and defired the Opinion of the 
Houfe, Whether, by fuch Acceptance, his Election be- 
came void; and the Commiffion, conftituting him Go- 
vernor of the faid Town, being produced, and read; at 
the Table; and is as follows; viz. 


(L. S.) 

Entered with the 
Commmiffary General. 

E. Aven. 
GZOKGE, by the Grace of God; of Great Britain, 
France, and Jreland, King, Defender of the Faith, 
&amp;c, To our trufty. and well-beloved Thomas Stanwix, 
Efquire, Brigadier General of our Forcesy Greeting: We, 
repofing efpecial Truft and Confidence in your Loyalty, 
Courage, and Faithfulmefs, do, by thefe Prefents, con- 
ftitute and appoint you to be Governor and Captain of 
our Town of Kingfton upon Hull; and of the Forts; 
Blockhoufes, and Fortifications, belonging to the fame, 
in the room and place of Richard Vifcount Irwin; to 
have, hold, exercite, and enjoy, the faid Place, for and 
during our Pleafure, together with all Powers, Profits, 
Rights, Authorities, and Privileges, thereunto belonging: 
You are therefore to take the faid Town, with the Forts, 
Blockhoufes, and Fortifications, thereunto belonging, into 


GEORGE R, 


503 
your Care and Charge; and diligently to difcharge th¢ 
Duty of Governor, by doing and performing al! and al! 
manner of Things thereunto belonging: And we do 
hereby command all the Officers and Soldiers in our 
faid Town, and Forts, Blockhoufes, and Fortifications, 
thereunto belonging, to obey you as Governor of the 
fame: And you are to obferve and follow fuch Orders 
and Directions, from time to time, as you fhall receive 
from us, or any your fuperior Officer, according to the 
Rules and Difcipline of War, in purfuanice of the Trutt 
we hereby repofe in you. Given at our Court at Saint 
James's, the Twenty-ninth Day of March 1721, in the 
Seventh Year of our Reign. 
_ By his Majefty’s Command, 

Entered with the Carteret. 
Secretary of War. 

Rd. Arnold. 


_And a Motion being made, and the Queltion being 
put, That it appears to this Houfe, That the Office of 
Governor of the Town of Kingffon upon Hull is an 
Office in the Army; 

The Houfe divided: 
The Yeas go forth, , 
; Colonel Cadogan 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. ieee” , t 75. 
Mr. Plumptre, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Edzwards « { 8t. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the City of Carlifle, in the County of Cumberland, in 
the room of Thomas Stanwix Efguire; who, fince his 
Election for the faid City, hath accepted the Office of 
Governor of the Town of King ffen upon Hull. 


_ Mr. Wright/on reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Biil from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enabie Herbert Perrot Pakington Efquire; only Son of 
Sir Fobn Pckington Baronet, to acknowlege Fines, and 
fuffer Recoveries, while he is under the Age of One-and- 
twenty Years, was committed, That they had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and chat the Parties concerned had given their Con- 
fents to the Bill, to the SarisfaGion of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had dirééted him to report the 
Bill to the Houic, without any Amendmeft: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Sir Charles Turner reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituied, An 
AG for difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Nor- 
folk and Suffolk, of and from the Ufes and Limitations 
contained in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas de Grey 
Efquire ; and for fettling other Eftates, in the faid Coun- 
ties, to the fame Ufes,; was committed; That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill; and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee; and that the Committeé had directed him to report 
the Bill to the Houfe; without any Amendment: And 
he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders, 
Farmers, and other Inhabitants, of the Town and Bo- 
rough of Watchet, and Parts adjacent, in the County of 
Somerfet, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That by an Act, made in the Sixth Year of Queen 
Anne, for répairing the Harbour and Quay of Watcher, 
certain Rates and Duties were impofed and laid on al! 
Goods and Merchandizes to be exported or imported, at 
or within the faid Harbour, for the Term of Twenty-one 
Years from Lady-day 1708; and, after the Expiration of 
the faid Term, One-half of the faid Duties were to con- 

r tinue 














504 
tinuefor ever, for keeping the faid Harbour and Quay in good 
Repair: That it is found by Experience, that the faid 
Quay was built too ow, and not extended to a fufficient 
Length to keep the Town and Ships from the Violence of 
the Sea: That it is abfolutely neceffary the faid Quay 
fhould be raifed at leaft Five or Six Foot higher, and 
Jengthened Fitty Foot, or upwards, beyond the prefent 
Length thereof, for the better Security of the Ships and 
Veffels riding in the faid Harbour: And praying, That 
a Bill may be brought in to prolong the Payment of the 
faid full Rates and Duties, to defray the Expences of fuch 
additional new Work. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Palmer, Sir Wm. Wyndham, 
Mr. Shippen, Mr. Freman, Sir Richerd Sandford, Mr. 
Packer, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Hunge ford, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Sir Arth. Kay, Mr. Vernon, Mr. God- 
frey, Mr. Heyham, Lord Downe, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. 
Sloper, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Walpole, Ge- 
neral Lumley, Mr. Treby, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Helyar, 
Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Calmady , and all the Members that 
ferve for the County of Somer/et, South Wales, and Briftol: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Lightboun: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t to 
enable Harry Bridges Efquire to fell the Manors of J/e- 
brewers, in the County of Somerfet, for Payment of his 
Daughters Portions, and Legacies charged thereupon: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the Manors of Burnells, alias Rifton, and certain 
Lands in Norfolk, Part of the Eftate of Yonas Rolfe Gen- 
tleman, and Lucy his Wife, in Truftees, to be fold, for 
difcharging the Incumbrances thereon; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned: To which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Secrecy have Leave 
to fit, notwithftanding any Adjournment of this Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Duplicates 
of the Inventories or Particulars of the Eftates of the late 
Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Deputy 
Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Company, 
were reterred, have Leave to fit, notwithftanding any Ad- 
journment of this Houfe, 


The Serjeant at Arms being called upon by the Houfe, 
to give an Account what he had done in relation to Charles 
Parker Efquire, who was ordered to be taken into Cufto- 
dy for neglecting his Service in Parliament ; he acquainted 
the Houle, That he had fent one of his Meffengers into 
the Country for him; and that the Meffenger was re- 
turned : 

And the faid Meffenger, being called in, gave the 
Houfe an Account, That he found Mr. Parker very ill; 
and that he kept his Chamber; and had a Phyfician with 


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4.1721, 


him, who fiid, He was not able to go along with the 
Meffenger, without apparent Danger : 

And Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he had 
received a Letter from the faid Phyfician, to the fame 
Purpofe. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Parker be difcharged out 
of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Bill for making navigable the River Daze, from Nortb- 
wich, where it joins the River Weaver, to the Falling in of 
Wheelock Brock; and from thence, up Wheelock Brook, to 
Wheelock Bridge, in the County of Cheer, was read a Se- 
cond time. ‘ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Richard 
Grofvenor, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Freman, Mr. Lewis, 
Mr. Maicklethwaite, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Weft, Mr, 
North, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Stanhope, Ge. 
neral Roffe, Mr. Bifs, Mr. Knight, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Ma- 
fon, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Lade, Sir Robert Davers, Colo- 
nel Cadogan, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Earl, Mr. Wrightfan, 
Mr. Wortley, Mr. Kel/all; and all the Members that 
ferve for the Counties of Chefer, Lancafter, Stafford, 
Derby, and York: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Fridcy the Four- 
teenth Day of April inftant, Nine of the Clock in the 
Morning. 





Veneris, 14° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


Bill to enable his Majefty to grant the Inheritance of 

fome Eftates held by Leafe from the Crown, which 
have been long in the Family of Sir William Pulteney, de- 
ceafed, and in which more than a Hundred Years are yet 
to come, to Truftees, upon a full and valuable Confidera- 
tion to be paid for the fame, as fhall be valued by the 
proper Officers of the Crown; to the end the fame may 
be fettled, according to the Ufes directed in the Will of 
Sir William Pulteney; and be preferved in his Family; 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Neville, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Norris, Mr. Clay- 
ton, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Chetwynd, Lord Molefworth, Mr. 
Pelham, Sir Fobn Fennings, Sir Robert Rich, Sir Tho. 
Stepney, Sir Fuft. ham, General Rofe, Mr. Serjeant 
Pengelly, Sir Geo. Oxenden, Lord Hinchinbrook, Sir Ed. 
ward Ernley, Mr. Morice, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Anftis, Sir 
Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Fefferyes, 
Sir Fobn Packington, Sir Wm. Monjon, Mr. Bacon, Sir 
Tho. Lee, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Cater; and 
all the Members that ferve for the County of Middlefex, 
and City of London: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Fobn Jennings, from the Lords Commiffioners of 
the Admiralty, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, an Eftimate of the Debt of his 
Majefty’s Navy, as it ttood on the Thirty-firft of Decem- 
ber 1720: 

And the Title thereof was read. 

The faid Eftimate is in the annexed Sheet. 


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Navy Office, i AN Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter mentioned, as it ftood 
18 Fanuary 1720. on the 31ft of December 1720. 








Particulars 








Heads of the Naval Eftimates. Total. 


Before this Reign. ; Since this Reign. 








Wear and T°"; ordinary and extraordinary Repairs: a 
Due to pay off, aiid difcharge, all the Bills entered on the 

Courfe of the Navy, for Stores, &amp;c. fupplied for 

Service thereof including the Premiums of Naval | 

Stores imported from the Plantations —_ —_— wate ocd 4173473 14 9 ) 
For the Freight of Tenders, as alfo for Stores delivered 

into his Majefty’s feveral Yards; for which no Bills 

were made out on the aforefaid 31 ft of December 1720 , 

as alfo to feveral Bills of Exchange —_— — 446 17 8 26,406 19 1 . 833,673 9 6 
To his Majefty’s Yards and Rope Yards, for the Ordi- 

naty and Extraordinary thereof — — — ene a 356,101 O O 
For Half Pay to’ the Sea Officers, according to an Efta- 

blifhment made by his Majefty in Council on that be- 

half *— m= were ewe 2,710 3 0 0,534 15 0 

Seamens Wages: © ete 

Due to pay the Men unpaid on the Books of Ships paid 

off fince the late Revolution; which, per Eftimate, may 


require the Sum of — — — —} 67,617 18 11 26,696 6 8 4 
To Ships in Sea Pay on the abovefaid 31 ft of December, 
8728 ae 7-5 ~ 540,342 0 0 
To diicharge, and pay off, all the Bills entered in Courfe . 642,778 5 7 
for Pilotage, Surgeons Neceffaries, Bounties to Widows | 
and Orphans of Mégn flain at Sea, &amp;c. on the Head 
of Seamens Wages 
Victualing Debt, as per'an Eftimate received from | 
thofe Commiffioners : 
Due for fhort Allowance to the Companies of his Ma- 
jefty’s Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off —j| 81,810 15 5 
For Bills on their Courfe, and alfo Bills of Exchange from 
foreign Parts; and for neceffary and extra-neceflary 
Money and Wages to the Officers, Workmen, and ' 
Labourers, employed at the feveral Ports, Ge. = — aa5 45 9 
Sick and Wounded: The Debi of that Office, as per an 
Eftimate received from thofe Commiffioners; viz. 
Due for the Quarters and Cure of fick and wounded 
Seamen fent afhore from his Majefty’s Fleet; and the 
Contingences relating to the faid Service — — 


a * d. e «&amp; d. 


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--- 8,122 0 oO | 





6.475 4 9 


3953739 7 § 
307,218 18 8 


“+ --- |, 10,878 7 2 10,878 7:2 








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The Total amounts to the Sum of One million Eight hundred Eighty-three thoufand and Sixty Pounds Nine Shil- 
lings and Eight Pence. 


Tho. Swanton, 'F. Acworth, T. Holmes, R. Burton, F. Fawler, 
Tho. Colby, Wm. Cleveland. 


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Ordered, 








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Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriff, Grand 
Jory, and Citizens, of the City of Worcefer, affembled 
at the Affizes held for the faid City, the Fourth Day of 
April initant, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ;_ {fet- 
ting forth, That the Miferies of their numberlefs Poor, 
now entirely deftitute of Work, call aloud for Relief; 
their unparalleled Injuries provoke them to petition for 
Juftice againft the late South Sea DireCtors, their Aiders 
and Abettors, who are the Deftroyers of their Trade, and 
Plunderers of their Country : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, Juf- 
tices of the Peace, Gentlemen, and principal Inhabitants, 
of the Borough of Saint Albans, in the County of Hert- 
ford, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That they cannot but with the greateft Concern 
take notice of the many and great Calamities brought 
upon the whole Kingdom by the ill Management, trea- 
cherous Conduct, and fordid Practices, of the late South 
Sea Direétors ; who, by their falfe Cunning, have betray- 
ed an unwary People into Poverty, Ruin, and Deftruc- 
tion, contrary to the Truft in them repofed: And pray- 
ing, That the faid late South Sea Directors, together with 
their Abettors and Confederates, may be brought to con- 
dign Punifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the City 
of New Sarum, was prefented to the Houle, and read, 
fetting forth, That the late South Sea Directors and their 
black Accomplices, by their infatiable Covetoufnefs and 
Ambition, fupported by the bafe Arts of Fraud and Dil- 
fimulation, have brought the Trade, and publick Credit 
of this Kingdom, under the moft languifhing Condition, 
as they have alfo done to the Petitioners: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, 
Gentlemen, Freemen, and Inhabitants, of the City of 
Rochefter, and Places adjacent, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are 
deeply affected with the Calamities thefe Kingdoms now 
groan under, from the general Decay of Commerce, 
Trade, Manufactures, and the publick Credit, and from 
the Mifery and Ruin which vaft Numbers of his Majefty’s 
faithful and innocent Subjects now labour under ; occa- 
fioned chiefly by the wicked and deteftable Contrivances, 
Artifices, and Mifmanagements of the late Directors of 
the South Sea Company, and their Aiders and Abettors : 
And praying, That they may be brought to condign Pu- 
nifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, capital Burgeffes, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Shaft/bury, in 
the County of Dorfet, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That ’tis the Deftruction ot Trade, 
and the Ruin of fo many Thoufands of their Fellow Sub- 
jects, make them become Petitioners, that Means may be 
taken effe€tually to detect the fraudulent Contsivances of 
the late South Sea Directors, and their Accomplices, and to 
punith the Guilty ; and that the Credit of the Nation may 
be reftored : And praying to be relieved in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed. Bill from the Lords, intituled, Am Act 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of the Right honourable 
Rotert Lord Romney, in the County of Norfolk; and for 
fettling other Lands, of gre-/*r Value, in the County of 
Kent, already purchafed, to the fame Ufes, was read the 
Firft time. 

Re/cived, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 





507 
for vefting the Manors of Burnells, alias Rifton, and cer- 
tain Lands in Norfolk, Part of the Eftate of Fons Rolfe 
Gentleman, and Lucy his Wife, in Truttees, to be fold, 
for difcharging the Incumbrances thereon ; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned ; was read the Firft time. 
Refoived, That the Bill be read a Second tine. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Harry Bridges Eiquire to fell the Manors of 
Hbrewers, in the County ot Semerfet, for Payment of 
his Daughters Portions, and Legacies charged thereupon, 
was read the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Seeond time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for eleét- 
ing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Purliament for the 
Borough of Berealjion, in the County of Devon, in the 
room of the honourable Edward Carteret Efquire ; who, 
fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Poftmafter General. 


The Lord Wilkam Powlett reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Aéct to veft the Eftate of Sir Charles Carteret 
Baronet, deceafed, inTruftees, for Payment of his Debts ; 
and fettling the Remainder to the fame Ufes in his Will; 
was committed ; That they had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Fable. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented-to his 
Majefty, Fhat he will be gracioufly pleafed to order the 
proper Officer to lay before this Houfe a Copy of the 
Inftructions ot Orders for paffing under the Great Seal of 
Scotland a Commiffion to Robert Gordon, of Haugh; to- 
gether with a Copy of the faid Commiffion. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 


Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Sevennight. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 17° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of Fames Majfe, Merchant, was prefented 

to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Pe- 
titioner was born out of his Majeity’s Allegiance; but 
profeffeth the Proteftant Religion ; and has given Teiti- 
mony of his humble, dutiful, and loyal, Affections to 
his Majefty, and the Good of the Kingdom: And pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for his 
Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr, 
Medlycot and Mr. Lade do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, and Juf- 
tices of the Peace, for the County of Worcefler, at an 
Affize held for the County of Worcefter, the Fourth of 
April 1721, was prefented to the Houfe,.and read ; fetting 
forth, That the many and great Grievances they now labour 
under is occafioned through the boundiefs Avarice, and 

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unparalleled Treachery, of the late Dire¢tors of the 
South Sea Company, and their Abettors; by whofe means 
~ the publick Credit of the Nation is vifibly funk, its 
Trade remarkably ftagnated, and numberlefs Families re- 
duced to extreme Poverty and Want: And praying, That 
they may be brought to Puni‘hment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, and Common Council, 
of the King’s Town of Maidftone, in the County of Kent, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; letting forth, That 
the Petitioners, with the deepeft Concern, reprefent their 
prefent miferable Condition, from the great Decay of 
their Trade, in common with the reft of this Kingdom, 
by the languifhing State of publick Credit ; occafion- 
ed by the infamous Practices of the late South Sea Di- 
rectors, jointly with other Perfons in higher Stations, to 

lunder the Nation, and enrich themfelves by the Ruin of 
their Fellow Subjeéts; by which Means fuch a Stop hath 
been had to the Circulation of Money, that, at this time 
efpecially, when the Duty of Hops, the great Commo- 
dity of thofe Parts, is called for, the Payment of it will 
be attended with fo much Difficulty and Hardfhip, that 
many Families thereby will be rendered deftitute of almoft 
a neceflary Subliftence : And praying Relief. 
Ordered, That the {aid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiff, and Burgeffes, of 
the Borough of Leicefer, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That though, by indulgent Pro. 
vidence, the Petitioners are clear of South Sea Projects ; 
and neither tainted with the Guilt of contriving, nor hurt 
by giving Credit to, the late curfed Impoftures; yet are 
they Sharers in the National Calamity, which involves all: 
No fooner had the South Sea Dire€tors fo impofed upon 

_ the honeft, credulous People, as to draw all their ready 
Money, and Treafure, into their own infamous Hands, 
but they faw Trade inftantly ftruck dead; their Manu- 
factures difregarded ; their combed Wool, once the Staple 
and Glory of their induftrious Corporation, lie neglected; 
in their Workhoufes, their Poor increafing, for want 
of Employment; many, who chearfully paid Taxes to- 
wards fupporting our happy Government, reduced, by 
want of Trade, to a miferable Exemption from them: 
And praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the chief Burgeffes, and Affiftants, Grand 
Jury, and many of the Inhabitants, of the City and Li- 
berty of Wefiminfter, on behalf of themfelves, and the 
re{t of the Inhabitants of that City and Liberty, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners are deeply affected with the Calamity brought 
upon the Inhabitants of that City, and upon the Nation 
in general, by the wicked Execution of the late South Sea 
Scheme; and the great Oppreffion which the fubicribing 
Proprietors of the Publick, and efpecially of the redeem- 
able Debts, now lie under; to the Ruin of very great 
Numbers of the trading Inhabitants of that City: And 
praying, That juftice may be done to an injured Nation, 
and Reparation made to the unhappy Sufferers. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightfon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for making the Rivers Mercy and Jrwell navi- 
gable from Liverpocl to Manchefter, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancafter, was committed, That the Committee 
had heard the Petitioners upon the feveral Petitions to 
them reterred ; and had made feveral Amendments to the 
Bill, which they had directed him to report to the 
Houte ; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend nents were once 
read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one ; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment tu Une of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Journals of the Houfé of Commons. 


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And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bull, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


An ingroffed Bill for regulating the Journeymen Tay-. 
lors within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for regulating the Journeymen Taylors within 
the Weekly Bills of Mortality. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad. 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, to congratulate his Ma- 
Jefty on the Princefs of Wales being happily delivered of 
a Prince, to the unfpeakable Joy of all his Majefty’s 
faithful Subjects; and to exprefs the great Satistaction 
and Comfort we have in feeing the Proteftant Intereft of 
this Kingdom more firmly eftablifhed and fecured, by the 
Increafe of his Majefty’s Royal Family. 

_ Refolved, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefly by the whole Houtfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 
know his Majefty’s Pleafure, when he will be attended by 
this Houle. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That a congratulatory 
Meflage be fent, by this Houfe, to their Royal High- 
neffes the Prince and Princefs of Wales, on this happy 
Occafion. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Hertford, Sir Robert Rich, 
‘the Mafter of the Rolls, Mr. Nevill, and Mr. Gybbon, 
do attend their Royal Highneffes with the faid Meffage. 


Mr. Yonge prefented to the Houfe, from the Commif- 
fioners appointed to examine, ftate, and determine, the 
Debts due to the Army; and to examine and {ftate the 
Demands of the feveral foreigni Princes and States for 
Subfidies, during the War; a Lift of the Certificates 
made out by the faid Commiffioners: And alfo, 

A Lift of Claims and Demands undetermined by the 
faid Commiffioners : 

And the Titles of the faid Lifts were read. : 

Ordered, That the faid Lifts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Lifts are bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Lefwithiel, in the County of Cora- 
wall, in the room of Galfridus Walpole Efquire; who, 
fince his Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Poftmafter General. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their Ad- 
drefs, of Friday laft, That his Majefty would be pleafed 
to order the proper Officer to lay before this Houle, a 
Copy of the Inftructions, or Orders, for paffing under 
the Great Seal of Scotland a Commiffion to Robert Gor- 
don, of Haugh, together with a Copy of the faid Com- 
miffion ; hath been prefented to his Majefty ; and that 
his Majefty hath given Dire€tions, That the fame be laid 
before this Houfe. 


Mr. Comptroller alfo acquainted the Houfe, That his 
Majefty hath been pleafed to command him to lay before 
this Houle, Copies of feveral Letters and Papers relating 
to Mr. Kuight, late Cafhier of the South Sea Company : 
And he prefented the fame .* the Houle, with a Schedule 
of them: 

And the faid Schedule, and Copies of the faid feveral 


Letters and Papers, were read , and are as follow; Viz. 
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Copy of Mr. Leathes? Letter to my Lord Vifcount 
Townfbend, dated Bruffelles. 

My Lord, Bruffelles, the 3 April 1721. 

S} nce my laft, of the 30th March, I have difcourfed ail 

the Deputies of the States of Brabant feparately: I 
urged to each of them the Arguments [ had formerly made 
ule of to his Excellency : 1 fhewed them the Advantages 
which would accrue to many of the Subie&amp;s of thefe Pro- 
vinces, who are ftill concerned in our Funds: I endea- 
voured to fatisfy them of the Juflice of his Majefty’s 
Demand; and how much it is the Intereft, not only of 
this Province, but of all the Princes and States of Ewrope, 
to contribute towards bringing fo obnoxious a Perfon, 
and fo notorious an Offender, as Mr. Knight, to condign 
Punifhment, I told them, that the Emperor was convinced 
of the Truth of what I faid; and that H. I. Majefty 
was willing to comply with the King’s Demand: That 
there was now nothing more wanting than their Confent, to 
bring this Matter to a happy Conclufion; and that their 
Compliance would not in any-wife prejudice their Privi- 
leges: To all which, each of the Deputies gave very near 
the fame An{wer; viz. That /e Droit d@ Azyle, had always 
been looked on as one of the principal, and moft valua- 
ble, Articles of their Privileges: That there was no Ex- 
ample of their having ever confented to any Perfon ar- 
refted in Brabant, of what Nature foever his Crime might 
be, being carried Prifoner out of this Provinces and they 
hoped his Majefty would not expect they fhould on this 
Occafion give up a Privilege which they had hitherto 
preferved with the greateft Care and Exadétne(s: I told 
them, that, in my Opinion, their Compliance with his 
Majefty’s Demand would not-be looked upon as giving 
up a Point of their Privilege; fince it was not reafonable 
to fuppofe, that the Defign of the 17th Article of the 
Foyeufe Entrée, nor of the States in procuring it, could 
have been to exclude themfelves from the Power of deli- 
vering a Criminal to Juftice, when they judged the Cafe 
required it; that Article having been obtained chiefly to 
put it out of the Power of the Prince to carry any Inha- 
bitant or Subject of this Province cut of it, to be tried 
by a foreign Jurifdiction; which, indeed, was a very pru- 
dent and neceffary Precaution, in a Country fo liable to 
Revolutions, and but too often expofed to the Misfortune 
of Changing of Mafters: That the prefent Cafe was of a 
different Nature; and that there was nothing more com- 
mon than to wave a Privilege in favour of Jutftice; 
which, they muft allow, had never been looked on, nor 
could it be interpreted, as giving up any Part of the Right 
they had acquired by the aforefaid Article: To which 
they replied, ‘he Article is general, without any particu- 
lar Cafe being excepted: That they could not break in 
upon it, even in Cafe of Murder: And, each of them 
having taken their Oaths to maintain the Privileges of this 
Province in their full Extent, they were refolved, on all 
Occafions, ftrictly to adhere to what they had folemnly 
f{worn. 

By what I could obferve from their Difcourfe, and the 
Manner of delivering it, I have Reafon to fear we fhall 
meet with greater Oppofition than could reafonably have 
been expected : However, my Lord, their Obftinacy fhall 
not rebute me; but, on the contrary, it will engage me 
to renew my Inftances with more Force and Application, 
both to the States, and to the Marquis: The latter, in- 
deed, makes Profeffion of feconding my Endeavours ; 
although I muft own, that I have not yet found the Effect 
which I had Reafon to expect from his Promifes. 

Ihave nothing more to add at prefent, than the Affure- 
ance of my utmoft Endeavours to bring this Matter to a 
good and {peedy Conclufion, and of my being, &amp;e. 

Win. Leathes. 


Copy of Lord Zown/bend’s Letter to Mr. Leathes. 
Sir, Whiteball, 31% March 1721. 
I AM to acknowlege, at prefent,: your Letter of the 3d 
of April, N.S. which has been laid before the King. 

You will now fee, by the inclofed Addrefs from the Houfe 
of Commons, and the King’s Anfwer tg it, how much 
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his Majefty; and the Parliament, have it at Heart to cet 
fo notorious an Offender as Roedert Knight brought to 
Juftice: You are therefore, upon the Receipt of this, to 
renew your Inftances. with the Marquis de Prié, in the 
itrongeft manner you are able: You have already exert-d 
youricif with great Vigour; but you muft now collect 
your whole Force, and make your very utmoft Efforts, 
to have this Man delivered up; on whofe Surrendry not 
only the King and Parliament, but, I may alfo fay, the 
whole Nation, are intirely bent, with one Heart, and 
with one Voice: The King extremely approves of the 
Arguments you made ufe of to each of the Deputies of 
the States of Brabant, on this Occafion; and was afto- 
nifhed to find, that, after all thofe cogent Reafons you 
laid before them, they could ftill perfift in the Refolution 
they feemed to have taken not to confent to the Deli- 
very of Robert Knight: Indeed, if the Queftion had been, 
Whether he fhould be furrendered? without ever afking 
the Leave or Confent of the States of Brabant, then they 
might have had fome Pretence to have urged the Pre- 
fervation of their Privileges ; and they might have looked 
upon that as an attempt to fubvert their Rights and Li- 
berties; and, confequently, have oppofed it with all the 
Vigour they were able: But to affert, that, their Droit 
ad’ Azyle would be broken by their confenting, themfelves, 
to deliver up a Criminal, who may be looked upon as a 
common Enemy, is eftablifhing a Notion, which, I be- 
lieve, was never yet allowed of in any Country where Li- 
berty has flourifhed in the greateft Perfection; and where 
they might be the moft nice and jealous, upon the leaft 
Breach in their Conftitution: The Habeas Corpus Act 
here in England is very jufily efteemed to be the moft 
valuable Jewel of all our Liberties, and which is always 
the moft carefully and fcrupuloufly preferved: And yet the 
Parliament never thought themfelves fo tied up by this 
Aét, as not to make ufe of their own Reafon and Judg- 
ment in Cafes of great Emergency ; and either to difpentfe 
with it, or to fufpend it, as the Circumftances in queftion 
fhould require: What a Reproach, therefore, will it be, 
inftead of an Ornament, to the Province of Brabant, 
when it fhali be known, that they take themfelves to be 
fo much tied down in this Point, that they cannot give 
up a Man guilty of the moft flagrant Crimes imaginable, 
without reckoning it a Lofs of Privilege? Surely,a Liberty 
founded on {uch an indifpenfable Prerogative of harbcur- 
ing the moft infamous Villains, muft make them be looked 
upon with Horror; as being, by their unalterable Con- 
flitution, the Protectors of the greateft Enemies to Man- 
kind! And of what Confequence fuch a itrange Maxim 
may prove to a Country where the Intercourfe of Trade 
obliges them to have frequent Communication with the 
reft of their Neighbours, the King leaves them to judge. 

You may likewile infinuate to thefe Deputies the vaft 
Expence both of Blood and Treafure which England has 
been at in their Defence, and in fecuring to them the 
Liberties they now enjoy; and it is thought here very 
unfuitable, to fay no worfe, to have thofe very Liberties 
now made ufe of againft us in protecting fo enormous a 
Criminal, who has ruined and undone more People in this 
Kingdom, and in other Countries, than ever any one did 
fince the World began; for, as the Cafe now ftands, all 
the late Direétors throw’ the whole Blame upon him, as 
if all was contrived, managed, and tranfacted, by him, 
and with his Privity and Direétion ; fo that, if we can be- 
lieve them, we have nobody who can lead us through 
the various and intricate Mazes of this infamous and per- 
nicious Tranfaétion, but this famte Rodert Knight: Can, 
therefore, the States of Brabant ferioufly think, that the 
harbouring and fcreening a Man loaded with fo exceflive 
a Weight of Guilt can be either for the Credit, or Advan- 
tage, of their Country? Or can they imagine, that their 
denying the King a Demand of fo much Conlequence to 
the Welfare and Tranquillity of his Kingdoms, is a fit 
Return to what the Nation has done for them? I muft 
therefore repeat to you earneftiy, that it is his Majetty’s 
exprefs Command, That you fhould employ your beft 
and moft vigorous Endeavours, by all thefe Et. 
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and what others foever your own Skill, and Knowlege of 
the People, will fuggeft to you, to obrain the Delivering 
up of Knight; on which, as you plainly fee, fo great a 
Strefs is laid by all Orders and Degrees of People here. 

! inclofe to you Copies of his Majefty’s Letier to the 
Emperor on this Subject; and of the Emperor’s Arfwer ; 
with the Orders Prince Eugene fent, by his Imperial Ma- 
jefty’s Command, to the Marquis de Prié : They may be 
for your Information in this Matter; and it is fit you fhould 
want nothing you can poflibly make ufe of, in bringing 
fo important an Affair to the defired Conclufion. lam, 
&amp;e. 

T ownfbend. 


Copy of the Houfe of Commons Addrefs to his Ma- 
jetty : 

Houle of Commons. 2gth March 1721. 

Rife Nemine conirad'cente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefly, returning the Thanks 

of this Houfe for the Inftances he has been pleafed to 
make, by a Letter under his Royal Hand to his Imperial 
Majetty, for obtaining the delivering up Mr. Knight, pur- 
fuant to the Addrefs of this Houle; and for communi- 
cating to this Houfe the Steps which have been taken, 
relating thereto; and to reprefent to his Majefty the Dif- 
fatisfaction which his Commons have at the Obftacles 
which, they find, have been raifed, under the Pretence of 
the Privileges of the States of Brabant, againtt a Com- 
pliance with his gracious Endeavours; and alfo to repre- 
fent, That this Houle is every Day more convinced of 
the high Importance it is to the Juftice due to his People, 
that effectual Meafures be fpeedily taken for bringing over 
Mr. Knight; and earneftly to befeech his Majefty to em- 
ploy bis moft preffing Endeavours, in fuch manner as, in 
his great Wifdom, fhall’be thought proper, for attaining 
the juft Defire of his Commions. 

Houfe of Commons. gith Mar. 1721. 
His Majefty’s Anfwer to the Refolution of this Houfe, of 

29th Mar. 1721. 

AM very well pleafed, that the Inftances which I have 

made for the obtaining the Delivering up of Mr. 
Knight have given you Satisfaction: I fhall continue to 
employ my utmoft Endeavours for obtaining what you 
defire ; and hope they wiil prove effectual. 


Copy of Mr. Leashes’ Letter to Mr. Til/on, dated at 

Bruffelles. 
Sir, Bruffelles, roth Apr. 1721. 

WAS fo ill Yefterday with a Fever, Head-ach, and a 

Rheum fallen on my Eyes that I was not able to ftir 
out of Bed; which, I fuppofe, Mr. Gaudot told you: 
[I find myfelf a little better this Morning, bet not in a 
Condition to write to my Lord: Therefore I muft defire 
you to acquaint his Lordfhip, ‘That Marquis de Prié fent 
his Son Yefterday to acquaint me, That he had fpoke to 
fome of the Deputies of the States of Brabant, whom 
he found very much bent on maintaining their Privileges ; 
however he would ufe his utmoft Endeavours with the 
Grefher, and all the Deputies, to gain their Confent to 
Kuight’s being delivered up to me; and that I might be 
affured all Means fhould be ufed with them to effect it: 
But he gave me to underftand, That the States had taken 
a private Refolution to fend a Deputation to Vienna, on 
this Subjeét; which he would find means to prevent: 
Neverthelefs, he forefaw the complying with the King’s 
Demand, without the States Confent, would infallibly oc- 
cafion new Tumults here. 

I: hope to be able to write to my Lord on Saturday ; 
before which time I will endeavour to difcourfe the Mar- 
quis de Priz, and the States of Brabant ; and endeavour 
to know what we have to depend on. I am, &amp;e. 

Wu. Leathes, 


Copy of Mr. Leathes’s Letter to my Lord Totonfbend, 
dated at Bruflelles. 

My Lord, Bruffelles, the 12th Apr. 17214. 

WA S fo very ill on Wednefday laft, with a violent Head- 


ach, and Rheum fallen on my Eyes, that I was not 


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able to get out of Bed; but on Thurfday I made hhift to 
write a Line to Mr. Ti’/or, to which I beg Leave to 
refer, 

Yefterday, and this Morning, I renewed my Inftances 
to the Marquis de Pri?: Who told me, That, according 
to promife, he had difcourfed all the Deputies of the 
States of Brabant feparately: That he had ufed his ut- 
moft Endeavour to induce them to wave their Privileges, 
and to confent to Mr. Knight’s being delivered up to 
me? To which they anfwered, That their Authority, as 
Deputies, did not extend fo far as to wave any Point of 
their Privileges: But, feeing I continued to prefs both 
them, and the Marquis, to have Knight given up, they 
were willing to propofe the Matter to the next General 
Affembly of the States of Brabant, if I required it; and 
the Deputies infinuated the fame to me. 

Finding thefe Forms were to be paffed through, I de- 
fired a General Affembly might be held as foon as poffi- 
ble; but that fome other Pretext might be taken for con- 
voking them, becaufe I had not yet confidered the Con- 
fequence of putting the Affair on that Iffue: I therefore 
defired to be at Liberty either to propofe it to them, or 
not: The Marquis told me, Circular Letters fhould be 
difpatched immediately after the Holidays; and that, if 
I thought fit to make the Propofal, he would ufe all his 
Intereft with fuch of the States as have a Dependence on 
the Government, to procure a fatisfactory Refolution. 

I think this is the only Step which remains to be taken; 
and, if your Lordfhip has no Objetion to it, I will pro- 
pofe it to the General Affembly as foon as they meet 
which will be about 14 Days hence. 

I have the Honour to be, with the greateft Refpect, 

My Lord, &amp;e. 
Wm. Leathes. 


Copy of Mr. Leathes’s Letter to my Lord Townend, 
dated at Bruffelles. 


My Lord, Bruffelles, the 17th Apr. 1721. 
I HAVE received the Honour of your Letter, of 

the 31ft March, O. S. with Copies of his Majefty’s 
Letter to the Emperor, and his Imperial Majefty’s An- 
fwer; the Orders fent by the Prince Eugene to the Mar- 
quis de Pri¢; and the Addrefs of the Houfe of Com- 
mons to the King. 

It is, my Lord, a great Satisfaction to me, to find 
that my Endeavours have met with his Majefty’s Appro- 
bation; and that the Arguments I made ufe of to the 
Deputies of the States of Brabant were not difliked. 

As I have been again indifpofed fince my laft of the 
12th Inftant, to which I beg Leave to refer, the Marquis 
de Prié fent his Son laft Night to acquaint me, That he 
had ordered a General Affembly of the States on the 25th 
Inftant, N.S.; and to affure me, He would then ufe his 
beft Endeavours to perfuade them to confent to Mn 
Knight’s being delievered up to me. 

Since the Matter feems now to draw towards a Conclu- 
fion, I will make the Demand in Form, as foon as the 
States are afflembled, in cafe your Lordfhip has no Ob- 
jection to it: In the mean time, I will urge to fuch of 
them as are in Town, and to the reft as foon as they ar- 
rive, the Arguments contained in your Lordfhip’s faid 
Letter; which are fo juft, and fo very ftrong, that I flat- 
ter myfelf with the Hopes of their removing the Difficul- 
ties raifed by the Deputies; who, at length, own, that 
they are not impowered to difpenfe with fo effential a 
Point of their Privileges; nor do they believe the General 
Affembly can comply with his Majefty’s Demand, it be- 
ing directly contrary to the Oath they have taken. 

The Succefs of this Affair being of the greateft Impor- 
tance, I beg your Lordfhip will be perfuaded, that I fhall 
employ my utmoft Care and Diligence to bring it to 4 
fpeedy and a fatisfactory Conclufion. I have the honour 
to be, with the greateft Veneration and Re‘pect, 


My Lord, &amp;¢. 
Wm, Leaties. 


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9 Geo. I. 


Copy of Lord Town/bend’s Letter to Mr. Leathes. 
Sir, Whitebali, Apr. the roth, 1721. 
I Received your Letter of the r2th Inftant, N.S. and 

have laid it before the King; who, looking upon this 
Pretence of the Privileges of the People of Brabant asa 
miftaken Notion of theirs, advanced ata Time, andina 
Manner, very difagreeable to his Majefty, and prejudicial 
to his Service, would not have you give a Sanction to it, 
by applying to the States of that Province in Form: Be- 
fides that, Sovereigns never tranfact with one another’s 
Subjects: And therefore all Applications in his Majefty’s 
Name ought to be only to the Emperor; or to the Mar- 

vis de Prié, as his chief Officer in the Netherlands. 

If the Marquis de Prié continues refolved not to deliver 
up Knight without the Confent of thofe States, and thinks 
fit to make any Application to them, his Majefty has no 
Objection to it; being defirous, that every Viethod fhould 
be ufed to obtain a Thing fo conducive to the Good of 
his Affairs, and the Satisfaction of his People, that will 
not prove a Means of defeating thofe very Purpoles, or 
fet a Precedent that might pofibly, in future times, be 
attended with very fatal Confequences, and would be 
wholly derogatory to the Rights and Prerogatives of all 
Sovereign Princes and States. 

However, though a publick Tranfaction is liable to 
thefe Inconveniences, a private Application not being fub- 
ject to them ; if the Marquis dz Prié will bring this Mat- 
ter before thofe States, his Majefty would then have you 
ufe your utmoft Endeavours with them feparately, efpe- 
cially fuch of the Deputies as you are perfonally acquainted 
with, to incline them to confent to Knight's being deli- 
vered up to you: | have already faid fo much to you, in 
my former Letters, of the Importance of this Service, 
and how much his Majefty, and the Nation, have it at 
Heart, that I fhall not trouble you with a Repetition of 
jt; but fhall only add, thatI am, &amp;e, 

Townfbend. 

I received this Day your Letter of 

the ;°; Infant, and laid it before 
the King; whofe Sentiments on 
the Subject of it being fully con- 
tained in what is written above, 
his Majefty has given me no frefh 
Orders upon it. 

Tourfbend: 


Copy of Mr. Leathes’s Letter to my Lord Town/end, 
dated at Bruffells. 
My Lord, Bruffelles, the 22th Apr. 1721. 
Efterday I prefented a Memorial to the Marquis de 
Prié, defiring Mr. Knight might be given up to Juf- 
tice: As the Coppy of it goes here inclofed, 1 will not 
trouble your Lordfhip with a Repetition of the Reafoning 
contained therein: I have not joined the Copies of the 
Letters, Sc. referred to in the Memorial, becaufe | had 
them all from your Lordfhip: To-morrow the General 
Affembly of the States of Brabant is to meet; and the 
Marquis de Prvi¢ is to lay my Memorial before them: 
He has given me repeated Affurances of his utmoft En- 
deavours to perfuade the States to comply with the King’s 
Demand; and I have ufed the proper Arguments with 
thofe Gentlemen, to remove their Scruples: I find, by 
them, that they ftill infift on the 17th Article of the Zay- 
eufe Entrée being general, without any particular Cafe ex- 
cepted ; and on the Oath they have taken to maintain 
their Privileges inviolably: A little Time will now bring 
this important Affair to a Conclufion, and, I hope, fuch 
as will be fatisfactory to his Majefty, and the whole Na- 
tion. I have the Honour to be, with a profound Re- 
ipect, 
My Lord, &amp;c. 
; Wm. Leathes. 


Tranflation of Mr. Leathes’ Memorial to the Marquis 
de Prié, 21th Apr. 1721. 
) To his Excellency. 
- HE underwritten Refident of his Majefty the King 
of Great Britain has the Honour of reprefenting to 


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Fil 
your Excellency, That, at the time when the Secret Con?: 
mittee of the Parliament was employed in examining Mri 
Robert Knight, late Cafhier to the South Seca Company; 
the faid Cafhier, being probably guilty of thé Crimies laid 
to his Charge, and knowing he cou!d not give a good 
Account of the Treafure of the faid Society whith had 
come to his Hands, thought fit to withdraw himéelf on 
the Firft of Fanuary laft, O. S. and to retire into the 
Aufirian Netherlands, where your Excellency; upon the 
Application made on the Part of the King my Mafter, 
by the means of his Principal Secretary of State, the late 
Earl Stanhope, was fo good as to caule him to be feized 
the 13th of February following, N. S. at Tirlemont, a 
Town fituate in the Duchy of Brabant, as he was ready 
to depart out of this Province, and efeape into the Coun- 
try of Zrege; and to order him to be carried Prifoner to 
the Caftle of dutwerp, where he is ftill ttrictly confined. 

The King, upon receiving Advice of this Arreft, com- 
manded the Underwritren to repair with all Diligence to 
Bruffells, and to declare “xcelleacy, in the molt 
obliging and moft exp: as, with what Pleafure 
his Majeity had receiv: Viark of your Zeal for; 
and Attention to. his Roya! vice; charging him, at 
the fame time, to i¢ choft lively Inftances to your 
Excellency, chat the tii Knight might be delivered up to 
him, in order to be fent to Exeiend, to abide the Iffue 
of the Proceediigs already bi wun againit him, “before 
competent Judges. 

After which, the Underwritten applied to your Ex- 
cellency, upon his Arrival in this City, the 23th of 
February aforelaid,; and, after declaring to you how 
fenfible the King was of your Regard to his Requeft, 
he earneftly defired of you, in his Majefty’s Name, to 
fend home the faid Cafhier; praying you to caufe him to 
be carried, under a good Guard, to Offende, in order to 
his being tranfported thence to Zugland: And though he 
thinks he fupported, and made out, the Juftice of his 
Demand, by very good Arguments; and has not ceafed, 
to this time, continuing, withoutInrerruption, his Inftances 
to have the faid Cafhier delivered up to him; and though 
the Emperor himfeif confented to it, as appears by the 
annexed Copy of the obliging Letter his Imperial Majetty 
wrote to the King; yet have they not hitherto produced 
the Effect his Majefty had Reafon to promife himfelf ; 
fince the fending him home, purfuant to the Demand made 
on his Part, appeared to him to be a natural Confequence 
of the Seizure of the Fugitive’s Perfon. 

It is true, your Excellency did, at firit, allege Two 
Reafons, as the Ground ot your Refufal; of whici: the 
former is removed by the gracious and equitable Confent 
of his Imperiai Majefty ; and the other, by. his Highnefs 
Prince Exgene’s Letter, Copy whereof is likewite hereunto 
annexed; forafmuch as your Excellency is therein required, 
in exprefs and pofitive Terms, to do all in your Power to 
overcome the Obftacles raifed by the States of Brabant, on 
Pretence of their Privileges. 

Your Excellency will fee, by the annexed Copy of the 
Addrefs prefented by the Houfe of Commons to the King, 
and of his Majefty’s Anfwer to it, how much not only 
the King, and his Parliament, but alfo the whole British 
Nation, have at Heart the Criminal’s being fent back; 
which the Country, the Town, the People in general, — 
demand with an unanimous Voice, that he may be punifhed 
for the moft enormous Corruption that ever was; that 
has ruined an infinite Number of his Countrymen, and 
others in foreign Parts; whereby he is become unworthy 
of the Refuge which the States cf Brabant pretend to 
afford him: The King has {cen with equal Concern and 
Surprize, by the Reprefentation of the States of Brabant, 
the ill-grounded Oppofition they make againft his juft De- 
mand: It is well known how jealous thofe Gentlemen, 
and their Predeceffors, have always been of their Privi- 
leges; and his Majefty allows, that, if it was expected the 
Captive fhould be delivered up without requiring their 
Confent, their Oppofition might be looked upon as rea- 
fonable, and fupported by fome Appearance of Foun- 
dation ; but, this Requeft having been made, it was not 
thought. 








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thought one could have expected any Obftacile from them, 
in favour of a Man who, inftead of deferving Refuge and 
Protection from the Profecution begun againft him, and 
from an exemplary Vengeance, is, by a pernicious Con- 
duét, and fuch Crimes as were never heard of before, be- 
come a publick Offender, and, one may fay, an Enemy 
to Mankind; fothat he cannot pretend any Right to the 
Benefit of the Privileges of any Nation in the World, 
how tender foever it may be of whatever may touch its 
Privileges, that can never have been granted with a View 
of protecting Villains, which would really be an Abufe, 
but of maintaining the Subject in the Enjoyment of his 
Liberty, and of the Advantages to which he may. be in- 
titled by the fundamental Laws of the Country: And it is 
not to be doubted but the Privilege intended by the 17th 
Article of the Joyful Extry of Brabant, was granted for 
that Purpofe, and to prevent the Subjects and Inhabitants 
of that Province from being carried off againft their 
Will, to be tried and punifhed by incompetent Judges 
elfewhere: And if one fhould interpret this Privilege in 
any other manner, or extend it as ‘ar as the faid Kuighs 
would have it, aninfinite Number of Abfurdities would 
refult from it, to the irreparable Prejudice of neighbour- 
ing Nations; fince Brabaxt, by this Extenfion of a pre- 
tended Privilege, would become a Place of Safety for all 
manner of Criminals; which would be inconfillent with 
the Friendfhip and ggod Underttanding that fhould be 
cultivated and preferved, with great Care, between Great 
Britain and the Auftrian Netherlands, and with the mutual 
Freedom of Accefs, that is fo neceffary for carrying on 
the Commerce, and for the frequent Intercourfe, between 
the Two Countries: This is a Maxim ever allowed by all 
Nations, that no Privilege can be maintained which is con- 
trary to Reafon, and wou!d overthrow the Rules of Juf- 
tice; and that it is never to be extended fo far as to diveft 
another of his Rights, or to make it degenerate into an 
Abufe and Corruption. 

Whence it follows, That his Majefty’s Demand has 
nothing in it but what is confiftent with the Privilege in 
Debate, fo far as it may be judged areafonable one; fince 
his Majefty, his Parliament, and the whole Briti/ Nation, 
have an unqueftionable Right of obliging Knight, the Ca- 
fhier, to give an Account of his Tranfactions, to pay the 
Balance he owes, and to punifh him for his Mifdemean- 
ors: And it is equally certain, that the States of Brabant 
cannot deprive them of a Right they are fo juftly pof- 
feffed of, without doing a manifeit Injury to his Majetty, 
and to his Dominions; nor without completing the utter 
Ruin of an infinite Number of Families. 

The late Directors of the faid Company allege, towards 
clearing themfelves of the great Mifchiefs done tu the Na- 
tion, which have overwhelmed it, and are but too no- 
torious, that the faid Knight is fole Author thereof, by his 
ill Management, and by his Corruption, in the Conduct 
of a Scheme of fo great Importance, the Execution where- 
of had been entrufted to his Care without any Reftriction 
or Bounds; infomuch that nobody but himfelf can lead 
the Parliament through the Windings of a Maze com- 
pofed, and made up, of the moft infamous Contrivances 
that were ever practifed ; which it is impoffible to difcover, 
otherwife than by means of the Lights that may be given 
by the faid Cafhier, and of the giving in of his Accounts, 
which ought to be made up in the Place where he tranf- 
acted, according to the Rules obferved on the like Occa- 
fions in a]] Countries of the reafonable Part of the World: 
In order to which his Majefty therefore affures himfelf, 
that the States of Brabant wil] make no Difficulty of giv- 
ing their Confent; and he has fo much the more Reaton 
to expect it, that it is not at all probable thofe Gentlemen 
fhould at this time infift on their Privileges, wrongfully in- 
perpreted, to the Prejudice of the Engli/h Nation, which 
has {pent fo much Blood and Treafure to maintain them 
in the Poffeffion thereof. 

All thefe Arguments being weighed, the Under-written 
periuades himfelf, rhat the next General Affembly of the 
States of Brabant being moved with Indignation at the bafe 


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Praétices of this infamous Fugitive, and duly inclined to 
give, in fo important an Occafion, Marks of the Breboy- 
gons Gratitude for the Friendthip fhewn them by the 
Englifo, will not oppofe his Majetty’s juft Demand: And 
he does, with the greater Confidence, flatter himfelf j¢ 
will be fo, becaufe it concerns the Intereft of the En). 
peror, and of the States of all the Powers in Europe, 
that an Offender, loaded with fo many Crimes, and ac. 
countable for immenfe Sums to his Majefty, to the Soush 
Sea Company, and in general to the whole Nation, fhonlq 
be brought to Juftice: And, confidering the Regard your 
Excellency has, upon all Occafions, fhewn for the Kino’s 
Service, and for the Good of the Britifo Nation, the Un- 
der-written has the Honour to pray you moft earneftly, 
that, in purfuance of his Imperial Majefty’s Orders, you 
will interpofe your Authority with the States of Brabant, 
that the faid Kzight may immediately be delivered up to 
him, and carried, under a fecure Guard, to the Port of 
Cftende, in order to his being fent back from thence into 
England, to the end he may there give an Account of his 
Tranfactions ; and may be exemplarily punifhed accord. 
ing to the Enormity of his Crimes. 

Done at Bruffelles, the 

21 April 1721, 
Signed Win. Leathes. 

Ordered, That the Bill for reftrainine Fob Aiflabie 
Efquire from going out of this Kingdom -for the Space of 
One Year, and until the End of the next Seffion of Par- 
liament; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effeéts; and 
for the preventing the tranfporting or alienating the fame; 
be read a Second time To-morrow Morning. 


Sir Thomas Croffe reported from the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to examine the feveral Duplicates 
of the Inventories or Particulars of the Eftates of the late 
Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Deputy Ca- 
fhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Company, deli- 
vered in to this Houfe ; and to make Eftimates of the Ba- 
lances of the faid feveral Duplicates ; That the Committee 
had confidered the Matter to them referred; and had 
made an Eftimate of the Balances of the faid feveral Du- 
plicates; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

In Obedience to your Order of the 27th of March laf, 
whereby the faid feveral Duplicates of the Inventories and 
Particulars were referred to the Confideration of a Com- 
mittee; 

Your Committee, for that Purpofe appointed, in pur- 
fuance of the faid Order, have employed fome Part of their 
time in the infpecting and confidering feveral of the faid In- 
ventories and Particulars : And, finding all or moft of them 
to contain different Methods in the Computations of the 
faid Eftates; and fetting forth generally the Particulars of 
their feveral Eftates, as they were upon the FirftDay of Zune 
laft; and then carrying on a Diary, or Journal Account, 
of their feveral Tranfactions, from that Day to the time 
they delivered in their Inventories to the Barons of the 
il purfuant to the Ac of Parliament in that be- 
hal $ 

Your Committee found it impoffible, or at leaft ex 
ceedingly difficult, to reprefent to the Houfe the juft Ba- 
lances of their refpective Accounts, over and befides the 
Debts, and other Engagements, wherewith their Eftates 
are faid to be charged and affected: 

Thereupon your Committee, the better to clear up this 
Difficulty in the moft expeditious and certain Way, and 
to put this Matter in the fulleft Light that could be, for 
the Information of the Houfe, made feveral Orders, where- 
by the faid Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Direétors, 
Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, were ordered to lay be- 
fore your Committee an Account of the prefent Eftimate, 
or Value, in Money, of their feveral real and perfonal 
Eftates, contained in the faid Inventories or Particulars, 


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in the moft fummary manner; and that, 1n fuch Eftimate, 
or Valuation, they fhould eftimate, or value, their Bank 
Stock,. South Sea Stock, and Eaft India Stock, at 150 per 
Cent. one with another ; their Bank and Lottery Annui- 
ties, Lottery Tickets, Exchequer Orders, Zaft India and 
South Sea Bonds, at Par; their long Annuities at 20 Years 
Purchafe; their fhort Annuities at 14 Years Purchafe ; 
and their other Stocks and Securities as they were cur- 
reatly fold for, or valued at, upon the 25th Day of March 
aft: 

; That, in purfuance of the aforefaid Orders, the faid 
Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors and De- 
puty Cafhier, attended your Committee, and left with 
them Abftracts, in Writing, of the eftimated Values in 
Money of their feveral real and perfonal Eftates, com- 
prifed and mentioned in their faid refpective Inventories 
and Particulars ; and have balanced the fame in fuch man- 
ner as that the faid feveral Balances may be taken as clear 
Money, over and befides what they feverally owe, or are 
indebted ; except fome Contracts for Lands, and other 
things, which are under Conteft; and over and befides 
fuch Settlements and Provilions as they allege to have 
been made for their refpective Favnilies : And Mr. Grighy 
not being able to attend the Committee, ient his Abftract, 
and Balance, in the fame Form as the other: All. which 
Balances, amounting, together, tothe Suinof 2,014,123, 
165.744. your Committee have inferted in a Schedule, 
and annexed the fame to this their Report, fhewing what 
each Perfon’s particular Balance amounts to, 

Your Committee craves Leave to inform the Houfe, 
That Sir ‘ohn Lambert having attended them, on the 
Third Day of April, with the Abttract of his Eitate, and 
thereby ftated his Balance to be 72,508/. is. 5d. he 
afterwards, on the 6th of pril, attended again, and 
alleged, That he was miftaken in his faid Abjtract, and 
defired your Committee to receive a fupplemental Paper, 
by which he would have reduced his Balance, fo delivered 
in as before, 22,610/7. 8s. 4.d.; and thereby the faid Ba- 
lance of 72,508 1 5 would have been not more than 
49,897 12 1: But, your Committee, forefeeing the 
Inconveniencies that might probably arife to them from 
others, by their receiving fuch Paper, thought fit to re- 
ject the fame, and to take only a Minute thereof, to en- 
able them to reprefent the Fact to the Houtfe. 

As to the other Part of your Order, whereby your 
Committee are directed to make their Obfervations upon 
the faid Inventories and Particulars; your Committee 
crave Leave to inform the Houfe, That the faid Invento- 
ries and Particulars are in themfelves fo voluminous, 
confift of fuch Variety of Tranfactions and Things, fuch 
ereat Numbers of Perfons muft neceffarily be examined, 
and fo many Difficulties will naturally arife, that your 
Committee humbly conceive, that they cannot, in any rea- 
fonable time, make fuch proper Obfervations as will an- 
{wer the Intention and Expectation of the Houfe. 

All which your Committee humbly certify, and fubmit 
to the Judgment of the Houfe. 


A Schedule of the Balances. 


Sir Fohn Blunt - , = - 183,349 10. 83 
Mr. Edimondjon - ° ° 52305 0. O 
Mr. Hawes - - - , 40,031 O 2% 
Sit Vin. Hammond - - 22,707 4 2 
Mr. Raymond - - - 645373 6 3 
Mr. Gore - - - 38,936 15 5 
Mr. Read - - - 75297 16 O 
Mr. Cheffer . - - 140,372 15 6 
Mr. Houlditch - - - 39:527 10 4 
Sir Robert Chaplin - - 45.875 14 5 
Mr. Reynolds - - - 18,368 12 25 
Mr. Delaport - ° - 17,151 4 6 
Mr. Gibbon . - 106,543 5 6 
Mr. Page - - - .. 34,817 12 3t 
Sir Wm. Chapman - - 39,161 6 84 
Sir Fohn Lambert . - - 72,508 I 5 
Mr. Grighby » - - 31,687 6 o 


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513. 





Mr. Tillard ~ Ponty Znth tbOn LIS. JA 
Mr. Surman =, - oa e iene ie nf 
Sur Facob Facobfon Mag Aen 11,481 4.9. 
Sir ‘Fohn Fellows .- =.) 35. 2433096. 0+ g 
Sir Lambert Blackwell ~  npartte 833529. 87, 115 
Sir Theodore Fanfen - =, 243,244 3 Ih 
Mr. Foy - - 5 1 40st0G 2. Q 
Mr. Ingram - -~ -. #, 16,795 0.0 
Mr. Eyles - - -.. 34,329 16 7 
Mr. Sawbridge - ~ 6 op. y FPetEh Sak 
Mr. Morley - - - 1,869 10, 3 
Mr. Horfey - - - 19,962 5,3 
Mr. Child : - - 52,437 19. I 
Mr. Afell - - - 27,750 19 8} 
Mr. Turner - - - 881 17, 6 
Sir Harcourt Mafter - - 11,814 12. 3% 
Total 2,014,123 16 I&lt; 





Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, ° 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill for the Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company, be read a Second time 
upon Wednefday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 18° die Aprilis; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the City 
of York, in Common Council affembled, was pre- 
ienved to the Houfe, and read; ferting forth the deplora- 
ble State of the Nation, occafioned by the vile Praétices; 
infatiable Avarice, and pernicious Contrivances of the 
late Direétors of the South Sea Company, their Aiders, 
Abettors, and Accomplices ; and of the general Decay 
of publick Credit, and Trade, throughout the Nation ; 
and acknowleging, with the utmoft Gratitude, the great 
Care and Pains this House hath taken towards the Relief 
of the Unfortunate, and to difcover the Scheme of Wick- 
ednefs, notwith{tanding the Aris and Contrivances of fome 
of the Confederates, to conceal the fame: And praying, 
That the Houfe will proceed to fatisfy the Juftice of the 
Nation ; and to take fuch Methods as they fhall judge 
proper for reftoring Commerce, and publick Credit. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of the Right honourable 
Robert Lord Romney, in the County of Nerfolk, and-for 
fettling other Lands, of greater Value, in the County of 
Kent, already purchafed, to.the fame Ufes ; was read a 
Second time. nes 

Refolved, That the Bill. be committed to. Mr. Gybbon, 
Sir Tho. Hales, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Herne, Sir Tho. 
Palmer, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Lon- 
don, Mr. Neville, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Farrer, 
Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Sir Robert Rich, Colonel Bladen, Mr. 
Wylde, Colonel Blackfion,. Mr. Baylie,.. Mr. Clayton, 
Mr. Plumptre, Sir Richard Goffe, ;Mr. Weft, Mr. Veruon, 


Mr. Palmer, Mr. Gay, Mr. Talbot,, Mr, Cater, Mr. 


Brace, and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
.of Kent and Norfolk: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted. the Houfe, That he hav- 
ing waited upon his Majefty, humbly to know when he 
will be attended by this Houfe, his Majefty has been 
pleafed to appoint this Afternoon at Two of the Clock, 
at his Palace of St. Fames. 


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514 
An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for vefting the Manors of Burnells, alias Rifton, and cer- 
tain Lands in Norfolk, Part of the Eftate of Jonas Rolfe 
Gentleman, and Lucy his Wife, in Truftees, to be fold, for 
difcharging the Incumbrances thereon, and for other Pur- 
fes therein mentioned; was read a Second time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Sir Tho. Read, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Pelham, 
Mr. Bankes, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Walpole, Sir Fohn Packington, Mr. Cater, Mr. Kel- 
fall, Mr. Neville, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Plump- 
tre, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Sloper, 
Mr. Walter, Mr. Levinz, Sir Richard Goffe, Mr. New- 
land, Mr. Bond, Lord Downe, Mr. Lewis; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Norfolk and 
Suffolk: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. ‘ 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aéct to 
enable Harry Bridges Efquire to fell the Manors of {le- 
brewers, in the County of Somerfet, for Payment of his. 
Daughters Portions, and Legacies, charged thereupon, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Plump- 
tre, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Farrer, Lord Wm, Powlett, 
Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Hanbury, Mr. Philpot, Mr. 
Lewis, Mr. Delaval, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. 
Neville, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Herne, Colonel 
Blackefton, Mr. Walter, Mr. Norris, Mr. Morice, Mr. 
Foley, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Cholmley, Mr. 
Wrightfon, Mr. Clayton, Six Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Ba- 
con, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Weft, Mr. Auditor Harley; and all 
the Members that ferve for the Counties of Somer{et, 
Southampton and Dorfet: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at FiveaClock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill for reftraining Yohn Ajflabie 
Efquire from going out of this Kingdom for the Space 
of One Year, and until the End of the next Seffion of 
Parliament ; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effects 3 
and for the preventing the tranfporting or alienating the 
fame ; be read a Second time upon Thurfday Morning 
next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the High Sheriff, and Grand Jury, of 

the County Palatine of Chefer, met at the Affizes 
held for the faid County of Chefer, the Twelfth Day of 
April 1721, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners have daily Experience of 
the calamitous and mifchievous Effects of the Mifmanage- 
ment, Avarice, and boundlefs Ambition, of the late Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, their Aiders, Abettors, 
and Confederates, in the intended Deftruction of their 
Country : That the Petitioners cannot enumerate the va- 
rious Misfortunes which have attended this wicked Pro- 
jet, but find they have juft Caufe to lament the {mall 
Export and Confumption of the Manufaétures and Pro- 
duét of this Kingdom, the great Decay of ‘T'rade, as 
well as the Lofs of publick Credit: That-they fubmit 
whether fuch Grievances may not be the Overthrow of 
their happy Conftitution, if not timely redreffed: And 
praying, That fuch Meafures may be taken as may make 
Trade flourifh, Credit be reftored, and Juftice done to an 
injured People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Journals of the Houfé of Commons. 


A721. 


A Petition of the Guild, Stewards, Burgeffes, and other 
Inhabitants, of the ancient Borough of Calne,in the County 
of Wilts, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, as the Encouragement of the Trade of Ma- 
nufactures of this Kingdom has always been thought to 
deferve the greateft Care and Application of the Houfe, 
the Petitioners, whofe whole Subfiftence and Employ. - 
ments depend on them, think it their Duty to reprefent 
the melancholy Condition they are in, by almoft an entire 
Decay of Trade, the Effects of the vile Artifices, A varices, 
and corrupt Mifmanagement of the late South Seg 
Directors, their Aiders, Abettors, Confederates, and En- 
couragers: And praying, That the Houfe will proceed 
in fuch Ways and Means as they fhall judge proper to 
revive publick Credit, reftore Trade, and punifh the Of. 
fenders of an injured People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Medlycot prefented to the Houfe, according to Or. 
der, a Bill for Naturalizing of Fames Ma/sé: And the 
fame was réceived; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 
to veft the Eftate of Sir Charles Carteret Baronet, deceafed 
in Truftees, for Payment of his Debts ; and fettling the 
Remainder to the fame Ufes, in his Will; was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An AG 
to enable Herbert Perrot Pakington E{quire, only Son of 
Sir Fohn Pakington Baronet, to acknowlege Fines, and 
fuffer Recoveries, while he is under the Age of One-and- 
twenty Years, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wrightfon do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Hungerford reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; to enable the Right honourable TZomas Lord Parker, 
Baron of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of Great 
Britain; Fohn Sutton Clerk ; Edward Ayres, and Sarak 
his Wife ; and Matthew Hawes, and Sarah his Wife; for 
and on the behalf of themfelves, and of their infant Chil- 
dren; to make feveral Exchanges of Lands and Tene- 
ments ; and to perform their feveral Agreements touch- 
ing the fame ; Was committed; That they had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their Con- 
fents to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had direéted him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Atnendment ; and he de- 
livered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


The faid Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath - 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


Mr Speaker reported, That the Houfe did Yefterday 
attend his Majefty with their Addrefs : To which his Ma- 
jefty was pleafed to give this moft gracious Anfwer ; viz. 


I Thank you for this Addrefs ; which is afrefh Inftance 
of your Affection to me, and my Family: As I fhall 
always have at Heart the fecuring the Proteftant Intercit 
of thefe Kingdoms, fo I can never doubt of your Zeal to- 
wards the eftablifhing it upon a lafting Foundation. 


Mr. Brodrick, from the Committee of Secrecy, 8- 
quainte 


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quainted the Houfe, That the faid Committee, in the 

Courfe of their Inquiry, find it neceffary to have Sir 

George Cafwall, now a Prifoner in the Tower of London, 

examined before them; and had therefore direéted him 

to move the Houfe, That the neceflary Orders may be 
iven,. that the faid Sir George Cafwall may be produced 
fore the faid Committee, from time to time. 

Ordered, That the Lieutenant of his Majefty’s Tower 
of London, or his Deputy, do bring Sir George Ca/wall 
Knight, now a Prifoner in the faid Tower, to attend the 
faid Committee, from time to time, as often as the faid 
Committee fhall require the fame: And that Mr. Speaker 
do iffue his Warrant accordingly. 


A Bill for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 


South Sea Company, was, according to Order, read a 
Second time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Zue/day Morn- 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That # # * « 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 20 die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


AMES Mafsé took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counties of Nor- 
folk and Suffolk, of and from the Ufes and Limitations 
contained in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas de Grey 
Eiquire ; and for fettling other Eftates in the faid Counties 
to the fame Ufes ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Turner do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the Bill, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, principal Inhabitants, 
Burgeffes, and Traders, of the ancient Borough of 
Shrew/bury, in the County of Salop, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they are deeply 
affe€ted with the prefent Calamities that many Thoufands 
of Families in this Nation labour under, from the Impo- 
fitions, and fraudulent Praétices, of the late South Sea Di- 
rectors, their Aiders and Abettors, by the corrupt Ma- 
nagement of the Stock of the Company, for their own 
private Advantage, to the great Decay of Trade, the 
Sinking of publick Credit, and the utter Ruin of many 
of their Fellow Subjects; and returning their Thanks to 
the Houfe for their unwearied Endeavours to deliver the 
unhappy Sufferers, lay open the vile Myftery of Iniquity, 
and remedy the Evils: And praying the Continuance of 
the fame, for the difcovering and punifhing the Authors 
and Contrivers of thefe Misfortunes, fuitable to the Nature 
of their Crimes. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Haldane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Provoft, Magiftrates, and Council, of 
the Town of Dundee, in behalf of themfelves, and Com- 
munity, was referred; That they had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition; and had dire&amp;ted him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe: And he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it 


in at the Clerk’s Table: Where. the fame was read; 
and is as follows; viz. 


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That the Committee, to. whom the faid Petition was 
referred, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, bearing 
Date the 29th of March laft, have examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and find, ~: 7 

That an Act paffed in the Parliament of Scotland, in 
the Year 1707, for granting an Impofition of Two Pe- 
nies Scots, over and above the Duty of Excife, upon 
every Pint of Ale and Beer brewed, brought in, tapped, 
vended, and fold, within the faid Town, and the Liber- 
ties and Suburbs thereof, for paying and difcharging fuch 
publick Debts as were upon the faid Town, incurred upon 
feveral Occafions; which Impofition, fo granted, was to 
continue for the Term of Twenty-four Years, from the 


_ 25th Day of March 1707: 


That an Account of the Receipts and Difburfements of 
the Money arifing by the faid Impofition was produced 
to the Committee; whereby it appeared, That the fame 
has been duly applied, according to the Directions of the 
faid A&amp;; notwithftanding which, there is a confiderable 
Debt on the faid Town: 

That the faid Town is a confiderable trading Town. 
And it appeared to the Committee, by the Teftimony of 
Sir Patrick Strachan, Colonel Robert Read, and Mr. Wil- 
liam Kennedy, that, by reafon of the Debt upon the faid 
Town, the publick Works thereof have of late been 
neglected ; and are much out of Repair: : 

And that the Harbour, which is a great Support to th 
Inhabitants, is now fo filled up, that Ships of Burthen, 
which formerly entered at any time, cannot now come 
in, or fail out, at the higheft Tides; nor can Ships lie 
there with Safety, by reafon the Piers of the Harbour are 
gone very much to Ruin, and other Works fo much de- 
cayed : 

That, during the time of the late unnatural Rebellion, 
the faid Town, and the whole Revenues thereof, were in 
Poffeffion of the Rebels ; and, fince that, the Inhabitants 
of the faid Town have been at confiderable Charges, in 
quartering a great Number of his Majefty’s Forces, when 
they marched to and from the Northern Part of the King- 
dom: And, 

That it will greatly tend to the Conveniency and “atif- 
faction of the Inhabitants, if another Church was built; 
by reafon the prefent Churches will not contain the Inha- 
bitants ; their Number being, of late Years, very much 
increafed., 

That it appeared to the Committee, unlefs the Term 
granted by the faid Act, paffed in the Year 1707, for 
raifing the faid Duty of Two Penies Scots, be enlarged, 
the faid Town having no other Fund for paying their 
Debts, the publick Debts of the faid Town cannot be dif- 
charged; nor can a new Church, although fo much 
wanted, be built, and kept in Repair; nor can the Har- 
bour be cleared, and the Piers repaired, or any other of 
the publick Works of the faid Town, carried on, and made 
ufeful. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth 
Part of a Peny Sterling, laid upon every Scots Pint of Ale 
and Beer fold within the Town of Dundee, and Privileges 
thereof, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town ; 
building a new Church; and for repairing the Piers and . 
Harbour there: And that Mr. Haldane and Mr. Treby, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for making the Rivers Mercy and 
Irwell navigable from Liverpool to Manchefter, in the ' 
County Palatine of Lancafter, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell na- 
vigable from Liverpool to Manchefter, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wrightfon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Earl of Hertford reported, That his Royal High- 
nefs the Prince of Wales had been attended, according to 
Order, with the congratulatory Meffage of this Houfe ; 

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516 


and that his Royal Highnefs was pleafed to return the fol- 
lowing An{wer ; 


TH E Satisfaction the Houfe of Commons: have fhewn 
on the Occafion, of the Birth of my Son is.a certain 
Proof of the Continuance of that Duty to the King, and 
‘of that Affection to his Family, which has fo confpicuoufly 
appeared in all their Proceedings: And I look upon this 
Congratulation as a particular Mark of their Regard to 
me; and return my, Thanks to the Houfe for it. 


A Petition of Colonel Francis Farquhar,. in the Name 
and. Behalf of the Officers of the Three Regiments of 
Wood, Douglas, and Hamilton, who ferved the States Ge- 
neral during the late War, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth * * * * 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee : And that they do examine the 
‘Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And. it is referred to Mr. Smith, Mr. Sandys, Mr. 
Yonge, Sir Fohn Eyles, Mr. Windjor, Mr. Ward, Gene- 
ral. Rafe, Sir Wm. Windham, Mr. Neville, Mr. Weft, 
Sir Cha. Turner, Colonel. Bladen, Mr. Ireby, Mr. Weft- 
phaling, Lord Powlett, Lord Barrington, Mr. Lowther, 
Sir Robert Rich, Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Plump- 
tre, Mr. Heyham, Sir Arth. Kay, General Lumley, Mr. 

_ Herne, Mr. F'reman, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Bay- 
ley, Mr. Pringle, Sir Tho. Croffe,. Mr. Archer, Mr. Con- 
yers, Mr. Milner, Sir.Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. London, Mr. Kelfey, Sir David Dalrymple: . And 

. they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records, 


The Lord Tyrconnell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Adventurers therein mentioned, 
for bringing Water to the Cities of London and Weftmin- 
fiery and Parts adjacent, was referred, That they had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the Matter, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe: And he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon Mouday Morning next, in a full Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Duplicates of the Inventories, or 
Particulars, of the Eftates of the late Sub Governor, De- 
puty Governor, Directors, Deputy Cashier, and Account- 
ant, of the South Sea Company, delivered to Mr. 
Speaker by the Lord Chief Baron, or Mr. Baron Page, 
and by him laid before this Houle, together with the 
. Abftraéts of the faid Inventories, or Particulars, delivered 
in to this Houfe from the Committee, to whom the faid 
Particulars were referred, be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Duplicates of the faid feveral 
Inventories and Particulars, with the refpective Abftracts 
to each of them, be printed feparately. 

Ordered, That Mr, Speaker do take care of the Print- 
ing of the faid feveral Duplicates, Inventories, and Ab- 
{tra&amp;ts; and that he do appoint the Printing thereof; and 
that no Perfon, but fuch as he fhall appoint, prefume to 
print the fame. 


A Petition of Francis Eyles Efquire was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner, 
having the Misfortune of being One of the late Direét- 
ors of the South Sea Company, has been expelled his Seat 
in Parliament for Crimes charged on the late Direétors of 
the faid Company; That, by the Bill now depending; the 
Eftates of the faid Direétors are to make Satisfaction for 
certain Loffes therein mentioned: ‘That he was no-ways 
concerned in promoting the Scheme upon which the A&amp; 
pafied, or in facilitating the fame; nor was ever at any 
Mecting’of the Directors, either before or after the pafling 

the faid Act, to confult or contrive the carrying on the 


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4.172%, 


Scheme nor was ever of any Committee for executing the 
fame; nor privy to the giving or taking in any Stock for 
any Minifter of State, or Member of either Houfe of 
Parliament, or of the. Increafe or Decreafe of the Money’ 
Subfcriptions ; That he hath made a full Difcovery of ‘aif’ 
Matters that lay within his Knowlege, relating to the 
faid Company, to the Committee of Secrecy,: That he 
hath laid before the faid Committee, an Account of all hig 
Tranfactions fince December 1719: That he never made 
any Advantage by being a Director; but hath diminifhed 
his own Fortune, by fubfcribing in his Annuities: 
That he was abfent in the Country whilft many of the 
faid Matters were tranfa¢ted : That he hath delivered to 
the Barons of the Exchequer a true Inventory of both 
his real and perfonal Eftate: "That he humbly hopes he 
fhall not be equally involved in the future Punifhments 
with thofe who contrived, and unjuftly executed, the 
Scheme: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Richard Horfey, One of the late Dire&amp;- 
ors of the South Sea Company, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there being a Bill 
depending for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company ; which Bill, if it pafs, will diveft 
the Petitioner of all his Eftate: That from his firft 'be- 
coming a Director, in February 1714, he was appointed 
One of the Committee of Shipping, and continued therein 
all his Time : That he was not of thofe Committees, nor 
at all confulted by them, who had the contriving the 
late Scheme: That, until the Inquiry by Parliament, he 
was not made fenfible of the fecret Evils that have run 
along with the whole Management of this Affair: That 
he hath given in a faithful Account of all his Tranf- 
actions, and of his whole Eftate: That his Eftate was 
14,1107, 10s. 8d. in December 1719, before the 
Scheme began; and is now but 15,222/. 55. 3d. the 
Deduttions taken off that it is fubject to: And praying, 
That a Provifion may be granted him, and his Family. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of William Aftell, \ate One of the Direét- 
ors of the South Sea Company, was prefented to. the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, on the 7th of Fa- 
nary 1719, the Petitioner’s Wife, and feveral Children, 
with Part of his Subftance, being deftroved by the dread- 
ful Fire at his Houfe in Auftin Fryars, he was confined to 
his Lodging, or out of Town, for above Two Months 
afterwards: That he neither was of the Committee for the 
Scheme then on font, or folicited the fame: That he was 
an utter Stranger to the taking in, or holding, Stock for 
any Perfons whatfoever, or ever heard of the fame; 
which now appears to have been privately tranfacted by 
fome particular Perfons: That he never came into any 
Meafures, but fuch as then appeared to be for the Benefit 
of the Company, and the Publick; and not to enrich 
himfelf, by any corrupt Means whatfoever: That, upon 
his Examination before the Secret Committee, he has fully 
difcovered all the Tranfactions that he knew of the Com- 
pany’s Affairs: That the Accounts he delivered in, fhew 
how very little he dealt in Stocks; and that, inftead of 
being enriched thereby, his Eftate is much leffened: And 
praying the Confideration and Compaffion of the Houle, 
in tender Regard to his Family. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Edmundfon Efquire, One of the late 


‘unfortunate Directors of the. South Sea Company, was 


prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
after the Election of Diredtors of the faid Company, they 
were divided into feveral diftinét Committees: That it 
fell to the Petitioner’s Lot to be of the Committee of 
Accounts, and Houfe and Servants; fo that he had no 
Opportunity of knowing, or tranfacting, any Matters of 
Confequence ; the chief Bufinefs of that Committee be- 
ing only to examine and order the Bills patt other Com- 


mittees tobe regularly entered, and laid before the 


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Court for Payment: That he never was of any other 
Committee, nor admitted into any of their private Meet- 
ings, or fecret Management of any of the Company’s 
Affairs: That he was no-ways privy to, or heard that the 
Company had taken in, or held, Stock for any Members 
of either Houfe of Parliament, or Perfon concerned in the 
Adminiftration ; and as to lending Money on Subfcrip- 
tions, he never heard it once mentioned, till after it was 
done: As to the Selling or Difpofing of Stock, and Sub- 
{criptions depofited as a Security for Repayment of Moncey 
lent, he was in no-wife privy thereto, and had no Advan- 
tage by it: That he was no-ways privy to any Orders 
iven for buying Stock on the Company’s Account; nor 
did he know, or hear, that the Company had bought any 
Stock, till it appeared by the Minutes of Treafury, feve- 
ral Months after: That the Petitioner, inftead of felling 
out, bought in Stock for himfelf at very high Prices: 
That he had no fraudulent or finifter View in any of the 
Company’s Affairs: That, by the Annuities being fub- 
{cribed, he was fo unfortunate as to lay out all the Money 
he was then Mafter of, or could raife,; and borrowed 
feveral Thoufand Pounds more, to buy Stock from 800 
to 990 per Cent.: That he has been neceffitated to fell 
out again at under 170 per Cent., by which he is almoft 
ruined, inftead of being enriched: And praying, That 
he may be heard, by himfelf, or his Counfel, againft the 
Bill for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea 
Company. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Tillard, One of the late Direc- 
tors of the South Sea Company was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner was confined 
to his Chamber for Three Months, from the 23d of 
March 1719 to the 23d of June laft, by a dangerous 
Sicknefs, which brought him fo weak and low, that, for 
near Three Months after his coming abroad, he was not 
fo well as to be able to manage his own, or the Company’s, 
Affairs, or even to be acquainted with any of the fatal 
Tranfaétions of the faid Company, his faid Sicknefs lafting 
the whole Time of the principal Management now com- 
plained of; and has himfelf fuffered above Seven thoufatid 
Pounds Lofs by being concerned in the faid Company, as 
appears by his Account delivered in upon Oath: And pray- 
ing Relief. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the Day being read ; poke 

Ordered, That the Bill for reftraining John Aiflabie 
Efquire, ftom going out of this Kingdom for the Space 
of One Year; and until the End of the next Seffion of 
Parliament ; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effects ; 
and for preventing the tran{porting or alienating the fame; 
be tead a Second time To-morrow, at Twelve of the 


Clock. 


Mr. Brodrick acquainted the Houfe, That the Commit- 
tee of Secrecy, fince their former Report, had come to a 
farther Knowlege of fome Matters; and were ready to 
lay a farther Report before the Hovfe, at fuch time as 
the Houfe fhall appoint to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And thén the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 21° die Aprilis; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. ie 
QRéered, That all Committees be revived. . 


A Bill for the Naturalizing of Yames Maffé, was read a 
Second time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr, Medly- 
Vou. XIX, 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. B17 


cot, Mr. Heyfbam, Mr. Herne, Mr. Butler, Mr. Lendom, 
Mr. Littleton, Mr. Heath, Mr. Majon, Mr. Chetwynd; 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Fohnfon, 
Mr. Moor, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. York, Mr. Neville, 
Mr. Lewis, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Weftphaling; Mr. Pow- 
lett, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Onjlow, Sir Tho. 
Lee; Mr. Noble: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of William Morley, Merchant, One of the 
Jate Directors of the South Sea Company was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner, 
in the Year 1717; was chofen a Direétor of the faid Com- 
pany: That the Directors were divided into feveral fepa- 
rate Committees; and that they do not intermeddle with 
the Bufinefs of any other: That he was appointed of the 


Committee of Shipping, to which he wholly applied him- 


felf: That he was not privy to any of the Schemes of 
raifing or falling Stock, or Subfcriptions ; or to any Stock 
being taken in, or given, for any Service, or to any Per- 
fon, whatfoever ; nor of the Increafe or Decreafe of any 
of the Money Subicriptions: That he hath not, fince 
January 1719, either bought or fold any Stock or Sub- 
{criptions, fave 200 /. of the latter, at 100 /. Advance, 
and no more, either in his own Name; or any other Per- 
fon’s in Truft for him: That, inftead of being enriched 
by being a Director, he has really loft what he had there- 
in: That he is intirely innocent of the evil Praétices 
lately ufed, either in the Obtaining or Executing of the 
South Sea Scheme: And praying, That he, being in- 
nocent, may not be involved equally with the Guilty in 
the Penalties and Forfeitures intended to be infliied by 
the Bill now depending. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petitiori do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Reade junior was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by the Bill now 
depending for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company, all the Petitioner’s Eftate, real and 
perfonal, is vefted in Truftees, to be fold for the Benefit 
of the faid Sufferers: That the Petitioner was not One of 
thofe who contrived the Scheme, nor was concerned in car- 
rying on the Bill in Parliament; nor privy to the fecret, 
corrupt, Trdnfactions of giving, or taking in; Stock, by 
the Company; nor had any Hand, or Benefit, in the In- 
creafe or Decreafe of any of the Money Subfcriptions ; 
nor knew of the Selling of any Stock, or Subfcriptions ; 
transferred, or depofited with the Company; nor was, 
privy to any Stock bought by or for the Company: That 
he was poffefied of a very confiderable Eftate long before 
the late unhappy Scheme: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


._A Petition of Yohn Gore Efquire was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That.the Petitioner was 
fo unfortunate as to be One of the late Direétors of the 
South Sea Company: That he was not privy to the Form- 
ing of the Scheme of the Company’s taking in the Debts 
of the Nation; and; when he knew thereof, did frequently 
propofe and urge; that the fame fhould be divided between 
the Bank and the South Sea Company: That he was not 
concerned in, or privy to, the Taking in, or Holding, 
of Stock for any Perfons whatfoever, or to the paying 
any Difference arifing thereby, or to the Making of any 
fictitious Stock in the Company’s Books; was never con- 
fenting or privy to the Company’s lending Money, more 
than 250. per Cent. on Stock ordered by the Court the 
21ft April, nor more than 300 the 20th May, nor more 
than 400 the gth Zune; nor did, for himfelf; or any Per- 
fon for him, ever borrow of the Company any Money on 
Stock: That he was againft the Company’s lending Mo- 
ney on Subfcriptions: That he was not concerned in, or 
privy to, the felling any Stock, or Subfcriptions; depo- 
lited as a Security for Money lent by the Company; nor 
ever fold any Stock to the Company: That he was not 
concerned in making the Additions on the Two Firft 
Money Subfcriptions,; nor does he know by whom, or 
for whofe Benefit, the Deficiencies on the Two laft Money 


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Sub{criptions were made; nor had he, or any Perfons by 
his means, any manner of Advantage thereby: That he 
never was in any Confederacy to raife the Stock to an un- 
reafonable Price; but did oppofe Meafures tending there- 
to: That the Inventory he has given in is a juft Account 
of all his real and perfonal Eftate whatfoever: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of Sir Jacob facobfon Knight was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, That the Petitioner, 
having been One of the late Directors of the South Sea 
Company, hath the Misfortune to be under the Cenfure 
of the Houfe: That, by the Bill brought in, purfuant to 
the Refolutions of the Houfe, the Eftates of the faid Di- 
rectors ate to make Satisfactions tor certain Loffes fuf- 
tained by the unhappy Sufferers of the faid Company : 
That he was appointed One of the Committee of Trea- 
fury: That, on the Firft of April 1719, he was removed ; 
and was then appointed One of the Committee for Buying 
of Goods and Merchandize: That, from the time of his 
Removal, he was never applied to for his Affiftance, nor 
made acquainted with any of the Affairs tranfacted in the 
Committee of Treafury.; nor was he ever admitted into 
any private Confuitation with relation to the Scuth Sea 


Company’s Scheme, and the Execution thereof; thofe 


Tranfactions being induftrioufly concealed from his Know- 
lege: That he never knew, nor fo much as ever heard, 
either of the Taking in, or Selling, of Stock, by and for 
the Account of the Company, to or for the Benefit of 
any Member of either Houfe of Parliament, or any Per- 
fon in the Adminiftration, until the Inquiry made this 
Seffion of Parliament; and never knew, or heard, of any 
Stock bought for the Company’s Account, till he was at 
the Bath: That the Court of Diretors impowered the 
Committee of Treafury to lend Money upon their Stock; 
but limited the Sum, at moft, to Two million, and not 
to exceed Four thoufand Pounds to any One Perfon upon 
One thoufand Pounds Stock: That he had no Part in 
that Management, nor did know they had exceeded that 
Limitation: That he was not admitted into any private 
or feparate Meetings, where the Method of fetting the 
Company’s Stock to Sale by Subfcriptions at high Prices, 
and the Calculating of their large Dividends, were con- 
certed: That he hath given the Committee of Secrecy a 
full and true Account of all his TranfaCtions in South Sea 
Stock from the Firft Fanuary 1719; whereby it appears 
he made no Advantage by being a Director, but, on the 
contrary, is a very great Lofer, being reduced to a very 
fmall Pare of what he was poffefied of before the Act of 
the laft Seffions paffed for increafing the faid Company’s 
Capital: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Ambrofe Page, Brewer, One of the late 
Directors of the South Sea Company, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner, 
in the Year 1717, was elected One of the Directors of 
the faid Company; and was appointed One of the Com- 
mittee of Accounts, and Houle and Servants ; but was 
never of any other Committee, nor had any Hand in 
forming or carrying on the late Scheme: That he con- 
ceives he is not guilty of the feveral Matters laid to the 
Charge of the late Directors, in the Bill now depending 
for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Com- 
pany: That he never took in, or held, or knew that the 
jaid Company took in, or held, any Stock for the Benefit 
of any Member of either Houfe of Parliament, or any 
Perfon concerned in the Adminiftration, or otherwile, till 
the late Examination in Parliament; nor did he ever 
know, till then, of any Stock pretended to be fold by 
the Company; nor was he privy to, or concerned in, 
the Entry in the Cafh.book for that Purpofe: Admits he 
was prefent in a Court of Directors when Orders were 
given for lending Money, not exceeding 4,000 /. on each 
1,000 /. Stock; but did not know, that the Company 
intended to lend any Money on Subfcriptions, till after 
the fame was actually lent: That, as to the Dividends, 


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preffing Inftancés were made by the Members of the Com- 
pany to have One declared ; and feveral of the Court of 
Directors were of Opinion, that the Company was in 4 
Condition of making a Dividend of 30/. per Cent. ar 
Chriftmas \aft, and a Dividend of 50 1. per Cent. per Annum 
for Twelve Years afterwards: That he did acquiefce in 
the fame: That he was wholly a Stranger to the Addition 
of 250,000 to the Firft Money Subfcription, and the 
Addition of 500,000 to the Second Money Subfcription, 
neither had he, direétly or indireCtly, any Part of thofe 
additional Subfcriptions : That he did not know of any 
Deficiency in the Third and Fourth Money Subfcriptions 
till fome Months after they were taken in: That he is fo 
far from beiag a Gainer fince the Scheme took place, 
that he is a confiderable Sufferer in his Eftate: And pray= 
ing, That he may be heard, by his Counfel, in relation 
to the faid Bill, {fo far as it concerns himfelf. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Sir William Hammond Knight was preferited 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 
was One of the late unfortunate Directors of the South Seg 
Company; but not of any Committee that had the fecret 
Management of the Company’s Affairs; nor ever bought 
of, or fold to, the Company, any Stock; nor privy to 
the giving any Stock, or taking in the fame, for any Mi- 
nifter of State, or Member of either Houfe of Parliament, 
or any other Perfon whatfoever : That he hath delivered 
to the Barons of the Exchequer a true Inventory both of 
his real and perfonal Eftate ; by which it will appear he 
hath been a great Lofer fince the late unhappy Scheme 
took place, by engaging himfelf in the Money Subfcrip- 
tions, and in Buying of Stock at high Prices: And pray- 
ing Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Perition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Fohn Grigsby, late Accountant to the South 
Sea Company, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That, by the Bill now depending, he, as Ac- 
countant tothe faid Company, is made liable toiundry great 
and fevere Penalties for the AGions andConductof others: 
That he was only a Servant, chofe by the Court of Di- 
rectors, and liable to be turned out at Pleafure ; and, as 
he had no Share in their Debates or Refolutions, fo he 
was no-ways acceilary to the Misfortunes of the Company, 
either by taking in Money Subfcriptions, lending Money 
on the Company’s Stock, or Subfcriptions, or by Buying 
or Selling of Stock for the Company: That he hath al- 
ways endeavoured to difcharge the Duty of his Office 
with Integrity and Faithfulneis: And praying, That he 
may not be involved in Ruin for the Actions and Con- 
duct of others. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Fellows : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better preferving and keeping im Repair the Piers 
of the Town and Port of Whitby, in the County of York; 
and for explaining, and making more effectual, the feveral 
Acts paffed for lengthening and repairing the Piers of 
Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the faid County; without 
any Amendment. . 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; to veft 
the Fee and Inheritance of divers Meffuages, Lands, and 
Hereditaments, of William \ate Marquis of Halifax, in 
Truftees, to be fold, together with a Term of Five hun- 
dred Years, by him deviled to his Executors, in Truft, for 
the better Performance of his Will/ was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him to 

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report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Brodrick, from the Committee of Secrecy, re= 
ported, according to Order, fome further Matters, as they 
“appeared to the faid Committee ; and which they had 
dire&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
lows ; Viz. 


That the Committee of Secrecy appointed to enquire 
into all the Proceedings relating to the Execution of 
an Act, paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, inti- 
tuled, An Act for enabling the SouthSea Company to 
increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, by 
redeeming fitch publick Debts and Incumbrances as 
are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, to 
be applied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts 
and Incumbrances ; and for calling in the prefent 
Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and for 
making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be cir- 
culated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near 
the Exchequer; have proceeded further in the Ex- 
amination of the Matters referred to them: And, 
obferving, that, upon their former Reports; it was 
thought proper, that the Examinations referred to 
by your Committee fhould be laid before the Houfe; 
and feveral other Matters appearing to your Com- 
mittee fit for the Confideration of the Houle; your 
Committee report the fame in the Words of the 
Examinations themfelves, and according to the Pa- 

_. pers laid before your Committee. 

Your Committee, in a former Report, acquainted the 
Houfe, That the Indifpofition of Edmund Waller Efquire 
had prevented their laying before the Houle, in that Re- 

ort, a more particular Account relating to the Sum of 
goss? 1. 155. gd. received and paid, by Turner and 
ompany, upon the Account of the faid Mr. Waller, 
between the 28th of Marck 1719, and the 21ft of No- 
vember following: And, having fince, viz. on the 22d, 
of Mareh 1720, examined Mr. Waller, he faith, That 
he did, from time to time, fettle Accounts with Mr. 
Aiflabie, his Father-in-law, of his Tranfactions in Money 
and Stock for him, and has not any Account thereof : 
That he did keep fome Memorandums of his faid Tranf- 
a€tions in a Book, which Book he has fince torn; but 
fays, That he did keep a Copy of his Accounts with the 
Sword Blade Company: That he has, from time to time; 
deftroyed all his Papers and Memorandums relating to his 
Tranfactions for Mr. Aiflabie: Says, He cannot tell what 
Dealings he has had in Stock for Mr. Aifladie ; but that 
far the greateft Part of his Tranfaétions in Stock were 
upon his own Account: That Four-and-forty thoufand 
Pounds, Part of the Balance of Seventy-feven thoufand 
Pounds due from the Sword Blade Company, ‘is the Ex- 
aminant’s own Money; and the remaining Thirty-three 
thoufand Pounds belongs to Mr. Jiflabie: Being afked, 
Whether, at the time of his beginning to deal in Stock, 
he was poffefled of a confiderable Sum of Money of his 
own; he refufed to aniwer; alleging, It was his own pri- 
vate Concern. 
_ Your Committee afterwards received a Letter from the 
faid Mr. Waller, dated the 19th of April Inftant; where- 
in he defired to be again examined, to clear up any Mif- 
takes, if there were any, in his former Examination, and 
to give the Committee the beft Information he could: 
hereupon your Committee did take his further Exami- 
hation, which is as follows ; 

He fays, That, in February or March 1719, when he 
began to deal in Stock, he had, of the Money of his 
Mother, his Brother, his own and his Wife’s Fortune, 
about the Sum of Twenty thoufand Pounds ; of which, 
his Wife’s Fortune was Five thoufand Pounds, which he 
had in Bank Notes :. That he employed the faid Twenty 
thoufand Pounds in buying Stock. 

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That he cannot tell how much of this Twenty thoufand 
Pounds was his own Money : 

That he never kept any Account in Writing of that 
Part of the faid Twenty thoufand Pounds which be- 
longed to his Mother and Brother; but that he has told 
then) what belonged to them: __ eC , 

That his Mother and Brother gave him Leave to em- 
ploy their Money in Stock; but he never had any Order 
in Writing from them for that Purpofe; but has paid 
them feveral Sums of Money upon Account thereof ; and 
never took any Receipt, Order, or Writing, from them, 
concerning the famie: That he has alfo transferred fome 
Bank Stock to his Brother : 

That the Tearing of his Book, mentioned in his for- 
mer Examination, was at feveral times; the laft of which 
was about the 22d of Auguft 1720: 

And your Committee inform the Houfe, That the 
faid Mr. Waller, upon his faid further Examination, did 
declare, That there was not, in the faid Book; any Arti- 
cle relating to Mr. Aiflabie : But, this appearing to be in 
direct Contradiction to what he had faidl in his Birt Exa- 
mination, your Committee did not infert the fame in this 
fubfequent Examination, figned by the faid Mr. Waller , 
but think it proper to reprefent this Matter to the Houfe. 

Your Committee having, in a former Report; taken 
notice, that Fames Craggs fenior, Efquire, had Thirty 
thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock taken in for him, or his 
Friends; they ferit for an Account of Transfers of South 
Sea Stock made to the faid Mr. Craggs ; which was ac- 
cordingly laid before them; a Copy of which Account is 
hereunto annexed, in the Appendix, N° I.; by which 
your Committee find, That, amongft other great Sums, 
there was, on the 28th of March 1720, a Sum of Thirty 
thoufand Pounds Stock transferred by Mr. Facob Saw- 
bridge, One of the Partners of Turner aid Company, to 
the faid Mr. FamesCraggs: ar 

And your Committee proceeded to examine the follow- 
ing Perfons, concerning the faid Transfers ; 

Mr. Facob Sawbridge, late One of the Directors of the 
South Seca Company, and a Partner with Turner and Com- 
pany, fays, That in the Beginning of February 17193 
by Order of Mr. Robert Knight, \ate Cafhier of the 
South Sea Company, or Mr. Robert Surman his Deputy, 
Turner and Company took: in Thirty thoufand Pounds 
South Sea Stock, and gave Mr. Knight, or Mr. Surman, 
a Note forthe fame; at which time Mr: Knight paid in to 
Turner and Company Sixty-feven thoufand and Twenty 
Pounds One Shilling and Eight Pence upon the General 
Cath Account between the faid Turner and Company, and 
Knight, or Surman, as Cafhier of the South Sea Company : 
And that, on the 28th of March following, the Exami- 
nant, by Order of the faid Knight; or Surman, transferred 
the faid Stock to Fames Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, 
without receiving any Money, or other Confideration from 
him for the fame ; and, at the fame time; he took up his 
faid Note ; and believes it was put upon the File, as other 
Notes ufually are: That he did, by the Direction of this 
Committee, the Night before this Examination, which 
was on the 19th of April Inftant, fearch upon the File; 
and, not finding it there; he went to Sir George Ca/wall, 
to enquire after the faid Note ; and acquainted him, That, 
on fearching for the Note on the File, he could not find 
it there: Whereupon Sir George told the Examinant, 
That he himfelf had the Note not long ago, and believed 
it was in his Scrutoir ; and accordingly fent his Lady to 
fearch for it: Who returned while this Examinant was 
there; and, as the Examinant believes; brought feveral 
Papers: Upon which Sir George Ca/wall told the Exa- 
minarit, He would look for the Note, and fend it to him 
the then next Morning before he attended the Commit- 
tee, if he could find it; but the Examinant faid, That 
he had not then received it, nor had heard from Sir George 
Cafwall. 

Hereupon your Committee fent for Sir George Cafwall: 
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fince, James Craggs fenior, Efquire, the Poftmafter, de- 
fired the Examinant to look upon the Files of Turner 
and Company for a Note for the Delivery of Thirty 
thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock, which had been figned 
by Facob Sawbridge, another of the Partners of Turner and 
Company, on Account of himfelf and Company, in thefe 
Words, or to this Effect; 

*« | promife to deliver to Robert Knight, or his Order, 
&amp; or Bearer, Thirty thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock, 
st for Value received ;” - ‘ 

And, as he believes, was dated the 6th Day of Febru- 
ary/1719 ; which Note was cancelled ; the Stock therein 
mentioned having been transferred to the faid Mr. Craggs, 
according to the Import of the faid Note: That the Exa- 
minant did defire the Servants of Turner and Company 
to look out this Note; which they accordingly did, and 
found it cancelled, and on the File; and gave it to the 
Examinant; who delivered it to Mr. Craggs, fuppofing 


he would only have read and returned it; but he kept it, . 


faying, It might be of fome Ufe to him upon an Occa- 
fion; upon which the Examinant left ic with him: That 
Mr. Craggs, nor any Body by his Order, ever returned 
this Note to the Examinant; nor has the Examinant feen 
it till the Morning on which he was examined: That, as 
he was coming to attend the Committee, to be examined, 
about Somerfet-houfe, Brigadier Richards called out to the 
Coach, which ftopped; and he came to the Coach-fide, 
and Mr. Huggins with him ; and Mr. Huggins then fhewed 
the Examinant the faid Note, with other Papers annexed 
to it; but what thofe Papers were, the Examinant does 
not know: Whereupon Mr. Huggins faid, That he did 
not know but the Examinant might be afked fomething 
about that Note, and there ic was: That the Examinant 
very well remembers it to be the fame Note which he 
had before delivered to Mr. Craggs, as aforelaid, it being 
figned by Mr. Sawbridge, and the Body of the Note of 
the Hand-writing of Mr. Knight: That Mr. Huggins then 
took the Note out of the Examinant’s Hand, and gave 
it to Brigadier Richards; and told the Examinant, That 
he might tell the Committee, That the Brigadier had it, 
and would produce it: That, Two or Three Days ago, 
Mr. Sawbridge enquired of him where this Note was; and 
he, not then recollecting whether it was in his Cuftody, 
or no, did give Direétions to his Wife to fearch for it in 
his Scrutoir; and found, that he had it not: Says, That 
he knows nothing of his own Knowlege of the Tranfaction 
of this Thirty thoufand Pounds Stock. 

The faid Mr. Surman, being examined, fays, That it 
appears by the Books of Turner, Ca/wall, and Company, 
That, from the Beginning of February 1719 to the 7th 
of March following, there was an Account kept by them, 
in the Examinant’s Name, of fundry Parcels of South Sea 
Stock, amounting to One hundred Twenty-five thoufand 
Pounds Stock, for the Ufe, and upon the Account, of 
Mr. Knight ; which Account he believes to be true : 

That by this Account it appears, That, upon the 8th 
of February 1719, Mr. Knight paid to the faid Turner 
and Company the Sum of Sixty-feven thoufand and 
Twenty Pounds One Shilling and Eight Pence ; which, 
he believes, might be accordingly paid out of the Cath of 
the Seuth Sea Company; and, at the fame time, Mr. 
Knight received from Turner and Company a promiffory 
Note to transfer Thirty thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock, 
Value received : 

That James Craggs Efquire, of the Poft Office, fent 
for the Examinant about Six Weeks ago, and, as he be- 
lieves, after Mr. Craggs had been examined before this 
Committee; and told him, He believed, that he, the 
Examinant, would be examined in relation to Thirty 
thoufand Pounds Stock, which he, Mr. Craggs, had of 
Mr. Knight; and he then produced an Account, between 
himfelf and Mr. Knight, of South Sea Stock bought, or 
taken in, for him; by which it appeared, that he was to 
have, upon Balance, of Mr. Kuight, Thirty thoufand 
Pounds South Sea Stock; for which Mr. Knight, inftead 
of making a Transfer himfelf, gave him a Note, under 
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Pounds Stock, Value received; which Note Mr. Cragps 
fhewed him cancelled ; and, as the Examinant believes 
he had, fince this Inquiry began, get it from Sawbridge ; 
which is not cuftomary, Notes being always, when dif. 
charged, delivered up to the Perfon under whofe Hang 
they are, and fhould remain with them as Vouchers : 

The Examinant fays, He verily believes the faid Note 
of thirty thoufand Pounds, fhewn him by Mr. Crags, 
was the fame Note which Mr. Knight received from Tur- 
ner and Company, upon his paying them the before. 
mentioned Sum of Sixty-feven thoufand and Twenty 
Pounds One Shilling and Eight Pence : 

That, during the time that the Propofals of the Sout) 
Sea Company, and the Bill thereto relating, were depend. 
ing in Parliament, he obferved the faid Mr. Craggs more 
frequently with Mr. Knight than any Body elfe ; and be- 
lieves he influenced Mr. Knight in many things relating 
to Stock, and Subfcriptions : 

That Mr. Craggs never mentioned this Thirty thou- 
fand Pounds Stock to the Examinant till fince the faid 
Mr. Crages’s Examination before the Committee : 

Says, He had not any Dealings with Mr. Craggs upon 
his own Account; but that fuch Transfers of Stock as he 
has made to Mr. Craggs were made by Mr. Knighi’s Di- 
rection; and, particularly, a Sum of Four thoufand 
Pounds Stock, transferred the 4th of March 1719, being 
Part of the Sums mentioned in the faid Aipciden N°L: 
That he does not know, that Mr. Craggs paid any Money 
for this Stock ; and whether it was Mr. Kuight’s, or the 
Company’s, Stock, the Examiriant cannot tell. 

Sir Fohn Blunt being examined, fays, That he was 
not privy to any of Mr. Craggs’s Tranfactions; but has 
very often feen him at Mr. Knighi’s: As to Thirty thou- 
fand Pounds Stock mentioned in the Account now pro- 
duced to him, and faid to be transferred to Mr. Craggs by 
Mr. Sawbridge,; he fays, he can give no Account there- 
of, fave that he believes it is the fame Sum mentioned, 
in his former Examination, to be held for the faid Mr. 
Craggs : That he believes the faid Thirty thoufand Pounds 
Stock was bought by Mr. Knight the 8th of February 
1719, upon hisown Account ; and is not charged to be 
fold by the Company till the 27th of February, which is 
the Time that Mr, Craggs defired that Quantity of Stock, 
as the Examinant has faid in his former Examination; 
from which Time till the 28th of March following, he 
believes it was held, by the South Sea Company, for the 
Benefit of Mr. Craggs, to whom it appears to be tranf 
ferred by Mr. Sawbridge on the faid 28th of March : That 
Sawbridge and Company were common Names made ufe 
of by feveral Perfons, as Truftees, to conceal the true 
Buyers or Sellers of South Sea Stock. 

Mr. Fames Grammer being examined as to the Sum 
of Two thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock, transferred by 
him to Fames Craggs fenior, Efquire, on the 4th of Fe- 
bruary 17193 he fays, That he did, on the 3d or 4th of 
February 1719, fell Two thoufand Pounds South Sea 
Stock ; and that Sir George Ca/wall paid him the Money 
for it: That, upon Infpection of the Transfer-books of 
the South Sea Company, on the Day of his Examination, 
being the rgth of April Inftant, he finds, that he tranf- 
ferred the faid Two thoufand Pounds Stock to Mr. 
Cragegs. 

Your Committee further reprefent to the Houfe, That 
they have difcovered, That the faid Mr. Craggs had very 
confiderable Dealings in South Sea Stock with Mr. Mat- 
thew Wymondefold, a Broker, between the zoth of Janu- 
ary 1719, and the goth of May following, amounting 
to Five-and-forty thoufand Pounds Stock ; an Account 
whereof, as the fame has been delivered to your Com- 
mittee by the faid Mr. Wymondefold, is hereto annexed in 
the Appendix, Ne II, 

And, your Committee examining the faid Mr. Wymon- 
defold, he fays, That, on the 26th of February 17195 
James Craggs fenior, Efquire, gave the Examinant Di- 
rections to buy Twenty thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock 
for him: That the Examinant did accordingly buy, on 
that Day, Ten thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock for Mr. 

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Craggs, for Seventeen thoufand Four hundred Twenty- 
two Pounds Ten Shillings; Four thoufand Pounds of 
which was transferred, by Mr. Surman, to Mr. Craggs, 
the 4th of March 1719, by Order of the Examinant ; 
for which Stock the Examinant received of Mr. Craggs 
the Sum of Six thoufand Nine hundred Forty-five Pounds, 
and paid the fame to Mr. Surman; and the other Six 
thoufand Pounds Stock the Examinant delivered to Turner 
and Company, by the Order, and for the Ufe, of the faid 
Mr. Craggs ;. and Turner and Company paid the Examin- 
ant, by Mr. Craggs’s Order, Ten thoufand Three hundred 
and Five Pounds for the fame: That, the Examinant 

not buying the whole Twenty thoufand Pounds {fo foon 
as Mr. Craggs expected, the faid Mr. Craggs told the 
Examinant, that Mr. ohn Humphreys bought for him 
the other Ten thoufand Pounds: That the Examinant 
did, on the 4th of March 1719, by Order of the faid 
Mr. Craggi, deliver to Mr. Knight another Sum of Ten 
thoufand Pounds South Sea Stock, for the Ufe of the faid 
Mr. Crages; and that Mr. Knight paid the Exarninant 
Seventeen Thoufand Five hundred Pounds for the fame : 

That, Two or Three Days afterwards, the Examinant, 

by Direétion of the faid Mr. Craggs, took of Mr. Hum- 
phreys the faid Ten thoufarid Pounds South Sea Stock, 

which he had bought for Mr. Craggs ; and paid him Se- 
venteen thoufand Five huridred Pounds for the faid Stock, 

being the Money which he, the Examinant, had before 
received of Mr: Knight; as aforefaid. ; 

Your Committee; in the Courle of their Inquiry, find- 
ing it neceffary to be informed what Quantities of Stock 
James Craggs fenior, Efquire; deceafed, had, in his own 
Right, at the time of his Death, directed the proper Off- 
cers of the South Sea Company, Eaft India Company, 
and Bank of England; to lay before them Accounts 
thereof refpectively ; to the end that your Committee 
might put what relates to the faid James Craggs in as 
clear a Light as poffible before this Houfe : Which Ac- 
counts are as follow; viz. _ &amp; 

“¢ Stock in the South Sea Company --- 87,600 

“¢ Stock in the Eaft India Company --- 34,000 

*¢ Stock in the Bank of England 13000 ;”” 
amounting, in the Whole, to One hundred twenty-two 
thoufand Pounds, capital Stock ; Accounts whereof are 
hereto annexed in the before-mentioned Appendix, N° I. 
and in the Appendix, N° IIL. 

Your Committee finding, that feveral Brokers; and 
others, had been concerned in Partnerfhip with Mr. Knight 
in buying and felling great Quantities of South Sea Stock, 
and in giving out Money for Refufals ; your Committee 
proceeded to examine the feveral Perfons following, re- 
lating thereto. 

Mr. Edward Owen, being examined, fays, That he 
was concerned, jointly with Mr. Houlditch and Mr. 
Knight, in buying about Twenty thoufand Pounds South 
Sea Stock in December 1719, which, he believes, at the 
time of buying, was to have been equally divided among 
them; but, in a few Days, altering their Minds, the 
fame Sock was fold out at 854. Lofs; 

That Mr. Knight, fome time after, told the Examin- 
ant, He had bought fome Stock for himfelf ; and, if the 
Examinant would have a Part of it, Mr. Knight faid he 
would deliver it to him at the fame Price he paid for it: 
And the Examinant did accordingly take of Mr. Knight 
Six thoufand Pounds, at 134 to 135; and Four thoufand 
Pounds, at 177 to 178; which feveral Prices he paid 
Mr. Knight by Adjuftment : 

That Mr. Knight told the Examinant, He had had a 
Tranfaction in South Sea Stock, as the Examinant believes, 
by which Mr. Knight gained Two thoufand Five hundred 
Pounds, or thereabouts ; and that he paid the Examinant 
One thoufand Two hundred and Fifteen Pounds Ten 
Shillings and Six Pence for his own Ufe; telling the 
Examinant, That it was his Share of that Profit : 

Says, That, at the Shutting of the Books in December 
1719, it was a general Talk, that fomething would be 
done to mend the South Sea Stock; and that he then 
heard it was likely feme Propofals would be offered to 

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521 
the Hovie of Comntons, relating to that Matter: Being 
afked, From whom he heard it; fays, He believes he 
might have heard it frozn Mr. Kxight, and, probably, 
from fome Dire¢tors : : 

That, fome time before Chritmas 1719, there was a 
Quantity of South Sea Stock bought and fold, in which 
this Examinant, Mir. Knight, and Mir. Stroud, were cou- 
cerned with T#rner and Company ; by which Tranfaétion 
the Examinant gained, for his Part, to the bett of his 
Remembrance; between Four and Five hundred Pounds : 

That, after the Shutting of the South Sea Books in De- 
cember 1719, Mr. Stroud bought feveral large Quantities 
of South Sea Stock at different Prices; and alfo gave 
about Six thoufand Pounds for the refufal of South Sea 
Stock, likewife, at different Prices ; fome of which Stock 
was fold, and the Remainder taken; and paid for: That 
thefe Tranfactions were on the Account of the Examin- 
ant, Mr. Stroud, Turner and Company, and Mr. Kuizht, 
wlio were equally concerned: That in the Month of 
February, they came to an Adjuftment; and, upon make- 
ing up the whole Account of Stock bought; and Refufals 
given, the Examinant received Ten thoufand Five hun- 
dred Pounds South Sea Stock as his Share, upon paying 
Mr. Stroud Six thoufand Pounds; or thereabouts ; and, as 
to the Particulars of fuch Tranfactions, he refers himfelf 
to Mr. Stroud, who kept the Account. 

The faid Sasuel Stroud, being hereupon examined, fays, 
That he did, on the 26th of Fedruary 1719, buy of 
George Steed One thoufand Five hundred Pounds Stock, 
at 17023 of Thomas Carbonuell, Two thoufand Pounds, 
at the fame Price; of &lt;bra. Cardofo, Two thoufand Pounds; 
and, of Mofes Barrow, Fourteen thoufand Five hundred 
Pounds, at the fame Price; which Sums were fo bought 
by him on Account of Elias Turner, Sir George Cafwall, 
Mr. Sawbridge, and the Examinant; who were Partners 
therein, in equal Fourth Parts: | 
.. That, oti the 31ftof March 1720, Mr. Tefterd, a 
Breker, bought, by this Examinant’s Dire¢tion, and for 
his Ufe, the following Sums ; viz. One thoufand Pounds, 
at Three hundred and Four Pounds per Cent. ; Five thou- 
fand Pounds, at Three hundred and Five Pounds per Cent. 
Two thoufand Pounds, at Three hundred and Six Pounds 
per Cent.; Six thoufand Pounds, at Three hundred and 
Fight Pounds per Cent.; and Six thoufand Pounds, at 
Three hundred and Ten Pounds per Cent. ; arid, the fame 
Day the Examinant bought himfelf, for his own Ufe, 
201]. at 309, of Edward Adderley, and 200/. at 308, 
of ames Round: That he paid for all thefe Sums, by 
Money, or Adjuftments. 

And this Examinant fays, That he did, on the 25th 
of March 1720, buy of Mr. Knight One thoufand Pounds 
South Sea Stock, for his own Ufe, at the Rate of 3101., 

er Cent.: And the Examinant fays, That he was con- 
cerned in buying and felling feveral large Quantities of 
South Sea Stock, and in giving out Money for Refufals of 
Stock, in Partnerfhip with the faid Tarner, Cafwall, and 
Sawbridge, Mr. Knight, and Mr. Owen; viz. the faid 
Turner, Cafwail, and Sawbridge, and the Examinant, in 
one Half; and Mr. Knight and Mr. Owen in the other 
Half ; the Total of the Stock bought by them, and Mo- 
ney given for Refufals, amounting to about Six hundred 
ninety-five thoufand Pounds Stock ; Accounts whereof 
are tothis his Examination annexed, and figned by him, 
which Accounts, he fays, are true; Copies of which Ac- 
counts are hereto annexed, in the Appéndix, N° 1V. 

Mr. Richard Houlditch, a \ate Director, being exa- 
mined, fays, He was once concerned with Mr. Kuight in 
buying and felling Fifteen or Twenty thoufand Pounds 
South Sea Stock: Says, He was concerried another time 
with Mr. Knight, in Holland, in buying Stock there, and 
felling it again ; of which his Part was about Two thous 
fand Six hundred Pounds Stock, by which the Examin- 
ant gained about Five thoufand Pounds: Says, He knows 
of no other Tranfaétion with Mr. Knight, or Mr. Owen, 
either in Stock, or Subfcriptions, fince Michaelmas 


1719. 


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522 
Your Committee being informed, That Fefeph Shaw, 
Broker, had been very much concerned in buying and 
felling South Sea Stock for Mr. Knight, they tent tor the 
faid Shaws: Who, being examined, fays, That he had 
very large Tranfactions with Mr. Knight ; but Mr. Knight 
charged him not to keep any Account in his Books ; nor 
has the Examinant any Cafh-account with Mr. Knight 
entered in any of his Books, but gave it in, from Day to 
Day, on Sheets of Paper: That he always paid, or gave 
Notes or Bills on Goldfmiths, for the Stock, and Subicrip- 
tions, which he from time to time, fold for Mr. Knight; 
and which was delivered: That Mr. Knight was very 
angry with this Examinant, on his giving in to the Houfe 
of Lords an Account of Stock fold by him for Mr. 
Knight: That he defired the Examinant to defer giving 
in the faid Account to the Lords ; and that he would give 
him the Names of Perfons for whom the Stock was iold, 
which he fhould infert in that Account; but this Exa- 
minant did not receive fuch Names from him: That this 
Examinant was with Mr. Knight feveral Times Two or 
Three Days before he went away; and Mr. Knight de- 
fired to fee the Account which this Examinant intended to 
give in to the Houle of Lords of Stock bought and fold 
for him : That, about the TAurfday before Mr. Knight went 
away, this Examinant enquired, at the Treafury Office, 
where Mr. Knight was; and was told, He was gone to the 
other End of the Town; by which he underftands, to 
fome in the Miniftry, or the Treafury: Produced his 
Ledger-book, in the Alphabet of which, Mr. Knighi’s 
Name is entered; but the Three Leaves, to which it re- 
ters, are torn out: Says, thofe Leaves were torn out by 
him, before the Sitting of Parliament, by Mr. Kuight’s 
Direétion, in the Treafury, or fome other Room in the 
Scuth Sea Houfe: Says, ‘There might be fomething and 
fome other Names, in thofe Three Leaves, which are not 
in the Paper produced by him, at his Exarnination: That 
he knows of no Lord, nor Commoner, named in thofe 
Three Leaves, fave what are in the faid Paper produced ; 
which Paper, he fays, he took from his Journal, from 
which the Entries were pofted into the faid Three Leaves 
of the faid Ledger; but cannot fay, that the fame is an 
exact Copy: Produced feveral other Books, feveral of 
the Leaves of which are torn out, which concern Mr, 
Knight : That this Examinant never kept a Cafh-book in 
his Life: That all Stock, bought and fold, is transferred 
or potted from his Journal, produced at his Examination, 
into his faid Ledgers ; but the Journal does not contain 
all the Matters concerning Money, that are entered in his 
Ledgers : 

That Page 80 and 81 are torn out of One of his 
Ledgers: That Page 9, 10, and 11, are torn out of 
another of his Ledgers: That Pager, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 
9, are torn out of another Ledger, marked 3.; as alfo 
Page 7. defaced; all which Pages, he remembers, con- 
tained Accounts of Mr. Knight , and are referred to in the 
feveral Alphabets of thofe Ledgers: That all thefe 
Ledgers begin in Fanuary 1719. . 

Your Committee have other Matters under their Con- 
fideration, upon which they are proceeding ; and will, in 
a fhort time, lay the fame before the Houle. 


Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confide- 
ration upon this Day Sevennight. 


A Bill for reftraining Fehu Aiflabie Efquire from going 
out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and 
until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and 
for difcovering his Eftate and Effects; and for the 
preventing the traniporting or alienating the fame ; was, 
according to Order, read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to the Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the Relief 
of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company, is 
committed, 


Ordered, Vhat it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 


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mittee, That they do alter and make both the faid Bills 
into One. 

Ordered, That it-be an Inftruction to the faid Com. 
mittee, ‘Ihat they do provide, by a Claufe, or Claufes, 
for fubjecting the real and perfonal Eftates of ‘the faiq 
Fobn Aiflabie Efquire, in the fame manner, and to the 
fame Purpofes, to which the Eftates of the late Directors 
of the South Sea Company are fubjected by the Bill for 
Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Com- 
pany. 


The Order of the Day for the calling over the Houfe 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned un- 
til Monday Sevennight: And that the Houfe be then 
called over; and nothing to intervene. 


And then the Houfé adjourned till To-motrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabbati, 22° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
toveit the Fee and Inheritance of divers Meffuages, 
Lands and Hereditaments, of Wiliam late Marquis of 
Halifax, in Truftees, to be fold, together with a Term 
of Five hundred Years, by him devifed to his Executors, 
in Truft, for the better Performance of his Will, was 
read the Third time. : 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Aiccocks and Mr. 
Fellows : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Robert Paynter Efquire to fell the Manors of 
Twydall and Eaft Court, in the County of Kent; and to 
fettle other Lands, of greater Value, tothe fame, or the 
like, Ufes: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The faid Bill was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Peter Delaporte, of London, Merchant, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, 
That by the Bill, now depending, for Relief of the 
unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company, the Peti- 
tioner’s Eftate, real and perfonal, will be vefted in Truf- 
tees, to be fold, for the Benefit of the faid Sufferers: That 
although the Petitioner was unfortunately a Director, yet 
he was not One of thofe who contrived the Scheme, or 
conducted the Bill, or privy to any fecret Tranfactions ; 
and, being indifpofed, was in the Country a confiderable 
time; particularly when the Declaration was made, That 
the Directors were unanimous ; when the Fourth Sub- 
fcription was taken; and when the Twelve Years Divi- 
dends were declared, and the Money lent on the Subfcrip- 
tions: That he knew nothing of the Company’s buying, 
taking in, or felling, any Stock, nor fold any Stock when 
the Company bought ; but he bought Stock athigh Prices, 
and on the Declenfion ; and is a very great Lofer by the 
late fatal Proceedings : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hugh Raymond, late One of the Direétors 
of the South Sea Company, was prefented to’ the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That he was appointed One of 
the Committee of Shipping : That he was fo far from be- 
ing concerned in the Projection of the South Sea Scheme, 
that he did not fo much as know of it till Two or Three 

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7 GEO. I. 


Days before it was opened in the Houfe of Commons, nor 
ever negociated any thing, relating tothe Paffing thereof: 
That he was no-ways concerned in, or privy to, the Tak- 
ing in, or Holding, of Stock, for the Account or Benefit 
of any Perfon whatfoever; nor of any Entries made in the 
Company’s Books, importing the Sale or Difpofal of any 
fictitious Stock: That he had no Share or Benefit by the 
Firft and Second Subfcriptions : That he never gave Or- 
ders for, or was privy to, the Company’s buying of Stock: 
That he never borrowed any Money of the Company, 
on his Stock : That he was inthe Country, for Recovery 
of his Health, a great Part of the laft Year, when the 
faid Frauds and Abufes were tranfacted: That he hath 
given ina true Account of all his real and perfonal Eftate; 
which hath not been increafed by any Occurrences the laft 
Year: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Reynolds, \ate One of the Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the:Petitioner was 
appointed of the Committee of Shipping : That he was 
not direétly or indirectly, concerned in the contriving, 
or carrying on, the Scheme, on which the late Act, was 
founded ; nor privy to tlie taking in, or holding, Stock, 
for the Benefit of any Member ot Parliament, or Perfon 
in the Adminiftration ; or the contriving any fictitious 
Stock, to be held for the Company ; or making any En- 
tries in their Books, importing the Sale of fuch Stock : 
That, inftead of being a Gainer by the Company, he is a 
great Lofer: And praying, That he may not be equally 
involved in the future Punifhment with thofe who con- 
trived, or unjuftly executed, the Scheme. os 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Chefter Efquire was prefented tothe 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioner had 
a confiderable Eftate before Chrifimas 1719: That the 
Petitioner oppofed lending out the Company’s Money 
upon Stock, and Subfcriptions : That he borrowed none 
himfelf, and was an utter Stranger to the Sale of any 
Stock: That he was appointed of the Committee for: 
buying Goodsfor the Company : That he hath delivered 
to One of the Barons of the Exchequer a true Inventory 
of his real and perfonal Eftate: That, by the Bill now 
depending, the Petitioner will be entirely divefted of his 
whole Eftate, and utterly ruined: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upori the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Robert Chaplin Baronet, late One of 
the Directors of the South Sea Company, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth; That the Peti- 
tioner had an Eftate before he became a4 Director: That 
he was not, knowingly or defignedly, guilty of any Cor- 
ruptions or Frauds mentioned in the Bill, now depend- 
ing, for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea 
Company : That he is a Sufferer, with others, in the com- 
mon Calamity; That he hath given a true Account of 
his whole real and perfonal Eftate : That he was none of 
the Contrivers, nor admitted into the fecret Confultations 
about the South Sea Scheme; for was he privy to the 
taking in, holding, or difpofing of, any Part of that 
Actitious Stock which is entered in the Cafh-books of that 
Company: That, inftead of being Gainer, he is a great 
Lofer by the faid Company : And praying, That-he may 
be heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid Bill, fo far as 
the fame concetns him. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Houlditch,. One of the late 15i- 
reCtors of the South Sea Company, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioner had 
acquired a plentiful Fortune before the late unhappy 
Scheme : That he was not the Author or Contriver of the 
faid Scheme: That he was appointed One of the Com- 
mittee for Buying of Goods: That he was in the Country 
at the time of lending Money on Subfcriptions, and knew 
nothing of it until fome time after great Part of it was 
lent: That he was againft taking the Third Subfcription 


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at fo high a Price : That he had no Concern or Benefit in 
the Increafe of the Firft and Second Subicriptions, nor in 
the Decreafe of the Third and Fourth Sub{criptions : 
That he has been a great Sufferer by the Motiey Sub- 
fcriptions: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rebert Surman; late One of the Clerks 
of the T'reafury Office of the Sorth Sea Company, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioner aéted only as a Clerk in the Treafury OF- 
fice, under Mr. Kzight, their late Cafiier: That he had 
no Share in the Direction or Controul of the Affairs of 
the faid Company ; nor ever attended any Court, or fe- 
cret Committee, of Directors ; nor was ever prefent at, or 
privy to, any of their private Meetings, but wholly con- 
fined himfelf to the Bufinefs of the Ofice ; That he had, 
by his Induftry, gained a confiderable Eftate, upwards of 
Nine thovfand Pounds, before the Propofal for the new 
Scheme which Eftate he ventured, not only in the South 
Sea, but in other Stocks; by which, he confeffes, he has 
been a confiderable Gainer: That he hath made a full 
Difcovery of all his Eftate and Effects: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Grand Jury, 
Gentlemen, and Freeholders, affembled at the Quarter 
Seffions of the Peace holden the Seventeenth of April 
1721, fot the County of Hertford, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners beg 
Leave, among other of their Fellow Subjeéts, to repre- 
fent the great Miferies they labour under, by the Decay 
of Trade, Manufactures, and publick Credit, occafioned 
by the extravagant Height the late Directors of the 
South Sea Company, their. Aiders, and Confederates, had 
fatally wrought up the Credit of their Stock, by-their 
wicked Arts and Delufions, to the Injury of the Publick, 
as if purpofely defigned to deftroy their Country: And 
praying, That publick Credit may be reftored, Trade 
made to floutith, and Juftice done to an injured Nation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Juftices of Peace, Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and Tradefmen, in the County of Dorfet, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
trom the treacherous Praétices of the late Directors and 
Managers of the South Sea Company, and of thofe by 
whom they have been guided and influenced, not only the 
Credit of this flourifhing and once happy, Nation, is al- 
mott, if not irretrievably, loft; and thereby the Rents and 
Revenues, Trade and Commerce, of the Kingdom, be- 
come precarious; but alfo a great Number of innocent 
People have been feduced, and led away, by them, to the 
utter Ruin of themfelves, and thofe who have depended 
upon them: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor; Burgeffes, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Briffol, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners being truly fenfi- 
ble of the extraordinary Care, and diligent Endeavours, 
that have been ufed to difcover; and bring to condign 
Punifhment, thofe voraciotis Robbers of their Country, 
the Mifmanagers of the South Sea Stock, and their Ac- 
complices ; who, to aggrandize their Families, have un- 
juftly amaffed vaft Sums of Morey, deftroyed our Cre- 
dit, and ruined many Thoufands of their Fellow Siib- 
jects: And praying, That tio Man’s Greatnefs, ill-gotten 
Riches, or Flight from Juftice, may fcreen him from 
publick Punifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
Common Council, in behalf of themfelves, and other In- 
habitants, of the ancient Borough of Oakhampton, in the 
County of Devon, made at the General Quarter Seffions 
of the Peace held for the faid Borough the Eighteenth 
Day of 4pril 1721, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 

fetting 














524. 
fetting forth, That the great Decay of Trade in that Bo- 
rough, and Places adjacent, depending altogether on the 
Woollen Manufa@tures, is, in a great meafure, owing to the 
Avarice, and corrupt Practices, of che late Directors ot the 
South Sea Company, and their Confederates ; who have 
been the chief Inftruments of turning Stock in Trade 
into the mifchievous Practice of Stock-jobbing ; and, in 
Defiance of Law and Juftice, have departed from all 
Rules of Honefty ; and are now become remarkable only 
for their being vile: And praying, That the Inftances 
for bringing over their late Cafhier, Mr. Kaight, may be 
continued; and that the great Oppreffors of an injured 
People may be punifhed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill to enable his Majefty to grant 
the Inheritance of fome Eftates held by Leafe from the 
Crown, which have been long in the Family of Sir Wil- 
iam Pulteney, deceafed, and in which more than One 
hundred Years are yet to come, in Truftees, upon a full 
and valuable Confideration to be paid for the fame, as 
fhall be valued by the proper Officers of the Crown; to 
the end the fame may be fettled, according to the Ufes 
direéted in the Will of Sir William Pulteney, and be pre- 
ferved in his Family; was committed; That they had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe: And he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houtfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered * * *% # 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 24° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
ered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgels to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
‘for the Borough of Dumheved, alias Launcefton, in the 


County of Cornwall, in the room of Edward Herle 
Efquire, deceafed. 


Mr. Medlycot reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for Naturalizing of James Maffé, was committed, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that they had directed 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of Charles Foye Efquire, late Deputy Go- 
vernor of the South Sea Company, was prefented to the 
Hovfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner was 
chofe a Direétor of the {aid Company; and he executed 
that Truft with fuch Fidelity, that the Company was 
pleafed to choofe him Deputy Governor: That whilft he 
was in that Station, the Scheme which the late A&amp; 
of Parliament eftablifhed, was fet on foot: That he was 
not any-ways an Author or Contriver thereof: That his 
Place did neceflarily require him to be of feveral Commit- 
tees, to carry the fame into Execution; and what he acted 
therein, he did without any evil Defign, or View of pri- 
vate Gain to himfelf: That he oppofed taking the Third 
Subfcription: That he never, in.any Part of the faid 
Tranfactions, made any unjuft Advantages, or obtained 
any thing from any one, by Fraud or Impofition: And 
praying Relief. 


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Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Sir Lambert Blackwell Baronet was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; jetting forth, That the 
Petitioner being informed, That a Bill is depending, which 
fubjeéts him to grievous Penalties, as a late DireGor of 
the South Sea Company: That he was no-ways privy to 
the Forming of the late Scheme: That he had, before 
the Scheme was on foot, a very confiderable Eftate in 
Land: That he has given in a juft and true Account of 
all his Eftate and Effects, which is very little increafed 
fince the Scheme took Effect: That he was perfectly ig- 
norant of taking in, or holding, any Stock for any Perfon; 
without a valuable Confideration paid, or fecured: That 
he never fold any Stock, or Subjfcriptions; but when he 
was under a Neceffity to do it: And praying, That he 
may be heard; by himfelf, or his Countel, againgt {6 
much of the faid Bill as concerns the Petitioner: _ 

Ordered; That the faid Petition do lie upoti the Table, 


A Petition of Sir Théodore Fanfen was pieferited to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Tliat the Petitioner 
is informed a Bill is depending, which fubjects the Peti- 
tioner to great Penalties, as a late Director ef the 
South Sea Company: That he had, by his Induftry, 
acquired an Eftate of near 300,000/ before the late Scheme 
was thought of: That he had no hand in the contriving, 
or carrying on, the faid Scheme; but often oppofed the 
Methods of proceeding in the Execution thereof: That 
he knew nothing of taken in, or holding, any Steck for. 
any Perfon, without a valuable Confideration paid, or fe- 
cured ; or of any Difference paid upon fuch Stock ; That 
he always oppofed the Propofals of lending the Company’s 
Money: That, although he was of the Committee: of 
Treafury, he never confented to the lending any Money 
on Subicriptions: That he never borrowed any himéfelf, 
nor affifted any body to borrow: That he hath exhibited 
a full and true Account of all his Eftate whatfoever: And 
praying to be relieved againft the great Pegaltiesin the {aid 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Edward Gibbon Efquire was prefented 
to the Houfe and read; fetting forth, That by great 
Pains and Induftry, and a confiderable Fortune he re- 
ceived with his Wife, he acquired an Eftate of above 
Sixty thoufand Pounds before Chriftmas 1719: That he 
was, by the late Court of Directors, appointed One of 
the Committee of Shipping: That he neither contrived 
nor promoted any thing that he thought would be of Pre- 
judice to the Company, or the Publick: That’ he did not 
know of the Taking in, or Holding, of Stock by the 
Company for any Member of either Houfe of Parliament, 
without any valuable Confideration paid, nor of any En- 
tries in the Cafh-book contrived to conceal the Names of 
Perfons for whom Stock was taken in: That he was 
againft lending out the Company’s Money upon Stock, 
in the Manner it was done; nor did he know of felling 
or difpofing, of any Stock, or Subfcriptions, that were de- 
pofited as a Security for the Repayment of Money lent; 
nor did he fell any of his own Stock at the time Orders 
were given for buying Stock upon Account of the Com- 
pany; nor was he privy to the making or declaring the 
Dividends : That by the Bill, now depending, for Relief of 
the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company, the Pe- 
titioner’s whole Eftate will be taken from him, to the ut- 
ter Ruin of himfelf, and Family : That he has delivered 
in a juft and true Account of his Eftate and Effects: And 
praying Relief. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Facch Sawbridge, late One of the Di- 
rectors of the Scuth Sea Company, was prefented to the 
Houie, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner, be- 
ing chofen a Director on the Eftablifhment of the South 
Sea Company, continued in that Station with an unble- 
mifhed Character, till the late unhappy Turn of Affairs 5 
in which whatever hath been by the Petitioner tranfacted, 
that may have given Offence, hath been through Igno- 

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rance and Inadvertency, without any private or unlawful 
Views or Defigns: That by the Bill now depending, for 
the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea 
Company, the Petitioner finds himielf fubjected to great 
Forfeitures : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Francis Hawes was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner was 
poflefied of an Eftate of above Forty-five thoufand 
Pounds before Chrifimas 1719: That, by reafon of his 

ublick Employments, he was prevented in his Attendance 
at the Committee of Treafury ; he not being able to be 
at above Two or Three Committees, from the 22d of April 
to the 4th of Ofoder laft : That he neither knew, nor was 
privy to, the Taking in, or Holding, of Stock for any 
Member of Parliament; did not know of the Increafe or 
Decreafe in the Subfcriptions: That he was not syste 
to the Lending out of any the Company’s Money; nor di 
he, or any Perfon for him, borrow any Money of the 
Company, or fell them any Stock: That he was in the 
Country when the Dividends were declared: That he hath 

iven in atrue and faithful Account and Inventory of all 
his Eftate and Effects: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie tipon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Fobn Lambert Barotiet was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That by his 
Induftry he had acquired an Eftate of above Seventy 
thoufand Pounds before the Month of 4ugaft 1719; at 
which time he went into France, and did not return till 
the latter End of March 1720; and knew nothing of the 
late Scheme: That he oppofed the Diyidend of Ten 
Pounds per Cent. to be made in Stock; and never after- 
wards came into any Meafures which he apprehended 
to be of Prejudice to the Publick : That he has been fo 
far from making any private Advantage to himfelf, that 
his Eftate is now lefs than it was: That, by the Bill de- 
pending for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South 
Sea Company, the Petitioner’s whole Eftate. is to be taken 
from him; whereby he will be deftitute of all Means of 
getting any Support for himfelf, and his Family: And 
praying Relief. ns | | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir William Chapman Knight and Baronet 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That by the Bill now depending, for the Relief of the 
unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company, the Peti- 
tioner’s Eftate will be vefted in Truftees, for the Benefit 
of the faid Sufferers: That he was not concerned in the 
Contrivance of any Scheme; nor was hé acquainted with 
any fecret Affairs or Tranfactions, as the felling to, hold- 
ing, or taking in, Stock, for any Perfon, during the 
Dependence of the late Bill in Parliament: That he was 
not One of the Committee of Treafury; he borrowed no 
Money on the Loans of the Company, either of Stock 
sr Subfcriptions ; Knew nothing of felling any Stock: 
He had no Hand or Benefit in the Increafe or Decreafe 
of the Subfcriptions: That he never fold any Stock to 
the Company ; but lent of his own Money 6,000 /. upon 
1,100/. Stock; the greateft Part of which is loft: That 
he hath delivered to the Barons of the Exchequer a true 
Particular and Inventory of all his Eftate: That he hath 
no Relations living, from whom he can hope for any 
Support: And praying Relief. } F 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stephen Child, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Corruptions, 
Breaches of Truft, Frauds, and Abtifes, complained of, 
by the Bill brought in for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers 
in the South Sea Company, the Petitioner was, in a great 
meafure, a Stranger to; the fictitious Stock entered in the 
Company’s Books, he neither fhared in, nor difpoted of : 
That he was never at any Court or Committee, when it 
was agreed to lend Money on Subfcriptions; he was pre- 
fent, indeed, when the Dividend was declared; and when 
the Third and Fourth Subfcriptions were ordered: That 

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he hath not made any Advantage by Sub{criptions : And 
praying Relief. ‘ ; &gt; 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of Arthur Ingram, late Director of the 
South Sea Company, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner had no Part in 
the framing or contriving the Scheme for increafing the 
Capital Stock of the South Sea Company: That he never 
had any.particular Share in the Management of that 
great Truit; or ever been at any Confultation, or Meet- 
ing during the whole Execution thereof, any farther than 
merely his Attendance in the Courts of Direétors: That 
he never took the Advantage of felling any South Sea 
Stock, either in his own Name, or in any other manner 
whatfoever, fince the paffing the faid Bill: That he has 
only fold One thoufand Pounds, to make his Payments 
on the reft: That he mutt be a very great Lofer by the 
remaining Part ; as alfo by his long Annuities, fubicrib- 
ed into the faid Company: And praying, That he may 
be heard, at the Bar of the Houfe, before the Bill, now 
depending, for the Relief of the South Sea Company, be 
paft into a Law. Nel ot iia his 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


-- A Petition of Sir Fohn Fellowes Baronet, late Sub 
Governor of the South Sea Company, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there being a 
Bill now depending, for vefting the Petitioner’s Eftate 
in Truftees, to be fold, towards Satisfaction of the Loffes 
therein mentioned: That the Petitioner, from the Efta- 
blifhment of the faid Company iri 1711, has been of the 
Court of Dire¢tors; being, at that time, a large Pro- 
prietor in the eras Debts; and in Fanuary 1718, was 
unanimoufly chofen Sub Governor ; not at his own feek- 
ing, but at the Importunity of the then Court of Direc- 
tors: That the late unhappy Scheme, of which the Pe- 
titioner was not the Author, gave him fo much Anxiety 
of Thought, and Fatigue, and fo affected him in his 
Health and Memory, that, by the Advice of his Phyfi- 
cians, he was forced to retire into the Country, both be- 
fore and after paffing the late A&amp;t; and, by that means, 
was not privy to, or able to affift at, many Tranfactions 
relating to the faid Scheme, and Execution thereof: 

That whatever Errors or Mifmanagements may have 
happened in the Direction of the.Company’s Affairs, the 
fame will appear, fo far as he was concerned therein, not ' 
to have arifen from any finifter Intention in himfelf, or 
for his own private Advantage, but from Miftakes in 
Judgment ; he having always held a great Stock in the 
faid Company, and fubfcribed in all his publick Debts ; 
viz. 669 1. per Annum in long Annuities; and 16,900 /. 
in redeemable Debts ; fo that his Stock amounts, at this 
time, to 86,656/. 8s. 5d. Stock; the Sale of which 
would have vaftly increafed his Eftate, had he proceeded 
with thofe Views: That he was never privy to the Pay- 
ment of any of the Company’s Treafure, for any Diffe- 
rence upon Stock, held by or for the Company; nor 
was a Promoter of, or Borrower in, any of the Com- 

any’s Loans: And praying, That he may be heard, 
' his Counfel. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 

_ A Petition of the Bailiffs, Aldermen, capital Burgeffes, 
and Commonalty, of his Majefty’s ancient Borough of 
Maldon, ih the County of Effex, affembled at their 
Quarter Seffions held for the faid Borough, was prefented 
to the Hote, and read; fetting forth, That the many 
Calamities, which have enfued from the fraudulent Con- 
trivances and Praétices of thofe who were lately concern- 
ed in the Management of the Affairs of the South Sea 
Company, and their Accomplices, have affected the Pe- 
titioners, as well as the reft of the Kingdom: And pray- 
ing Relief. tae 5 IS 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie tpon'the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, together with the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, 
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and principal Inhabitants, of the City of Exon, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners groan under the Weight of fo heavy a Cala- 
mity, as the late evil and deftructive Management of the 
South Sea Scheme hath brought upon the Nation; in the 
Execution of which, a Set of wicked Men, to the ever- 
lafting Reproach of the Englifo Name, have imagined, 
contrived, and almoft compafied, the Death of the Com- 
monwealth, if the Lofs of Money, Trade, and Credit, 
may be fo called : And praying, .That the zealous En- 
deavours taken to deliver this Country out of fo grievous 
a Calamity may be continued. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
and Grand Jury, of and for the County of Bucks, affem- 
bled at the Quarter Seffions holden for the faid County, on 
Tburfday the Twentieth Day of April 1721, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners, having feen their Country, which, about One 
Year fince, was in as flourifhing a Conditicn as poffible ; 
efpecially in refpect of Trade, Manufactures, and the 
publick Credit; reduced in little more than half that 
time, to the loweft Degree of Mifery and Diftrefs, occa- 
fioned by the Avarice, Fraud, and Corruption, of the 
South Sea Company : ‘And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Conftables, Burgeffes, and other In- 
habitants, of the ancient Borough of Agmondefham, alias 
Amerfoam, in the County of Bucks, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they have a juft 
Senfe of the fad Circumftances, wherein all Sorts and De- 
grees of Men amongft them are involved , and of thofe 
piercing Cries, and loud Complaints, which diffufe them- 
felves far and wide; and are heard, with Grief, in every 
Corner of our once happy Ifland; does conftrain them to 
implore the Houfe to continue its utmoft Endeavours, 
that all poffible Reparation may be made to the poor 
Sufferers ; and that the Authors and Inftruments of their 
Ruin may be brought to condign Punifhment: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of his Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace for 
the County of Middlefex, together with the Grand Jury 
in Quarter Seffions affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That it is with the greateft Con- 
cern that the Petitioners have obferved the many Misfor- 
tunes and Calamities that have, of late, befel the Nation 
in general, and many Inhabitants in that County in par- 
ticular, by the Mifmanagement, Avarice, and Corruption, 
of the late Directors of the South Sea Company, their 
Aiders, Abettors, and Confederates ; whereby the Trade 
and Credit of this Kingdom has been in the greateft De- 
gree affected : and praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take 
into Confideration the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Adventurers, therein mention- 
ed, for bringing Water to the Cities of London and Weft- 
minfter, and Parts adjacent, was referred : 

And the faid Report was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Cities of London and Weftminfter are, of late, 
greatly increafed in their Buildings and Inhabitants ; and 
that they are not, at prefent, fufficiently fupplied with 
Water, for the neceffary Occafions of the Inhabitants 
thereof. 

And, upon the Examination of Dr. De/aguliers, Cap- 
tain Robinfon, and other Mathematicians, it appeared, 
That a great Quantity of Water may be brought from 
One or more Stream or Streams, that run by or near the 
Village of Drayton, in the County of Middlefex, to fome 
Place near the faid Cities. 

Dr. Defaguliers faid, That he had examined and tried 
the Quantity of Water, contained in the Cowley Stream, 


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which is One of the Streams that run by of near the faid 
Village of Drayion, and that it was able to afford above 
Three times as much Water as the New River does; and 
that he had caufed a Level to be taken, by Perfons very 
well fkilled in that Way, and in whom he could confide ; 
who found, that fome Part of the faid Cowley Stream, 
that is not far diitant from Drayton, was high enough to 
have Water brought from thence to Marydone Fields ; 
and that a large Refervoir may be there made; from 
whence Hanover-/quare, and above Nine Parts in Ten of 
the Houfes of London and Weftminfter, may be plenti- 
fully fupplied with Water: And that, by an Engine, or 
fuch a Mill as the New River Company now ufes, a great 
Quantity of Water may be raifed from thence, in the 
fame manner as the New River Company raifes theirs, 
into an upper Refervoir ; from whence the very higheft 
Parts of the faid Cities may be fupplied with Water, 
very plentifully. 

Captain Rodinfon, and Mr. George Ofmond, both in- 
formed the Committee, That they, together with Mr. 
Dean, a Mathematical Inftrument-maker, about Ten or 
Twelve Days before, took a very exact Level, from fome 
Part of Cowley Stream, not far diftant from Drayton, to 
Marybone Fields; and found the Height to be as Mr, 
Defaguliers had informed the Committee: They fay, 
They were all Three a Check one upon the other, in the 
taking the Level; and that they ufed to compare their 
Obfervations every Night, and always found them to 
agree: And that the upper End of the Cow/ey Stream, 
towards Denham, is ftill Seventeen Foot higher. 

Mr. Ofmond faid, He had taken Level, Four feveral 
times, from thefe Waters, near Drayton, with his own 
Servants ; and fome of thofe times he was out for Seven 
Days together, at his own Expence. 

That, as to any Damage done to the Country, nobody 
appeared before the Committee, with any Complaint, of 
that Sort, whatfoever: And Dr. Defagulier informed the 
Committee, That he had been down there, and viewed 
and tried the Streams, or Rivers, intended to be made ufe 
of; and found that the Heathem Stream, One of the faid 
Rivers, contains more than twice the Quantity of Wa- 
ter contained in the Cow/ey Stream ; and that, when the 
faid Cowley Stream fhall be taken away, move than an 
equal Quantity of Water may be eafily taken and divert- 
ed out of the Heatham Stream into the Stanwell Stream ; 
from whence the new Cut, that runs down to Hampton- 
court, receives its Water; and into the old Cut, which 
runs down through Hounflow Heath, to Thiffleworth ; fo 
that his Majefty’s Gardens and Water-works at Hampton- 
court, and all the Mills fituate on the Stanwell Stream, 
and his Grace the Duke of Somer/et’s Powder and other 
Mills, that are fituate on the old Cut, or Thifleworth 
River, will be always fupplied with the fame, or a greater 
Quantity of Water than they now have: And he further 
informed the Committee, That on the faid Heatham 
Stream there ftands only the Paper and Leather Mills, at 
a Village called Poyle: That there were indeed Two Pa- 
per Mills, fituate on the River Colne, below where the 
Heatham Stream falls into it again: But the prefent Occu- 
pier of the much greater Mill of the Two owned, and 
had told him, That if the Adventurers of this Under- 
taking would but take care to keep up the Banks of the 
River Colne, as they ought to be, that that would re-fupply 
them with more Water than what will be taken away 
from them: As to Navigation of the River Thames ; he 
informed the Committee, That he had tried both the 
Quantity of Water in the faid Cowley Stream, and Velo- 
city of the River Thames; and, computing the Shallows 
in the Thames to be One hundred Yards broad, the 
Water that will be diverted from falling into the Thames, 
by bringing the Cowley Stream up to London, will not al- 
ter the Depth of the Tames Half an Inch: But the Ad- 
venturers voluntarily propofed, That if any Damage 
fhould be found to be done to the Navigation of it there- 
by, that they would oblige themfelves to deepen all the 
Shallows between the Mouth of Colne and the Village of 

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Thiftleworth aforefaid, fo as to make the Channels thereof 
deeper than they now are. 

A Motion being made, That Leave be given to bring 
in a Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London and 
Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with- Water ; 

_ And it appearing, by the faid Report, that his Ma- 
jefty’s Intereft might be concerned , 

Whereupon a Debate arofe in the Houfe; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned until Thurfday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 25° dte Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. ) 
Petition of Sir Harcourt Mafter was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Pe- 

titioner was no-ways concerned in, or privy to, the Pro- 
jection of the South Sea Scheme; nor was of the Com- 
mittee for taking care of the Bill, after the Propofal was 
made: That he was not of the Committee of Treafury, 
or knew of Money being lent upoh Subfcription Receipts: 
That he is altogether ignorant of the Selling or Difpofing 
of Stock, or Subfcriptions transferred or depofited as Se- 
curity for the Money fo lent; nor privy to the Company’s 
taking or holding Stock for the Benefit of any Member 
of either Houfe of Parliament; never fold any Stock to 
the Company, or others, at any high Price; but, on the 
contrary, is an extreme Sufferer, in being fo largely con- 
cerned in the Third and Fourth Subicriptions: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Fohn Blunt Baronet was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 
is heartily forry he ever had any Part in the Execution of 
the late Scheme for enlarging the capital Stock of the 
South Sea Company; which has been attended with fuch 
Confequences, as, when he engaged therein, he could not 
forefee, or in the leaft imagine: That, as to the felling any 
Stock, ot Subfcriptions mortgaged to the Company, and 
the Excefs of the Firft Loan of 500,000/. on Stock, at 
2501. per Cent: he was no-way privy to; nor did know 
what was iffed on the other Loans : That he was not of 
the Committee of Treafury, under whofe Care that Ac- 
count lay; nor did he ever approve of the Dividends : 
That he had acquired a very plentiful Eftate before Chrift- 
was 1719, and had a great Fortune with his prefent Wite: 
That the Petitioner hath, by a former Wife, Seven Chil- 
dren: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table: 


A Petition of Elizabeth Orange, of the City of Bath, 
Widow, One of the Daughters of Sir Thomas Bridges, late 
of Keynfham, in the County of Somerfet, Knight, deceafed, 
for and on behalf of herfelf; and Anne Orange, Spintter, 
her only Child, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
fetting forth, That the Petitioner ts informed, that there 
is a Bill lately paffed the Houfe of Lords, for the Sale of 
the Manor, Parfonage, and Lands, of I/eérewers, and Jle- 
brewers cum Reétoria, with their Appurtenances, in the faid 
County of Somerfet, in order to raife the Sum of Five 
thoufand Pounds for the Portion of Arabella Bridges, late- 
ly deceafed, only Daughter of Harry Bridges ; and other 
the Purpofes therein mentioned’: That the Petitioner is 
advifed, that fhe, and her faid Daughter, have a rever- 
fionary Right and Intereft to the faid Eftate, by virtue of 
fome Settlement of the faid Sir Thomas Bridges, in cafe 
the faid Harry Bridges and George Bridges happen to die 
without Iffuve Male: And praying, That fhe may be 
heard, by her Counfel, before the faid Bill paffes. 

_ Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to enable Harry Bridges 

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Efquire to fell the Manors of Iebrewers, in the County 
of Somerfet, for Payment of his Daughters Portions, and 
Legacies charged thereupon, is committed: And that 
the Petitioner be heard, before the Committee; by her 


Counfel, if the thinks fit: 


A Petition of the Grand Jury, Freeholders, and others, 
thet at the Quarter Seffions held for the County of So- 
merfet, the Eighteenth of April 1721, in the Seventh 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign, on behalf of themfelves, 
and many Thoufand Traders and Inhabitants of the fame 
County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners; oppreffed with the univerfal 
Calamity brought upon the Nation in general by the Mil- 
management, Avarice, and fatal Contrivances, of the late 
Directors of the South Sea Company, their Authors, Abet- 
tors, and Confederates, think themfelves obliged to repre- 
fent the prefent Condition of that once flourifhing Coun- 
ty : Such is the Decay of their Trade, that their Woollen 
Manufactures, the Riches and Support of the Kingdom, 
but of that County in particular, are, in a manner, en- 
tirely laid dowh; and many fubftantial and wealthy Fa- 
milies are reduced to Difficulties, for want of Employ- 
ment in the Clothing Trade: And praying, That fuch 
Meatures may be taken; that Trade may flourifh, and 
Juftice done to an injured Nation: 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, the High 
Sheriff, and Gentlemen of the County of Somer/et, affem- 
bled at their Quarter Seffions held for the faid County, 
the Eighteenth Day of April 1721, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That it was a great Plea- 
fure and Satisfaction to the Petitioners, to obferve the vi- 
gilant Endeavours, and noble Defigns, that were taken 
laft Seffion, to difcharge the publick Debts ; and thereby 
to fupport the Credit of the Nation; and to reftore Trade 
to its former flourifhing Condition, on which many po- 
pulous Places in that County do chiefly depend ; but they 
find, to their great Grief and Surprize, thofe good De- 
figns are made abortive by the villainous and corrupt 
Practices of thofe that were entrufted therewith, and their 
fecret Confederates ; who have not only endeavoured to 
deprive the Publick of what had been done for it, but have 
aétually ruined many Thoufands of private Families, 
and fhook the very Credit of the Nation, to anfwer their 
avaricious and ambitious Defigns : And praying, That 
Reftitution may be made to an injured State, and deluded 
People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Burgeffes of the Town of 
Nottingham, in Common Council affembled, was prefent- 
ed to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioncrs think themfelves obliged to reprefent the deep 
Senfe they have of the prefent Calamities brought upon 
the Nation, through the boundlefs Ambition and Avarice 
of the late South Sea Directors, their Confederates and 
Affiftants; who, by a continued Series of unparalleled 
Contrivances and Praétices, have involved their native 
Country in Ruin and Deftruction : That that aricient Cor- 
poration, long famous for the Manufacturing of Englif 
Wool, wherewith not only their own, but foreign, Markets 
were {upplied, do now feel the fatal Effects of their Mif- 
management, in the Loffes they have fuftained ; in the De- 
cay of Trade, and publick Credit : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor; Aldermen, and Capital Bur- 
gefies of the Town of Beverley, in the County of 
York, in Common Council affembled, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners, 
amoneft the reft of a diftreffed People, beg Leave to re- 
prefent their Deteftation and Abhorrence of the vile 
Praétices, and fcandalous Proceedings of the late Direc- 
tors of the South Sea; who have abufed the Truft repofed 
in them for the common Good, and taken the Advantage 
of the Ignorance and Credulity of Multitudes, to the Ruin 
of them, and no lefs to the Detriment of the whole Na- 

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A Petition of the Jufticés of the Peace, Grand Jury, 
Clergy, Gentlemen, i*recholders, of the County of Kent, 
at the General Quarter Seffions of the Peace, holden at 
Maidftone in and tor the faid County of Kent, on Thur/day 
the Eighteenth Day of pril, in the Seventh Year of the 
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George, by the Grace of 
God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, De- 
fender of the Faith, &amp;c. was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; fetting forth, That the County of Kens, lately 
One of the richeit and moft flourifhing in the Kingdom ; 
and efpecially on account of their great Commodity, that 
of Hops, equally advantageous to the Government for 
the Duty thereupon ; is at prefent, by the execrable Fraud 
of the late wicked South Sea Directors, and their more 
wicked Accomplices, reduced to a moit unhappy Condi- 
tion: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Town Clerk, 
Common Councilmen, Clergy, Gentry, and other Inha- 
bitants, of the Borough of Bofton, in the County of Lin- 
coln, was prefented to the Houle, and read, fetting forth, 
That they think it their Duty to reprefent the unparalleled 
Miferies and Misfortunes which they, and their Neigh- 
bours, the Growers of Wool, in that County, and the reft 
of their unhappy Fellow Subjects, labour under, by the 
general Decay of Trade, Manufactures, and publick Cre- 
dit; which fad Effects, they have juft Reafon to believe, 
are occafioned by the infatiable Avarice and Ambition of 
the late Directors, and other Officers, of the South Sea 
Company, their Advifers, Aiders, and Confederates ; 
who, to gain immenfe Eftates and Grandeur to them- 
felves, and Families, have, in fuch prodigious and unex- 
ampled manner, broke the great Truft and Confidence 
repofed in them, as to bring their native Country into im- 
minent Danger of Ruin and Deftruétion: And praying, 
That fuch Meafures may be taken, that Trade may 
flourifh, and publick Credit be reftored, as well as Juftice 
done to an injured People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Grand Jury, 
Gentlemen, and Freeholders, affembled at the General 
Quarter Seffions of the Peace, held for the County of 
Warwick, upon Thurfday the Eighteenth Day of April, in 
the Seventh Year of his Majefty’s Reign, Anno Domini 
1721, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners crave Leave to reprefent the 
unparalleled Grievances of a plundered People ; who, by 
the Avarice and Rapine of a Set of Parricides, are reduc- 
ed, from the moft fiourifhing Condition, and that in the 
Space of One Year only, to as deplorable a State of Ca- 
jamity and Diftrefs as they ever yet fuffered by any Civil 
Tumult, or Foreign War: It is to the late treacherous 
Managers of the South Sea Company, their Abettors and 
Confederates, that they owe the Lofs of publick Credit, 
the prefent Deadnefs of Trade, and the utter Ruin of 
many Families; who, from great Affluence and Efteem, 
are funk at once into Poverty and Reproach : Such a Scene 
of Mifery muft very fenfibly affect every true Lover of his 
Country, to cry aloud for Vengeance: And praying Re- 
fief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Palmer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders, Far- 
mers, and other Inhabitants, of the Town and Borough 
of Watchett, and Parts adjacent, in the County of Somer- 
fet, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them ; 
which he read in hi¢ Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Report in at the Fable : Where the fame was read ; 
and is as followeth; viz. 

That the Committee, to whom the faid Petition was 


Journals ef the Houfe of Commons. 
tion; fince a general Decay of Trade, Failure of Manu- 
factures, and Lofs of Credit, is the Confequence: And 


praying Relief. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


AA. 1721. 


referred, have, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe 
examined the Matter thereof; arid find, ; 

That, by an Aét of Parliament, made in the Sixth 
Year of-her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An A@ 
for repairing the Harbour and Quay of Watchett, in the 
County of Somer/et, certain Rates and Duties were im- 
pofed and laid on all Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes 
to be exported or imported at or within the faid Harbour 
or Port, in order for the raifing a fufficient Stock and 
Supply for the rebuilding and repairing the faid Harbour 
and Quay : 

And that the faid Rates and Duties, fo impofed and 
laid, were, by the faid Aét, to be collected for the Term 
of 21 Years, from Lady-day 1708; and from thence to 
the End of the then next Seffion of Pafliament : 

That, after the Expiration of the faid Term of 2; 
Years, the One-half of the faid Rates and Duties were to 
continue to be colleéted for ever, in order for the raifin 
a fufficient Stock and Supply for the keeping the faid 
Harbour and Quay in good Repair. 

That, upon the Examination of Mr. Fohu Wakefield 
and feveral other Perfons, it appeared to the Committee, 
That, when the faid' Quay was rebuilt and repaired, the 
fame was built much too low, and not of fufficient Length 
to preferve the faid Town, and the Ships and Veffels rid- 
ing in the {aid Harbour, from the Rage and Violence of 
the Sea. 

It alfo appeared to tlie faid Committee, That it will be 
abfolutely neceffary the faid Quay fhould be raiféd at leaft 
Five or Six Foot higher than it is at prefent; and that the 
Head of the fame fhould be extended and lengthened F ifty 
Foot, or more, beyond the prefent Length thereof, for 
the better Prefervation of the faid Town, and Security of 
the Ships and Veffels riding in the faid Harbour; which 
cannot be done, without fome other Provifion be made 
for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the Duties granted by an Aét, made in 
the Sixth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Act for repairing the Harbour and Quay of 
Watchett, in the County of Somerfet: And that Mr. Pal- 
mer, and Sir William Wyndham, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


The Earl of Hertford reported, That her Royal High- 
nefs the Princefs of Wales had been attended, according 
to Order, with the congratulatory Meffage of this Houfe; 
and that her Royal Highnefs was pleafed to return her 
Thanks to this Houfe, for their congratulatory Meflage 
upon the Occafion of the Birth of her Son. r 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee of 
Secrecy, That they enquire what publick Money hath 
been employed by any Treafurer, Cafhier, Collector, Re- 
ceiver, or other Officer concerned in the Receipt or Pay- 
ment of publick Money, or of any other Part of his Ma- 
jefty’s Revenue, or by any in Truft for them, or by their 
Order, in buying Stock, or Subfcriptions, in the South 
Sea, or any other, Company, ‘or in Annuities, or other 
Parliamentary Securities, or otherwife making ufe of, or 
employing, the fame, to their private Advantage, fince 
the Firft Day of December 1719. 


Ordered, That the late Commiffioners appointed to ex- 
amine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army; 
and to examine and ftate the Demands of feveral foreign . 
Princes and States for Subfidies during the late War; do 
lay before this Houfe Copies of the feveral Warrants, and 
Sign manuals, by virtue of which they iffued any Certi- 
ficates. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the State of the publick Credit of 
this Kingdom. , 


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lief of the unhappy Sofferers in the South Sea Company ; 
and upon the Bill for reftraining Fobn Aifabie Eiquire from 
going out of this Kingdgm tor the Space of One Year, 
and until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and 
for difcovering his Eftate and Effects; and for prevent- 
ing the tran{porting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Brodrick took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Brodrick reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bills; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 26 die Aprilis; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing ames Mafé, was 
read the Third time. 
Refelved, that the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aét tor naturalizing Fames Maffe. 
Ordered, That Mr. Med!ycot do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable his Majefly to grant the 
Inheritance of certain Eftates, therein mentioned, held by 
Leafe from the Crown, which have been long in the Fa- 
mily of Sir William Pulteney, deceafed, and in which more 
than a Hundred Years are yet to come, to Truftees, upon 
a full Confideration to be paid for the fame, as fhail be 
valued by the proper Officers of the Crown; to the end 
the fame may be fettled, according to the Ules directed 
in the Will of the faid Sir William Pulteney, was read the 
Third time. 
 Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable his Majefty to grant the Inheritance 
of certain Eftates, therein mentioned, held by Leafe from 
the Crown, which have been long in the Family of Sir 
William Pulteney, deceafed, and in which more than a 
Hundred Years are yet to come, to Truftces, upon a full 
Confideration to be paid for the fame, as fhall be valued 
by the proper Officers of the Crown; to the end the 
fame may be fettled according to the Ufes directed in the 
Will of the faid Sir William Pulteney. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlet do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
to enable Rodert Paynter Efquire to fell the Manors of 
Twydall, and Eaft Court, in the County of Kent; and to 
fettle other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame, or the 
like, Ufes; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hunger- 
ford, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Hampden, Sir Wm. Wynabam, 
Lord Will. Powlett, Sir Rich. Gough, Mr. Newland, 
Mr. Wefifaling, Mr. Foley, Mr. Snell, Mr. Gwydot, Mr. 
Gwyn, Mr. Farrer, Sir Foon Phillips, Mr. Earl, 
Mr. Wylde, Mr. Herne, Mr. Walters, Mir. Jennings, Mr. 
Gay, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Corrvance, Sir Gilbert Heath- 
cote, Mr. Powkt, Mr. Mealycct, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Wind- 
for, Colonel Earl, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Sir Win. Strick- 
land, Mr. Butier, Colonel Codrington, Sir Cop. Bamp- 
fylde, Sir Fobn Stonekoufe, Mr. Rowney, Mr. Edwards, 
Mr. Calmady, Mr. Bertie, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Phil- 
pot, Mr. Brigflock, Sir Fobn Bland, Mr. Wentworth; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Kent and 
Suffex: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Juflices of the Peace, 
Vou. XIX. 


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529 
. 
Gentlemen, and Freeholders, of the: County of Bucks, 
whole Names are thereunto fub{cribed, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Highways 
leading trom the Town ot Wendover to the Town of 
Buckingham, in the faid County, are, and, of late Years, 
have been, for the moit Part, founderous, and perilous 
to Perfons who travel the faid Road; and, though great 
Sums of Money have been laid out, towards the Repair 
thereof, by the feveral Parifhes through which the faid 
Highways lead, yet the fame have not been fulficient to 
make good the taid Highways: And praying, That Leave 
may be given for to bring in a Bill for the ereéting One 
or more T'urnpikes for the better Repair of the faid High- 
ways. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereot ; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Hampden, Mr. Denton, Mr. 
Hungerford, Sit Wm. Wyndbam, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. 
Chetwynd, Mr. Pitt, Mr.: Foley, Lord Wm. Powiett, 
Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Mr. Herne, Mr. Neville, Mr. 
Whichcote, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. 
Medlycote, Sir Tho. Lytile‘on, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Strick- 
land, Mr. Weftfaling, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Earl, Mr. 
Elis, Lord Shlburn, Mr. Edwards; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the Counties of Bucks, Warwick, and 
Northampton: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And they have 
Power to fend for Perlons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Juftices of Peace, Gentlemen of the 
Grand Jury, and other Gentlemen, affembled at the Ge- 
neral Quarter Seffions of the Peace, and Gaol-delivery, 
held tor the Liberty of Saint Abans, in the County of 
Hertford, the “iwentieth of April 1721, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the great De- 
cay of Tiade and Credit, and the unfpeakable Defolation 
of their Countiy, by the late South Sea Direétors, their 
Agents and Abettors, will not fuffer them to be filent, 
while they fee the deteftable Authors of their Milery re- 
main unpunithed, and Thoufands of honeft Families daily 
overwhe!med in Ruin: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, Uhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Sir William Giyne Baronet was prefcented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he, and Stes 
phen Chiid, One of the late Dire¢tors of the South Sea Com- 
pany, eniered into Articles for the Petitioner’s Sale of an 
Eflate in the County of Surrey, which Articles the faid 
Mr. Child refufes to pertorm, and pay the Money con- 
tracted for: And praying, his Eftate and Effeéts may. 
be made fubject to che Performance of the faid Articles, 
betore the fame fha!] be appropriated to the Ufes and Pur- 
pofes meationed in the Bill for the Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company. 


And the faid Petition was, by Leave of the Houfe, 
withdrawn. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





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fovis 27° die Aprilis; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


¢ R. Gybéon reported from the Committee, to whom 
NV the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
AC for Gale of Part of the Eftate of the Right honour- 
able Robert Lord Romney, in the County of Norfolk ; 
and for fettling other Lands, of greater Value, in the 
County of Kent, already purchafed, to the fame Ufes; 
was committed ; That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and thac 
the Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, 
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530 
to the Satisfa@tion of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill to the Houie, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 


‘A Petition of the High Sheriff, Juftices of Peace, and 
Gentlemen, of the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners think 
themfelves obliged to return Thanks to the Houle for 
their Inquiry into the evil Practices, and perfidious Ma- 
nagement, of the late Sou'b Sea Directors, and their Af- 
fociates; and for the tender Regard they have fhewed to 
their prefent Misfortunes occafioned thereby, which are 
no lefs than the Decay of Trade, the Lofs of publick 
Credit, the Ruin of innumerable Families, and the Dif- 
honour of the Britif Nation: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
Grand Jury, of the Borough of Leeds, from the General 
Quarter Seffions for the faid Borough, holden the Nine- 
teenth Day of April 1721, together with the Gentlemen, 
Merchants, and other Traders in the Woollen Manu- 
facture there, was prefented to the Houfe, aud read; fer- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners crave Leave to repreteat 
to the Houfe the deplorable Condition of that ! own, 
from the miferable Decay of Trade, and of privare as 
well as publick Credit; the fatal Kffcéts whereof they nol 
fenfibly feel, and deeply lament: That the late {ir ctors 
of the South Sea Company, and their Accon.plices, save, 
by their myfterious Contrivances, infidious Schem s, and 
delufive Overtures, brought upon them the affiestiig Mil- 
fortunes they now labour under: And praying Kelief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upc the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, She- 
riff, and Commons, of the City of Cauterbury, in Burgh- 
moot affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners are very tenfible of the 
general Decay of Trade, and cther publick Calamities, 
of this Nation; which are the fad Contequences and Ef- 
fe&amp;ts of the delufive Schemes, fubtle Contrivances, and 
wicked Praétices, of the late Directors of the South Sea 
Company, their Encoursgers, Aiders, Abettors, and Con- 
- federates, to advance and enrich themfe!lves, and gratify 
their own boundlefs Ambition and Avarice, by the utter 
Ruin of their Country: And praying, i hat their Eftates 
may be applied to make Keftitution towards the Relief 
of the poor unhappy Sufferers. 

Ordered, That the laid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Bir- 
mingham, in the County of Warwick, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of poor People in the adja- 
cent Country, employed by them in the Iron as weil as 
many other Manufactures, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That Trade amongft them is 
wonderfully decayed, by which the Poor are reduced to 
unfpeakable Miferies and Want; and, if it were in a flou- 
rifhing Condition, they want Money to carry it on, and 
to pay the poor Workmen for their Labour, as they ought 
to do: Thefe their Calamities they firmly believe to be 
wholly owing to the Decay of publick Credit, occafioned 
by the Mifmanagement, Avarice, and fatal Contrivances, 
of the late Directors of the South Sca Company, their 
Aiders, Abettors, and Confederates, who have thereby 
put them in very great Danger of the Dettruction of once 
the molt flourifhing Nation in the World: And praying 
Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of the Right honourable 
Robert Lord Romney, in the County of Norfolk; and for 
fettling other Lands, of greater Value, in the County of 
Kent, already purchafed, to the fame Ufess was read the 
Third time. 

Rejolved, That the Bil! do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gyblow do carry the Bill to the 


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A. 1721 


Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


‘The Order of the Day, relating to the adjourned De. 
bate upon the Motion tor Leave to bring in a Bill for 
the better fupplying the Cities of London and Wefiminfer, 
and Parts adjacent, with Water, being read ; 

Ordered, Tinat the faid Debate be further adjourned until 
this Day Sevennight. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bills for the 
Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the, South Sea-Com- 
pany; and for reftraining You Aiflabie Efquire from go. 
ing out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year,’ and 
until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for 
difcovering his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing 
the traniporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Brodrick took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr Brodick reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had 
cirected him to move, That they may have Leave to 
fit again. 

xefolved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday Morn- 
ing uext, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majetty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, That Copies of all Memorials, or other Pro- 
ceedings, fince the Ninth Day of March 1719, relating 
to the Payment of the Arrears due to the Regiments of 
Wood, Douglas, and Hamilton, from the States General, 
be laid before tis Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majetty by fuch Members.of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moit honourabie Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 28° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAVERS. 


M Kk. Bacon reported from the Committee, to whom 
i the ingroffed Bill trom the Lords, intituled, An 
AC for vefting the Manors of Burvells, alias Rifton, and 
certain Lands, in Norfolk, Part of the Eftate of Fonag 
Aolfe Gentieman, and Lucy his Wile, in Truftees, to be 
fold, tor diicharging the Incumbrances thereon; and for 
other Purpotes therein mentioned; was committed; That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. , 

The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bacon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment, 


A Bill for confirming the Manor of Zathom,. and di- 
vers Lands, in the County of Lancafter, to Richard Wa- 
ring, Bryan Fairfax, and Thomas Afoburft, Efquires, and 
their Heirs, fubjet to the Trufts to which the fame are 
now liable; difcharged of a certain Claufe, in Letters 
Patent of King Charles the Firft, for re-conveying the 
Reverfion in Fee to the Crown; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bond, 
Mr. Farrer, “Lord Wm. Powlet?; Mr. Neville, Mr. Cholin- 
ley, Sir Wm. Wyndbam, Sir Henry Albburft, Mr. Powl:tt, 


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Mr. Bacon, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Cuningbam, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Norris, Sir Robert 
Furnefe, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Mealy, ote, 
Mr. Herne, Mr. Heyham, Mr. Bradaigh, Mx. Piump- 
tre, Mr. Treby, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Freman, Mr. Eng- 
land, Mr. Hil/,; and ali the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Lancafler, Derby, Chefler, and Suffex : And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock; in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and other Inhabitants, 
jiving in or near the Road leading from Saint Gylcs’s 
Pound to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the faid Road, 
by reafon of the many heavy Carriages frequently paffing 
through the fame, is become fo very ruinous, that, in 
the Winter-feafon, many Coaches and Carriages have 
ftuck therein, to the great Damage of Paffengers, and 
their Goods and Cattle: ‘That the fame cannot be cffectu- 
ally amended, and kept in good Repair, without the Aid 
of an Act of Parliament for that Purpofe: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for repairing 
the faid Road. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houte. . 

And it is referred to Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir Zohn Rufb- 
out, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Wilfon, Mr. England, 
Mr. Norris, Mr. Herne, Sir Cha. Hotham, Sir The. Step- 
ney, Sit Tho. Fobnjon, Mr. Wylde, Mr Freman, Mr, 
Knight, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Philpet, Mir. Mey- 
rick, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr. dravers, Sir Fran. 
Leicefter, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Serjeant Meoc, Sir Hun- 
gerford Hofkyns, Colonel Delaval, Mr. Gregory, Sir Arib. 
Kay, Mr. Harris, Mr. Walcot, Mr. Foley; and ali the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Middlefex, Hert- 
fordfbire, and for the City of London: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And they have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen, Common 
Council, and Burgeffes, of the Corporation of Bedford, 
and of the Juftices of Peace, Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
principal Inhabitants, of the laid Town, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
do, with the utmoft Grief and Concern, behold the De- 
cay of Trade in that Corporation, and hear of Complaints 
of the fame from all Parts of this Kingdom; occafioned 
by the wicked Devices of the late South Sea Directors, 
and their Accomplices, in deluding many of his Majefly’s 
Subjects, to their total Ruin, with the falfe Repreienta- 
tions of Gain: And praying, That the Authors may be 
punifhed. A 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Deputy Lieutenants, 
Juftices of the Peace, Grand Jury,.Gentlemen, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Bedford, at their General 
Quarter Seffions of the Peace for the faid County, heid 
the Twenty-ninth Day of April, Anno Dom 1721, and 
likewife of the other Gentlemen and Freeholders of the 
faid County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners do, with great Concern, 
behold the Decay of Trade, and the languifhing Condition 
it is now in, throughout the County of Bedford, and the 
reft of the Kingdom; the Occafion of this is the Want 
of Money, the Life of all Commerce; which has been 
drained from them by the pernicious Arts and Manage 
ment of the late Directors of the Sauth Sea Company, 
and their Accomplices: And praying, That the Authors 
may be brought to condign Punifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellowes and Mr. 
Godfrey: 4 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 531 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A@ for 
Sale of the Eftare of Fobn jate Earl of Kildare, deceafed, 
in the County of Limerick, within the Kingdom of Ire- 
land, for Payment of the Charges and Incumbrances 
thereon; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The faid Bill was read the Firft time; and ordered to 
be read.a Second time. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
Confideration the Report from the Committee of Sec 
of the T'wenty-frft of April inftant: 

And Part of the faid Report, and alfo of a former Re- 
port from the faid Committee, of the Sixteenth of Febru- 
ary lait, relating to ames Craggs Efquire, deceafed, late 
Poftmafter General, was read. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, take into further Confideration thofe Parts of 
the faid Reports which have been this Day read. 


recy, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 29° die Aprilis; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 

Addrefs, of Thurfday laft, That his Majefty would 
be gracioufly pleated to give Directions, That the Copies 
of all Memortals, and other Proceedings, fince the Ninth 
Day of March 1719, relating to the Payment of the Ar- 
rears due to the Regiments of Wood, Douglas, and Ha- 
milton, from the States General, might be laid before this 
Houte, had been prefented to his Majefty; and that his 
Majefty had been pleafed to command him to acquaint 


the Houfe, That he had given Directions, That they 
fhall be laid before this Houfe. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Citizen to lerve in this prefent Parliament for 
the City of New Sarum, in the County of Wilts, in the 
room of Francis Swanton Efguire, deceafed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
Common Counci!, and other Inhabitants, of the City of 
Du bam, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners are fenfibly affected with the 
miferable Condition this Nation is reduced to, in the De- 
cay of Trade, and Lols of publick Credit; occafioned 
by the unheard-of Avarice, and wicked Practices, of the. 
late Direétors of the South Sea Company, their Accom- 
plices and Abecttors; humbly implore the Hovfe to con- 
tinue to lay open this Scene of Iniquity: And praying, 
That the Authors may be brought to condign Punifh- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens, 
of the City of Chefer, in Common Council aflembled, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; feiting forth, That 
the Petitioners, under ‘a deep Senfe of the deplorable State 
and Condition the Nation in general is brought into, occa- 
fioned by the vile Praétices and Contrivances of the late 
Directors of the South Sea Company, their Aiders, Abet- 
tors, and Confederates, cannot but with great Regret and 
Concern lament the many Miichiefs and Calamities they 
of that ancient City now labour under, chiefly owing to 
the great, Decay of Trade, and Lofs of publick Credir: 
And praying, That the Authors may be brought to con- 
dign Punifhmeat. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Crar-d, 











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532 
Ordered, That Brigadier Rickards do attend this Houfe 
weer he Me a bomes Sisios do attend this Houfe 
BBR er ot Mire Mattbew Wymondfold do attend this 
Ne Nee Se baeniidee do attend this Houfe 
gehen T ma iy RY do attend this Houle 
ey ig oe aeoiiehiee Efquire do attend this 
at mat se do attend this Houfe 
PE eT ar te mabe Stroud do attend this Houfe 
iy ie aid Poulter do attend this 
He 90 TL. Wiite pane this Houfe upon 
ee ate Mr. ‘Seffreys do attend this Houfe upon 
aes Fee Mr. sfobn Huggins do attend this Houfe 
upon Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That Colonel Bladen, Sir William T, bomp/fon, 
Lord Barrington, Mr. Auditor Harley, Sir Richard oo 
ler, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Hacks, = 
Hitch, Mr. Fones, Mr. Wellfakng, Mr. Bankes, Mr. 
Noble, Mr. Cater, Mr. Bigg, be added to che Commitice, 
to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, anc other Inha- 
bitants, living in or near the Road leading from — 
Gyles’s Pound to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Mia- 
dlefex, whofe Names are thereunto {ubicribed, is com- 
mitted. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 1° die, Mait; 
Anno 7™° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS, 
R Palmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
p Order, a Bill for continuing the Duties granted by 
an Act, made in the Sixth Year of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing the Harbour and 
Quay of Watchet, in the County of Somerfet: And the 


fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Hungerford prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the further preventing his Majefty’s 
Subjects from trading to the Eaf Indies under foreign 
Commiffions; and for encouraging, and further fecuring, 
the lawful Trade thereto: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Secretary’s Office attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe feveral Papers relating to the Payment of the Ar- 
rears due to the Regiments of Wood, Douglas, and Ha- 
milton, from the States General; with a Lift of the faid 
Papers. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Lift of the faid Papers was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Papers be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of Colonel Francis Farqubar, 
in the Name and Behalf of the Officers of the Three Re- 
giments of Wood, Deugias, and Hamilton, who ferved 
the States General during the late War, is referred. 


The faid Papers are bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seflion. 


Journals of tbe Houfe of Commons. 4. 1721. 


The Order of the Day, for taking into further Conf. 
deration thofe Parts of the Reports from the Committee 
of Secrecy which relate to ames Craggs Efquire, de- 
ceafed, late Poftmafter General, being read ; 

Mr. Robert Surman was called in; and examined, 

And then he withdrew. 

And a Letter from the faid Mr. Surman to Robery 
Knight Efquire, dated the Eighteenth Day of January 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen,. was read. 

Mr. Thomas Horne was called in; and examined. 

And then he withdrew. 

And a Bill drawn-by Mr. Horne upon the faid Mr: 
Craggs for Seven hundred Ninety-five Pounds, payable 
to Mr. Rodert Knight, the Sixth of February One thoy. 
fand Seven hundred and Nineteen, was read. 

Mr. Jacob Sawbridge was called in; and examined, 

And then he withdrew. 

A promiffory Note written by Mr. Robert Knight, and 
which had been figned by the faid Mr. Sawbridge, but 
was cancelled, for transferring to Mr. Robert Surman, og 
Bearer, at Demand, Thirty thoufand Pounds South Seg 
Stock, Value received, dated the Sixth of Lebruary One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen, was read. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That it appears to this Houfe, That ‘Fames Craggs 
Eiquire, late Poftmafter General, did, in February One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Nineteen, during the time 
that the Propofals of the South Sea Company were de- 
pending in Parliament, with a corrupt Intention, apply 
to, and folicit, Robert Knight, late Cafhier of the faid 
Company, for a large Quantity of South Sea Stock, to be 
held by the faid Company, for his own Ufe and Benefit; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out thefe Words, ** with a corrupt Intention :” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words ftand 
Part of the Queftion; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put; 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That Hames 
Craggs Efquire, late Poftmafter General, did, in #cdruary 
One thoulfand Seven hundred and Nineteen, during the 
time that the Propofals of the South Sea Company were 
depending in Parliament, with a corrupt Intention, apply 
to, and folicit, Robert Kuight, late Cahier of the taid 
Company, for a large Quantity of South Sea Stock, to be 
held by the faid Company, for his own Ule and Benefir. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That it appears to this Houfe, That, on or about 
the Twenty-feventh of February One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Nineteen, a Sum of Thirty thoufand Pounds 
Capital Stock of the South Sea Company, which had been 
taken in, and paid for, out of the Cath of the faid Com- 
pany, was, upon the Solicitation of the faid Hames Craggs, 
held by the faid Company, for the Ufe and Benefit of 
the faid Fames Craggs, without any Money paid, or Secu- 
rity given, for the fame; which faid Thirty thoufand 
Pounds Stock was afterwards, on the Twenty eighth of 
March One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty, tranf- 
ferred to the faid Fames Craggs; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out thefe Words, ‘* without any Money paid, or 
** Security given, for the fame :” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words ftand 
Part of the Queftion ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Then the main Queftion being put; 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That, on or 
about the Twenty-feventh of February One thoufand Se- 
ven huncred and Nineteen, a Sum of Thirty thoufand 
Pounds Capital Stock of the South Sea Company, which 
had been taken in, and paid for, out of the Cath of the 
faid Company, was, upon the Solicitation of the faid 
S¥ames Craggs, held by the faid Company, for the Ule 
and Benefit of the faid James Craggs; which faid Thirty 
thoufand Pounds Stock was afterwards, on the Twenty- 
eighth of March One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty, 
transferred to the faid James Crages. 


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hlved, That it appears to this Houfe, That, on the 
ett Naareh ec hae Seven hundred and Nine- 
teen, a further Sum of Ten thoufand Pounds, Capital 
Stock of the South Sea Company, was taken in, and paid 
for, out of the Cath of the faid Company, by the faid 
Robert Knight, for the Ufe and Benefit of the faid ames 


5 . 

OF toed, That it appears to this Houfe, That the faid 
sfames Craggs was a notorious Accomplice and Confede- 
rate with the faid Rodert Knight, and fome of the late 
Direétors of the South Sea Company, in carrying on their 
corrupt and fcandalous Practices; and did, by his wicked 
Influence, and for his own exorbitant Gain, promote and 
encourage the pernicious Execution of the late South Sea 
Scheme. | , 

Refolved, That all the Eftate, real and perfonal, of which 
the faid James Craggs was feifed or poffefled, from and 
after the Firft Day of December One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Nineteen, over and above what he ftood 
feifed or pofleffed of on the faid Firft Day of December, 
be applied for and towards the Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and for deterring 
all Perfons from committing the like wicked Practices for 
time to come. i ii 

A Motion béing made, and the Queftion being pus 
That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the Bills for the Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and for reftraining 
Fohn Aijflabie E{quire, from going out of this Kingdom 
for the Space of One Year, and until the End of the next 
Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate and 
Effeéts ; and. for the preventing the tran{porting or alie- 
nating the fame; are committed ; That they do receive a 
Claufe, or Claufes, purfuant to the faid Refolutions ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


3 hy 
Tellers for the Yeas, Lene aig t 186. 
Tellers for the Noés, — Minpull : t 104. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. : 

Ordered, That the Report from the Commhittee of Se- 
crecy be taken into further Confideration upon this Day 
Sevennight. 


The other Order of the Day beirig read ; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
Thurfday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morr- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 2° die Maii; 
Anno 7™° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

Mefiage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and Mr. 
Borrett : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
fetthing the Eftates of Richard late Earl Rivers, deceafed; 
purfuant to an Agreement made between Frederick Earl 
of Rochford, and Beffy Countefs of Rochford, his Wife ; 
James Barry Earl of Barrymore, in the Kingdom of Ire- 
land, and Lady Penelope Barry, his Daughter, and John 
now Earl Rivers ; fubjeét to the Payment of the Debts 
and Legacies of the faid late Earl Rivers, remaining un- 
pens and for other Purpofes in the faid A&amp; mentioned: 

o which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County of 
Gloucefter, the Eftate of Henry Harington Gentleman, in 
Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Money arifing there- 
by, to purchafe other Lands, of greater yearly Value, to 


. be fettled to the fame Ules as the Eftate to be fold is fet- 


Vor. XIX, 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 533 


tled; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: To which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Biil, intituled, An A&amp; for 
enlarging the Term granted by an Aét, paffed in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of her Jate Majefty Queen Azue, inti- 
tuled, An Act for repairing the Road from Highgate 
Gatehoufe, in the County of Middlefex, to Barnet Block- 
houte, in the County of Hertford; and for repairing the 
Road leading from the Bear Inn in Hadley, to the Sign 
of the Angel in Enfield Chace, in the faid County of Mid- 
dlefex, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, and other 
Gentlemen and Freeholders, of the County of Pembroke, 
affembled at the Grand Seffions held for the County, at 
Haversfordweft, the Fifteenth Day of April, Anno Domini 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read 4 fetting forth, That the 
publick Credit of the Nation hath been deftroyed by the 
infamous Practices of the laté Direétors of the South Sea 
Company, and their Accomplices: And praying, That 
thofe deteftable Parricides be brought to condign Punifh- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, Town-Clerk, capital Bur- 
geffes, and other the Inhabitants; of the ancient Borough 
of Tamworth, in the Counties of Warwick and Staford, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and réad ; fetting forth, That 
their Decay of Trade, and the Want of Vent for their 
Commodities; is occafioned by the Deftrulivenefs, and 
{candalous, corrupt, Management; of the South SeaScheme, 
to the Ruin of publick as well as private Credit, the Im- 
poverifhment of a great Number of Perfons: And pray- 
ing, That proper Meafures may be taken for the Encou- 
ragement of Trade; the Redrefs of all their Grievances, 
and for the preventing the like Corruption for the fu- 
ture. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of feveral of the Deputy Lieutenants, 
Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, and F reeholders, 
on behalf of themfelves; and others of the County 
of Leicefer, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That they can never enough magnify 
the Juftice of Parliament, in deteéting the Villainy of a 
Set of Men who have ruined the Credit of their Country, 
under the fpecious Name of paying the publick Debts ; 
fo neither can they fufficiently abhor the Impudence of 
fome, who, under the Pretence of advancing publick Cre- 
dit, would prevent the Payment of tho’ Debts: And 
praying, That publick Juftice may be applied to publick 
Roguery, and make them, and them alone, reftoré, who 
have had their Share in the Plunder. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, Juftices, Sheriff; Grand Jurys; 
Gentlemen, Freeholders, Burgeffes, and other the Inha- 
bitants, of the City of Litchfield, and County of the faid 
City, on the behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the 
Inhabitants of the faid City and County, made at the Ge- 
neral Quarter Seffions of the Peace held for the faid City 
and County, on Thur/day the Twentieth Day of April, 
Anno Domim One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty- 
one, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Decay of Trade, and the Complaints of the 
poor Manufacturers, proceeds from the vile and fcanda- 
lous Management of the Directors of the South Sea Scheme, 
their Aiders, Abettors, and Accomplices; whofe Deceit, 
Avarice, Corruption, and Impofition, of all Kinds, have 
been fuch as no Nation ever fuffered, or Time produced: 
And praying, That the fame true Spirit, which attended 
the Parliament at the Beginning of this great and good 
Work, may ftill continue with them, to the Completing 
of it. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 











534 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the ancient Borough 
of Aylefbury, in the County of Bucks, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Milery 
they in common with the reil of their Fellow Subjects, 
they at prefent groan under, from the total Decay of Trade 
and Credit of thefe Kingdoms; and that nothing can 
conduce more effe€tually to the retrieving the unhappy 
Condition of thefe Nations, than a vigorous purfuit of 
Juftice againft thofe who have been the Authors and Con- 
trivers of our prefent Misfortunes: And praying, That 
impartial Juftice will be done, without Dittinétion of 
Perfons. D 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Oxon, in the County of Oxon, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they are 
deeply concerned at the Lofs of publick Credit, the De- 
cay of Trade, and the Miferies that have been brought 
upon us by the wicked and pernicious Practices of the 
late Direétors of the South Sea, and the more corrupt 
and evil Counfels of their Aiders and Abettors: And 
praying, That the Betrayers of their Country, how great 
or how many foever, may be brought to fpeedy and pub- 
lick Jutftice. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Bur- 
geffes, and Inhabitants, of the Borough of Reading, in 
the County of Berks, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That to fee our National Credit, 
which hath always been efteemed facred and inviolable, 
and ftood the Shock of all Times, had in fo little Regard; 
and the Creditors thereof plundered, inftead of being a 
paid; to find a glorious Profpeé&amp; and Opportunity of lei- 
fening our publick Debts, which have been a long and 
heavy Weight on the true National Intereft, fguftrated and 
difappointed by the felfith Views of ambitious Men; are 
Truths too clear not to be feen, and of too much Confe- 
quence not to be complained of; thefe, and all our pre- 
fent, Grievances, are juftly to be attributed to the treache- 
rous and deftruétive Execution of the South Sea Scheme: 
And praying, That no Endeavours may be wanting to 
bring all Offenders, and Betrayers of their Country, to due 
Punifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
the reft of the free Burgeffes, of the ancient Corporation 
of the Town of Cambridge, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That being deeply fenfible of 
the deplorable Condition this. Nation at prefent is in, by 
the villainous Management of the late South Sea Direc- 
tors, their Aiders and Abettors; which has almoft intirely 
deftroyed the Trade, and, confequently, the publick Cre- 
dit, of this Kingdom: And praying, That all Endea- 
wours will be ufed to bring the Guilty to condign Punifh- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Richard Grofvenor reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for making navigable the River Dane from 
Northwich, where it joins the River Weaver, to the Fal- 
ling in of Wheelock Brook, and from thence, up Wheelock 
Brook, to Wheelock Bridge; in the County of Chefter; 
was committed; That they had made feveral Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one ; 
and, with Amendments to fome of them, were, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe : 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


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44.1721 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the State of the publick Credit of this Kine. 
dom; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings and Refolutions of the 
General Court of the South Sea Company, held the Twenty- 
third Day of December One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Twenty, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Refolutions of the General Court of 
the South Sea Company, held the Ninth and Eighteenth 
Days of March One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty 
relating to the Four Money Subfcriptions, be referred to 
the faid Committee. | 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit. 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mt. Farrer took the Chair of the Conimittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported fromm the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had direed 
a to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received’ To-morrow 
Morning. : 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. : 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Motning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe 
to confider further of the State of the publick Credit of 
this Kingdom. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Mori 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 3° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

for fettling the Eftates of Richard late Earl Rivers, 
deceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made between Fre- 
derick Earl of Rochford, and Befy Countefs of Rochford, 
his Wife; Fames Barry Earl of Barrymore, in the King- 
dom of Jreland, and Lady Penelope Barry, his Daughter, 
and Fohn now Earl Rivers; fubjeét to the Payment of the 
Debts and Legacies of the faid late Earl Rivers, remain- 
ing unpaid ; and for other Purpofes in the faid Aét men- 
tioned ; was read the Firft time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Gloucefter, the Eftate of Henry Harington Gentleman, 
in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Money arifing 
thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of greater yearly Value, 
to be fettled to the fame Ufes as the Eftate to be fold is 
fettled ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was 
read the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens, and Com- 
monalty, of the ancient City of Lincoln, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the general 
Calamity of this Nation, by the Want of Trade, Lofs of 
publick Credit, and the Scarcity of Money, attended with 
the lamentable Complaint of a vaft Number of fuffering 
Perfons, occafioned by the fraudulent Practices of the late 
Directors and Managers of the South Sea Company, ob- 
liges us to fet forth that notorious Scheme of Roguery, 
and Deceit of a Body of Men joined together in fuch a 
pernicious Defign: And praying, That effectual Care will 
betaken in the difcovering and punifhing all the Offenders, 
Aiders, and Abettors, in this grand and wicked Under- 
taking. 

; Ordered; 





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Ordered, Yhat the faid’Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, Bur- 
geffes, and other Inhabitants, of the ancient Borough of 
Chipping Wycombe, was prefented to the Houte, and read ; 
fetting forch ; That the inexpreffible Calamities they now 
fie under, by the Decay of Trade and Credit of this 
once flourifhing Kingdom, now reduced to the utmoft 
Degree of Mifery by the vile and feandalous Practices of 
the late South Sea Dire€tors, their Aiders and Abettors : 
And praying, That a vigorous Inquiry may be made, to 
bring to Juitice, and deferved Punifhment, the Authors 
and Contrivers of thefe unparalleled Grievances. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of the 
Borough of Abindon, in the County of Berks, in Common 
Council afferibled, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That they are infinitely céncerned at the 
deplorable and melancholy Condition to which this Na- 
tion is reduced by the general Decay of Trade, Manu- 
faétures, and publick Credit; occafioned by the fatal 
Practices of the late Directors of the South Sea Company, 
and their perfidious Accomplices: And praying, That 
proper Meafures may be taken, that Trade may flourith, 
publick Credit be reftored, and Juftice done to an injured 
People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


The Lord William Powlet reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, and other Inhabi- 
tants, living in, or near the Roadleading trom Saint Gyles’s 
Pound to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middle/ex, 
‘was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; and 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was cal ; and is as followeth; viz. 

That the faid Cornmittee;, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, bearing Date the Twenty-eighth Day of April 
laft, have éxamined the Matter of the faid Petition; and 
find, by the Teftimony of Mr. George Dagget; Mr. Tho- 
mas Lee, and Mr. Fofeph Baker, That many Paffengers 
travel through the faid Road; which, by reafonof the great 
Number of heavy Carriages frequently coming to, and go- 
ing from, London, and Parts adjacent, is of late, become 
very ruinous; and that feveral Parts of the faid Road are 
fo bad in the Winter Seafon, that many Coaches, Wag- 
gons, and other Carriages, have ftuck therein; whereby 
great Damage hath been done to the Paflengers, and alfo 
to their Goods and Cattle. 

And it appeared to the Committee, upon the Exami- 
nation of the faid Perfons, That, notwithftanding the In- 
habitants of the feveral Parifhes, through which the faid 
Road leads, have done the Statute-work, and raifed and 
applied the Money the Law direéts to be raifed and ap- 
plied; yet the faid Road is fo much out of Repair, that 
the fame cannot be effectually amended, and kept in Re- 
pair, without fome other Provifion be made for that Pur- 

ofe. 

‘ Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
repairing the Road from Saint Gyles’s Pound to Kilburn 
Bridge, in the County of Middlefex : And that the Lord 
William Powlet, and Mr. Philpot, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Sir Hungerford Hofkins reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for repairing the feveral Roads leading 
to the Town of Ledbury, in the County of Hereford, 
was committed, That the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Haldane prefented to the Houfe, actording to 
Order, a Bill for continuing the Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One Sixth Part of a Peny Sterling, laid upon 
every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer fold within the Town 
of Dundee, and Privileges thereof, for paying the publick 
Debis of the faid Town; building or endowing a new 
Church; and for other the Purpotes therein mentioned : 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider of 
the State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom, the 
Refolution they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 
which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as followeth; viz. ' 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That, for the Re-eftablifhing of publick Credit, Relief 
be given to the South Sea Company, with regard to the 
Payment of the Four millions One hundted fifty-fix thou- 
fand Three hundred and Six Pounds Four Shillings and 
Eleven Pence; and the Fourand Half’s Years Purchafe, 
and One Year’s Purchafe, upon feveral Annuities, and 
other National Debts ; in order to enable the faid Com- 
pany to give further Relief to the feveral Proprietors, and 
Perfons concerned in Intereft with the faid Company. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Refolution be re-committed ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

, An Amendment was propofed to be made to the faid 
Refolution, by leaving out the Words “ in order to en- 
“© able :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe, : 

. Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Refolution, by leaving out * to give ;” and to infert 
thefe Words, ** giving fuch Confideration to the Publick, 
‘* and fuch,” inftead thereof: 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, Fhat; for the 
Re-eftablifhing of publick Credit, Relief be given to the 
South Sea Company, with Regard to the payment of the 
Four millions One hundred and Fifty-fix thoufand Threé 
hundred and Six Pounds Four Shillingsand Eleven Pence 
and the Four and Half Years Purchafe, and One Year’s 
Purchafe, upon feveral Annuities, and other National 
Debts ; the faid Company giving {uch Confideration to 
the Publick, and fuch further Relief to the fevetal Pro- 
prietors, and Perfons concerned in Intereft with the faid 
Company, as this Houfe fhall think proper. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; ' 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houtfe, 
to confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the un- 
happy Sufferers in the South Sea Company; arid for re- 
ftraining Fohn diflabie Efquire from going out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering 
his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing the trant- 
porting or alienating the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Motn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Fovis, 4° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Merchants, and 
others, Traders and Inhabitants, of Kingston upon 
Hull, thereunto fubfcribing, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the fatal Influences and 
Effeéts of the pernicious and deftructive Schemes and 
Managements, occafioned by the South Sea Company, or 
their Accomplices or Confederates, in the Decay of 
Trade and Commerce, in which we have very much 
fuffered, and are like to fuffer: And praying, That, in 
order to the healing our grievous Sores, the bringing 
thefe Malefaétors to condign Punifhment. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hungerford reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp;t to enable Robert Paynter Efquire, to fell the Manor of 
Twydall and Eaf Court, in the County of Keat; and to 
fettle other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame or the 
like Ufes; was committed ; That they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

The faid Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That John 
Wills and Henry Chernaw, menial Servants of James 
Smyth Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, have been ar- 
retted at the Suit of Thomas Baynard Efquire, and Richard 
Needes Gentleman, by Rovert Colman and William Caufey, 
Bailiffs, in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe ; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint; and report the fame, with their Opinion there- 
upon, to the Houfe. 


Sir David Dalrymple prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scors, 
or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots 
Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Jedburgh, and Privileges thereof, for pay- 
ing the publick Debts of the faid Town; and for fupply- 
ing the fame with frefh Water, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second timte. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Samuel Stroud, 
Mr. Edward Owen, and Mr. Fofeph Shaw, who ftand 
charged with many corrupt and evil Praétices, in the Re- 
port from the Committee of Secrecy, made to this Houfe 
the Twenty-firft Day of April laft, and ordered to be 
taken into Confideration upon Monday Morning next, 
have been and are difpofing of their Eftates and Effects, 
in order to elude the Juftice of this Houte; 

Ordered, That the faid Samuel Stroud be taken into the 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Edward Owen be taken into the 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Fofeph Shaw be taken into the 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shirs to ferve in this prefent Par- 


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liament for the County of Oxoz, in the room of Fames 
Herbert Efquire, deceafed. 


The Order of the Day, for the Call of the Houfe 
being read ; : 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned til} 
Monday Morning next. 


The Order of the Day, relating to the adjourned De: 
bate upon the Motion tor Leave to bring in a Bill for 
better fupplying the Cities of London and Weftmin er, 
and Parts adjacent, with Water, being read; 

Ordered, That the faid Debate be further adjourned til} 
Tuefday Morning next. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bills for the 
Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Com. 
pany; and for reftraining John Aiflabie Efquire; from 
going out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, 
and until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and 
for difcovering his Eftate and Effects ; and for the prevents 
ing the tranfporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Brodrick took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Brodrick reported from theCommittee, T hat they had 
made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the iaid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Feneris, 5° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Bill for continuing the Duties granted by an A@, 

made in the Sixth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, An Act for repairing the Harbour and Key of 
Watchet, in the County of Somerfet, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committted to Mr. Palmer, 
Lord Sherburn, Sir James Campbell, Mr. Bertie, Mr. 
Bond, Mr. Feffreyes, Sir Charles Wager, Mr. Law/an, 
Sir Nich. Morice, Mr. Calmady, Mr. Aghonby, Sir Fames 
Long, Sir Robert Worfley, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Campbell, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wyndham, 
Sir Geo. Beaumont, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Shippen, 
Colonel Helyar, Mr. London, Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Medlycote, Sir Richard Goffe, Colonel 
Long, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Worfley, Mr. Fenings, Colonel 
Grahme, Sir Fohn Phillips, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Guidott, 
Mr. Monro; and all the Members that ferve for the 
County of Somerfet, South Wales, and City of Briftd: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of ohn Neufville junior, was prefented to 


.the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he is a Perfon 


born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance, but profeffeth the 
Proteftant Religion; and hath given good Teftimony 
thereof: And praying, That Leave be given to bring 
in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Medlycot, and Brigadier Windfor, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


The Lord Wiliam Powlet reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, n- 
tituled, An Aét to enable Harry Bridges Efquire, to fell 
the Manors of I/ebrewers, in the County of Somerfet, for 

Payment 








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Payment of his Daughters Portions, and Legacies charged 


thereupon, was committed, That they had heard Counfel 


for Elizabeth Orange, of the City of Bath, Widow, for 
and on the behalf of herfelf, and Anna Orange, her only 
Child, upon their Petition; and alfo had heard Counfel 
for the Bill; and that they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true and that all 
the Perfons concerned, except the faid Mrs. Orazge, and 
her Daughter, had given their Confents to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaétion of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 


Ordered, Thatthe Commiffioners of the Cuftomsdo lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of the Totals of the grof8 
and net Produce of the Revenue, of the Cuftoms for Five 
Years ending at Chrifimas 1720; diltinguifhing each 
Year. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of Excife do lay be- 
fore this Houfe, an Account of the Totals of the grofs 
and net Produce of the Revenues of Excife, under their 
Management, for Five Years ending at Chrifimas One 
thouiand Seven hundred and Twenty ; diftinguifhing each 
Year. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners for the Salt-duties 
do lay before this Houfe, an Account of the Totals of the 
erofs and net Produce of the Revenues of the Salt-duties 
for Five Years ending at Chrijimas One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Twenty ; diftinguifhing each Year. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners for managing the 
Stamp-duties do lay before this Houfe,; an Account of the 
‘Yotals of the grofs and net Produce of the faid Duties for 
Five Years ending at Chri/tmas One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Twenty ; diftinguifhing each Year. 


Ordered, That the Commififioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe,‘an Account of the annual grofs and 
net Produce for Five Years ending at Chriftmas laft, of 
the Duties and Impofitions granted fince the Twenty- 
fifth of December One thoufand Six hundred Eighty- 
eight, on Goods and Merchandizes imported from the 
Eaft Indies, which were not payable before that Time, and 
which are now payable. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty, 
of the Town and Port of Haeftings, in the County of 
Suffex, in Common Council affembled, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Fifhery, 
which, for Ages paft, hath been the chiefeft Support of 
this and many other maritime Towns, is now reduced to 
avery low ebb, through the Power veited in the late Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, their Advifers, Aiders, 
and Abettors : And praying, That fuch Meafures may be 
taken to bring them to condign Punifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Freeholders, and other Inhabitants,of 
the ancient Borough of Heflemere, in the County of Sur- 
rey, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, 
That by the villainous Practices of the late Directors of 
the South Sea Company, and their Abettors, has occafi- 
oned a great Decay of Trade, and Scarcity of Money; 
and, without a brifker Circulation of which, the worft of 
Confequences muft inevitably enfue : And praying, That 
thofe Montters of Pride and Covetoufnefs may be detect- 
ed, and punifhed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 

Mir, Speaker left the Chair. 

-Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ; 

Mr. Lerrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred; and had direcied him to move, That they may 
have Leave to {it again. 


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Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabtati, 6° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


OQ Rdereds That the Reverend Dottor Haley be defired 

to preach before this Houfe, at Saint Margaret's, 
Weftminfter, the Twenty-ninth of this inftant May; be- 
ing appointed, by Act of Parliament, for a Day of 
Thank{giving for the Reftitution of the Royal Family, 
and Rettauration of the Government: And that Mr. Pel- 
ham and Mr. Walpole do acquaint him therewith. 


A Petition of Fohn Grigfy, in Cuftody of the Serjeant 
at Arms attending this Houle, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That he hath, purfuant 
to the Act, paffed this Seffion, delivered in his Accounts 
and Inventories; and alfo given Security: And praying, 
That he may be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his 
Fees. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Moxday Morning next. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and 
Mr. Godfrey : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intttuled, An A&amp; 
for continuing an Act, made in the Sixth Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An 
Ac&amp; for repairing and enlarging the Highways be- 
tween the Top ot King/fdown-hill and the City of Bath, 
and alfo feveral Highways leading to and through the 
faid City; and for cleanfing, paving, and lightening, 
the Streets, and regulating the Chairmen, there; and for 
explaining and making the faid Act more effectual ; with- 
out any Amendment. 

And then the Metiengers withdrew. 


Mr. Bond reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for confirming the Manor of Lathom, and divers 
Lands, in the County of Lancafter, to Richard Waring, 
Bryan Fairfax, and Thomas Afburft, Efquires, and their 
Heirs, fubjeé&amp; to the Trufts to which the fame are now 
liable, difcharged of a certain Claufe in Letters Patent of 
King Charles the Firlt, for re-conveying the Reverfion in 
Fee to the Crown, was commitied, That they had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill, which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled. 


The Lord William Powlet prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for repairing the Road from 
Saint Gyles’s Pound to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of 
Middlefex: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing the feveral Roads lead- 
ing from the Town of Ledbury, in the County of Here- 
fird, was read the Third time. 


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538 


‘ - Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
ill; 

Prefs 1. L. 20. 
“¢ faid :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 

_agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An Aét for repairing the feveral Roads leading to the 
Town of Ledbury, in the County of Hereford, to the fe- 
veral Places therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Sir Hungerford Ho/kyns do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


To leave out ** which Roads afore- 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, and feveral Juftices of 
the Peace; and other Gentlemen and Freeholders, in the 
County of Durham, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth the tender Senfe they have of the 
deplorable Condition to which this Nation is reduced ; 
occafioned by the late South Sea Direétors, and their Con- 
federates, who have been the notorious Authors of thefe 
Calamities: And praying, That they may be purfued 
with juft Indignation, till they are brought to exemplary 
Punifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for the further preventing his Majefty’s Subjects 
from trading to the Kaf Indies, under foreign Commif- 
fions ; and for encouraging, and further fecuring, the 
lawful Trade thereto; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refoived, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houts, 


upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That his Ma- 
jefty hath been pleated to command him to lay before this 
Houfe, Copies of feveral Letters and Papers, relating to 
Mr. Knight, late Cafhier of the South Sea Company : And 
he prefented the fame to the Houfe, with a Schedule of 
them: 

And the faid Schedule, and Copies of the faid feveral 
Letters and Papers, were read. 

The faid Letters and Papers are as followeth ; viz. 


Bruffels, 28th April 1721. 
My Lord, 

TH E, Deputies of the States of Brabant, finding that 
I was no-ways fatisfied with the Anfwer they gave 
me; but, on the contrary, that I renewed my Solicita- 
tions with greater Force and Application; at length 
thought fit to own, They were not fufficiently authorized 
to difpenfe with fo effential a Point of their Privileges, as 
that of giving up Mr. Knight, contrary, as they pretend, 
to the 17th Article of the Foyeufe Entreé, but, feeing I 
continued to prefs them fo very hard on this Occafion, 
they were obliged to acquaint me, That in Order to bring 
the Matter to a Conclufion, it ought to be propofed, ‘by 
the Marquis de Prié, ina General Ailembly of the States ; 
which, they affured me, was the ufual and indilpenfable 

Method of proceeding in Cates of the like Nature. 
Upon this Declaration of the Deputies, I defired the 
Maquis de Prié to give the neceffary Directions for con- 
vening the States of this Province ; but that fome other 
Pretext might be taken for calling them together; be- 
caufe I was not yet determined to put this important A ffair 
on that If’e: He told me, That, as the Time for de- 
manding the ufual Subfidy drew near, he would order 
them to meet on that Affair; and that, in cafe I judged 
it proper, he would lay his Majefty’s Demand before 
them: ‘And accordingly caufed circular Letters to be 
written, directing the States to aflemble the 23th Inftanz, 
and, at the fame time, he promifed to ule his utmott 
I.ndeavours to try to induce them to comply with the 

King’s juft Demand, 


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On the 21 ft Inftant, I prefented a Memorial to his Fx. 
cellency; in which I urged the moft preffing Arguments: 
and, I thought, fuch periuafive Reafons, as I had Grounds 
to hope would make an Impreflion on them, and remove 
the Difficultiesthey hadraifed, under the Pretence of their 
Privileges: I imagined at leaft, that I had plainly thewy 
the Abjurdity and Unreafonablenefs of all they had hithey- 
to grounded their Oppofition upon. 

The 22d the Marquis de Pri¢ fent for the Deputies 
the Morning before the General Affembly met, delivered 
my Memorial; directed them to lay it before the States 5 
and recommended, in prefling Terms, the Matter con. 
tained therein to their Confideration: His Excellenc 
likewife acquainted them, That it was the Emperor’s fin- 
cere Defire to gratify the King, in an Affair, which hig 
Majefty had fo much at Heart, and which was of the 
greateft Importance for the Welfare of all his Majetty’s 
Subjects, and highly neceflary for reftoring the Credit of 
the Nation ; and that the Fricndthip, and ttri&amp; Alliance 
which fubfifted between the King and his Imperial Ma- 
jefty, made the latter look upon the King’s Demand, not 
only as juft and reatonable, but as a Concern in which the 
Emperor’s Intereft was very deeply engaged ; and there- 
fore he expected they wouid deliberate on the Bufinefs 
and come to a favourable Refolution, without Lofs of 
Time. In fhort, my Lord, he enforced his Arguments 
with {trong Reafons; and feconded thofe I had made ufe 
of in my Memorial, with great Force: And that nothin 
might be wanting, which could any-ways tend to the Suc. 
ce(s of this important Atfair, [ employed my whole Time 
from the 17th, in foliciting the ftates, and defirine their 
Concurrence with his Majefty’s Demand. 33 

That Day, the 23d, being appointed for the Subfidy, 
which was granted as ufual, the Deputies did not lay ny 
Memorial before the Afiembly ; but the 24th it was read 
and met with great Oppofition from the Clergy and No. 
bility; and efpecially trom the former: The Marquis 
being informed, That a great Majority of the States in- 
fifted violently on the Support of their Privileges; and 
that they were like to come to fuch a Refolution as would 
have been difpleafing to both the King and the Emperor; 
found Means to get the Refolution deferred to the Day 
following, 25th Inilant: In the mean time, he fent for 
fuch of the States as have a Dependence on the Govern- 
ment, and repeated to them anew the earneft Defire the 
Emperor had to give the King a Mark of his Friendthip 
anda Proof of his fincere Intentions tocomply with his Ma. 
jefty’s Requeft, on this Occafion: His Excellency recom- 
mended to them with great Warmth, to ufe their utmott 
Eiforts in the Refumption of their Deliberations the next 
Day ; and intreated them toendeavour to bring the Matter 
to the defired Conclufion ; viz. to give their Confent to 
Mr. Kaight’s being delivered up, and carried into England, 
in order to anfwer, before his competent Judges, to the 
Crimes and Mifdemeanors laid to his Charge: 

But notwithftanding the prefling Arguments which the 
Marquis de Prié urged to the Deputies, and my conftant 
Solicitations ; the [wo firlt Members of the States, to 
wit, the Clergy, and Nobility, {till infifted on their Privi- 
leges; and, without declaring themfelves abfolutely on 
the Matter in queftion, came to a Refolution to the fol- 
lowing Purpofe : 

_ That a Remonftrance be made to his Imperial Ma- 
jefty, in the moft humble and refpectful manner, repre- 
fenting the Prejudice that their Privileges would fuffer, by 
a Compliance directly contrary to one of the moft valua- 
ble Artices of their Liberties, of which no Example could 
be produced, in any Cafe whatfoever; and the ill Con- 
fequences, wherewith it would unavoidably be attended, 
fecing allthe neighbouring Powers would not fail to urge 
fuch a material Precedent, on all Occafions, which might, 
and do but too often, happen; and that their confenting 
to the Demand made by his Excellency, in the Name of 
the King of Great Britatn, would be, in effect, the Giving 
up of what the People of this Province have always 
clteemed Le Bijou de leurs Lidertés; and which they have 
hitherto preferved inviolalaly ; and therefore humb'y to 


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pray his Imperial Majefty would be gracioufly pleafed to 
excufe them from confenting to the faid Demand: How- 
ever as the Tiers Etat, or Bourguematters, and Penfiona- 
ries, of the Three Chef Villes, viz. Louvain, Antwerp, 
and Brufélls have no Vote in the General Affembly of 
the States, until the Two firft Members, that is, the 
Clergy and Nobility have declared their Confent to the 
Matter propofed ; they defired them, at their Return, 
to found the Magiftrates of their refpective Towns; and 
to make a Report to the Deputies of the States; who 
afiemble every Day, for the Difpatch of the current 
Bufinefs of the Province; that in cafe the Emperor 
fhould, at the King’s repeated Inftances, perfift in the 
Demand of having Knight delivered up, they might be 
apprifed, at their next Meeting, of the Sentiments of the 
Chef Villes on this Head. ; 

Yefterday the Deputies made their Report to the Mar- 
quis de Prié; and, their Grefhier being fick, the Refolu- 
tion could not be drawn up in Form; but I hope to be able 
to fend ic your Lordthip by next Pott, in cafe the Gref- 
fier’s Indi{pofition does not prevent me: His Excellency 
was extremely diffatisfied with this Refolution: Although 
the States, by theirconftant Oppofition te the Demand, had, 
from the Beginning, given room to believe, that it would 
be with the greateft Difficulty they could be brought to 
comply; yet, confidering it was grounded on the greaiteft 
Juftice, and fupported by folid and perfuafive Arguments, 
and the moft prefling Inftances, we had ftill Reafon to 
hope for a more fatisfactory Refolution: Neverthelefs, as 
the States are not yet come to a pofitive Conclufion, his 
Excellency affured me again lait Night, That he would 
employ all his Credit with the Magiftrates of the Chef 
Vilies, to gain their Confent, and ufe his utmoft Endea- 
vours with the Nobility and Clergy, to try to remove the 
Objections they make; and, as foon as he difcovered the 
Sentiments of the Tiers Etat, he will propofe the Mat- 
ter again to the General Affembly, and not depart 
from the Demand, until he has attempted all poffible 
Means to procure the Satisfaction which his Majefty re- 
quires; fince his own Inclinations do not only prompt him 
to exert himfelf on this Occafion, but that he is likewife 
direéted by the Emperor’s exprefs Orders to procure the 
Effects which his Majefty expects from his repeated In- 
ftances, if they can poffibly be attained without caufing 
new and dangerous Troubles, and Agitations of the 

eople. 

’ Plain: my Lord, the Council of State, and the So- 
vereign Council of Brabant, are allowed to remonftrate 
Three times in Oppofition to the Emperor’s exprefs Or- 
ders, fent them directly in Writing, in Cafes where they 
judge the Rights and Liberties of the Subject are con- 
cerned, or where fuch Orders tend to the Leffening of the 
Power of the faid Councils: But if his Imperial Majefty 
perfift in his Firft Orders, after the Third Remonttrance, 
they generally fubmit to his Will, with this Referve; Sauf 
les Droits et Libertés du Sujet, et les Privileges et Immu- 
nities du Confeil. 1 cannot affirm, that the Cafe is the 
fame with the States of Brabant; the Council of State 
being in the Nature of a Council of Regency; and the 
Sovereign Council of Brabant, a Court of Juitice; and the 
Judge eftablifhed between the Prince and the People: Be- 
fides, it has not fallen in my way to be fo converfant with 
the States as with the others; and, of courfe, I cannot be 
fo well apprifed of their manner of proceeding, in Affairs 
of this, Confequence: But I will make it my Bufinefs 
to inform myfelf more particularly therein; and I will 
purfue the Bufinefs committed to my Care with the ut- 
moft Pains and Diligence, until I have brought it to a 
Conclufion ; and, notwithftanding all the Difficulties I 
have to ftrugele with, I will not deipair of Succefs; feeing 
the Marquis de Prié has efpoufed the Matter with great 
Vigour and Warmth; being refolved, as he declares, to 
give the King a convincing Proof of his Zeal and At- 
tachment to his Majefty’s Service, and that of the Britifh 
Nation, on this and all other Occafions that may offer. 

As the States have not yet, nor cannot draw up the in- 
tended Remonttrance tg the Emperor, until their Greffier, 

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who is very ill, be recovered, and in a Condition to do 
it; and that, even then, it muft pafs through the Mar- 
quis de Pric’s Hands, and be fent by him to Vienna, I 
humbly offer to your Lordfhip’s Confideration, Whether 
it will not be proper, that his Majefty fhould renew his 
Inftances to the Emperor for the Delivering up of Mr. 
Knight to Juftice; there being Time fufficient for them to 
reach Vienna before the Staves Remonftrance can get 
thither. 
I have the Honour to be, &amp;c. 
Win. Leathes. 

Brufeils, 30th April 1721. 
My Lord, 
I Received the Honour of your Lordthip’s Letter of the 

1oth Inftant, O. S. to which mine, of the 28th, was a 
full Anfwer: Your Lordfhip will perceive by it, and by 
that of the 22d, in which I did myfelf the Honour to 
fend you aCopy of the Memorial I prefented to the Mar- 
quis de Prié, that I did not defign to apply dire€ly to 
the States of Brabant, but to his Excellency, as the Em- 
peror’s Minifter, appointed for the Adminiltration of the 
Government of theie Countries: I thought it, however, 
neceflary to ufe my utmoft Endeavours to prepare fuch of 
the States in particular, as I judged might be moft ufeful 
to us on this Occafion, before the Marquis made the De- 
mand in Form. 

I was in hopes to have been able to fend the Refolution 
of the General Affembly to your Lordthip by this Poft; 
but the Greffier’s Indifpofition prevents me: In the mean 
time, I have given your Lordfhip the Subftance of it in 
my laft, as near as 1 could remember, in the Terms the 
Marquis de Prié communicated it to me: Upon which, 
I fhall wait your Lordfhip’s further Inftru@ions: And 
I have the Honour to be, with the greateft Veneration 
and Refpect, 

My Lord, &amp;e. 
Win, Leathes, 


Sir, Whitehall, 28th April 1721. 

I Am now to acknowlege your Letters to me, of the 
28th and 30th Inftant, N. S. which have been both 
laid before the King. 

His Majefty was, indeed, extremely well fatisfied with 
your diligent and zealous Behaviour in the Conduét of the 
Affair you are preffing ; but, at the fame time, I am or- 
dered to tell you, That the King is no lefs furprifed and 
difpleafed at the Proceedings of the States of Brabant ; 
who mutt furely have very falfe and vitiated Notions of 
Liberty, fince they look on the Power of protecting fo 
enormous a Criminal as Robert Knight, againtt all Juitice, 
Reafon, and Senfe, as the Bijoux de leurs Libertez, as 
they term it; whereas it is rather a Duty incumbent on 
them to difcourage fuch Villainies: It is confonant to the 
Law of Nations, and it is the very Foundation of 
Faith and good Amity among neighbouring States, not 
to fuffer the Right of Sanctuary to be abutfed in fo flag- 
rant and crying an Inftance as this is: But I fent you 
the King’s Sentiments on this Head fo fully in my Letter 


of the 31 ft of March; and the Remonftrance defigned to 


be made by the Clergy and Nobility to the Emperor, feems 
to be founded on {fo flight and empty Reafonings; that 
I take it to be wholly needlefs to repeat any further Argu- 
ments to you, on this Subje&amp;t: And although the per- 
verfe Obftinacy of the States of Brabant would be fuf- 
ficient to difcourage any other Prince lefs refolute, and lefs 
animated, than the Kingis, from purfuing this Point by any 
further Attempts; yet his Majefty looks upon the Cafe to 
be of fuch Importance, and his Heart is fo much fet on 
doing Juftice both to himfelf, and to his People, that he 
is determined to omit no Endeavours to get this notorious 
Offender brought within the Reach of the Laws of his 
Kingdoms: His Majefty was therefore glad to obferve, 
That the Matter was not yet abfolutely and finally con- 
cluded: And as the Tiers Etat, as you tell us, has not 
yet concurred with the Clergy and Nobility in the Re- 
monftrance they propofed to make; and the Marquis de 
Pric had promiled you to employ all his Power and Cre- 


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dit with thofe who compofe that Tiers Etat, to bring 
them to confent to his Majefty’s Demand; the King 
would have you fpare no Pains, nor lofe any Opportunity, 
in preffing and perfuading the Members of the Tiers Etat 
not to agree with the Clergy and Nobility in their in- 
tended Remonftrance; but rather to do Juftice to his 
Majefty, and the Britifh Nation, in fo friendly and 
neighbourly a Point as the delivering up Kuight, whom 
no civilized People ought to protect. 

I fhould be very glad you would learn, and inform me, 
Whether the States of Brabant are obliged to iubmit to 
the Emperor’s exprefs Orders, after the Third Remon- 
ftrance, if his Imperial Majetty ftil! perfilts, as you fay, 
the Council of State, and the Sovereign Council of Bra- 
bant, are ufed to do; becaute, if that fhould prove the 
Cafe, the Emperor has fo far already declared his Willing- 
nefs to gratify the King in this Matter, that we may, with 
good Hopes, renew our Solicitations at the Court of Vi- 
enna, to induce his Imperial Majefty to infift pofitively on 
his being obeyed, in a Point where the Oppofition of the 
States appears to be againft all Reaifon and Juftice. 

In the mean time, as the King is fully determined not 
to give up this Matter, but to urge it by all Means, and 
in all Places, as far as poffibly ic will go; 1am com- 
manded to fend Copies of your lait Letters, and Memo- 
rial, to Mr. Colman, who is lately gone to Vienza, with his 
Majefty’s exprefs Orders, That he fhould reprefent there 
what you have fo vigoroufly urged at Brufells, and enforce 
his Inftances with all the Strength and Earneftnefs, towards 
the Imperial Minifters, that he can pofiibly ufe. 

Laft Night I had put into my Hands a Pamphlet, con- 
taining feveral Arguments relating to the State of the 
Cafe of the Surrender of Mr. Kuigh: ; in which I find a 
Precedent to the Point in Quefton, quoted concerning one 
Lievens of Amfterdam, who was furrendered, and put into 
the Hands of the Dutch Refident; with the Opinion or a 
Civilian, That thofe Privileges have been frequently abro- 
gated, remitted, or fufpended, as the Cafes required; as 
you will more fully fee by the Book itfelf, which I fend 
you, that you may perufe the Whole, and make the beft 
Ufe you can of what is afferted there, for obtaining the 
End his Majefty fo earneftly defires. 

Iam, &amp;e. 


Townfbend, 


Bruffells, the roth May 1721. 
My Lord, 
PPE Deputies of the States of Brabant, finding 
their Grefiier’s Indifpofition ftill continue, have at 
length got the Penfionary of this Town to draw up the 
Refolution of the General Affembly; and I have the Ho- 
nour to tranfmit a Copy of it, here inclofed; and to 
aflure your Lordfhip of my being, moft refpectfully, 
My Lord, &amp;e. 
Wm. Leathes. 


Tranflation. 

Copy of the Refolution of the General Affembly of 
the States of Brabant, upon Mr. Leathes’ Memo- 
rial, prefented to his Excellency the Marquis de 
Prié. 

To his Excellecy. 

OUR Ordinary Deputies have given us an Account, 

That they have had the Honour to execute your Ex- 
cellency’s Orders; having not only delivered to the Ge- 
neral Affembly, which was held the 23d of April laft, and 
continued the Two following Days, the Meinorial which 
Mr. Leathes, the Briti/ Refident, prefented to your Ex- 
cellency relating to Mr. Knight, late Cafhier of the 
South Sea Company, together with the Papers thereto an- 
nexed ; but likewife made an exact Report of the lively 
Inftances your Excellency charged them to make, in his 
Name, to our General Affembly, that we would concur, 
on our Part; to the end his Imperial and Catholick Ma- 
jefty, our Royal Mafter, may have the Satisfaction, which 
fee has fo much at Heart, as we obferved by his Anfwer 
to the King of Great Britain, and the Orders he gave to 
your Excellency about fending back the faid Cafhier to 


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England, of giving this new Proof of his conftant Friend. 
fhip for the King of Great Britain, and for the Interefts 
of that Nation: We defire your Excellency will be fully 
perfuaded with what Readinefs we would lay hold of this 
Occafion, as we hope we have made it appear hitherto, on 
all other Occafions that offered, of feconding the Inten. 
tions of his Imperial and Catholick Majefty, and fhewing 
our Refpeét and Obedience to fuch Orders as are fig. 
nified to us in his Name: But we hope, at the fame 
time, that his Majefty will take in good Part our re. 
prefenting to him the Obfervations we made in our aft 
Affembly, touching the great Inconveniencies, and irre&lt; 
parable Prejudice, that would arife from this Surrender; 
befides, that it would ftrike at the Privileges granted to 
the faid States by the Royal Predeceffors of his faid Ma- 
jefty, which your Excellency, by his Order, lately fwore 
to in his Royal Name, and obferved religioufly hitherto: 
We confide alfo in the unalterable Equity of his Majefty, 
that he will vouchfafe to reflect upon the ill Confequences 
of fuch a Precedent, which would often expofe us to the 
like Demands from other Powers; who would the rather 
be offended at our Refufal, if we did not fcruple to con- 
fent, that the faid Knight fhould be furrendered, to be fent 
over to England, which Difficulty feems to us the more 
juft and reafonable, in that the faid Knight is not accufed 
of any Crime of Rebellion, nor condemned for, or even 
convicted of, any Excefs, imputed to him by the Britih 
Nation, or the publick Voice: It is true, it does not be- 
long to us to enter into the Difcuffion of the faid Exceffes, 
though we are very fenfible of the Misfortunes. that at- 
tended them, for the {trict Amity between his Majefty 
and the King of Great Britain, and the Friendthip and 
Regard the Brabangons ever had for the Britifo Nation, 
are fo deeply rooted in our Minds, that nothing but our 
Duty, and the indifpenfable Obligation we are in of ob- 
ferving the fundamental Laws of this Land, can hinder 
us from yielding, with Pleafure, to whatever may be 
agreeable to his Majefty, and his Parliament. 

Laftly, We hope that your Excellency will be pleafed 
to give us Leave to lay our Reprefentation direétly at his 
Imperial and Catholick Majefty’s Feet ; to the end we 
may the better juftify our Conduct, and moft humbly de- 
fire him not to difapprove the Difficulties we have made, 
as well for the good of his Royal Service, as for the Pre- 
fervation of the Laws and Privileges; and to give us 
Leave to remain within the Bounds of the Oath we have 
made thereupon. 

We have, however, forewarned the Burghermatters of 
the Three Chief Towns of Louvain, Brufeils, and Ant- 
werp, to found, in fo nice and important an Affair as 
this is, the Sentiments‘of the refpective Magiftrates, to be 
informed of the Difpofitions that might be found to ferve 
as a Direction to the Refolution to be taken, in cafe we 
are fo unhappy, which yet we do not fear from the Cle- 
mency and Equity of our Royal Mafter, as not to make 
him fenfible of the Solidity of the Reafons which have 
been debated in our General Affembly ; and which we 
fhall have the Honour to reprefent to him with all the 
Submiffion becoming the Faithfulnefs of our Zeal. 

Signed, 
J. B. de Wilde, Loco Graphierii. 
Bruffells, roth May 1721. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to confider 
of the State of the Trade between this Kingdom and the 
Auftrian Netherlands; and to report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Chifwell, Mr. Lowndes, 
General Rofe, Mr. Vernon, Mr. % onge, Mr. Edwards, 
Mr. Duckminique, Mr. Baylie, Mr. Walpole, Sir Cha. 
Turner, Mr. Heath, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Neville, Mr. 
Hungerford, Mr. Heyfoham, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Pulteney, Lord Wim. Powlet, Sir Wm. Courtentys 
Mr. Archer, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Rogers, Lord Molefworth, 
Sir Fames Campbell, Sit Wm. Gordon, Mr. Reynell, Sit 
Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. London, Mr. Powlet, Lord 
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Mr..Clayton, Mr. Britiffe, Colonel Cadogan; and all the 
Merchants of the Houfe: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet, and Mr. 
Godfrey : 

i Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable his Majefty to grant the Inheritance of certain 
Fftates, therein mentioned, held by Leafe from the 
Crown, which have been long in the Family of Sir Wil- 
liam Pulteney, deceafed, and in which more than a Hun- 
dred Years are yet to come, to Truftees, upon a full 
Confideration to be paid for the fame, as fhall be valued 
by the proper Officers of the Crown; tothe end the fame 
may be fettled, according to the Ules directed in the Will 
of the faid Sir William Pulteney , witi fome Amendments: 
To which Amendments the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 


next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, | 


to confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the un- 
happy Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and for re- 
ftraining Fobn Aiflabie Efquire from going out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year and until the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering 
his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing the tranf- 
porting or alienating the fame. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Lune, &amp;° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
- A Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots 
Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Fedburgh, and Privileges thereof, for pay- 
ing the publick Debts of the faid Town; and for fup- 
plying the fame with frefh Water; and for other Pur- 


pofes therein mentioned; was read a Second time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir David Dai- 


rynple, Lord Wm. Powlet, Sir Fobn Anftrutber, Mr. 


Wylde, Mr. Earle, Mr. Bartie, Sir James Campbell, Mr. 
Milner, Sir Fuft. ham, Mr. Herne, Sir Thomas Fobufon, 
Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Powlet, Mr. Heron, Mr. Snell, Mr. 
Campbell, Mr. Bertie, Sir Fobn Curzon, Sir Richard Steel, 
Sir Fobn Trevylyan, Mr. London, Mr. Bond Mr. Travers, 
Sit Wm, Fobnfton, Mr. Harvey, Sir Robert Furnefe; 
and all the Members that ferve for North Britain: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for fettling the Eftates of Richard late Earl Rivers, de- 
ceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made between fre- 
drick Earl of Rochford, and Beffy, Countefs of Rochford, 
his Wife, fames Barry Earl ot Barrymore, in the King- 
dom of Jreland, and Lady Penelope Barry, his Daughter, 
and Fobn now Earl Rivers, fubject to the Payment of the 
Debts and Legacies of the faid late Earl Rivers, remaining 
unpaid ; and for other Purpofes in the faid Act mentioned ; 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlet, Sir Fohn Trevylyan, Sir Hen, Bunbury, Mr. Her- 
vey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Lomax, Mr. Walter, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Sir Thomas Fobnfon, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Moor, Sir Richard Sandford, Sir Roger 
Bradoaigh, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Mickiethwaite, Mr. 

Vou. XIX. 


541 


Gay, Sir Fobn Curzon, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Earle, Mr. 
Lifter, Sir Fames Campbell, Sir Wm. Gordon, Mr. Tal- 
bot, Mr. Earl, Mr. Wrightfon, Sir Caplejtone Bampfyld, 
Mr. Hey/ham, Colonel Peirce, Mr. Pelbam, Lord Barry- 
more, Mr. Herne, Mr. Cartwright, Sir Francis Leicefter, 
Sir Win, St. Quintin, Sir Fuft. eam, Mr. Furnef2, Mr. 
Boteler, Mr. Snell, Sir Richard Grofvenor, Sir Thomas 
Clarke, Mr. London, Mr. North; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Céefler, Effex, York, and 
Lancafter : And they are to meet this Atternooa, at Five 
a Clock in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Gloucefter, the Eftate of Henry Harington Gentleman, 
in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Money arifing 
thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of greater yearly Value, 
to be fettled to the fame Ufes, as the Eftate to be fold 
is fettled; and for other Purpoles, therein mentioned; 
was read a Second time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wright- 
fon, Sir Fuft. Yham, Colonel Codrington, Mr. Hungerford, 
Sir Thomas Fobnfon, Sir Wm. Lowther, Mr. Fleetwood, Mr. 
Rowney, Mr. Herne, Mr. Snell, Mr. Archer, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Medlycote, Sir Thomas Clarke, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
Harrifon, Mr. Fennings, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Edwards, Sir 
Robert Davers, Mr. Foley, Sir Robert Clarke, Mr. P!um- 
mer, Mr. North, Lord Wm. Pewlet, Sir Win. Jobnjfione, 
Mr. London, Mr. Gay, Mr. Earl, Mr. Harvey, Mr. 
Harris, Mr. Knight, Mr. Fenyns, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Windjor, Mr. Lowndes, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Sir Fobx 
Eden, Mr. Newland, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Guidott, Mr. 
Bertie; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
of Gloucefter and Somerfet: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That a Perfon from the 
Secretary’s Office attended at the Door; 

He was called in, and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle feveral Papers relating to the Regiments of Co- 
lonel Hamilton; Douglafs, and Weed, in the Dutch Service 
upon the Third of March One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Twenty; with a Schedule of them, 

And then he withdrew. 

And the faid Schedule was read. 

And the Houfe being acquainted, That the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Petition, on behalf of the faid Regi- 
ments, was referred, had gone through the Matter to 
them referred ; and were ready to make their Report ; 

Ordered, That the faid Papers do lie upon the Table 
until the Report from the faid Committee be received. 

The faid Papers are bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Sir Roz- 
land Wynn, and his Agents, William Hefeitime, Peter 
Duanbill, and Richard Lafiwood, have entered upon a 
Houle in the Poffefiion of one Stevenfon, a Tenant of 
Sir William Lowther Baronet, a Member of this Houfe, 
in Pontefraé, in the County of York, and pulled down 
a Wall of the faid Houle; and, in building another, have 
taken a Foot and Three Inches of the Room of the faid 
Houfe; and that Martin Watfon, Francis Hyrft, and 
James Binns, have fince entered upon the faid Premifies, 
and taken Poffeffion thereof; and delivered the fame to 
the faid Sir Rowland Wynn; and that this was done after 
the faid Sir William Lowther had given Notice he would 
complain thereof; in Breach of the Privilege of this 
Houite; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections to examine the Matter of the 
faid Complaint; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houte. 


The Mafter of the Rolls acquainted the Houfe, That 
he was directed, by the Committee of Secrecy, to ac- 
quaint the Houle of an Applicat on made to a Member or 

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the faid Committee, relating to a Matter depending be- 
fore this Houfe; and thereupof named the honourable 
General Rofé, as the Gentleman to whom fuch Appli- 
Cation was made: Whereupon, 

General Roffe acquainted the Houfe, That this Morn- 
ing, while he was at the faid Committee, he received a 
Note, That a Gentlemen was at the Door to fpeak with 
him: And he went out; and found there Thomas Vernon 
Efquire, a Member of this Houfe; who defired him to go 
into a little Room near; whither they went; and Mr. Ver- 
non {hut the Door; and Mr. Vernon acquainted him, That 
he had fomething to fay to him, which, he defired, might 
go no further: Whereupon General Rofe told him, He 
hoped he had nothing to fay to him which might be im- 
proper for him to hear: After which Mr. Vernon told him, 
there was a Dilpofition in the Houfe to be favourableto Mr. 
Aiflabie, in the Bill upon which the Houle was to be in a 
Committee this Day; and that it was in his Power to do 
him Service; and, for the fame, Mr. Aiflabie would make 
him any Acknowlegement, and in any manner he fhould 
think ft: Upon which Mr. Rofe, from what he firft faid, 
concluding it was upon fome corrupt Matter, left him in 
a Paffion ; and thought it his Duty to acquaint the Com- 
mittee of Secrecy therewith: And the faid Committee 
thought it was proper to have the Matter laid before the 
Houle: 

To which Matter Mr. Verzon was heard in his Place; 
and owned the faid Words and Circumftances; withal 
declaring, That he did not mention or intend any thing of 
Money, or any other corrupt Matter: And begged the 
Pardon of the Gentleman, and of the Houfe, it he had 
committed any Offence; he faying the Words without 
any corrupt Intention, and only on Account of Friend- 
fhip, being nearly related to Mr. Aiflabie. 

And then Mr. Vernon withdrew. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Houfe, That Thomas 
Vernon Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, hath made a 
corrupt Application to General Rofe, a Member of this 
Houle, and One of the Committee of Secrecy, in rela- 
tion to a Matter depending before this Houfe. 

Refolved, That the faid Thomas Vernon Efquire be, 
for his faid Offence, expelled this Houfe. 

Ordered, ‘That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
General Roffé, for the Juftice he has done to this Houfe, 
and to his Country, in laying the Application made to 
him, by Themes Vernon Etquire, before this Houfe. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker ijaid ; 


General Ke;%, 

HE Houle has fo juft a Senfe of your having laid 

afide al! falfe Notions of Honour, and of your Re- 
gard to the only true Notion of it, which is, the doing 
juftice to your Country, that they have commanded me 
to give you their Thanks for the Juftice you have done 
to this Houfe, and to your Country, in laying the Appli- 
cation made to you by Thomas Vernon Efquire before this 
Houfe: And I do give you the Thanks of the Houfe 
accordingly. 


Then General Rofe faid ; 


Mr. Speaker. 

Cannot have a greater Senfe of any Honour done me, 

than I have of that which is done me by the Com- 
mands of this Houfe, and exprefled to me by a Perfon of 
fo great Honour, and for whom I have the greateft Re- 
fpeé&amp;t: I am forry there was any Occafion for’ it; but 
thought it indifpenfably my Duty, in Execution of the 
Truit repofed in me by this Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Sioule be adjourned till 
this Day Sevennight. 


The Honfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bills for Relief 
of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and 
for reftraining Yohn Aifabie Eiquire from going out of 


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this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until 
the End of the next Sefiion of Parliament; and for dif- 
covering his Eftate and Effects, and for the preventing 
the traniporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to. confider further of the faid Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Fobn Grigsby be taken 
into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 
crecy, of the Twenty-firft of April laft, be taXen into 
further Confideration upon Thurfday Morning next. 


Ordered, That al! Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 9° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

Bill for continuing the Duty of Two Penies Scots, 
A or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, laid upon 
every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer fold within the Town of 
Dundee, and Privileges thereof, for paying the publick 
Debts of the faid Town; building and endowing a new 
Church; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was 
read a Second time; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hal- 
dane, Mr. Neville, Mr. London, Mr. Foley, Mr. Wylde, 
Colonel Egerton, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Robert Da- 
vers, Mr. Tuffnell, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Plumptre, Sir 
Charles Hotham, Sir Win. Rebinfon, Mr. Morton, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Cartwright, Colonel 
Bladen; and all the Members that ferve for North Britain: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, and principal. 
Inhabitants, of the Borough of Southwark, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; feiting forth, That they cannot 
but be fenfible of the Mifery brought on this Nation, by 
the evil Intentions, and worfe Praétices, of the late Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, their Accomplices, 
Aiders, and Abettors; by which many Thoufands have 
been reduced to Mifery and Want: And praying, That . 
the Kobbers of their Country, of what Degree or Qua- 
lity foéver, be punifhed; and that Trade may be reftored, 
and Credit revived. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and chief Citi- 
zens, of the City of Hereford, in Common Council 
affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That the general Decay of Trade, and the difmal 
Calamities brought upon the Nation, by a Set of wicked 
and avaricious Men, who, to accumulate Wealth to them- 
felyes, have utterly ruined many Thoufands of their Coun- 
trymen: And praying, That a firm Courfe of Juftice 
will be taken to deter Perfons of all Degrees from en- 
gaging in any fuch Defigns for the future. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, capital Burgeffes, Freemen, and 
other Inhabitants, of the ancient Borough of Aldeburgh, 
in the County of Suffolk, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the univerfal ai a 

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Trade and Credit, which this Nation at prefent labours 
under, occafioned by the notorious Management of the 
late South Sea Directors, their Agents and Confederates : 
And praying, That the Authors of theie Calamities may 
be brought. to condign Punifhment. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Brothers, and ca- 
pital Burgeffes, of the Borough of Derby, in Common 
Council affembled; and alfo of divers Gentlemen, Tradef- 
men, and others, Inhabitants within the fame; was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
general Decay of Trade, Manufadtures, and publick 
Credit, are the fad Effects of the Mifmanagement, 
boundlefs Ambition, and pernicious Practices, of the late 
Directors of the South Sea Company, their Aiders and 
Accomplices: And praying, That fuch further Meafures 
may be taken, that Trade may flourifh, publick Credit be 
reftored, and Juftice done to an injured People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Ci- 
rencefer was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That they being chiefly employed in the Woollen 
Manufaétures, the Prefervation of which is very effential 
to the Wealth of this Kingdom; and that the fame is, re- 
duced by the villainous Execution of the late pernicious 
South Sea Project: And praying, That Juftice may be 
done to thofe Betrayers of their Country, who have been 
the Occafion of thefe fatal Mifchiefs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Secretary’s Office attended at the Door, 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, a Copy of a Warrant for a Commiffion to Ro- 
bert Gordon of Haughs; and alfo a Copy of the faid 
Commiffion; with a Schedule of them. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Schedule was read. 

The faid Copy of the Warrant, and Copy of the Com- 
miffion, are as follows: 


QU R Sovercign Lord, confidering that frequent 

Thefts, Robberies, and Depredations, are committed 
upon his Joyal Subjects, in the Highlands, and Northern 
Parts, of Scotland, by lawlefs Perfons congregated together 
if Arms; who, after committing fuch Villainies, conceal 
themfelves in remote and mountainous Places, and fo do 
evade the juft Punifhment of their enormous Crimes; 
and confidering likewife, that, notwithftanding the 
many Jaudable Laws againft trafficking Priefts and Jefuits, 
Sayers of Mafs, and frequenting Mafs-houfes, Erecting of 
Popifh Seminaries, and Teaching or Inftructing of Youth 
in the Principles of Popery; thereby feducing them from 


the true Reformed Religion, and from the Principles of . 


Loyalty and Affection to his Maj: fty’s Government; as 
alfo againft unlawful Convocations, feditious Practices, 
Mobs, and Riots, Wearing and Ufing of Arms, within the 
BoundsandCounties where Wearingand Ufingof fuchArms 
is prohibited ; great Numbers, within the Bounds of the 
faid Highlands, and Northern Part, of Scotland, daily take 
upon them to contravene the faid Laws, in hopes of not 
being difcovered, or brought to Juftice; and, when pro- 
fecuted for fuch Crimes, either do abfcond and fuffer them- 
felves to be denunced Fugitives, or, when convicted and 
fentenced to Banifhment, or to be tranfported to his Majef- 
ty’s Plantations, do neverthelefs in Contempt of the Law, 
and fuch Judgments given againft them, openly refide and 
refort within the Bounds aforefaid, to the great Encourage- 
ment of the like Offenders, and contrary to all good Order 
and Government; and that, for preventing the like Mif- 
chiefs in time coming, neceflary it is, that tome particular 
Perfon be entrofted with proper Powers for feizing and ap- 
prehending fuch Offenders, and bringing them to Juftice ; 
and being well informed of the Ability of Robert Gordon of 
Haughes tor difcharging fuch a Truft, and of his Loyalty 
and Affection to his Majefty’s Perfon and Government ; 


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ordains a Commiffion to be expede, under the Seal ap- 
pointed by the Treaty of Union to be ufed in Scctland, in 
Place of the Great Seal formerly ufed there; giving, 
granting, and committing, like as his Majefty hereby 
gives, grants, and commits, full Power, Warrant, and 
Authority, to the faid Robert Gordox, and thofe having 
Warrant from him, under his Hand, to fearch tor, feize, 
and apprehend, all Perfons guilty of Thefts, Robb:ries, 
or Depredations, committed within the Bounds and Coun- 
ties after-mentioned; wiz. the Shires of Duntarion, 
Stirling, Perth, Argyle, Angus, Kincardine, Aberdeen, 
Bamff, Elgin, Nairn, Invernefs, Cromartie, Rofi, and 
Sutherland, and Caithnefs,. within whatever County or 
Counties in Scotland fuch Perfon or Perfons may be found ; 
or who, being guilty of fuch Crimes, fhall be found and 
apprehended within the famen Bounds and Counties; and 
to commit them to Prifon, in order to their Tryal ; and 
likewife to fearch for, feize, and recover, all Goods, Cat- 
tle great or fmall, that fhall be ftolen within the faid 
Bounds, within whatever County or Counties in Scotland 
fuch Goods, great or fmall, fo ftolen, may be found or 
difcovered; or that, being ftolen in any other Place or 
County, fhall be brought, kept, or refet, within the 
famen; and likewife to fearch for, feize, and apprehend, 
all trafficking Priefts or Jefuits, all Sayers and Hearers of 
Mafs, ail Popifh Schoolmatters, or Teachers of Youth, 
and, generally, all Perfons whatfomever guilty of Con- 
tempts, Breaches, and Contraventions of any Laws in 
Force, made, or to be made, for preventing the Growth of 
Popery in Scotland; all Perfons guilty of unlawful Ufing 
or Wearing of Arms, or of unlawful Convocatiags, Riots, 
or feditious Practices; and, generally, all Pertiine guilty 
of any capital or criminal Offence; all Perfons convicted 
and fentenced, by any Judgment of the Court of Jufti- 
ciary, or Circuit Courts, or who fhall be outlawed, or 
denunced Fugitive, for not Compearance upon any 
criminal Indictment; and who centrary to, and in Con- 
tempt of, fuch Sentences, fhall be found within the Bounds 
aforefaid ; and, being fo apprehended, to deliver fuch 
Offenders to a Juttice of Peace, Sheriff, or Sheriff Depute, 
Stewart of Stewartrie, or Magiftrate of fome Burgh, 
with a fubfcribed Information of the Crime for which the 
Perion fo delivered is apprehended, to be by fuch Juftice 
of Peace, Sheriff, or his Deputes, Stewart of Stewartrie, 
or Magiftrate of a Burgh, committed to Prifon, in order 
to Tryal, or until they be liberate by due Courfe of Law ; 
willing and requiring, like as his Majetty hereby wills and 
requires, all Juftices of Peace, Sheriffs of Shires, Stewarts 
of Stewartries, Magiftrates of Burghs, and all other 
Officers of the Law whatfomever, to concur with and 
affift che faid Robert Gordon in the lawful Execution of the 
Powers hereby given him; and to commit to Prifon fuch 
Delinquents, as fhall be by him delivered to them, in 
manner above directed; and Jikewife all Officers of the 
Troops, to be affifting to him, conform to Direétions to 
be given them by his Majefty, or the Commander in chief 
of the Forces in Scotland, for the Time being, for that 
Effet: Providing always, That the faid Robert Gordon, 
fo often as any Goods, Cattle great or fma!], fhall be dif- 
covered and feized by him, as ftolen, or fufpeéted to be 
ftolen, upon lawful Proof of the Property made before 
him to his Satisfaction, or, otherwife, before any Two 
Juftices of the Peace within the County where the faid 
Goods may be feized, be obliged to reflore the fame to 
the Proprietor, without Fee or Reward, other than the 
true Expence of maintaining the Cattle; from the ‘Time 
of their being feized, to the Time they fhall be claimed, 
according as the fame fhall be taxed by any Juftice of 
Peace; or, in Default of Juftices of the Peace, by any Com- 
miffioner of Supply within the County where the Goods 
or Cattle fhall be at the Time of claiming, and Proof made 
of the Property; unlefs the faid Robert Gordon fhall, be- 
fore feizing fuch Goods or Cattle, have paid the Value 
thereof to the Proprietor or Perfon from whom the famen 
was ftolen; in which Cafe, the faid Robert Gordon fhall 
have Power to difpofe thereof at Pieafure: Providing 
alfo, That the faid Rodert Gordon fhall be obliged, to 

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ofien as he thall feize any Arms, within the bounds afore- 
faid, in the Cuftody of any Perfon prohibited by Law to 
ufe fuch Arms, to return and deliver the Arms {fo feized, 
with all convenient Diligence, to One of the Commanders 
in Chief of his Majefty’s Garifons: Providing likewife, 
That the faid Rodert Gordon fhall, upon his committing 
any Perion to Prifon as guilty of Thetts, Robberies, or 
Depredations, or upon his delivering over any Perfon, 
euilty of any of the Offences above recited, to a Juftice 
of Peace, Sheriff, Stewart of Stewartrie, or Magiftrate 
of Burgh, in order to their Commitment, tranfmic, with 
all convgnient Diligence, an Account of the faid Commit- 
ment, or Delivery of fuch Offender in order to Commit- 
ment, with the Information of the Crime for which he is 
committed, and Account of the Evidence that may be 
had again{t him, to his Majefty’s Advocate, or Solicitors 
General, for the Time being, to the effect proper Direc- 
tions may be given for his Tryal: Providing likewife, 
That this prefent Commiffion fhall fubfitt during his Ma- 
jefty’s Pleafure allenarly: And his Majefty ordains the 
faid Commiffion to be further extended in the moft ample 
and beft Form ; and to pafs the Seal aforefaid, per faltum, 
without pafling any other Seal or Regifter: For doing 
whereof, thefe Prefents thall be to the Direéto: of his 
Majefty’s Chancellary, for writing the fame, and to the 
Lord Keeper of the faid Seal, for caufing the fame to be 
appended thereto, a fufficient Warrant. Given at his 
Majefty’s Court at St. Fames’s, the Eighteenth Day of 
March 17214 Years, in the Seventh Year of his Majelty’s 
Reign. 


Magy it plea’e your Majetty, 

Thefé contain your Majefty’s Warrant for a Commiffion 
to be made and patled, per /altum, under the Seal ap- 
pointed to be made ufe of in place of the Great Seal of 
Scotland, giving, granting, and committing, to Robert 
Gordon ot Haughes, full Power, Warrant, and Autho- 
rity, to fearch tor, feize, and apprehend, all Perlons guilty 
of Thefts, Robberies, and Depredations, and other Crimes 
therein mentioned, committed in the County of Dunbar- 
ton, and other Northern Counties therein particularly de- 
{cribed ; and to fearch for all ftolen Goods, Cattle, and 
others, ftolen within the faid Bounds, or any other County 
in Scotland, and carried within the tamen Bounds: And 
this Commiffion is to fubfift during your Majefty’s Plea- 
fure allenarly. 

Vera Cofia. 

Tho. Scott. 
May gth, 1721. 


G E ORGIUS, Dei Gratia, Magne Brittanniz, Fran- 
I ciz, et Hiberniz, Rex, Fideique Defenfor, omnibus 
probis hominibus, ad quos preefentes litera noftre perve- 
nerint, falutem: Quandoquidem nos, conliderantes quod 
frequenter furta, latrocinia, et depredationes, commiffa 
junt in noftros fideles tubditos, in Terris Montaneis, et Sep- 
tentrionali parte, Scotiz, a perfonis legibus folutis, armatis, 
una congregatis; qui, hifce criminibus perpetratis, fefe in 
remotis et montaneis locis occultant, et fic poenam meri- 
tam atrocium facinorum effugiunt; ac etiam confiderantes, 
quod nihilominus leges laudabiles contra facerdotes nego- 
tiantes, vulgo Trafficking Priefts, Jefuitas, miffificatores, et 
jrequentationem domuum mifflarum, erectionem papifti- 
corum feminariorum, inftitutionem et eruditionem juven- 
tutis in axiomatibus papifticis; eo modo eos feducentes a 
vera reformata religione, et a principiis fidelitatis et affectus 
noftro regimini; ac etiam, contra convocationes illega- 
les, facinora feditiofa, turbas, tumultus, geftum et ufum 
armorum inter bondas et vicecomitatus, ubi geftus et ufus 
talium armorum prohibiti funt, multi inter bondas diéta- 
rum Terrarum Montanearum, et Seprentrionalis partis, 
Scotiz, dict’ leges contravenire aufi funt, fpe aut occul- 
tationis, aut impunitatis; et, cum pro talibus criminibus 
profecuti funt, vel abfcondunt, et fefe fugitivos denunciari 
patiuntur; aut, quando convicti, et exilio, aut in colo- 
nias noftras traduczione, damnati, tamen, legibus et tali- 
bus fententiis {pretis, habitant et frequentant inter bondas 
antedict?,ad magnum incitamentum talium delinquentium, 


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et omni bono ordini et imperio contrarium; utque talia 
mala tempore futuro preveniantur, neceffarium eft, ut 
quidam particularis perfona propriis poteftatibus fic muni- 
ta, ad capiendos et apprehendendos tales delinquentes, eof- 
que ad juftitiam adducendos; nofque certiores facti de 
abilitate Roberti Gordon de Haughs pro tali munere 
exequendo, deque ejus fidelitate et affectu noltre perfone 
et imperio; Noveritis igitur, nos dediffe, conceffiffe, er 
commififle, tenoreque praefentium dare, concedere, et com- 
mittere, plenam poteftatum, warrantum, et authoritatem, 
diéto Roberto Gordon, iifque ab illo fub fua manu war. 
rantum habentibus, exquirendi, capiendi, ayprehendendi, 
omnes perfonas reas furtorum, latrociniorum, feu depre- 
dationum, infra bondas et vicecomitatus poftea mentiona:? 
perpetratos; viz. vicecomitatus de Dumbarton, Stirling, 
Perth, Argyle, Angus, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Bami#f, 
Elgin, Nairn, Invernefs, Cromartie, Rofs, Sutherland, er 
Caithnes, infra quofvis vicecomitatum, feu vicecomita- 
tus, in Scotia, tales periona feu perfonz inveniri poterint, 
feu qui talium criminum rei infra preediét’ bondas er 
vicecomitatus invenientur et apprehendentur ; eofque in 
firmam cuftodiam detinendi, quoad examen fubeant; et 
fimiliter perfcrutandi, apprehendendi, et recuperandi, om- 
nia bona, pecora magna et parva, quz infra dict” bondas 
furto auferentur, intra quofcunque vicecomitatum, feu 
vicecomitatus, in Scotia, talia bona, magna feu parva, ita 
ablata, inveniri feu detegi queant ; aut ullo alioin loco, feu 
vicecomitatu, furto ablata, infra ejufdem bondas inferentur, 
cuftodientur, feu recipientur ; ac etiam exquirendi,capiendi, 
et apprehendendi, omnes facerdotes negotiantes,vulgoTraf- 
Sicking Priefts, feu Jefuitas omnes, miffificatores, feu mifie 
auditores, omnes pontificii do¢tores, feu juventutis inftitu- 
tores, et generaliter omnes perfonas quafcunque reas con- 
temptuum,violationum,etcontraventionum,ullarum legum 
ftabilitarum fact’, feu faciend’,ad incrementum religionis pa- 
pifticaeinScotia praeveniendum; omnes perfonas reas illegalis 
ufus et geftus armorum, feu illegalium convocationum, tu- 
multuum, vel feditioforum facinorum, et generaliter omnes 
perfonas ullius capitalis feu criminalis delicti reas ; omnes 
perfonas convictas et damnatas ulla fententia curise jutti- 
tiariz, feu ruriarum itinerantium, vel que profcribentur, 
feu tugitivi denuntiabuntur, od eorum fuper ullo indicta- 
mento criminali non comparentiam, et qui, contra et in 
contemptu talium fententiarum, infra bondas antedic’ 
invenientur ; et tales delinquentes, ita apprehenfos, tradere 
irenarcho, vicecomiti, feu vicecomiti deputato, fenefcallo 
fenefcallatus, vel magiftratui alicujus burgi, cum informa- 
tione fubfcripta criminis, propter quod perfona ita tradita 
apprehenfa eit, a tali irenarcho, vicecomite, feu deputatis 
fuis, fenefcallo feneicallatus, feu magiftratui burgi, in fir- 
mam cuitodiam detinenda, quoad examen fubeant, ve 
donec debito legis curfu dimittantur: Et volumus et or- 
dinamus omnes irenarchos, vocecomites vicecomitatuum, 
fenefcallos fenefcallatuum, magiltratus burgorum, omnel- 
que alios legum miniftros, opem et auxilium ferre diéto 
Roberto Gordon in legitima executione poteftatum per 
preefentes ipfi conceff’, et tales delinquentes in carcerem 
conjicere, quales per eum illis modo fupra direét’ traditi 
fuerint ; et omnes prefectus copiarum ei affiftentiam pra- 
bere, fecundum directionis illis per nos, feu fummum im- 
peratorem copiarum noftrarum in Scotia pro tempore ex- 
iften’, ad hunc effectum dandas: Provifo omnimodo, quod 
dictus Robertus Gordon, quam fepe ulla bona, pecora 
magna feu parva, cetegentur, et ab eo quafi furto ablata, 
feu fufpecta; quod furto auferebantur, apprehenfia, debita 
probatione proprietatis corain illo ad ejus fatisfactionem 
adhibita, aut aliter coram duobis irenarchis infra vice- 
comitatum, ubi dict? bona apprehendi poterint, tenebitur 
eadem proprietori reftituere fine ullo feodo, feu mercede 
aliquali, quam veris expenfis fuis pro fuftentatione pecorum 
a tempore apprehenfionis ad tempus ufque eorum repeti- 
tionis, fecundum zftimationem faciend’ per ullum iren- 
archum, vel, in defectu irenarchorum, per ullum con- 
miffionarum taxationis infra vicecomitatum, ubi bona, feu 
pecora, tempore repetitionis, et probationis proprietatis, 
exhibitz fuerint; nifi di€tus Robertus Gordon, ante ap- 
prehenfionem talium bonorum, feu pecorum, — 

rundem 


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- Geo. I. 


Tundem proprietori, feu perfone, a quo eadem furto ab- 
Jata fuerunt, lolutionem tecit,; in quo cafu di¢ctus Rober- 
tus Gordon poteftatems habebit de iifdem, ut fibi placue- 
rit, difponere: Provito etiam, quod dictus Robertus Gor- 
don, quam !zpe ulla arma apprehendir, infra bondas ante- 
dict?, in cuftodia ullius pertona ab ufu talium armorum 
lege prohibita, arma ita apprehenfa, cum omni conveai- 
enti diligentia, uni ex funimis imperatoribus preefidiorum 
noftrorum reddere et tradere tenebitur: Provifo fimi- 
Jiter, quod dictus Robertus Gordon, uila perfona carceri 
commiffa, quafi rea furtorum, latrociniorum, vel depre- 
dationum, aut ulla perfona tradita rea ullorum deli¢torum 
{uprarecitatorum, irenarcho, vicecomiti, fenefcallo fene- 
fcallatus, feu magiftratui burgi, ut carceri committeretur, 
tranfmittet com omni convenienti diligentia ratianem dict’ 
jncarcerationis, feu traditionis talis delinquentis, ut carceri 
committeretur, cum delatione criminis, propter quod in- 
carceratus eft, et narratione evidentiz, qua contra eum ex: ° 
hiberi poterit, advocato noftro, feu foilicitatoribus genera~ 
libus, pro tempore exiften’, ut propriz directiones in 
ejus examen adhibeantur: Provifo etiam, quod hac pre- 
fens commiffio, durante noftyo bene placito, folummoda 
fabSittet: In cujus rei telimonium, praefentibus figillum 
noftrum, per Unionis cractatum cullodiend’, erin Scotia 
vice et loco magni figilli ejufdem utend’, ordinatum, ap- 
ndimandavimus. Apud aulam noftram de St. Fames’s, 
decimo octavo die menfis Martii, anno Domini millefimo 
fyptingentefitne vizefimo primo, regnique noftri anno 
se ptimo. - 
Per fignaturam manu S. D. N. Regis fuprafcript’. 


Hac eft vera copia principalis commiffionis in cancella- 
ria §. D. N. Regis remanen’, extract’, capiat’, et 
collationat, per me Ronaldum Campbell, {cribam 
figneto regio, deputatum honorabilis viri Domini 
Caroli Kerr, ejufdem cancellariag directoris, tub hac 
mia fub{fcriptioge mantali. 


Ron, Campbell, Dep". 


After which,, Mr. Comptroller acquainted: the Houfe, 
That his Majefty: had. comnmanded ‘him to acquaint the 
Hovfe, That the faid Commiffion was revoked. 

Ordered, That the faid Copies do lie upon the Table, to 
be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Houfe, according. to Order, proceeded to take 
into Confideration the Petition of Fobn-Grig/by: 

And the Certificate of the Deputy Remembrancer of 
the Court of Exchequer, annexed to the faid Petition, 
was read: 

Ordered, That Fobn Grig/hy Gentleman, in Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, having given 
Security purfuant to the Act of Parliament paffed this 
Seffion, be:difcharged: out of Cuftody, paying his Fees, 


The Houle, according to Order, refumed the adjourned 
Debate upon the Motion for Leave to bring in a Bill for 
the better fupplying the Cities of Lowdon and Wefminfter, 
and Parts adjacent, with Water: 

And Mr, Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That his 
Majeity having been applied co, with reipect ca his Intereft 
in the Water propoted to be taken for chat Purpote; his 
Majefty had commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, 
That his Majeity has no Objection to fuch a Bill, pra- 
vided the Heatham Stream be turned jnto the Stauwell 
Stream, as is propofed, at the Charge of the Adven- 
turers. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, for 
the better fupplying the Citics of London and Wefminjler, 
and Parts adjacent, with Water: And that the Lord Y7y- 
connel, and Mr. Yonge, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. : 

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved irfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houle, to confider further of 
the Siate of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Ar. Farrer took the Chair of rhe Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Vou. XIX. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 545 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, Thar they 
had made a’ further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred; and had directed him to move, That they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Floute, to confider further of the State of the publick 


Credit of this Kingdom. 
Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And thea the Houfe adjourned till To-morraw Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 10° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


Prayers, 
Peiition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, 
free Burghers, Freemen, and ather Gentlemen and’ 
Inhabitants, of the ancient and loyal Corporation of Ap- 
pleby, in the County of Weftmorland, affembled together 
at the Head Court holden in and for the faid Borough, 
the Vhird Day of May Aino Domini One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Twenty-one, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That they being touched with 
a molt compaffionate Senfe of the great and inexpreffible 
Calamities brought upon this Kingdom by the diabolical 
Artifices of the South Sea Directors, and their Confede- 
rates: And praying, That thofe which have been the Ruin 
of our late moft Hourifhing Trade, and publick Credit, 
bs brought to condign Punifhment. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Juftices of the Peace, 
Clergy, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, 
of the County of Surrey, whofe Names are thereunta 
fubfcribed, was prefented ta the Houfe, and read, ferting: 
forth, That they would appear totally infenfible of the 
univerfal Calamity of their Country, and, in fome Degree, 
conflenting to the Guilt of the late intamous Dire¢tors of the 
South Sea Company, and their-Aiders and Abettors, fhould 
they any longer refrain from declaring their urmoft Abhor- 
rence of thole deteftable Machinations, and vile Practices, 
which have brought a maft flourifhing Nation wnder the 
utmoft Difficulties and Diftrefs; And praying, That jut 
Meatures will be taken for the reftoring Credit, and doing 
Juftice, to an injured People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Medly-ot prefented to the Hoaufe, according ta 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Fobn Neufville: And thé 
fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, 


A Bill for repairing the Road from St. ‘Gyles’s Pound 
to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, was read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be. committed to Lord M1 
Powlet, Mr. Pbilpot, Mr, Foley, Sir Thomas Stepney, Mr. 
Wyndbam, Mr, Neville, Sit Charles Turner, Mt. Bacon, 
Mr. Wylde, Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Molefworth, Mr, 
Ellis, Mr, Bond, Mr. Reynell, Mr. Sandys, Mr, Freman, 
Mr. Turner, Sir Arthur Kaye, Lord Downe, Mr, Meédly- 
cote, Mr. Norris, Mr. Conyers, Sir Humpb, Briggs, Mr, 
Foraun, Sit Robert Corbett, Sir Fobn Rufbout, Mr. Mic- 
kletbwaite, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Moore, Mr. Brigftock, Mr. 
‘Feunings, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Bond, Mr, Earl, Mr. Auditor 
Harley; and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Middlefex, Hertford, Bucks, and for the City of 
London: And they are to mieet this Afternoon, at Five 
a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners of Excile attended at the Door; 


6Z They 








546 


They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of the Totals of the grofs and net 
Produce of the Revenues of Excife, under the Manage- 
ment of the Commiffioners of Excife, for Five Years 
ending at Mid/ummer One thoufand Seven ‘hundred and 
Twenty; diltinguifhing each Year. 

And they withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Account is bound up with the Papers of this 

Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill for confirming the Manor of Lathom, 
and divers Lands, in the County of Lancafler, to Richard 
Varing, Bryan Fairfax, and Thomas Afourft, Efquires, 
and their Heirs, fubject to the Trufts to which the fame 
are now liable, difcharged of a certain Claufe, in Letters 
Patent of King Charles the Firft, for re-conveying the Re- 
verfion in Fee to the Crown, was read the Third time. 

Refoived, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for confirming the Manor of Lathom, and divers 
Lands, in the County of Lancafter, to Richard Waring, 
Bryan Fairfax, and Thomas Afburft, Etquires, and their 
Heirs, fubject to the Trufts to which the fame are now 
liable, difcharged of a certain Claufe, in Letters Patent 
of King Charles the Firft, for re-conveying the Reverfion 
in Fee to the Crown. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bond do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


‘ A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellowes and Mr. 
Bennet : 
Mr. Speaker, * 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making more effectual an Aét, of the Fourth Year 
of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for 
making more effectual an Act, of the Eighth Year of her 
late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for employing 
the Manufacturers, by encouraging the Confumption of 
faw Silk, and Mohair Yarn, with an Amendment: To 
which Amendment the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. | 
And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé to enable his Majefty to grant the Inheritance of 
certain Eftates, therein mentioned, held by Leafe from 
the Crown, which have been long in the Family of Sir 
William Pu'teney, deceafed, and in which more than a 
Hundred Years are yet to come, to Truftees, upon a full 
Confideration to be paid for the fame, as fhall be valued 
by the proper Officers of the Crown; to the end the fame 
may be fettled according to the Ufes directed in the Will 
of the faid Sir William Pulteney: 

And the fame were read; and are as follows; viz. 

Pr. 9. L. 20. Leave out * faid;” and, in the fame 
Line, after ** Weftminfter,” infert “* in the County of 
‘* Middlefex :” 

Pr. 14. L, 15. After ‘* Street,” infert ‘* aforefaid:” 

Pr. 19. L. 13. Leave out from ‘* made,” to the End 
of the Bill. 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

- Ordered, That the Lord William Powlet do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the faid Amendments. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Warrant for a Commiffion to Robert Gordon of 
Haughs, and alfo the faid Commiffion, which were ordered 
Yetterday to lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the 
Members of the Houfe, be taken into Confideration upon 
Monday Morning next; 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





A.1721. 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } - — 
Tellers for the Noes, } _ : rine tir 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


Vt 
Lass 


- The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and for reftrainin 
Fobn Aiflabie Efquire from going out of this Kingdom 
for the Space of One Year, and until the End of the next 
Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate and 
Effects; and for the preventing the tranfporting or alie- 
nating the fame; 

A Petition of Edward Elliott Efquire, and Elizabeth 
his Wife, One of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Fames 
Craggs, late ot London, Efquire, deceafed, was prefented 
to tne Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 
Elizabeth, together with her Sifters Anne Newham and 
Margaret Trefufis, had, granted to them, Letters of Ad- 
miniftration of all the perfonal Eftate of their faid Father, 
and are Co-heirs to all his real Eftate: That, for fo much 
of the faid Fames Craggs’ Eftate as was acquired fince the 
Firft Day of December One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Nineteen, is to be taken away, as the faid late Directors 
Eftates; which .. the faid Elizabeth, her Sifters, and 
their Hufbands, is very difficult to be diftinguithed ; 
being all wholly ignorant of his Affairs; and they are in- 
pocent Perfons, and hope they fhall not be deprived of 
that Right to the Eftate of their Anceftors, which all 
others, by the good and wholfome Laws of the Land, 
have hitherto enjoyed: And praying, That they may be 
heard, by their Counfel, before any Bill, or Claufe, do 
pafs to their Prejudice. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. : 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That the 
had made further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 11° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


be cow de Neufville took the Oaths appointed, in order 
to his Naturalization. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Harry Bridges Efquire to fell the Manor of 
Tebrewers, in the County of Somerfet, for Payment of 
his Daughters Portions, and Legacies charged thereupon, 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord Wilkam Powlet do carry the 
Bill co the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners for the Stamp-duties attended at the Door; 


They 





7 GEO. I. 





They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, an Account of the grofs Produce of the Duties 
on {tamped Vellum, &amp;c. arifen and received in Five Years; 
together with the net Produce thereof, from the Second 
of Auguft One thoufand Seven hundred and Fifteen to the 
Second of Augu/t One thoufand Seven hundred and Twen- 
ty; and the annual Accounts of the faid Duties terminate - 
ing at that time: And alfo, 

An Account of the grofs and net Produce. of the Du- 
ties on Apprentices, &amp;c. from the Second of Auguft One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Fifteen to the Second of du- 
guft One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe, 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Mr. Denton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the High Sheriff, Juftices of the Peace, 
Gentlemen, and Freeholders, of the County of Bucks, was 
referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; and which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Report in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; viz. 

That. the Committee, to whom the Petition was re- 
ferred, have, purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition; and find, by the 
Teftimony of Mr. Nicholas Merwin, and alfo of fome 
Carriers, viz. Fobn Harwood and Thomas Webfter , that 
the Road leading from Wendover to the Town of. Bucking- 
bam are, and, of late Years, have been, very ruinous, 
and much out of Repair; and that feveral Parts thereof 
are fo very bad in the Winter-feafon, that many Coaches, 
Waggons, and other Carriages, have frequently ftuck 
therein; whereby Paffengers have received great Preju- 
dice, and their Goods and Cattle much damaged: 

That the faid Road lies in feveral Parifhes; and many 
Places thereof are now fo much out of Repair, that Wag- 
gons laden cannot pafs through the fame. 

That it appeared to the Committee, the faid Road can- 
not be effectually amended, and kept in Repair, unlefs 
fome other Provifion be made for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Road from Wendover to the Town of Buck- 
ingham, in the County of Bucks: And that Mr. Denton, 
and the Lord Hil/borough, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiff, and Bur- 
geffes, of the Town and County of Southampton, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
they are brought into a very low Condition by the great 
Decay of Trade; occafioned chiefly by the wicked Prac- 
tices of fome covetous Perfons, who have diverted great 
Part of the Wealth of the Nation out of its proper Cha- 
nel, and taken it to themfelves: And praying, That 
thofe who have been acceffary to the general Calamity be 
brought to exemplary Punifhment; and that fome fpeedy 
Method may be provided for the Reviving of ‘Trade. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, capital Burgeffes, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Stamford, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; ietting forth, That 
they declare their utmoft Deteftation of the Crimes of the 
late Directors of the South Sea Company, their Agents 
and Accomplices, ‘who have been the Ruin of both pub- 
lick and private Credit, difcouraged Induftry, and ren- 
dered them in fuch a Condition as otherwife would not 
have been known to the trading People: And praying, 
That fuch Meafures may be found as may be judged moft 
proper to difcourage, and, in due time, bring all the Cri- 
minats to juft Punifhment. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 547 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendment, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; tor making more effectual the Act, of the Fourth 
Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making more effeétual an Act, of the Eighth Year of 
her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act tor employing 
the Manutacturers, by encouraging the Couiumption of 
raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn: 

a the faid Amendment was read; and is as follow- 
etn; viz. 

Preis 3. I. 24. To leave out * Conviction,” and in- 
fert ** Diftrefs and Sale :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, Yhat'Mr. Medlyeot do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendment. 


A Petition of feveral of the free Burgeffes of the Bo- 
rough of Berealfton, in the County of Devon, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Right of 
Ele&amp;ion of Reprefentatives to ferve in Parliament for the 
faid Borough is in the free Burgeffes, or Freehold Tenants 
of Burgage-lands, paying Three Pence per Annum an- 
cient Rent to the Lord of the Borough: And, at the laft 
Election for the faid Borough, Phiip Cavendifh Efquire, 
and St. Fobn Brodrick Efquire, ftood Candidates; and that 
the faid St. Fobn Brodrick was duly elected a Burgefs by a 
Majority of lawful Eleétors; notwithftanding which, 
Edward Eliott Efquire, One of the Commiffioners of the 
Excife, introduced himfelf into the Office of Por:reeve of 
the faid Borough; and did thereby, with a Defign to fub- 
vert the ancient Method of Election, refufe to admit 
the Votes of feveral of the Petitioners, and other legal 
Voters, who tendered their Votes for the faid St. Fob 
Brodrick, and admitted feveral others, who had no Right, 
to vote for the faid Philip Cavendifh; and did return him, 
contrary to Juftice, and the Duty of his Office: And 
praying Relief in the Premifes. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confidera- 
tion of the Committee of Privileges and Electicns; and 
that they do examine the Matter thereof; and report tlie 
fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houte; 

It paffed in the Negative. . 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe upon Tue/day the Sixth Day of 
June next, 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houle, to confider further of the 
Bills for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South 
Sea Company ; and for reftraining Fobn Aiflabie Efquire 
from going out of this Kingdom tor the Space of One 
Year, and until the End of the, next Seffion of Parlia- 
ment; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effects; and 


for the preventing the traniporting or alienating the fame. 


a Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 


Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr, Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, relolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 

The other Order of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy, of the Twenty-firft of 4;ril laft, ‘be taken into 
further Conjideration upon Monday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till! To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. , 


t Veneris, 











Veneris, 12° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. ' 
Bill for naturalizing John de Neufville, was read a 
A Second time. ‘ ; 
efolwedy That the Bill be committed to Mr. Medly- 
cot, Mr. London, Mr. Neville, Sir Robert Corbett, Sir 
Rebert Davers, Sit Thomas FJobnfon, Mr. Earl, Lord 
Wm. Powlett, Mr. Plumptree, Mr, Harvey, Mr. Ciay- 
ton, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Morton, Six Richard Grofvenor, 
Sir Fuft. Iam, Sit Thomas Littleton, Mr. Delavall, 
Mr. Sandys, Nir. Norris, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Milner, Lord 
Hinchinbrooke: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners for the Sale-duties attended at the Door; 


They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 


the Houfe, an Account of the Totals of the grofs and 
net Produce of the Revenues of the Salt-duties for Five 
Years ending at Chrifimas One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Twenty. 

And then they withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe, 
The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Whitchurch, in the County of Sousb- 
ampton, in the room of Thomas Vernon Efquire, expelled 
this Houfe. 


A Petition of the Citizens in the City of Coventry, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the 
great Difficulties their Trade has and ftill lics under from 
the great Duties which are laid upon Soap: And praying 
Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the {aid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. London reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of Colonel Francis Farqubay, in the Name and 
Behalf of the Officers of the Three Regimerits of Wood, 
. Douglas, and Hamilton, who ferved the States General 

Guring the late War, was referred, the Matter, as it ap- 
peared to them; and which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the faid Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where it was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 


Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 


and find, 


That, by an Ad, of the laft Scffion of Parliament, for 


appointing Commiffioners to examine, flate, and deter- 
mine, the Debts due to the Army, amongft other 


Things, it is thereby provided, That the faid Commiffion- | 


__ ers fhall not proceed to iffue Certificates to the States Ge- 

neral tor more than One Moiety of what fhall appear due 
to them for Services in the late War, until the Accounts of 
the faid Three Regiments, who were in the Service of the 
faid States, be fettled, and allowed, by the faid States, un- 
der the Hands of the proper Officer of the {aid States, and 
of the Agents or Faétors of the faid Three Regiments, 
and that, upon producing fuch {tated Ac¢count:, the 
Commiffioners were to iffue their Certificates for the re- 
maining Moiety to the Agent, or Fagtur, of each particu- 
lar Regiment, lor fo much as fhall thereby appear due to 
them; and for the Remainder to the faid States General: 
And that, in cafe no fuch fettled and ftated Account 
fhould be produced to the i2id Commiffioners on or 
before the Tenth of February One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Twenty, or to the Paymalter of his Majefty’s 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


41722. 


Land Forces on or before the Tenth of Adéarch One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty, then the remain. 
ing Motety thould be fubject to the Dilpofition of Par. 
liament. 

That, by a Certificate from the faid Commiffioners of 
Accounts, it appeared to the Committee, That the whole 
Demands of the States General amounted to One hun- 
dred fixty-one thoufand Seven hundred Thirty-nine Pounds 
Five Shillings and Six Pence Seven-eighths ; and that the 
Commiffioners had iffued their Certificate to the faid States 
for One Moiety thereof, being Eighty thoufand Eight 
hundred Sixty-nine Pounds Twelve Shillings and Nine 
Pence Seven-fixteenths, purfuant tov the’ faid’ AG; the 
like Moiety remaining due to them; and that no fettled 
or ftated Accounts of the faid Three Regiments had been 
produced to the Commiffioneérs. 

It further appeared to the Committee, That, by virtue 
of Letters of Attorney from the Officers of the Regi. 
ments of Douglas and Hamilton, granted to Captain 
Mackloed, and George Anderfon, Clerk, that’ they had 
full Powers to folicit the States General, for fettling and 
adjufting ail Accounts of Arrears due to the faid Re- 
giments : 

That, in purfuance thereof, the faid George Anderfor, 
in Auguft \aft, prefented to the States Generali a Petition 
praying, That, in Confideration of the long Services of 
the faid Regiments, the faid States would, with all conve- 
nieht Expedition, appoint Commiffaries for examining and 
fectling the faid Arreats; and to fix a certain Time for 
that Purpofe: That fome Perfon, deputed by the Ofi- 
cers of the faid Regiments, might be.préfent to act jointly 
with the Agents of thoie Regiments, in ftating and lectling 
the Accounts with the faid Commiffaries: And, 

George Aniderfon faid, That thé faid Petition was referred 
by the States General to the Council of State; and by them 
referred to the Heer Hop, Treafurer General, and the Heer 
Van Slingelant, Secretary, to the faid Council of State, 
for them to examine and report the fame: 

That the’ faid Anderfon, and the Agents or Solicitors 
for the fait Regiments, often attended the Heer Hop, to 
put him in mind of the faid Reference: But he ttitl de- 
layed the Matter; faying, Fle would firt {peak with the 
Far! of Sunderland, upon his Return frony Henover : 
And, foon after his Lordfhip’s Departure from the Hague 
the faid Agents, and Anderfom, were ordered to attend the 
Council of Staté: And the Agents were feparately calied 
in, by the Council, and fpoke with, touching their Ac- 
counts; but ttie faid Anderfon was not admitted : 

That Captain Mackloed, and the faid Anderfon, by 
Order of the Heer Hop, attended One of his Clerks; and, 
finding it impoffible to fettle the Accounts verbally only, 
defired to have in Writing fuch Objections, as were, or 


‘might be, made apainft the faid Regiments Accounts; 


but could not obtain the fanie. 

And it ¢ ppeared to the Committee, That Mr. Dayrolle, 
his Majefty’s Refident at the Hegue, had, in -purfuance 
of his Mijefty’s Orders to affift the Odicers employed 
by the Three Regiments of Wood, Douglafs, and Hautil- 
fon, in procuring a State of their Demands, prefented 
Three fevcral Memorials, all of them préffing the States 
General to caufe to be delivered to the faid Officers the 
Accounts, as made up by the Council of State, or their 
own Accounts approved, or the Objections the Council of 
State may have made againft them, or a pofitive Anfwer, 
vpon the Occafion of the Refufal, or Delay; and com- 
plaining; in his laft Memorial, of the 42:h of Adarch One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty, that, notwitii- 
ftanding his Inftances, and the frequent Application of 
the Officers and Agents of the faid Three Regiments, yet 
they had not been able to procure the fame, nor avy 
Anfwer thereunto. 

George Anderfon faid, That the Heer Hep objected, 
That be, and the faid Captain Mack’oed, wanied tu 
Powers from Woods’ Regiment: But it was reprefented, 


by Petitidn, to the Council of Scate, That fuch Power 


was needleis; becaufe the Officers of that Regiment ad- 
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whom the Officers, while in the Service of the States 
aiways employed to feitle their Accounts, difcharge them, 
and to receive the Money; and were, and are now, ac- 
knowleged as legal Attornies, by the States of the re- 
fpective Provinces: But, to obviate all Objections, Cap- 
tain Mackloed produced full Powers from the Officers of 
Wood's Regiment, and delivered it to the Heer Hop, on 
the Sixth of March laft, Old Stile ; which he returned, 
without any Objection : 

And the faid George Anderfon produced a Copy of a 
Refolution of the States General, dated the One and 
Twentieth of Faxuary laft, New Stile, importing, That 
the Heer Van Borfell, the States Envoy at the Court of 
Great Britain, fhall be wrote to: That, by the States 
Refolution, of the One-and-twentieth of Fume laft, they 
have made appear, that they have Reafon to complain 
of the Claute, which, laft Seffion of Parliament, was 
inferted in the Bill, or Act, for appointing Commiffioners 
for ftating and determining the Debts of the Army, 
€¥¢c. in fo far as, by the faid Claufe, the faid Commiffioners 
are injoined, That fo long as the Arrears due from the 
States to the Regiments of Woods, Douglas, and Hamil- 
ton, are not ftated and allowed, they fhall certify no 
more than One-half of the Amount of the Pretenfions of 
their High Mightineffes: That their High Mightineffes 
their Reafons, in the faid Refolution, might have had 
that Effect, that the Pretenfions of the States, not in 
Half, but in Whole, fhould have been fatisfied, with- 
out balancing Accounts, or retaining any thing for the 
Arrears due to the faid Three Scotch Regiments, .as is 
highly reafonable ; and that the Heer Van Borfell fhall 
ftill ufe his Endeavours for that Purpofe. 

It further appeared to the Committee, by the Tranfla- 
tion of a Memorial prefented to his Majefty, by the faid 
Heer Van Borfell, dated the Twenty-fixth of Apri] One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one, That the Dif- 
count for what ftill remains due to the Three Scotch Regi- 
ments, which were difmiffed the Service of the States 
General in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventeen, was fettled fome time fince, by Order of the 
Council of State of the United Netherlands, that it might 
be fent timely to England: But Captain Mackloed, who 
was then at the Hague, to haften the faid Difcount, not 
being provided with afuficient Letter of Attorney to fign 
the fame, the Council of State ordered it to be figned by 
Two Clerks of the Finances, and fent it afterwards, on 
the th of March laft paft, to the Heer Van Bor/ell ; 
who, on the 34th of the fame Month, gave Notice of 
it to the Secretary of the Commiffioners for ftating the 
Debts of the Army, whofe Commiffion ceafed the Day 
before : It feems that a Letter of Attorney was fince 
fentin the Name of the faid Three Regiments ; but now it 
is found, that One of the Perfons, mentioned in the 
faid Letter of Attorney, was returned to England, as 
Captain Macloed faid; and that he had received Orders 
not to proceed further in the faid Difcount, until he had 
frefh Orders: And a Petition, in the Name of the Officers 
of the faid Three Regiments, having been prefented, laft 
Week, to the Houfe of Commons; perhaps with a De- 
fien of obtaining the Payment of certain Pretenfions, 
which were not, nor could be, granted in the aforefaid 
Difcount ; their High Mightineffes think it belongs to 
fuch as have the Adminiftration of their Finances, to exa- 
mine, Whether the Pretenfions of thofe who have been 
in their Service, be well or ill grounded ; and the Par- 
liament of Great Britcin cannot, with any Reafon, pre- 
tend to any Difpofition relating thereto: The States have 
condefcended, in what might be expected from them, to 
grant the Pretenfions of the faid Three Regiments, fo 
tar as they were acknowleged, on their Part, might be 
taken out of the Difburfements made by the States for 
Great Britain during the laft War, while Thirteen of 
their Regiments are ftill foliciting, in vain, what is due 
to them for having been in the Service of Great Britain in 
the former War: That, in purfuance of his Orders, he 
humbly prays, his Majefty would be pleafed to caufe the 
Demand of the Officers of the faid Three Regiments, re- 

Vor. XIX. 


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549 


relating to this Difcount, to be referred to Holland; and that 
the Parliament may determine nothing thereupon that may 
be prejudicial to the faid States ; who cannot receive in 
Payment the Acquittance of any Pretenfions, which have 
not been acknowleged, or owned, by themfelves ; 

And, upon further Examination, Mr. Anderfon faid, 
That he took Leave of the Penfionary of Holland the 
Twenty-fourth of April lait, New Stile; which was more 
than a Month after the Expiration of the Time limited 
by the faid recited A&amp; of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Thurfday Morning next. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the further preventing his Majefty’s 
Subjects from trading to the Eaf Indies, under foreign 
Commiffions ; and for encouraging, and further fecur- 
ing, the lawful Trade thereto. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the 
Houfe to. refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Totals of the orofs 
and net Produce of the Revenues of the Excife, under 
the Management of the Commiffioners of Excife, tor 
Five Years ending at Mid/ummer One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Twenty ; diftinguifhing each Year; be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Totals of the grofs 
and net Produce of the Revenues of the Salt-duties for 
Five Years ending at Chriftmas One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred Twenty be referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred; and had directed him to move, That they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 13° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS, 


N ingroffed Bill for making navigable the River 
A Dane, from Northwich, where it joins the River 


Weaver, to the Falling in of Wheelock Brook, and from 
thence, up Wheelock Brook, to Wheelock Bridge, in the 
County of Chefter; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for making navigable the River Dane, from 
Northwich, where it joins the River Weaver, to the Fall- 
ing in of Wheelock Brook, and Wheelock Brook, up to 
Wheelock Bridge, in the County of Chefer. 

Ordered, That Sir Richard Grofvenor do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, and 
chief Burgefies, of the Borough of Sudbury, in the County 
of Suffolk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the corrupt and enormous. Practices of 
the late South Sea Directors, their Confederates and 

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Affiftants, and the mifchievous Confequences of their 
deteftable Schemes, have very much contributed to the 
prefent Decay of ‘Trade, and Publick, in general; the 
fatal Effeéts of which have been no where more fenfibly 
felt, than by thofe whofe Dependence chiefly confifts in 
the Woollen Manufactures for Exportation: And pray- 
ing, That care may be taken to revive the languifhing 
Trade, and re-eitablith publick Credit, and in bringing 
to exemplary Punifhment all the Authors of thefe Ca- 
lamities. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Denton prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for repairing the Road from Wendover to the 
Town of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks: And the 
fame was received. 


Mr. Ward prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to fubjeét the Eftates, real and perfonal, of 
Sir George Cafwall Knight, Facob Sewbridge and Elias Tur- 
ner Eiquires, to make good to the South Sea Company 
the Sum of Two hundred and Fifty thoufand Pounds : 
And the fame was received. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bills for the 
Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Com- 
pany ; and for reftraining Fobn Aijflabie E{quire from go- 
ing out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and 
until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament ; and for 
difcovering his Eftate and Effects ; and for the prevent- 
ing the tranfporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. C/ayton reported from the Committee, T hat they had 
made a further Brngrete in the faid Bills ; and had dire¢t- 
ed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


Ordered, That-all Committees be revived. 


Ordered, That Sir Hungerford Hofkyns, Mr. Weftfaling, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
Hanbury, Mr. Hillerfden, Mr.Cater, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Pi- 
gott, Mr. Coffin, Mr. Coplefton, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Hitch, 
Mr. Grove, Mr. Witchcote, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Walcot, 
Mr. Banks, be added to the faid Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing the Road from St. Gyles’s Pound 
to Kilbarn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, is com- 
mitted. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 15° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Bill for repairing the Road from Wendover to the 
Town of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks, 


was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Lord Vifcount Tyrconnel prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for the better fupplying the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with 
Water: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


And the Bill was, by the Leave of the Houfe, withdrawn. 


A Bill to fubjeét the Eftates, real and perfonal, of Sir 
George Cafwall Knight, ‘facob Sawbridge and Elias Tur- 
ner kifquires, to make good to the South Sea Company 


the Sum of Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds, was 
read the Firit time, 


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Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 
Ordered, That the-Bill be read a Second time upon 
Wednefday Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Cail of the 
Houle ; 

Ordered, That the Houfe be now called over. 

The Houfe was accordingly called over; and the 
Names of fuch Members as made Default to appear 
were noted down. 

Then the Names of fuch Members as made Default 
to appear were called over: And many of them appear- 
ed; and others were excufed. 

The Name of Sir William Courtenay Baronet being 
called over ; 

And the Queftion being put, That he be excufed ; 

Lord Wm. Powlett, 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, } yy, James Bertie : } 140. 
SirEdwardDesBouverie, 
Tellers for the Noes, di Jobn Hind Cotton : t 146. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 
The Name of George Baker Efquire being called over; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 
Mr. Thomas Conyers, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Henry Bertie: t 188, 
Sir Francis Drake: j # 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the faid Sir William Courtenay Baronet 
be taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms at- 
The Name of Sir William Blacket Baronet being called 
over; 
And the Queftion being put, That he be excufed ; 
It paffed in the Negative. 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, attend- 
ing this Houte. 
The Name of Sir Harvey Ekves Baronet being called 
over ; 
put, That he be excufed ; 
It paffed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the faid Sir Harvey Elwes Baronet be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
The Name of Sir Edward Williams Knight being called 
over ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That he be excufed ; 


And the Queftion being put, That he be excufed ; 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Oriente Bridges, 
tending this Houfe. 
Ordered, That the faid Sir Wiliam Blacket Baronet be 
And a Motion being made, and the Queftion. being 
this Houfe. 
The Houfe divided. 


The Yeas go forth. 
Mr. Fefop, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Pugh : i 56. 
Sir Thomas Sebright, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Peytoe: t 80. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Edward Williams Knight be 
taken into theCuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 

The Name of Sir Charles Keymifs Baronet being called 
over; 

And the Queftion being put, That he be excufed ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Charles Keymifs Baronet be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 

The Name of Sir Edward Stradlinge Baronet being cal- 
led over ; , 

And the Queftion being put, That he be excufed ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Edward Stradlinge Baronet 
be taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attend- 


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The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 
crecy, of the Twenty-firft of April laft, be taken into 
further Confideration upon Friday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon this Day 
Sevennight. 
Ordered, That fuch Members as fhall not then attend, 


be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 


Ordered, “That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 16° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Wrightfon reported from the Committee, to 

whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intitul- 
ed, An Aé&amp;t for vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in 
the County of Gloucefter, the Eftate of Henry Harington 
Gentleman, in Truftees, to be fold, and, with the Money 
arifing thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of greater year- 
ly Value, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as the Eftate to 
be fold is fettled ; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; was committed; That they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


The Houfe being moved, That a Claufe in an Act, of 
the Tenth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aét for enlarging the Term for Payment of certain 
Duties granted by an Act, made in the Twelfth and Thir- 
teenth Years of his late Majefty King Wiliam, intituled, 
An A&amp; for recovering, fecuring, and keeping in Repair, 
the Harbour of Minebead, for the Benefit and Support of 
the Navigation and Trade of this Kingdom, might be 
read ; 

The faid Claufe was read. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for continuing the Duties granted by 
an Aé&amp;t, made in the Sixth Year of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing the Harbour and 
Quay of Watchet, in the County of Somer/et, is commit- 
ted, That they do provide, in the Bill, that Goods fhip- 
ped or difcharged at a Place called the Blue Anchor, or 
Cleave Steps, or at other Places adjoining to the faid Har- 
bour or Quay of Watchet, may pay the fame Duties, and 
to the fame Ufes, they now ftand charged with by a Claufe 
in the faid Act of the Tenth Year of her faid late Ma- 
jefty’s Reign. 


The Lord William Powlet reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act for fettling the Eftates of Richard late 
Earl Rivers, deceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made 
between Frederick Earl of Rochford, and Beffy Countefs of 
‘Rochford, his Wife, Fames Barry Earl of Barrymore, in the 
Kingdom of Ireland, and Lady Penelope Barry his Daugh- 
ter, and Fobn now Earl Rivers; fubject to the Payment 
of the Debts and Legacies of the faid late Earl Rivers re- 
maining unpaid; and for other Purpofes in the faid A&amp; 
mentioned ; was committed; That they had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confents 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment ; And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


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Mr. Medlycot reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing ¥obn de Neufville, was committed, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had 
directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 


Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed, 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
r vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Gloucefter, the Eftate of Henry Harington Gentleman, 
in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Money arifing 
thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of greater yearly Va- 
lue, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as the Eftate to be fold 


is fettled ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was 
read the Third time. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pais. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wrightfon do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, capital and other 
Burgeffes, of the ancient Borough of Weftoury, in the 
behalf of themfelves, and other Inhabitants of the Hun- 
dred of Wefbury, in the County of Wilts, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That, bearing fo 
great a Share of that extenfive Calamity. this poor and 
diftreffed Nation groans under, by the boundlefs Avarice, 
and corrupt Pra¢tices, of the late Directors of the Scuth 
Sea, their Aiders, Abettors, and Confederates, who have 
occafioned the great Decay of Trade in. the Woollen 
Manufacture: And praying, That Relief may be given 
therein, by giving Encouragement to Trade, redrefling 
their Grievances, and Reftoring of publick Credit, and 
doing Juftice to an injured Nation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 


the Town of Fiint, in the room of Sir Fobn Conway 
Baronet, deceafed. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for the further preventing his Majefty’s Subjects 
from trading to the Ef Indies under foreign Commif- 
fions; and for encouraging, and further fecuring, the law- 
ful Trade thereto. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
That they have Power to receive a Claufe to enable his 
Majeity to grant his Royal Licence, impowering Doétor 
Richard Bentley to import a certain Quantity of Paper, 


for printing a new Edition of the Greek and Latin Tetta- 
ment 5 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, j et wei t 42. 
Tellers for theNoes, 4 aa ‘Shek ve ifs t 52. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
more effectual preventing the Running of Goods from 
on board Eaft India Ships and other Veffels, by Perfons 
in Boats, under Pretence of fuch Perfons plying as Pilots. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

The Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill ; and direéted him to 
move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 


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The Houfe,.according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bills forthe Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company ; and for reftraining Fob Aiflabie 
Efquire from going out of this Kingdom for the Space of 
One Year, and until the End of the next Seffion of Parlia- 
ment ; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effeéts ; and for 
the preventing the tranfporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills ; and directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 17° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Palmer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for continuing the Duties granted by an 
Aét, made in the Sixth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, An Act for repairing the Harbour and Quay of 
Watchet, in the County of Somerfet, was committed, 
That they had made fome Amendments to the Bill ; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Amendments were once read 
throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment to one of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


grofied. 


A Bill to fubject the Eftates, real and perfonal, of Sir 
George Cafwall Knight, Facob Sawbridge and Ekas Turner 
Efquires, to make good to the South Sea Company the 
Sum of Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds, was, 
according to Order, read a Second Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf intoa 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred ; and had directed him to move, That they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That Sir William Blacket Baronet, in the Cuf- 
tody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for 
neglecting to attend his Service in Parliament, be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 

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Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Turfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bull. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 18° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

A N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for fettling the Eftates of Richard late Earl Rivers, 

deceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made between Fred- 
rick Earl of Rochford, and Beffy Counteis of Rechford, his 
Wife, Fames Barry Earl of Barrymore, in the Kingdom of 
Ireland, and Lady Penelepe Barry his Daughter, and Fobn 
now Earl Rivers; fubjeét to the Payment of the Debts 
and Legacies of the faid late Earl Rivers remaining un- 
paid; and forother Purpofes in the faid Act mentioned, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition ‘of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Bur- 
geffes, and other principal Inhabitants, of the Town and 
Borough of Pontefra&amp;, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Lofs of Trade occafioned 
by the dark Schemes, and vile Practices, of a Set of Men 
who have engrofied a great Part of the Treafure of the 
Nation into their Hands, to the utter Ruin of a great 
many Families: And praying, That proper Meafures 
may be taken to revive Trade, and give Reftitution to 
the Oppreffed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Deputy Recorder, Juttices 
of the Peace, and Grand Jury, of the Borough of Col- 
chefter, at their General Quarter Seffions of the Peace 
aflembled, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That, out of a deep Senfe of the Miferies of many 
unhappy Families, deluded and undone by the unparai- 
leled Fraud and Corruption of the late Directors of the 
South Sea Company, and their fecret Accomplices, and 
the fatal Wound that has been given to publick Credit, is 
their Concern, as well as Indignation, againft the infamous 
Betrayers of their Country: And praying, That fuch 
further Meafures may be taken to relieve ‘Trade, reftore 
Credit, and punifh the vile Authors of thefe Mifchiefs, 
as fhall be judged neceffary. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Lord Iryconnel prefented to the Houfe, a Bill for 
the better fupplying the Cities of London and Weftminfter, 
and Parts adjacent, with Water: And the fame was re- 
ceived. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the Firft Time To- 
morrow Morning. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take in- 
to further Confideration the Report from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of Colonel Francis Farqubar, in the 
Name and Behalf of the Officers of the Three Regiments 
of Wood, Douglas, and Hamilton, who ferved the States 
General during the late War, was referred. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Report be re-committed to the 
fame Committee. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee do examine and 
ftate the Accounts of the faid Regiments ; and report the 
fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe : And 
that they do meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber: And that * * * *. be added 
to the faid Committee. ‘ 

Ordered, That the feveral Papers prefented to the 
Houfe the Fighth Inftant, relating to the faid Regiments, 
be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 


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to confider further of the Bill for the further preventing 
his Majefty’s Subjects from trading to the Ea/t Indies 
under foreign Commiffions; and for encouraging, and 
further fecuring, the lawful Trade thereto; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, ‘To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf- into a Committee of the whole Houfe, io 
‘confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and for reftraining 
Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, from going out of this Kingdom 
for the Space of One Year, and until the End of the 
‘next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate 
and Effects; and for the preventing the tranfporting or 
‘alienating the fame ; “ype is 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to, the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, 
for difabling the late Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, 
Direétors, Cafhier, Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, of 
‘the South Sea Company, and alfo Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, 
to hold or enjoy any Office or Place of Truft or Profit 
under his Majefty, or to fit or vote in either Houfe of Par- 
fiament. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. . 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. | 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had 
direéted him to thove, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. eee 
SRejolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe; to confider further of the faid Bills. 


And theri the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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V eneris, 19° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 172: 
PRAYERS. 4 z+ * gc 
N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Fohn de Neufville, 
" was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for naturalizing Fohn de Neufville. 


Ordered, That Mr. Medlycot do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and défire their Concurrence. 


The Lord William Powle? reported from thé Coni- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for repairing the Road from 
&amp;t.Gyles’s Pound to Kilbourn Bridge, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex,was committed, That the Comimittee had made feve- 
yal Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he réad the fame in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faig Amendments were once 
read throughout; and thenaSecond time, one by one ; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon,with an Amend- 
ment to One of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments,’ be iri- 
grofied. 


_ A Petition of the Gentlemen, ype 23 Traders and 
Inhabitants of the ancient City of, and‘County of, Co- 
‘ventry, was prefented to the Houfe, and’ read 5 fetting 
forth, That by the Schemes of the late traiterous Direc- 
tors of the South Sea, and their Accomplices, who have 
been the Occafion of an impoverifhed People, the Leffen- 
ing of Credit,-and Sinking’ of Trade, ‘that’ many Arti- 
ficers in their Woollen Manufactures cannot beemployed : 
And praying, That proper Meafures may: be taken to 
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revive Tradé, and reftore Credit’, and punifhing the OF- 
fenders thereof. — Pr ta, a = 
Ordered, That the faid Petition dé lie upon the Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennett, and Mr. 
Borrett : : 
- Mr. Speaker, Oar ae ee a 
The Lords have agreed t6 the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for regulating the Journeymen Taylors within the Weekly 
Bills of Mortality, without any Armendmeit. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Ordets of the Day being read; | sti 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy, of the Twenty-firft of 4pril laft, be taken into 
further Confideration upon Monday Morning next. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 


_ The Houfe réfolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for. the fur- 
ther preventing his Majefty’s Subjects from trading to the 
Eaft Indies under foreign Commiffions ; and for encou- 
faging, and further fecuring, the lawful Trade thereto. 
Mr. Speaker lefe the Chait... 
Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 
Mr. Speaker reflimed the Chair, we 
Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. -- 
Ordered, That the Report be received updn Wednefday 
Moffiing next. 


_ Orderéd, That the Bill for the better fupplying the Ci- 
ties of London and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent with 
Water, be read the Firft time upon Tue/day Morning 
next. 


Ordered, That Sir. Robert Clarke, Mr. Whitthcot, Sit 

im. Carew, Mr. Shepheard, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Mounta- 
gue, Mr. Weft, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Cartwright, Lord Harry 
Pawlet, Mr. Bacon; Mr. Chetwynd, Lord, Fames Caven-. 
difo, Six Wilfred Lawfon; Mr. Trenchard, Sir Dewey 
Bulkeley, Mr. Meyrick, &amp; Thonhas Stepney, Mr. Lewis, 
Sit Fohn Anfiruther, Mr. Fefop, Mr.. Bethell, Sir Cha. 
Hotham,. Sir Richard Steel, Mr..Coppleftone, Mr. Coffin, 
Mr. Hillerfdon, Mv. Cater, Mr. Fames Smyth, Mr. Bigge, 
Mr. Bere, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Godfrey, and Mr. Ma- 
fon, be added to the Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions. 


Arid thén the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 20° die Maii; 

Anno 7° Georgii Regis; 1721. 
Pulewebat 239 Loring Br cue Td 
. Petition of thé Conftables, Churchwardens, Over- 
{\: feers, and other Parith Officers, Burgeffes, and 
principal Inhabitants, of the Borough and Parith of Ayle/- 
bury, in thé County of Bucks,-was prefented to the Houle, 
and read ;° fetting forth, That there being a Bill brought 
in, and read, for Repair of the Highways between Wen- 
dover and Buckingkam, the faid Highways are kept and 
maintained in good Repair at-the Charge of the Parifhes, 
refpectively, through which the faid Highway leads; and 
the fetting up a Turnpike between the faid Towns of 
Aylefoury and Wendover will be a great Prejudice to the 
Market, which is fupported by the foreign Tradérs buy- 
ing Corn to be carried dooce Places ree oye ; 
and a great Burthen to the Inhabitants, in refpéét of their 
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554 


Wood, Coal, and other Things, which muft pafs that 
‘Way : And praying Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
anti) the faid’ Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Deputy Recorder, 
Aldermen, Burgeffes, Merchants, and other principal In- 
habitants, in and about the Town of Barnjtable, in the 
County of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That, being fenfible of the Complication of 
Miferies brought upon the whole Nation by the unparal- 
leled Attempts, and infatiable Avarice, of the late South 
Sea Direétors, and their abominable Accomplices; and 
the great Damage done to Trade; and the Sinking of 
publick and private Credit: And praying, That Frade 
‘may be revived, publick Credit reftored, and the Con- 
trivers thereof punifhed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, and the free Burgeffes, and Inhabitants, of the 
Borough of Richmond, in the County of York, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they 
being fenfibly affected with the Calamities themfelves, and 
Fellow Subjects labour under, by the Decay of Trade, 
the Ruin of publick Credit, and the Weight of the Na- 
tional Debrs ; occafioned by the late South Sea Directors, 
their Aiders and Abettors, as the fole Authors of thefe 
Misfortuties: And praying, That publick Faith may be 
revived, Trade increafed, and thote Parricides brought 
to Punifhments adequate to their Crimes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Borret and Mr. 
Edwards : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell navigable from 
Liverpool to Manchefter, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
after, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Haldane reported from the Committee, to whom 


the Bill for continuing the Duty of Two Penies Scots, or_ 


‘One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, laid upon every Scots 
Pint of Ale or Beer fold within the Town of Dundee, and 
Privileges thereof, for paying the publick Debts of the 
faid Town; building and endowing a new Church; and 
for other the Purpofes therein mentioned; was committed ; 
That the Committee had made feveral Amendments to 
the Bill; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houte ; and he read: the. fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one ; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment to One of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Petition of Charles Earl of Arran, Second Son of 
Thomas Earl of Offory, who was eldeft Son of Hames Firtt 
Duke of Ormond, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That, by Indenture made on the Marriage 
of Fames then Earl of Offry, the Petitioner’s elder Bro- 
ther, the faid Fames Firft Duke of Ormonde, and Eliza- 
beth his Duchefs, did convey all their Lands and Heredi- 
taments’ in the Kingdom of Jreland; whereby his faid 
elder Brother became poffeffed thereof fora Term of 
Ninety-nine Years, determinable on his Death ; with Re- 
mainder to his Firft, and other Sons in Tail Male; with 
like Remainder to the Petitioner, and his Iffue Male; 
with Remainder to feveral other Male Defcendants of 
their Family ; which Eftate is, by feveral Acts of Parlia- 
ment, and otnerwife, charged with many Incumbrances, 
as well of his Grandfather as Brother ; befides which, 
there are many other Debts upon SimpleContraét, which 
aré not charged upon the faid Eftate ; and will be intirely 


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loft, unlefs otherwife provided for; the greateft Part of 
which Incumbrances remains yet unpaid; and, in order 
to the fatisfying the fame, and of alk other Debts due 
from his Brother, for which no Provifion is made, is de- 
firous to become the Purchafer of the forfeited Intereft 
in the faid Eftate, that he may be enabled to raife Money, 
by Sale or Mortgage, for the fatisfying the faid Incum- 
brances, fo as fome Part of his Inheritance may be pre- 
ferved to himfelf ; and he did, the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, apply for Leave to bring in a Bill to enable him 
to bea Purchafer of the faid Eftate ; but, no certain Price 
being fixed thereon, and all Perfons at Liberty to bid 
upon him, it was not probable, that any Advantage could 
accrue to him: And praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill to veft all the forfeited Eftate of his 
faid Brother in him, and his Truftees ; to enable them to 
raife fuch Sums as fhall be thought reafonable to require 
himto pay for the Purchafe thereof, to the Ufe of the Pub- 
lick ; and that the Remainder may be preferved to him, 
fubject to all the unfatisfied Debts and Incumbrances of 
his Grandfather and Brother. 

Whereupon Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, 
That, the Contents of the faid Petition having been laid 
before his Majefty, his Majefty had been gracioufly pleafed 
to command him to acquaint this Houle, That his Ma- 
jefty has no Objection to the bringing in fuch a Bill. 

And the Standing Orders of the Houfe, of the Sixth 
of February, Sexto Anne Regine, relating to Bills brought 
from Ireland, being read ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Ge- 
neral Lumley, Mr. Freeman, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Ward, 
and Mr. Hungerford, do prepare, and bring in the fame. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf intoa 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bills for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company; and for reftraining ohn Aiflabie 
Efquire, from going out of this Kingdom for the Space 
of One Year, and unti) the End of the next Seffion of 
Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effects ; 
and for the preventing the tranfporting or alienating the 
fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

” Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of the faid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 22° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of Captain Fohn Perry was prefented to 

the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Truf- 

tees for ftopping Dagenham Breach, on the River of 
Thames, agreed to give him Twenty-five thoufand 
Pounds upon his undertaking to do the fame; and that 
the Truftees intimated to him, and declared, that in cafe 
he effectually ftopped the faid Breach, and that the Sum 
agreed for fhould not be fufficient, they would recoms 
mend him to the Favour of this Houfe; and that he 
met with many unhappy Accidents, and unforefeen Dif- 
ficulties, which rendered the Work both tedious and 
chargeable, beyond his Calculation; neverthelefs, at 
length he has overcome all Obftacles, and fully completed 
his Work, to the Satisfa¢tion of the Truftees ; but fuch 
are his Misfortunes, that by means of the extraordinary 
Expence thereof, he is fo much involved in Debr, — 
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7 GEO. I. 


he mult end his Days in Prifon, and be debarred from 
any other Service he may be capable of, unlefs he may be 
enabled to pay the Debts he has contraéted in his Under- 
taking: And praying the Houfe to take his unhappy 
Circumftances into Confideration, and afford him fuch 
Relief as in their great Wifdom fhall feem meet. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 
And it is referred to Sir Nathanael Gould, Mr. London, 
Sir Fohn Fennings, Sir Charles Wager, Lord Molefworth, 
Mr. Smith, Sir Thomas Littleton, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Pal- 
mer, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Lade, Sir Gilbert 
Heathcote, Sir Richard Gough, Sir Wm. Humphreys, Mr. 
Ducane, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Bruere, Mr. Sloper, Mr. 
Neville, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. Sandys, 
Worfley, Mr. Conyers, Sir Thomas D’ath, Colonel Bladen, 
Mr. Freeman, Sir Thomas Palmer, Mr. Morice, Mr. 
Chamberlaine, Mr. Pulteney, Sir Fuft. Tham, Mr. Archer, 
Mr. Hey/fbam, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Diffon, Mr. Rudge, 
Mr. Hennings, Mr. Lowndes, Colonel Grahme, Mr. Brig- 
frocke, Mr. Worfeley, Mr. Earl, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Gibbon, 
Mr. Cocks, Sir Fohn Rufbout ; and all the Members that 
ferve for the County of Effex, and for the Sea Ports ; 
and the Merchants of the Houfe: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


The Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, being 
called upon to give an Account of what he hath done in 
relation to Sir Harvey Elwes Baronet, ordered to be taken 
into his Cuftody for neglecting to attend his Service in 
Parliament, acquainted the Houfe, That he had fent One 
of his Meffengers into the Country for him ; and that the 
Meffenger was returned : | | 

And the Mefienger, being called in, gave the Houfe 
an Account, That he found Sir Harvey Elwes very ill, 
and not able to travel; and that he has been long fo: 

And the Houfe being informed, That Sir Harvey Elwes 
had fent up a Certificate from Doctor C/opton, his Phyti- 
cian, That he was fo much indifpofed, he cannot, with 
Safety, undertake a Journey to London , 

The {aid Certificate was delivered in at the Table ; and 
read. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Harvey Elwes be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


‘Sir David Dalrymple reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies -Scots, 
or One Sixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots 
Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within 
the Town of Fedburgh, and Privileges thereof, for pay- 
ing the publick Debts of the faid Town ; and for fupply- 
ing the fame with frefh Water ; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; was committed ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and had made feveral Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one ; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with 
Amendments to fome of them, agreed unto by the Houle. 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. : 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the Duties granted by 
an Aé&amp;, made in the Sixth Year of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing the Harbour and 
Quay of Watchet, in the County of Somerfet, was read 
the Third time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


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be, An Ac for continuing the Duties granted by feveral 
Acts, made in the Sixth and Tenth Years uf her Jate 
Majefty’s Reign, for repairing the Harbour and Quay of 
Watchet, in the County of Soimer/et. 

Ordered, That Mr. Palmer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Hungerford prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for enabling Charles Earl of Arran to: pur- 
chafe the forfeited Eftate of Fames Butler, late Duke of 
Ormonde, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : And 
the fame-was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
this Day Fortnight. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Commiffioners and 
Truftees for the forfeited Eftates, prefented to the Houfe 
this Seffion, and ordered to lie upon the Table, to be 
perufed by the Members of the Houfe, be taken into 
Confideration upon Thurfday Morning text. 


Mr. Clayton, from the Committee of Secrecy, made a 
further Report of the Proceedings of the faid Commit- 
tee, fince their former Report; which he read in his 
Place: and afterwards delivered in at the Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 


The Committee of Secrecy appointed toenquire into all 
the Proceedings relating to the Execution of an A@, paffed 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for ena- 
bling the South SeaCompany toincreafe their prefent Capital 
Stock,and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and In- 
cumbrances as are therein mentioned; and for raifing Mo- 
ney, to beapplied for leffening feveral of the publick Debts 
and Incumbrances ; and for calling in the prefent Exche- 
quer Bills remaining uncancelled; and for making forth 
new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged, 
upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer; fince their for- 
mer Report, having had Intimation given them, That 
feveral large Sums of Money had been lent to divers Per- 
fons mentioned in the Book of Loans, formerly laid before 
this Houfe by the late Directors of the South Sea Com- 
pany ; for Security whereof no Stock hath been a¢tually 
transferred; they did, by their Order bearing Date the 
Twenty-fourth Day of April laft paft, direct the prefent 
Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, and Direétors of the 
South Sea Company, to lay before them an Account of 
the Names of all Perfons who are mentioned in the faid 
Book of Loans to have borrowed Money on Stock, and 
the Sums by them relpectively borrowed, for Security 
whereof no actual Transfer of Stock had been made; pur- 
fuant to which Order, upon the Nineteenth Day of May 
inftant, the faid Court of Directors did lay before your 
Committee a Book, by them intituled, An Account of 
the Names of fuch Perfons to whom Loans have been 
miade on South Sea Stock ; who, at the time when fuch 
Loans were made, do not appear, by any Books, to have 
transferred Stock to the South Sea Company, for the Secu- 
rity thereof: And the Court of Directors have added to 
the faid Title the Words following, ‘ But, as all or 
«© moft of the Money lent was by granting Permits to 
“* any Name without Diftinction, or any Regard had by 
«© whom the Stock was transferred ; it is doubted, that 
«© this Account may be very defective; and it is proba- 
** ble, that many of the Names herein may be fictitious , 
« and that many others may be able to fhew how, and 
«© by whom, the Stock for the Money lent them, re{pec- 
“ tively, was really transferred, if they fhould be called 
‘© upon fo to do:” 

And your Committee obferve, That the laft-mentioned 
Book contains the Names of feveral Perfons mentioned 
in the aforefaid Book of Loans to have borrowed Money 
upon Stock, to the Amount of Two million One hundred 
eighty-one thoufand Nine hundred Forty-four Pounds 
Eleven Shillings, upon the Security of Five hundred fe- 
venty-eight thoufand Eight hundred Eighty-cight Founde 

tock; 














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Stock; which doth not appear to have been transferred to 
the ufe of the Company. dus 

And, in relation to this Matter, your Committee pro- 
ceeded to examine, in the moft folemn manner, the fe- 
veral Perfons following: And do now lay before the 
Houfe the Examinations by them taken, in the Words of 
the Examinations themfelves: 

Mr. Charles Lockyer, Accountant to the Sputh Sea 
Company, faith, That he has carefully examined the 
Books of Loans, and the Books of Transfers, of the faid 
Company, by order of the Committee of Secrecy ; and, 
upon Infpeétion of the faid Books, does find, that the 
Sum of Two million One hundred eighty-one thoufand 
Nine hundred Forty four Pounds Eleven Shillings has 
been lent by the faid Company, at feveral times, to the 
particular Perfons mentioned in an Account drawn out by 
this Examinant upon the Sum of Five hundred feventy- 
eight thoufand Eight hundred Eighty-eight Pounds 
Stock, fuppofed to be transferred to the Use of the faid 
Company, as a Security fof fach Money: But this Exa- 
minant, upon the ftricteft Examination of the Books and 
Accounts belonging to the South Sea Company, cannot 
find or difcover, that any of the faid Perfons, or any other 
for them, at the refpective Times of the Loans made to 
them, did make, or caufe to be made, any Transfer of fuch 
Stock, upon which the faid Loans are entered to be made, 

or of any Stock whatfoever, unto, or for the Ufe of, the 

Company, ‘for fecuring the Repayment of the Money 
then borrowed, amounting in the Whole, to the aforefaid 
Sum of Two millions One hundred eighty-one thoufand 
Wine hundred Forty-four Pounds Eleven Shillings: And 
this Examinant does not know, that any Stock was tranf- 
ferred by or for the faid Perfons, for the Security of the 
faid Money, or of any Part thereof, 

Sir ‘fohn Blunt, being examined, fays, He takes it, 
there was a good deal of Money lent to Perfons who had 
bought Sock and, in fuch Cafes, the real Borrowers 
were not the Transferrers; but the Perfons of whom they 
had bought transferred the Stock to Mr. Knight, Sur- 
man or Powell, for fecurinig the Money lent by the 
Company: Says, He really believes, That Mr. Knight 
generally made good the Stock which he has charged the 
Company to have lent Money upon; though he has 
heard, that fome Perfons are charged with bortowing 
Money, who never did borrow any: Says, That he be- 
lieves, there is a confiderable Quantity of Stock, on 
which Money is faid to be lent, where no Stock is tranf 
ferred: And the Examinant apprehends, that great Part 
of that Deficiency will be found among the Five hundred 
feventy-four thoufand: Five hundred Pounds fictitious 
Stock, faid to be fold; which, he believes, has been 
transferred to the Loan Account. 

Mr. Robert Surnam, being examined, as to the Account 
of Loans, where no Transfers appear to be made, fays, 
That he believes, that, Mr. Knight having Accounts of 
Stock with feveral Perfons, he carried their Stock to the 
Account of Loans: Says, That, when the Loans were at 
firft begun to be made, thefe were feveral Wafte-books 
kept, wherein the Sums lentout were firft eritered; and all 
the Papers and Memorandums, relating,to the Loans, 
were given to Mr. Clayton, a Clerk in the South Sea 
Houle; who, from thence, made out the Account of 
Loans; Says, he believes the Wafte-books are at the 
South Sea Houfe; but he does not remember whether he 
has feen thofe Books fince the Inquiry began, or not ; 
Says, That the Ledgers of the Loans, he believes, were 
made up.about a Month before Mr. Knight went away: 
Says, He believes, that feveral of the Perfons who had. 
the fictitious Stock had Money lent upon it,-or the Com- 
pany’s Account; and, in fuch Cafes, no Transfets could 
be made; and he believes, that Part of the Five hun- 
dred feventy-eight thoufand Eight hundred Eighty-eight 
Pounds Stock, en which Money has been lent without 
Transfers appearing in the Account now produced to 
him, is Part of the Five hundred feventy-four thoufand 
Five hundred Pounds fictitious Stock. 

The faid Chriftopher Clayton, being hereupon examined 
by your Committee, fays,. He, and the Clerks under him, 


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did, by Direction of the Committee of Loans, and of 
Mr. Knight, make up the Account of Loans from Books, 
which, he now believes, ate at the South Sea Houfe, in 
the Cuftody of Mr. De Gols: That the Inftructions given 
him were, to make the Account from the Copies of 
the Journals: That Mr. Knight perufed this Account, 
when made up; and examined and corrected it by tlie 
Journals, and other Books of his own: That Mr, 
Kxight had the Cuftody of the original Journals; and 
before the Copies, from which this Examinant took the 
Account, were made, the Examinant believes Mr. Knight 
made fome Additions to the original Journals, from his 
own Books: Says, That he never had any Inftructions, 
or Order, from Mr. Knight, or any other Perfon, to 
make this Account in fuch a manner as not to exceed the 
Regulations of Fout hundred Pounds per Cevé. 

Your Committee are proceeding in the farther Exa. 
mination of the Matters referred to them ; and will, in 
fhort time, lay the fame before the’ Houfe. 


Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Con?: 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred to cons 
fider further of the State of the publick Credit of this 
Kingdom. | 


Mr. Clayton acquainted the Houfe, That the Commit- 
tee of Secrecy are preparing a Draught of a Report, re: 
lating to feveral Members of both Houfes, mentioned in 
the Account of Stock fold, laid before this Houfe, and 
relating to all other Members of this Houfe mentioned 
in any Examinations taken by the faid Committee ; which 
the Committee have determined to report to the Houfe : 
And therefore defire the Houfe to appoint a Day for re- 
ceiving fuch Report. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received upon this 
Day Fortnight. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Call of the 
Houfe; 

Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Fortnight. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do write hiscircular Letters to 
the Sheriffs and Stewards of the feveral Counties in Great 
Britain, requiring the Attendance of the Members of this 
Houfe upon this Day Fortnight, being Monday the Fifth 
Day of ‘une next. 

Which circular Letter is as followeth; viz. 


From the Houfe of Commons, the 22d Day of 
May 1721. 
Sir, 


Am commanded by the Houfe of Commons to atquaint 

you, That you are immediately, upon the Receipt 

of this, to fummon the Reprefentatives of your County, 

and Boroughs within the fame, to attend their Service in 

Parliament on Monday the Fifth Day of Fume next: And 

you are to give me an Account of the Receipt of this, and 

what you have done thereupon,’ upon Pain of incurring 
the Difpleafure of the faid Houfe. 

Iam, Sir, 
Your moft humble Servant, 
Sp. Compton, Speaker. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further Confideration the Report from the Committee 
of Secrecy, on the Twenty-firft Day of April lait: 

And that Part of the faid Report which relates to 
mo ga Owen, Samuel Stroud, and Fofeph Shaw, was 
read. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid R&amp; 
port be adjourned until Z/ur/day Morning next. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider fur- 
ther of the State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom; 

Ordered, That the Account of Nine millions Three 
huhdred thirty thoufand Six hundred Eighty-fix Pounds 
Eleven Shillings, lent out upon the Stock of the South 
Sea Company; to whom, and at what Times, and upoh 
what Security the fame was lent; and how much of a 

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{aid Sums has been repaid, by whom, and at what Times: 
And alfo the Account of the Two millions Two hundred 
twenty-eight thouland Eighty-nine Pounds, lent out upon 
Subfcription Receipts of the faid Company ; to whom, 
at what Times, and upon what Security, the fame was 
Jent; and how much of the faid Sum has been repaid, 
by whom, and at what Times; be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account delivered in from the Com- 
mittee of Secrecy, of the Names of fuch Perfons, to 
whom Loans have been made on South Sea Stock, who, 
at the Time when fuch Loans were made do not appear, 
by any Books, to have transferred Stock to the South Sea 
sCompany, for the Security thereof, be referred to the 
{aid Committee. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. ; 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ‘ 

Mr. Farrer ‘reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred; and had direéted him to move, That they may 
have Leave to fit again. | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick 

Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 23° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition.of the High Sheriff, Juftices of the Peace, 
A and:Grand Jury, of the County of Derby, affembled 
at the Quarter Seffions of the Peace held at Derby, in and 
for the faid County, the Eighteenth Day of April One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one; and of feveral 
other Gentlemen, Clergymen, and Freeholders, of the 
faid County, was ‘prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fertinge-forth, That they beg Leave to exprefs their Con- 
cern for the unfpeakable Miteries this once flourifhing Na- 
tion is:reducedito, by the corrupt Management of the‘late 
South Sea Dire&amp;ers, their Agents and Abbettors ; who, 
notwithftanding the immenfe Sums they have cheated the 
Nation of, have yet the Confidence to conceal their 
Eftate and Effects: And praying, That Trade may be 
revived, publick Credit reftored, the grand ’Corruption 
detected, and no-Obftacle to ‘hinder the Plunderers of the 

Publick from being brought to fpeedy Juftice. 
Ordered, That the’faid Petition do ‘lic -upon.the Table. 


A Petition of the junior Bailiff, the Aldermen, Com- 
anion Burgéfies, Clergymen, Gentlemen, and Freehold- 
ers, of, or near unto, the-Boraugh of af Retford, in the 
County-of Nottingham, was prefented tothe Houfe, and 
read; fetting ‘forth, That, being deeply affected with 
Concern for the-cdlamitous Condition -to which they fee 
this Nation expofed, by the pernicious and wicked Exe- 
fention of the Soush Sea Scheme, ‘which has decayed 
their impaired Credit, and .drained away the Moncey: 
wAnd \praying, That ‘this Nation -may be reftored to a 
Mourifhing Condition, ;and become the-Refort of Credit ; 
rand that the Offenders may be brought to condign Pu- 
nifhment. 

Ordered, ‘That.the {aid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Retition of the Mayor, Recorder, Juftices of the 
Peace, Aldermen, and capital Burgeffes, of the Borough 
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of Evefbam, in the County of Woerccfer, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they are deeply 
fenfible of the deplorable Eitate of this Kingdom, occa- 
fioned by the wicked and deliberate Contrivance of the 
South Sea Diretors, in Concurrence with thofe who 
trufted and employed them: And praying, That En- 
deavours may be ufed to detect, and punith, fuch unpa- 
ralleled Crimes, and the Authors thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
principal Inhabitants, of the Borough of Newark upor 
Trent, in the County of Nottingham, in the behalf of 
themfelves, Fellow Subjeéts, and Sufferers, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That never was 
the Cry more univerfal, or the Occafion more important, 
to fee a whole Kingdom deluded, impoverifhed, and 
affronted, by the wicked Contrivances and Machinations 
of the late infamous Directors of the Soxth Sea: And 


‘praying, That this Houfe will perfevere in the Courfe 


they have begun, in detecting, and punifhing all Offend- 
ers of what Title or Quality foever. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


7 A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgeffes, and 
principal Inhabitants, of the ancient Borough of New- 
bury, in the County of Berks, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That they having a juft Abhor- 
rence of the late villainous Contrivarice of the Betrayers 
of their Country, the deplorable State, and uncommoa 
Miferies they labour under, by the fatal Decay of Trade, 
Manufacture, and publick Credit: And praying, That 
this Houfe will proceed to punifh the Betrayers of their 
Country. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table: 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing the Road from St. 
Gyles’s Pound, to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, was read the Third time. 

And fome Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for repairing the Road from St. Gyles’s Pound to 
Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex. 

Ordered, ‘Uhat the Lord William Powlet do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Company and Fellowhhip of Tallow- 
chandlers, and other Traders, in the City ot Coventry, in 
the Behalf of themfelves, and feveral Thoufands con- 
cerned in the Silk and Woollen Manufactures belonging 
to the faid City, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; 
fetting forth, That they having, upon.all Occafions, fhewn 
a juft Regard to the Manufactures of this Kingdom, 
whenfoever they laboured under any Difficulties, they 
humbly beg Leave to reprefent the great Difficulties their 
Trade has, and does ftill lie, under.trom the Duties which 
are laid upon Candles and Soap: And praying ‘Relief in 
the Premies. 

Ordered, Thatthe faid Petition dolie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Warden, and Company of 
Soap-makers in the City of Briftol, was prefented to the 
Houfe,. and read; fetting forth, That the Duties now 
lying on Soap, have brought very great Difficulties and 
Inconveniencies upon their Trade ; thefe Inconveniencies 
do not only affect the Makers and Sellers, but alfo the Pub- 
lick, and.all Sorts of People; and have tempted many 
Soap-makers to work corruptly in the faid Trade ; from 
whence great Damage hath enfued to the fair Traders 
therein; and the great Quantities of Soap ufed in the 
Woollen Manufactures, thefe Duties are a great Burthen 
upon that Trade; and they apprehend, that the taking 


off thefe Duties upon Soap will be advantageous and ac- 


ceptable-to the whole Kingdom: And praying Relief in 
the Premifes, 


7C Ordered, 











Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Annuitants and Proprietors of the 
redeemable Debts, in behalf of themfelves, whofe Names 
are underwritten, and many thoufands concerned therein, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That they have lent a great Part of their Eftates, on the 
Credit of feveral Aéts of Parliament, for the publick 
Service; and that they thought théy had fufficient Secu- 
rity; but find themfelves betrayed, and given up, by the 
Managers appointed by their Truftees, contrary to the 
true Intent and Meaning of the Law, and contrary to the 
Faith of publick Credit: And begging the Juftice of the 
Houfe for Relief againft the Fraud of the late South Sea 
Direétors, as well as of the great and notorious Breach 
of Truft in the Managers; and that, in order to reftore 
the publick Credit, the Petitioners may have a juft and 
reafonable Satisfaction; and that their Cafe may be duly 
confidered, and diftinguifhed from that of the Money 
Subfcribers, who have been excufed Nine Parts in Ten 
in the Third Subfcription, and Four Parts in Five in the 
Fourth: And humbly hoping, That fuch Relief may be 
granted them as may be equal and proportionable to their 
different Claims and Titles. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London and 
Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a Second time upon To- 
morrow Fortnight. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Houle upon Tuefday the Sixth Day of Fume next, with 
the Return of the late Election of a Burgefs for the Bo- 
rough of Berealfton, in the County of Devon. 

Ordered, That the High Sheriff of the County of De- 
von, of his Deputy, do attend this Houfe upon Tue/day 
the Sixth Day of Fune next, with the Precept iffued by 
him to the Portreeve of the Borough of Bereal/ton, for the 
late Eleétion of a Burgefs for the faid Borough ; and with 
the Receipt taken by him for the fame. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and Mr. 
Godfrey: 

Mr. Speaker, ' 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled; An Act for 
difcharging Part of the Eftate of Richard Cambridge 
Efquire, in the County of Gloucefter, from the Ufes and 
Limitations contained in his Marriage Settlement ; and 
for fettling another Eftate, in the fame County, of better 
Value, to the fame Ufes: To which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
inclofing the Heath, or Common, called Broad-heath, im 
the Parifhes of Ellenhall, Sleighford, and Ronton, in the 
County of Stafford: To which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing of James Ma/sé; with fome Amendments: 
To which Amendments the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Lords to put 
them in mind of the Bill for the better Eftablifhing of 
publick Credit, by preventing, for the future, the infa- 
mous Pra¢tice of Stock-jobbing. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do go with the faid 
Meffage. 


Ordered, That the Lord Mayor of the City of London, 
do lay before this Houfe the Names of fuch Perfons as 
are admitted to act as Brokers within the City of London, 
and the Liberties thereof; together with a Copy of the 


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4.1724, 


Security given by the Brokers, at the Time of their Ad- 
miffion ; and allio a Copy of the Oath taken by them. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 

refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bills for Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and for reftraining 
John Aiflabie Efquite from going out of this Kingdom 
for the Space of One Year, and until the End of the nevt 
Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate and 
Effects; and for the preventing the traniporting or alie- 
nating the fame ; . 
__ Ordered, That the feveral Petitions prefented to the 
Houfe from the late Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, 
Directors, Deputy Cafhier,” and Accountant, of the 
South Sea Company, which were ordered to lie upon the 
Table, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Com- 
mittee. : 

Ordered, That the Report ftom the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to confider the Inventories and Par- 
ticulars of the Eftates of the late Sub-governor, De- 
puty Governor, Directors, Deputy Cafhier; and Ac- 
countant, of the South Sea Company, be referred'to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee of tlie whole 
Houfe. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit. 
tee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That théy 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills ; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurti, 24° die Maii; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PraveERs. 


HE Hovfe being informed, That Mr. Stracey, the 

[ Town Clerk of the City of London, attended at 
the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, according to Order, by Direction of the Lord 
Mayor of the faid City, a Lift of the Names of the 
Brokers; and a Copy of the Brokers Bond, and Oath. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Titles of the faid Lift and Copy were read. 

The faid Lift and Copy are bound up with the other 

Papers of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the faid Lift and Copy do lie upon the 

Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled,. An A&amp; 
for inclofing the Heath, or Common, called Broad-heath, 
in the Parifhes of Ellenball, Sleighford, and Ronton, in 
the County of Stafford, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill ftorn the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for difcharging Part of the Eftate of Richard Cambridge 
Efquire, in the County of Gloucefter, from the Ufes and 
Limitations contained in his Marriage Settlement ; and 
for fettling another Eftate, in the fame County, of better 
Value, to the fame Ufes; was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, 





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Ordered, That Sir Edward Stradling Baronet, in 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houle, 
for neglecting to attend his Service in Parliament, be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Keymifs Baronet, in Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for neg- 
leCting to attend his Service in Parliament, be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the Duty of Two Pe- 
nies Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, laid 
upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer fold within thé 
Town of Dundee, and Privileges thereof, for paying the 
publick Debts of the faid Town; building and endowing 
a new Church; and for other Purpofes therein menti- 
oned; was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs the laft but One, L. * To leave out * Bur- 
* geffes,” and infert ‘* Burgefs :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
thereof be, An Ac for continuing the Duty of Twos 
Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, iaid 
upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer fold within the 
Town of Dundee, and Privileges thereof, for paying the 
publick Debts of the faid Town; building and endowing 
a new Church; and for other the Purpoies therein men- 
tioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Patrick-Haldene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Corifideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; for naturalizing of Fames Ma/se : 

And the fame were read ; and are as follows; viz. 

Prefs 1. L. 1. Leave 6ut ** befeecheth,” and infert 
&lt;¢ befeech:” 

L. 5. After * France,” infert ** and Facob 
“¢ Stolek, Son of Fohn Stolck and Mary his Wife, born 
*¢ at Roterdam, in Holland :”? 

L. 7. Leave out “ his,” and infert “ their:” 

-L. 15. After ‘* Ma/sé,” infert “* and Facob 
s¢ Stolck,; and, in the fame Line, leave out “ is,” and 
infert “* are:” 

L, 18. Leave out “ai” we 

L. 19. Leave out “ Subject,” and infert 
« Subjetts :” 

L. 20. Leave out ‘he is,” and infert ** they 
* are:” 
L. 24. Leave out ‘* he”¥ and infert “ they ;” 
and, in the fame Line, leave out ‘* was,” and infert 
“ were;” and, before ‘* natural,” leave out “a,” and 
inftead of “* Subject,” infert ** Subjects :” 

L. 27. After * that,” infert “ they :” 

L. 28. After * Maj/sé,” infert “ and Facod 
“ Stolck;”? and, in the fame Line, leave out “ is,” and 
infert ** are :” 

L. 39. Leave out the Firft “ his,” and infert 
“ their ;” and, inftead of ** Heir,” infert “* Heirs ;” and, 
in the fame Line, leave out “ his,” and infert “ their;”, 

Prefs 2. L. 1. Leave out “* him,” and infert “* them.” 
L. 3. Leave out “ he,” and infert ‘ they :” 
L. 9. Leave out * he,” and infert they :” 
L. 10. After “ Maj/sé,” infert “ and Facob 
 Stolck:? 

L. 16. Before ‘* natural,” leave out “ a;” 


‘and, inftead of “ Subject,” infert “ Subjects :” 


L. 23. Leave out “ he,” and infert ‘ they ;” 
and, after “* Ma/sé,” infert ** and Facab Stolck :” 

L. 24. Leave out “ a:” 

L. 25. Leave out * Member,” and infert 
“© Members :” 

L. 29. Leave out “ himfelf,” and infert 
S themfelves :” 


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L. 30. Leave out “ him,” arid infert ** them :” 
To the Title of the Bill, add “* and Facod Stolck.” 
The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 

tinte, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon; 

agreed unto by the Houtfe. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agréed to the 
faid Amendments. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, repozted ftom the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
further preventing his Majefty’s Subjects from trading to 
the Eaft Indies, under foreign Commiffions ; and for en- 
couraging, and further fecuring, the lawful Trade thereto; 
was committed ; the Amendments which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time; one by one; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of 
them, agreed unto by the Houfe: 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
the Act fhall not extend to the Two Corporations fot 
Affurance of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea, or going to 
Sea; or for lending Money on Bottomry; called the 
Royal Exchange Affurance, and the London Affurance : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be 
brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. | 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
to make the Act temporary : 

And the Queftion being put; That the Claufe be 
brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative: 


Ordered; That the Bill, with the Aniendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Houfe beirig informed, That fome Perfons, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the 
Door ; . 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houle, the Commiffioners of Cuftoms Report, ‘with 
Accounts, purfuant to the Orders of the Houfe, of the 
Fifth Inftant ; viz. + a 

An Account of the annual grofs and net Prodttce, for 
Five Years ending at Chriftmas laft, of the Duties and 
Impofitions granted, fince the Twenty-fifth of December 
One thoufand Six hundred Eighty-eight; on Goods and 
Merchandizes imported from the Ea/t Indies, which were 
net payable before that Time, and are now payable: And 

0, : 

An Account of the Totals of the grofs arid net Pro- 
duce of the Revenue of the Cuftoms for Five Years end- 
ing at Chriftmas One thoufand Seven hundred - and 
Twenty ; diftinguifhing each Year. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Report and Accounts were 
read. F 

The faid Report. and Accounts are as follows; 
VIZ. 


To the honourable the Commions of Great Britain, 
in Parhament affembled. 2 

IX Obedience to an Order of this honourable Houfe, 

of the 5th Inftant, That we fhould lay before you an 

Account of the annual grofs and net Produce, for Five 

Yeats ending at Chrifimas laft, of the Duties and Impo- 

fitions granted, fince the 25th December 1688, on Goods 

and Merchandizes imported from the Eaft Indies, which 

wete not payable before that Time, and are now pay- 
able ; 

We gave immediate Directions to the Patent Officers. 6f 
this Port to prepare the’ faid Account, without Lofs of 
Time: And they having delivered to us the annexed Pa- 
per, containing an Account of the annual grofs Pro- 
duce, for Five Years, to Chrifimas laft, of the Duties 


ard, 














560 
and Impofitions granted, fince the 25th December 1688, 
on Goods and Merchandizes imported from the Eaf In- 
dies, which were not payable before that time, and are 
now payable; we herewith humbly lay the fame before this 
honourable Houfe, by the Hands of the proper Officers : 

And, as to the Accounts of the net Produce of the faid 
Duties, we humbly acquaint this honourable Houfe, 
That the {aid Officers have informed us, That ‘* the ren- 
© dering the faid Account will be a Work which will 
“‘ neceflarily take up much Time; for as Eaf India 
«¢ Goods, not directed by any Law to be kept feparate 
‘ from other Goods, are daily entered outwards, inter- 
«© mixed with other Goods, in the fame Certificates and 
“© Coquets ; fo that every individual Certificate Entry for 
“ the {aid Years muft be examined; and what Laf 
«© India Goods are found therein, muft be placed in Co- 
«¢ lumns, under proper Heads, in order to compute the 
«&lt; Drawbacks on the faid Goods: And that they, the Pa- 
«¢ tent Officers, having confulted the Searchers in this 
« Port, in whofe Office, as well as from the Searchers in 
« the Out Ports, the Quantities and Species of all Zaf 
‘«* India Goods exported can, with Certainty be known, 
‘¢ they find it will take up at leaft Three Months to draw 
* out the faid Accounts :” 


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4.1721, 


Whereupon wehave repeated our Directions, That no 
Time be loftin preparing the Accounts of the Drawbacks 
in order to come at the annual net Produce of the faid 
Duties; which, when perfeéted, will be laid before this 
honourable Houie: In the mean time, we humbly re. 
port, That the Chargeof management, occafioned by the 
faid Duties and Impofitions granted fince the 25th Decem- 
ber 1688, and now payable, amounts to Seven hundred 
Seventy-four Pounds per Annum; which, with the Draw. 
backs of the Duties exported within the faid Five Years 
will give the net Produce required by the above-mention.. 
ed Order: |. 

And, in Obedience to another Order of this honour. 
able Houfe, of the fame Date, we herewith humbly la 
before you, by the Hands of the Comptroller General, who 
is the proper Officer, an Account of the Totals of the 
grofs and net Produce of the Revenue of Cuiftoms for 
Five Years annually, to Chriftmas latt. 

All which is humbly fubmitted. 


Robert Baylis. 


Cuftom-houfe, Walter Yonge. 
London, 7. Pulteney. 
24 May 1721. TI. Walker. 


AN Account of the Totals of the grofs and net Produce of the Revenue of the Cuftoms for Five Years ending 


Chriftmas 1720; diftinguifhing éach Year. 


From Chrifimas 1715 to Chriftmas 1716 








From Ghriftmas 1716 to Chrifimas 1717 





From Chrifimas 1717 to Chriftmas 1718 














From Chrifitmas 1718 to Chriftmas ¥719 








From Chriftmas 1719 to Chrifimas 1720 


Cuftom-houfe, London, 
24. May 1721. 











Grofs Produce. Net Produce. 
2,731,969 19 44 1,736,162 4 9 
2,821,747 17 112 1,752,606 6 9+ 
2,978,389 32 5% 1,9045173 12 D1 
2,077,011 12 4 | 1,539,403 14 14 
2,733,809 18 3 1,528,839 2 6£ 
13,942,929 1 4% | 8,452,185 1 1 





Rod. Paul, Affiftant to Comptroller General. 


AN Account of the ‘annual grofs Produce, for Five Years ending at Chrifimas laft, of the Duties and Impofitions 


4% oranted, fince the 25 December 1688, on Goods and Merchandizes imported from the Ej Indies, which were 


not payable before that time, and are now payable. 


For the Year ending at Chriftmas 1716 
For the Year ending at Chriftmas 1717 
For the Year ending at Chriftmas 1718 
For the Year ending at Chrifimas 1719 
For the Year ending at Chriftmas 1720 


Cuftom-houfe, London, 
37th May i721. 


Ordered, That the faid Accounts be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whale Houfe, who 
are to confider further of the State of the publick Credit 
of this Kingdom. 


The Order of the Day béing fead, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into-a Conimittee of the whole Howfe, ‘upon 
the Bill-to fubjeét the Eftates, real and‘perfonal, of Sir 
George Cafwall Knight, Facob Sawbridge, and Elias 
Turner, Eiquires, to make good to the South Sea’ Com- 
pany the Sum of Two hundred and fifty thoufand 
Pounds. 

Refolved, That this ‘Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the! Houfe'to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole ‘Howle, ‘to con- 
Afider further of the State of the .publick Credit of this 
Kingdom ; | 


£ 387,359 11 4 
£ 289,662 5 5 
£ 382,538 14 114 
£395:233 § 7 
£420,991 11 34 


E. Rumbold, S*. G. Chr. Tower, D, Coll. 
Tho. Andrews, S*. 
Cha. Mein. Pro-coll. 
Richard Tull, Pro.coll, 
Tho. Caufton, D. Gomp. 


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‘Ordered, That the Copies of the Réfolutions of the 
South Sea Company, relating to Loans, and the Particulars 
in which the faid Rules have been exceeded, laid before 
‘this Houfe by the Comimittee of Secrecy, be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker léft the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer repotted from the Committee, That they 
had directed him to move, That they may have Leave to 
fit again, 

Refolved, ‘That the Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
‘Houfe, to corfider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. a“ 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Fuvis, 25° die Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgit Regis, 1721.. 

PRAYERS. ; 

Bill for repairing the Road from Wendover to the 
Town of Buckingbam, in the County of Bucks, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be cammitted to Mr. Denton, 
Mr. Halfey, Lord Wm. Povolet, Sir Thomas Lyttleton, Sir 
Facob Afbley, Mi. Windfor, Sir Thomas Fobnjon, Mr. Wind- 
bam, Mr. Farrer, Sir Hen. Afburft, Mr. Ellys, Sir fobn 
Rufoout, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Freeman, Sir 
Jobn Curzon, Mr. Gybbou, Mr. Feffop, Sir Charles Hotham, 
Mr. Weft, Mr. Pigott, Mr. White, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. 
Onflow, Mr. Clayton, Colonel Grabme, Mr. Lade, Mr. 
Smith, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Walpole, Sir Richard Howe, 
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Pluiner, Colonel Berkley, Mr. Tuffael; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of 
Bucks, Northampton, Nottingham, Warwick, and Werce/- 
ter: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Conftables, Church- 
wardens, Overfeers, and other Parifh Officers, Burgeffes, 
and principal Inhabitants, of the Borough and Parith of 
Aylefbury, in the County of Bucks; which was prefented 
to the Houfe, and ordered to lie upon the Table until 
the faid Bill was read a Second time; be referred ta the 
faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Commiffioners and 
Truftees for the forfeited Eftates, prefented to the Houfe 
this Seffion, be taken into Confideration upon Wedne/day 
Sevennight. 


Ordered, That the Confideration of that Part of the 
Report from the Committee of Secrecy, of the Twenty- 
firft of April laft, which’relates to Edward Owen, Samuel 
Stroud, and Fofeph Shaw, be further adjourned till this 
Day Fortnight. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bills for the Re- 
lief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; 
and for reftraining Joba Aiflabie Efquire from going out 
ef this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the 
End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcover- 
ing his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing the 
tranfporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

” Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


~ And then the Houte adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 26° die Mai; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. ° 
N ingroffed Bill for the further preventing his Ma- 


jefty’s Subjects from trading to the Eat Indies un- 


der foreign Commiffions ; and for encouraging, and fur- 
‘ther fecuring, the lawful Trade thereto; was read the 
Third time. 
_ The Amendments following were. fevérally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz, 
Vor. XEX, 


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Prefs lat, L.. 7. After “* Deputy,” to infert “during 
*© the Continuance of the faid Aét of the Third Year of 
* his Majefty’s Reign :” 

. ¥2, 13, Leave out “ Twenty-four,” and 
infert * Eighteen :” 
L,. 18, After “* Deputy,” to infert “ dur- 
“* ing the Continuance of the faid Acts :” 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion a put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for the further preventing his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects from trading to the Laff Indies under foreign Com- 
miffions ; and for encouraging, and further Securing the 
lawful Trade thereto; and for better regulating the Pi- 
lots of Dever, Deal, and the Ifle of Thanet. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. _ 


Mr, Clayton, from the Committee of Secrecy, reported 
to the Houfe, That it appeared to the faid Committee, 
That Mr. Chriftopher Clayton,a Clerk in the Treafury 
Office of the Seuth Sea Company, had endeavoured, by 
Threats and Menaces, to fupprefs the Evidence which 
Samuel Watts, another Clerk in the faid Office, was able 
to give to the faid Committee ; which Report he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Ta- | 
ble: Where the fame was read; and is as followeth ; viz. 


That the Committee of Secrecy appointed to enquire 
into all the Proceedings relating to the Execution of an 
Act, pafied the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An 
Act for enabling the So#th Sea Company to increafe their 
prefent Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch pub- 
lick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned ; 
and for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening feveral 
of the publick Debts and Incumbrances ; and for calling 
in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled; and 
for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circu- 
culated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the 
Exchequer; having, on the Twenty-fifth of May inftant, 
examined, in the moft folemn manner, Samuel Watts, a 
Clerk, in the Treafury Office of the South Sea Company ; 
he fays, That, fome time in Favzary laft, about a Fort - 
night after the Firft Meeting of the Secret Committee at 
the South Sea Houle, Mr. Lockyer came up into the Trea- 
fury-room, from the Secret Committee, and faid, The 
wanted Mr. Cbri/topher Clayton, then a Clerk to the South 
Sea Company: Who not being there, he afked for the 
Examinant; who faid, ** Here am [:” And then Mr. 
Lockyer enquired of the Examinant, Who the Clerks were 
that made out the Books of Loans: And the Examinant 
acquainted him, That himfelf, Yames Ottey, George Weat- 
ley, and Stephen Crifp, were Clerks employed in making 
out thofe Books; and then Mr. Lockyer went down Stairs, 
and defired the Examinant not to be out of the Way: 
That, foon after, the faid Mr. Clayton came in; and the 
E:xaminant told him, The Committee wanted him ‘belo 
Stairs : Clayton then afked him, If the Examinant knew 
for what the Committee wanted him: The Examinant 
replied, He did not know; but that Mr. Lockyer had de- 
fired him to attend: Upon which Clayton faid, He- had 
heard the Examinant had given Mr, Lockyer the Names 
of the Clerks who affifted him in making out the Books 
of Loans: Upon this, €/aytow faid, with a Curfe, «* What 
** had you to do to tell their Names ? If you had a mind 
** to bring yourfelf into a Premunire, why’ fhould you 
“* bring them? Am not I fufficient to give an Account 
* for them ?” And, walking aboyt the Room ina Paf- 
fion, faid, That the Examinant had nothing to do to 
difcoyer any thing; efpecially to Mr. Lockyer, who was a 
Rogue, and a Villain, and had difcovered aH; and that 
he would therefore be defpifed, and pifiled.upen, by every 
body: And then faid, That, if this Examinant was 
fummoned before the Committee of Secrgey, he wag 
to anfwer, That he knew nothing, but that the Examin-~ 
ant was fubordinate to him; and that-what the Examin: 


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‘ant had done, was by his Directions, and he was anfwer- 
able for it; and, laying his Hands violently on this Exa- 
minant’s Face, fqucezed his Jaws very hard, and faid, If 
the Examinant difcovered any thing, he would be the 
Death of him: 

That Clayton then afked the Examinant, What he did 
know: To which the Examinant replied, He knew 
enough; and that, when he was examined before his 
Betters, he would tell the Truth: Clayton afked again, 
What the Examinant did know; to which the Examin- 
ant anfwered, He fhould know in time. 

Your Cammittee are proceeding in the further Exami- 
nation of the Matters referred to them ; and will fpeedily 
lay the fame before the Houfe. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That Mr, Chriftopher 
Clayton, a Clerk in the Treafury Office of the South Sea 
Company, by endeavouring to prevail with Mr. Samuel 
Watts, another Clerk in the faid Office, by Threats and 
Menaces, to fupprefs the Evidence whieh he was able to 
give to the Committee of Secrecy, is guilty of a High 
Crime and Miidemeanor. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Chriftopber Clayton be, for 
his faid Offence, committed Prifoner to his Majefty’s Pri- 


fon of the Gateboufe : And that Mr. Speaker do iffue his 


Warrant accordingly. 


Ordered, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to direct the 
proper Officer to lay before this Houfe, an Account to 
what Ufes, and for how much, the feveral Branches of 
the Cuftoms, refpectively, exclufive of the Civil Lift, 
{tood engaged at Adichaglmas One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Twenty; and how much the annual Intereft payable 
upon the fame amounted unto. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe, as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Cammittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had direét- 
ed him to report, when the Houle will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Sevennight, in a full Houfe. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him.to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Wegyefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
-Houwfe, to confider further of the State of the pyblick 
Credit of this Kingdom, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Sabbati, 27° die Maii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721, 


PRAYERS. 
QReered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs ta ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Horfham, in the County of Suffex, in the 
room of the honourable “rthur Ingram Efquire, now Lard 
Vifcount Jrwin, a Peer of Great Britaju. 


Complaint heing made to the Houfe, That one Dawiel 
Ellingbam was concerned in the Breach of Privilege com- 
plained of, the Twenty-eighth of March laft, ta have been 


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A.1724. 


committed againft Thewas Bere Efquire, a Member of 
this Houfe ; and then referred to the Committee of Prj- 
vileges and Elections ; 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Complaint againftt 
the faid Daniel Ellingham be referred to the Committee 
of Privileges and Elections: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, capital 
Burgeffes, Common Council, and other Inhabitants, of 
the ancient and loyal Corporation of Lancafter, in the 
County of Laucafter, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the flourifhing Trade which 
this Nation was poffeffed of is fatally decayed; the Manu- 
facturers in a ftarving Condition, for Want of Means to 
difpofe of their Commodities ; all private, as well as the 
publick, Credit ina languifhing State; and a general Dead- 
nefs in all Sorts of Bufinefs ; occafioned by the villainous 
Execution of the South Sea Scheme by the late Directors, 
their Aiders, Abettors, and Affiftants: And praying, 
That fuch vigorous Meafures may be taken as may beft 
revive Trade, reftore Credit, and bring the Offenders to 
exemplary Punifhment. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, of a Paper 
printed by N. Mift, in Great Carter-lane, London, intitul- 
ed, The Weekly Fournal, or Saturday’s Pof; witb 
frefoeft Advices, foreign and domeftick, Saturday, May 
27, 172135 

The fame was brought up to the Table: And feveral 
Paragraphs in the faid printed Paper were read. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Paper, intituled, 
The Weekly Fournal, or Saturday’s Poft ; with frefheft Ad- 
vices, foreign and domeftick, Saturday, May 27, 1721; is 
a falfe, malicious, fcandalous, infamous, and -traiterous 
Libel; tending to alienate the Affections of his Majefty’s 
Subjects, and to excite the People to Sedition and Re- 
bellion ; with an Intention to fubvert the prefent happy 
Eftablifhment, and to introduce Popery, and arbitrary 
Power. 

Ordered, That N. MGft, the Printer and Publither of the 
faid Paper, be, for his faid Offence, committed Prifoner 
to his Majefty’s Gaol of Newgate: And that Mr. Speaker 
do iffue his Warrants accordingly. 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, expreffing gur urmoft 
Abhorrence of the fcandalous, infamous, and traiterous, 
Libel, intituled, The Weekly Fournal, or Saturday’s Pof, 
with frefheft Advices, foreign and domeftick, May 27, 
1721; and our Deteftation of the Author of it ; and to 
affure his Majefty, That this Houfe will ftand by and 
fupport his Majefty, and his Royal Family, againft all 
traiterous and feditious Attempts that fhall be made againft 
his Sacred Perfon, and Government ; and humbly to be- 
feech his Majefty, That he will give the moft effectual 
Orders for profecutingand punifhing the Printer and Pub- 
lifhers, and alfo the Authors and Contrivers, when dif- 
covered, of the faid traiterous Libel, and of all other 
feditious Libels, that tend to raife Difcontent and Difaf- 
fection in the Minds of his Majefty’s Subjels; and to 
affure his Majefty, That this Houfe will proceed, with 
the greateft Care and Diligence, to find out, and difcover, 
a of fuch wicked, feditious, and traiterous, 

ibels. . 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to enquire 
into the Authors, Contrivers, Printers, and Publifhers, of 
the faid feditious and traiterous Libel, and, of all other 
feditious and traiterous Libels, which tend to raife Dif- 
content and Difaffeétion in the Minds of his Majefty’s 
Subjects : 

And it is referred to Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, 
Mr. Walpole, Lord Hinchinbrook, Mr. Yonge, Lord Wm. 

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Powlet, Mr. Hitch, Sie Francis Drake, General Roff, 
Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Denton, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Weft, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Ta/- 
bot, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Bacon, Matter of the 
Rolls, Mr. Kel/all, Mr. Afb, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Doding- 
ton, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Fhomas Pengelly, 
Sir Fohn Rufbout, Sir Fobn Rogers, Mr. Earl, Mr. Fef- 
fop, the Marquis of Hartington, Sir Richard Grofvenor, 
Mr. Thompfon, Lord Wm. Mannors, Mr. Plumer, Mr. 
Treby, Mr. Recorder, Mr. Windfor, Sir Wilfred Law- 
fon, Mr. Wortley, Sir Fobn Ward, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir 
Thomas Lyttleton, Sir Wm. Robinfoy, Mr. Sandys, Mr. 
Freeman, Mr. Godfrey, Mr, Hutchefon, Sir Thomas Se- 
bright, Colonel Grabme, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Mr. Sloper, 
Sir Fuftinian Tham, Mr. Northy, Mr. Serjeant Birch, 


«Mr. Cowper, Mr. Weftern, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Powlet, 


Mr. Archer, Mr. Herne, Mr. Roberts, Sir Wm. Maffing- 
berg, Colonel Thompfon, Lord Molefworth, Mr, Pringell, 
Mr. London, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Stanhope, 
Mr. Neville, Sir Geo. Oxenden: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And they have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, That the faid printed Paper, intituled, The 
Weekly ‘fournal, or Saturday’s Poft, with frefheft Advices, 
foreign and domeftic, May 27, 17213 be referred to the 
faid Committee. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of Yefterday, That his Majefty would be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to direét the proper Officer to lay before 
this Houfe, an Account to what Ufes, and for how much, 
the feveral Branches of the Cuftoms, refpectively, exclu- 
five of the Civil Lift, ftood engaged at Michaeluas One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty; and how much 
the annual Intereft payable upon the fame amounted to; 
had been prefented to his Majefty ; and that his Majefty 
has been pleafed to command him to acquaint this 
Houfe, That his Majefty had given the neceffary Direc- 


tions accordingly. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Fhurfday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the un- 
happy Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and for re- 
{training Fobn Aiflabie E{quire from going out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering 
his Eftate and Effects ; and for the preventing the trani- 
porting or alienating the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Wedne/dgy Morn- 
' jng next, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 31° Maii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

for Sale of the Eftate of Fobn late Earl of Kildare, 

deceafed, in the County of Limerick, within the King- 

dom of Ireland, for Payment of the Charges and Incum- 

brances thereon; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Weftern, Mr. London, Mr. Neville, .Mr. 
Tufnell, Mr. Wynn, Sir Fohn Cope, Mr. Bond, Mr. Fe/- 
Sop, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Serjeant Birch, 
Mr. Lade, Mr. Fones, Mr, Bertie, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, 
Mr, Pelbam, Mr. Offley, Mr. White, Sir Edward Strad- 
ling, General Lumley, Sir Charles Hotham, Sir Wm. St. 
Quintin, Mr. Bacon, Sir Richard Goffe, Sir Hen. Hogh- 
ton, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Kelfall, Lord Morpeth, Mr. Dock- 
minique, Lord Molefworth: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker 
Chamber. . ° 


An ingroffed Bilt from the Lords, intituled, An Act: 
for inclofing the Heath, or Common, called Broad-beat!:. 
in the Parifhes of Eljinghall, Sleighford, and Ronton, i: 
the County of Stafferd, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thom: 
Palmer, Sit Edward Stradling, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Pelham, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Fones, Sir Foti: 
Rogers, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Archer, Mr, 
Ellys, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Perrott, Mr. Hervey, Lord 
Malefworth, Sic Thomas Pengelly, Sir Thomas Lee, Sir, 
Edward Eruley, Sir Arthur Kay, General Rofe, Mr. 
Chamberlaine, Sir Charles Hothay, Mr. Lade, Mr. Sandys, 
Sir Thomas Clarke, Mr. Reynell, Sir Jobn Rufbout, Mr. 
Weftern, Mr. Giboon, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr, 
Leigh, Sir Robert Fenkinfon, Mr. Rowney, Sir Fobn Tre- 
velyan, Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Bond, 
Sir Richard Geffe, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Micklethwaite, Mr. 
Weft, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Berkley, Mr. Moreton, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Smith; and all the Members that ferve for 
the Counties of Stafford, Worcefter, and Warwick: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for difcharging Part of the Eftate of Richard Canibridge 
Efquire, in the County of Gloucefter, for the Utes and 
Limitations contajned in his Marriage Settlement ; and 
for fettling another Eftate, in the fame County, of bet- 
ter Value, to the fame Utes ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. ‘Jones, Mr. Weftern, Mr: Sandys, 
Sir Hen. Afburft, Sir Charles Wager, Sir Fobn Cope, Mr. 
Bond, Sir Thomas Fohnfon, Sir Richard Goffe, Mr. Lede, 
Mr. Reynell, Sir Wm. Lowther, Mr. Swith, Mr. Harvey, 
Mr. Archer, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Meyrick, Sir Hen. Hogh- 
ton, Sir Fongtbax Cope, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Haljey, Sir Hun- 
gerford Hofkyns, Mr. Gedfrey, Mr. Lowther, Sir Gilbert 
Heathcote, Colonel Berkley, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Chazi- 
berlain, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr, Milner, Mr. Difton, Mr. 
Lawfon, Sir Edward Stradliyg, Mr. Drake, Sir Wiis. 
Lawfon, Mr. Wynham, Mr. Ellys, Mr. Chetwynd; and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of G/ou- 
cefter, Hereford, and Wilts: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
the Reverend Doctor Haley, for the Sermon preached by 
him before this Houfe, at St. Margaret's, Weftminfter, 
upon Monday laft; and that he be defired to print the 
fame: And that Mr. Pelbam, and Sir john Phillips, do 
acquaint him therewith, 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Fobu 
Knight, a menial Servant of Sir John Trevelyan Baronet, 
a Member of this Houfe, hath been arrefted, at the Suit 
af George Spencer, by Charles Vinge, Bailiff, in Breach of 
the Privilege of this Houfe ; 

Ordered, That the faid Complaint be referred to the 
Committee of Privileges and Elections: And that they 
do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, 
with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe, 


The Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, being 
called upon to give an Account what he hath done in 
relation to Sir Edward Williams Knight, ordered to be 
taken into Cuftody, for neglecting to attend his Service 
in Parliament, acquainted the Houfe, That he had fent 
One of his Meffengers inta the Country for him; and 
that the Meffenger was returned : | ; 

And the Mefienger, being called in, gave an Account, 
That the faid Sir Edward Paliiaans was very ill, and not 
able to travel; and produced a Certificate, figned by 
Two Juftices of the Peace, and the Minifter of the Parith, 
of his il] State of Health, 

And 











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Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of Seturday laft, expreffing their usmoft Abhor- 
rence of the fcandalous, infamous, and traiterous, Libel, 
therein mentioned, and their Deteftation of the Authors 
of it; and befeeching his Majefty, That he would give 
the moft effectual Orders for profecuting and punifhing 
the Printer and Publifhers, and alfo rhe Authors and Con- 
trivers, of the faid traiterous Libel, and of all other fedi- 
tious Libels; had been prefented to his Majefty ; and 
that his Majefty was pleated to command him to acquaint 
this Houfe, That his Majefty thanks this Houfe for their 
moft dutiful and loyal Addrefs ; and will immediately 
give the neceffary Orders for profecuting and punifhing 
the Authors, Printers, and Publifhers, of all fcandalous 
and feditious Libels. 


A Petition of David Crawford Efquire, .Marfhal of 
the Prifon of the Court of King’s Bench, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That Mr. AG, 
Printer of the Weekiy Journal, is in his Cuftody, in 
Execution upon a Judgment given againit him by the 
{aid Court ; and that he hath been alfo charged in his 
Cuftody with an Action cf Debt for Five hundred 
Pounds: And that he, having Notice of the Order of 
this Houfe for committing the faid Mr. Mit to his Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol of Newgate, is ready to pay all the due Obe- 
dience to this Houfe; but that Mr. Mf being a Prifoner 
in Execution, and for Debt, the Petitioner humbly 
prays, That he may be indemnified in fuch manner as to 
this Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid N. Mift, the Printer of the faid 
feditious and traiterous Libel, do ftand committed clofe 
Prifoner to the faid Prifon of the Court of King’s Bench 
during the Pleafure of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee appoint- 
ed to inquire into the Authors, Contrivers, Printers, and 
Publifhers, of all feditious and traiterous Libels, which 
tend to raife Difcontent and Difaffection in the Minds of 
his Majefty’s Subjects, to examine Precedents in what 
manner Perfons who are Prifoners in Execution have been 
examined before this Houle, or any Committee thereof ; 
and to report the fame to the Houfe with all convenient 


Speed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Clergy, Gen- 
tlemen, and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Penryn, 
in the County of Cornwall, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That they find the Kingdom 

tought to the very Brink of Ruin by the vile Practices 
of a Set of Men, tempted, by their boundlefs Avarice, 
to betray their King and Country ; the general Scarcity 
of Money, Decay of Trade and Manufactures, Clamours 
of Poor, and other Miferies, which they fee daily increaf- 
ing ; occafioned by the fatal Mifmanagements of the late 
Directors of the South Sea Company : And praying, That 
proper Meafures may be found, conducive to the re- 
itoring the publick Credit, retrieving and encouraging 
Trade, redreffing their Grievances, leffening the Nation’s 
Debts, and doing Juftice to an injured Country. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lic upon the Table. 


The Order of the Day being read, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the State of the publick Credit of 


this Kingdom. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


. And the faid Certificate was read at the Table. 
Ordered, That the faid Sir Edward Williams be dif- 
charged gut of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A.1721, 


Fovis, 1° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Aldermen, 
Gentlemen, Merchants, Manufacturers, Free- 
holders, and Freemen, of theCity and County of the City, 
of Norwich, was prefented ta the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That they retain the deepeft Senfe of the great 
Encouragement given to their Manufacture; and, em- 
holdened by fo many great and figna] Favours conferred 
upon them, humbly beg Leave to reprefent to this ho- 
nourable Houfe the calamitous Condition of this once 
fiourifhing City ; occafioned by the Decay of Trade, and 
Lofs of publick Credit; a Diftrefs brought upon them 
by the wicked Contrivance and execrable Villainy, 
of a few Mifcreants, the late South Sea Directors, their 
Aiders, and Abettors: And praying, That fuch Mea- 
fures may be taken as this Houfe, in‘their great Wifdom, 
fhall think proper, to punifh thofe Offenders, who have 
been the Ravagers of this Nation, and whofe Greatnefs 

is built upon the Ruin of their Country. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table; 


Ordered, That the Keeper of the Gateboufe Prifon, or 
his Deputy, do bring Chriftopher Clayton, now a Prifoner. 
in the faid Prifon, in his Cuftody, to attend the Commit- 
tee of Secrecy, from time to time, as often as the faid 
Comuinittee fhall require the fame: And that Mr. Speaker 
do iffue his Warrant accordingly. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens, of 
the City of Brijtol, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Duties lying upon Soap 
and Candles are univerfally experienced to be a great 
Weight, and very much to affect all People, but more 
efpecially the poorer Sort; and particularly vaft Numbers 
of Artificers concerned in the Woollen Manufadures, 
who, being frequently obliged to work much by Can- 
dlelight, can hardly bear the Charge they muft be at, 
by reafon of the Duties on Candles, as well as Soap: 
And praying Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bills for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company; and for reftraining eae Aiflabie 
Efquire from going out of this Kingdom for the Space 
of One Year, and until the End of the next Seftion of 
Parliament; and for difcoverjing his Eftate and Effects ; 
and for the preventing the tran{porting or alienating the 
fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. : 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 

gain. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee.of the whole, 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 2° die Funii:; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
. Petition of the Tallow-chandlers, Clothiers, Sheer-. 


men, Weavers, and other Traders, in the Borough 
of Tamworth, in the Counties of Stafford and Werwick, 


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in behalf of themfelves, and feveral Hundreds concerned 
in the Woollen Manufactures belonging to the faid Bo- 
rough, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That this Houfe having, upon all Occafions, fhewn 
a juft Regard to the Manufacturers of this Kingdom, 
whenever they laboured under any Difficulties, they beg 
Leave to reprefent the great Difficulties their Trade has, 
and does ftill lie under, from the great Duties which are 
Jaid upon Candles and Soap: And praying Relief in the 
Premiles. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Hou, to confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the 
unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and for re- 
ftraining Fohn Aiflabie Efquire from going out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering 
his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing the trani- 
porting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. , 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee.. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Glayten reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bilis; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

© Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Commitee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bills. 


Refolved, That tis Houfe will, upon Wednefday next, 
at Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the State of 
the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 3° Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 

HE Lord Hinchingbrocke reported from the Com- 

mittee appointed to enquire into the Authors, Con- 
trivers, and Publifhers, of the feditious and traiterous 
Libel, intituled, The Weekly Fournal, or Saturday’s Poft ; 
with frefbeft Advices, foreign and domeftick,; May 27, 
1721; and of all other feditious and traiterous Libels, 
which tend to raife Difcontent and Difaffection in the 
Minds of his Majefty’s Subjects; to whom it was referred 
to examine Precedents, in what manner Perfons who are 
Prifoners in Execution have been examined before this 
Houfe, or any Committee thereof; That the Committee 
had fearched, and found feveral Precedents; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 


Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the fame in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do go with the Mace into Wefminfter-ball, and 
Court of Requefts, and Places adjacent, and fummion the 
Members there to attend the Service of the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And, being returned ; 

The faid Report was read; and is as followeth; viz. 


That the Committee, to whom it was referred to exa- 
mine Precedents, in what manner Perfons who are 
Prifoners in Execution have been examined before 
this Houfe, or any Committee thereof, have infpected 
the Journals of this Houfe; and do there find the 
following Piecedents; viz. 

11 Apr 1604, 1° Fac. I. Mr. Hitcham reported the 


Travel of the Committee in the Cafe of Sir Thomas Shir- 
Vor. XIX. 


"Journals of ihe Houfe of Commons. 56 5 


ley, a Burgefs of Parliameat, who had been arrefted upon 
a Latitat, and thereupon had an Execution laid upon 
him: 

_ Upon this Report, the Queftion was moved, and made 
by Mr. Speaker, Whether Simp/on the Serjeant, and his 
Yeoman, fhould be committed; viz. to the Tower, the 
proper Prifon of the Houfe : 

Rejolved, That they fhould be committed. 

But the Houfe being informed, That my Lord Chan- 
cellor, before the Sitting of the Houfe, had committed 
them ; 

Sir Edward Hobby, and Mr. Francis Moore, were ap- 
pointed to acquaint his Lordfhip with the Judgment of 
tne Houfe, for their Remove to the Prifon of the Tower: 
And, 

A Warrant from Mr. Speaker was ordered by the 
Houfe, and iffued, directed to Roger Wood Efquire, One 
of his Majefty’s Serjeants at Arms, and Serjeant of the 
Commons Houle of Parliament, requiring him to take 
the Bodies of Giles Simpfon, the Piaintiff, and William 
Watkins, the Serjeant, then remaining Prifoners in the 
Fleet, into his Cuftody, and bring them into the faid 
Houfe upon the Thirteenth Inftant, at Eight a Clo-k in 
the Morning, to an{wer to fuch Matters as fhould be ob- 
jected againit them: And then, 

13 April, Sir Edward Hobby made Report of his Mef- 
fage to the Lord Chancellor; with my Lord Chancellor’s 
Aoltwer, Why he fent Simp/on to Priion: 

Becaufe, he faid; the Arreft being upon the Day of his 
Majelty’s Entrance, he thought none but hollow Hearts 
wouid lu far contemn fucha Day, as to difturb his Majefty’s 
Servants in their Attendance, and the Solemnity of that 
Day; and therefore, in Difcretion, as his Majefty’s 
Officer, did it. 

Then Counfel were heard for Sir Thomas Shirley, and 
for the Warden of the Fleet: And, 

It was ordered, upon this Argument, That Simp/on, at 
whofe Suit, and Watkins, the Serjeant that made the 
Arreft, fhould be committed to the Prifon of the Tower. 

28 April, 19 Fac. 1. Edward Loyd “fquire, a Prifoner 
in the Fleet, was ordered to be brought to the Bar of this 
Houfe: And he was brought accordingly. 

9 Feb. 1625, 1 Car. I. lt was moved, That Sir Tho- 
mas Badger his Man was arrefted at his Mafter’s Heels, 
as he came to the Parliament-houfe, by one Bambridge: 

Ordered, The Keeper of the Gateboufe, where the Pri- 
foner is, fhall bring him: And afterwards, on the fame 
Day, the Keeper of the Gatehoufe was brought to the Bar 
by the Serjeant with his Mace, and the Bar down: And, 
being examined, faid, That Sir Thomas Badger’s Man 
was taken, within Two or Three Days, upon a meine 
Procefs. 

The Matter was referred to be debated in the Houfe 
the next Day: And then, 

It was referred to the Committee of Privileges: And, 

15 February, Sir Fohn Finch reported, That the Com- 
mittee of Opinion, That Sir Thomas Badger his Man 
fhall be delivered by Habeas Corpus, by Warrant from this 
Houfe. 

Upon the Queftion, Sir Thomas Badger’s Man to have 
Privilege; and a Warrant under Speaker’s Hand, to 
the Clerk of the Crown, for an Habeas Corpus to bring 
him hither: 

The Houfe declareth, That, notwithftanding the faid 
Opinion of the Committee, the Houfe hath Power, when 
they fee Caufe, to fend the Serjeant immediately to deli- 
ver a Prifoner. ; 

19 April 1641. 

Ordered, ihat the Marfhal of the King’s Bench bring, 
in fafe Cuftody, to be examined before the Committee for 
the L. of Cant’, Thomas Harrifon Clerk, notwithftanding 
that he is Prifoner upon Execution. 

8 May 1641. 

Ordered, That the Marfhal of the Prifon in Dudlin 
fhall have Liberty, from this Houfe, to carry with him, 
in fafe Cuftedy, to the faid Prifon, Patrick Allen, his 

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Prifoner in Execution ; who formerly, by Order from 
this Houfe, was fent for hither ro be a Witnefs in the Cale 
of the Earl of Strafford; which Service to this Houfe he 
hath now performed. , 

29° Junii, 13 Car, Il. 1661. 

Ordered, That the Warden of the Prifon of the Fleet 
do bring the Lord Meunfon, who is now a Prifoner in bis 
Cuftody, to the Bar of this Houfe on Monday Morning 
next, by Nine of the Clock. 

28 Feb. 14 Car. Il. 662. 

Ordered, That the Marfhal of the King’s Bench do 
caule James Wainwright. forthwith to be brought to the 
Bar of this Houfe, to give his Teftimony in the Caule 
depending, and now at this prefentin Hearing, upon the 
Bill,. fent trom the Lords, to reftore the Earl of Darby 
to certain Manors and Lands in Fiintfbire. 

24 Mar. 14 Car. Il. 1665. 

Upon Information that George Withers had been the 
Author and Publifher of a fcandalous and feditious Pam- 
phiet, to enrage the People, and to vilify and defame the 
Members of this Houfe; and to blemifh the Honour 
and Juflice of this Houfe, and their Proceedings; and 
was now a Prifoner in Newzate; 

Ordered, That the faid George Withers be brought, in 
the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, 
or his Deputy, to the Bar of this Houle, at Four of the 
Clock this Atternoon, to be examined touching the Mat- 
ters objected againft him: And the Keeper of Newgate, 
or his Deputy, is to caufe him to be brought accordingly. 

He was brought accordingly in Cuftody, and exa- 
mined at the-Bar; and Witnefl:s were examined againft 
him: And thercupon, 

It was refolved, upon the Queftion, That Geerge W1- 
thers, who was this Day brought from the Prifon ot New. 
gate vo the Bar of this Houle, be fent Prifoner, and deii- 
vered into the Cuftody of the Lieutenant of the Tower, 
there to be kept in clofe Cuftody, and be denied Pen, 
Ink, and Paper; and debarred from having any Company 
to come unto him: And, 

It was referred to a Committee to perufe the feditious, 
infamous, Libel, by him contrived; and draw up an 
Impeachment againft him; and report it to the Houfe, at 
their next Meeting. 

21. April, 16 Car. Il. 1664. 

Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
. fettling the Navigation of the River Wye, was committed, 
be impowered to fend to the Warden of the Fleet, to 
caufe Fames Pitfon to be brought, from time to time, to 
attend upon his Bill, and be examined before the Com- 
mittee, as Occafion fhall require. 

3 December 1667. 

Ordered, That the Marthal of the King’s Bench do 
caule George Wood, his Prifoner in Execution, to be 
brought, to attend, and give Information, at the Com- 
mittee concerning Juries, when it fhall be required. 

7 December, 21 Car. Il. 1669. 

Ordered, That the Committee, to which the Petition of 
the Lady Prettiman is committed, do fit on Friday next: 
And that the Marfhal of the King’s Bench do then, and 
from time to time, as the Committee fhall appoint, let the 
faid Lady have Liberty, with a Keeper, to attend the 
Committee; and alfo to attend her Counfel in the mean 
time. 

19 November, 2 W.&amp; M. 1690. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Marfhal of the King’s Bench, to bring in Cuftody Anne 
Vifcountels of Baltinglaffe, Edward Eve, Fobn Philpot, 
and Yobn Harrifon, being Prifoners in the faid King’s Bench 
Prifon, To-morrow in the Atternoon, at Four of the 
Clock, before the Committee, to whom the Examination 
and Confieration of the Petition of the poor Prifoners of 
the King’s Bench Prifon for Debt is referred; and, after their 
Examination before the faid Committee, to be remanded, 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 

the Warden of the Fleet, to bring in Cuftody William 
Conley, Mofes Pitt, and Sir Feremiab Snow, being Pri- 
foners in the Leet, before the faid Committee, at the fame 


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time; and, after their Examination before the faid Com- 
mittee, to be remanded. 

It appears by the Calendar-book of the’ Prifoners com- 
mitted to the King’s Bench Prilon, That the faid Fobn 
Harrifon was committed to the faid Priton, for Debt, upon 
the 23d Day of Offcber 1690; and ftood charged there, 
at the time of the Order -before-mentioned, in feveral 
Actions for Debt, at the Suits of different Perfons, amount- 
ing to Three hundred Ninety-nine Pounds Nineteen Shil- 
lings; and alfo in Execution for Sixty-one Pounds Six 
Shillings. 

The Committee further find, by the Journals of this 

Houfe, That, 
20 December, 2 W. &amp; M. 1690. 

A Petition of John Mallett Efguire, a‘ Prifoner in the 
common Side of the King’s Bench Prifon, was read; com- 
plaining of ill Ufage by Mr.-Farrington.and Bivgs, and 
of being dragged out of the Mafter’s Side, for-his being 
examined before the Committee appointed to enquire into 
the Complaints of the faid Prifon: And, 

It was ordered, That the Examination and Confidera- 
tion of the faid Petition fhould be referred to-the faid 
Committee: And that the faid Farrington, Biggs, and 
Mallet, be brought to the faid Committee: And, 

The Committee find, That, in the Petition of the poor 
Prifoners of the faid Priion, prefented to the Moule the 
Eleventh of November before, it is averred, “‘Vhat the 
faid Larrington was then a Prifoner in Execution for vatt 
Sums of Money. 

2 December, 3W.&amp; M. 1601. 

The Houfe being informed, That one Wiliam. Fultr, 
a.Pritoner in the King’s Bench, hath Matters of great Mo- 
ment, both in relation to their Majeftics, and the Nation, 
to difcover ; 

Ordered, That the faid William Fuller be, by the Mar- 
fhal of the King’s Bench, brought to attend this Houfe on 
Saturday Morning next, at Tena Clock. 

He was accordingly brought: And he was feveral 
times afterwards, in the fame Year 1691, ordered to be 
brought, by the Marfhal, to attend the Houfe; and-he 
was brought accordingly. 

22 November, 6W.&amp; M. 1694. 

Divers Perfons were feverally ordered to attend this 
Houfe the next Morning: And, 

It was ordered, That fuch of the faid Perfons as were 
then in Cuftody, be brought in Cuftody of their refpec- 
tive Gaolers to attend the Houle. 

It appears by a Report made from the Committee ap- 
pointed by this Houfe to enquire into the Abuies of 
Prifons, 

8° Willielmi, 27 Fanuary 1696, That * Durfton, a 
Parfon, a Prifoner in the Fleet, was examined before the 
faid Committee. 

21 January, 13 W. AMT. 1701. 

Ordered, That William Fuller be brought to the Bar 
of this Houfe, to be examined concerning the Libels he 
has written; and how he has been fupported and main- 
tained: 

And it was ordered, That he fhould be brought to 
the Bar the next Day: And that Mr. Speaker do iffue his 
Warrant to the Warden of the Fieet for that Purpofe. 

He was brought accordingly, and examined at the Bar; 
and afterwards ordered to be remanded to the Prifon of 
the Fleet: And, 

4 Feb. 1701, It was ordered, That he be brought to 
attend this Houfe the next Day: And that the Warden 
of the Fleet do bring him accordingly, at Ten a Clock. 

He was brought accordingly: And was called in, and 
examined: And then withdrew. 

Upon infpeéting the Calendar-book of the Prifoners 
committed to the faid King’s Bench Prifon, the Committee 
find, That the faid William Fuller was committed to the 
faid Prifon, for Debt, in April 1691; and ftood charged 
there, when he was brought to attend this Houfe, in that 
Year 1691, in ieveral Actions for Debt, amounting to 
One thou‘and Four hundred Seventy-eight Pounds Nine 
Shillings and Ten Pence; and in feveral Actions wai ot 

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Cafe, for Seven hundred Thirty-fix Pounds; and alfo in 
an Execution, for Eighty-one Pounds One Shilling: And, 
In Zrinity Term 1692, He was charged in the faid 
King’s Bench Prifon with another Execution, for Fifty- 
two Pounds Damages: And, : 
Upon the Eleventh of February 1694, he was turned 
over to the Fleet, by Habeas Corpus, with all his Caufes : 


After which, 


In 1701, He was brought to, and examined at, the 


‘Bar of this Houfe, as is before-mentioned. 


‘Mr. Speaker accuainted the Houfe, That an Intimation 


~had been left at -his’ Houfe this Morning, in Writing, . 
That Mr. Mi? is to have his Liberty this Night, by the 
-Confent of the Marthal of the: Prifon of the Court of 
‘King’s Bench, in order for his going to France; and’ that 


the faid Mij’s Wife is moving her Goods : , 
And the Houfe was alfo informed, That the faid Com- 


-mittee, in the Courfe of their Examination, had likewife 


\Intimation, Fhat it was apprehended, that the faid Mit 
swould endeavour to efcape; and that his Wife was dif- 
-pofing of his Goods: 

And the Houfe being informed, That the Marfhal of 
ithe Prifon of the Court of King’s Bench was above in the 
Speaker’s Chamber; 

He was called down; and, at the Bar, « examined, 
touching the manner in which the faid Mi was con- 


fined: 


And he acquainted the Houfe, That the faid Mit was 


kept in one Mulling’s Houfe; being the next Houfe to 


the King’s Bench Prifon; and where he ufually keeps the 
iKing’s Prifoners;-and that he was:there, under Locks in 
wthe Day-time; and Two Keepers attended in the Night. 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That-Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrants to the 


Serjeant at-Arms attending this Houfe, -and alfo to the | 


\Marthal of the Prifon of rhe Court of King’s Bench, to 
-bring the faid N. M4 to the Bar of this Houfe imme- 
diately. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, That one Fobn 
‘Allen was concerned in the Breach of Privilege, com- 
plained of the Thirty-firft Day of May laft, to have been 
committed againit Sir Fobn Trevelyan Baronet, a Member 
of this Houfe; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of -Pri- 
vileges and Elections to examine the Matter of the faid 
‘Complaint againft the faid ‘fobn Allen, and report the 
fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 

And the Houfe being acquainted, That the faid Com- 
‘mittee had, laft Night, appointed a Time to hear the Mat- 
ter of the faid former Complaint ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do hear the Matter of the Complaint 
againft the faid Fobn Allen, at the fame time that the Matter 
of the faid former Complaint is appointed to be heard. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Common Coun- 
cil, and other chief Inhabitants, of the ancient Borough 
of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That their Grievances 
are occafioned by the bafe and wicked Defigns and Prac- 
tices of the late Directors of the South Sea Company, 
and their Accomplices and Abettors: And praying, That 
this Houfe will ufe their utmoft Endeavours to reftore 
their loft Credit, that Trade may flourifh, and the Nation 
retrieve its former Honour. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bills for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company; and for reftraining Fobn Ajflabie 
E(quire from going out of this Kingdom for the Space 
of One Yeat, and until the End.of the next Seffion of 
Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effects; 


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Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported trom the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 


‘aerdin. 


” Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


The Serjeant at Arms being called upon to give an Ac- 
count what had been done in relation to the Order for 
bringing N. Mf to the Bar of this Houfe; he informed 
the Houfe, That Mr. Mi# was brought from the King’s 
Bench Prifon, and attended at the Door. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Mit be brought in to the Bar 
of this Houfe 

And he was brought in to the Bar, b 
Arms, accordingly : 

And the Marfhal of the Prifon of the Court of King’s 
Bench following the faid M:ff to the Bar, he was ac- 
quainted by Mr. Speaker, That he muft withdraw; for 
that the faid A4# was the Serjeant at Arms’s Prifoner now: 
Whereupon the faid Marfhal withdrew. 

Then the faid Mi, ftanding at the Bar, and the 
Serjeant by him with the Mace, was fhewn the printed 
Weekly Journal complained of: And, being afked con- 
cerning the Printing, and Publifhing, of it; and who is 
the Author, and concerned in it; he faid, hat he un- 
derftood there was to be a Profecution again{t him; and 
therefore -refufed to anfwer any Quettions, about that Pa- 
per, that might accufe himifelf: Whereupon he was di- 


y the Serjeant at 


‘rected by*Mr. Speaker to withdraw. 


Ordered, That the faid N. Mj? be committed Prifoner 
to his Majefty’s Prifon of Newgate; there to be kept in 
clofe Cuftody, during the Pleafure of this Houfe. 

“Ordered, That the faid N. Mift be not admitted the 
Ufe of Pen, Ink, or Paper; and that no Perfon be ad- 


mitted to come to the faid AZ without the Leave of this 


Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrants ac- 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That the Keeper of his Majetty’s Prifon of 
Newgate, or his Deputy, do bring the faid N. Miff to the 
Committee appointed to enquire into the Authors, Con- 
trivers, Printers, and Publifhers, of the feditious and 
traiterous Libel, ‘intituled, Tbe Weekly Journal, or, 
Saturday’s Poft; with frefbeft Advices, foreign and do- 
meftick,; Saturday, May 27, 17213 and of all other fedi- 
tious and traiterous Libels, which tend to ra:te Difcontent 
and Difaffection in the Minds of his Majefty’s Subjeéts ; 
from time to time, when he fhall be required fo to do by 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee be impowered to 


examine any Perfon they fhall think fit in the moft folemn 
manner. 


Ordered, That Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Monroe, Mr. 
Wyndham, Sit riftram Dillington. Mr. Walter, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Erle, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Trenchard, Mr. 
Lawfon, Mr. Brudenel, Mr. Gwydot, Mr. Grey, Co- 
lonel Cadogan, Mr. Ingram, Mr. Banks, General Wills, 
be added to the Committee; to whom the Bill for Sale 
of the Eftate of Fobn late Earl of Kildare, deceafed, in 
the County of Limerick, within the Kingdom of Jre- 
land, for Payment of the Charges and Incumbrances 


thereon; and for other Purpoies therein mentioned; is 
committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Mondzy Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


and for the preventing the tran{porting or alienating the 


fame, 


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568 


Lune, 5° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

H E Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, being 

i called upon to give an Actount what he had done 
in relation to Sir Wiiliam Courtenay Baronet, who was 
ordered to be taken into his Cuftody, for neglecting to 
attend his Service in Parliament, acquainted the Houfe, 
That he had fent One of his Meffengers into the Country 
for him; and that the Meflenger was returned, 

The Mefienger was called in; and gave an Account, 
That he found Sir William Courtenay very ill in his Cham- 
ber: And he delivered in a Certificate, figned by his 
Phyfician, and the Minifter of the Parith wherein Sir Wi/- 
liam Courtenay lives, and by an Apothecary : 

Which Certificate was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir William Courtenay Baronet, 
be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


A Petition of the Dealers in Timber, and Barge-own- 
ers, and Barge-mafters, on the River of Thames, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Bill, now depending in this Houfe, for bringing a new 
River to Loxion from the feveral Rivulets near Drayton, 
will greatly damage the Navigation of the River Téames, 
by diverting thofe Streams trom falling into the faid 
River, near S/ains, as ufual: They frequently are forced 
to lie on Ground, a Month at atime, for want of Water 
to carry them over the Shallows, to their great Expence 
and Detriment; as alfo to the City of London, by being 
difappointed in having their Goeds in time from on board 
the faid Barges: -And praying to be heard, by their 
Counfel, ayainft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, \hat the iaid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better tupplying the C:ties of London 
and Weltmwier, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


An ingrofied Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 
Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon 
every Scots Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or 
fold within the Town of Feaburgh, and Privileges thereof, 
for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town; and 
for tupplying the fame with frefh Water; and for other 
Purpoies therein mentioned ; was read the Third time: 

And feveral Amendments were propofed to be made to 
the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 2. L. 25. After ** vended,” infert ‘* or;” 
leave out ‘* and fold :” 

Prefs 6. L. 25. After ** Cranffon,” infert ‘* the Lord 
“© Fedburgh:” 

And the fame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aét for laying a Duty of Two Penies Sco‘s, or One- 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of 
Ale or Beer that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended, or tap- 
ped, within the Town of Yedburgh, and Privileges thereof, 
for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town; and for 
fupplying the fame with frefh Water; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned, 

Ordered, That Sir David Dalrymple do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


and 


A Petition of feveral Deputy Lieutenants, and Juftices 
of the Peace, of the feveral Counties of Middlefex and 
Effex, and other Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, 
of the faid Counties, living in or near the feveral Towns 
and Parithes lying on the Highways, or Roads, leading 
from the Stones End, in Whitechappel, in the Parifh of 
St. Mary Matfelon, alias Whitechappel, in the faid County 
of Midalzjex, to Shenfeiid, in the faid County of Effex; 
being the [pfwch, sudbury, Colchefer, and Yarmouth, 


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Road; and to the furthermoft Part of the Parith of 
Woodford, and adjoining to the Parith of Loughton, lead- 
ing to the Town of Epziug; and from the further End 
of Thornwood Common to the Town of ‘Harlow, being 
the Road to St. Edmonfbury, Cambridge, Ely, Norwich, 
Lynn Regis, Newmarket, and feveral other Parts of this 
Kingdom; and alfo of feveral Graziers, Farmers, Stage 
Coachmen, Carriers, Waggoners, Higlers, and others, 
who frequent and pa's the taid Highways; whofe Names 
are thereunto fubicribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That, by reafon of the many 
heavy Carriages, great Number of Stage and Hatkne 
Coaches, Paffengers, and Droves of Cattle, daily paffing 
through, the faid Highways or Roads are become {o 
ruinous, and in many Parts thereof fo bad, that, in the 
Winter-feafon, the fame are very dangerous to all! Peérfons 
who have occafion to pafs through the fame; and the In- 
habitants of the faid Towns, and Parifhes, in which the 
fame lie, have been at great Expence in the Repairin 
and Amending thereof; yet they are fo bad, that they 
are almoft unpaflable; and cannot, by the Laws now in 
force, be kept in good Repair, without the Aid of an 
Act of Parliament for that Purpofe: And praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for repairing and 
amending the faid Highways, or Roads. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it thall appear to 
them, to the Houfe. 

And it is referred to Mr. Tufnell, Lord Fermanagh, 
Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Mafen, Colonel 
Grakime, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Neville, Mr. Reynell, Mr. 
Earle, Sir Richard Goffe, Mr. Plumtre, Mr. Knight, Mr, 
Biffle, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Treby, Lord William Powlet, Sir 
Guibert Heathcote, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Freeman, 
Sir Nico. Cerew, Sir Fifber Tench, Mr. Gybbon, Sir David 
Dairymple, Mr. Lawfon, Sir Fobn Curzon, Lord Hin- 
chinbrook, Mr. Clayton, Mr. York, Mr. Drake, Mr. 
Powlet, Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Mr. Townfend, Colonel 
Bladen; and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Effex, Middlefex, Sugfilk, Norfolk, and Cambridge : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Hearing of the Matter of the Petition of the 
free Burgeffes of the Borough of Berealjton, in the 
County of Devon, complaining of an undue Eleétion 
and Return for the faid Borough; which is appointed to 
be heard at the Bar of this Houfe To-morrow; might be 
heard at the Bar of this Houfe upon Fviday next; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Bill for enabling Charles Earl of 
Arran to purchafe the forfeited Eftate or Fames Butler late 
Duke of Ormond; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; be read a Second time upon Thurfday Morning 
next. 


Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee of Secrecy, 
fome further Matters, as they appeared to the faid Com- 
mittee; and which they had directed him to report to the 
Houle; and he read the Report in his Place; and. after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Report was read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 


That the Committee of Secrecy appointed to enquire 
into all the Proceedings relating to the Execution of an Act 
paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act 
for enabling the South Sea Company to increafe their pre- 
fent Capital Stock, and Fund, by redeeming fuch pub- 
lick Debts and Incumbrances, as are therein mentioned ; 
and for raifing Money, to be applied for leffening feveral 
of the publick Debts and Incumbrances; and for calling 

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jn the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled ; and 
for making forch new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circu- 
jated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Ex- 
chequer; obferving the Inftruction given them by the 
Houle, That they fhould praceed in the farther Exa- 
mination of the Particulars of the Five hundred feventy- 
four thouland Five hundred Pounds South. Sea Stock, 
fuppofed to be difpofed of between the Fourth of F%- 
bruary One thouland Seven hundred and Nineteen, and 
the Twelfth of April folowing ; they have accordingly 
roceeded therein : 

And your Committee examined, in the moft folemn 
manner, William Compere, One of the Perfons mentioned 
in the Account of the faid Five hundred feventy-four 
thoufand Five hundred Pounds Stock: And he declares, 
That he did not buy the Quantities of S:ock, in the taid 
Account charged to be fold to him neither of the South 
Seca Company, Mr. Knight, Mr. Surman, or any other 
Perfon concerned for the Company, to his Knowlege; 
nor had he any fuch Stock taken in, or held, for him, by 
any of the Perfons alorefaid : 

And the feveral other Brokers, and Perfons, mentioned 
jn the Appendix, Letter A, who are allo interted in the 
faid Account as Buyers of other Parts of the faid Scock, 
having been examined by your Committee, have, in like 
manner, denied their buying fuch Stock, or having the 
fame taken in, or held, for them; and have declared, 
That their Names are, in the faid Account, made ufe of 
without their Knowlege or Confent: And your Committee 
obferve, That the feveral Sums, mentioned in the faid Ap- 
pendix A, amount to 339,500 /. South Sea Stock : 

And from hence it is evident, that the Names of the 
faid Perfons have been fictitioufly made ufe of, in order 
to conceal the Perfons, for whofe Benefit fuch Stock was 
really difpofed of. 

Mr. Carbennel, a Broker, in the faid Account men- 


To Thomas Wynn Efquire 

Fobn Roberts Ef{quire 

Edward Roit Efquire — 

Samuel Tuftnei Efquire 

Fobn Burridge 

Colonel Fames Scott —_ 

Wm. Chetwind Efquire 

The fame Perfon — 

Thomas Wynn Efquire 

Wm. Forrefer Efquire — 

Colonel Monroe 

Patrick Haldane Efquire 

Edward Relt Efquire — 

The Earl of Rothes 

The Earl of Effex iia 

Lord Hadd:ngton ea 

The Marquis of Winch-fer 

Fofeph Banks Efquire _ 

- Wm, Che:wind Eiquire 

Colonel Mountgomery 

Sir Meunt. Blundell 

Sir Wilfrid Lawfon 

Win. Young Efquire 

And Colonel Grahme : 
were all read to this Examinant, by Mr. Knigét, out of the 
faid Green Book ; and are of the fame Nature: And, touch- 
ing thefe Sums, he fays the fame as he has {aid concern- 
ing the firft mentioned Sums of 3,000/. and 2,000/, 
charged to be fold to the Lord Chetwind: 

As to the Article of the 15th of February 1719, of 
4,000/. Stock, charged to be fold to Lieutenant General 
Pepper at 180 per Cent. this Examinant fays, lt is of the 
fame Nature as the firft-mentioned Sums: And further, 
this Examinant believes, that General Pepper had fuch 
Stock taken in for him by Mr. Knight; Mr. Knight fome 
time after the faid 15th of February, telling the Exa- 
minant, That he had fold it out for the General ; who was 
angry at his felling it fo foon ; Stock, foon after, rifing 


higher: And the Examinant believes, if there was 4 
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tioned, is in Jé/land, as your Committee are informed; 
and they have had no Opportunity to examine him, or 
the other Perfons mentioned in the Appendix, Letter B, 
hereunto annexed: And the Stock, charged as fald ta 
them, amounts to 32000/, 

As to the Lords of Parliament, and Members of this 
Houfe, named in the faid Account of Stock fold, whofe 
Account of Stock amounts, in the Whole, to 124,000 /. 
the Particulars of which are mentioned in the Appendix, 
LetterC ; your Committee lay before the Houte all the 
Examinations by them taken, relating thereto, in the 
Words of the Examinations them(elves. al 

Mr, Kobert Surman, being examined, and fhewn the 
faid Account of Stock fold, as to the feveral Articles of 
3,000/. and 2,000/. Stock, to Lord Chetwind, of the 
15th and 17th February 1719, at the Rates of 179 and 
182 per Cent. fays, That when he was, by Mr. Knight's 
Direction, preparing the faid Account of Stock fold, to 
be laid before the Houfe, Mr. Kuight read thofe Sums to 
him, out of the Green Book, mentioned in his former 
Examination; wherein this Examinant, at the fame time, 
faw the Lord Chetwind’s Name at the Head of an Ac- 
count, therein kept, between his Lordthip and Mr, 
Knight: And the Examinant verily believes, that his 
Lordthip’s Name, and the aforelaid Sums, and all the 
other Names and Sums, which were fo read out of the 
faid Green Book, are real; and that thofe Perfons had 
fuch Stock actually held for them; and that thofe Twa 
Sums were really held by Mr. Knight for Lord Chetwind’s 
Benefit; who had the Power over fo much Stock, and 
haia Right, at any time to demand the Difference, in 
cafe of a Rife: And the Examinant never heard, that 
his Lordfhip either paid any Money, or gave Security for 
paying for the faid Stock ; 

That the feveral Entries in the Account of Stock 
fold; viz. 

£. 


2,000 at 180, the 15th February, 
1,000 at 178,. the 1ft Mar. 
5,000 at 174%, the, sft Mar. 
5,000 at 182, the rith Mar. 
2,000 at 200, the 17th Mar, 
1,000 at 250, the 21ft Mar, 
3,000 at 275, the 22d Mar. 
4,000 at 280, the fame Day; 
2,000 at 275, the 23d Mar. | 
1,000 at 272, the fame Day ,; 
6,000 at 275, the fame Day ; 
2,000 at 285, the fame Day; 
8,000 at 235, the fame Day ; 
2,000 at 300, the 25th Mar. 
2,000 at 305, the fame Day, 
2,000 at. 308, the fame Day ; 
2,000 at 310, the fame Day, 
1,000 at 310, the fame Day; 
3,000 at 310, the fame Day ; 
2,000 at 315, the fame Day; 
2,000 at 318, the fame Day; 
1,000 at 320, the fame Day; 
3,000 at 330, the fame Day; 
: 2,000 at 280, the 22d March. 
Difference, the fame was paid, or accounted for, by Mr, 
Knight to General Pepper : 

As to the Article of 4,000/, at 276 per Cent. and 
3,000/. at 200 per Cent. of the 23d and 25th of March, 
charged to Sir Wm. Gordon; the Examinant fays, they 
are of the fame Nature as the firft-mentioned Sums: And 
further, That he had feveral times feen Sir 4m. Gordon 
with Mr, Knight; and verily believes, the Account of 
the faid Twa Sums was adjufted between them: 

As to the Article of the 15th of February, of 20,Q00 7. 
Stock to Lord Gower at 180 per Cent. he lays, That that 
was a Tranfaction of Mr. Gibdon’s: That he was prefent 
when Mr. Gibbon brought to Mr. Knight a Paper, con- 
taining the Names of Perfons, to whom he had difpofed 
of the Company’s Sock; faying, *¢ Here is the Accoung 


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** of the Stock which I have difpofed of :” That he be- 
lieves the following Names and Sums; tz. 


Lord Gower for the faid 20,000 at 180, the 15th February ; 
Lord Lanfdown for — 5,000 at (80, the i1ft March; 
His Lordthip more — 5,000 at 176+, the fame Day ; 
were contained in the faid Paper of Mr. Gibbon’s; and, 
from that Paper, were entered, by the Examinant, in the 
faid Account of Stock fold: That he does not know, 
that thefe Names were in the Green Book; but believes 
an Account was kept between Mr. Giddon and Mt. Knight, 
in'tae faid Green Book-; the Examinant having feen Mr. 
Gjbbon’s Name in that Book, at the Head of an Account ; 
and believes, thar thofe Sums were held, or taken in, for 
the Ufe of the faid Lord Gower and Lord Lanfdow: 

That the follewing Entries, in the Account of Stock 
fold; viz. 
£.1,000 to Sir Cos, Bampfeild, at 275 per Cent. the 22d March ; 

1,000 to Mr. ‘Fohn Bampfeild, at the fame Price and Time ; 

1,000 to Sir Fobn Bland, at the fame; 

3,000 to Sir Tho. Seabright, at the fame ; 

1,000 to Hemy Dracks Efquire, at 260, the fame Day ; 

1,000 to Charles Longueville Efquire, at 325, the 25th March; 

And, 

1,000 to Sir ¥m. Carew, at 300, the 31ft March ; 
were all brought by Mr. Chefer to Mr. Knight, in a Pa- 
per, containing an Account of the Stock, difpofed ot by 
him, in the fame manner as Mr. Gibbon brought his par- 


ticular Sums: And, from that Paper, the E-xaminanr,. 


by Mr. Kwighi’s Direction, entered thefe Sums in the 
Account of Stock fold : 

That, in Dilcourfe with Mr. Kxight fince this Inquiry 
began, Mr. Knight has often exprefled a great deal of 
Uneafinefs, on Account of the Stock fold and bought for 
the Company; faying, He had, in thofe Affairs, obliged 
feveral Perfons, which he did not care to name. 

Your Committee, at the Requeft of the faid Mr. For- 
refer, examined Mr. ‘fobn Mark, Banker: And, as to the 
Article of the 23d of March 1743, of 1,000/. South Sea 
Stock, charged to be fold to the faid Mr. Forrefer, at 
272 per Cent. he fays, He did about this time, buy at 
Market, for Mr. Forreffer, Two or Three thouland 
Pounds South Sea Stock, at abouc that Price; and thar, 
Mr. Forrefer being difappointed of Money to pay for 
1,000/. of it, Sir Lambert Blackwell, who had bought 
an Annuity of 100/. of him, not paying him for it, be- 
caufe of an Objection to the Title, Mr. Forrefter applied 
to the Examinant, to lend him Money upon the faid 
1,000/. Stock, for Two or Three Days; which the 
Examinant not, being able to do, he defired him to get it 
for him of a Friend; upon which the Examinant applied 
to Sir Lambert Blackwell; and he told him, He would 
afk Mr. Knight to do it; which Mr. Knight, by Sir 
Lambert's Defire, accordingly did, upon the Lxaminant’s 
engaging to pay him the Money in a few Days; and the 
Examinant named Mg. Forrefer to Sir Lambert Black- 
well: 

The Bxaminant afterwards told Mr. Forreffer, He had 
got the Stock taken in for him-for a few Days; but did 
not tell him by whom: That, in a fhort time afterwards, 
Mr. Forrefer paid the Examinanc the Principal-and In- 
sereft; and the Examinant paid Mr. Knight, — 

Mr. Mark, in a fublequent Examination, fays, That, 
to the beft of this Examinant’s Remembrance, the 
t,000/. Stock, mentioned in his former Examination, 
was, by Mr. Forrefer’s Direction, transferred to Mr. 
Sambrook, by this Examinant, before this Examinant paid 
Mir. Kmght the Money. mentioned in his faid former 
Kxamination. 

Sir Lambert Blackwell, being likewife examined, at Mr. 
Forrefter’s Requeft, fays, Tha-, about February or March 
1719, Mr. Mark told the Examinant,-That he had 
bought 1,000/. Stock for Mr. Forrefler; and that Mr. 
Forrefter wanted Money, for a few Days, to pay for it: 
Mr. Mark defired the Examinant to fpeak to Mr. Kuight 
to advance the Money; which the Examinant accord- 


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Mr. Mark, That Mr. Knight did advance the Money, 
upon his agreeing to repay it; and that he, Mr. Adaré, 
repaid it, with Intereft, very foon after it was borrowed, 

Mr. Fobn Edwin, being alfo examined, at the Defire of 
Mr. Forrefter, fays, He never heard of the faid r,o00/, 
till the Account of Stock fold was laid before the Houfe: 
Thar, fince that time, he met Mr. Forrefer, at a Tavern; 
who feemed to be much furprifed at the Charge of 1,000/, 
Stock to him, and declared, that he knew nothing of it; 
and he gave the Examinant, and the reft of the Company 
there, fuch a Relation of the Matter, as induced them to 
believe he was clear of the Affair ; but the Particulars of 
this Relation this Examinant cannot now remember: 

As to the Article of 2,000/. Stock, charged to Sir 
Mountague Blundell, now Lord Blundell; your Commit: 
tee, at his Lordfhip’s Requeft, examined Wim. Chetwing 
Efquire, Mr. Charles Coleborn, and Mr. Robert Surman: 
And Mr. Chetwind fays, That, on or about the 28th of 
Mareb 1720, the faid Lord Blundell defired this Exa- 
minant to transfer 500/. South Sea Stock, which the Exa- 
minant had in Truft for Lord Blundell, to Mr. Knight, as 
an additional Security for 1,000 4, Stock, taken in by him 
for Lord Blundell, at 316 per Cent. amounting to 3,160/,; 
which the Examinant accordingly did: . 

That the Examinant, thinking the faid 500 7. Stock, 
together with the faid 1,000/. Stock, more than a fuffici- 
ent Security for the faid 3,160/. did apply to Mr. Kaighr, 
to take in 1,000/. Stock for him, the Examinant, upon 
the faid s500/. additional Security, at 320 per Cent. or 
thereabouts ; which Mr. Knight complied with, at the fole 
Requeft and Defire of the Examinant: 

That neither this Examinant, nor Lord Blundell, have 
received any manner of Profit or Advantage, by either of 
the faid 1,000/7. Stock; for the faid 2,000/. Stock now 
remains in the Hands of the faid Knight, or his Agents, 
together with the 500/. Stock, additional Security ; which 
they in all Probability, muft lofe in this Affair: 

The faid 2,000/. Stock are diftiné&amp;t Accounts ; for this 
Examinant did transfer, to the faid Lord Blundell’s Uf, 
2501. Stock, being his Share of the additional Security 
aforefaid; and this Examinant did believe, when this 
Matter was tranfacted, that it was an Account with Mr. 
Knight only, wherein the Company was no-ways con- 
cerned. 

The faid Charles Coleborm, being examined, fays, He 
did, on or about the 26th Day of March 1720, buy 
1,000/. South Sea Stock, by the Direction of Mr. Tho- 
mas Holdip, and Mr. Wm. Chetwind, or one of them, but 
for the Account of the faid Lord Blundell, at the Rate of 


3161. per Cent.; which Stock was paid for, by Mr. Sur- 


man, by Order of Mr. Knight, on or about the 28th 
Day of the faid March 17203 and, at the fame time, 
5007. more Stock was transferred, by the faid Mr. Chet- 
wind, to the faid Mr. Surman; which, as the faid Mr. 
Chetwind then informed this Examinant, was fo transfer- 
red, for and as a further Security for the Repayment of 
3,160 /. then paid for the faid 1000/. Stock, at the faid 
Rate of 316/. per Cent. with Intereft for the fame. 

The faid Mr. Surman, being examined, fays, There 
was 2,000 /. Stock charged to Lord Blundell, read to the 
Examinant, out of the Green Book, as he has faid ina. 
former Examination: 

That, about the 26th of March 1720, Wm. Chetwind, 
Brother-in-law to Lord Blundell, transferred 500/. Stock 
to this Examinant; which, he underftood, was an addi- 
tional Security for Stock taken in by Mr. Knight: That, 
after the Inquiry begun in Parliament about the South Sea 
Affairs, Mr. Chetevind came to the Examinantr, to know 
how that 500/. was applied: And the Examinant told 
him, It ftill remained due from him to Mr. Chetwind: 
and, at that time Mr. Chetwind told the Examinant, it 
was a Security for Stock taken in by Mr. Knight for Lord 
Blundell, and himfelf ; and this Examinant believes Lord 
Blundell was then with Mr. Chetqwind : Says, The faid 500/. 
Stock is now in the Examinant’s Hands; for which he is 
accountable to Mr. Chetwind; by reafon the Examinant, 

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through the Hurry of Bufinefs, had neglected to take Di- 
re€tions from Mr. Knight how to apply it. 

The faid Mr. Robert Surman, being; at the Requeft of 
Thomas Wynn Efquise, further examined by your Com- 
mittee, as to the faid Stock faid to be fold to him, fays, 
He can fay no more, concerning that Matter, than he 
has faid in his former Examination. 

Sir Fobn Blunt, being examined the 26th of January 
1720, fays, He was privy to the Selling of Stock tor 
the Company: That he did himfelf difpofe of 6,000 /. 
Part of the Company’s faid Stock, to Colonel Monroe, 
a Member of Parliament, at 275 per Cent.: That, to 
the beft of the Examinant’s Remembrance, Colonel 
Monroe defired fome Stock to be taken in for him; that 
is, to have the Money advanced for him, for’ fo much 
Stock: That he fent one Lopez, a Broker, to him, to 
take itin: But this Examinant had Leave from tome of 
the Governor’s or Directors, to let Mr. Monroe have fo 
much of the Company’s Stock; and, upon this, the 
Examinant told the Broker, He would take it in for him, 
and fell it himfelf: That there was no Stock transferred ; 
but this Examinant gave Mr. Knight an Account of {o 
much of the Company's Stock, fold to Mr. Monree: 
That in April laft, to the beft of his Remembrance, Co- 
Jonel Monroe, or his Broker, defired this Stock might be 
fold; and, upon this, this Examinant referred him to 
Mr. Knight to deliver it: That he does not know, that 
Colonel “Monroe gave any Security to the Company to an- 
fwer the 275). per Cent. other than the faid Agreement 
made between this Examinant, and the faid Broker : 

That he alfo difpofed of 1,000 /. other Part of the faid 
Company’s faid Stock, to Fofeph Banks Efquire, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, at 310 per Cent.: That Mr. Banks de- 
fired this Examinant to {ell him fo much Stock, at. the 
Market Price; and to take his Note, payable ina Month 
or Six Weeks, for the Money; which he accordingly 
did; which Note was paid in about May following ; at 
which time the Stock was advanced in Value: And this 
Examinant paid that Money to Mr. Knight, for the Com- 
pany’s Ule, foon after he received it : 

That, after the time of agreeing with Mr. Banks, for 
this Stock, it fell in Value for fome time: That this was 
tranfacted thus; Sir abn Blunt gave Mr. Banks a Note to 
transfer that Quantity of Stock; and took Mr. Banks’s 
Note for the Money: Some time after thefe Notes were 
given, and after the Money paid, Mr. Banks defired to 
borrow 4,000/. as he believes, on this Stock: That he 
believes Mr. Knight took this Examinant’s Note, as fo 
much Stock: That, he believes, Mr. Knight lent him 
4,000/, accordingly; in June laft: That he had no View 
towards the facilitating the Bill, in the Difpofal of this 
Stock ; the faid Mr. Monroe and Mr. Banks being inclined 
to pafs the Bill before the Stock was difpofed of to them, 
as they had declared to him. 

Your Committee, at the Defire of the faid Colonel 
Monroe, examined Gabriel Lopez, a Broker, as to the faid 
6,000/. charged to be fold to Colonel Monroe: He fays, 
That, about the Middle of March 1732, the faid Colonel 
Monroe {ent for him to Garraway’s Coffee-houfe, and gave 
him a Letter directed to Sir Fobn Blunt, in which, to the 
beft of the Examinant’s Remembrance, Colonel Monroe 
defired him to take in for him 6,000/. South Sea Stock, at 
Intereft ; and that he would repay it him again in a Month; 
at the fame time Colonel Monroe ordered the Examinant 
to buy for him the faid Sum of 6,000/. South Sea Stock ; 
which the Examinant did, at the fame time, of Sir Fobn 
Blunt, at 275 per Cent. which was the then Market Price ; 
and Sir Jobm Blunt did, at the fame time, agree to place 
the faid Sum of 6,000/. South Sea Stock, to Colonel 
Monrce’s Account: And fays, That, within a Month af- 
terwards, Colonel Monrce ordered him to fell the fame 
6,000/. Stock again ; which he accordingly did, to Mr. 
Patterfon, at 330 per Cent.; and Mr. Patterfon and Mr. 
Surman, by Order of Sir Febn Blunt, did adjuft the faid 
Stock with Colonel Monrce; who did, to the beft of his 
Remembrance, pay about 80/. for Intereft; and Sir 


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Fobn Blunt paid the Examinant Commiffion for felling the 
faid Stock. ; , 

The faid Thomas Patterfon, being hereupon examined 
by your Committee, at the Defire of the faid Colonel 
Monroe, fays, That, at the latter End of March 1742, 
Colonel Robert Monroe defired the Examinant to lay ouc 
fome Money for him in South Sea Stock; upon which the 
Examinant gave the Colonel a Letter of Credit on Mr. 
Lopez, who tranfaéted moftly the Examinant’s Bufinefs, 
to act for the faid Colonel Monroe to the Value of 
20,000/.: In a Day or Two after, the Examinant fays, 
the Colonel intreated him to take in 6,000/. South Sea 
Stock, for a Month; which Stock he would purchafe : 
The Examinant being much out of Cafh, which pre- 
vented his complying, he went with the Colonel to the 
Sword Blade Company, and proffered himfelf as a further 
Security to Sir George Ca/wail, if he would take in the 
faid Stock: Sir George acquainted them, he had dif- 
poled of all the Money he could fpare: And then the 
Examinant came from the Sword Blade Office with the 
Colonel to Garraway’s Coffee-houfe: Sir Fobn Blunt be- 
ing in the Coffee-room, the Examinant faid to the Colo- 
nel; ** You are acquainted with Sir Fobm Blunt; he isa 
** moneyed Man, afk him to lend the Money on 6,000/. 
*¢ South Sea Stock ; and tell him I will be a further Securi- 
“* ty for feeing the Money repaid: ” Upon this, the Colonel 
went to Sir Fobn Blunt; and, ina little time after, the Exa- 
minant went to them, and told Sir Foba Blunt, He would 
be bound for any Money he fhould lend the Colonel on 
Stock; which Sir Fobn Blunt did not object to} and, 
from that time, the Examinant thought himfelf bound to 
fee the Money repaid, which Sir John Blunt fhould lend 
the Colonel on Stock: And, in a few Days after, the Co- 
lonel acquainted the Examinant, That Lopez had bought, 
for him, 6,0001. South Sea Stock, at 275 per Cent.; and 
that Sir 7cbn Blunt had‘lent the Money, and defired the 
Examinant to be ready to anfwer the Difference, if any 
fhould happen: The Examinant told the Colonel, He 
was ready when Sir Fobn Blunt thould demand it: That, 
in the Beginning of April, Sir Fobn Blunt, at the South 
Sea Houfe, told the Examinant he fhould want his Mo- 
ney before the 1ft of May 1720; and thereupon, the 
Examinant affured him, he might depend on its being 
repaid; for he would fell the Stock, and fee it perform- 
ed: Accordingly the Examinant fold the Stock in April, 
and Sir obn Blunt put the Examinant’s Broker to Sur- 
man to deliver the Stock: Says, The Money, with In- 
tereft, was repaid Surman, on the Delivery of the Stock, 
and that he did not know Sir ohn Blunt fold the Stock, 
or that it was the Stock of the Company, till Fanuary lat, 
for the Tranfaction appeared to the Examinant as if it 
had been upon Sir Fobn’s own Account. 

Your Committee having received a Letter from Mr. 
Banks, defiring that Sir fobn Blunt might be further exa- 
mined, as to the faid 1,000 /. Stock charged to him; your 
Committee accordingly again examined him: And he fays, 
That he never did tell Mr. Banks, That this was the Com- 
pany’s Stock, till about Corifimas latt; and, he believes, 
till that time, Mr. Banks did not know it was fo: Thar, 
about Chriffmas laft, after this Inquiry began, the Exa- 
minant went to Mr. Banks, and: told him, That this 
1,000/, was the Company’s Stock; at which Mr. Banks 
was very much furprifed; but faid, That fignified nothing 
to him; or to that Effect: The Examinant fays, He alfo, 
by Direction of Mr. Knight, offered to leave Mr. Banks's 
Name out of the Lift; which Mr. Bawks refufed; fay- 
ing, As he had bought it, and honeftly paid for it, and 
more than he could afterwards have bought it for, he 
would not have his Name concealed; or to that Effect : 
That Mr. Banks, a Day or Two afterwards, alfo wrote 
the Examinant a Letter, to this Purpofe,; which Letter 
he has at prefent miflaid. 

Your Committee likewife, at Mr. Banks's Requett, 
examined Mr. Fo/eph Banks junior, his Son: Who fays, 
That he was not prefent, either when his Father, Fofeph 
Banks Efquire, bought the faid 1,000/. Sowth Sze —, 
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of Sir obs Blunt, or paid him 3,100/. for it, on the 6th 
of May 17203 bur was informed thereot by his Father ; 
who talked of it publickly, not as a Favour done him, 
nor a Thing to be cancealed, but as an accidental Bar- 
gain; and often faid, He could bave bought it foon after- 
wards near 500/. cheaper in Exchange-alley: 

That, about the oth or 10th Funz, when Stock was at 
750 per Cent. and the South Sea Company were making 
a Loan of 400/. per Cent. upon their Stock, the Examin- 
ant defired his Father either to borrow, or let him bor- 
row, 4,0002. on that Stock; Which he confented to; 
but told the Examinant, That Sir Zoen Blunt, to fave the 
Charge of a Transfer, ‘and being in an Hurry, had only 
given him a Note for transferring the faid Stock ; and 
then gave the Examinant the faid Note, of which he 
kept a Copy: And the fame is in the following Words; 
ViZ. 

“© May the 6th, 1720. 
*¢ T promife to transfer to Fofeph Banks Efquire, or 
“© Order, 1,000/. South Sea Stock, Value re- 
+ ceived. 
‘¢ Fobn Blunt.” 
Which Note the Fxaminant, on the toth of fune, car- 
ried to the South Sea Houle, and inquired for Sir Fobn 
Blunt; and, atter fume time, found out the Room, at the 
Bottom of the great Stairs, where he was, with feveral 
other Gentlemen: And was called in; and, fhewing him 
the Note, told him, That he was come to have the faid 
1,090 /. Stock transferred to Mr. Banks: Which Sir Fobn 
faid he would do immediately ; but, there being then a 
great*Croud, he defired the Examinant to {tay a Quarter 
of an Hour: Which the Examinant accordingly did; 
but, the Croud {till continuing, Sir Jods refuled to go: 
At which the Examinant being angry, and not willing to 
wait any longer, Sir Fob faid, He would defire Mr. 
Knight to do it for him, and that he would transfer the 
like Sum to Mr. Knight another time: Which the Exa- 
minant confented to, and gave him up his faid Note, 
taking of him, at the fame time, another Note, in the 
following Words; 
© Fune the toth, 1720. 
** | promife to transfer to Robert Knight Efquire, 
* or Order, 1,000/. South Sea Stuck, Value re- 
** ceived. 
“© Fobn Blunt.” 

‘© 1,000 South Sea Stack to ¥. Banks E'quire.” 
Which Note the Examinant ‘immediately carried to Mr. 
Knizbt, in a Room up Stairs, at the South Sea Houle; 
and, having acquainted him wich the Matter, gave him 
Sir Fobn Blunt’s lat mentioned Note: Upon which he 
made aa Entry in a Book; which, the Examinant fays, 
he thought was transferring it: But the Examinant did 
not fign any thing; but received trom Mr Knight 4,0001. 
for his Father’s Ute, as a Loan upon the faid Stock ; which 
Mr. Knight very readily paid him, without taking any 
Note or Security for it from the Examinant, fave the De- 
livering up of Sir Jobn Blunt’s Note, as aforelaid : 

That there was not One Word pafled from Sir Fobn 
Blunt, or Mr. Knight, as if that Stock had been the 
Company’s Stock ; nor did the Examinant think, or in 
the leaft fufpect, it to be fo: That the faid 4,000/, is 
not yet repaid; but remains due upon the faid Stock, 
for ought he knows. 

Your Committee, at the Requeft of Colonel Sco#t, 
examined Char. Afgill: Who fays, That on or about the 
ift Day af April 1720, he did,.by the Order of Mr. 
Thomas Paiterfon, buy of Ma:thew Wymonafold 1,0001. 
South Sea Stock, at 309 per Cent. to be paid for on the 
4th of the fame Month: That, applying to Mr. Patier- 
jon tor the Money to pay for the fame, he ordered this 
Examinant to yo to Mr. Anizht, in the Name of Colonel 
‘James Scot!, to borrow it: That the Examinant accord- 
ingly went; but Mr. Knight would lend no more than 
2,5004 on the faid i,o00/, Stock, being after the Rate 
of 2501, per Cent.: Ot which this Examinant acquainted 
Mr. Paiterfon, who, approving thereof, gave this Exa- 
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gog/. to 2501. per Cent.: Which being done, the faid 
1,000 /, Stock was, on the faid 4th of April 1720, trans. 
ferred to Mr. Surman, by Mr. Knight’s Order, at 250 
per Cent.: That this whole Affair was traniacted by the 
Direction of Mr. Patterfon, and the Examinant did not 
know Colonel Scott till a confiderable time after. 

The faid Mr. Ail, being alfo examined, at the Re- 
queft of Colonel Mountgomery, as to the faid 2,000 7, 
Stock charged to be fold to him, fays, That, on or abour 
the 29th of March 1720, this Examinant, by the Order 
of Mr. Thomas Patterfon, went to Mr. Robert Knight, in 
the Name of Colonel Mountgomery, to borrow Money 
on 2,000/. South Sea Stock: Which Mr. Knight com- 
plied with ; but faid, He would lend no more than §,Q00/. 
on 2,0c0/. Stock, being at the Rate of 250/. per Cent, 
unlefs 5007. more Stock was transferred to him, or-his 
Order, as a further Security ; and then he would lend 
6,300/. being after the Rate of 315/. per Cent. the then 
Market Price; but told this Examinant, That, if the 
Gentleman had not bought the faid 2,0007. Stock, not 
to let him buy it; for that he, Mr. Knight, wowid teil it 
himlelf, rather than puzzie his Accounts with Transfers, 
and being at the Trouble of raifing the Money : Of which 
this Examinant acquainted Mr. Patserjon,; who, approve- 
ing thereof, ordered this Examinant to buy the faid 
2,001. Stock of Mr. Knight: Which he did accerd- 
ingly, at 315 per-Cent.; and Mr. Knizht agreed to con- 
tinue the faid 2,000 7. Stock in his own Name, on condi- 
tion that the faid 500/. Stock was transferred as a further 
Security for the Taking of the faid 2,000/. Stock, and 
Payment of the faid 6,300/. being 315 per Cent. agreed 
to be paid, as aforefaid, with Intereft; which 500/. ad- 
ditional Stock was accordingly transferred to Mr. Surman, 
by Mr. Knight’s Order, on the fame Day, or the Day 
following: That this whole Affair was tranfacted by Mr. 
Patterfon’s Direétion; and that he did not know Colone 
Mdountgomery till a Month after, or longer. v2 

Your Committee examining the faid Mr. Thomas Pat- 
terfon, at the Requeft of the faid Colonel Scott and Colo- 
nel Mountgomery; be fays, That, about the latter End of 
March 1719, Colonel Fobn Mountgomery, and Colonel 
Fames Scott, defired the Examinant to buy fome South Sea 
Stock for their Ufe, and upon their Account: Which the 
Examinant confented to; and thereupon fent for Mr. 
Ajzili, a Broker, and gave him Directions to buy 3,000/. 
South Sea Stock; viz. 2,00e1. tor Colonel Mounigomery, 
and 1,000/. for Colonel Scott; and told Afeill, He would 
give any Security that fhould be demanded by any Perton 
who would take in the faid 3,000/. South Sea Stock: 
Afgill then faid to the Examinant, He would go and pro- 
pole it to Mr. Knight: And A/gill returned to the Exa- 
minant in Half an Hour, and acquainted the Examinant, 
That Mr. Knight would take in 2,000 /, Stock for Colonel 
Mountgomery, if 500/. Stock more was transferred to him 
for Security of the fame, and that Mr. Knight would lend 
2;500/, Money on 1,000/. Stock, for Colonel Fames 
Scott : Both which the Examinant approved of ; and or- 
dered A/gill to buy the 1,000/. Stock for Colonel Famers 
Scott; and gave him Money to reduce the Stock to 250 
per Cent.; and the Examinant transferred the 500 /. Stock 
to Mr. Aaight, or Mr. Surman, as an additional Security 
for the faid 2,000/. Stock taken in by Mr. Knight tor 
Colonel Mountgomery. 

Sir Fohn Blunt being examined, and afked, Whether 
he did not know, or believe, that the faid 574, v0/. Stock, 
or any Wart thereof, was dilpofed of to facilitate the Pafi- 
ing of the Bill in Parliament; he fays, That the Fir 
Parcel to the beft of his Remembrance, of the faid Stock, 
which was fo difpofed of, as this Examinant was informed 
by Edward Gibbon, One of the Direétors, was about the 
Sum of 20,000/. or 30,000/. difpofed of by the faid 
Gibbon to the Lord Gower before the paffing the Bill, but 
cannot fay at what particular times; and believes, and 
was informed by the faid Gibson, to the bett of his Re- 
membrance, chat the Intention thereof was for the Service 
of, and to make more Friends to, the Company ; and he 
does not know at what Prices: That he does not know 

wiether 


Ser Oo YS 


7. GEO. I. 


whether any Money was, or was not, paid to the Com- 
pany for the faid Stock; nor does he ‘know any thing 
more relating to the faid Tranfaétions. 


Your Committee examining the faid Mr. Gibbon as to © 


the Account of Stock entered in the Cafh-book to be fold, he 
fays, He never faw any Account of it, but what is in the 
Book, until a Paper, drawn up by Mr. Kaigdét, was fhewn 
him, after the Order of the Houfe of Commons; and 
he looked on it but curforily: Says, That, about the 
Jatter End of February tatty Mr. Knight faid to him, It 


would be for the Company’s Advantage to fell fome ° 


Stock, it being then at a good Price, between 170 and 
180 per Cent.; and, if the Bill did ‘not pafs, ‘it would 


be well fold; and, if it did pafs, the reft would fell at a « 


better Price: That he does not know, that the Compaiy 
had then any Stock to difpofe of : 

That Mr. Knight faid, He was to take upon himflf 
the tranfacting that Stock; and the Perfons to whom it 
was to be delivered, were to be accountable for the Price: 
Bat he was to tranfact this on the behalf of the Company ; 
and the Perfons who were to have it, might either have it 
transferred to them, or take the Difference: 

Dues not know of any Stock difpofed of to any Mem- 
ber of either Houfe of Parliament, except what is men- 
tioned to be done by him, in the Account delivered in to 
the ee 3 and does not remember any one elfe defired 
Stock : 

Believes that Mr. Knight told him, That Mr, Holditch 
and Mr. Hawes difpofed of Stock to Members of the 
Houle of Commons, who are not named in the Account 
delivered in to the Houfe. 

As to the 20,000/. charged in the Aceount to Lord 
Gower, he fays, That Lord Gower fent to him, about the 
Jatter End of February laft, to help him to buy 20,000 /. 
Stock; which, this Examinant faid, he would try to do, 
and believed he could doit: That, the fame Day, or the 
next Day, this Examinant fpoke to Mr. Krizht, and 
afked him to undertake to deliver this Stock at Three 
Months time, at 180 per Cent.: Which he yee 
with; and this Examinant took Mr. Knigh?’s Ncte for fo 
much Stock accordingly; and it was underftood, that the 
Stock was to be delivered Three Months after, if not 
paid for before, with Intereft in the mean time: That he 
gave Lord Gower his own Note for the Delivery of this 
Stock in Three Months; and took his Lordthip’s Note to 
accept it, and pay the Money in Three Months time, 
with Intereft in the mean time: That there was 4,000/. 
South Sea Stock transferred to this Examinant by a Steward 
of the Duke of Rutlana’s: And Lord Gower told this 
Examinant, That che faid 4,000/. fhould be transferred 
to him as a further Security ; and that the Duke of Ruf- 
land was concerned in the Bargain : Says, The Stock was 


' accordingly transferred to him a few Days afterwards: 


And Lord Gower told him, Some Part of the 20,000/. 
Stock was afterwards fold at about 300 per Cext. as he 
believes: And this Examinant fays, That Mr. Knight 
received the Money, and kept the Account of it; and 


believes that Lord Gower did not know, that Mr. Knight. 


tranfacted it ; and fays, That this Examinant’s Agreemenc 
with Mr. Knight for the Delivery of this Stock was ablo- 
lute in’ all Events: That when Mr. Knight, afterwards, 
upon making up the Account of Stock fold, told this 
Examinant, That this 20,000 /. was the Company's Stock, 
and muft be put down fo; the Examinant faid, Then he 
mutt give him his own Name, and the Name of Lord 
Gower, to whom it was difpofed of; Believes other Part 
of this Stock was fold at 350 per Cent. and other Part at 
400 per Cent.: That no Part of the Money was paid by 
Lord Gower till after the Firft Parcel-of the Stock was 
fold, which was much fooner than the Time of Pay- 
ment; and the Account was made up by Mr. Knight 
about the End of the Three Months: 

- As to the Two Sums of 5,000/, Stock each, charged, 
in the Account, to Lord Lanfdown, this Examinant had a 
Note from his Lordfhip,for Acceptance and Payment: And 


his Lordthip agreed to give Security; but, the Price of’ 


Stock rifing, this Examinant did not iafift upon it: 
Vou. XIX. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





Beliéves both Parcels of Stock were fold in about a 
Month’stime ; and that Part of it was transferred to Lord _ 
or Lady Leajdown, and the Account was made up of it; 
and the Money to be paid, allowed with Intereft: That 
this Examinant believes Lord Lanfdewn had no Krowlege 
of this being the Company’s Stock : That he gave Lord 
Lanfdown Two Notes for the Delivery of this Stock, and 
depended upon Mr. Knight for it; and believes Mr. 
Knight intended to charge the faid Lord Len/down’s Stock 
to the Company’s Account, if he could get it allowed ; 
otherwife he was to anfwer ict himftIf : And this Examin- 
ant took a Note from Mr. Knight to himfelf, for Deli- 
very of the faid 20,0007. Stock, ard alfo of the faid Two 
5,000. Stock; and that Lord Lanfdcwn’s Name was in~ 
ferted in the Account, in the fame manner as Lord 
Gower’s. 

Mr. Cheffer, being examined, fays, That the Stock he 
difpofed of to Members of Parliament, they actually 
bought of him; and, he believes, knew nor thar -fuch 
Stock was the Company’s: After fuch Members had 
bought the Stock: of him, this Examinant went to Mr. 
Knight, and bought fo much Stock of him, and ordered 
him co deliver it to thofe Gentlemen to whom he had fo 
fold it; and, after he had agreed with Mr. Knight, the 
Examinant referred them to Mr. Knight, with whom, he 
believes, they tranfacted it: 

That the Dates entered in the Account of Stock fold. 
are not true, as he believes: 

That the Perfons to whom he fold Stock, were; 

Henry Dracks Riquire, £.1,000 at 260 per Cent. 

Sir Cop. Bamfidld — 1,900 at 275 

John Bampfield Efquire—1,000 at 275 

Sir Jobn Bland — -—- 1,000 at 275 

Sir Thomas Scabright —- 1,000 at 275 

Cha. Longueville Efquire 1,000 at 325 

And Sir Wm. Caréw — 1,000 at 3007, 

Which Two laft, by reafon of the Prices, he believes 
were after the Bill paffed : 

That, as to Mr. Dracks, the Examinant fays, There 
had been féveral Yeats Dealings between him and ‘Mr, 
Dracks, the Examinant feldom receiving lefs than 4,000 /, 
per Annum on Mr. Dracks* Account; and there was aruh- 
ning Account between them at the time of this Tranf- 
aétion: That Mr. Dracks, fome time after the buying the 
Stock for him, did pay the Examinant 2,600/. for it; and 
the Examinant forthwith paid that Sum to Mr. Knigh?, 
or Mr. Surman, for the fame. 

As to Sir Coplefon Banpfeld, Mr. Bampfeld, Sir Jobn 
Bland, and Sir Themas Szabright, the Examinant fays, 
He had Letters from them for the Acceptance of fuch 
Stock; and, particularly, from Sir Caplin, and Mr. 
Bampfeild: And, fome time afterwards, Stock being fallen 
30 or 40 per Cent. Mr. Bampfeild came to the Examin- 
ant, and told him, That Sir Copplefton, and himfelf, were 
ready to take the Stock whenever he pleafed ; and, about’ 
the fame time, Sir Williaa Carew made him the fame 
Offer: 

Sir Yobn Bland’s Stock was afterwards, as he believes, 
fold for him by Mr, Knizbr: 

That Mr. Longueville came to the Examinant, and 
offered hit the Money for his Stock ; and the Examinanr 
acquainted ‘him, That he had tranfafted it with Mr. 
Knight, and fent’ Mr: Longueville to him and he paid 
the Money to Mr. Knight, as the Examinant verily be- 
lieves: ; 

The Examinant fays, That he doesnot know, that the 
Stock, fo difpofed of by him, was Part of the ficticious 
Stock faid to be fold by the Company; but, as to his 
Belief, he cannot anfwer: That, at the time he boughe 
this Stock of Mr, Knight, he really believed ic was Mr. 
Knight’s own private Stock; and did not know, or kad 
heard, that Mr. Knight fold or tranfacted any of the Come 
pany’s Stock at that time, or before : 

That, when he wanted to bay Stock, he fometimes 
bought it of Mr. Kuight: 

That, when he thus difpofed of the aforefaid Stock, he 
had aconfiderable Quantity of his own Stock, but he did 


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574 
not fell the faid Gentlemen his own Stock, bet bought 

it of Mr. Knight for,them, as aforefaid: That he did not 

know, that this was.the Campany’s Stock, till about the 

time he faw the Account of Stock fold, prepared by Mr. 

Knight, to be ‘laid before the Houle; and then. Mr, 

Knight told bim, ‘That the Stock whi.b he had fold him, 

was Part of the Stock fold for the Company. 

‘Sir Robert Chaplin, being examined as to the 10,000/. 
South Sea Stock fold to him, and Edward Rolt Efquire, 
by Mr. Knight, in February 1719, at 174% per Cent. 
fays, The Agreement with Mr. Knight for this Stock 
was verbal; and, neither the Examinanr, nor Mr. Rolt, 
gave any. Note to pay for it: That neither he, nor Mr. 
Rolt, knew it was the Company’s Stock; but thought it 
was bought with Mr. Kuight’s Money: That, Mr. Knight 
and he going in a Coach together to Weftmixfter, the 
Examinant complained he had:not. Money; upon which 
Me. Knight offered.to buy §,000/, Stock for him: Thar, 
at Weftminfier, Mr. Rolt made the fame Complaint of 
Want of Money ;.and the Examinant told him what had 
pafied between him and Mr. Knight, and then Mr. 
Rolt. and the Examinant agreed to have 10,000/. Stock 
in Partnerfhip, Mr.. Knight. agreeing to get it for them: 
That Mr. Ro/t anc he afterwards agreed to fell this Srock 
at. 197; and Mr. Amight paid them,the Difference of the 
advanced Price. 

Sir Foon Feilaws, being examined as to the fictitious 
Stock fold, fays, That he has heard, that Mr. Rolt, of 
Hertforcfiire bad, fome Stock held for him by the Com- 
pany ; and fays, That he did not pay the Money for it, 
as this Examinant believes: That he has alfo heard Mr. 
Wynn, a Member of Parliament, had fome Stock held 
for him in the fame manner, without paying for it, as he 
believes: That he believes he has lately heard, That 
Lord Lanfdown and Lord Ggwer had fome of this Stock 
held for them in the fame manner ; and that thefe Things 
were generally tranfacted by Mr. Kaight; and that he 
fhould rather believe, that no Money was paid by them 
for it. 

"Mr. Fames Colebrocke, being examined, fays, That, in 
December 1719, he became acquainted with Sir Wm. Gor- 
don, One of the Commiffioners of the Army Accounts, 
the Examinant then having a Memorial depending before 
the faid Commiffioners:. That he was told by Mr. Dent, 
a Clerk there, That Sir Wm. feeing that Memorial, afked 
him, If it was the Examinane’s; which Mr. Deng {aid it 
was: That the Warrant upon it was figned; and Sir 
Wm.came to the Examinant the next Day, and told him, 
He had figned his Warrant; and defired fome of the 
Subfcription which the Examinant then took in; and 
delired to have 5,000/. of it: The Examinant told him, 
He would fpeak to fome of the Managers: Which he 
did; and thereupon Sir Wm. Gorden had 2,000/. of that 
Subfcription, and the Examinanz gave him 3,o00/. of 
his own; That this was the Beginning of his Acquaint- 
ance with Sir Wm. Gordon; That on or about the 17th 
of February 1719, Sir 4m. Gordon, who, your Committee 
oblerve, is charged, in the faid Account of Stock fold, 
to have bought 7,000 /, Part thereof, gave the Examin- 
ant Orders to give out Twelve Guineas per Cent. for the 
Refufal of South Sea Stock for Three Months, at the 
Rate of 200 per Cent.; and the Examinant, the: next 
Day, as he remembers, informed Sic Wm. by Letter, 
That he had accordingly done it for 5,000/. Stock : 
That bis Partner, Mr. Ruck, figned the Contract for 
3.6001. Parc of it; and the Examinant indorfed a Con- 
tract, made by Mr. Boys, of Kent, for the remaining 
1,400/.: About the Middle of May Sir Wm. demanded 
a Performance of this Bargain; which was accordingly 
completed; and, he believes, Sir Ym. gained confidera- 
bly thereby : 

That in February, or the Beginning of March, 1719, 


on or about the Day when the Houle of Commons was_ 


ip a Committee upon the Sou.b Sea Bill, Sir Win. Gordon 
came to the Examinant, and defired him to Jend him 
fome Thoufand Pounds upon South Sea Stuck; he be- 
lieves, a Sum to purchaie nor Jefs than 4,000 /, South Sea 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.1721. 


Stoek; which, the Examinant told him, it did not fuit 
his Conveniency to do; and the Examinant refufed ir: 
He was very preffing : Upon this, he defired the Examin- 
ant to go with him to Mr. Kuight, but this Examinant 
cannot remember whether Sir Wm. Gordon, or he, firft 
mentioned Mr. Knight’s Name: This Examinant accord- 
ingly did go along with him; andthey found Mr. Kuigit 
and Mr. Hawes, together in the Treafury-room at the 
South Sea Haufe: Mr. Hawes came to the Examinant, 
and afked him, Who that was that was with him: He 
told him, It was Sir Wim. Gordon: Mr. Hawes afked, 
What he wanted: The Examinant:faid, He wanted Ma- 
ney,. which it.did not fuit his Conveniency to fupply him 
with; or Words to. that Effect: Upon this Mr. Hawes 
went ta Mr. Knight, and Knight came to Sir V¥m,: And 
the Examinant told Mr, Knight what Sir Wm. Gordon 
wanted ; and then Mr: Knight, aod Sir Wm: went to the 
other Evnd of the Room: And the xaminant believes, 
that Mr. Knight then let Sir 7m. have fome of the South 
Sea Company’s Stack at the then Market Price, without 
paying any Money for it; but dees not know what Sum: 
His Reafon for his Belief of this Marter is, Becaufe, in 
Converfation with Sir Wim. Gordon, in May following, he 
told the Examinant, That he had ‘made up with Mr. 
Knight the Stock which Mr. Knight had accommodated 
him-with; which, this Examinant now believes, was the 
Company’s Stock, which Mr. Knight had let Sir Wm, 
have in February or March i719, as aforefaid: That he 
thinks Sir /m. mentioned his thus making it up by way 
of Regret, that he fhould have made it up fo foon, the 
Stock foon afterwards rifing higher chan it was at thag 
time. 

The faid Mr. Win. Dent, being examined, fays, That 
he did apply feveral times to have Mr. Colebyoak’s Deben- 
tures figned: That he fpoke to all the Commiffioners, 
but particularly to Sir Wm. Gerdon: That, at that time, 
Sir Hm. afked the Examinant, Whether Mr. Colebrook 
was thefame Perfon that was concerned in the Undertaking 
called Ram’s and Colebrook’s Infurance: The Examinant 
told him, He was: Upon which Sir William faid, He 
muft have fome of it; and Sir /iléam defired the Exa-~ 
minant to meet him in the City, for he wanted to fpeak 
to Mr, Colebrook: That the Examinant acquainted Mr. 
Colebrook thereof ; and Sir Wm. and the Examinant, met 
him accordingly : But the Examinant cannot fay whether 
they met at Mr. Cok drook’s Houte,. or at a Tavern; nor 
does he remember the Converfation, or whether the De- 
benture was figned before, or after, that time: That fome 
time between Chrifimas, and the Expiration of. the faid 
Commiffion, on the roth of March +719, Mr. Colebrooke 
told the Examinant, to the .beft of his Remembrance, 
That he had let Sir Wm, Gordon have 5,000/. of the 
Receipts of the faid Infurance ; 2,000 /, whereof was Mr. 
Colebrook’s ; and 3,000/. he bought, in order to accommo-~ 
date Sir Wm. 

Mr. Francis Hawes, being hereupon examined, fays, 
That he remembers Sir Wm. Gordon came with Mr. Cole- 
brook to the South Sea Houfe, to the Examinant; and 
that Mr. Colebrook {poke to the Examinant, to recommend 
Sir W/m. Gordon to Mr. Knight: And the Examinant 
believes, upon that Application, he did recommend 
Sir Wm, to Mr. Knight; but the Examinant cannot re- 
member upon what Account. 

And'your Committee further acquaint the Houle, That 
in the Book mentioned in their former Report to have 
been delivered in to your Committee by the prelent Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, intituled, An Accounte 
of the Names of fuch Perfons to whom Loans have beea 
made on South Sea Stock, who, at the times when fuch 
Loans were made, do not appear, by any Books, to have 
transferred Stock to the South Sea Company, for the Secu-: 
rity thereof; your Committee do find the Names ot feveral 
of the Perfons mentioned before jn this their Report, con- 
tained in the faid Account; whofe Names, as alfo the par- 
ticular Sums borrowed, and the Stock fuppofed to be 
transferred by them, your Committee tranfcribe out of 
the faid Book, as follows; viz. ; 

i .. Dates 








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Sums faid 
” ae Borrowers Names. to be apaeat lent 
= ; transferred — 
June 22th | Sir Mount Blunaell _— — — 880 3,200 
Auguft 29. | Fofeph Banks —~ _ —- 1,100 4,000 
Fune.10. | John Burridge —_—— —_—— —— 2,750 10,955 
20. | Honourable Wm. Chetwind — —. 10,500 30,000 
22. | Henry Dracks : —. —_—— — 1,100 4,000 
June 10. | Captain Forrefter _ _ ——— 1,100 4,000 
May 30. | Pair. Haldane —— —— —— 3,800 11,509 
Fune 20. | Sir Wilfrid Lawfon —_—- —— 1,100 4,100 
Auguft 26. | The-Lord Rothes _ —_ —- 1,000 4,000 
May 11. | Edward Rolt _— —_——-. 1,500 45275 
Auguft 29. | Thomas Wynn —- — — 3,300 11,745 16 &amp; 
Auguft 23. | Wm. Young —. —. — 2,750 13,300 





Your Committee, before the Order of the Houfe, taking further Examinations: Wherefore your Commit- 
for receiving this Report, had taken feveral Examina- ‘tee think it proper to Confine this Report to the Mem- 
tions relating to feveral Members of this Houfe, not bers mentioned in the Account of Stock fold; and will 
mentioned in the-Account of Stock fold: And, ‘fince “lay fuch other Matters as have or fhall occur to them, 
that Order, your Committee have taken feveral other Exa- with all convenient Speed, before. the Houfe, 
minations relating to fome of the faid Members ; and are 


APPENDIX, Letter A. 












































Rate 
Stock per Money. 
Cent. 
Febr. 5th. | Nathanael Halhead — ——| 5,000] — |150 | 7,500 
Mar. 9. | Ditto _ ——} 5,000 — 182 | 9,100 
10,000} — — ! 16,609 
Febr. 5. | Sir Thomas Fones —_— ——j| 1,000; — ‘} 150 | 1,500 | 
8. | Ditto —_ ——| 2,000) — | 1704] 3,402 105, 
: 3,000} — |————-— J] 4,902 105, 
5. | Thomas Milner Efquire — — | —-] 2,000; 150} — 3,000 
Fohn Merril Efquire —_— — | 5,000 |~--== 150 | 7,500 
Mar. 17. | Ditto —- —— |} 5,000! = | 210 | 10,500 
21. | Ditto —_ ——j] 2,000; — | 250 5,000 
——— | 12,000} — | ————| 23,000 | 
Febr. 5. | Fohn Barber ——- ——| — | 54,000 | 150: — 93500 - 
| Fohn Lock __ ——| 2,000f = 151 3,020 
13. | Ditto —— -_/} 2,000 — 1727 | 32450 | ' 
F - 4,000} — |—— 6,470 
Febr. 5. | George Muffell —_—— —-| 1,000! —- |150 | 1,500 | . 
9: | Ditto — ——| 2,000] ~- — 166 | 3,320 
Ditto —_——- —-| 1,000; — 171 1,710 
_ 4,000} — lee 6,530 
5. | Nathanael Sheppard — _—_—_—_i 2,000 ; 1553 — 3,115 
Daniel Mufaphia — ——| 2,000! — 157 3,140 
Ditto —_— 500; — 157 785 
9. | Ditto — ——j| 2,000; — 171 35420 
tt ee Se eee 
5- | Charles Eyre —_— —f — 2,000 | 1704 -- 354.19 
8. | Agill and Company — ——|} 5,000} — 170t | 8,525 
Ditto — ——]| 1,000; — 171 1,710 
Ditto -_—_-_— ——y 2,000! =~ 1713 | 3,430 
15. | Ditto — _— 5,000 _— 183 9,150 
Mar. 21. | Coleborn, Afgill’s Partner _ —| 1,000; — |270 } 2,700 
~——— | 14,000} —= | ———— | 25,515 
Feb. 8. | Samuel Leffingham _ ——j| 1,000 — 174 1,740 
Ditio —_— ———} 2,500} — {175 | 42375 
Ditto —__ ——| 2,000; — | 173 3,460 
Ditto — ——]| 2,000} — 171 35420 
Ditto —_— ——| 2,500; — |171 45275 
9- | Ditto — ——j]| 2,000; =&lt; |171 32420 
15. ; Ditto _—_ ——; 3,000 —_ 179 523709 
Ditto —_— ——| 5,000f — 182 | 9,100 
Apr. 5. | Ditto _—_— —j} 1,000 — 299 | 2,900 
Ditto — ——| 2,000] —- {290 | 5,800 
Ditto - — — | 1,000! -- |289 | 2,890 
11. | Ditto — ——| 2,000] — | 288 1 5,760 
—— |; 26,000! — | ———— ! 52,510 
Feb. 8. | Thomas Cafon —_— —| — 5,000 | 174 _ 15740 
David Kilman —_ ——j 1,000 
i Ditio — — 1,000 
——— } =2,000 | 174 _ 3,480 











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Mar. 23. 
Feb. 9. 


Mar. 21. 


Feb. 9. 


Mar. 7. 
Feb. 9. 
&lt;2. 


Febr. 9. 
Feb. 9. 


Mar, 28. 
31. 


Febr. 13. 


15. 


Mar. 22. 


Feb. 15. 
Mar. 1. 


Feb. 15. 


23. 
Mar. 1. 


23. 


Apr, 12. 


Mar. 1. 


37. 


4 | Dive 


» At adh ys 


»| Wm. aylor 


Journals of. the Houfe 


Philip Leige 
Ditto 


Pheafaut Crifp 
Ditto 


Wm. Compere 
Fohn Puget 
Tage Legay 

| Thomas, Garrard 

| Samuel La Cour 
Price and Allen 
Turner and Mark 
Ditto 
Ditto 


Wn, Steel 

Gabriel Lopez 
| Edward Spackman 
Ditto 


Robert Harle 
Ifeac Edlin 
James Round 

Ditto 


| Benj. Cater 
| Richard Hatley 
Ditto 


Peter Mee 
Samuel Strode 
Ditte 

Ditto 

Ditto 


| Abraham Edlin 
 Fohy Levet 

| Mr.. Beranger 

| Edward Cruil 
Ditte 

| Ditto 


Wm, Aftell 
Ditta 


James Coletrook 
Foleph Sibley 


| Ditto 
Ditta 
| Ditto 
| Ditte 
| Ditta 
Ditig 
Ditto 
Ditta 
Ditta 
Ditto 
Ditto 


Aberbonel] 


Gampert 
Cri/pigney 
hic Edlia 


Fofeph Stanbro’ 
Machado 


Abraham Cardofo 
Abraham Atkins 
Ditta 





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Rate 
Stock. per Money: 
Cent. 
1,000 me 
1,000.4...- 
_ 33000 | 574s penanaae | -SLGON\. 
32000 | come 174 |} 55220 
1,000, — 171°! 1,710 
__- 4,000 — ee - 6,930 
bane ~ 2,000 | 174 oo 3480 
=&lt; 14,000 [174 —_ 245360 
— 5,000 | 174." on 8,700 
bine 2,000 | 174 . — 35480 
~—_ 3,000 | 274 RYT: sau 35480 
~~ $000 | 174 _ §3220 
11,000| —— | 174 | 19,140 
2,000} — 1173 |' 39460 
2,000] =~ |273 | 51460 : 
15,000 v7 eae 28,060 
. &gt; $3000 FT 173 = | 13730 
of $3000 | 173 &gt; 8,650 
§1900 4}, tr 174 | &amp;700 
500} — | 273 | 1,365 
———e 5.500, — 10,065 
— 1,000 | 169. —_ 1,690 
—_— 2,000 | 166 _ 3,320 
2,000} — 171 3,420 § 
3,000} — 1833 | 5,512 10 5. 
5,000 7 ee f es 8,932 10 
— |--#;000] 171 — 1,716 
1,000 —— [171 | 1,710 
1,000} — | 292 25920 
23000} — | ——+——/ 4,630 
— 3,000} 171 | — 5.) 5,130 
~ 3,600 — . [470%]. 1,707.10 
¥3,000 _ 180} | 23,432 10 
2,000 | --— 310 €,200 
2,000-}-  — 305 6,100 : 
18,000! — 37,440 
_ 1,000} 170} fF = 1,705 
= 23000 | 172} = 3450 
— |- 2ye00 | 179 — | 35580 
1,500; — |186 | 2,790 5s. 
1000+ - — 185i 1 1,852 10} 
52000 J-- 275 11327590 ff 5. 
r~-Px§OO f — | ——ermei | 18,392 10 
2,000 —_— 182 3,640 
30001 — j;rBie] jaas | 
ee 5,000 | feted § 9,085 
— 173% — [10,710 
_ 3000 | 1777 — | 43775 
1,000 _ 178 1,780 
3,000 + — 1173 7 &amp;Tg0 
2,000} — }rzz | 3,440 
2,000 -—— 1184: | 3,695 
6,000} — 185 | 14,100 
2,000}. —- | 184 | 3,690 
1,000 —s 1843 | 1,845. 
5,000 a 1843 | 9,225 
8,000 _ 83x" {14,650 
1,000] -——— | 285 2,850: 
2,000}  — 300 6,000 
5:500| ~—— | 320 | 17,600 
2,COOt — 285 5,700 
t 3,000 —- $2832) 8,505 
' 43,500} — Somme | 959270 
_ 1,000 | 178% — 1,785 
—_— 2,000 | 177 — 35540 
oe 3,000} 184; )- — $1535 * 
ane 2,000 | 1833 eee 3,677 10 
— 2,000 | 1813 _ 3\635 
_— 1,000 | 182 _— 1,820 
— 2,000] 184x f° =~ 3,699 
_ 2,000} 183250 oe 3,675 
1,000] — | 133% | 1,837 19 
2,000 — 1933 | 3,870 5. 
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Rate 
Stock. per Money. 
| Cent. 
15. | Robert Weftley — —_— _ 1,000 | 1832 _ 1,837 10 
Lazarus Symon ——— — — 1,000 | 1833 _ 1,837 10 
Benj. aac —— —!t — 1,000 |} 1833 | — 1,337 10 
21. | Giltert Burnet —— -_—— — 5,000 | 265 — 13,250 
Sohn Falconbridge —- — —_ 1,000 | 273 — 2,730 
Jacob Coutris —_——— — | 1,000 — 273 2,730 
22. | Ditto — —- — | 1,000 — | 275 25750 
-- 2,000}; — 5,480 
21. | La Creuze —- — — 1,000 | 273 ~~ 2,730 
Stephenton —— —— | 2,000 — | 274 | 5480 
fpr. 11. | Ditto —_— — — i 1,000 — | 287 2,870 
—_-- 3,000} — 8,350 
Mar, 21. | Peter Serjeant —_—- — _— 1,000 | 274 — 25740 
22. | John Hals —_— _ —_ 1,000 | 275 — 25750 
Henry Binfeild -— amare om 2,000 | 275 — 5,908 
Solomon Nune —_—- — — 1,000 | 275 _ 2,750 
Fofeph Mufaphia ——— — —_ 1,000 | 275 — 2,750 
‘| Wm. Green —_— — — 2,000 | 276 _ 5,520 
John Harvey Efquire ——. —_—— — 3,000 | 280 — 8,400 
i'm. Cleveland Efquire — —- — 1,000 } 280 — 2,800 
Benja. _— — — 1,000 | 289 — 2,800 
23. | Charles Cesar Efquire — — —_ 6,000 | 276 — 16,560 
Cherrington —_— —_— _ — 1,000 | 273 _ 2,730 
Dalmeida — —_— — 1,000 | 273 | - — 2,730 
Paz — —_— s enaes ~~ 1,000 | 273 — 2,730 
Kellet —— — —- — 5,000 | 273 — 13,650 
| 20. | Edward Webjier —— — — 500 ; 280 _ 1,400 
25. | John Hutt —-— — 2,000 | 305 — 6,100 
Michael Empey — — 4,000 | 320 — 12,800 
Fohn Blunt Kiquire, per Tefard —- — 1,000 | 290 © — 2,900 
Apr. 11. | James Teftard —— _ 1,000 | 287 — 2,870 
Fohn Nodes — _— 1,000 } 287 — 2,870 
Benja. Collyer —- — —_ 1,000 | 289 — 2,890 
Philip Dell —. — 1,000 } 286 — 2,860 
Febr. 15. | Sit Redmond Everard — a —_ 2,000 | 1734 — 3:470 
Ant. Duncomb — —_— — 1] 5,000 — | 174 8,700 
Mar. 2. | Ditio —_—— —— —{ 3,000 — 185 59550 
—-- 8,000 | — 14,250 
4 Tho. Chaplin -_ —_— _ _— 6,000 | 179 —_ 10,740 
’ Stok — — 1 339,500} — | Money. | 688,250 
APPENDIX, B. 
5. Price 
10 Stock. per Money, 
Cent. 
February 5th. | Wm. Burnet — —_—_ ——— | 56,000} 150 7500 
Mar, 2d. | Thomas Carbonnel _—— a — | 5,000] 177% 8,875 
11. | General Hamerftein —_— _ wa——} 5,000! 182 9,100 
15. | Richerd Baylis — _—— —— | 1,000} 1832 1,837 105. 
Alexander Strahan —— ——— — | 1,000] 196 1,960 
Ditto ee —_——— —_— —— | 4,000 | 200 8,000 
Carbonnel — — —— | 1,000] 272 2,720 
Samuel Thomfon — — — |}; 4,000; 285 11,400 
Wm, Burnet —— _— m— | 5,000] 285 14,250 
29; | Taac Loftan —_— —- — | 1,000; 308 3,080 
Stock — | 32,000 | Money. | 68,722 105. 




















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Price 

1719. Stock. per Money. 
) Cent. 
, Feb. 15. | Lieutenant General Pepper — 4,000 | 180 _ 73200 
5S Thomas Wynn Efquire on, — | 2,000 — 180 3,600 
7 10 Ditto — —— | 2,000 —_ 295 5500 
5 --} 4,000}, — 9,100 
O Sir Robert Chaplin — — 5;000 | 1744 —_ 8,725 
Ps Lord Gower per Edward Gibbon sgtrharemnane — | 20,000 | 180 —_— 36,000 
5 Lord Chetwynd —— — | 3,000 — 179 5,370 

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17. | Ditto 


Mar. 1. | Fohn Roberis 
Lord Lan/down per E. Gibbon 


Ditto 





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Edward Rolt Efquire 
Ditto 








11. 
17. 
24. 
22. 


Samuel Tuffnell Efquire 
Fohn Burridge 

Colone] Fames Scott 
Wm, Chetwynd Efquire 
Ditto 
Ditto 





——— 


Sir Cop. Bampfield, per R. Chefer 
Sohn Bampfield, by Ditto 

Sir Fohn Bland, by Ditto 

Sir Tho. Seabright, by Ditto 
Henry Drax, by R. Chefter 
Colonel Graham 
Sir Wm. Gordon 
Ditto 








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25. 


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Wm. Forrefter a 
28. ; Colonel Munroe —-. 
Pat. Flaldane Efquire — 
Earl Roches —— 
Earl of Effex — 
Lord Haddington 
Marquis Winchefter 
Fof. Banks 

Colonel Montgomery 
Thomas Poultney Efquire 
Sir Mount. Blundell 

Sir Wilfred Lawfon 
Cha. Longueville Efquire per R. Chefter 
Wm Younge Eiquire 
Sir Wm. Carew, per R. Chefter Efquire 


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Total Stock 


Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Téurfday Morning next. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned until this Day 
Sevennight. 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Call of 
til this Day Fortnight. 


the Houfe be adjourned un- 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedaefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the Bills for the Relief of 
the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and 
for reftraining Fohn Aiflabie Efquire from going out of 
this Kingdony for the Space of One Year, and until the 
End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcover- 
ing his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing the 
tranfporting or alienating the fame. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1721. 









































Price 
Stock. per Money. 
Cent. 
2,000 — 182 | 3,640 
5,000 _— 9,010 
— 1,000 | 178 —_ 1,780 
5,000 o 180 | 9,000 
5,000 — 170} | 8,825 
10,000 — 17,825 
5,000 — 174% | 8,712 10 
8,000 — 285 | 22,800 
13,000 — 31,512 tos, 
ones 5,000 , 182 — 9,100 
—_ 2,000 200 _ 4,000 
a 1,000 250 — 2,500 
3,000 — 275 | 8,250 
4,000 — 280 11,200 
3,000 —_ 310 | 9,300 
10,000 — 28,750 
ome 1,000 | 275 —_ 2,750 
_ 1,000 275 — 2,750 
—— 1,000 275 —_— 25750 
one 1,000 } 275 — 2,750 
— 1,000 | 260 — 2,600 
a 2,000 | 280 _ 53600 
4,000 _ 276 | 11,040 wit 
3,000 = 300 } 9,000 
7,000 —e ——. 20,040 
‘its 1,000 272 — 2,720 
— 6,000 | 275 _ 16,500 
1 2,000 | 285 _— 5,700 
oe 2,000 } 300 — 6,000 
— 2,000 | 30 — 6,100 
_ 2,000 | 308 — 6,160 
ah 2,000 | 310 —_ 6,200 
ones 1,000 } 310 —_ 3,100 
_ 2,000 | 315 oie 6,300 
cm 2,000 | 315 —_ 6,300 
wth 2,000 | 318 — 6,360 
_ 1,000 + 320 ome . 3,200 
oe 1,000 | 325 _ 3,250 
oa 3,000 | 339 wide 9,900 
— 1,000 | 300 mest 3,000 
— |, 124,000 | —— | Money— } 295,532 10s, 























Martis 6° die Funit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, 
Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one: And the fame 


was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read'a Second time. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Barons, and 
Freeholders, of the County of Caithne/s, in North Bri- 
tain, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the principal Trade of this County is the Export- 
ing of Fith to the Baltick; a Trade moft beneficial to the 
Nation in general, though of fmell Advantage to the 
private Merchant: But, by the boundlefs Ambition and 


Avarice of the late South Sea Directors, their Aiders, 


Abettors, and Confederates, has rendered all their Hopes 
abortive; and. has fo intirely drained their Country of 
Money, that their Merchants are forced to give up their 
Trade, and their Poor are reduced to the miterable 
State of Starving and Idlenefs: And praying, That this 
Houfe will give Relief to an oppreffed and impoverifhed 
People, that Trade may flourifh, publick Credit be re- 
ftored, and Juftice done to an injured People. 

Ordered, 








41 GeE0. 1. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 579 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Sheriff, Barons, Gentlemen, and 
Freeholders, of the County of Elgin, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That their mifera- 
ble State of their Country is reduced, their Trade loft, 
and their Families in a ftarving Condition ; occafioned by 
the grofs Frauds and Villainies of the late South Sea 
Scheme : And praying, That fuch Meafures may be taken, 
that Trade may again flourifh, Credit be reftored, and 

uftice done to an injured Nation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are under- 
written, wholefale Traders and Dealers in Engi/b Bone- 
lace, in or about the Town of Wendover, in the « ounty of 
Bucks, on behalf of themfelves, and great Numbers of 
others, Traders and Dealers in Bone-lace, in and abcut the 
faid Town, was prefented to the Houte, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the Manufacture of Englifo Bone-lace 
has, of late Years, been very much improved, both for 
Finenefs of Work, and Service, fo as to equal any Lace 
imported from Abroad: The faid Manufacture received 

reat Encouragement by an Act, made in the Reign of his 
late Majefty King William, for prohibiting of Bone-lace 
from Flanders, great Numbers of Families then learning, 
and improving themfelves in, the faid Manuiacture; but, 
fince the Repealing of the faid Act, have met with great 
Difcouragements; and their Trade has very much ial-en 
away, by the daily Increafe of great Quantities of foreign 
Lace imported; the great Duty paid upon Thread im- 
ported, for manufacturing the Engh/p Bone-lace, is a 
great Difcouragement to the Englijb Manufacturers, and 
enables the Foreigners to underfell them at Market: And 
praying Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee appointed to confider of the 
State of the Trade between this Kingdom and the Auftrian 
Netherlands. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are under- 
written, being wholefale Traders ‘and Dealers in Englifh 
Bone-lace, in or about the Town of Buckingham, in the 
County of Bucks, on behalf of themfelves, and great 
Numbers of others, Traders and Dealers in Bone-lace, 
in or about the faid Town, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Manufacture of Englifh 
Bone-lace has, of late Years, been very much improved, 
both for Finenefs of Work, and Service, as to equal any 
Lace imported from Abroad: The faid Manufacture re- 
ceived a great Encouragement by an Aét, made in the 
Reign of his late Majetty King /Villiam, for Prohibiting 
of Bone-lace from Flanders; great Numbers of Families 
then learning, and improving themfelves in, the faid Ma- 
nufacture; but, fince the Repealing of the faid Act, have 
met with great Difcouragements; and their Trade has 
very much fallen away, by the daily Increafe of the great 
Quantities of foreign Lace imported; the great Duty paid 
upon Thread imported, for the Manufacturing of Exglib 
Lace, is a great Difcouragement to the Engli/h Manu- 


fa€turers, and enables the Foreigners to underfell them” 


at Market: And praying Relief in the Premifes. 

* Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee appointed to confider of the 
State of the Trade between this Kingdom and the dufrian 
Netherlands. 


A Petition of feveral Barge-mafters, who are concerned 
in navigating the River Zhames, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read, for the Bill for the betcer fupplying the 
Cities of London and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with 
Water; fetiing forth, That the Bill, now depending be- 
fore this Houie, for encouraging and impowering divers 
Adventurers to bring Water trom One or more of the 
Streams that run by or near the Village of Dray‘ou, in the 
County of Middlefex, to fome Place near the Cities of 
London and Vi efinixjter, whereby the Inhabicants may be 

4 


better fupplied with Water ; and have undertaken, at their 
own Charges, to make the River Thames, in all thofe 
Parts which are called the Shallows, between the Mouth 
of the River Colne and the Village of Thifileworth, and 
to deepen the Chanels; and to caufe them, at all times, 
to flow deeper than they now do: That, if the faid Ad- 
venturers fhall fo do ic, the Act will be beneficial to all 
Perfons that now employ them/felves in navigating the 
faid River, and to the Inhabitants through which the faid 
River paffes: And praying, That this Houte will give 
Encouragement to the taid Undertaking. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lic upon the Table 
till the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 


and Wefminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to hear the 
Matter of the Petition of feveral of the free Burgefles of 
the Boroughof Berea’#oz,in the County of Devoz.com plain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the faid Borough : 

And the Counfel for the faid Petitioners, and for “the 
Sitting Member, were called in: 

And the Petition was read: 

And feveral Witnefies were examined 
Right of Election : 

And {feveral Returns of Burgeffes to ferve in former 
Parliaments for the faid Borough were produced, and 
read. 

And then the Counfel and Witneffes withdrew. 

Refolued, Nemine contradicente, That the Richt of 
Election of Burgeffes to ferve in Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Berealjton, in the County of Devon, is in the 
Freehold Tenants of the faid Borough, holding by 
Burgage Tenure, and paying Three Pence per Anum, 
or more, ancient Burgage-rent, to the Lord of the faid 
Borough ; and in them only. 

The Counfel were called in again; and Mr. Speaker 
acquainted them with the taid Relolution. 

Then a Copy of the Poll was delivered : 

And the Petitioners Counfel proceeding to offer Evi- 
dence, in order to qualify fome Perfons, who offered to 
vote for St. ohn Brodrick Efquire ; but were refufed by 
the Portreeve ; 

The Counfel were direéted to withdraw. 

And the Sitting Member acquainted the Houfe, That 
the Right of Election being adjudged to be in the Free- 
hold Tenants only, he was fatisfied he could not maintain 
a Majority of Votes ; and therefore would not give the 
Houfe any further Trouble. 

And he being withdrawn ; 

And the. Queftion being put, That Philip Cavendifh 
Efquire is duly elected a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Borough of Berea//ton, in the County 
of Devon; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That St. Fohn Brodrick Efquire is duly elected 
a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid 
Borough of Berealfton. 

The Houfe being acquainted, That an Indenture of 
Return, figned by the Freehold Tenants of the faid Bo- 
rough, had been tendered to the Portreeve of the faid Bo- 
rough, at the Time of the Election; but that he refufed 
to accept the fame; and that One of the Perfons who 
had figned and tendered the faid Indenture to the Port- 
reeve, was at the Door; 

Mr. Elford was called in: Who acquainted the Houfe, 
That, after the Election for the faid Borough was over, 
the Eleétors figned and fealed a Return, by the Freehold 
Tenants of the faid Borough; which he tendered to the 
Portreeve, to be returned to the Sheriff of the County ; 
but the faid Portreeve refufed to execute the fame; which 
Indenture he'delivered in to the Clerk of the Houfe; and 
the fame was read at the Tabie. 

And the Clerk of the Crown attending the Heufe in 
his Place, according to Order; with the Return for the 
faid Borough, 

Ordered, Phat the Clerk of the Crown do take off from 


P touching the 


the 











550 


the Writ the Indenture by which PAilip Cavendifh Efquire, 
is returned to ferve for the faid Borough. 

Ordered, That the Portreeve of the faid Borough of 
Bereeljten, do execute the Indenture of Return, figned by 
the Freehold Tenants of the faid Borough, which was 
tendered to him at the Time of the Eleétion ; and that, 
when the faid Indenture is fo execueed, the Clerk of the 
Crown do receive the fame, and annex it to the Writ di- 
reCting the faid Election. 5 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Ovaered, Fhat the Report from the Committee of the 
whole tHoufe, to whom it was referred to confider of the 
Staie of the publick Credit of this Kingdom, be received 
upon Friday \Miorning next. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nise of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 7° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, and 

other the Inhabitants, of the Borough of Abingdon, 
in the County of Bucks, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Bill brought into this 
Hovfe, for fupplying London with Water, which is in- 
tended to divert, and take away, the Water from feveral 
Rivers at or near Drayton, which ufed greatly to affitt 
the Navigation of the iaid River Thames: The Barges 
lie on Ground feveral Weeks together, for want of Wa- 
ter to carry them over the Shallows: The Defign of 
bringing W ater into the River, will be advantageous ; but 
the takin: any our thereof, will be highly detrimental to 
the Navigation of the River Thames: Their faid Borough 
is a confiderable trading Town, and chiefly depends on 
Wairer-carniage; wiich if taken away, the Town wiil be 
impoverifhed: “nd praying, That they may be heard, by 
their Councel, againft the faid Bill. 

Urvere., That the Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until ‘ie gill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and HW” ftminfier, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Occu- 
piers of Lands lying near the River of Thames, in the 
County of Bucks, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
fetting forth, That the Bill, now depending in this Houfe, 
for conveying a new Cut or Stream of Water, to Lon- 
don, from the feveral Streams near Drayton, will greatly 
impede the Navigation of the River Thames, to the great 
Deiriment of all the trading Towns thereon, and leffening 
the Value of all the Gentlemens Eftates bordering on the 
fame: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againft 
the paffing the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Wefiminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Farmers, 
in and about the Parith of Staines, in the County of 
Middlefex, whofe Names are thereto fubicribed, in the be- 
half of themfelves, and many others, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Bill, now de- 
pending before this Houfe, tor the better accommodating 
the Inhabitants in and about London with Water, will not 
only be prejudicial, but the utter Ruin of them: And 
praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the pafling 
the faid Bill. 

Ordcred, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Weftminficr, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1721. 


A Petition of the Warden, Bridgemen, Burgefles, and 
Commonalty, of the Town of Henley upon Thames, in 
the County of Oxford, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the greateft Support of the 
faid Corporation is maintained by C arriage of Meal, 
Corn, and other Goods, to London, by the Navigation 
of the River Thames: That there are feveral Shallows in 
the faid River, by which the Barges are frequently ftop- 
ped, until {upplied with more Water coming from the Ri- 
ver Coln: And that if the Bill, now depending before 
this Houfe, fhould pafs into an Adt, they would be 
greatly prejudiced, by the diverting the Water from falling 
into the River Thames, as ufual: And praying to be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Owners 
of Lands bordering on the River Thames, in the County 
of Berks, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That the Bill, now depending before this Houfe, for 
bringing anew Stream of Water to London, from the feveral 
Rivers near Drayton, will greatly prejudice the Navigation 
of the River Thames; their Eftates, and the Produce 
thereof, chiefly depend on the faid Navigation: And 
praying to be heard, by Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Biil for the better fupplying the Cities of London 


and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time, 


A Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of the Paper 
and Leather Mills at Poy/e, in Middlefex, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That they pay above Seven hundred 
Pounds a Year Excife to the Government, in refpect 
of their Mills; which mutt ftand ftill, to the Ruin of them- 
felves, and Families, in cafe the Heatham Stream be turned 
out of its ancient Courfe, as is propofed by the Bill, now 
depending in this Houfe, for the better fupplying London 
with Water: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 


and Weftminfier, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time, 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Frecholders, and Inha- 
bitants, of the Town of Uxiridge, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, whote Names are thereto fubfcribed, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That if the Bill, 
now depending before this Houte, for accommodating the 
Inhabitants of London with Water, fhould pafs into a Law, 
it would not only be prejudicial, but be the utter Ruin of 
many of them: And praying to be heard, by their Coun- 
fel, againft the faid Bull. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 


and Wefiminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the Freeholders, Landholders, Millers, 
and other Inhabitants, in and about the feveral Towns, 
Villages, and Hamlets, of Hillingdon, Cowley, Weft 
Drayton, and Harmondfworth, in the County of Middle- 
sex, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Bill, now depending before this Houfe, for the 
better accommodating the Inhabitants of London with 
Water, fhould it pafs into a Law, would not only be 
prejudicial, but the Ruin of many of them: And praying 
to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bull. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of Loadon 
and Weftminfer, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the feveral Owners or Occupiers of 


Sfat Kk Jy 








7 Geo. I. 


Staines, Horton, Pile, and Rajfbery, Mills, lying and be- 
ing in the County of Middlefex, and Buckinghamfoire, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf of them- 
felves, and others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Bill, now depending before this 
Houle, for the better fupplying of London with Water ; 
and the Turning of Heatham Stream into the old Cut, that 
goes to Thiftleworth, will divert fuch large Quantities of 
Water out of its ufual Courfe, which will render their 
Mills uncapable of performing their Work, to the great 
Prejudice, if not the Ruin of them, and their Families; 
* fome of whom have expended great Sums in repairing 

their Mills: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 


and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the Direétors of the Office for infuring 
Houtes from Fire, commonly called the Hand-in-Hand 
Office, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Bill, ordered to be brought into this 
Houle, for the better fupplying London with Water: 
That, as well from general Obfervation, as by the Ac- 
counts given them by their Firemen, in Cafes of unhappy 
accidental Fires, ieveral Louies have been deftroyed for 
want of an early Supply of Water from the Fire-plugs, 
as well as otherwile; not only great Loffes have happened, 
but the Damages tuitained by their Office have greatly in- 
crealed: And praying this Houle will give Encourage- 
ment for the bringing a further Supply of Water to the 
faid City. 

Ordered, ‘That the fafd Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Weftminfier, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of Fohn Frederick Fales was prefented to 
the Houie, and read; fetting forth, That he is a Perfon 
born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance; but profeffing the 
Proteftant Religion; and hath given Teftimony of his 
loyal Affection to his Mayefty: And praying Leave to 
bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

rdered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 


Lade and Mr. Deuton do prepare, and bring in, the 


fame. 


The Lord Wm. Powlet reported from the Com” 
mittee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An A&amp;t for Sale of the Eftate of ‘ohn late Earl 
of Kildare, deceafed, in the County of Limrick, within 
the Kingdom of Jreland, for Payment of the Charges and 
Incumbrances thereon; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; was committed; That they had examined, 
and found, that the Orders of the Houfe, relating to 
Notices to be given in Ireland, before any private Bill 
from thence be brought in, had been complied with, 
and that they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

The faid Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlet do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment, 


Ordered, That Mr. Palmer do carry the ingroffed Bill 
fron the Lords, intituled, An Aét to enable Rodert 
Paynter Efquire to tell the Manors of Tiwydall and Eajt 
Court, in the County of Kem; and to fettle other Lands, 
of greater Value, to the fame or the like Utes; to the 

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Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to.the faine, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of 
the Borough of Newcaftle under Line, in the County of 
Stafford, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting' 
forth, That they being under a deep Senfe of the pre~’ 
fent Mifery, Ruin, and Confufion, brought upon them 
by the villainous and deteftable Praétices of the Direét= 
ors of the South S.a, their powerful Aiders and Abettors ¢ 
And praying, That this Houte will perfevere to make alt 
the Authors of their Calamities, how great foever, an 
exemplary Sacrifice to the loud Cries, and juft Expecta- 
tion, of a deluded and injured People. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sir Lambert Blackwell Baronet do at- 
tend this Houfe To-morrow Morning. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fehn Mark do attend this Houfe 


To morrow Morning. 


The Houfe being informed, That Sir Fohn Trevelyan 
Baronet, on whofe behalf Complaint was made of a Breach 
of Privilege, committed by George Spencer, Charles 
Vinge, and Fohn Allen, hath received Satisfaction from 
the faid Pertons ; 

Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Elec- 


tions be difcharged from proceeding upon the Matter of 
the faid Complaint. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Borret and Mr. 
Edwards : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for making navigable the River Dane, where it joins the 
River Weaver, to the Falling in of Wheelock Brook, in the 
County of Chefer, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for repairing the feveral Roads leading to the Town of 
Ledbury, in the County of Herefcrd; with fome Amend- 
ments: To which Amendments the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled An Act 
for continuing the Duties granted by feveral Acts, made 
in the Sixth and Tenth Years of her late Majefty’s Reign, 
for repairing the Harbour and Quay of Watchet, in the 
County of Somerfet, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of ohn Conduit Esquire was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, at the late 
Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the 
Borough of Whitchurch, in the County of Southampton, 
in the room of Thomas Vernon Eiquire, Frederick 
Tilney Efquire, and the Petitioner, ftood Candidates : 
The Petitioner had a Majority of legal Votes; but, by 
the Mayor’s allowing of a great Number of illegal Votes, 
and by other indirect and unlawful Practices, he returned 
Mr. Tiley, in Wrong to the Petitioner: And praying 
Relief in the Premifes. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Matter of the faid Petition be heard at the Bar 
of this Houfe ; 

The Houle divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Lord William Powlett, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } hay: Coidete 


Sir William Carew, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Cop. War. Bamfylde: 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


ti34. 
faz. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander- 
fon, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty immediately in the Houte of Lords. 


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According'y Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to 
the Houfe of Peers, 


And, being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That he, with the Houfe, had 


attended his Majefty in the Houle of Peers: And that 
his Majefty had been_pleafed to give the Royal Affent to 
the feveral publick and private Bills following; viz. 

An Act for employing the Manufacturers, and encou- 
raging the Confumption of raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn, 
by prohiviting the Wearing of Buttons and Button-holes 
made of Cloth, Serge, or other Stuffs : 

An Aét for regulating the Journeymen Taylors within 
the Weekly Bills of Mortality: 

An Aét for the better preferving and keeping in Repair 
the Piers of the Town and Port of Whitdy, in the County 
of York; and for explaining, and making more effectual, 
the feveral Acts patled, for lengthening and repairing the 
Piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the faid County : 

An A&amp; for enlarging the Term granted by an At, 
paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty 

ueen Anne, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road 
from Highgate Gatehoufe, in the County of Middle/ex, 
to Barnet Blockhoule, in the County of Hertford; and 
for repairing the Road leading from the Bear Inn in Had- 
ley, to the Sign of the Angel in Enfeild Chace, in the {aid 
County ‘of Middlefex: 

An Aé for continuing an A&amp;t, made in the Sixth Year 
of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, 
An Aét for repairing and enlarging the Highways be- 
tween the Top of King/down-Mill and the City of Bath, 
and alfo feveral Highways leading to and through the 
faid City ; and for cleanfing, paving, and lightening, the 
Streets, and regulating the Chairmen there; and for ex- 
plaining and making the faid A&amp; more effectyal : 

An A&amp; for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell na- 
vigable from Liverpoole to Manchefler, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter : 

An Aé&amp; for making navigable the River Dane, from 
Northwich, where it joins the River Weaver, to the Fall- 
ing in of Wheelock Brook, in the County of Chefter : 

An Aét for continuing the Duties granted by feveral 
Aéts, made in the Sixth and Tenth Years of her late Ma- 

jefty’s Reign, for repairing the Harbour and Quay of 
Watchet, in the County of Somerfet : 

An Aét to enable the Right honourable Thomas Lord 
Parker, Baron of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of 
Great Britain; Fohn Sutton Clerk, Edward Ayres, and 
Sarah his Wife; and Matthw Hws, and Sarah his 
Wife; for and on the behalf of themielves, and of their 
infant Children ; to make feveral Exchanges of Lands and 
Tenements ; and to perform their feveral Agreements 
touching the fame : 

An Aét to veft the Fee and Inheritance of divers Mef- 
fuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, of William late Mar- 
quis of Halifax, in Truftees, to be fold; together with a 
Term of Five hundred Years, by him devifed to his 
Executors, in Truft, for the better Performance of his 
Will: 

An Aé&amp; for fettling the Eftates of Richard late Earl Ri- 
vers, deceafed, purfuant to an Agreement made between 
Frederick Earl of Rochford, and Beffy Countels of Roch- 
ford, his Wife; ames Barry Earl of Barrymore, in the 
Kingdom of Ireland, and Lady Penelope Barry, his 
Daughter, and Yohn now Earl Rivers ; iubjeét to the 
Payment of the Debts and Legacies of the faid late Earl 
Rivers, remaining unpaid ; and for other Purpofes in the 
faid A&amp; mentioned : 

An Aét for Sale of Part of the Eftate of the Right 
honourable Robert Lord Romney, in the County of Nor- 
folk ; and for fettling other Lands of greater Value, in 
the County of Kent, already purchated to the fame 
Utes: 

An A&amp; to enable any Corporations within the Univer- 
fity «f Oxford, or any other Perfons, to fell and convey any 
Meffuages and Ground within the faid Univerfity, for 
building a Library, purfuant to the Will of John Rad- 
élife, Doctor in Phyfick; and for impowering any Col- 

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leges in the faid Univerfity to fell or convey any Ground 
ér Houfes to each other, for the Purpofes therein inen. 
tioned : 

An Ad to veft the Eftate of Sir Charles Carteret Baronet 
deceafed, in Truftees, for Payment of his Debis, and 
fettling the Remainder to the fame Ufes, in his Wil]: 

An Aét to enable his Majefty to grant the Inheritance 
of certain Eitates, therein mentioned, held by Leafe from 
the Crown, which have been long in the Family of Sir 
William Pulteney, deceafed, and in which more than One 
hundred Years are yet to come, to Trufteés, upon a ful] 


Confideration to be paid for the fame, as fhall be valueq : 


by the proper Officers of the Crown; to the End the 
fame may be fettled, according to the Ufes direéted jn 
the Will of the faid Sir William Pulteney: 

An Act for vefting in Truftees a Moiety of divers 
Manors and Lands in Effex, belonging to Thomas Paget 
Efquire, and Mary his Wife, to enable them to conve 
the fame, according to the Articles for the Sale thereof 

An A&amp;ét to enable Herbert Perrot Pakington Efquire, 
only Son of Sir ohn Pakington Baronet, to acknowlege 
Fines, and fuffer Recoveries, while he is under the Ace 
ot One-and-twenty Years 7 

An Aét for vefting certain Lands and Tenements, jn 
the County of Gloucefter, the Eftate of Henry Harington 
Gentleman, in Truftees, to be fold; and, with the Mone 
arifing thereby, to purchafe other Lands, of greater yearly 
Value, to be tettled to the fame Ufes as the Eftate to be 
fold is fettled; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned : 

An Act to enable Harry Bridges Efquire to fell the 
Manors of I/ebrewers, in the County of Somer/et, for Pay- 
ment of his Daughters Portions, and Legacies, charged 
thereupon: 

An Aét for difcharging certain Eftates, in the Counti 
of Norfolk and Suffolk, mat from the Ufes and Limite: 
tions contained in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas De 
Grey Efquire ; and for fettling other Eftates, in the faid 
Counties, to the fame Ufes : 

An Act to enable James Clavering junior, Efqui 
make Sale ot his Eftate at Tanfield, in the County of 
Durham, freed from the Ufes and Trufts in the faid 
Fames Clavering’s Marriage Settlement ; and to fettle his 
ance at Hall-hill, in the faid County, to the fame 

les : 

An Aé for vefting the Manors of Burnells, alias Rifton 
and certain Lands in Norfolk, Part of the Eftate of Fonas 
Rolfe Gentleman, and Lucy his Wife, in Truftees, to be 
fold, for difcharging the Incumbrances thereon; and for 


other Purpofes therein mentioned : 


An Act to enable Robert Paynter Efguire to fell the 
Manors of Twydal and Eajt Court, in the County of Keat ; 
and to fettle other Lands, of greater Value, to the fame 
or the like, Utes. 


Ordered, That the Matter of the Petition of Fohn Cox- 
duit Efquire, complaining of an undue Eleétion and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Whitchurch, in the County of 
Southampton, be heard, at the Bar of this Houfe, upon 
To-morrow Fortnight, being Thurfday the Two-and- 
twentieth of Zune inftant. 


The Lord Hinchingbrooke acquainted the Houfe, from 
the Committee appointed to enquire into the Authors, 


Contrivers, Printers, and Publifhers, of the feditious and | 


traiterous Libel, intituled, The Weekly Fournal; or Sa- 
turday’s Poff; with the frefoeft Advices, foreign and do- 
meftick ; Saturday, May 27, 1721; and of all other fe- 
ditious and traiterous Libels, which tend to raife Dif- 
content and Difafféction in the Minds of his Majefty’s 
Subjeéts,; That Doéor Gaylard, and Nathanael Wilkin- 


Jon, had been fummoned to attend the faid Commitiee; - 


and had not obeyed the faid Summons, in Contempt of 
the Privilege of this Houfe. 
Ordered, That the faid Door Gaylard be, for his faid 


Contempt, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at _ 


Arms attending this Houfe. 


Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the faid Nathanael Wilkinfon be, for his 
faid Contempt, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the State of the publick Credit of this Kiagdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | , 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefsin the Matter to them referred ; 
and had come toa Refolution; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities 
of London and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Wa- 
ter, be read a Second tiine upon Monday Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Biil to fubje&amp; the Efates, real and perfonal, of 
Sir George Cafwall Knight, Facob Sawbridge and Eltas 
Turner E{quires, to make good to the South Sea Com- 
pany the Sum of Two hundred and fifty thoufand 
Pounds. 


Ordered, That the Reports from the Commiffioners 
for forfeited Eftates be taken into Confideration upon 
Monday Morning next. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That this Houfe will, ‘'o- morrow, at Twelve of the 
Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bills for Relief of 
tha unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and 
for reftraining Yohn Aiflabie Efquire from going out of 
this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the 
End of che next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcover- 
ing his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing the 
tranfporting or alienating the fame ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the faid 
Queftion, by leaving out the Words “ at Twelve of the 
* Clock :” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words ftand 


Part of the Queftion ; 
The Houfe divided. he 
The Yeas go forth. . F 
Tellers for the Yeas, } oo rong ~ baa. 
Tellers for the Noes, } +74 Cibo og bs7. 


So it paffed in the Negative. — 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 8° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRayYeERs. 
R. Palmer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 


Act for inclofing the Heath, or Common, called Broad 
’ Heath, in the Parifhes of Ellenhall, Sleghferd, and Ron- 


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583 
ton, in thé County ‘of Stafford, was committed; That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to bé true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and:that the Committee had direéted-him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

The faid Bill was read the Third time; 

Refalved, That the Bill do pais. 

Ordered; That Mr. Palmer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Gentlemen, 
Clergy, and principal Inhabitants, of the ancient Bo- 
rough of Warwick, was prefented to the Houfe, and ready 
fetting forth, That the Miferics brought upom this Na- 
tion by the late South Sea Directors, and their Accom- 

lices, is not to be wondered at, that the many fatal 

ffects of fo vile and artful a Confpiracy fhould give 
Difficulties to the wifeft Counfels; but they have the ut- 
moft Confidence, that neither the Depth of their Crimes, 
nor the Greatne(s of the Criminals, will be able to elude 
the Juftice of this Houfe: And praying, That this 
Houte will continue to take fuch Meafures as may beft 
conduce to the reftorine publick Credit, the recovering 
Trade, and doing Juftice to an injured Nation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being wholefale Traders and Dealers 
in Englifb Bone-lace, in or about the Town of Newport 
Paguel, in the County of Bucks, on behalf of themfelves, 
and great Numbers of others, Traders and Dealers in the 
faid Lace, in and about the faid Town, was preferited to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Manufacture 
of Englifo Bone-lace has, of late Years, been very much 
improved, both for Finenefs of Work, and Service, fo as 
to equal any Lace imported from Abroad: The {aid Ma- 
nufacture received a very great Encouragement by an 
Aé, made in the Reign of his late Majefty King Wil- 
liam, for Prohibiting of Bone-lace from Flanders; great 
Numbers of Families then Jearning, and improving them- 
felves in, the faid Manufacture; but, fince the repealing 
of the faid Act, have met with great Difcouragements, and 
their Trade much fallen away, by the daily Increafe of great 
Quantities of foreign Lace imported ; the great Duty upon 
Thread imported, for manufacturing the Englifh Lace, is 
a great Difcouragement to the Englifb Manufacturers, and 
enables the Foreigners to under-iell them at Market: 
And praying Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee appointed to confider of the 


State of the Trade between this Kingdom and the du- 
Jivian Netherlands, 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, being wholefale Traders and Dealers in Englifh 
Bone-lace, in or avout the Town of Wooborn, in the County 
of Bedford, on behalf of themfelves, and great Numbers of 
others, Traders and Dealers in the faid Lace, in or about the 
faid Town, and the chief Inhabitants of the fame, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the 
Manufacture of Engli/h Bone-lace has, of late Years, been 
very much improved, both by Finerefs of Work, and 
Service, as to equal any Lace imported from Abroad: 
The faid Manufacture received great Encouragement b 
an Act, made in the Reign of his late Majefty King Wii/- 
liam, for Prohibiting of Bone-lace from Flanders, great 
Numbers of Families then learning, and improving them- 
felves in, the faid Manufa@ture; but, fince the Repealing 
of the faid Act, have met with great Difcouragements ; 
and their Trade much tallen away, by the daily Increafe 
of great Quantities of foreign Lace imported; the great 
Duty upon Thread imported, for manufaGuring the 
Englifo Lace, is a great Difcouragement to the Exglifh 
Manufacturers, and enables the Foreigners to under- 


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fell them at Market: And: praying Relief in the Pre- 
mifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee appointed to confider of the 
State of the Trade between this Kingdom and the Auftrian 
Netherlands. 


The Houfe being informed, That one of the Sheriffs 
of the City of Londen attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, a Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council 
affembled. 

And then he withdrew. 

The faid Petition was read; fetting forth, That the Bill, 
now depending in this Houle, for the better Supplying of 
London with Water; and, if the Bill fhould pafs into a Law, 
it will be very prejudicial to the Navigation of the River 
of Thames: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againtt the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be heard, by their Coun- 
fel, if they think fit, upon the Second Reading of the Bill 
for the better fupplying the Cities of London and Wefmin- 
fter, and Parts adjacent, with Water. 


Mr. Lade prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for naturalizing Fohn Frederick Fales: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Denton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing the Road from Wendover to the Town 
of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks, was committed, 
That the Committee had made feveral Amendments to 
the Bill; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the fame in bis Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Table: Where the faid Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with Amend- 
ments to fome of them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

And an Amendment was made by the Houfe to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


A Bill for enabling Charles Earl of Arran to purchafe 
the forfeited Eftate of James Butler late Duke of Or- 
monde, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was, 
according to Order, read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 
crecy, of the Twenty-firft of Apri! laft, be taken into 
further Confideration upon Wednefday Morning next. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into further Confideration 
the Report from the Committee of Secrecy, of the Fifth 
Day of Fune initant : 

And that Part of the faid Report which relates to Wil- 
liam Forefer Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, was 
read: 

And Mr. Feremy Sambrooke, Sir Lambert Blackwell, 
Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. ohn Marke, were teverally called 
in; and examined. 

And thea withdrew. 

And Mr. Foreffer was heard in his Place. 

And then withdrew. 

Refolved, That, upon Confideration of that Part of the 
faid Report from the Committee of Secrecy. which re- 
lates to Willian Forefer Efquire, a Member of this 


Journals. of the Houfe’ of Commons. 


A. 1921. 


Houfe, and upon Examination of feveral Witneffes ar 
the Bar of this Houle, there doth not appear any Ground 
of Sulpicion, that the Thoufand Pounds Stock, fuppofed 
to be taken in, and held, by Mr. Knight, for the faid Wij- 
liam Forefter Eiquire, was taken in, or held, for his Ufe, 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Re- 
port be adjourned until Saturday Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, ‘to confider further of the Bills for Relief of the 
unhappy .Sufferers in, the South Sea Company; and fof 
reftraining ‘John Aiflatie Efquire from gcing out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the End 
of the*next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcoverin 
his Eftate and Effects, and for the preventing the tranf- 
porting or alienating the fame. 


Ordered, That Mr. Green do attend this Houfe upon 
Saturday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. Eades do attend this Houfe upon 
Saturday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





_ Keneris, 9° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of Robert Dalrymple Efquire, on behalf of 

the Right honourable James Earl of Wemy/s, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, Thar, 
in the Months of une, Auguft, and September, One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Fourteen, Six thoufand Nine hun- 
dred and Sixty-two Bufhels of Salt were thipped at a Creek 
called The Methill, Part of the Port of Kilcardie: The faid 
Salt was put on board FourdifferentShips, and exported to 
Parts beyond Sea, the faid Earl’s Agents giving Bonds 
for the Duty thereof; and he having, many Years be- 
fore the Union, a Privilege of exporting all Commo- 
dities, of the Growth and Manufacture of Scotland, from 
the faid Creek, Duty-free; his Agents apprehending 
there was no Neceffity of any formal Entry of any Sait 
exported from the faid Creek beyond the Seas: Ap- 
plication has been made in Scotland for Debentures, for 
the Salt fo exported, to the Commiffioners of the Salt- 
duty ; but they refufe to make out the fame, by reafon 
the faid Salt was not entered, and certified, at fuch time 
and manner as the Law directs: That, after feveral Ap- 
plications and References to the Court of Exchequer ia 
Scotiand, the Barons were fatisfied, that the Salt was ex- 
ported beyond Sea; yet, the fame not being certified in 
due Form, the Earl cannot be relieved in the Premifes, 
as the Law now ftands, without Provifion m::de for that 
Purpofe: And praying, That the Cafe of the faid Earl 
may be taken into Confideration, and Relief given him, 
as fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it hall appear to 
them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir John Anftruther, Mr. Farrer, 
Sir Robert Pollock, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Bere, Mr. Forefter, Mr. Milner, Mr. Clayton, Sir John 
Rogers, Mr. Lewis, Captain Urthquart, Mr. Plumer, 
Sir Fohn Rufbout, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Anftruther, Mr. Ber- 
tie, Mr. Baird, Mr. Douglas, Mr. De Gray, Sir Richard 
Goffe, Mr. Bracebridge, Colonel Berkley, General Pepper, 
Sir Thomas Clark, Mir. Bigg, Sir Geo. Beaumont, Mr. Bro- 
drick, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Strickland, Sir Wm. Lowther, 
Mr. Anjiis, Sir Fohn Curzon, Mr. Traverfe; and all the 
Members that ferve for North Britain: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perions, Papers, 
and Records. 


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Colonel Berkley reported from the Committee, to whom 
he ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for difcharging Part of the Eftate of Richard Cambridge 
Efquire, in the County of Gloucefter, from the Uies and 
Limitations contained in his Marriage Settlement; and 
for fettling another Eftate, in the fame County, of better 
Value, to the fame Ufes; was committed; That they 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had directed him to re- 
port the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Billin at the Clerk’s Table. 


The faid Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Colonel Berkley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to fearch 
the Lords Journals, in relation to the Taking in, or 
Holding of Stock, by the South Sea Company, for the 
Benefit of any Member of either Houfe of Parliament, 
or Perfon concerned in the Adminiftration : 

And it is referred to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bladen, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Gybdbon, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, 
Lord Hinchingbrooke, Lord Barrington, Mr. Dorrington, 
Mr. Oxflow, Mr. Bayly, Sir ‘fobn Rufhout, Mr. Strange- 
waies, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wade, Sir Wm. Wynbam, Mr. 
Neville, Sir David Dalrymple, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. 
Fefferies, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Treby, Mr. Chetwynd, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Sloper, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir John Hynde Cotton, Mr. Foley; 
or any Three of them: And they are to make their Re- 
port to the Houfe with all convenient Speed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Robert Surman do attend this Houfe 
To-morrow Morning. 


The Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe being cal- 
led upon to give the Houfe an Account what he had 
done in Execution of the Orders of the Houfe for taking 
into his Cuftody Doéfor Gaylard, and Nathanael Wil- 
kinfon; he acquainted the Houte, That his Meffengers 
had made diligent Search after them; but that they ab- 
fconded, and cannot be apprehended. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to iffue his 
Royal Proclamation for apprehending the faid Doéfor 
Gaylard, and Nathanael Wilkinfon, with a Promife of a 
Reward for the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of the State of the publick Credit of this 
Kingdom, the Refolutions they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Refolutions were read ; and are as follow; viz. 

1ft, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That, for the Re-eftablifhing of publick Credit, 
and quieting the Minds of his Majefty’s Subjects, the 
feveral Properties and Interefts now depending, and con- 
cerned, with the South Sea Company, be afcertained and 
fettled. 

2d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That, in order to put an End to all Difputes be- 
tweeen the Scuéh Sea Company, and the Proprietors of 
the redeemable Funds fubfcribed in to the faid Company; 
and for the further Relief of the faid Proprietors, and 
the Proprietors of the Second; Third, and Fourth, 
Money Subfcriptions, who have new Stock allowed them 
ut the Rate of Four hundred per Cent. with the laft Mid- 


Jammer Dividend of Ten per Cent. in Stock; an Addi- 


Vor. XIX. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


585 
tion, after the Rate of Thirty-three Pounds Six Shillings 
and Eight Pence Stock upon every Hundred Pounds 
Stock already allowed, be given by the South Sea Coms 
pany, to the Proprietors of the faid redeemable Funds, 
and to the Proprietors of the Second, Third, and Fourth, 
Money Subicriptions. 

3d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the Sum of Four millions One hundred 
fifty-fix thoufand Three hundred Forty-one Pounds, with 
the Four Years and Half, and One Year’s, Purchafe, 
payable to the Publick by the South Sea Company, be re- 
mitted; fo as, from the Twenty-fourth of Fue One 
thoufand Seven hundred Twenty-two, Two millions of 
the Capital Stock of the faid Company be reduced and 
annihilated ; and a proportionable Part of their Annuity, 
or yearly Fund, in refpe&amp; of the faid Two millions, 
from that time, ceafe. 

4th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the Second Subfcription of the Irredeema- 
bles, as well the long Annuities as the Annuities of Niné 
per Cent. Prize Lottery Tickets, and Blank Lottery 
Tickets, be made equal to the Firft Subfcription of the 
like Annuities, and Tickets, by an Addition of Stock at 
One hundred and Fifty per Cent, 

5th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That all the Capital South Sea Stock belonging to 
the Company in their own Right, which, after the pro- 
pofed Dittributions made, fhall remain undifpofed of, be 
divided among all the Proprietors of the faid Company, 
in proportion to their feveral and refpective Interefts 
therein; and that Credit be given them for the fame in 
the Books of the faid Company. 

6th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That all Demands for Money borrowed of the 
South Sea Company, for which there is actually pledged 
Stock after the Rate of Four hundred Pounds, or under, 
for each One hundred Pounds Stock, with the Jaft Mid- 
fummer Dividend, or on Subfcription Receipts, after the 
Rate of Three hundred Pounds, or under, for each Sub- 
fcription Receipt for One hundred Pounds, be difcharged ; 
and the Property of the faid Stock, and Subfcription 
Receipts, be abfolutely vefted in the faid Company ; and 
that the faid Company do accept the Stock of the faid 
Company, after the Rate of Three hundred Pounds per 
Cent. in Repayment of any Sum or Sums of Money bor- 
rowed of the faid Company on Stock, or Subfcription 
Receipts, at any Price exceeding the Rates aforefaid, the 
fame being tendered within a Time to be limited. 

The Firft and Second of the faid Refolutions being 
feverally read a Second time, were, upon the Quettion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

The Third Refolution being read a Second time ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out thefe Words, “ fo as, from the Twenty- 
‘© fourth of Fune One thoufand Seven hundred Twenty- 
“two, Two millions of the Capital Stock of the 
‘© faid Company be reduced and annihilated ; and a pro- 
¢ portionable Part of their Annuity, or yearly Fund, in 
‘ refpe&amp;t of the faid Two millions, from that time, 
“ come :” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words ftand 
Part of the faid Refolution ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


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Sit Wilfred Lawfon, 
Mr. Chetwynd : 

LadTane § Sit Orlando Bridzman, { 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Strickland: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the Sum of Four 
millions One hundred fifty-fix thoufand Three hundred 
Forty-one Pounds, with the Four Years and Half, and 
One Year’s, Purchafe, payable to the Publick by the 
South Sea Company, be remitted; fo as, from the 
Twenty-fourth of une One thoufand Seven hundred 
Twenty-two, Two millions of the Capital Stock of the 
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586 


faid Company be reduced and annihilated; and a pro- 
portionable Part of their Annuity, or yearly Fund, in 
refpect of the faid Two millions, from that time, ceafe. 
The Fourth and Fifth of the faid Rclohuions, being 
feverally read a Second time, were, upon the Quettion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 
The laft Refolution being read a Second time ; 
Refelved, That the faid Refol ution be re-committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





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Sabbati, 10° die Funit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS 
Okn Frederic Fales took the Oaths appointed, in order 
to his Naturalization. 


A Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Twenty-one, was read a Second tin 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. ° 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefdey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Fill. 

Ordered, That it be an inftruction to the faid Cominit- 


tee, That th ey have Power to receive a Claufe for the Re- 
. ‘¥ “4 ri - £ ‘x7 doe er a +1 te &gt;] 
lief of Merchants exporting Cyder in iimall Parcels. 
) Pn &gt; Tas - 
A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 


thereunto fubscribed, bei ng v whoiefale Traders and Deal- 


ers in Znzli/o Bone-lace, in or about the Lows of dgmon- 
difpam, in the County of Sucks, on t ehalf of themfelves, 
and great Nua bers of others, Traders and Dealers in the 
faid {.ace, in and about the faid Town, was prefented to 


the Houie, and Tread; fetcine forth, That the Manufac- 
ture of Englifh Bone-iace has, of late Years, been very 
much improved, both for | fs of Work, and Ser- 
vice, fo as to equal any Lace imported trom Abroad: The 
{aid Manufaéture received great Encouragement by an 
Aét, made in the Reign of his late Majeily King Wii- 
liam, for Probiting ‘of Bone-lace from F Flanders 5 preat 
Numbers of F ‘amilies then learning, and improving them- 
felves in, the faid Manufacture ; but, fince the kepealing 
of the faid A&amp;, have met with great Difcourageinents, 
and their Trade fallen away by the great Quantities of 
foreign Lace imported : That the great Duty paid upon 
Thread imported, for manufacturing the Lxglih Lace, 
is a great Difcouragement to the Englifh Manuiacturers, 
and enables the Foreigners to under-fell them at Market: 
And praying Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration ‘of the Committee appointed to confider of the 
State of the Trade between this Kingdom and the Aufrian 


Netherlands. 


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A Petition of the acting Members of the Suz Fire 
Office for infuring Houfes, Goods, and Merchandizes, 
was prefe sted to the i toute, anc d read; fetting forth, That 
the Lill, now de; pending in this Houfe, for the better fup- 
plying Lor: doz W ith Water; 3 they reprefent, T hat, as well 
trom the gen eral Ol biervations, as by the Accounts given 
by their Firemen, ieveral Hie oules s have been deftroyed for 
want of an early Supply of Water from the Fire- -plugs, 
as otherways; and great Damages have happened there- 
by: And praying, that this Honfe will give Encourage- 
ment to the Undertakers, for their bringing a further 
Supply of Water to Londen. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of Lon- 
don and Weftminfier, and Parts adjacent, with Water, 
fhall be read a Second time. 
Ordered, That Countel be admitted to be heard for 


‘Jo urnals of ibe Houte of Commons. 


Mi DS's, 


the Bill for the better fupplyi ng the Cities of Londen and 
Weftminfter, and Parts adja icent, with Water, upon th 
Second Reading of the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That Doctor Edmund Halley do attend this 
Houfe upon Monday Morning next 

Ordered, That Mr. William Fones do attend this Houfe 
upon Monday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Captain ¥obu Perry do attend this Hout 
upon Monday Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing the Road from Wendo- 
ver to the Town of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks, 
was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were ieverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; 

Prefs « L. * To leave out “ of :” 

Prefs * L. « To infert “ of :” 

And the iame were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon , ag aie unto by the Houle: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accoraingly. 

R “ey blved, ‘T ‘hat at the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aa for repairing the Road from Wendover to 
the ‘Lown of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks. 

Orred, That Mr. Deaton do carry the Bill to the 
end defire their Concurrence. 


VIZ. 


Oraered, That the Report, from the Committee of 
Privileges and ilections, of the Breach of Privilege 
Co: mplained of to’have been committed againtt Thomas 
Bere Etquire, a Member of this Eloufe, be received up 
on Monday Morning next. 

Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Honfe, That their 
Addrets, of Yefterday, That h " 5 Maj iefty would be gra- 
cioufly plesfed ta val Proclamation for the 
apprehending D:Sor Geilerd 4 and Nathanael WW: —_ 
hath been prefented to his Maj id that his M 
has been pieafed to command him to acquaint the F fous, 
That. his Majeit y will iately ee ‘DireGtions, That 
fuch a Proclamation fhall be iffued as is defired by this 
Houfe. 


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The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refoived, “Chat tuis Houfe will, upon Monday next, at 
Twelve of the Clock, refoive itielf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to confider further of the State of the 
publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, ‘That the further Confideration of the Report 
from the Committee of Secrecy, of the Fifth of June in- 
{tant be adjourned until this Day Sevennight. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to contider further of the Bills for the Relief of 
the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and 
for reftraining Fobn Aiflavie E{quire from going’ out of 
this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the 
End of the next Seffion of Parliament ; and for difcover- 
ing his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing the 
tranfporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon AMdindey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Monday Morn- 


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4 GEO. I. 


Luna, 12° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Yeomen, as well 

Landlords as Landholders, and Tenants, Millers, 
and other Inhabitants, of the feveral Parifhes of St. Peter, 
St. Stephen, St. Michael, Sandridge, Redbourne, Abbats Lang- 
key, and /Vaiford, in the County of Hertford, in behalf of 
themfelves, and others, as well Landlords as Landholders, 
and other Inhabitants in the faid feveral Parifhes near ad- 
joining to the great Market Town of S¢. Albans, in the 
faid County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That certain {mall Spings arifing near Red- 
bourne, and running by St. Albans to Watford, and the 
Water fo very deficient in the Summer-feafons, that they 
could pot employ the Mills ftanding upon the faid 
Streams; fo that the Mills of late Years, for Defeé&amp;t of 
Water, have been made Overfhot-mills; feveral Under- 
takers caft their Eye upon this poor Stream, and gave 
out, They could make the fame navigable from St. A/- 
bans, to fupply London with Water; and they have pro- 
cured a Billto be brought into this Houfe, under Pre- 
tence of ferving London with Water from Drayton; which, 
if effected, will entirely ruin not only the Wheat-marke 
at St. Albans, and deftroy the Milis on the faid Stream, 
but very much diminifh the Value of their Eftates, to 
their Prejudice: And praying to be heard, by their Coun- 
fel, acainit the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Weiminfer, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and 
Inhabitants, of the Borough of St. Albans, in the County 
of Hertford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fet- 
ting forth, That the Bill lately brought into this Houfe, 
for the better fupplying the City ot Lexden with Water 
weeeeee. the Borough..... is a great Corn-market, 
and ground by the Mills that are upon the Stream, near 
the faid Borough, from whence Loudon receives great Sup- 
plies of Meal and Flour; and, if the faid Bill fhould 
pafs, it would ruin the Market, and be a great Prejudice 
to all the Eftates in the Neighbourhood: And praying to 
be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and We/tminjter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read a 
Second time. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and others, who are 
Owners and Renters of Lands in the Parifhes of Egham, 
Thorpe, and Chertfey, in the County of Surrey, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read fetting forth, That the 
Bill, now depending in this Houfe, for fupplying London 
with Water; the Method propofed to fecure the Naviga- 
tion of the Thames, is, by narrowing the Stream of it in 
the Shallows at La/ebam, and other Piaces; the Confe- 
quence of which will be, that, in every Flood, the Coun- 
try, above fuch Places were the Stream fhall be narrowed, 
will be overflowed much higher thanthey ufed to be: 
The Caufeway between Eeham and Staines, being the Wef- 
tern Road, is, in the Winter-feafon, often overflowed ; 
and the Parifhes thereabouts muft fuftain incredible Da- 
mages, by laying the whole Country, for feveral Miles, 
efpecially the Town of Chert/ey, under Water : And pray- 
ing, That the Bill may be difmiffed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Wefinrinfter, 2nd Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. ; 


A Petition of feveral of the Freeholders, Tenants, and 
Inhabitants, in and near Colnebrook, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, ‘That the Bill, now de- 
pending in this Houfe, for the better fupplying London 


' Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 587 


with Water ; it is intended to divert Heathain Stream out 
of its ancient Courfe; will greatly prejudice the Value of 
their Lands, Fences; Lofs of Mire, or Moor-earth; taken 
out of the faid Stream: And praying to be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That tl:e faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Billi for the better fupplying the Cities ot London 
and Wefiminfer, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


A Petition of the chief Burgeffes, Burgeffes, and AMft- 
ants, and many Inhabitants, on the behali of them{clves, 
and the reft of the Inhabitants of the City and Liberty of 
Wefiminfler, was prefented to the Hioufe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That they are fupplied with great Quantities 
of Malt, Meal, Fuel, and other Neceffaries, for their 
Subfiftence, by Means of the Navigation of the River 
Thames: The faid River is frequently fo fhallow, that the 
Barges often lie a confiderable time, which often ecca- 
fions the Rife of the aforefaid Goods ; and, fhould any of 
the faid Water be diverted, it would very much tend to 
the Impoverifhing of them; and apprehend there is no 
Want of Water to fupply the Inhabitants of this Cicy 
and Liberty: And praying to be heard, by Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupp!ying the Cities of Loudon 
and Weftminjter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read a 
Second time. 


A Petition of feveral Barge-mo%ers naviesti ng on the 
River Zea, and other Dealers in Malt, and other Com- 
modities, inhabiting in the Towns of Eleriford and Ware, 
and Parts adjacent thereunto, was prefenied to the tloute, 
and read ; fettingtorth, That they are Dealers in Malt 


“ ) alg 
and cther Commodities, for the Uie and Service of Lex 


don have always heretofore had the Advantage of a free 
Navigation, and fending up their Commodities by Water 
onthe River Lea ; but the New River Company, being 
ftrengthened in their Water for the Service of the new 
Buildings lately ereéted in and about London, have arbi- 
trarily erected, and ftill make Ufe of, a Turnpike between 
the Towns of Hertford and Ware; and have diverted the 
Water from falling into the River Lea, and almoft fpoil- 
ing the Navigation thereof, to their great Prejudice : And 
the Bill now depending in this Houte, for the further fup- 
plying London with Water, they conceive the New River 
Company will have Occafion to make further Incroach- 
ments, if the Bill fhould pais: And praying this Houfe 
will give fuch Encouragement to the faid Bill as they 
fhall think meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of Londen 
and Wefiminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be rea 
a Second time. 


Mr. Hampden, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of Privileges and Ele€tions, the Matter, as it 
appeared to them, touching the Breach of Privilege 
complained of to have been committed againit Thomas 
Bere Eiquire, a Member of this Houfe, and the Refolu- 
tions of the Committee thereupon; which Report he read 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as follows; 
Viz. 

That the Committee have examined the Matter of the 
Breach of Privilege complained of by Themas Bere, 
Efquire ; and find the fame to be as fellows ; 

It appeared to the Committee, by the Evidence of cha 
Smith and ‘John Dickfon, That, upon the Seven-and- 
twentieth of March lait, the faid Febu Sith, then, and 
now, a domeftick Servant to Mr. Bere, at yearly Wages, 
was fent for cut of Mr. Bere’s Houfe, and arrefied by 
Rebert Champ and Deniel Eilingham, Bailifs, in an Action 
for Half a Crown and Three Half-pence, and carried to 
Benjamin Fennings his Houte: 

That, at the time cf the Arreft, he acquainted them 
That his Mafter, Mr. 2ere, was a Member of Pariia- 


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ment: At which Champ.and Fennings curfed him, and his 
Matter; and faid, That, if his Matter was a Parliament- 
man, he was a Rogue, and a Villain; for all Parliament- 
men were Rogues: And, 

Champ added, That he had arrefted Ambaffadors Ser- 
vants, and did not value a Member of Parliament; he 
could only down on his Knees, and afk Pardon : 

That Champ and Ellingham beat and abufed Smith very 
much; and kept him in Cuftody all Day; and refufed to 
Jet him go, notwithftanding Mr. Bere fent and demanded 
him : 

That neither Champ nor Ellingham attended the Com- 
mittee, although they had Notice; but Jennings attend- 
ing, faid, That, if he did commit any fuch Offence, 
which he did not remember, he was in Drink, and begged 
Pardon for it. 

And that, upon the whole Matter, the Committee came 
to the following Refolutions ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Redert Champ, Bailiff, having, on the Twenty- 
feventh Day of March laft, arrefted ‘fobu Smith, a menial 
Servant of Tiomas Bere Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, 
in an Aétion cf Debt, and abufed and affronted Mr. Bere, 
and fpoken Words very much reflecting upon him, and 
upon the Parliament, is guilty of a Breach of the Privi- 
lege of this Houle. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Deniel Ellingham, Bailiff, having, on the Twenty- 
feventh Day of March Jaft, arrefted Fobn Smith, a menial 
Servant of Thomas Bere Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, 
in an Action of Debt, is guilty of a Breach of the Privi- 
lege of this Houte. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Benjamin Fennings, having, on the Twenty-feventh 
Day of March laft, abufed and affronted Thomas Bere 
Efguire, a Member of this Houfe, in a very rude manner, 
and fpoken Words very much reflecting upon him, and 
upon the Parliament, is guilty of a Breach of the Privi- 
lege of this Houfe. 

The Firft Refolution being read a Second time ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
inferting, after the Word ‘ Parliament,” thefe Words, 
“« and having neglected to attend the Committee of Pri- 
« vileges and Elections, though duly fummoned fo to 
*@as" 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Refolution ; 

After “* Privilege,” to infert thefe Words, “ and 
“« Contempt of the Authority :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refelved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee, in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That Robert 
Chenrp, Bailiff, having, on the Twenty-feventh Day of 
March \att, arrefted fobn Smith, a menial Servant to Tho- 
mas Bere Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, in an Action 
of Debt, and abufed and affronted Mr. Bere, and fpoken 
Words very much reflecting upon him, and upon the 
Parliament, and having neglected to attend the Commit- 
tee of Privileges and Elections, though duly fummoned 
fo to do, is guilty of a Breach of the Privilege, and Con- 
tempt of the Authority, of this Houfe. 

The Second and Third Refolutions, being feverally 
read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houie. 

Ordered, That the faid Robert Champ be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, and Contempt, committed Prifoner 
to his Majefty’s Prifon of the Gateboufe, Wefminfter : And 
that Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrants accordingly. 

Ordered, That the faid Daniel Ellingham be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Benjamin Jennings be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


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A Petition of William late Lord Widdrington, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
at the time of his Attainder, he was feifed as Tenant in 


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Tale of his paternal Eftate; which, after his Forfeiture, 
was, by Act of Parliament, vefted in his Majefty, in Fee- 
fimple, and has fince been fold for the Ufe of the Pub- 
lick ; and was, at the fame time, feifed, by the Courtefy, 
of the Eftate of his late Wife, deceafed ; which, being 
forfeited during his Life only, has likewife been fold: 
Amongtt the reft of his Forfeitures, there is a Debt {till 
due of Two thoufand Four hundred and Eighty-four 
Pounds Ten Shillings, or thereabouts, charged on the 
Eftate of the late Lady A/hburnbam, deceafed, to which 
he was intitled as refiduary Legatee of William Lord Wid- 
drington, his Father, deceafed: By the Forfeiture of all 
his Eftate, hath been deftitute of Subfiftence for Five 
Years; the heavy Charge of a large Family, and other 
Loffés, has not only exhaufted what Fortune his prefent 
Wife brought with her, but even obliged him to contract 
confiderable Debts, whereby he and his Family are re- 
duced to the utmoft Extremity: And praying, ‘That this 
Houte will give Leave, that, either by a Bill, or Claufe, 
the Two thoufand Four hundred Eighty-four Pounds 
Ten Shillings, charged upon the Eftate of the late Lady 
Afbburnbam, may be vetted in fome Perfon, in Truft for 
him, and his diftreffed Family. 

And Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the 
Houfe, That, the Petitioner’s Cafe having been laid be- 
fore his Majefty, he had commanded: him to acquaint the 
Houfe, That his Majefty has no Objection to the giving 
the Petitioner fuch Relief as this Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the State of the pub- 
lick Credit of this Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had further confidered the Matter to them referred ; and 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had direét- 
ed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. - 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick Cre- 
dit of this Kingdom. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put; 
That the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of Lon- 
don and Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be 
read a Second time upon Thurfday Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. ° 

The Yeas go forth. 

Lord Trycennell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Yonge : f 41. 
. Mr. Bertie, 

Telters for the Noes, a eS { 45 

So it paffed in the Negative: ! 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Bill be read a Second time upon 
To-morrow Sevennight. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perforis who were ordered to 
attend this Houfe this Day, do attend this Houfe To- 
morrow Sevennight. 


Ordered, That the Reports from the Commiffioners for 
the forfeited Eftates be taken into Confideration To- 
morrow Morning, before the Houfe refolve iticlf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for enabling 
Charles Earl of Arran, to purchafe the forfeited Eitate of 
ames Butler late Duke of Ormond, and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned. 


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Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itielf into a Committee: of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the Bills for Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and for reftraining 
Sohn Aiflabie Efquire from going out of this Kingdom 
for the Space of One Year and until the End of the 
next Seffion of Parliament and for difcovering his Eftate 
and Effeéts ; and for the preventing the tranfporting or 
alienating the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 13° Juni; 


(@) ee . 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of Thomas Pattinfon, of the City of Carlifle, 

in the County of Cumberland, Gentleman, on the 
behalf of himtelf, and of fobn Hicks anc: Henry Orme 
Gentlemen, of the faid City, was prelented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, That the River Eden is capabie 
of being made navigable for Boats, Barges, and other 
Veffels, for many Miles; and, from feveral Creeks within 
the Port of Carl fle io Bank-end, it will very much improve 
large Tracts ot Ground lying upon, and adjacent to, the 
faid River; emp'oy the Poor; be an Increafe of Seamen, 
and a general Good to that Part of the Country: And 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to 
make the faid River navigable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: ° 

And it is referred to Lord Morpeth, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. 
Farrer, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Feffreyes, Mr. Conyers, Sir Arthur Kay, Mr. 
London, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Colonel Grabme, Mr Strick- 
land, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Fobn Rufoout, Mr. Yonge, Mr. 
Aglionby, Mr. Brifiow, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. 
Gybbon, Sir Robert Furneffe, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Harvey, 
Sir Wm. Strickland, Mr. Archer, Mr. Campbell, Lord 
Chetwynd, and all the Members that ierve for the Coun- 
ties of Cumberland, Wefimorland, and Northumberland: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber: And they have Power to fend 
for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for repairing the feveral Roads leading to the 
Town of Lecbury, in the County of Hereford: 

And the fame were read; and are as follows; viz. 

Prefs 13. L. 10. Leave out ‘ Three,” and infert 
*¢ Seven:” . ] 

L. 10. After ** Act,” infert ** Notice of 
“ {uch Time and Place of Meeting for fuch Eleéction to 
“* be given, by affixing fuch Notice, in Writing, on the 


“ Market Crofs in Ledbury aforefaid, at leaft Ten Days* 


*© before fuch Meeting:” 
L. 31. Leave out ‘* June,” and infert 
“© Fuly.” 

The faid Amendments were feverally read a Second 
time; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That Sir Hungerford Hcefkyns do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the faid Amendments. 


Mr. Tuffnell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Deputy Lieutenants, and Juftices 
of the Peace, of the feveral Counties of Middlefex and 
Effex, and other Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabi- 
tants, of che ‘xid Counties, living in cr near the feveral 


Towns and i 3: s tying on the Highways or Roads 
Vou. XIX. 3 


589 
leading from the Stones End in Wkitechappel, in the Parifh 
of St. Mary Matfelon, alias Whitechappel, in the faif County 
of Middlefex, to Shenfie'd, in the faid County of Efex, 
was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Report in’ at the Clerk’s Table: Where it was read; and 
is as follows; viz. 

* * * * 

Ordered, That the faid Report be re-committed to the 
fame Committee: And: they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
fnittee, That they do enquire into what Eftates are fpe- 


‘cially charged for repairing any Part of the faid High- 
ways. 


Mr. Brodrick, from the Committee of Secrecy, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That they have confidered, and gone 
through, all the Matrers to them referred; and have pre- 
pared afurther Report; which they are ready to make, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the iaid Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That the Reports from the Commiffioners 


appointed to enquire into the forteited Eftates be taken 
into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


Refolved. That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning» 
refoive itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houie, 
upon the Bill for enabling Charles Earl of Arran to pur- 
chafe the forfeited Eftate of Fames Butler late Duke of 
Ormond; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Turfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, 
Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider further of the State of the publick Credit of 
this Kingdom, the Refoiutions which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered them in at the Table: 
Where the fame were read; and are as follow; viz 

uft, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That fuch Perfons as have borrowed Money trom 
the South Sea Company upon South Sea Stock, actually 
transferred and pledged, at the time of borrowing, to or 
for the Ufe of the faid Company, fhall, upon Payment 
of Ten per Cent. upon the refpective Sums fo borrowed, 
at atime or times to be limited, and not otherwife, be 
difcharged from all further Demands of the faid Com- 
pany, in refpect of the Monies fo borrowed: And that all 
the Stock fo transferred and pledged, together with all 
‘Dividends and Profits thereto belonging, refpectively, be 
abfolutely vefted in the faid Company. 

2d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That fuch Perfons as have borrowed Money 
from the Sou‘h Sea Company, upon Subfcription Receipts, 
actually pledged to the faid Company at the time of bor- 
rowing, fhall, upon Payment of Ten per Cent. upon the 
refpective Sums fo borrowed, at a time or times to be 
limited, and not otherwife, be difcharged from all further 
Demands, in refpect of the Monies fo borrowed: And 
that all the Sub{cription Receipts fo pledged, together 
with all Dividends and Profits thereunto belonging, be 
abfolutely vefted in the faid Company. 

The Fir Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out the Word ‘ Ten,” between the Word 
“© of,” and the Words ‘* per Cent. ;” in order to in- 
fert either the Word ‘* Five,” or “ Fifteen,” inftead 
thereof: 


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And,the Queftion being put, That the Word “* Ten” 
ftand Part of the Queftion; 

The Houle divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


Mr. Yonge 
2 S ——e 4 150. 
Tellers for th Yeas} Mie Kelfal 5 
q; a . &gt;/ d 
“3. Sir Fobn Bland, 422. 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Charles Keymifs: 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That fuch Perfons as have 
borrowed Money from the South Sea Company, upon 
South Sea Stock, a€tually transferred and pledged, at the 
time of borrowing, to or for the Ule of the faid Com- 
pany, fhall, upon Payment of Ten per Cent. upon the 
refpective Sums fo borrowed, at a time or times to be 
limited, and not otherwife, be difcharged from all fur- 
ther Demands of the faid Company, in refpect of the Mo- 
nies fo borrowed: And that all the Stock fo transferred 
and pledged, together with all Dividends and Profits 
thereto belonging, refpectively, be abfolutely vefted in 
the faid Company. 

The Second Refolution, being read a Second time, 
was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by 
the Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refoive itflf intoa Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bills for Relief of the 
unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and for 
reftraining fobs Aflabie Efquire from going out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and unul the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his 
Eflace and Effects; and for the preventing the tranfporting 
or alienating the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine ot the Clock. 





Mercurii, 14° die Funit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the an- 
A cient Borough of Orford, in the County of Suffolk, 
was prefented tothe Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
under the general Misfortunes, they cannot but exprefs 
their Concern, and teftify their Abhorrence of thofe fatal 
Projets and Schemes by which they have been occa- 
fioned; and {ee their Country pillaged and deftroyed, its 
Trade oppreffed and ruined, and its Credit funk and loft, 
without crying out for Juftice: And praying, That this 
Hotfe will take fuch Meafures as may be proper to reftore 
Credit, revive Trade, and doing Juftice to an injured 
Nation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table: 


A Bill for naturalizing fobs Frederick Fales, was read 
a Second time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lade, 
Sir Fobn Eyles, Sir Thomas Scawen, Sir Thomas Lee, Sir 
Thomas Fobnfon, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. 
Hopkins, Mr. Sandys, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Edwards, 
Mr. Bond, Mr. Pigoit, Mr. Lewis, Sit Nathanael Gould, 
Lord Cafflemain, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Pel- 
bam, Mr. Halfey, Sir Hungerford Hefzyns, Mr. Campbell, 
Sir Edward De Bouverie, Sir Richard Goffe, Mr. Reynell, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Earl, Sir Wm, St. Quin- 
tin, Mr Medlycot, Mr. Brigftock, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Tuffnel, Mr. Ward, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Smith: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Directors of the South Sea Company 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the faid Company are pofiefied of Tallies and Orders for 


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4.1721. 


Thirty-fix thoufand Pounds lent on the Malt Tax in the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Eighteen, dated 
the Seventeenth of May, from Numb. 1,006 to 1,077, 
payable to Richard Hampden Fiquire,; which were paid 
to the South Sea Company, and affigned, by the faid Richard 
Ha:mpden, to Mr. Rodert Knight, iate Cafhier of the faid 
South Sea Company, but that they cannot receive the faid 
Money without the Hand of the faid Robert Knizht: And 
praying, That they may be enabled to receive the faid 
Money in the Exchequer; and to fupply the Hand of 
the faid Mr. Knight, in Diicharge of any other Moaey or 
Debts that may be due to the daid Company. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Twenty-one, is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the fraid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. 


The Lord Hiachingbrooke acquainted the Houfe, from 
the Committee appointed to enquire into the Authors, 
Contrivers, Printers, and Publifhers, of the feditious and 
traiterous Libel, intituled, 22 Weekly Journal, or Saturday’s 
Poft; with the frefoeft Advices, foreign aud domeftick, Satur- 
day, May 27, 1721; and of all other feditious and trai- 
terous Libels, which tend to raife Difcontent and Difaf- 
fection in the Minds of his Majefty’s Subjects; That Charles 
Molloy Efquire, Samuel Forfler E{quire, and Mr. Thames 
Gordon, had been duly fummoned to attend the faid Com- 
mittee; but had, in Contempt of the Authority of this 
Houle, neglected to attend the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the faid Charles Moiloy Efguire be, for 
his faid Contempt, taken :nto the Cuftody of the Serjeant 
at Arms attending this Houle. 

Ordered, That the faid Samuel Forfter Efquire be, for 
his faid Contempt, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant 
at Arms attending this Houte. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Thomas Gordon be, for his 
faid Contempt, taken into the Cultody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfeif-into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bills for Relief 
of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and 
for reftraining Yobs Aifladi2 Kiquire from going out of 
this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until 
the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for dif- 
covering his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing 
the traniporting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayten took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills; and had di- 
rected him to move, ‘That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bills. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houie, 
upon the Bill to fubject the Eftates, real and perfonal, of 
Sir George Cafwall Knight, Facob Sawhricge and Elias 
Turner t{quires, to make good to the Sovth Sea Company 
the Sum of Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy, of the Twenty-firft of April Jatt, be taken into 
further Confideration upon Friday Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 

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Ordered, That the Reports from the Commiffioners 
appointed to enquire into the forfeited Eftates be taken 
into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the Bill for enabling Charles Earl of Arran to purchafe the 
forfeited Eftate of ‘fames Butler late Duke of Ormond; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. w 





Fovis, 15° die unit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
(DRéered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 


appointing Commiflioners to examine, ftate, and de- 
termine, the Debts due to the Army: And that Mr. 
Treby and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Sir Nathanael Gold reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of Captain John Perry was reterred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; which they had 
directed him to repore to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

That the Committee were fatisfied, that, after many 
unfuccefsful Attempts had been made for Stopping of 
Dag nbam Breach, on the River of Thames, in the Year 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Fourteen, an Act of 
Parliament paffed, to enable the Lord Mayor of London, 
and other Truftees, to contract with any Perfon for ftop- 
ping the faid Breach; in purfuance whereof, by the Jour- 
nal ot the Proceedings of the Truftees, it appears the Pe- 
titioner, in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Fifteen, propofed to undertake the faid Work, at the 
publick Hazard; but the Truftees declined hazarding the 
publick Money, and infifted, that the Petitioner fhould 
find Security to refund all Money chat fhould be advanced 
to him, in cafe he did not perform the Work; which Se- 
curity, for the Performance of a Work fo difficult and 
precarious, the Petitioner could not have obtained, but 
that feveral Rufia Merchants, who had known his Works 
in Rufia, were thereby induced to treat with him, and 
encouraged others; yet the Performance of the faid Un- 
dertaking was fo very doubtful, that the Petitioner was 
obliged to enter into Engagements to pay Premiums to 
the iaid Perions, to become Securities proportionable to 
the Hazard they run; and therefore he demanded Twenty- 
feven thoufand Pounds, if to give Security; or Seventeen 
thoufand Pounds, if the Truftees would ftand the Hazard 
of the Work; which the Truftees would not agree to, but 
offered Twenty-five thoufand Pounds on his giving Se- 
curity: To which the Petitioner agreed, upon Condition 
that the Truftees would recommend him to the Favour 
of the Parliament, if ic fhould appear the Remainder of 
the Twenty-five thoufand Pounds unexpended fhould not 
be a fufficient Gratuity for his Service in ftopping the 
Breach: And thereupon he did, by Indenture, dated the 
Twenty-fixth of fanuary One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Fifteen, contract with the faid Truftees, that for 
Twenty-five thoufand Pounds he would ftop the faid 
Breach, being about Four hundred Foot wide, and repair 
the Walls, Banks, and other Works, in, and belonging to, 
the fame; fo that, lor Three Years after ftopping the 
fame, there fhai! not be any Eeakage through the Dam, 
to raile the Water on the Infide of the Creek above the 
Fourth Part of an Inch, upon a View, at any time to be 
appointed tor thar Purpofe ; and alfo to repair the Walls 
belonging to the Levels for Two hundred Yards on each 


Side of tne Booch, op fuch manner that, for the like 


time, the Thames fhafl not break into, and overflow, the 
Levels, by reafon of any Defect, and to make good any 
new Cuts; and fix a fufficient Sluice, to the Satisfaction of 
the Truftees, for the Drain of the Land-waters; and 
repair all the Walls from Raixbam Creek to Haelf- 
way-tree,; and maintain the fame for Fifteen Months, after 
the Breach is ftopped; and alio remove the Shelf, or 
Sand-bank, of about a Mile in Length, and almott Half- 
way crofs the River, which had been caft up by reafon 
of the faid Breach; fo that there fhould be full Six 
Foot Depth at Low-water-mark, on a Neap-tide, in the 
Judgment, and to the Satisfaction, of Fifteen of the 
Truttees: 

And the faid Truftees thereby covenant to pay the 
Petitioner the faid Twenty-five thoufand Pounds at fuch 
Days and Times as are therein mentioned, upon his give- 
ing Security for the Performance of all and every the 
faid Works, and maintaining the fame, as aforefaid; or, 
in cafe of any Accident, to make good the Damage: And, 
lattly, the Truftees covenant to deliver up the Security- 
bonds, to be cancelled when the Conditions thereof are 
performed ; as appeared by the original Agreement, and 
the Journal of tie Truftees, produced to the fuid Com- 
mittee : " 

That although the Petitioner hath, in the Ccurfe of 
his Undertaking, met with many great Difficulties, and 
unforefeen Accidents, which hath rendered his Works 
very tedious, as well as chargeable; yet he has overcome 
all Obftacles; as appeared to the Committee, by the feve- 
ral Surveys, and Reports entered in the Journal of the 
{aid Truftees,; and hath now performed the feveral Parts 
of his Contract, to the Satisfaction of the Truftees, ex- 
cepting what relates to the aforefaid Sand-bank, in the 
Petitioners Contract, faid to be about a Mile in Length, 
and almoft Half-way crofs the River; which, upon a 
View of the faid Truftees, on the Sixth of May One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one, was reported 
to be not above Two hundred Yards long; and Fifty 
Yards crofs the fame River; and that upon the Sand- 
bank, at low Water, there was then from Seven Foot 
to Four Foot Water; and that he continues work- 
ing upon the fame; and in a little time they prefumed 
he will make it fo low, that the Water will be full Six 
Foot deep, at Low-water Mark, at a Neap-tide: And, 
for the completing and perieéting thercof, the faid Truftees 
have referved in their Hands Five hundred Pounds, out 
of the Sum contracted for with the Petitioner: 

That, in order to procure Securities to repay the feve- 
ral Sums received of the Truftees, and to advance him 
Money to perform the faid Work, the Petitioner was 
obliged to enter into feveral Articles of Agreement for 
the Payment of Premiums, at the Rate of Twenty, 
Thirty, and Fifty, per Cent.; which Premiums, in the 
Whole, amount to Eleven thoufand Nine hundred Thirty- 
four Pounds Ten Shillings: 

That by feveral Books of Accounts, and other Vouch- 
ers, produced before the Committee, it appeared, that the 
Petitioner had laid out, andexpended, in Materials, Wages, 
and other Charges concerning the Breach, the Sum of 
Twenty-fix thoufand Five hundred Fifty-two Pounds: 

That he alfo ftands indebted to feveral Perfons for Ma- 
terials, Wages, &amp;%c. on Account of the faid Work, One 
thoufand Nine hundred Eighty-fix Pounds Eight Shillings 
and Eight Pence Three Farthings: 

So that his whole Expence and Charge in Ropping the 
faid Breach, with the faid Premiums, amount to Fifteen 
thoufand Four hundred Seventy-two Pounds Eighteen 
Shillings and Eight Pence Three Farthings more than his 
Contract for Twenty-five thoufand Pounds : 

That feveral 6f the Perfons with whom the Petitioner 
contracted for the faid Eleven thoufand Nine hundred 
Thirty-four Pounds Ten Shillings Premiums attended the 
Committee in behalf of the Whole; and, in Confideration 
of the diftreffed Circumftances to which the Petitioner is 
reduced, did propoie to the Committee, that they were 
willing to abate and remit One-half Part of the faid Eleven 
thouland Nine hundred Thirty four Pounds Ten Shillings 

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for the Benefit of the Petitioner, provided they might 
be difcharged from the Obligations they had entered into, 
as his Securities, at the End of Three Years, to com- 
mence from the Nineteenth Day of uly One thoufand 
Seven hundred arid Eighteen, being the Day on which 
the Breach was firft reported to be ftopped, according 
to his Contra¢t; the Damage that has fince happened to 
his Works being now {ufficiently repaired. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Report be referred to the Con- 
Gderation of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Twenty-one, is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
Relief of the faid Captain Yobn Perry. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Twenty-one ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
raifing the Money, to be granted by the faid Bill, by 
way of a Lottery. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
transferring to the Regifter appointed to be kcpt by 
one Aét, of this Seffion of Parliament, for the Land Tax 
granted for the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Twenty-one, all and every the principal 
Sums of Money, which were lent on the Act oi Parliae 
ment, which granted the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, from the Twenty-third of Zune One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Nineteen to the Twenty-fourth 
of ‘une One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty; and 
which, on the Twenty-third of ‘Zune One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Twenty-one, thal] remain unfatisfied; with 
the Intereft payable for the fame; the faid principal Sums 
to be placed on the faid Regifter, next after Nine hundred 
thoufand Pounds. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion tq the faid Com- 
mittee, That they uave Power to receive a Claufe to en- 
able his Majefty to difpofe of fo much of the Sum of 
Ninety-nine thoufand Pounds given for Half-pay, for 
the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty, as 
fhall be more than fufficient to pay the Half-pay Officers, 
to fuch Officers as have been maimed in the Service, or, 
by their long Services, may be proper Objects of his 
Majefty’s Compaffion, or to the Widows and Children 
of fuch Officers. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to re- 
lieve fuch Perfons who, through Neglect or Inadvertency, 
have omitted to pay the feveral Rates and Duties upon 
Money given, paid, or contracted for, with Appren- 
tices. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Pill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordere?, That the Report be received upon Tuefday 
Morning next. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Reports from the Commifiioners 
appointed to enquire into the forfeited Eftates be taken 
into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


Rejolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 


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the Bill for enabling Cherls Earl of Arran to purchafe 
the forfeited Eftate of Femes Butler late Duke of Crmond; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 


And then the Honfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 16° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

HE Lord Morpeth reported from the Committee 
| to whom the Petition of Thomas Pattinfon, of the 
City of Carlifle, in the County of Cumberland, Gentleman 
on behalf of himfelf, and of Fobn Hicks and Henry Orme, 
Gentlemen, of the faid City, was referred, the Matter, 
as it appeared to them; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 
That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 

tion : 

And it appeared to the Committee, upon the Exa- 
mination of Samuel How, Erafmus Drape, Willicm Rooke 
and Daniel Rooke, That the faid River Eden is capable of 
being made navigable for Boats, Barges, and other Vef- 
fels, for many Miles, and from feveral Creeks within the 
Port of Carlifle, to Bank-end, 

And it further appeared to the Committee, upon the 
Examination of the faid fevera! Perfons, That the making 
the faid River navigable will very much improve large 
Tracts of Ground, lying upon, and adjacent to, the faid 
River; which, for want of Coals, to burn I.ime, are at 
prefent intirely wafte and uncultivated; and, if the faid 
River be made navigable, the Poor will be employed, and 
Seamen increafed; and will be a general Good to that Part 
of the Country. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make the River Eden navigable to Bank-end, in the County 
of Cumberland: And that the Lord Morpeth, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Duchy, and Mr. Lowiber, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and prin- 
cipal Inhabitants, of the ancient and great Corn-market 
Town of Hemel Hempftead, in the County of Hertford, 
was prefented to the Hioufe, and read; fetting forth, That 
if the Bill, now depending in this Houfe, for the better 
fupplying London with Water, fhould pafs, will be a great 
Prejudice to many Thoufands in the faid Town, and Parts 
— And praying, That this Houfe will reject the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Weftminfter, aud Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he had 
a Meffage from his Majefty, figned by his Majefty; and 
he prefented the fame to the Houfe: Which was read by 
Mr. Speaker; and is as followeth; vz. 


GEORGE R. 

H's Majefty, having taken the firft Opportunity, upon 
the Death of the late King of Sweden, to renew the 
ancient Alliances between this Kingdom and Sweden; and 
having ftipulated, by a Treaty, to pay a Subfidy to that 
Crown; hath ordered that Treaty to be laid before the 
Houfe of Commons; and hopes, from their known Zeal 
and Affection for the Proteftant Religion, and the true 
Intereft of their Country, that they will enable him to 
make good the Engagements he has entered into upon 

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His Majefty being informed, That Two Ships, called 
the Brifiol Merchant and Turky Merchant, now lying un- 
der Quarantine, did arrive from Cyprus, and other Parts 
of Turkey, infected with the Plague ; and have Cotton- 
wool, and other Goods, on board, which are dangerous 
to {pread the Infection; and conceiving it neceflary, tor 
the Prefervation of the Health of his Subjects, that the 
{aid Ships, and their Ladings, be burnt and deftroyed, 
and that a reafonable Satisfaction be given to the Owners; 
hath, by the Advice of his Privy Council, caufed the 
Value thereof to be computed by his Majefty’s Officers; 
and ordered thofe Computations to be laid before the 
Houfe of Commons, that Provifion may be made for fa- 
tisfying the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, take his Majefty’s moft gracious Meffage into Con- 
fideration. 

Mr. Comptroller having, with the faid Meffage, deli- 
vered in feveral Papers, with a Schedule of them; the 
faid Schedule was read; and is as followeth: 

A Copy of the Treaty between Great Britain and 
Sweden; and 

Tranflation : 

A Copy of the feparate Articles of the faid Treaty ; 
and Tranflation; 1742, January 21. 

Ordered, That the faid Papers do lie upon the Table, to 
be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 


Mr. Brodrick, according to Order, made the further 
Report from the Committee of Secrecy 5 and read the 
fame in his Place: and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Table: Where the fame was read; and isas fol- 
Joweth ; v7z. 


That the Committee of Secrecy appointed to inquire 
into all the Proceedings relating .to the Execution 
of an Act, paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; for enabling the Seuth Sea Company 
to increafe their prefent Capital Stock, and fund, by 
redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as 
are therein mentioned; and for raifing Money, 


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for Payment of feveral of the publick Dcbts and 
Incumbrances; and for calling in the prefent Ex- 
cheguer Bills remaining uncancelled, and for making 
foith new Bills, in liew thereof, to be circulated 
and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Ex- 
chequer: purfuant to the Inftruétiqn given them by 
the Houfe on the Twenty-fifth of April laft, That 
they fhould inquire what publick Money hath been 
employed by any Treafurer, Cafhier, Collector, Re- 
ceiver, or other Officer concerned in the Receipt 
or Payment of publick Money, or of any other Part 
of his Majefty’s Revenue, or by any in Truft for 

them, or by their Order, in buying Stock, or Sub- 
feriptions, in the South Sea, or any other Company, 
or Annuities, or other Parliamentary Securities ; or 
otherwife making ufe of, or employing, the fame to 
their private Advantage, fince the Firft Day of De- 
cember One thoufand Seven hundred aad Nineteen ; 
have accordingly proceeded to inquire into that Mat- 
ter; and have examined, in the moft folemn Man- 
ner, the following Perfons ; and do lay before the 
Houfe the Examinations by them taken, relating 
thereto, in the Words of the Examinations them- 
jelves: 

Mr. Francis Hawes, being examined, fays, That in the 
Months of February, March, or April 1742, about 
Twenty-five thoufand Pounds, Part of the Money re- 
ceived for the Service of his Majefty’s Navy, was laid 
out in purchafing Eleven thoufand Pounds South Sea 
Stock, by the Crder, and for the Ulfe, of Richard Hamp- 
den, Efquire, then Treafurer of the Navy: 

That Five thoufand Pounds, Part of the faid Eleven thou- 
fand Pounds Stock, was fold, for the Benefit of the faid 
Richard Hampden E{quire, in a very fhort time after it was 
bought: hat jt was bought at about One hundred Sixty- 
four, and fold at about One hundred Ninety-nine, per Ceni. : 

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That the remaining Six thoufand Pounds ftandsin the Name 
of Mr. Thomas Hawes, in Trutt for the faid Mr. Hampden : 
That there were further Sums paid out of the Money 
received for the Service of his Majelty’s Navy; by the 
Order, and for the Ufe, of the faid Mr. Hampden, viz. 

For the Three feveral Payments on Three thoufand 
Pounds, Firft Subfcription, about Three thoufand Six 
hundred Pounds: 

For the Firft Payment on Three thoufand Pounds, Se- — 
cond Subfeription, Twelve hundred Pounds; which latt- 
mentioned Subfcription was fold for the fame Money it 
soft, for the Ufe of Mr. Hampden: 

-* For the Firft Payment on One thoufand Pounds Third 
Subicription, One thoufand Pounds. 

Mr. Thomas Hawes, being examined, fays, That 
5,000 /. South Sea Stock was bought about the Middle of 
February, at about One hundred and Sixty-four per Cent. 
by the Order, and for the UWfe, of Richard Hampden 
Efquire, then Treafurer of his Majelty’s Navy; and paid 
for, by his Direétion, out of the Cafh then in the Hands 
of the Examinant, as Cafhier to the faid Treafurer of the 
Navy ; and the faid 5,000/. Stock was fold, about the Be- 
ginning of March following, at about One hundred and 
Ninety nine per Cent. for the Ufe of Mr. Hampden: 

That the further Sum of about Six thoufand Pounds 
South Sea Stock was bought, and paid for, in like man- 
ner, at about Three hundred and Twenty-five per Cent. 
which is now in the Examinant’s Hands, in Truft, for 
the faid Mr. Hampden: 

That Three thoufand Pounds in the Firft Money Sub- 
{cription, Three thoufand Pounds in the Second Money 
Subfcription, One thoufand Pounds in the Third Money 
Subfcription, and Five thoufand Pounds in the Fourth 
Money Subicription, were bought, and paid for, out of the 
publick Cafh of the Navy, by Order, and for the Ute, of 
the faid Mr. Hampden, as aforefaid. 

Your Committee direGted Sir Harcourt Mafter, late 
Receiver General of the Land Tax for London and Mid- 
dlefex, to lay before them, an Account of what publick 
Monies he had laid out in purchafing Stock, or Subfcrip- 
tions; or otherwife applied to his own private Ufe: And 
thereupon he laid before your Committee a Paper, to the 
Effect following; viz. 

That he had, in Obedience to the Order of your Com- 
mittee, ufed his beft Endeavours to diftinguifh particu- 
larly what Sums of the publick Monies he had laid out in 
Stock, Subfcriptions, or Bubbles; or applied to any other 
Purpofe, for his own, or any other Perfon’s, private Ac- 
count; but he, not having kept any Account of the Go- 
vernment’s Money, diftinct and feparate from other Mo- 
nies that were his own, or others, that pafled through his 
Hands, he found it impra‘ticable for him to give an Ac- 
count thereof {fo particularly as was required: 

That he truly believes, he was fo unhappy as to lay out 
the whole Debt due from him to the Crown, being Thirty- 
feven thoufand Three hundred and Eighty Pounds Seven 
Shillings and Two Pence Three Farthings, as is fet forth in 
the Particular of his Eftate delivered to One of the Barons 
of the Court of Exchequer, in South Sea Stock, and in 
the Third and Fourth South Sea Subfcriptions, on his own 
Account; by which he is a very great Lofer. 

Your Committee, fince their Report made to the 
Houfe the 22th Day of Mday laft, concerning the Loans 
made by the South Sea Company upon Stock, and Sub- 
{criptions, have made a further Progrefs in that Part of 
their Inquiry; and do now lay before the Houfe fuch Ex- 
aminations as they have taken fince that Report, in re- 
lation to that Matter, in the Words of the Examinaticns 
themfelves : ; 

Mr. Samuel Watts, being examined, fays, That from the 
aft of June 1720 he has ferved, as a Clerk, in the Treafury 
Office of the South Se@a Company under Mr. Chrifopher 
Clayton, in making out the feveral Books relating to the 
Loans upon Stock, and Subfcriptions ; the Accounts of 
which had been at firft entered in Three original Journals; 
Two of them containing the Loans on Stock, and the laft, 
which was, for the moit part, of Mr. Clayron’s Hand-writing 

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containing the Loans on Subfcriptions ; all which original 
Journals, and all other Books relating to the Loans, were 
kept under Mr. Clayton’s Care; but Mr. Surman had the 
Power of taking and infpecting them, when he thought 
fit: 

That, from thofe Three original Journals, Five Ledgers 
were made, chiefly by the Examinant, and partly by Mr. 
Clayton, or fome other Clerk ; but that the Examinant 
had Inftruétions for what he did from Mr. Clayton, and 
no other Perfon: That thefe Ledgers were marked 
A, B, C, D, and E: 

That he has fometimes had the faid original Journals in 
his Cuftody, for a Day, or thereabouts; and the Examinant 
obferved there were many Rafures and Alterations made 
in them: That the Examinant himfelf did, at feveral 
times, make many Alterations in the faid Ledgers, both 
in the Names and Sums, according to feveral Papers and 
Inftructions, from time to time given him by Clayton; 
who afterwards took fuch Papers from him; and the laft 
time he made any fuch Alterations was about the Middle 
of November l\aft: 

That he had made a Copy of the faid original Journals 
of Loans on Subfcriptions ; which Copy now remains in 
a great Cheft, marked N° 2. at the Seuth Sea Houle ; 
where the Examinant has feen it fince the new Directors 
w:re chofen: 

That, after that Copy was made, Two Leaves were 
torn out of the faid original Journal; but by whom the 
Examinant can’t tell: And the Examinant faw Mr. Clay- 
ton writing Names out of thofe Leaves ; and he called to 
the Examinant, and told him, He believed he mutt tear 
out a Leaf from the Copy, in order to bring in fictitious 
Names: 

That, in One of the Leaves torn out, there was an 
Entry ; To Sundries, 26,0007. ; which the Examinant, by 
Mr. C/ayton’s Order, entered in the faid Copy, in Twenty- 
fix fictitious Names, at One thoufand Pounds each; and 


there being another Entry of 1,000 /. without any Name. 
to it, the Examinant likewife entered that Sum in a ficii- . 


tious Name, by C/ayton’s Direction : 

That, in the fame Leaf, there was fet down Eleven 
thoufand Pounds Stock to Lord Cajtlemain, and Four 
thoufand Pounds Stock to Lord Londonderry; which 
Clayton direéted the Examinant to alter, and enter in ficti- 
tious Names; but the Examinant could not do it, the 
Paper being wet : 

That, about the Beginning of November laft, the faid 
Five Ledgers, marked A, B, C, D, and E, were copied 
alphabetically into Four new Ledgers; which are now 
kept in the Office for publick Ufe; and, if any Difpute 
arife in fearching into them, the Clerks have recourle to 
the faid Firft Ledgers: ~ 

That Mr. Clayton did, a little before the Meeting of 
the Parliament, bring into the Treafury Office, a Book, 
which the Examinant believes was Mr. Knighi’s private 
Cafh Book; the Examinant having often feen it; in 
which, at the Head of an Account, the Examinant faw 
the Name of Charles Stanhope: And this Exami:ant faith, 
That Clayton, with a white handlé Penknife, erafed the 
Letters, in the Name Stanhope, in order to make it Stan- 
gape; but whether Mr. Clayton altered the Letters with 
his own Hand, or the E-xaminant, by his Order, the Exa- 
minant does not now remember; but fays, It was accord- 
ingly altered to Stangape: That this Book had a Green 
Cover, was about a Foot in Length, and about Two- 
thirds as broad, and an Inch and a Half thick. 

The iaid Mr. C/ay/on, being hereupon examined by your 
Committee, fays, He believes there were Alterations made 
in theoriginal Journals of the Loans: ‘That all the Altera- 
tions which the Exaaiinant, or any other Clerk, by his Or- 
der, made in thofe Journals, were made by the Direction of 
Mr. Knight: That Mr. Sarmaa once, by Mr. Knighi’s 
Order, directed the Examinant to alter Four Names: 

That the Examinant directed the altering large Sums 
into leffer Sums; and that he was informed by Mr. 
Kuight, That fuch Alterations were made, at the Requett 

of the Perions to whom fuch large Sums were charged: 


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That he does not know, that fuch Names were altered 
into fictitious Names; bur that there were 16, or 21, ficti- 
tious Names added to the original Journals: That Mr. 
Knight gave the Examinant a Lift of fuch Names; and 
told him any Names would do: 

That all the Alterations made in the Letters of any 
Names were made by Mr, Knights Order : 

That he does not remember that he ever gave Direc- 
tions to any Clerk to infert fictitious Names, fave the faid 
16, or 21, Names: 

That he knows not, that the Name of any Member of 
Parliament was altered to any other Name; but Mr, 
Knight told the Examinant, That a large Sum being fet 
down to the Lord Cafflemain, his Lordfhip faid, «That 
Part of fuch Sum was on the Account of other Perfons, 
a Lift of whofe Names his Lordfhip gave to Mr. Knight; 
and the Sum, at firft fet down to Lord Caftlemain, was ac- 
cordingly fplit into leffer Sums, and fet down to thofe 
Perfons : 

That he faw the original Journals in Mr. Knight’s Cuf- 
tody about Three Days before he went away ; but has 
not feen them fince : 

That he has feen Mr. Kwighi’s Green Book ; but he 
never made any Rafure or Alteration in it, either in any 
Name, or any Letter, or Part of a Name, in that Book; 
nor ever directed any to be made: 

That he does not remember, that he ever faw the Name 
Stanhope, in Mr. Knighi’s Green Book ; and denies that 
he ever rafed any Letter, or any Part of a Letter, or made 
any Alteration in the Name Stanhope, in the faid Green 
Book: That he cannot be pofitive whether the Name 
Stanhope was ever rafed, or altered, in any other Book 
whatfoever; but he does not know, or remember, that 
he did dire&amp; any fuch Rafure or Alteration, or ever heard, 
that there was any fuch Rafure or Alteration, made in the 
faid Name Stanhope: 

That he remembers, he did once alter a Figure in an 
Account in the faid Green Book, when Mr. Knight and a 
Gentleman were fettling an Account in that Book; but 
who the Gentleman was, the Examinant cannot tell: 

That he does not know but the Name of Sir Wm: 
Thompfon might be altered to Mr. William Thomp/on ; 
and thinks it was altered : That he has heard Mr. Knight 
fay, That Sir /m.Thompfon complained, that there was a 
Miftake in his Account of the Loan; and the Examinant 
remembers he faw Sir Wim. Thompfon with Mr. Knight in 
his Clofet : : 

That the Firft Ledgers of the Loans were begun to be 
made from the Journals in feveral Books ; and in Ofober 
1720, thofe Ledgers not being ruled in a proper man- 
ner, there were new Ledgers provided; and the Exa- 
minant believes Sir Wm, Thompfon’s Name was altered in 
both the faid original and new Ledgers : 

That the original Journals were made up, partly by the 
Receipts taken at the Transfer-books, and partly by 
re of Mr. Knight, and Adjuftments made with 

im: 

That the Numbers of the Subfcription Receipts, on 
which Money was lent, were entered in the Journals; but 
the Examinant believes there were fome Errors therein. 

Mr. Clayton, being further examined, as to the particu- 
Jar Alterations made in the Journal of the Loans, fays, 
The Name Brazier was altered; and he believes that 
Perfon borrowed the Money for Lord Reffe; and that 
there was a Letterfent by his Lordthip to defire an Alter- 
ation might be made in that Name; and it was accord- 
ingly made by Mr, Knight’s Order : 

That the Name George Baker was aliered to Bader, 
about the 3oth of Augu/t, or Beginning of September, 
1720, by Mr. Knight’s Order : 

That he believes the Sum charged to Colonel Arnot 
was altered, and made lefs; and Part of the Sum at firlt 
fet down to him charged in others Names : 

That the Sum charged to Fohn Burridge Efquire was 
likewife altered, and made lefs; Mr. Burvidve telling Mr. 
Knight, That the Money lent, was Part of it, on the Ac- 
count of Mr. Bowdidge of Lime: 

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7 Geo. I. 

That the Sum charged to Fohn Barber was \eTened, 
and Part of it fet down to other Perfons: 

That Lord Carpenter’s, Colonel Murray’s, and Pearce 
and Company’s Sums, were altered; there being Errors 
in their Accounts : 

That the Sum charged to Sir Cefar Child was leflened : 

That he does not remember, that there were any Leaves 
torn or taken out of the original Journals of the Loans: 
And fays, He did not take or tear out any: But, upon 
further Recollection, he fays, There were One or Pwo 
Leaves taken out; but fuch Leaves did not, as the Exa- 
minant believes, contain Names of any Perfons, but only 
a Computation of the Totals of the Loans: 

That he does not remember, that he ever mentioned to 
Mr. Watts, That a Leaf or Leaves, muft be taken out of 
the Journal, or the Copy of the Journal, in order to in- 
fert fictitious Names, or for any other Purpofe : 

That, after the Loan was clofed, Mr. Francis Eyles, 
One of the late Directors, applied to the Committee of 
Treafury, or Committee of Loans; and had a Direction 
for adding Eighteen thoufand Pounds, as a Loan to him; 
that Sum having been before forgot; and that Sum was 
accordingly added to the Loan; viz. Fourteen thoufand 
Pounds, in the Name of the faid Mr. Eyles, and Four 
thoufand Pounds in the Name of Lucy Bainton : 

That he verily believes, the Sums charged to Lord 
Lonfdale and Lord Litchfeld, were lent their Lordfhips 
before the Loan was clofed; and. that they transferred 
Stock for fecuring the Money {fo lent. 

The faid Mr. Chriftcpher Clayton, being further exa- 
mined, fays, That Mr. Samuel Watts was employed as a 
Clerk in making out the Accountsof the Loans ; and was 
under the Direétion of this Examinant till the Committee 
of Loans was appointed : 

That he has nothing to obje&amp; againft Mr. Watts’s 
Credit : 

And being confronted with Mr. Watts, who affirm- 
ing what he has faid in his former Examination, as to the 
Rafure and Alteration of the Name Stazhope into Stan- 
_ gape, in Mr. Knight’s Green Book ; and Mr. Watts re- 
lating to Mr. Clayton feveral Circumftances, at the Time 
ef fuch Alteration; and Mr. Clayton having heard Mr. 
Watts’ Examination read; he denies, that, to the beft 
of his Knowlege, he ever did erafe’any Letter in the 
Name Svanhope, in the faid Green Book; or make, or di- 
rect to be made, any Alteration in the Name Stanhope, 
in that Book : 

That, to the beft of his Remembrance, he never did 
alter the Name Stanhope into Stangape, in any other Book, 
or direét any fuch Alteration to be made. 

Your Committee having fhewn the aforegoing Exami- 
nation to the faid Samuel Watts, and examining him fur- 
ther, in relation to this Matter, in the Prefence of the faid 
Chriftopher Clayton, Mr. Watts perfifts in, and affirms, 
what he has faid in his former Examination, as to the Al- 
teration of the Name Stanhope into Stangape ; and further 
fays, That when he at firft faw, in the Minutes of the 
Houfe of Commons, that the Name Stanhope had been 
altered into Stangape, he verily believed it had been the 
Alteration made in Mr. Knigh?’s Green Book, as afore- 
faid; and not in the Books of Turner and Company, as 
he has fince heard. 

Mr. ‘ohn Hanfard, being examined, fays, He became 
concerned in the South Sea Houfe about the 21ft of Fuly 
1720; and was at firft only employed to number the 
Third Subfcription Receipts : 3 

That, about the Middle of December \aft, he was One 
of Eight Clerks, who were employed in copying Four 
Ledgers of the Loans into other new Ledgers; and that 
he obferved many Rafures and Alterations in the Ledgers 
trom which they tranfcribed them; but he cannot remein- 
ber the particular Alterations: 

That there were feveral loofe Sheets, which he believes 
were Copies of the. original Journals of the Loans, to 
which he, and the other Clerks employed to copy the {aid 
Ledgers, had recourfe upon any Miftakes ; and in thofe 


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loofe Sheets the Examinant obferved many Rafures and 
Alterations : / 

That, after the prefent Seffion of Parliament began, 
Mr. Knight gave the Examinant Direétions to draw out 
a Lift of the Exceedings upon the Loans; which he did 
from the Ledgers : ) 

Phat Mr, Chrifiopher Clayton was in great Intimacy 
with Mr. Kaight, and was appointed Clerk of the Loans; 
and had the principal Direétion in making out the Books 
of Loans: 

Yhat he knows Mr. Samuel Watts, who was a Clerk 
concerned in the Loans under Mr. Clayton; and takes 
him to be a Perfon of great Integrity. 

Mr. Robert Surman being examined, fays, That, fince 
the Inquiry began, the Examinant has feen the original 
Journals of the Loans at the South Sea Houfe: That 
Mr. Clayton was the Clerk appointed to take Care of the 
Loans; and thefe Journals were therefore properly under 
his Care: . 

That he believes there were feveral Alterations made in 
thefe original Journals; but he believes all fuch Altera. 
tions were made by Mr. Knight’s Directions, given to 
Mr. Clayton, as the firft Clerk; who directed the other 
Clerks to make the Alterations, or elfe made them him- 
felf : 

That thefe Journals were wrote by feveral Clerks: 
That all the Loans, as well as Adjuftments, were, as the 
Examinant believes, entered in thefe Journals. 

That the Examinant has not feen thefe Journals fince 
Mr. Knight went away : 

That the original Journals were not made alphabetical- 
ly, but from Day to Day as the Money was lent out: 

' That the Examinant remembers, in Two or Three 
Cafes, he had Orders from Mr. Knight to direét Mr. Clay- 
ton to make Alterations in the Journals; which the Exa- 
minant takes to be where there was a large Sum charged 
to particular Perfons, exceeding the Regulations of the 
Loans: 

That Mr. Knight had the Cuftody of the Subfcription 
Receipts, on which Money was lent for the Months of 
June, Fuly, and Auguft, 1720; and until the Committee 
of Loans was appointed; and the Examinant believes the 
Numbers of thofe Receipts were entered in the Journals 
of the Loans: 

That, fome of the Firft and Second Subfcribers not 
making their Firft Payment, Mr. Knight laid down the 
Money for them, and took their Receipts for his Secu- 
tity; which, as this Examinant has heard Mr. KnigAt fay, 
brought his Cafh under Difficulties; but neverthelefs, fuch 
Subfcribers had a Right to borrow, and often did borrow, 
of the Company, the 300/. per Cent. on fuch Subfcrip- 


tions : 

That the Examinant has had Mr, Kzighi’s Orders to 
direct Mr. Clayton to enter fictitious Names in the Jour- 
nals of the Loans: 

That the Loans on Stock, and thofe on Subfcriptions, 
were kept in diftinét Journals: That there were Three 
Journals of the Loans on Stock; the Firft commencing 
at the Beginning of the Loan, and continued to May 1720; 
the Second carried on to Médfummer; and the Third to 
the End of the Loan: That there was but One original 
Journal for the whole Loan upon Subfcriptions : 

That the faid original Journals were copied alphabeti- 
cally fome time after the Conclufion of each Journal : 

That he remembers he has feen Mr. Kuight and Mr. 
Clayton together, making Alterations in the {aid original 
Journals of the Loans; and he has heard Mr. Kuight di- 
rett Clayton to make Alterations therein, and enter ficti- 
tious Names. 

Mr. George Woolley, Mr. Fames Ottey, and Mr. Ste- 
phen Crifp, being examined, fay, They were employed 
under Mr. Chriftopher Clayton in making our the Ledgers 
of the Loans; which they accordingly did, from foul 
Journals, which they do not believe were the original 
Journals ; nor did they ever fee the Originals, to their 
Knowlege: That Mr. Clayton was the Perion who had the 


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peggy Direction in making out the Account of the 
oans : 

That the Examinants did, by Mr. Clayton's Dire&amp;tion, 
make feveral Alterations in the faid foul Journals; 

That the Paper annexed totheir Examination, the Three 
Columns of which are intituled Alterations made in Names 
on the Loan; Alterations made in Sums on the Loan; 
Names and Sums added to the Loan, that were not in the 
Copy of the original Journal; contains a full and true 
Account of all {uch Alterations made in the faid foul 
Journals, as they can now remember; a Copy of which 
Paper your Committee have annexed in the Appendix to 
this their Report. 

Mr. Charles Clark, being examined by your Committee, 
at the Requeft of Geerge Baker Efquire, tays, hat George 
Baker Efquire, Member of Parliament, fet out from 
London to the County of Durham, on the 23d of Fe- 
bruary 1719, where the Examinant verily believes he 
continued till November 1720; which this Examinant can 
the better depofe, becaufe, on the faid 23d of February 
1719, Thomas Conyers Efquire, and the Examinant, were 
Witneffes to the Execution of an Agreement by the faid 
Mr. Baker; and this Examinant very well remembers, 
that he dined that Day with Mr. Baker, and afterwards 
faw him take Poft; and the Examinant correfponded 
weekly with the faid Mr. Baker, from thac Time till 4- 
guft 1720; when this Examinant likewife went into the 
County of Durham; and there was frequently in Com- 
pany with the faid Mr. Baker till the latter End of Oéfo- 
ber 1720. 

And now your Committee find themfelves under a Ne- 
ceffity of clofing their Inquiry into the Matters referred to 
them, by reafon of the Abfence of Mr. Kuight,; who 
appears to have been principally, and in many Inftances, 
folely entrufted in the Execution of this black and de- 
ftructive South Sea Scheme. 


APPENDIX. 


Alterations made in Names on the Loan. 
George Brace. 
Thomas Butler Efquire, from Thomas Boteler Efquire. 
George Baker, to George Baber. 
Wm. Philips, to Wm. Phipps. 
Sir Vm. Thompfon, to Mr. Wm. Thompfon. 


In the Subfcription Journal. 
‘Sohn Adderley, to Fohn Ackerley. 
Wm. Henry, to Wm. Henryfon. 
Alterations made in Sums on the Loan. 


Colonel Fohn Arnott. Benjamin Collier 
Richard Arlington junior. Lord Caftlemain. 


Robert Brooks. Richard Fleming. 

Fohn Burridge, M. P. James Gibbs. 

Henry Burford. Colonel Murray. 
Fobn Barber. Thomas Marfh. 

Lord Carpenter. Fohn Seaward. 
Alexander Chacke. Pearce and Company. 
Sir Cefar Child. 


Narnes and Sums added to the Loan, that were not in 
the Copy of the original Journal. 




















Stock. | Money. 
Thomas Arnot Efquire — | 2,000 8,000 
Fo. Bowdidge — | 1,000 4,000 
Lucy Baynton a —j 1,000 4,000 
Gilbert Burnett —— ——]| 3,000! 13,000 
Geo. Churchey - —]| 1,000 4,000 
Mary Cookfon — | 1,100 5,400 
Thomas Carrington od —_ 1,000 4,000 
John Coltman — — ]} 1,000 4,900 
Captain Davifon — 1,100 9,900 
Francis Eyles Ef{quire —— |! 3,500] 14,000 
Char. Edgerton — 1,000 2,000 
Thomas Feytounn = —— —— 1,000 4,000 
Thomas Gaim — —. 1,000 4,000 


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Stock. Money. 
Wm. Gore Efquire — | 1,000 4,000 
Countefs Dowager of Gainflorough | 3,000 4 12,000 
Dr. Fohn Herbert —— } 2,000 8,000 
H. Robert Herbert 500 1,250 
Elizabeth Harvey —— — 1,000 4,000 
Edward Hardy 1,000 4,000 
Leurence Hoeléfcrd —— — | 2,200 8,400 
Thomas Fefferton 1,000 4,0C0 
James King Efquire —— }; 1,000 4,000 -. 
Henry Knowles — 1,000 4,000 
ames Lany —— ae 1,000 4,000 
Lord Litchfeild 2,000 | - 5,000 
Teac Loeffs ne —_—— 1,000 4,000 
Lord Lonfdale —— —— | 1,000 4,000 
Lord Lempfter 1,000 4,000 
Edmund Norton —— — ]} 1,000 4,000 
Fames Port —— — 1,000 4,000 
Fames Quin —- — 1,000 4,000 
Thomas Quafb 1,000 4,000 
Daniel Randall a ose 1,000 4,000 
Francis Simmons —— — 1,000 4,000 
Thomas Tower —_—-— — }|- 1,000 4,000 
Fames Tenant —-- — 1,000 4,000 
Fehn Valliant — —! 1,000 4,000 
Edwerd Wainwright — | 1,000 4,000 
Thomas Yale — | 1,000 4,000 
Thomas Yarborough — — | 1,000 4,000 
£. 50,400 | £. 203,950 
Subfcrirtion, 
Thomas Carrington 2,000 6,000 
Fohn Coltman — — | 2,000 6,000 
£+ 215,950 


Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Wednefday Morning next. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of ‘the Bills for Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and for reftraining 
Fohn Aiflabie Elquire, from going out of this Kingdom 
for the Space of One Year, and until the End of the next 
Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate and 
Effects; and for the preventing the traniporting or alie- 
nating the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy, of the Twenty-firft of April laft, be taken into 
further Confideration upon this Day Sevennight. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Reports from the Commiffioners appointed to inquire into 
the forfeited Eftates : 

And the fame were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Reports be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for enabling 
Charles Earl of Arran to purchafe the forfeited Eftate of 
Fames Butler late Duke of Ormond, and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned; is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the fatd Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for pro- 
longing the Time for determining Claims on the forfeited 
Eftates. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Wiliam late Lord Wid- 
drington, which was prefented to the Houfe the Twelfth 
In{tant, and then ordered to lie upon the Table, be re- 
ferred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, 1 hat they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, 
for Relief of the faid late Lord Widdrington, according to 
the Prayer of the faid Petition. 

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Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. . 

Mr. Hungerford took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hungerford reported from the faid Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wedne/day 
Morning next. 

Ordered, That * x * * 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 17° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofé Names are 

fA thereunto fubfcribed, béing wholefale Traders and 

ealers concerned in Engli/b Bone-lace, in or about the 
Town of Torcefer,in the County of Northampton, on the be- 
half of themfelves, and great Numbers of others, Traders 
and Dealers in the faid I.ace, in and about the faid Town, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Manufacture of Exgli/h Bone-lace has, of late Years,been 
very much improved, both for Finenefs of Work, and Ser- 
vice, as to equal any Lace imported from Abroad: The 
faid Manufacture received very great Encouragement by an 
Aé, made in the Reign of his late Majefty King Wil- 
liam, for Prohibiting of Bone-lace from Flanders, great 
Numbers of Families then learned, and improved them- 
felves in, the faid Manufacture; but, fince the Repealing 
of the faid A&amp;t, have met with great Difcouragements, 
and their Trade much fallen away by the daily Increafe of 
great Quantities of foreign Lace imported; the great 
Duty paid upon Thread imported, for manufacturing 
the Englifh Lace is a great Difcouragement to the Enghjh 
Maaolinees, and enables the Foreigners to under-fell 
them at Market: And praying Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee appointed to confider of the 
State of the Trade between this Kingdom and the Auftrian 
Netherlands. 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for appointing Commiffioners: to examine, 
ftate, and determine, the Debts due tothe Army: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford, and Mr. 
Lovibond : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the further preventing his Majefty’s Subjects from 
trading to the Ea Indies, under foreign Commiffions ; 
and for encouraging, and further fecuring, the lawful 
Trade thereto ; and for further regulating the Pilots of 
Dover, Deal, and the Ifle of Thanet ; without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, of the Breach of Privilege com- 
ose of to have been committed againft Fames Smith 

fquire, 2 Member of this Houfe, be received upon 
Monday Morning next, 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 
crecy, of the Fifth of Fume inftant, be taken into further 
Confideration upon this Day Sevennight, 

Vou. XIX, j . 


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The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration his 
Majeity’s moft gracious Meflage of Yefterday : 

And the fame was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

And the Copy of the Treaty between Great Britain 
and Sweden, Fanuary 21. 1742; and of the feparate Ar- 
ticles of the faid Treaty; were read; and are as follow, 
VIZ, 

Tranflation of the Treaty between Great Britain and 

Sweden. 

W HEREAS the moft Serene and moft Potent 
Prince and Lord the Lord George, King of Great 
Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, 
Duke of Brunfwick and Lunenberg, Arch Treafurer and 
Elector of the Holy Roman Empire ; as likewife the moft 
Serene and moft Potent Princefs and Lady the Lady U/- 
rica Eleonora, Queen of the Suedes, Goths, and Vandals, 
&amp;c. have thought it expedient, for the more ftrié&amp; 
Connefion, and greater Confirmation, of a mutual 

Friendfhip, and fincere Amity; and for the increafin 
and promoting the Welfare and Security of the faid 
Princes, their Kingdoms and Subjects ; that the former 
Treaties made between the famous Kingdoms of Great 
Britain and Sueden, and the Kings, Predeceffors of the 
Princes above-mentioned ; and, in the Firft Place, parti- 
cularly, that betwixt Wiliam the Third, of bleffed and 
moft glorious Memory, his Royal Majeity of Greet Bri- 
taiz at that time reigning, and Charles the XIIth, likewife 
of bleffed and moft glorious Memory, his Royal Majefty 
of Sueden at that Time reigning; which was made at the 
Hague in the Year 1700, tor Eighteen Years, and expir- 
ed in the Year 1718 laft paft; fhall now, by the Media- 
tion, and under the Guaranty, of his Sacred, Royal, 
moft Chriftian Majefty, who has appointed the Sieur de 
Campredcn, his Minifter and Refident, to be his Plenipo- 
tentiary ; and has taken care, that he fhould be furnifhed 
with Powers for this Purpofe ; be refumed, amended, and 
renewed ; and be accommodated and applied to the prefent 
State of Affairs: His Sacred Royal Britannick Majetty, for 
the Perfecting of fo falutary a Work, has thought fit law- 
fully to conititute, and fufficiently to commiffion, the moft 
Iluftrious and moft Excellent Lord Fobn Lord Carteret, 
Baron of Hawues, in the Count of Bedford, One‘ of the 
Gentlemen of his Bed-chamber, Lord Lieutenant of the 
County of Devon, his Ambaffador Extraordinary and Ple- 
nipotentiary at the Court of her Sacred Royal Majefty of 
Sweden, as her Sacred Royal Majefty of Sueden has, in 
like manner, commiffioned the moft [lluftrious and moft 
Excellent Count the Lord Charles Guftavus a Ducker, a 
Senator of her Majefty, and of the, Kingdom, chief 
Marefchal de Camp, and Counfellor of War; as alfo the 
moft Illnftrious and moft Excellent Count the Lord 
Guftavus Adam a Taube, a Senator of her Majefty, and 
of the Kingdom, chief Marefchal de Camp, and chief 
Governor of Stockhclme ; likewife the moft Illuftrious and 
moft Excellent Count the Lord Magnus dela Gardie, a 
Senator of her Majefty, and of the Kingdom, and Pre- 
fident of the College of Trade; likewife the moft Il- 
luftrious and moft Excellent Count the Lord Fohn Lili- 
enftadt, a Senator of her Majefty, and of the Kingdom, 
and Counfellor of the Chancery; and laftly, the Illuitrious 
free Baron Nicholas de Hopken, her Secretary of State ; 
who, having met here at Stockholm, and having, on each 
Side, duly exhibited and exchanged their full Powers, and 
held various Conferences thereupon, after an accurate 
Knowlege and Difquifition of Matters, fuitable to the 
Weight of the Affair, have agreed and confented to re- 
ceive, as a Bafis and Foyndation for treating the Treaties 
concluded at Stockholm, the 5th Day of Merch 1665; and 
at the Hague, the 6th Day of Fanuary 1700; in fuch 
manner neverthelefs, that immediately, and without any 
Lofs of Time, a Negotiation fhall be entered upon at 
Stockholm, by the Commiffaries on both Parts, concern, 
ing Matters which relate to the Commerce of both King. 
doms, and of their Subjects ; and are Part, not only of 
the ahovelaid Treaty made ™ the Year 1665, but al{o of 
ey thag 


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that in the Year 1700; but that the aforefaid Treaties, 
made in 1665 and 1700, as far as they concern mutual 
Friendfhip, good Corefpondence, and Security, are 
wholly confirmed and cerroborated by this prefent 
Treaty ; certain Additions and Changes thereunto being 
annexed, to the end that they may be more accommo- 
dated and applicable to the prefent Pofture of Affairs ; 
as will appear from what is mere fully explained, pro- 
vided, and concluded, in the following Articles. 


There fhall be between his Sacred Royal Majefty of 
Great Britain, and the Princes his Heirs and Succeffors, 
on the One Part, and her Sacred Royal Majefty of Sue- 
den, and the Princes her Heirs and Succeflors, on the 
other Part, for ever; as alfo between their refpective 
Kingdoms, Dominions, Provinces, IMands, Territories, 
Colonies, Cities, Towns, People, Citizens, Inhabitants, 
and all, as weli thofe who now are, or hereafter fhail be, 
their Subjects and Vaflals, both within and without Ea- 
rope, in all Places whatfoever, by Land, and by Sea, 
and in frefh Waters, a fincere and conftant Friendhhip, 
Alliance, and good Correfpondence; fo that they may 
not do any Daimage, either to each other or their re- 
fpective Kingdoms, Provinces, Colcnies, wherefoever 
fituated; or to their refpective Subjects ; nor suffer the 
like to be done by others; much lefs give their Confsnt 
thereunto; but that they fhall cherifh one another with 
fincere Affection, perfect Benevolence, and mutua! Love. 

II. 

Fach of the Confederates, their Heirs and Succeffors, 
fhall accordingly be obliged ftudioufly to preferve and pro- 
mote their mutual Advantage and Honour; early to de- 
clare and detect any Dangers, Confpiracies, and hoftile 
Machinations, as foon as they fhall know of them; to 
put a Stop to them, to the utmoft of their Power; and to 
join and afford their Advice and Forces, to obviate and 
prevent them: For which Reafon it hall not be lawful 
tor either of the Confederates, either by himfelf, ar by 
any others whatfoever, to do, tranfact, or attempt, any 
thing to the Difadvantage or Damage of any the Terrj- 
tories, Dominions, or Jurifdictions, whatfoever, of the 
other, in any Place, by Sea, or by Land; he fhall not, 
by any means, encourage any Enemies, Rebels, or Adver- 
faries, tothe Damage of his Confederate; nor fhall he 
receive or admit into his Dominions any of fuch Rebels 
or Traitors; much leis fhall he give them any Countfel, 
Affiftance, and Favour, or fuffer any fuch thing to be 
given them by his eines ili or Inhabitants. 


As to the Rebels above-mentioned, particularly who- 
ever fhall be declared a Rebel or Traitor, by Letters fent 
from either of the Confederates to the other, he likewife 
fhall be immediately reputed fuch by that Confederate ta 
whom fuch Letters fhall be fent; and all Things fhall 
be effectually executed againft him, which, by this 
Treaty, are determined againft Rebels and Traitors to 
either of the ne, 

And that the aforefaid Friendfhip, and good Corre- 
fpondence, of the above-mentioned Princes, their King- 
doms and Subjects, may be itill more effectually culti- 
vated, for their own Advantage, and the Protection of 
the Proteftant Religion; and that the Security of both 
may be more and more taken care of ; itis agreed on both 
Sides, That the moft Serene and moft Potent Princes and 
Kingdoms of Great Britain and Sweden may be moft 
ftriétly united, by a fpecial Defenfive Alliance ; and by 
thefe Prefents they are united by a moft ftrict Treaty; and 
are reciprocally obliged to a mutual Defence, as well of 
their Kingdoms, Dominions, Provinces, States, Sub- 
jects, and Poffeffions, as of the Rights and Liberty of 
Navigation and Trade, both in the Baltick Sea, the Sound, 
as in the Northern Deucaladonian Sea, the Weftern Britifh 
Sea, and what is commonly called the Channel; and alfo 
of the Privileges and Prerogatives belonging to either of 

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and by National and Hereditary Right, againft all Invaders 
and Aggrefiors whatfoever, and all Difturbers by Sea or ° 
Land, in Europe, as hereafter is more particularly declared, 


If therefore it thall happen, that his Sacred Royal Ma- 
jefty, and the Princes his Heirs and Succeffors, and 
Kingdoms of Great Britain, be invaded, infefted, or dif. 
turbed, in Europe, by any King, Prince, State, Repub- 
lick, or by One or more Rebels, or by One or more evil. 
defigning Perfons whatfoever, in the Kingdoms, Jurifdic. 
tions, Provinces, Iflands, and Dominions, now thereunto 
belonging, as alfo inthe Rights thereupon depending, or 
fhall any other way be troubled or moleited in the Liberty 
of Navigation and Commerce, in the Seas, or narrow 
Seas, aforefaid ; her Sacred Royal Majefty of Sweden, 
the Princes her Heirs and Succeffors, and the Kingdoms 
of Sweden, fhall be obliged to fuccour the moft Serene 
King of Great Britain, and the Princes his Heirs and 
Succeffors, with an Army of Six thoufand Foot, againtt 
fuch Invaders, Difturbers, and Rebels, after being legally 
thereunto called upon, and requefted, on the Conditions, 
and in the Manner, hereafter more particularly {pecified, 

VI. 

In like manner, if it fhall happen, that her Sacred 
Royal Majelty of Sweden, the Princes her Heirs and Suce 
ceflors, and the Kingdom of Sweden, be invaded, infeft- 
ed, or difturbed, in Lurope, by any King, Prince, State, 
Republick, by any One or more Rebels, or by any One 
or more iil-defigning Perfons whatfoever, in their King- 
doms, Jurifdictions, Provinces, Iflands, and Dominions, 
either within or without the Kingdoms, or in Germany, 
which now belong to the Kings and Kingdoins of Sweden, 
or intheir Poffeffions, Prerogatives, Privileges, and Rights, 
thereupon depending; or thal] any way be difturbed or 
molefted in the Liberty of Navigation and Cominerce in 
the Seas, and narrow Seas, aforefaid; his Sacred Royal 
Majefty of Great Britain, and the Princes his Heirs and 
Succeffors, fha]l be obliged to fuccour the moft Serene 
Queen of Sweden, and the Princes her Heirs, Succeffors, 
and Kingdoms, againft fuch Invaders, Difturbers, and 
Rebels, with an Army of Six thoufand Foot ; being firft 
legally required thereto, on the Conditions, and in the 
Manner, hereafter ta be fpecified. 

Vil, 

The Auxiliary Forces, which may hereafter be fo de- 
fired, fhall be furnifhed, in the Fourth Month at leat 
after the Demand is made, if fooner it cannot be, in fome 
convenient Port or Place, which fhall be before named 
to the Prince who fends them, and appointed by him 
who fhall demand them ; neither fhall the Preparation of 
fuch Succour be in the leaft delayed, much lefs be wholly 
neglected, by reafon of thofe friendly Offices, which it 
is the Duty of the Confederate called upon, by virtue of 
this Treaty, to try, in the Firft Place, for obtaining an 
amicable Compofition: Moreover, the Troops whith thall 
be fent, even after their Arrival, fhall be fupported and 
maintained at the Expence of the Sender, till Peace fhall 
be obtained, or as long as they fhall be thought neceflary 
to the Demander; fo neverthelefs, that the Demander, 
in the mean while, fhall take care, in his own Territories, 
that the Auxiliary Forces may have Provifions, and other 
Things neceflary for their Ammunition and Cloathing, 
at the fame Price with his own Troops, ; 


It fhall be at the Choice of that Confederate, who fhall 
demand Succours, whether he will have the above-named 
Army in Whole, or in Part only, and the Refidue in 
warlike Stores, Munitions, Forage, Ships, and other 
Things requifite for their Maintenance ; and the E:ftimate 
for a Thoufand Foot fhall be made at Six thoufand Im- 
perial Rix-dollars by the Montlr; according to which, 
the Commiffaries on each Part fhall, without Delay, and 
bona fide, agree. 

IX. 
If any Danger fhall prevent the Auxiliary Forces from _ 


coming, without Impediment, ta the Place where they 
a . fhall. 





” GEo. I, 


fhall be neceffary for the Demander, both the Confederates 
fhall co-operate for making their Paffage more eafy and 
fafe : The Sender fhall likewife be at Liberty to place a 
Commander at the Head of his own Forces; which, as far 
as the State of the War will permit, fhall remain joined in 
one and the fame Body; which is fo to be underftood, 
that they may not be feparated into Places far remote 
from one another: The Commander of the Auxiliaries 
fhall, however, obey the Military Orders of the De- 
mander, or his chief General, in warlike Operations ; and 
all Things, which relate to the Marches of the Troops, 
the Manner of acting, and all other Events whatfoever, 
fhall be fo-fettled as is moft ufual in Cafes of War, aad 
of the furnifhing Succours; which Regulation alfo hall 
take place, if it happens, that Ships are furnifhed, inftead 
of Land Soldiers ; which, as they are auxiliary fhall bear 
the Colours of the Prince who demands them, 
X. 

But if it fhould happen, that the Forces fpecified fhould 
not be fufficient, with refpect to the Greatnefs of the 
Danger; that is, if the Agereffor fhould happen to be 
affifted by Succours from jome Confederate or cther of 
his, or fhould become fuperior, and too powerful, by his 
own Strength and Succeffes, then the other Confederate 
fhall be obliged to help, as foon as poffible, the Party 
injured and opprefied, with greater Forces, both by Sea 
and Land, and fuch as may be neceffary; as alfo with 
Subfidies in Money ; in fuch manner however, that, when 
the Cafe fhall exift, Deliberation fhall be had, according 
to the Exigency of Affairs, concerning the Manner, Na- 
ture, and Time, of giving fuch Affiftance: And whereas 
it has happened, that the Kingdom of Szvedex has, for a 
long time, been annoyed by divers neighbouring Powers, 
even while the Treaty concluded in the Year 1700 was in 
force; and-as that War ftill continues; therefore his Sa- 
cred Royal Majefty of Great Britain acknowleges himfelf 
to. be engaged, as well on account of the Treaty juft now 
mentioned, as by virtue of this prefent Treaty, to furnifh 
thofe further Succours which are hereunder {tipulated, ; 

XI, 

And although all amicable Means are hitherto made ufe 
of for compofing this prefent War in the North, accord- 
ing to the Defire of her Sacred Royal Majefty of Sweden , 
yet the Succefs does not anfwer thofe Defires; his Sacred 
Royal Majefty of Great Britain doth therefore hereby de- 
clare, and oblige himfelf, in cafe thefe Attempts towards 
a friendly Reconciliation fhould prove ineffectual, that he 
will not let any more Time be loft ta no Purpofe; but 
that he will fend, early next Spring, to the Affiftance of 
the Kingdom of Sweden, a ftrong Squadron of Ships of 
War, that fhall act under the Direétion and Difpofition of 
her Sacred Royal Majefty of Sweden, in Conjunction with 
her Ships of War, to repel the Czar of Mu/covy’s Inva- 
fions upon Sweden, and to obtain from him, as foon as 
poffible, the Articles and Conditions of an équitable 
Peace : But all the Operations which are to be performed 
by thefe joint Forces, muft be directed and ordered in a 
Council of War, which fhall be previoufly held among 
the Commanders of the Naval Forces of each Crown ; 

_and for the future, before the Auxiliary Forces fhall be 
fent, he that has fuffered Violence and Injury, fhall com- 
municate with the other Confederates ; and then each of 
the Confederates fhall employ his Endeavours to bring the 
Invader or Difturber, by amicable Means, to abftain from 
Violence and Injury, left it fhould become neceffary to 
have recourfe to Arms: But in cafe the Aggreffor fhould 
prove fo obftinate, that he will, by no amicable Means, 
comply in doing what is equitable ; and thereupon the 
Confederate who has been injured and offended, fhall be 
forced to repel the Violence offered him, and to put a 
Stop to any further Trouble, by Force of Arms; then at 
Jength the aforefaid Forces fhall be fent without further 
Delay ; nor fhall they leave off till entire Satisfaction be 
given to the Party aggrieved and he that forces One by 
Injuries to make a juft Defence, fhall be reputed an 
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XiL. 


It fhall likewife be lawful for each of the Confederates, 
and for their Subjects, to bring their Ships of War, and 
other armed Veffels, into the Ports of the other to winter 
and abide there, and to have and enjoy the Immunities 
and Privileges thereof; provided only, that thefe who 
are not common Enemies, be not annoyed in the faid 
Ports, or in their entering into the fame; or that their 
Intercourfe of Trade to the faid Ports be not difturbed ; 
much lefs, that it be wholly ruined: It has likewife been 
fettled, by the mutual Confent of their Royal Confederate 
Majefties, That a particular Negociation, concerning Na~ 
vigation and Commerce, fhall immediately, and without 
Delay, be fet on foot at Steckbolin, for the mutual Bene- 
fit and Advantage of each Nation: In the mean while, 
and until thofe Tranfactions take Effeé, it is ftipulated and 
agreed between each of the Confederates, That a mu- 
tual and entire Freedom of Navigation and Commerce 
fhall be allowed on both Sides for all Sorts of Merchandize 
and Effects, through all and fingular their Countries, 
Dominions, and Territories, fituated in Europe ; fo that it 
fhall be lawful for their Subje€ts mutually to come, freely 
and fafely, by Sea or by Land, into the Kingdoms, Pro- 
vinces, Iflands, Towns, Cities, and Villages, of either 
Party ; there to abide, and to carry on Trade in all Sorts 
of Goods and Merchandize, the Import and Export 
whereof are not particularly forbid and prohibited by the 
Laws and Statutes of either Kingdom: Provided =. 
ever, That this Liberty of Trade be not extended to any 
other Places than to thefe Sea-ports which have been hi- 
therto allowed for the Commerce of any foreign Nation ; 
in which faid Ports, Towns, Cities, and Places, it fhallalways 
be free and lawful for the Subjects of either of the Con- 
federates, not only to abide, remain, and have Houfes, there, 
as long as they pleafe, without any Moleftation, Grievance, 
Canftraint, or Limitation of Time; but alfo to remove 
themfelves from thence with their Goods, Merchandize, 
and Effeéts, whatfoever, and to go with their faid Effects to 
another Place, whenfoever and whitherfoever they pleafe, 
without any Inconvenience, Delay, or Hindrance, whatfo- 
ever, under any kind of Pretence, unlefs they fhall be in 
Debt, and have contracted juft and lawful Demands upon 
them; neither fhall the faid Subjects be obliged to pay 
any Taxes or Impofition of any kind, or under any De- 
nomination whatfoever, while they remain mutually in 
the Dominions and Territories of either of the Con- 
federates, which the Nation the moft favoured is not 
obliged to pay: And to the end that the mercantile Af- 
fairs of the aforefaid Subjects may be fettled and advanc- 
ed in the beft manner they can, and that Trade may be re- 
ciprocally promoted between each Kingdom, the faid 
Confederates do mutually bind themfelves, and engage 
on each Side, That the Goods and Manufactures of each 
Nation fhall, for the future, pay no more Duties, nor 
higher Cuftoms, than thofe which are at prefent eftablifh- 
ed; and they fhall fo long enjoy this Immunity, till alk 
thefe Matters appertaining to mutual Commerce fhall be 
more clearly and effectually determined, by a particular 
Convention, or Treaty, to be forthwith made, and to be for 
ever after obferved, for the Benefit and Advantage of each 
Nation; nor fhall it be Jawful for the refpective Subjects 
of each of the Confgderates to demand or exact higher 
Prices for weighing and meafuring Goods and Mer- 
chandize, to be by them imported and exported, than fuch 
as are demanded from, and paid by, the Cities, Natives, 
and Citizens, of each Kingdom: It is further agreed and 
ordained, as a general Rule between the faid Confederates, 
That all and fingular their Subjects, in the Countries and 
Territories mutually under their Dominion, fhall enjoy, 
at leaft, the fame Favour in all Things, and on all Occa- 
fions, and fhall have and enjoy the fame Privileges, Li. 
berties, and Immunities, which the Subjects of any other 
Prince or State the moit favoyred have, ufe, and enjoy, 
or fhall hereafter haye, ufe, and enjoy. , 


By virtue of the Fourth and Fifth Articles of the 
Treaty 











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Treaty made in 1700, both Crowns were reciprocally ob- 
liged to furnifh thofe Succours which are therein ftipulat- 
ed, but on certain Conditions fpecified in the 16th Arti- 
cle of the faid Treaty ; whereby it was provided, That, 
if the Confederate required to fend Succours were himfelf 
involved in War with either his own Enemies, or thofe of 
his Confederate, he, in fuch cafe, fhould not only be ex- 
empted from fending Succours to the Demander, during 
that War; but might recall thefe he had already tent to 
his Confederate, purfuant to the Treaty, having given 
him a previous Notice of Three Months: And whereas 
it has happened, That the Sacred Reyal Majefty of Great 
Britain was engaged in War with the Crown of France till 
the Year 1713, now paft, at which time the Peace was 
made at Uirecht; and, for that Reafon, neither could nor 
ought to afford the Subfidies promifed to the Crown of 
Sweden, and whereas the War wherein the Kingdom of 
Sweden was engaged has Infted from that time to this; 
and, for that Reafon, Steden demands the Subfidies which 
remain; and whereas the Subjeéts of his Sacred Royal 
Majelty of Great Britain demand a juft Compenfation fer 
their Vefiels and Merchandize taken by the Swedi/b Ships 
and Cruifers, and afterwards condemned as Prizes; as 
likewife the Subjects of her Sacred Royal Majefty of 
Sweden demands a Compenfation for their Veffels and 
Merchandizes taken by the Ships and Cruifers of Great 
Britain, it is therefore agreed by the Two contracting 
Parties, That Commifiaries be immediately chofen on 
each Side, who may examine, and make a Liquidation of, 
the Ships and Goods taken, and carried off, on both 
Sides ; that it may appear which Party is indebted to the 
other; and that what is thus owing on account of either 
the one or the other of thefe Pretenfions, may be juitly 
paid at a Term a aca the faid Commiffaries. 

But thofe Prerogatives which are fpecified, in the Be- 
ginning of the 12th Article, as granted by One of the 
Confederates, in his Ports, to the Ships of his Confede- 
rate, fhall by no means be allowed to the Enemies of the 
other; fo neither fhall the Subjects of either of the Con- 
federates be allowed to ufe their Endeavours for the Ene- 
mies of the other, to the Difadvantage and Prejudice of 
the Confederate ; and ferve them in any manner, whether 
by Sea or Land, as Soldiers or Mariners; which, there- 
fore, fhall be very ftrictly forbid them, 

XV 


The prefent Treaty, concluded between their moft Se- 
rene Majefties of Great Britain and Sweden, fhall in no 
wife derogate from either of the Allies in their Sovereign- 
ties, Rights, and Dominions, of the Seas; to wit, from 
his Sacred Majefty of Great Britain, in the Dominion of 
the Seas which are vulgarly called the Brit#/) Seas; and 
from her Sacred Swedifo Majefty, in the Dominion of the 
Baltick Sea; but both the Confederates fhall, as now and 
heretofore, fo hereafter, retain all the aforefaid Rights, 
with all their Dependencies, and fhall fully and freely en- 
joy the fame, which Enjoyment of every thing aforefaid 
is to be underftood, op both Parts, with a Salvo to this 

refent Treaty. 
‘ ’ XVI. 

After the Prince requefted fhall, in the aforefaid 
manner, have fent his Succours, or fatisfied his Obliga- 
tion, according to the Laws of the Treaty, it is neceflary, 
that due Provifion fhould be made, on the other Side, 
for him, and his Security : And therefore it is agreed, on 
each Part, That the Confederate who fends Succours to 
the other Confederate, at his Requeft, may continue in 
the Quality of an Auxiliary, and not be involved in the 
War himfelf on account of the Succours fo furnifhed: 
But, neverthelefs, no Treaty of Peace, or a Truce,»may 
be agreed upon, without including and fecuring him, 
nor even a Sufpenfion of Arms which is of any long Con- 
tinuance, and prejudicial to the other Confederate: But, 
if he fhall be engaged in open War with the Agereffor, 
or otherwife, on account of the Succours he fhall have 
furnifhed ; then neither of them may, without the Confent 
and Advice of the other, agree either to any preliminaty 
or main Treaties with the Enemy or Enemies; but all 

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things are to be managed and negotiated by their mutual 
Affiftance, Participation, and Advice, till the moft ample 
Provifion be made for the fufficient Security, and due Sa- 
tisfaction, of both the Confederates, with their common 
Confent; particularly, that Confederate, who was firit 
engaged in War, may not conclude a Peace before the 
other Confederate, who, purfuant to the Treaty, fent 
Succours to his Confederate, fhall, in every Point, be in- 
demnified by the Enemy, and, at leaft, be fully reftored 
to his former Condition which he enjoyed, or ought to 
enjoy, before the War began, if his State and Condition 
fhall have fuffered any Diminution from the Enemy, and 
the War enfuing thereupon. 
XVII. 

Tothe Articles before-mentioned, concerning the Afi. 
tance to be given to each Confederate, at his Requeft, this 
Condition is exprefsly added, That if it fhall happen, 
after the Requeft made, ‘that One of the confederate 
Princes, fo requefted, fhould either be engaged in a War 
againft the common Enemy, or fhould be invaded in his 
own Kingdoms and Provinces by any other neighbouring 
King, Prince, or State ; fo that the faid requefted Prince 
fhould take fuch Invafion for a real War, for the Sup- 
preffing whereof the requefting Prince would other- 
wile, by virtue of this Treaty, be obliged to fend Suc- 
cours; then the confederate Prince, fo invaded, in caie 
any Auxiliary Forces fhall have been fent at the Requet 
of the other confederate Prince before the Invafion, thali 
be at Liberty, upon Three Months previous Notice, to 
recall the fame, for the Defence of his own Kingdom and 
Kingdoms; and during the faid Invafion, fhall not be 
obliged to furnifh the promifed Succours; as it formerly 
happened in the long War between the Crown of Great 
Britain and the moft Chriftian King: And though the 
aforefaid Treaty of the Year 1700, which fhall be efteemed 
the Bafis of this, was made upon this Condition ; and 
that this prefent Treaty, now concluded, ought to be 
explained hereafter in the fame manner; neverthelefs, his 
Sacred Majefty of Great Britain, that he may give the 
cleareft Teftimonies of his Friendfhip to the Crown of 
Sweden, engages himfelf, pro bac vice, That the prefenr 
War between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain thal] 
in no-wile hinder her Sacred Majefty of Swedew from 
actually keeping back the Succours ftipulated by this 
Treaty, nor from enjoying the Benefit of the fame, till 
the Peace fhail be happily reftored; that is to fay, The 
Subfidies, and Squadron of Ships, promifed in the Eighth 
and Eleventh Articles, till the Peace with the Czar of 
Mufcovy, but the Subfidies, only fo long as the War with 
the Crown of Denmark fhall laft ; thatis, if the faid War 
fhould, contrary to all Expectation, continue after the 
Peace with the Czar: On the other hand, her Sacred 
Majefty of Sweden engages herfelf to admit of no Condi- 
tions which may be, either directly or indirectly, propofed 
or offered to her by the King of Spain, fo far as thofe 
Conditions may occafion any Prejudice or Damage to the, 
Caufe which is, and has been, by a War of feveral Years, 
carried on againft Spain: Her Sacred Swedifh Majefty 
further engages for herfelf, her Heirs and Succe®5rs, to 
maintain and guaranty the Succeffion in che Kingdom of 
Great Britain, as it is fettled by the Laws of the King- 
dom, in the Family of his prefent Britannick Majefty; 
as likewife to defend all the Countries and Provinces pof- 
feffed by his Majefty; and will not give or grant any 
Afylum or Refuge, in any Part of her Dominions, to 
the Perfon, or his Defcendants, if he fhall have any, 
who, in the Life-time of King ames the Second, took 
upon him the Title of Prince of Wales, and, fince his 
Death, the Title of King of Great Britain; promifing 
likewife for herfelf, her Heirs and Succeflors, not to give 
to the faid Perfon, or his Defcendants, dire¢tly or indi- 
rectly, by Sea or Land, any Aid, Couafel, or Affiftance, 
whatfoever, either in Money, Arms, military Stores, 
Ships, Soldiers, Mariners, or any other Way whatfoever; 
and that fhe will obferve the fame with regard to thofe 
who may be commanded or impowered by the faid Per- 
fon, or his Defcendants, to difturb the Government of | 
his Britauzick Majefty, or the Tranquillity of his King- 

dom, 








4 GEO. 4 


dom, either by open War, or fecret Confpiracies, or by 
fomenting Seditions and Rebellions, or by exercifing Pi- 
racy upon the Subject of his Britannick Majelty; in which 
lait cafe, her Sacred Majefly of Sweden promifes not to 
fuffer fuch Pirates to have any Refuge in the Ports of 


her Kingdom: Laftly, Her Swedi/o Majefty engages ne- 
ver to give any Protection or Refuge, in any Part of 
her Dominions, to thofe Subjects of his Majefty of Great 
Britaiz, who at prefent are, or at any time hereafter fhall 
be, declared Rebels; and, if any fuch fhould happen to 
be in her Kingdoms, Provinces, and Dominions, fhe 
will command them to depart out of her Territories with- 
in the Space of Eight Days after the Solicitation made 
by his Maieity: But if, moreover, his Sacred Britanuick 
Majefty fhculd happen to be invaded, in a hoftile man- 
ner, in any Part of his Dominions, her Sacred Stwedi/h 
Majefty, in that cafe, obliges herielt to furnifh the fore- 
mentioned Succours, and to do the fame to his Defcend- 
ants, if they fhail happen, at any time, to be difturbed 
in the Succeffion of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And 
as it very much concerns the Proteftant Religion, and the 
Commerce of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Sweden, 
and all Chrifendom, that the Baltick Sea fhould not be 
under the Power of the Czar cf Mufcovy, therefore, if 
the {aid Czar refufes to make Peace with Swedex, and to 
refiore whet is requifite for re-eftablifhing the Security of 
the Kingdom of Stveden, and the Freedorn of Commerce 
in the Batick Sea, as they both were before the prefent 
War; in this cafe, his Sacred Majefty of Great Britain 
obliges himielf not only to furnifh thofe Succours which 
are ipecified in this prefent Treaty, to wit, that the afore- 
jaid End may be obtained by Force of Arms; but like- 
wile promiles to ufe all his Endeavours, and good Offices, 
with his Allies, thar they may affitt Sweden with Suc- 
cours, and fupply the Crown of Steen with Means to 
reftrain the Czar. 
XVIII. 

And although the Confederates be obliged to fend Suc- 
cours to one another reciprocally in the manncr aferefaid, 
yet that Obligation is not to be extended fo far, as that 
all Friendfhip, and mutual Commerce, with the Enemies 
ot the other Confederate, and their Subjects, fhould, on 
that account, be wholly withdrawn and forbid ; for ifthat 
cafe fhould happen, that one of the Confederates, even 
though he fhould have furnifhed the Succours requcited 
of him, yet fhould not be engaged in the War himielf, 
the Trade and Navigation of his Subjects, and Inhabitants, 
with the Enemies of that cther Confederate who is in 
War, fhall be free, and it fhail be lawful to carry any 
Sort of Merchandize to them, juch only excepted as are 
exprefly forbid, vulgarly called contraband, and are by 
the common Confent of all Nations, declared fuch. 

XIX. 

As both their aforefaid Majefties do hereby declare 
themfelves bound by fome certain Conventionsand Treaties 
which they have before entered into with others; and 
that they are willing to obferve the fame duly, according 
to the Tenor of the faid Conventions; yet that they are, 
at prefent, obliged by no Conventions, or Ciaufes con- 
tained in them, which can or ought, in any-wife, or under 
any Pretence, to invalidate and obitruét this prefent 
Treaty; fo, in order to make the mutual Faith of the 
Confederates, and their Perieverance in this Alliance, the 
more evident, and to confirm the Minds of their Subjects 
and Friends, beth their atorciaid Majefties do reciprocally 
oblige themielves, and declare, That they will fincerely, 
and éena fide, ftand to all and fingular the Articles of 
this Treaty; and that they will not, in the leaft, depart 
from the genuine and pia‘n Senfe of the aforefaid Arti- 
cles, under any Pretence of Intereft, Friendfhip, former 
Treaty, Convention, and Promife, or any other Colour 
whatluever; but that they will, according as Occafion 
and Affairs fhall require, either by themielves, or their 
Minifters and Subjects, {peedily and fully, as is ftipulated 
in exprefs Words, and clicctuaily, execute every thing 
which they have promifed in this Treaty; and that with- 
oucany Lirritation, Exceptien, or Excule; except thofe 

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6o!r 


Excufes which are expreffed in the foregoing Articles of 
this Treaty. 
XX. 

This Defenfive Treaty fhall continue for Eighteen 
Years; before the Expiration of which, the Confederate 
Princes may treat of a plenary Continuance thereof, if 
they fhall both think fit fo to do. 

XXL. 

As thefe Articles are concluded by virtue of a Power 
received, and Commiffions, on both Sides; fo the fame 
are to be approved and ratified, in due Form, by both 
their Sacred Majefties of Great Britain and Sweden; and 
the Inftruments of Ratification to be exhibited and ex- 
changed at Stockholm within the Space of Three Months 
to be computed from the time of this Signature; or fooner, 
if it may be. 

For the greater Certainty and Confirmation of all things 
before-mentioned, I'wo Copies of this Treaty are made ; 
one whereof the faid Ambaflador Extraordinary and Ple- 
nipotentiary of his Sacred Majeity of Great Briteia, and 
the other the faid Senators, and Secretary of State, of her 
Sacred Majeity, and the Kingdom of Sweden; being all 
furnithed with fpecial Powers for that Purpoie, have figned 
and iealed at Sieckhelm, and that on one and the iame 
Day; to wit, the 2ift of January 1712. 

Carteret (L.S.). 
Separate Articles. 
I. 

There fhall be and remain for the future, a more flrict 
and clofe Confederacy and Union than there has ever been 
heretofore between the above-mentioned Kings of Greve 
Britain and Sweden, for the preferving and protecting the 
Proteitant Religion, both the Evangelical and the Re- 
formed, as well in the Roman Empire, by virtue of the 
Peace of Wefiphalic, as in all other Countries, whereto- 
ever thofe Religions have been either publickly allowed, 
or, at leait, hitherto tolerated: Wherefore the above- 
named Princes, by thele Prefents, do mutually bind them- 
felves in the moi clofe Alliance; and do promile, That 
they will, through the Divine Providence and Afifttance, 
defend, provect, and prejerve, thofe Religions againft any 
clande.tine Contrivances, open Violence, or Periecutions, 
whatloever; and, for this End, they will faithfully join 
not only their Countels, but allo their Forces and Endea- 
Vours. 

I. 

Whiereas, in like manner, it feems to be no lefs advan- 
tageous for preferving the Freciiom of Navigation and 
Commerce in the Balrick Sea, then for the particular In- 
tereft and Security of the Kingdonis of Sweden and Den- 
mark againtt the Power of certain Neighbours, which is 
increafing more and more every Day; befides that, by 
this means, the commen Good of the Proteitants would 
be particularly taken care of, if a firm and pertect Friend- 
fhip could be reftored between theie Nations: For thefe 
Caufes his Sacred Royal Majetty of Great Britaia has 
not only offered his Mediation, which has hkewile been 
lately accepted by her Sacred Royal Majeity of Sweder, 
and by his Royal Majefty of Desmark, for putting an 
End to the prefent fatal War, which has fo long raged 
between the Kingdoms of Sweden and Denmark, and tor 
reftoring the former good Underitanding; but alfo, by 
virtue of this prefent Treaty, does engage and promife, 
on the Word of a King, his Security and Guaranty of 
all the Treaties of Friendthip and Guaranty heretofore 
made between the Crowns of Great Britain and Sweden , 
faving all thofe Things which have been ftipulated by the 


late Peace between the King of Greet Britaiz, as Eteétar 
of Brunfwick Lunenburg, the Queen ot Sweden, and the 


King of Prufia, as likewife thote Things which hall 
further be ftipulated, by his Mediation, in the Treaiy 
of Peace between the Crowns ot Sweden and Denmark - 
And that it may appear more evidently how much his 
Sacred Royal Majetty of Grea: Britain has the Tranquility 
of the North, and the Affairs of the Proteftant Reiig:en, 
at Heart; he engages, for himfelf, and for his Succetiurs, 
in that Kingdom particularly, to guaranty and mainiain che 

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Treaties of Wefphalia, not only in all the Articles and 
Claufes of the fame which relate to the Liberty and Pre- 
fervation of the Prote{ftant Religion, but alfo all the 
Rights, Dominions, and Provinces, which were given and 
granted by the Germanick Roman Empire to the Kings 
and Crown of Sweden, by virtue of the faid Peace; only 
the Particulars abovefaid being excepted, which have been 
alienated to the King of Greet Britain, as Elector of 
Bruafwick Lusenburg, and to the King of Prufia; as alfo 
fuch as fhall be further ftipulated, in the Treaty of Peace 
with the Crown of Denmark, with refpect to the Duke- 
dem of Silefwick; and, in the next Congrefs at Brunf- 


wick, with relation to the City of Wi/mar, fo that his 
Sacred Royal Majetty of Great Britain will allow nothing 


at all further to be done or attempted againft the Tenor 
of the Treaties of the Peace of Wejfip*alia. 

Thee feparate Articles fhail have the fame Force as if 
they were Word for Word inferted in the Treaty itfelf, 
which was this Day concluded and figned; and they fhall 
be ratified in the fame manner, and the Inftruments cf 
Ratification fhall be exchanged within the fame Space of 
Time as the Treaty itielf. 

For the greater Certainty and Strergth whereof, Two 

nitruments of thefe Prefents have been made; one 
whereofthe A mbaflador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of his Sacred Royal Majefty of Great Britaia, and the 
other the Senators, and the Secretary of State, of her Sa- 
cred Royal ‘Majefty, and of the Kingdom of Sweden, 
being all fpecialiy authorized for that Purpofe; did fign 
and feal at Stockhclm, on one and the fame Day ; that is 
tp fay, on the a1ft Day of Faxuary 1732. 


Certeret (L. S.). 


The Treaty, and feparate Articles, which are in Latin, 
are bound up with the other Papers of this Seffion. 
And a Motion being made, That a Supply be granted 
to his Majefty, to enable him to make good the Engage- 
ments he has entered into with the Crown of Sweden; 
and to give a reafonable Satisfaction to the Owners of the 
Ships called the Briftoll Merchant and Turky Merchant, 
cafe it be found neceffary, for the Prefervation of the 
Health of his Majefty’s Subjects, that the faid Ships, and 
their Lading, fhould be burnt and detftroyed. sae 
Refolved, That this Houie will retolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houle, to-confider of the faid 
Motion. 
Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refo.ve itfelf into the faid Committee of the whole 


Houle. 


Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the unhappy 
Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; and for reftraining 
Fohn Aiflabie Eiquire from going out of this Kingdom for 
the Space of One Year, and until the End of the next 
Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his Eitate and 
Effeéts; and for the preventing the traniporting or alie- 
nating the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





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Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, fate, 

A and determine, the Debts due to the Army, was 
read a Second time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 
Reiolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Rejolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 3 


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on 44. 172%, 

Mr. Hampden, according to Order, reported f:om the 
Committee of Privileges and Elections, the Matter, as it 
appeared to them, touching the Breach of Privilege com- 
plained of to have been committed againit Faines Smyth 
Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, and the Refolutions of 
the Committee thereupon; which Report he read in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Report, and Refolutions, were read; and are as 
follow; viz. 

That the Committee have examined the Matter of the 

Breach of Privilege complained of; and do find, 

That, on the Twenty-firft Day of Apri) lat, Robert 
Colman and Williem Caufey came to Mr. Simyti?s Houfe 
in Devowfbire, and there arretted Fohu Wills and Henry 
Chernaw, Two of Mr. Smyth’s menial Servants, know. 
ing them to be fuch Servants, and knowing Mr. Sinyth 
to be a Member of Parliament; which Arreft was in an’ 
Action of Trefpafs, at the Suit of Thomas Baynard 
Efquire, and Richard Needs Gentleman. 

It appeared to the Committee, That Mr. Needs was 
the Perfon who caufed the faid Arreft; and that he made 
ufe of Mr. Baynard’s Name in the faid AGtion, without 
his Knowlege or Privity 

The Committee came to the following Refolutions , 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Rodert Colman, Bailiff, having, on the Twenty-firft 
Day of April lat, arrefted John Wills and Henry Cher- 
raw, menial Servants to Fames Smyth Efquire, a Member 
of this Houle, in an Action of Trefpafs, is guilty of a 
Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. : 

Refolved, That it isthe Opinion of this Committee, That 
William Caufey, Bailiff, having on the Twenty-firft Day 
of April lalt, arrefted John Wills and Henry Cheriaw, 
menial Servants te Fames Suyth Efquire, a Member of 
this Houfe, in an Action of Trefpafs, is guilty of a Breach 
of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Richard Needs Gentleman, the Plaintiff in the faid 
Adtion, who caufed the faid Arrett, is 


: ey tne | : of a Breach 
of the Privilege of this Houfe. 


guilty 

The faid Refclutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That Rebert Colman, Bailiff, having, on the 
Twenty-firft of April lat, arretted Joka Wills and Hexry 
Chernaw, menial Servants to Fames Smyth Efquire, a 
Member of this Houfe, in an Aétion of Treipafs, is 
guilty of a Breach of the Privilege of this Houte. 

Refolved, That William Caufey, Bailiff, having, on the 
Twenty-firlt of April laft, arrefted Fohn Wills and Henry 
Chernaw, menial Servants to Fames Smyth Efguire, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, in an Action of Trefpats, is guilty of 
a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That Richard Needs Genileman, the Plaintiff 
in the faid Action, who caufed the faid Arreft, is guilty 
of a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Rebert Colman be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid William Cau/fey be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Richard Needs be, for his faid 
Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser 
jeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Mafters, and Scholars, 
of the Univerfity of Oxford, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fecting forth, That the Bill now depending in 
this Houfe, for bringing Water to London from the feve- 
ral Streams of Drayton, will very much obftruct the Cur- 
rent of the River Téames, by diverting that Water, whic! 
ufed to affift in floating the Barges; will greatly prevent 
the Univerfity’s being fupplied with ail Sorts of Provi- 
fions and Neceffaries for their Subfiftence, and enhance 
the Prices thereof, to the great Detriment of the faid Uni- 

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againit the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London 
and Wefminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read 
a Second time. 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing John Fredzrick Fales, was com- 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had directed 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be ingroffed. 

The Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Cali of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Sevennight. 

R folved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefdey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 


The Order being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the 
Motion, made on Saturday lat, for a Supply to be 
rranted to his Majefty, to enable him to make good the 
‘ngagements he has entered into with the Crown of 
Sweden; and to give a reafonable Satisfaction to the 
Owners of the Ships called the Brifoll Merchant and 
Turky Merchant, in cafe it be found neceffary, for the 
Prefervation of the Health of his Majefty’s Subjects, that 
the f2id Ships, and their Ladings, fhould be burnt and 
defiroved, 

Ordered, 


referred to 


ty rte 


r. 


That his Majefty’s moft gracious Meflage be 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Treaty with Sweden, in Fanuary 
1722, which was laid before the Houfe on Friday laft; 
and the feparate Articles of the faid Treaty; be referred 
to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Then the Houle refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tec. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Ferrer reported trom the Committee, That they 
had come to fome Refclutions; which the Committee had 
directed him to report, when the Houte will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Rejolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bills for the Relief of the un- 
happy, Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and for re- 
ftraining John Aiflabie Efquire from going out of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his 
Eftate and Effects; and for preventing the tranfporting 
or alienating the fame. 


» And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Martis, 20° die Juni; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

4 Petition of the incorporate Company of Chandlers 

and Soap-boilers within the City of Worcefter, to- 

gether with other Inhabitants of the faid City, was pre- 

iented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there 

is a general Decay of Trade within this City, occafioned 

chiefly by the Deadnefs of the Clothing-trade; wherein 

wany Thoulands of Poor were employed, who worked 

early and late, and burnt great Quantities of Candles, and 


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verfity: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, ° 


603 


ufed great Quantities of Soap: And praying to be eafed 
in the Premifes; and the Poor, of that Duty. . 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition do he upen the Table, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Oxford, in the County of Oxford, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; .fetting forth, That 
the Bill, now depending in this Houfe, for the better fup- 
plying London with Water, will be very prejudicial to 
the Navigation of the River of Thames: They have, for 
many Years laft paft, been put to great Charge in main- 
taining Locks, Weirs, and Turnpikes, for fupporting the 
fame; and, if the Bill fhould pafs into a Law, the Na- 
vigation will be rendered impracticable, and will be a 
great Difcouragement to the Trade and Commerce of this 
City: And praying to be heard, by Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table until 
the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of Lewzdcz ana 
Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read a 
Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others, 
Occupiers of Lands near and onthe River of Theses, 
in the County of Oxferd, was preiented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, Tat the Bill, now depending in 
this Houle, for bringing Water to Lowdon from the feve- 
ral Streams by Drayton, will very much obftruct the Cur- 
rency of the River of Themes, by diverting that Water, 
which, in dry Seafons, ufed to affitt in Floating of Barges; 
and-by the hindering the Navigation, and preventing the 
Trade of the great Towns on the faid River; and their 
Lands and Eftates fink in Value: And praying to be 
heard, by their Counfel, againit the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table until 
the Bill for the better fupplying the Cities of London and 
Weftmiofter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, be read a 
Second time. 


z 

A Petition of divers Merchants of Great Britain, 
Traders, and Owners of Ships, on behalf of themfelves, 
and many others, Sufferers by Captures from Stwedei, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; letting forth, 
That, in the Reign of the late King of Sweden, they car- 
rying on a lawful Trade to feveral Ports in the Baltick, 
and with the neceffary Pafies trom the Secretary’s Office, 
the Ships were intercepted by Privateers, and Ships of 
War, of that Crown; and their Cargoes illegally con- 
demned as Prize, to the Amount of Two hundred and 
fifty thoufand Pounds, and upwards, without any Satif- 
faction made for the jame: And, fince the prefent Queen 
of Sweden’s Acceffion to the Crown of that Kingdom, 
fhe did declare to the Lord Carteret, his Majefty of Great 
Britain’s then refiding Minifter, That jutt Satisfaction 
fhould be made to all fuch Sufferers: And praying, That 
the many heavy Loffes they have fuftained by the faid 
Captures, and on the Promtfe made on the Part of 
Sweden; and atford them Relief in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing John Frederick Fales, 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for naturalizing John Frederick Fales. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Order being read, for Reading of the Bil! for the 
better fupplying the Cities of London and Wefimin/ter, 
and Parts adjecent, with Water, a Second time; and for 
hearing Counfel, on behalf of the City of Lendow, avaintt 
the faid Bill; and alfo for hearing Countel for the faid 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Counfel be called in. 

And they were called in accordingly: 

And the Bill, and the Petition of the City of Lendon 
again{t it, were read: J 


And 








604. 


And the Counfel for the City of London, and alfo for 
the faid Bill, were heard; and feveral Witnefles were 
examined on both Sides. 

And then the Countel, and Witneffes, were directed to 
withdraw. ’ 

And Mir. Speaker opened the Bill. 

Anda Motion being made, and che Queftion being put, 
That the Bill be committed ; 

Ii pafied in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Hearing the Matter touching the 
Flection for the Borough of /Whitchurch, in the County 
of Scuthampton, which was appointed to be heard at the 
Bar of this Houfe upon T/ur/day Morning next, be heard 
at the Bar of this Houfe upon Fiiday Morning next. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Mz. Farrer. according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houle, who were to confider 
of the Mation for a Supply to be granted to his Majefty, 
to enable him to make good the Engagements he has en- 
tered into with the Crown of Sweden; and to give a rea- 
fonable Satisfaction to the Owners of the Ships called the 
Briel Merchant and Turky Merchant, in cafe it be found 
neceflary, for the Prefervation of the Health of his Ma- 
jetty’s Subjects, that the faid Ships, and their Ladings, 
fhould be burnt and ceftroyed; the Refolutions the Com- 
mittce had directed him to report to the Houte ; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered them 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Refolutions were 
read; and are as follow, w/z. 

Refelved, ‘Yhat it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Supply be granted to his Majefty, to enable him 
to make good the Engagements he has entered into with 
the Crown of Sweden. 

Refolzed, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
‘Vhat a Supply be granted to his Majeity, to be apphed 
to the Satisfaction of the Mafters, Owners, and Freighters, 
of the Ships Briflol Merchant and Turkey Merchant, which 
are intended to be burnt and deftroyed, for the Preterva- 
tion of his Majelty’s Subjects againit Infection. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second time, 
were, upon the Quettion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houle. . 


Rejolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty, to en- 
able his Majefty to make good the Engagements he has 
entered into with the Crown of Sweden; and to give Sa- 
tisfa¢tion to the Matters, and Owners, and Freighters, of 
the Ships Briftol Merchant and Turkey Merchant. 


Mr. Lownds prefented to the Houfe, a Copy of the 
Commiffioners of the Cultoms Report concerning the 
Ships Briftel Merchant and Turky Merchant. 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houie. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bull for continuing the 
Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoutand Seven huadred and Twenty- 
one, was committed, be received upon Thurfday Mora- 
ing next. 


The Houle refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houie, to confider further of the tills tor Rehef 
of the unhappy Suticrers in the Sowit Sea Company; and 
for reftraining Foha Aiflabie Etquire from goiwg out of 
this Kingdom fur the Space of One Year, and uatil the 
End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcover- 
ing his Ettate and Effects; and for preventing the tanf- 
porting or abienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker lett the Chair. 

Mi. Cleyten vock the Chair of the Committee. 


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Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported frota the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the faid Bills ; and had 
direéted him to move, That they may have Leave to fir 
again. 

Refolved, That this Hovfe will, To morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 


confider further of the faid Bills. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 21° die Funii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS, 


Petition of Arthur Balfour, Son of Fohn Balfour 

late of Fernie, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That Robert Lord Burleigh did, by a 
Deed dated in Fuly 1713, make a Settlement of all his 
Eftate upon Feoh Balfour, and his Heirs Males, with 
feveral Remainders over, in Truitt, for the Payment of 
all his Lordfhip’s Debts; and under a Provilo of Re- 
demption of the Premifies, for Payment of a Rofe Noble 
by the eldeft Male Child to be procreate of the Body of 
Robert then Mafter of Burleigh, Son of the faid Lord, 
and by the Heirs Male of that Male’s Body; with feve- 
ra} Remainders over: The faid Jotun Balicur being at- 
tainted of High Treafon ar Carlile, all his Ettate became 
forfeited ; but, being feited of the Eftate of Burleigh 
only in Trutt for the Firlt Male Child, when he fhould 
exiit, and for fevera] Perfons in Remainder, the Peti- 
tioner apprehends that neither the Male Child, nor he 
who is next in Remainder, could fuffer any Prejudice by 
the Attainder of the faid Ychn Balfour: The Petitioner 
impowered his Agent in Scotland to enter a Claim before 
the Commiffioners for Sale of the forfeited Eftates; but 
the fame not being done in the Terms prefcribed by the 
feveral Acts of Parliament for that Purpofe, he is advifed, 
thar, by this Neglect or Overfight, the Male Child that 
may exift, and himiclf, who is next in Remainder, will 
be intirely cut off from their Right, which they are inti- 
tled to by virtue of the faid Settlement, unlefs relieved : 
And praying, That a Claufe may be added to the Earl 
of Arran’s Bill, enabling him to purchafe the late Duke 
of Ormond’s forfeited Ettate, to enable the Petitioner to 
enter a regular Claim before the Commiffioners, accord- 
ing to the Nature of the faid Settlement. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir David Dalrymple, Mr. Smith, 
Mr. Baylie, Lord Carpenter, Sit Richard Steel, Mr. 
Ferrer, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Cater, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
Haldane, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Plumer, Mr. 
Heyfoam, Nir. Conyers, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Feffreyes, Lord 
Molefworth, Mr. Youge, Mr. Sandys, Lord Wm. Pow- 
let, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Hutchefon, Sir Richard Gcffe, Mr. 
Walpole, Colonel Grahine, Mr. Bond, Mr. Milner; and 
all the Members that ferve for North Britain: And are 
to fit this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber: And they have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rezers and Mr. 

Hiccceks : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for paying a Dutv of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth 
Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale 
or Beer that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended, or t2pped, 
within the Town of Fedburgh, and Privileges tiereot, 
for payiag the publick Debts of the faid Towa; and for 


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fupplying the fame with frefh Water; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned; without any Amendment. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing the Road from St. Gyles’s Pound to Kilburn 
Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, with fome Amend- 
ments: To which Amendments the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meficngers withdrew. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to con- 
fider of the Supply granted to his Majefty, to enable his 
Majefty to make good the Engagements he has entered 
into with the Crown of Sweden, and to give Satisfaction 
tothe Mafters, and Owners, and Freighters, of the Ships 
Briftol Merchant and Turky Merchant ; 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of the Com- 
miffioners of Cuftoms, conceraing the Ships Briftol Mer- 
chant and Turky Merchant, be referred to the Confidera- 
tion of the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. ; 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe co receive the 
jame. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Mr. Hungerford, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for enabling Charles 
Earl of Arran to purchafe the forfeited Eftate of James 
Butler \ate Duke of Ormond; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned; was committed; the Amendments 
the Committee had made to the Bill; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion {fe- 
verally put thereupon, with Amendments to One of 
them, were agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added tothe Bill, for faving 
to Thomas Butler, of Hiieafb, in the Kingdom of Ire- 
land, Efquire, and to all the Male Defcendants of ‘Ri- 
chard Bu'ler, and to all other Perfons, except the late 
Duke, and to thofe deriving under them, to whom any 
Remainders are limited by the Settlement of the Sixth of 
une One thoufand Six hundred Eighty-three, on Failure 
of Iffue Male of the faid Richard Butler, as to fo much 
of the Eftate; of which the Remainder is limited to the 
Earl of Arran, and his Heirs, as fhall remain unfold ; 
and fubje&amp;t to fuch Mortgages as fhail be made of any 
Part thereof, purfuant to the Powers for that Purpole 
given; all fuch Eitate and Right as they would be inti- 
tled to, in cafe this Act had not been made: 

And the fame was twice read; and, upon the Queftion 
put therezpon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made 
Part of the Bill: 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill to fubject the Eftates, real and perfonal, of 
Sir George Cafwall Knight, Fa.ob Sawbridge and Evzes 
Turner Eiquires, to make good to the Soush Sea Company 
the Sum of Two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, take into Confideration the laft Report irom the 
Commitiee of Secrecy. 

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Refolved,, That this Houfe will, upon Monday nexr, 
at Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the State of 
the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for Relief 
of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company ; 
and of the Bill for reftraining Foha Aifladie Efquire from 
going out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, 
and until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and 
for difcovering his Eitate and Effects; and for the pre- 
venting the tran{porting or alienating the fame. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Clayton reported trom the Committee, That they 
had gone through both the iaid Bills, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; and had, purfuant to the In- 
ftruétion of the Houfe, made them One Bill; and that 
the Committee had directed him to report the Bill, and 
Amendments, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Jovis, 22° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 

Council, of the City of Exon; and alfo of the 
Merchants, Serge-makers, Fullers, and others, trading 
in the Woollen Manufacture within the faid City; was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Woollen Manufacture Trade hath been the chief 
Support of this City and Country for many Ages; and is 
fo greatly decayed, that the poorer Sort are exceeding 
numerous, and the Traders and Dealers in the faid Manu- 
facture labour under great Difficulties, by reafon of the 
high Duties on Soap and Candles ; which is a confiderable 
Clog, on account of the vaft Quantities ufed and con- 
fumed in working, fulling, and doing, the faid Manu- 
facture; and are rendered incapable to difpofe of their 
Goods in foreign Markets, being fupplied by Foreigners 
on cheaper Terms: And praying Relief in the Pre- 
miles. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the principal Inhabitants of the Town 
of Afbburion, in the County of Devon, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Woollen 
Manufacture Trade, which is the chief Support of this 
Town, is gone to Decay; by reafon of the high Duties 
on Soap and Candles, ufed in carrying on the faid Trade; 
whereby the Dealers cannot afford their Goods to any Ad- 
vantage; which hath fo difcouraged the Dealers, that the 
faid Trade is likely to be loft: And praying Relief in the 
Premifes. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bay-makers, 
of the Borough of Colchefler, on behalf of themielves, 
and many Fhoufand poor [nhabitants within the faid 
Town, who are Confumers of Soap and Cagdies, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read ; fetting forth, That 
the great Duties which aré laid upon Soap and Candies are 
very burthenfome to the faid Manufacture, aad highly 
opprefiive to the Poor: And praying Relief -in the Pre- 
miles. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Bennet: 
Mr, 


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Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have paffed a Bill, iotituled, An Ac&amp;t for 


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And the faid Claufe was twice read : 
And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be made 


the Sale of the Manor of Radwell, and other the Eftate of Part of the Bill ; 


Robert Bell Efquire, and Richard Bell his Son, in Radwell 
and Norton, in the County of Hertford; and a. 
chafing other Lands, to be fettled to the fame Ules : 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. . 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The faid Bill was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty, to en- 
able his Majefty to make good the Engagements he has 
entered into with the Crown of Sweden, and to give 

' Satisfaction to the Mafters, Owners, and Freighters, of 
the Ships called the Briffol Merchant and Turky Mer- 
chant; the Refolutions the Committee had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Refolutions were read; 
and are as follow; wiz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy-two thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to his Majelty, to enable him to make good 
the Engagements he has entered into with the Crown of 
Sweden. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty-three thoufand Nine 
hundred Thirty-five Pounds, be granted to his Majefty, 
to be applied to the Satisfaction of the Matfters, 
Owners, and Freighters, of the Ships Briftol Mer- 
chant and Turky Merchant, which are intended to be 
burnt and deftroyed, for the Prefervation of his Majefty’s 
Subjects againft Infection. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, 
for the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Twenty-one, was committed ; the Amendments they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Amendments were once read throughout; and then 
a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
fatisfying the Sum of Eight thoufand Five hundred and 
Ninety Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Eight Pence Half- 
peny, remaining unpaid, of the principal Money lent upon 
the Duties on Hops: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

‘Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
making out new Exchequer Bills, Tickets, Lottery and 
Annuity Orders, and other Orders, in lieu of fuch as 
have, by Chance, been loft, burnt, or otherwife de- 
ftroyed : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; 
which were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, to 
enable the Governor and Company of Undertakers for 
raifing the Thames Water in York-buildings, to grant, fell, 
and difpofe of, Annuities, by way of Loctery, in order to 
raife Money to pay for the Eftates they have purchafed 
ef che Truftees for Sale of the forfeited Ettates: 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, } a pron a t 90. 
Tellers for the Noes, Peta aga t 66. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for Explaining of an Act, paffed the laft Seffion of Par. 
liament, for laying a Duty upon wrought Plate, in rela- 
tion to fuch fmall Pieces of Plate as are not capable of 
being touched, aflayed, or marked: P 

And the fame was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of 
the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for appropriating the Money granted this Seffion of Par- 
liament : 

And the fame was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
vpan, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for impowering the Lords Commiffioners of the Trea- 
fury to make Allowances to the feveral Receivers General 
of the Land Taxes, and Duties on Houfes, for their ex- 
traordinary Charges in bringing and paying into the Ex- 
chequer the Money, over and above the Poundage al- 
lowable by the Acts of Parliament for the faid Taxes and 
Duties : 

And the fame was twice read, with Blanks; which 


_ were filled up: 


And then the Claufe was, upon.the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill : 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


An ingroffed Bill for enabling Charles Earl of Arran 
to purchafe the forfeited Eftate of fames Butler late Duke 
of Ormonde; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
was read the Third time: 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enabling Charles Earl of Arran to pur- 
chafe the forfeited Eftate of James Butler late Duke of 
Ormonde, and for granting Relief to William late Lord 
Widdrington;, and for inlarging the Time for determining 
Claims on the forfeited Eftates; and for enabling the 
Commiffioners for the faid forfeited Eftates to certify 
into the Exchequer all fuch Eftates as they have found 
to be given to Popifh or fuperititious Ufes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Marn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 23° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, 
Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-one, 

was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, to raife Money, by way of a Lottery, 


fur the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
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and Twenty-one; and for transferring the Deficiency of 
a jate Male Act to the Land Tax for the faid Year ; and 
for diipofing certain Overplus-monies to proper Objects of 
Charity; and for giving further Time to Clerks and Ap- 
prentices to pay Duties omitted to be paid for their In- 
dentures and Contracts; and touching fmall Quantities of 
Cyder exported; and for Relief of Captain Zobn Perry, 
concerning Dagenbam Breach; and touching loft Bills, 
Tickets or Orders; and concerning the Duty of {mall 
Pieces of Plate; and to enable the Undertakers for raifing 
Thames Water in York-buildings to fell Annuities, by way 
ofa Lottery; and for fatisfying a Debt which was charged 
on the late Duty on Hops; and for appropriating the 
Monies granted in this Seffion of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 
crecy, of the Twenty-firft of April laft, be taken into 
further Confideration on this Day Sevennight. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to hear 
the Matter touching the Election for the Borough of 
Whitchurch, in the County of Southampton: 

And the Counfel on both Sides were called in: 

And the Petition of Fobu Conduit Efquire, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the faid Borough, 
was read: 

And the Petitioner’s Counfel producing a Copy of the 
Po}l, taken at the Election, which was delivered to the Pe- 
titioner’s Agent by the Mayor of the faid Borough, as a 
Copy of the Poll, but was not examined with the origi- 
nal Poll by the Perfon to whom the fame was delivered ; 

The Sitting Member’s Counfel objected to the faid Co- 
py’s being admitted as Evidence : 

And the Counfel on both Sides were heard thereupon. 

And then the Counfel were directed to withdraw. 

Refolved, That the Paper offered by the Counfel for 
the Petitioner, as a Copy of the Poll taken at the late 
Election of a Burgefs for the Borough of Whitchurch, in 
the County ot Southampton; which was delivered to the 
Petitioner’s Agent by the Mayor of the faid Borough, 
as a Copy of the Poll taken at the faid Election; be ad- 
mitted as Evidence. 

The Counfel were called in; and Mr. Speaker ac- 
quainted them with the faid Refolution. 

The fai¢ Copy of the Poll was delivered in: And the 
Petitioner’s Counfel proceeded in their Evidence to prove, 
That feveral Perfons, who had a Right to vote, and who 
offered to vote for the Petitioner, were refufed; and allo 
to difqualify feveral Perfons, who voted for the Sitting 
Member: And afterwards fummed up their Evidence. 

And then the Counfel were directed to withdraw. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Hearing the Merits of the faid Election 
be adjourned till To-morrow Morning ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, i 4 ay ng Powlet, 

Tellers for the Noes, i ag eta - 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


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Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to 
examine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the 
Army. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Sabtati, 24° die Funii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
QReered, That -_ Newell, the Turnkey of the 
oh 


Gateboufe Prifon, minfter, do attend this Houfe 
upon Monday Morning. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Ac for repairing the Road from St. Gyles’s Pound 
to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex : 

And the fame, being read, are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 11. L. 30. Leave out “ Fune,” and infert 
73 Fuly : 

Prefs 13. L. 21. Before ** and,” add Claufe marked X; 

‘** And whereas there are feveral Aqueduéts, Pipes 
‘© Conduits, and Drains, belonging to the City of Lone °. 
“* don, that convey the Waters from Paddington and Mar- 
‘* rybone,; which faid Aqueducts, Pipes, Conduits, and 
‘© Drains, lying under or near the Road by this Act to be 
‘* amended, may probably fuffer Damage by the Repair- 
‘&lt; ing of the faid Road; Be it therefore enaéted, by the 
“© Authority aforefaid, That no Powers, herein granted, 
‘* fhall be conftrued to extend to take away, or break 
‘* in upon, any of the faid Aqueduéts, Pipes, Conduits, 
** or Drains, or the Inclofures thereto belonging, without 
*¢ the Confent or Licence of the faid City of London firft 
‘** had and obtained; any thing herein contained to the 
‘* contrary notwichftanding.” 

The Firft Amendment, being read a Second time, was, 


upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 


The Second Amendment, for adding the Claufe marked 
X, being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, by 
adding, in the Third Line, after the Word “ the,” thefe 
Words; “* Mayor, and) Commonalty, and Citizens, of 
* thee” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Amendment, by adding, after the Word “ Licence,” 
in Line 13. thefe Words; ** of the Mayor, and Com- 
*¢ monalty, and Citizens :” 

And the fame was upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlet do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordfhips, 
with fome Amendments to One of them; and that this 
Houfe defires their Lordfhips Concurrence to the faid 
Amendments. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report trom the Committee of Se- 
crecy, of the Fifth Inftant, be taken into Confideration 
upon this Day Sevennight. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey, and Mr. 
Lighthoun: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing the Road from Wendover to the Town ot 
Buckingham, in the County of Bucks, without any Amend- 
ment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
for naturalizing Fobm De Neufville, without any Amend- 
ment. 


And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Order for proceeding in the further hearing the 
Merits of the Eleétion for the Borough of Whitchurch, in 
the County of Southampton, wasread. 

The. Counfel were ordered to be called in: 

And the Counfel for the Sitting Member came in: But 
no Counfel appearing for the Petitioner ; after fome sme, 

the 





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the Counfel for the Sitting Member were directed to 
withdraw, : 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Hearing the Merits of the faid Election 
be adjourned till this Day Month; 

The Houfe divided. ® 

The Yeas go forth. A 

: Mr. Snell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir Yobn Hind Cotton : 
b..s) Mr. Bond, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Mickletbwaite: 

So it paffed in the Negative 

Then the Counfel were called in: 

And Counfel on both Sides came in: 

And the Sitting Member’s Counfel proceeded in the 
juftifying the Votes of fuch Perfons as had been objected 
again{t, by the Petitioner’s Countel; and alfo to difqualify 
fuch Perfons as the Petitioner’s Counfel had endeavoured 
to add to the Petitioner's Poll. 

And then the Countel were directed to withdraw. — 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Lightboun;: 
Mr. Speaker, 


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The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, to raile Money, by way of Lottery, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred Twenty- 
one; and for transferring the Deficiency of a Jate Malt 
Ac tothe Land Tax for the faid Year; and for difpofing 
certain Overplus-monies to proper Objects of Charity ; 
and for giving further Time to Clerks and Apprentices 
to pay Duties omitted to be paid for their Indentures 
and Contracts; and touching fmall Quantities of Cyder 
exported ; and for Relief of Captain Yobu Perry, con- 
cerning Dagenbam Breach; and touching loft Bills, 
Tickets, or Orders; and concerning the Duty of {mall 
Pieces of Plate; and to enable the Undertakers for raifing 
Thames Water in York-buildings to fell Annuities, by 
way of Lottery; and for fatisfying a Debt, which was 
charged on the late Duty on Hops; and for appropriating 
the Monies granted in this Seffion of Parliament; without 


any Amendment. and alfo, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intttuled, An Act 
for enabling Charles Karl of Arran to purchafe the for- 
feited Eftate of Fames Butler, late Duke of Ormonde ; and 
for granting Relief to William late Lord Widdrington, 
and tor enlarging the Time for determining Claims upon 
the forfeited Kftates ; and for enabling the Commiffioners 
for the faid forfeited Eftates to certify into the Exche- 
quer all fuch Eftates as they have found to be given to Po- 
pith or fuperftitious Ufes ; without any Amendment. And 


allo, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe, to One of the Amendments, made by their 
Lordfhips, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing the 
Road from Saint Gyles’s Pound to K:/durne Bridge, in the 


County of Middle/ex, 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


—The Counfel were called in again. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Black Rod was 


at the Door ; 
The Counfel were directed to withdraw. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander- 


fon, Gentleman Ubher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker. 


The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 


his Majefty, immediately, in the Houle of Peers. 


Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houle, went up 


to the Houfe of Peers. 
And, being returned ; 


' Mr. Speaker reported, That he, with the Houfe, had 
attended his Majcity in the Houte of Peers: And that 
his Majefty had been pleated to give the Royal Affent to 


the feveral publick and private Buils following ; viz. 


X 


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der, and Perry, to raife Money, by way of a Lottery, 
for the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
Twenty-one; and for transferring the Deficiency of a late 
Malt A&amp; to the Land Tax for the faid Year; and for dif- 
pofing certain Overp!us-monies to proper Objects of Cha- 
rity; and for giving further Time to Clerks and Appren- 
tices to pay Duties omitted to be paid for their inden- 
tures and Contracts; and touching fmail Quantities of 
Cyder exported; and for Relief of Captain Fobn Perry, 
concerning Dagenham Breach; and touching loft Bills, 
Tickets, or Orders; and concerning the Duty of fmall 
Pieces of Plate; and to enable the Undertakers for raifing 
Thames Water in York-buildixgs to fell Annuities, by way 
of a Lottery ; and for fatisfying a Debt, which was charged 
on the late Duty on Hops; and for appropriating the 
Monies granted in this Seffion of Parliament : 

An A&amp; for the further preventing his Majefty’s 
Subjects from trading to the Eaf Indies under foreign 
Commiffions; and for encouraging, and further fecuring, 
the lawful Trade thereto; and for further regulating the 
Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Ifle of Thanet: 

An A&amp; for enabling Char/es Earl of drran to purchate 
the forfeited Eftate of ames Butler late Duke of Or- 
monde, and for granting Relief to William late Lord Wid- 
drington, and for enlarging the Time for determining 
Claims upon the forfeited Eftates; and for enabling the 
Commiffioners for the faid forfeited Eftates, to certify 
into the Exchequer al] fuch Eftates as they have found to 
be given to Popifh or fuperftitious Ules : 

An Aét for repairing the feveral Roads, leading from 
the Town of Ledbury, in the County of Hereford, to the 
feveral Places therein mentioned : 

An A&amp;t for repairing the Road from Wendover to the 
Town of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks: 

An Aéct for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scets 
Pint of Ale or Beer that fhal] be brewed tor Sale, vended, 
or tapped within the Town of Fedburgh, and Privileges 
thereof, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town, 
and for fupplying the fame with frefh Water; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Aét for repairing the Road from St. Gyles’s Pound 
to Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex : 

An A&amp;t for Sale of the Eftate of Yoba late Earl of K:l- 
dare, deceafed, in the County of Limrick, within the 
Kingdom of Jreland, for Payment of the Charges and 
Incumbrances thereon; and for other Purpotes therein 
mentioned: : 

An A&amp;t for difcharging Part of the Eftate of Richard 
Cambridge Efquire, in the County of G/oucefer, from the. 
Ufes and Limitations contained in his Marriage Settle- 
ment; and for fettling another Eftate, in the fame County, 
of better Value, to the fame Ules: 

An A@ for inciofing the Heath, or Common, called 
Broad -eath, in the Parifhes of Ellingball, Sleighfard, and 
Ronton, in the County of Stafford: 

An Act for naturalizing Fames Maffee and Faced 
Stolck : 

An A&amp; for naturalizing Zohn De Neufville. 


Then the Houfe proceeded in the further Hearing of 
the Merits of the Election for the faid Borough of Wéit 
church: 

And the Counfel were called in again. 

And the Counfel for the Sitting Member proceeded in, 
and fummed up, their Evidence: 


‘ And the Petitioner’s Counfel replied. 


And then the Witneffes and Counfel withdrew. 

After which the Sitting Member was heard in his 
Place. 

And then withdrew. 

And the Queftion being put, That Frederick Tilney 
Efquire is duly cleéted a Burgefs to ferve in this pretent 
Parliament for the Borough of Whiteburch, in the County 
of Southampton ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go o:th. 

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7 GEO. I. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Pres i 7 hey urnefe, 


- 
, Sir Geerge Oxenden, 
Tellers forthe Noes,} Mr. Heratio Walpole : 


i 82. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That Fcebn Conduit Efquire is duly elected a 
Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid 
Borough of Whitchurch. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Houfe upon Monday Morning, to amend the Return for 
the Borough of Whitchurch, in the County of Scuthamp- 
ton, by rafing out the Name of Frederick Tilney Efquire, 


and inferting the Name of Yobm Conduit Efquire, inftead 
thereof. 


And then the-Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 26° die Funii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS: 


HE Clerk of the Crown attended ; and, according 
i to Order, amended the Return for the Borough of 
Whitchurch, in the County of Southampton. 


Mr. Yonge, from the late Commiffioners for ftating 
and determining the Debts due to the Army, prefented 
t6 the Houle, according to Order, the feveral Warrants, 
and Sign-manuals, by virtue of which, Certificates have 
been iffued by the late Commiffioners, together with a 
Lift of them: 

And the Title of the faid Lift was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Warrants and Sign-manuals do 
lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 
Houfe. 

The faid Warrants and Sign-manuals are bound up 

with the other Papers of this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 
for the Sale of the Manor of Radwell, and other the 
Eftates of Robert Bell Efquire, Richard Bell, his Son, in 
Radwell and Norton, in the County of Hertford, and 
for purchafing other Lands, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlett, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Sandys, Sir Thomas Fobx/on, 
Mr. Reynell, -Mr. Eversfeld, Mr. Coffin, Mr. Clayéon, 
Mr. Earl, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Hampaen, Mr. Smith, 
Sir Wm. Pynfent, Mr. Ingram, Sir Hen. Afourft, Mir. 
Briftow, Sir Thomas Lee, Mr. Hucks, Mr. Peirfe, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Sir Wm. Fobnfton, 
Mr. Herne, Mr. Powlett, Colonel Leigh, Sir Jobn Ward, 
Mr. Baylie, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Walpole, 
Sir Fonathan Cope, Mr. Pigott; and all the Members that 
ferve for the Counties of Bedford and Hertford: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Fohn Earl of Leicefter, William Lord 
Vifcount Cheyne, and Lady Elizabeth Majfter, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the 
faid Lady Elizabeth Mofter intermarried with Sir Har- 
court Majter, One of the late Directors of the South Sea 
Company: That fhe was, in her own Right, before 
Marriage, poffefled of Three thoufand Five hundred 
Pounds Capital Stock of the South Sea Company ; which 
fhe transferred to her Brother the Earl of Letcefter, and the 
Lord Cheyne, in Truft, to receive, and pay, the Divi- 
dend to her faid Hufband, for Life; and, after his De- 
ceafe, to her for Life; if no Iffue between them, the 
Principal to be paid to the Survivor of them: The Peti- 
tioner, the Lady Elizabeth, had no other Provifion or 
Settlement made upon her, before or fince her Marriage, 
than her own Fortune; fhe relying upon the Provifion that 

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the Cuftom of the City of London would have made for 
her ; fo that, by reafon of her Hufband’s Misfortunes, 
fhe is, in the Space of Six Months, become deftitute of a 
Support, during her Hufband’s Life: And praying, 
That this Houfe will take the faid Lady Elizabeth’s de- 
plorable Cafe into Confideration ; and grant her Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upen the Table 
until the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom the Bill for the Relief of the unhappy Sufferers 
in the South Sea Company; and for reftraining Form 
Aiflabie Kiquire from going out of this Kingdom for the 
Space of One Year, and until the End of the next Seffion 
of Parliament ; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effects ; 
and for the preventing the tranfporting or alienating the 
fame; was committed ; be received, 


Mr. Clayton, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Com- 
pany ; and for reftraining Fobu Aiflabie Efquire from go- 
ing out of this Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and 
until the End of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for 
difcovering his Eftate and Effects; and for the preventing 
the tran{porting or alienating the fame ; was committed ; 
the Amendments the Committee had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments 
were once read throughout. 

The Firft of the faid Amendments being read a Second 
time; . 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee in the {aid Amendment ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the reft of the faid Amendments, as far as Folio 
10. Line 22. being feverally read a Second time, were, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment to One of them, agreed unto by the 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon /eduefday next, 
at Twelve of the Clock, refolve itflf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned tilt 
this Day Fortnight. ' 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 27° die Funii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


QRa&amp;red; That « Newell, Turnkey of the Gateboufe 


Prifon, Weftminfter, do attend this Houfe upon Thur/- 
day Morning next. 


Mr. London reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Report upon the Petition of Colonel Francis Farquhar, 
in the Name and Behalf of the Officers of the Three Re- 
giments of Wood, Douglas, and Hamilton; who ferved the 
States General during the late War, was re-committed ; 
and who were to examine and ftate the Accounts of the 
faid Regiments ; and to report the fame, with their Opi- 
nion thereupon, to the Houfe; the Matter, as it appear. 
ed to them, and the Refolutions of the Committee there- 
upon; which Report he read in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Report and Refolutions were read; and are as follow, viz. 


That the Committee did not find any Reafon to alter 
the faid former Report; but, in purfuance of the 
Orders of this Houle, have examined and ftated the 

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Accounts of the faid Regiments; and conficterec 
the feveral Papers referred to them; and examined 
feveral Witnefits thereupon; and find the fame to 
be as follows ; viz. 

The faid Colonel Ferqubar, Major Patterfon, and Wil- 
Lam Van Klinskenbergh (worn Military Solicitor in the 
Hague, declared to the Committee, That the Officers of 
the faid Three Regiments are obliged, by the Council of 
State, upon their being made Captains, to fuofiit them- 
felves, and Companies, as long as they have Power, or 
Credit : 

That the Officers, in Confequence of this Obligation, 
are neceflitated to employ their own Money, or to borrow 
Money, for the Service of the States, at any Rate they 
can; which Money the Officers generally borrow from 
their Solicitors or Agents; who are fworn to do Juftice 
to the States, and to the Officers. 

It appeared alfo to the Committee, by a Refelution of 
the States of Holland and Heft Friezland, dated the 4th of 
March 1712, That South Holland allowed their Agents, 
or Solicitors, to take from the Captains whom they lerve, 
‘Vhirtecn Stivers, as monthly Intereit, for 1¢0-Guilders ; 
which, at Nine long Menths in the Year, is Five Guilders 
Sevente: ; 


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Stivers per Annum &gt; 

And it further appears, by the faid Refolution, That 
the States of Nort’ Holland allowed their Military Scoli- 
citors to take from the Cantains whom they ferve, Six- 
teen Stivers, a3 monthly Intereft, for 100 Guilders ; 
which, at the aforefaid Rate of Nine Months in the 
Year, is Six Guilders Six Stivers per Aunum. 

And it further appeared to the faid Committee, by 
the Teftimony of the taid Ym. Van Klinckenbergh, That 
the Agents, beth in South and Nerth Heliand, charge 
the Officers, for Intereft, by monthly Accumulation , 
which, upon any Difpute betwixt the Officers and Solli- 
citors, is always allowed the Solicitors, by the Bcok- 
keeper, and Firft Clerk, of the Finances of the Province of 
Holland, to whom thofe Difputes are commonly referred; 
which further appeared, by Accounts fo made up, and 
figned by the Agents, and produced to the Committee. 

It alfo appeared to the Committee, by Contracts made 
betwixt the Cfficers and Solicitors of Hawzilton’s Regi- 
ment, confirmed by the States of the Province of Zeland, 
That the Solicitors take Six Guilders, as the yearly In- 
tereft of 100 Guilders, without Accumulation. 

It appeared to the Committee, That the Officers of the 
Regiment of Wood, who were upon the Repartition of 
North Holland, made an Agreement with their Solicitors 
to pay Fourteen Stivers, as monthly Intereft, for One hun- 
dred Guilders ; which is Two Stivers lefs than the States 
allowed the Solicitors to take, as in the faid Refolution 
of the 4th of March 1712. 

It appeared to the Committee, That the Officers of the 
Reaiment of Douglas, who were upon the Repartition of 
South Helland, made an Agreement with their Solicitors 
to pay Eleven Stivers, as monthly Interelt, for too 
Guilders ; which is [wo Stivers cheaper than the States 


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allowed the Solicitors to take, as in the faid Refolution 
of the Fourth of March 1712. 

It alio appeared to the Committee, by the original Ca- 
pitulation, figned at London, the 7th of Merch 1701, by 
Adrian Ven Borfell, Heer of. Galder Maljen, Minifter of 
the States General, That the faid Three Regiments were 
to be, as to Number of Companies, Men, and Pay, 
treated on the fame Foot with other Three Scetch Regi- 
ments then actuelly in the Service of the States General: 
And the General Eftablifhment, printed at the Hague by 
the States Printer, was produced to the Committee; and 
the Accounts of the Regiments of Douglas, Wood, and 
Hamilton, are ftated accordingly. 

That, upon the whole Matter of the Evidence afore- 
faid, the Committee came to the following Refo- 
jution ; wz. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the States General ought to have paid the Regiments 
of Douglas, Weed, and Hamilton, as they did the other 
Scotch Regiments in their Service ; and that the faid Re- 
eunents cf Douglas, Weed, and Hamilton, ought now to 
be accounted with, according to the Capitulation figned ar 
Londen, the 7th of March 1701, by darian Van Borfelt, 
Heer of Gelier Malfen, Minifter of the States General. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the fame Intereft be allowed the Cfficers of the fe- 
veral Regiments of Douglas, Wood, and Hamilton, who 


ferved the States General in the late War, as the faid 


Officers are obliged to pay the Military Solicirors ap- 
proved of by the faid States, for Money advanced by the 
Solicitors to the faid Officers, and their Companies, and 
for the Service of the States General; not exceeding 
Thirteen Stivers monthly, for One hundred Guilders, for 
South Holland; Sixteen Stivers monihly, for 1co Guilders, 
for North Holland, and Six Guilders per Axium, for ice 
Guilders, for the Province of Zeland. 

After which the Committee proceeded to examine the 
feveral Accounts from the States General, referred to the 
faid Committee; and the Accounts of the Officers and 
Agents produced to the faid Committee, Article by Ar- 
ticle; whereby it appeared, 


Guilders. Stivers. 


60,413 4 
4925393 16 
155,839 12: 
as may particularly appear by the faid Accounts hereunto 
annexed : 

Which, being reduced into Pounds Sterling, or Engl 
Money, at Eleven Guilders per Pound, amounts to 


That there is due to the Regiment of 
Douglas, from the States - - 

To the Regiment of Wood _ - - 
And to the Regiment of Hamilton - 


1. ce 
For the Regiment of Douglas : 5.492 2 1 
For the Regiment of Wocd - - 44,753 18 1 
For the Regiment of Hamilton - 14,168 2 0 








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Pue to the Regiment of Wood, by Intereft paid fucceffively, for the Advance of Money, fram 6 May 1791, to 3h 
December 271 3. : : 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 619 


The Table referred to in this Account. 








6 May 170%, Intereft for 

28 Ordinanees. ---. 27,903 4 —- —- 2Months~ --- 394 17 
6 Ordinances’ --- 59738 17 —— —— 3 Months --- 309 10 
11 Ordinances --- 11,746 11 —— —— 4 Months --- 232 14 
7 Ordinances. --- 6,820 7 —— — — 5Months~ --- 201 18 
5 Ordinances _ --- 5,019 13 — -—— 6 Months --- 3932 2 
32 Ordinances --- 32,932 12 —— —— 7 Months --- 2,309 7 
4 Ordinances_ --- 4.426 4 —. —— 8 Months = 196 12 
1 Ordinance --- . 1,006 11 —- —— gMonths~ --- 43 9 
1 Ordinance --- 1,006 If — —— 12Month: --- 57 12 
1 Ordinance e+ 1,006 11 —_— —— 15 Months ngs 100 If 
1 Ordinance --- 681 41 — —— 18 Months~ -.-. 67 9 
1 Ordinance --- 1,206 11 — ——— 22Months_~ --- 160 6 
2 Ordinances’ --- 25413 2 —_— —— 25 Months oon 289 42 
1 Ordinance --- 1,006 11 —. —— 27 Months --- 160 18 
2 Ordinances” --- 2,413 2 —— —— 28 Months 4 319 0 
3 Ordinance --- 1,006 11 — —— 34 Months~— -- 17 OLL 
1 Ordinance ~—--- 1,006 11 —— —— 37 Months --- 182 15 
1 Ordinance = --- 706 32 —- —— 38Months --- 130 g 
3 Ordinance —_--- 1,206 14 —— —— 39 Months = 228 9g 
1 Ordinance --- 1,206 41 — —— 42Month: --- 242 4 

1 Ordinance --- 1,206 18 — —— 44 Months --- 
1 Ordinance --- 1,006 14 —— —— 44 Months --- ba57 13 
1 Ordinance --- 941 11 —. ——— 46Months~ --- 199 14 
1 Ordinance —_ --- 941 11 ——. — 48 Months nse 206 10 
y Ordinance --- 941 11 ohetsoe —— 49 Months --- 209 17 
1 Ordinance --- g4t 11 —— —— 50 Months oe. 212 13 
1 Ordinance -:- 941 11 —— ~——— 51 Months one 207 Q 

gift December 1713, ) 

For One Company — 7,136 16 
For 12 Companies = 85,641 12 


The Calculation re-} A particular Calculation of Intereft due to each of the Companies of Hamilton’s Regiment 
ferred to in et for Ordinances, not paid in due Time; though a Deduction was made by the States of Zea- 


Account. land, for ready Payment, and other Charges, as if they had been paid when they became dus. 
J. 
1,062 3 due gth September 1713. paid oth Feb. 1717. —‘Intereft 214 18 
1,062 3 --- 21 O@ober 1713 --- 9 Feb. 1717 --- --- 209 13 
733 --- 2 December713--- 9 Feb. 1717 “= --&gt; 527 
438 15 --- 4§ Jamuary1714 --- 4 Novemberi7i4 --- --- 2118 2 
223 8 --- 4 Fanuaryt714 --- 9 Feb. 1717 =e ~-- 43 16 
438 16 --- 1 Feb. 1714 --- iNov.1714  --- ~-- 18 14 
223 8 --. 11 Feb, 1714 --- 9 Feb. 1717 --- --2 4t 3 
438 15 --- 26 Mar.1714 --- 1 Nov.1714 -- --- 156 9 6 
223 8 --- 26Mar.1714 --- 9 Feb, 1717 --- --- 9909.8 
662. 3 --- 6 May 1714 --- 9 Feb. 1717 --. --- Miz 4 
662 3 --- 17 Fumei7zi4 --- go Feb. 1917 --- --- 107 § 
1,062 3 --- 29 Fuly 1714 --- 9 Feb.1717  -+ --- 156 15 
3,062 3 --- g September 1714--- 9 Feh.1717 = ~-- 147 16 
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The under-fubferibing Solicitors to the above-mentioned Regiment declares, That the Sums ghove-written became 
due to each of the Companies of the faid Regiment in the Time above-named; and were only paid by the States of 
Zealand at the Time fpecified after each of them, as above, 


Van Clinckenbergh. 
Toh. Daniels, 


- The Firft Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out “ the States General ought to have paid,” 
and inierting, inftead thereof, thefe Words; “ the Regi- 
* ments of Wood, Donglas, and Hamilton, are intitled 
“© to the like Pay with other Scotch Regiments in the 
“« Service of the States General :”” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words ¢* the 
“« States General ought to have paid” ftand Pait of the 
faid Refolution ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative, 


Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That the States General 
ought to have paid the Regiments of Douglas, Wood, and 
Hamilton, as they did the other Scotch Regiments in their 
Service; and that the faid Regiments of Douglas, Woed, 
and Hamilton, ought now to be accounted with, accordin 
the Capitulation figned at London the Seventh of Marck 
1701, by Adrian Van Borfellen, Heer of Gelder Moifen, 
Minifter of the States General. 

The Second Refolution being read a Second time , 

Refalued, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com. 


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620 


mittee in the faid Refolution, that the fame Intereft be 
allowed the Officers of the feveral Regiments of Douglas, 
Wood, and Hamilton, who ferved the States General in the 
late War, as the faid Officers are obliged to pay the Mi- 
litary Solicitors approved of by the faid States, for Mo- 
ney advanced by the Solicitors to the faid Officers, and 
their Companies, and for the Service of the States Ge- 
neral; not exceeding Thirteen Stivers monthly, for One 
hundred Guilders, for South Holland; Sixteén Stivers 
monthly, for One hundred Guildets, for North Holland ; 
and Six Guilders per Annum, for One hundred Guilders, 
for the Province of Zealand, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for examining, 
ftating, and determining, the Debts due to the Army, 
is committed, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, 
or Claufes, purfuant to the faid Refolutions. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. 
Hiccocks : 

Mr. Speaker, : 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
vetting Partof the Eftate late of Anthony Lechmere Efquire, 
deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, for Payment of his Debts: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Confideration of 
the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom the Bill for Relief of the -unhappy Sufferers 
in the South Sea Company; and for reftraining John 
Aiflabie Efquire from going out of this Kingdom for 
the Space of One Year, and until the End of the next 
Seffion of Parliament and for difcovering his Eftate 
and Effects ; and for preventing the tranfporting or alie- 
nating the fame, was committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, as far as Fol. 19. L. 22, being feverally read a Se- 
cond ‘time, were, with Amendments to fome of them, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And One of the faid Amend- 
ments was poftponed; and another of the faid Amend- 
ments was difagreed with. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned till To. morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for examining, ftating, and dete- 
mining, the Debts due to the Army. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 28° die Funii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingrofled Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting Part of the Eftate late of Authony Lechmere 
Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, for Payment 
of his Debts, was read the Firft time. 
Refolwed, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Sir David Dalrymple reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of Arthur Balfour, Son of Fohn Balfour, 
late of Fernie, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared 
to them; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read ; and is as followeth; 

That the Committee have, purfuant to the Order of 
the Houfe, examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion : 

That it appeared, by the Appeal of the Commiffioners 

and Truftees of the forfeited Eftates, produced to the 


Journals of the Houfé of Commons. 





A. 1727" 


Committee, that they do admit the Deed of Settlement 
made by Robert Lord Burley, deceafed, to be of the very 
fame Nature as is mentioned, and {fet forth in the faid 
Petition of Arthur Balfour. 

It appears further to this Committee, That the Peti- 
tioner went into Ireland in April 1715, and continued 
there, in his Majefty’s Service, till Zune 1719; and that 
Fohn Balfour, by virtue of a Letter of Attorney from 
the faid Arthur his Brother, did prefent a Petition to the 
faid ‘Commiffioners and’‘Truftees, in Name of the faid 
Arthur , wherein he fet forth his Title, by virtue of the 
faid Deed of Settlement; but made no regular Claim, in 
the manner directed by the feverat Acts of Parliament for 
that Purpofe. 

And further it appeared to the Committee, That the 
Petitioner did not know of the Irregularity or Omiffion 
of his faid Brother, in not entering a Claim in due Form, 
until about a Fortnight fince. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Confideration of the 
Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company; and for reftraining John Aiflabie 
Efquire from going out of this Kingdom for the Space of 
One Year, and until the End of the next Seffion of Par- 
liament; and for difcovering his Eftate and Effects; and 
for preventing the tranfporting or alienating the fame; 
was committed : 

And the reft of the faid Amendments, made by the 
Committee, to the Bill, as far as Claufe C, being feverally 
read a Second time, feveral.of them were difagreed with, 
and the reft of them, with Amendments to fome of them, 
agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

Claufe C being read a Second time, for difabling the 
late Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Direétors, Cahier, 
Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Com- 
pany, as alio Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, to hold or execute 
any Office or Place of Profic or Truft, Civil or Military, 
under his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, or to fit or 
vote in either Houle of Parliament ; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee in the faid Amendment, Claufe C; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes go forth. . 
Mr. Boteler, 

Tellers for the Yeas, | Mr. Chifwell, i 118, 
Colonel Bladen, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Earl « i 108. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The next Amendment, made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, being the Schedule of Allowances to be made to the 
late Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Direétors, De- 
puty Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Com- 
pany, out of their perfanal Eftates refpectively, for 
Maintenance of them, and their Families, being read a 
Second time ; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, That the Allowance to Sir Fohn Fel- 
lowes Baronet, late Sub Governor of the South Sea Com- 
pany, be Ten thoufand Pounds; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, That the Allowance to Wm. Aftell 
Efquire, late One of the Directors of the faid Company, 
be Five thoufand Pounds ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes go forth. 
Mr. Haljey 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Wallis : t 113. 
Mr Heyfham, - 

Tellers for the Noes, | i Pe i 115. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


Refolved, That the faid Allowance to him be Ten thou- 
fand Pounds. , 


_Then the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, That the Allowance to Sir Lambert 
Blackwell 





7Ge50. I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Blackwell Baronet, late one of the faid Directors, be 
Ten thoufand Pounds; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Noes go forth. , o— 
ir Robert Gordon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Me Bractvidge t 109. 
. Mr. Herne, . 

Tellers for the Noes, } nar ‘aia: t 116, 

So it paffed in the Negative. ’ 

A Morion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Allowance to him be Fifteen thoufand 
Pounds ; 

The Floufe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. ; 

Tellers for the Yeas, } eee eee i 124. 

Tellers for the Noes, peti oe an i 107. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Queftion being put, that the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, Tharthe Aliowance to Sir Fobn Blunt 
Baronet, late One of the faid Direétors, be One thoufand 
Pounds ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 5 

V 7 

Tellers for the Yeas, } ae . : fs ieee i 
ee 

Tellers for the Noes, 2 ee 

So it paficd in the Negative. 

Refolved, Vhat the Allowance to him be Five thoufand 
Pounds. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Confideration of the faid Report be ad- 
journed till To-morrow Morning; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Then the Queftion b-ing put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, That the Allowance to Sir Redert 
Chaplin Baronet, late One of the faid Directors, be Ten 
thoufand Pounds: 

Jc was refolved in the Affirmative. 

‘Then the Queftion being put, that the Houfe do agree 
with the Commitree, That the Allowance to Sir William 
Chapman, late One of the faid Directors, be Ten thoufand 
Pounds ; 

le was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Queition being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, That the Allowance to Rodert Chefter 
Ifjuire, late One of the Directors, be Ten thouland 

‘ounds 3 

TPbe Eloufe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } wf rey 7 t 119. 

Tellers for the Noes, } a bone { 67. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. é 

The Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree with 
the Committee, That the Allowance to Francis Eyles 
E‘quire, late one of the faid Directors, be T'wenty thou- 
jand Pounds; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Queftion being put, that the Houfe do agree 
with the Commitiee, 1 hat the Allowance to Edward Gib- 
écn be Ten thoufand Pounds ; 

It was reiolved in the Affirmative. 

The Queftion being put, that the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, fbat the Allowance to Francts 
Hewes Elquire, late Oue of the faid Directors, be Cne- 
and-thirty Pounds, 

It paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the fad Allowance be Five thouland Pounds; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. ’ 

The Queflion being pet, That the Houfe do 2egr-e 
with the Commirtee, That the Allowance to Ri. bard 
Heuldiieh V.iguire, late One of the faid Directois, be kive 
thoufand Pounds; 


Vou. AIX. 


621 
It was refolved in the Affirmative. 
The Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 


with the Committee, That the Allowance to Sir Theodore 
Fanffen, late One of the faid Directors, be Fifty thoufand 
Pounds : 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


Mr. Horatio Walpole, 
Tellers for the Yeas, j Sir Yobx Hobart : 


i ITT. 
Sir Fobn Hi t 

Tellers for the Noes, } “5 ag al aga Cotten, i 76: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, That the Allowance to Sir Fobn Lam- 
bert Baronet, late One of the faid Directors, be Five 
thoufand Pounds ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, That the Allowance to Samuel Read 
junior, Efquire, late One of the faid Directors, be Ten 
thoufand Pounds; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Queftion being put, That the Houfe do agree 
with the Committee, that the Allowance to Jacob Saws 
bridge Efquire, late One of the faid Directors, be Five 
thoufand Pounds ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Claufe, thus amended. 

A Claule was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
enabling the Cafhier of the South Sea Company to res 
ceive Money due upon feveral Tallies, Orders, and Notes, 
affigned to, or in the Name of, Robert Knight, late 
Cafhier of the faid Company; who hath fraudulently 
withdrawn himfelf beyond the Seas, fo that he cannot be 
had, to affign the faid Tallies, Orders, or Notes: 

And the taid Claufe was once read: 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned ull To-morrow 
Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whvie 
Houfe, to confider further of the State of the publick 
Credit of this Kingdom. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refulve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe 
upon the Eill to fubject the Eftates, real and perfonal, of 
Sir George Cafwall Knight, Fecob Sawbiidge and Elias 
Turner Kiquires, to make gvod to the South Sea Com- 


pany the Sum of Two hundred and fitty thoufand 
Pounds. 


Ordered, That the laft Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy be taken into further Confidgration upon this 
Day Fortnight. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 


ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 29° die Funit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

IR Fobn Anftruther reported from the Committee, to 

) whom the Petition of Robert Dalrimple Efquire, on 

behalf of the Right honourable James Earl of Vemy/s, was 
referred, the Marter, as it appeared to them; and which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Place: Where the fame was read; and 
is as totloweth; wiz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matier of the faid Peti- 
tion; and find, 

That, in the Months of May, Fune, Augnf?, and S.p- 

Six thoufand Nine hundred and Sixty-two 


a7 Bufhels 


tewber, 714, 








622 


Buthels of Salt were thipped at a Creek belonging to the 
faid Earl, called The Metbill; which Creek is Part of the 
Port of Kirkaldie: And that the faid Salt was put on 
board Four different Ships; and, being exported to 
Parts beyond Sea, the faid Earl’s Agents gave Bonds for 
the Duty thereof: 

That the faid Earl having, for many Years before the 
Union, a Privilege of exporting all Commodities of the 
Growth, Product, and Manufacture, of Scotland, from 
the faid Creek of Methill, Duty-free; the faid Earl’s 
Agents apprehended there was no Neceffity for any formal 
Entry of any Salt exported from the faid Creek beyond 
the Seas: 

That, upon making Application to the Commiffioners 
of the Salt-duty in Scotland, tor Debentures for the Salt 
fo exported, to anfwer the Bonds which were given for 
the Duty of the faid Salt, the Commiffioners refufed to 
make out the Debentures fo demanded, by reafon the faid 
Sale was not entered, and certified, in iuch time, and in 
{uch manner, as the Law dire¢ts. 

That it appeared to the faid Committee, That the faid 
Sx thoufand Nine hundred and Sixty-two Bubhels of Salt 
was, in Four Parcels, and at different times, actually, and 
bona fide, exported to Parts beyond the Seas: And, al- 
though the fame was fo cxported; yet the fame being 
not certified in due Form, the faid Earl cannot be relieved 
in the Premiles, as the Law now ftands, without fome 
Provifion be made for that Purpofe. 


Ordered, That the Report do |e upon the Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. 
Fellows: 

Mr. Speaker. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for confirming the Manor of Latham, and divers Lands, in 
the County of Lancafier, to Richard Waring, Brian Fairfax, 
and Thomas Afburft, Etquires, and their Heirs, fubject to 
the Trufts to which the fame are now liable, difcharged of 
a cerrain Claufe, in Letters Patents of King Céarles the 
Firft, for re-conveying the Reverfion in Fee to the 
Crown, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Major Hubert Fennings, and Captain 
Mathew Coudell, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That they being, in the Beginning of the 
Jate War, in the Enemy’s Service, did, upon the Procla- 
mation publifhed, by her late Majefty’s Order, quit the 
fame, and came over to her Allies; and they fhould be 
entertained, in the fame Quality, and with the fame Pay, 
as they enjoyed under her Enemies: That, on their Ap- 
plication, her Majefty was pleafed to exprefs, That they 
fhould be cleared what Arrears were due to them, for the 
time of their Service, That, in 1718, Coudell applied 
himfelf to his Majefty for Relief ; and his Memorial, and 
Papers, were referred to the Commiffioners appointed to 
fate and determine the Debts due to the Army ; who re- 
ported, That it appeared to them to be a juft and national 
Affair: They thought the fame was not under their Cog- 
nizance: That, upon Fennings’ Application to the faid 


Commiffioners, they cleared him tor the time he ferved. 


in Lord Gallway’s Regiment; but could not relieve 
him, as to what was due before he obtained his Commif- 
fion, as being on the fame Footing with Coudelt: And 
praying, That a Claufe may be inferted in the new Act 
tor appointing Commillioners toexamine and determine the 
Debts due to the Army, that they may be impowered to 
determine the Demands of the faid Petitioners, 

Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejected. 


The Houle, according to Order, refumed the adjourned 
Debate of Yelterday upon the Claule offered, to be added 
to the Bill for Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in the 
South Sea Company ; and for reitraining Fobn Aiflabie 
Efquire from going out of this Kingdom for the Space 
of One Year, and until the End of the vext Seffion of 
Parliament ; end for difcovering his Efiate and Kites ; 


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and for preventing the tranfporting or alienating the 
fame ; 

And the Claufe offered Yefterday, to be added to the 
Bill; and onceread; was reada Second time; andamended 3 
and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto b 
the Houfe to bc heade Pert of the Bil. ~ : 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That this Act fhall not extend to. hinder Thomas Rey- 
nolds; One of the late Directors of the South Sea Com- 
pany, from holding and executing the Office of Provoft 
Marfhal General of the IMands ot Barbadoes: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for preferving tothe Lady Evizabeth Mafter fuch South 
Sea Stock as fhe had before her Marriage with Sir Har- 
court Mafter: 

And the faid Claufe was once read ; 

And, by Leave of the Houfe, withdrawn. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Act fhall not extend to vacate or invalidate any 
Affignments, or Transfers, of any Stock, Subicriptions, 
or other Things, by any of the late Sub Governor, De- 
puty Governor, Directors, Cafhier, Deputy Cahier, or 
Accountant, for fecuring any Debt, dona fide due to his 
Majefty ; 6r to avoid any Extenr, Seizure, or Sale, made 
of any of their Eftates, for any Debt due to his Ma- 


jefty : 


And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; 
which were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part 
of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Act fhall not extend to veft in the Truftees, ap- 
pointed by the Act, fuch Part of the Eftate as belonged 
to the faid Fehn Aiflabie, on the Firft of Ofeber 1718: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and amended : 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part of 
the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Act fhall not extend to make void, or impeach, 
any Conveyance, Alienation, Settlement, Charge, In- 
cumbrance, Affignment, Grant, or Leafe, Transfer, or 
Ditpofition, of, out of, or upon, the real or perfonal 
Eftates made or granted by the late Sub Governor, De- . 
puty Governor, Direétors, Cafhier, Deputy Cafhier, and 
Accountant, and by the faid Fobn Aiflabie and Fames 
Craggs, or any of them, being made at any time or 
times after the Firft of June, and before the Fifth of 
January, 1720, bona fide, and for a juft and adequate 
Price, and for a full and valuable Confideration actually 
paid, or any Debt really, and bona fide, contracted, or paid 
by or unto them, before the faid Fifth of January 1720: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read : 

And a Debate arifing in the Houle thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Monday 
Morning next. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Thomas 
Hayes junior hath delivered a Declaration in Ejectment to 
William Page, a Tenant of Thomas Bram/fton Efquire, a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, upon Demife of Thomes Hayes enior, 
and Frances his Wite,; wherein Hadley Doyley Gentleman 
is Attorney ; in Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint; and to report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon to the Houle. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houie, 
upon the Bill for examining, ftating, and determining, 
the Debts due to the Army. 

Ordered, 








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Ordered, That * * * * 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Veneris, 30° die Funit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of Lieutenant Yobn Croffe, Lieutenant Fobn 

Feffreyfon, Enfign Thomas Prendergaf, and Enfign 
Andrew Simfon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That they were Lieutenants and Enfigns in 
General H:/l’s, Colonel Kane’s, and Colonel Di/ney’s, Re- 
giments, and ferved in Flanders, and afterwards went 
with the fame, upon the Expedition to Canada: That 
there being Seven Detachments ordered from the Regi- 
ments that were upon the Service, for the Relief of .the 
Garifon of Annapolis Royal, they were commanded, with 
Detachments, as Lieutenants and Enfigns, upon that 
Service: Soon after, the Government thinking fit to 
form thofe Detachments in Four independent Companies 
the fame made way only for providing for the Four eldeft 
Captains, Lieutenants, and Enfigns; and the Petitioners, 
who were, at that time, the youngeft, were left out of 
the then new Eftablifhment: They applied for Leave to 
come to England, in order to recover their Pofts, to which 
they did beleng; which being granted, they came as far 
as Bofton, in New England, with General Nicholfon; 
who, upon Account of her late Majefty’s Death, they 
were commanded back from thence to Annapolis Royal; 
where they continued doing Duty, till the Eleventh of 
June 1717, before they obtained Leave to come for Exg- 
land, they not only loft their Ranks and Pofts, but have 
been great Sufferers, in want of their Pay: And praying, 
That a Claufe may be inferted in the Bill, depending be- 
fore this Houfe, for appointing Commiffioners to ftate and 
determine the Debts due to the Army, for their Relief. 

Refolved, That the faid Petition be rejected. 


The Order of the Day, for the Houfe to confider further 
of the Report from the Committee of Secrecy, of the 
Twenty-firtt of April laft, being read; 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideraticn upon this Day Sevennight. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Heufe, 
upon the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examine, 
fiate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do appoint the fame Commiffioners for 
executing the Powers contained in this Bill, except W1/- 
liam Yonge Efquire, who has defired to be excufed, who 
were appointed to put in Execution the Act of the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for appointing 
Commifiioners to examine, ftate, and determine, the 
Debts cue to the Army; and to examine, and ftate, the 
Demands of feveral foreign Princes and States, for Sub- 
fidies, during the late War. 


A Petition of the Colonels, Captains, and other Of- 
ficers, of the Regiments of Foot late commanded by Bri- 
gadier Bowls and Colonel dl/nut, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, in the Year 1705, 
they were ordered to join the Forces in Spain, under the 
Command of the Earl of Peterborow; and accordingly 
erobarked at Cork, in [reland, the 21ft of May 1705, to 
which. time they were accounted with for their Pay: 
That the Cuftom of Jre'and being to mufter every Three 
Months, and the Cultom or Exglaud every Two Months; 
to commence from the T'wenty-fitth Day of each Month; 
Brigadier Bowles, thinking the former Mufter, taken in 
heland, fufficient, muftered only from the 25th of Sune 
1705, and Colanel Al'nut from the 25th of Mey precede- 
ing; from which feveral Days they were, by the Pay 


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Office in England, accounted with for their Pay, and 
not fooner; by which means, One Regiment has, evet 
fince, been kept out of Thirty-three Days Pay, amount- 
ing to 1,313 173 and the other, Three Days, amount- 
ing to 119 73 notwith{tanding the Officers were 
obliged to account with their Men, at Landing; and the 
Clothiers have received their Off-reckonings for thofe 
Days: And praying, That a Claute may be inferted, en- 
abling the Commiffioners tor {tating and determining the 
Debts of the Army to grant them Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for appointing Commiffioners to examiney 
ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army, is 
committed, . 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claules, 
for the Petitioners Relief. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to enable 
the Commiffioners to give Lieutenant General Harvey 
Credit for his Pay, as Brigadier, from the Twenty-fitth 
Day of December 1705 to the Twenty-fourth Day of 
June 1706, purfvant to her late Majefty’s Warrant. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Colonel Francis Farqubar, in the Name 
and Behalf of the Officers of the Three Regiments of 
Wood, Douglas, and Hamilton, who ferved the Srates 
General during the late War, was referred, be referred to 
the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Zreby reported from the Committee; That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 1° die Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgit Regis, 1725. 


PRayvyeERs. 


QC Reered, That the feveral Books and Papers, which 
were referred to the Committee of Secrecy, be deli- 
vered back to the Clerk of this Houfe. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That the Report from the Cominittee of Se- 
crecy, of the Fifth of Zune lait, be taken into Confidera- 


tion upon Wednefday Sevennight, at Twelve of the 
Clock. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the State of the 
publick Credit of this Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had di- 
rected him to report, when the Houte will pleafe to re- 
ceive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Rerorc be received upon Wednefday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 


Lune, 








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Lune, 3° die Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

‘PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

A for vetting Part of the Eftate late of Anthony Lech- 

ere Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fuld for Pay- 
ment of his Debts, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Den- 
ton, Mr. Peirfe, Colonel Grabue, Lord Win. Powlet, 
Sir Hungerford Hofeyns, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Bacon, 
Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr: Hopkins, Mr. Wort'ey, Mr. 
Clayton, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Gybdon, Mr. Pelbam, Sir 
ohn Rufbout, Mr. Foley, Lord Morpeth, Sir Wm. 
Daines, Mr. Travers, Mr. Powlett, Mr. Herne, Mr. 
Baylie, Mr. Lade, Mr. Lawfon Mr. Treby, Mr. Cater, 
Mr. Bankes, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Harvey, Sir 
Charles Turner ; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Gloucefter, VWivorcefter, and Hereford: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 


Speaker’s Chamber, 


The Lord Witliam Powlet reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aét for the Sale of the Manor of Radwell, and other 
the Eftates of Robert Bell Efquire, and Richard Bell, his 
Son, in Radwell and Nerton, in the County of Heré- 
ford; and for purchafing other Lands, to be fettled to the 
fame Utes; was commirted; That they had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill,.and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had direéted him to report the 
Bill to the Houf:, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Biil do pafs. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Lord William Pewlet do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, What this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Mr. Packer, Mr. Drake, Mr. Bruere, 
Sir Geo. Warburton, Mr. Anfiis, Mr. Elford, Mr. North- 
more, Sir Febn Bland, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Heyfbam, 
Mr. Hill, Mr. Randall, Mr. Newland, Mr. Hardres, 
Mr. Kyrafion, Mr. Gay, Mr. Calmaay, Mr. Brig ftock, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Pugh, Mr. Lifter, Mr. Bramfton, 
Mr. Lutwyche, Mr. Wrightifon, be added to the Com- 
mittee of Privileges and Elections. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for electing 
a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the County of Surrey, in the room of Denzill Onflow 
Eigquire, deceafed. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refumed the adjourned 
Debate of Zhurfday \aft, upon the Claule offered, to be 
added to the Bill tor Relief of the unhappy Sufferers in 
the South Sea Company; and for reflraining John Ajflabie 
Efquire from going out of this Kingdom for the Spacé 
of One Year, and until the End of the next Seffion of 
Parliament; and for difcovering bis Eftate and Effects; 
and for preventing the tranfporting or alienating the 
fame: ¢ 

And the Claufe was amended; and then, upen the 
Queftion pet thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the AG frail not velt in the Truftees, appointed by 
the Act, Three thoufand Five hundred Pounds South Sea 
Stock, which the Lady Meer was, before her Marnage, 
pofiefied of, and transferred to Truitees, for her Ute; 
but that her Tiuftees thall, from time to time, pay the 


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A. 1721. 


Intereft or Dividend thereof to her, for her feparate 
Ure: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to 
be made Part of the Bi:l. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That the Act thall not extend to veft in the faid Truftees, 
appointed by the Act, the Eftate which belonged to 
James Craggs before the Firft Day of December 1719, 
which remained unaltered, and he was poffefied of, at 
the time of his Deceaie: * thy 

rnd the faid Claufe was twice read; and amended : 

And the Quettion being put, That the Claufe be made 
Part of the Bill; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


_. § Lord Wm. Powlet 
Tellers for the Yeas,} ie Bisietel . 


t 104, 
" Mr. fil evfden, 

Tellers for the Noes, sis Wilfred Lewfin: t go. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for laying a Mulct, or Fines, upon the late Sub Governor, 
Deputy Governor, Directors, Deputy Cafhier, and Ac- 
countant, of the South Sea Company, inftead of the For- 
feiture of their Eftates; mentioned in the Particulars or 
Inventories thereot deiivered in, upon Oath, to the Barons 
of the Court of Exchequer, in Obedience to an Act of 
this Seffion of Parliament: 

And the faid Claufe was once read : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be read 
a Second time; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe filled up the Blank, which was poft- 
poned, with the Trultces Names. 

And feveral other Amendments were made by the 
Houle to the Bill, by leaving out feveral Claufes; and 
otherwife, 

Ordered, That the Eill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 4° die Fulit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Comptroller, by his Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That his Majefty having, 
purfuant to the Addrefs of this Houfe, iffued his Royal 
Proclamation, for Apprehending of Doéfor Gaylard and 
Nathanae! Wilkinfon, the {aid N2thanael Wilkinfon has 
been apprehended; and is in the Cuftody of One of his 
Majefty’s Mefiengers. 

Kefolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his . 
Majefty, returning the Thanks of this Houfe, for the 
great Care his Majefty has taken in caufing Nathanael 
Wilkinfon to be apprehended, purfuant to the Addrefs of 
this Houle; and humbly to defire his Majefty, That he 
will be gracioufly pleafed to give Orders, That the faid 
Nathanael Wilkinfon may be delivered into the Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bil! for 
preventing the bringing in Intection by clandeftine Run- 
ning of Goods: And that Mr. Walpole, Mr. Sandys, Mr. 
Neville, Sir David Da'rymple, Mr. Attorney General, 
and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Mr. Treby, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houft, to whom the Bill for ap- 
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pointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and deter- 
mine, the Debts due to the Army, was committed, the 
Amendments, which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; afd, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with feveral 
Amendments to One of them, agreed unto by the Houte. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That the 
Debts due by the Officers of the Regiments fhall only be 
chargeabie on that Part of the Sum which fhall appear to 
be due to the faid Officers: 

Ana the faid Claufe was twice read; and amended; and, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe to be made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for impowering the Commiffioners appointed by the Act 
to give Credit, and allow, to the Lord Viicount Shannon, 
the Pay of himfelf, as Lieutenant General, with his Aid 
@’Camp, and ail other ufual Allowances to General Of- 
ficers of his Rank, ferving abroad, as fully and amply as 
‘if he had been actualiy, and in Perfon, attending that 
Service : : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks, which 
were filled up: And then the Claufe was amended: 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be 
made Part of the Bill; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } “a Rife id 


£9- 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mc Seah —— i 53: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. : 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellows and Mr. 
Edwards : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
Sale of the Eftate late of Richard Gwynn Gentleman, in 
the County of Brecon, for Payment of Debts; and for the 
Settling of an Eftate, in the County of Carmarthen, to cer- 
tain Purpofes therein mentioned: To which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing John Frederick Fales, without any Amend- 
ment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of the Eftate late of Richard Gwynn Gentie- 
man, in the County of Brecon, for Payment of Debts ; 
and for the fettling of an Eftate, in the County of Carmar- 
then, to certain Purpofes therein mentioned; was read 
the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 5° die Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 

Addrefs of Yefterday, That his Majefty would be 
yracioufly pleafed to give Orders, That Nathanael }/il- 
kinfon, in Cuftody of One of his Majefty’s Meflengers, 
might be delivered into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe, had been prefented to his 
Majefty ; and that his Majefty had been pleafed imme- 


diately to give Orders, That the faid Nathenae! Wilkin- 
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fon fhould be delivered into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe. 


The Lord Hinchingbrooke, from the Committée aps 
pointed to inquire into the Authors, Contrivers, Printers; 
and Publithers, of the feditious and traiterous Libel, in- 
tituled, ‘* The Weekly Fournal, cr Saturday’s Po? ; with 
“© the frefoet Advices, foreign and d:meftick; Saturday, May 
“¢ 27.17213;” andof all other feditious and traiterous Li- 
bels, which tend to raife Difcontent and Dilaffeétion in thé 
Minds of his Majefty’s Subjects; acquainted the Howie, 
That the faid Nathenael Wilkinfon, now in Cuttody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, having been 
brought before the faid Committee, in order to be exa- 
mined in the moft folemn manner, he had, in Contempt 
of this Houfe, pofitively refufed to be fo examined. 

Ordered, That the faid Nathanael Wilkinjon be, for his 
faid Contempt, committed clofe Prifoner to his Majetty’s 
Prifon of Newgate, during the Pleafure of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Nathanael Wilkinfon be not ad- 
mitted to have the Ufe of Pen, Ink, or Paper; and that 
no Perfon be admitted to come to him, without the Leave 
of this Houte. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrants ac- 
cordingly. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend an Adt, paied in the Twelfth Year of 
her late Majefty’s Reityn, intituled, An A&amp; for repairing 
the Highway or Road, trom the Stones End, in the Pa- 
rifh of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middle- 
fex, to the furthermoft Part of the Northern Road, in 
the Parifh of Enfeild, in the fame County, next to the 
Parifh of Chefbunt, in the County of Hertford: And that 
Sir Nathanael Gould, Mr. Smithfon, and Mr. Gay, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider of 
the State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom, the Re- 
folutions the Committee had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered them in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Refolutions were read; and are as follow; viz. 

ift, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That all Contraéts for the Sale or Purchafe of 
Subfcriptions, or Stock, of the Scuth Sea Company, or 
any other-Company or Corporation, or pretended Com- 
pany or Corporation, which fhall be unperformed, or not 
compounded, on or before the Twenty-ninth Day of Sep- 
tember next, be entered in Books, to be kept for that Pur- 
pofe, by the refpective Companies or Corporations, before 
the Firft Day of November next, or elfe to be void; and 
that fuch Entries fhall exprefs for whofe Ufe and Benefit 
fuch Contracts were made. 

2d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That no fpecial Bail be required, in any A‘tion 
brought, or to be brought, upon any Contraét for the 
Sale or Purchafe of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the 
South Sea Company, or any other Company or Corpora- 
tion, or pretended Company or Corperation. 

3d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That no Execution be awarded upon any Judg- 
m:nt obtained, or to be obtained, in any Action brought, 
or to be brought, upon any Conrraét for the Sale or 
Purchale of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the South Sea 
Company, or any other Company or Corporation, or 
pretended Company or Corporation, until the End of 
the Seffion of Parliament, which fhall be next after the 
‘Lwenty-ninth Day of Septemder next. 

4th, Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That ali Contracts for the Sale or Purchafe of any 
Subicription, or Stock, of the South Sea Company, or 
any other Company or Corporation, which fhall be un- 
performed, or not compounded, on or before the Twenty- 


ninth Day of September next, where the Seller, or the Perion 
on whole behalf fuch Contra» was made, was uct, at 
tT 
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the Time of fuch Contraét, or within a Time to be limit- 
ed, atually poffeffed of, or intitled to, fuch Subfcrip- 
tion, or Stock, fhall be declared null and void. 

The Firft of the faid Refolutions, being read a Se- 
cond time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

The Second of the faid Refolutions being read aSecond 

time ; 
An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
inferting, after the Word *“ Contract,” thefe Words ; 
«© made fince the Firft Day of December 1719, and be- 
“ fore the Firft Day of December 1720:” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That no fpe- 
cial Bail be required in any Aétion brought, or to be 
brought, upon any Contract made fince the Firft Day of 
December 1719, and before the Firft Day of December 
1720, for the Sale or Purchafe of any Subfcription, or 
Stock, of the South Sea Company, or any other Company 
or Corporation, or pretended Company or Corporation. 

The Third of the faid Refolutions being read a Second 
time ; 

And the Queftion being put, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, That no 
Execution be awarded upon any Judgment obtained, or 
to be obtained, in any Action brought, or to be brought, 
upon any Contract for the Sale or Purchafe of any Sub- 
fcription, or Stock, of the South Sea Company, or any 
other Company or Corporation, or pretended Company 


or Corporation, until the End of the Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, which fhall be next after the Twenty-ninth Day of 
Sepiember next; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } —s Chifll i 126. 

Tellers for the Noes, } coe maaan —_ t 82. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Fourth Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That all Contrséts for 
the Sale or Purchafe of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the 
South Sea Company, or any other Company or Corpo- 
ration, which fhall be unperformed, or not compounded, 
onor before the T wenty-ninth Day of September next, where 
the Seller, or the Perfon on whofe behalf fuch Contract 
was made, was not, at the Time of fuch Contraét, or 
within a Time to be limited, actually poffeffed of, or in- 


titled to, fuch Subfcription, or Stock, fhall be declared . 


null and void. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majeity, humbly reprefenting to his Majefty the State of 
the publick Credit of this Kingdom; and to lay before 
his Majefty the feveral Refolutions of this Houfe, of the 
Third of May, and Ninth and Thirteenth of Fuze laft, 
and of this Day, relating thereto. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up the 
faid Addrefs : 

And it is referred to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Pulteney, Lord Hinchingbrooke, Mr. Gibbon, Mr. 
Denton, Mr. Farrer, Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. Sandys, Mr. 
Lowther, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Comptroller, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Weft, Mr. Hutchefon, 
Mr. Thompfen, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Kelfall, Mr. Yonge, 
Sir David Dalrymple, Sir Wm. Lowther, General Rofe, 
Sir Fohn Rufbout, Mr. Baylie, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Ne- 
ville, Mr. Traverfe, Lord Morpeth, Lord Barrington ; 
or any Three of them: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


A. 1721, 


upon the Bill to fubje&amp;t the Eftates, real and perfonal 

Sir George Cafwall Knight, Facod pen a and thn 

Turner Efquires, to make good to the South Sea Com. 

oy oe Sum of Two hundred and fifty thoufand 
ounds, , 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow M 
ing, Nine of the Clock. es 





Jovis, 6° Fulii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


( Riered, That the ingroffed Bill for the Relief of the 

unhappy Sufferers in the South Sea Company; and for 
reftraining John Aiflabie Efquire from going out-of this 
Kingdom for the Space of One Year, and until the End 
of the next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcoverin 
his Eftate and Effects; and for preventing the tranfport- 
ing or alienating the fame; be read the Third time To. 
morrow Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for appointing Commiffioners to exa- 
mine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army 
was read the Third time. ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill, 

Prefs 9. L. 31. After ** Sixteenth,” to infert * Parts 
** of a Peny :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle; and the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for appointing Commiffioners to examine, 
ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Army. 

Ordered, That Mr. Treby do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and defire their Concurrence, 


Sir Nathanael Gould prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to explain and amend the A@, of the 
Twelfth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
A&amp;t for repairing the Highway or Road from™the Stones 
End, in the Parifh of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in the 
County of Middlefex, to the furthermoft Part of the 
Northern Road, in the Parifh of Enfield, in the fame 
County, next to the Parifh of Chefbunt, in the County of 
Hertford: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 7° Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Fon 

Allen, and Captain Burrington, have infulted, and 
otherwile affronted, Nicholas Philpot Efquire, a Member 
of this Houfe ; in Contempt of, and in Breach of the 
Privilege of, this Houfe ; 

Ordered, That the faid Fohn Allen be, for his faid Con- 
tempt, and Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody 
of the Serjeant at Arms, attending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Captain Burringtow be, for his 
faid Contempt, and Breach of Privilege, taken into the 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


Mr. Tuffuell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Report made upon the Petition of the Deputy Lievu- 
tenants, Juftices of the Peace, of the feveral Counties 
of Middlefex and Effex, and other Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and Inhabitants, of the faid Counties, was re- 
committed ; and who weve likewife to inguire into what 

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7 GEO. I. 


Eftates are {pecially charged for repairing any Part of the 
faid Highways; That the Committee had confidered the 
Matter to them referred; and had direéted him to report 
the fame, as it appeared tothem; which Report he read 
yn his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; 
VIZ. 

That the Committee have taken the Report, which 
was re-committed to them, into Confideration , and upon 
examining the feveral Surveyors of the Highways for the 
Hamlets of the Parifh of Stepney, the Parifhes of White- 
choppel, Bow, and Bromley, the Committee find, That 
there is ufually levied, in the faid Hamlets and Parifhes, 
about Four hundred Pounds per Annum, which has been 
laid out in repairing the Roads from the Stones End in 
Whitechappel to Bew Bridge; but that your Committee 
cannot be very particular, by reafon the feveral Surveyors 
could not preduce any Books by which they collected fuch 
Sums, or to fhew how, or in what manner, they charged 
the Inhabitants, but fay, That the Money is levied dif- 
cretionally, what they can get of each Inhabitant, towards 
the faid Repairs; and they have no certain Rule to go- 
vern themielves by, in colleéting the Money for the faid 
Repairs. 

Nicholas Buckeridge Clerk, being examined, fays, That 
there are Lands, amounting to near One thoufand Pounds 
per Annum, late Parcel of the Poffeffion of the Abbot of 
Stratford, in Effex, that are liable to the Repair of Bow 
Bridge, and Channel/ea Bridge, and all the Road and Caufe- 
ways between thofe Two Bridges, and that he is one of 
the Owners and Proprietors of thefe Lands; and pro- 
duced Three Agreements between the Owners of the faid 
Abbey Lands, and Perfons by them employed as Under- 
takers to repair the faid Bridges and Road; by which it 
appeared. 

That, by the Firft Agreement, with one Shephard, Bow 
Bridge -and Channelfea Bridge, and all the Road and 
Caufeways between the faid Bridges, were repaired, for 
Seven Years commencing from the 6th of May 1695, 
for 80/. per Annum: 

And, by another Agreement with the fame Perfon, the 
Highways and Caufeways only were repaired, for Five 
Years commencing from the 2gth September 1702, for 
86/. 145. 6d. per Annum: 

And, by a Third Agreement with one Mayhew, that the 
Bridge, commonly called Channelfea Bridge, was to be gra- 
velled, and the Highways and Caufeways, Pofts, and Rails, 
between the faid Bridge and Bow Bridge, were to be amend- 
ed, and kept in Repair, for Eleven Years commencing at 
Michaelmas 1708, for 941 25. 10d. per Annum. . 

Mr. Prefton, another of the Owners of the faid Abbey 
Lands, being examined, fays, That, in the Year 1718, 
the Abbey Land-owners laid out 1267. 75. 8d. in repais- 
ing Channelfea Bridge, and the Roads between that and 
Bow Bridge; 

And, in the Year 1719, 129/155. 2d. in repairing’ 
the faid Road and Bridges. 

It further appeared to the Committee, That there are 
Three other Bridges on the fame Road, between Bow 
and Stratford: That Two of the faid Bridges, one Peg/bole 
Bridge, the other St. Michael’s Bridge; and that they are 
repaired by the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of 
London, by reafon of the Tenure of fome Mills and 
Lands near adjoining to the fame Road: 

And Mr. Gerbrand, Clerk to the Bridge-houfe, being 
thereto examined, fays, That the Mayor and Common- 
dlty of the City of London have, for feveral Years laft 
pat, repaired the faid Two Bridges, and have Mills and 
Lands adjoining to the faid Road; but in what manner 
the fame are liable to the faid Repairs, he knows not. 

It alfo appeared to the Committee, ‘That there is an- 
other Bridge on the fame Road, called. St. Thomas of Acon’s 
Bridge, which hath been conftantly repaired at the fole 
Cott end Charges of the Owners of other Mills and Lands 
adjoining to the faid Road, which now are in the Tenure 
of Thomas Chambers. Etquiie, who is Owner thereof: And, 
upon Examination of the Steward and Agent of the faid 


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Mr. Chambers, he owned, That the faid Mr. Chambers 
was Owner of the faid Mills and Land; and that both 
he, and his Father Sir Thomas Chambers, had ufed to re- 
pair that Bridge. 

Mr. Wykes and Mr. Coker informed the Committee, 
That they have made a Survey of the Road from the 
Stones End in Whitechappel to Bow Bridge, which is in 
Length about Two Miles and Eighteen Rods; and fay, 
That, if the Gravel is laid Three Foot deep, and Thirty: 
Foot wide, it will coft, to put that Road in Repair, 
Three thoufand Pounds; and about Six hundred Pounds 
per Annum to keep it in Repair, when it is {o mended: 

That, to amend the Road from Bow Bridge to Strat- 
ford will coft about a Thoufand Pounds; and that the 
Charges to keep it in Repair afterwards will, intheir Judg- 
ment, amount to One hundred and Fifty Pounds per 
Annum. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Highways from the Stones End, in White. 
chappel, in the County of Middlefex, to Rumford, and to 
the further End of the Parith of Woodford, in the County 
of Effex: And that Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Conyers, and Sir 
Gilbert Heathcote, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for the Relief of the unhappy Suf- 
ferers in the South Sea Company; and for reftraining 
Sohn Aiflabie Efquire from going out of this Kingdom 
tor the Space of One Year, and until the End of the 
next Seffion of Parliament; and for difcovering his Eftate 
and Effeéts; and for preventing the tranfporting or alie- 
nating the fame; was, according to Order, read the Third 
time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 4. L. * Before ‘ Fames,” to infert ‘* the faid,” 
and to leave out ‘ fenior Efquire:” 

. Prefs 14. L. * After ‘* Company,” infert * for the 
** Ufes and Purpofes in this Act expreffed :” 

Prefs 39. L. 2. To leave out ‘ Firft,” and infert 
© Seventh :” 

Prefs 55. L. 8. To infert “* Deputy Cafhier:” ~ 

Prefs 60. L. 30: To leave out “* Cafhier :” 

L. 31. To leave out “ and the faid John 
“ Aiflabie:” 

Prefs 61. L. 1. To leave out ** Cafhier :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for raifing Money upon the Eftates of the 
late Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Direétors, Cafhier, 
Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Com- 
pany, and of Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, and likewife of ‘Fames 
Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, towards making good 
the great Lofs and Damage fuftained by the faid Company; 
and for difabling fuch of the faid Perfons as are living 
to hold any Office or Place of Truft under the Crown, 
or to fit or vote in Parliament, for the future; and for 
other Purpofes in the faid Ac&amp;t expreffed. 

Then the Title of the Bill was wrote in the Blank left 
in the Bill, for that Purpofe, in the Oath therein men- 
tioned. 

. Ordered, That Mr. Clayton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 8° die Fults; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

[ \ for Sale of the Eftate late of Richard Gwynn Gentle- 
man, in the County of Brecon, for Payment of Debts 
and for the Settling of an Eftate, in the County of Car- 
martiien, 








628 


marthen, to certain Purpofes therein mentioned; was read 
the Second ume. 

Refilved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Brig- 
frock, Mr. Fones, Sir Hungerford Hofkyns, Sit Facob Af- 
ley, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Vaughan, Mi. Philpct, Mr, Bruere, Mr. Bramjton, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Campbell, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Thomas 
Croffe, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Windfor, Six Richard Fowler, 
Mr. Gwynn, Mr. Hardrefs, Mr Hanbury, Colonel Cado- 
gan, Mr Cartwright, General Wade, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Gybbo:, Mr. Foley, Sir Wm. St. 
Quintin, Mr. Weatworth, Sir Fohn Phillips, Mr. Plumer, 
Mr. Pitt, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Eversfeild, Mr. Windfor, 
Sir Wm. Robinfon, Colonel Carpenter, Mr. Wylde, Mr. 
Smith, Colonel Middleton, Mr Neville, Sir Fifber Tench, 
Mr. Boteler, Mr. Bere; and all that ferve for the Prin- 
cipality of Wales, and for the County of Monmouth: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Benjamin Fennings, in the Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, for a Breach of 
the Privilege of this Houte, in having abufed and af- 
fronted Thomas Bere Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, 
in a very rude manner; and for fpeaking Words reflect- 
ing upon him, and upon the Parliament; was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; confefling his Fault, and his Sor- 
row for having fallen under the Difpleafure of this Houfe ; 


and moft humbly begging the Pardon of the Houfe for 


the fame: And praying to be diicharged out of Cuftody. 

Ordered, That the faid Benjamin Fennings be brought 
tothe Bar of this Houfe upon Monday Morning next, 
in order to his being dilcharged out of Cuftody. 


Mr. Walpole prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to prevent the bringing in the Intection by the 
clandeftine Running of Goods: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firit time. 


Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Hovufe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 10 die Fulit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Bniamin Fennings, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms 
attending this Houfe, was, according to Order, 
brought to the Bar: Where he, upon his Knees, received 


a Reprimand from Mr. Speaker; and was ordered to be 
difcharged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 


Mr. Gwynn reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vetting Part of the Eftate late of Anthony Lechmere 
Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, for Payment 
of his Debts, was committed, That they had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confents to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that 
the Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sandys do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill to explain and amend the A@, paffed in the 
Twelfth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
A&amp; for repairing the Highway or Road, from the Stones 
End, in the Parith of St. Leonard Shoreditch, in the 
County of Middlefex, to the furthermoft Part of the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A721. 


Northern Road in the Parith of Enfield, in the fame 
County, next to the Parifh of Chefbuni, in the County of 
Hertford, was read a Second time. ~$ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Nathe- 
nacl Gould, Sir Wm. Robinfon, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir 
Thomas Fohnfon, Mr. Smithfon, Mr. Gay, Mr. Bruere 
Mr. Gybbon, Sir Thomas Croffe, Sir Thomas Pengelly, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Rudge, Mr. Neville, Lord Molefwerth, Mr 
Gwyn, Mr. Foley, Mr. Smith, Sir Faceb Afiley, Mr. Ro. 
berts, Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Lade, Mr. Wylde, Mr 
Reynell, Mr. Brudenell, Mr. Sandys, Mr, Travers, Sir 
David Dalrymple, Mr. Cunningham, Sir Hen. Alburf 
Mr. Wentworth, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Neble, Mr. 
Bigg; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties 
of Middlefex, Hertford, Bedford, Effex, Norfolk, and 
Suffolk: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Ciock. 





Martis, 11° die Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


QC Réered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 

Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgels to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of ‘Cockermou‘h, in the County of Cum- 
berland, in the room of Piercy Seymour Efquire, com- 
monly called Lord Peircy Seymour deceafed. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. 
Bennet: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
explaining, and making more effectual, the feveral Ads 
concerning Bankrupts: To which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


The faid Bill was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That he had 
a Meffage figned by his Majefty; and he prefented the 
fame to the Houfe: Which was read by Mr. Speaker; 
and is as followeth; viz. 


GEORGE R. 
H!s Majefty finds it neceffary to acquaint his loyal 


Houfe of Commons with the Difficulties he labours 
under by reafon of Debts contraéted in his Civil Govern- 
ment; which, being computed at Lady- day laft, do amount 
to more than Five hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds. 

If the Provifion made by an Aét, of the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, for difcharging this Debt, had not hitherto 
proved, in a very great Degree, ineffectual, his Majefty 
had not been under a Neceflity of applying again to Par- 
liament upon this Occafion: But, being refolved to caufe 
a Retrenchment to be made of his Civil Lift Expences for 
the future; and finding, that fuch a Retrenchment can- 
not well be effected without difcharging the prefent Ar- 
rears; has ordered the Accounts thereof to be laid be- 
fore the Houfe; and hopes he may be impowered to raile 
ready Money, for that Purpofe,.on the Civil Lift Reve- 
nues; which, to avoid the laying any new Burthen on his 
People, his Majefty propofes fhali be replaced to the 
Civil Lift; and reimburied by a Deduction to be made 
out of the Salaries and Wages of all Offices, and the Pen- 
fioas, and other Payments, from the Crown. 


Refolved, That this Hovufe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
take his Majefty’s moft gracious Meflage into Confi- 
deration, 


Ordered, 








9 GEO. I. 


Ordered, That his Majefty’s faid moft gracious Meflage 
be referred-to the {aid Committee. 


Mr. Lownds, by his Majefty’s Command, prefented to 


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629 


the Houfe, an Account of the Debt to the Civil Lift at 
Lady-Aay 1721. 


Which Account was read; and is as followeth; viz. 


AN Account of the Debt to the Civil Lift at Lady-day 1721. 








At the Exchequer. l. a a. 
Howfhold - ° - - - " - 81,609 8 6% 
Treafurer of the Chamber - - - - - - 40,662 3 1+ 
Great Wardrobe - - - - - - . - 30,080 18 6 
Robes, Half a Year on Eftablifhment - - - - - 3,240 0 0 
Works - - ° - - - - 21,514 8 5 
Gardens, a Quarter - : - - - - 740 0 O 
Stables, Extraordinaries - - « ‘ - 11,325 18 4 
Foreign Minitters - - - - . - - §6,070 ig 11 
Fees and Salaries - - - . : - 56,262 5 7% 
Penfions and Annuities - - " ; 2 =: BeehS. 5-8 
Ditto, per Mr. Chetwynd - ee. - - - - 80,716 14 Oo 
French Proteftants, per Ditio - - - - - - 42,500 Oo oO 
Governefs of the young Princeffes, on 20,000/. per Annum - - - 5,000 0 oO 
Several that quitted the Prince’s Service, on the King’s Order, for Three Quarters - - 3,662 7 3° 
Band of Penfioners, a Year - - - - - - 6,000 0 o 
Secretaries of State, for Secret Services, Three Quarters - - &gt; - 6,750 0 0 
His Majefty’s Privy Purfe, a Quarter - - - - - 7,500 0 0 
Prince of Wales, on 20,000 1. Part of 100,000/. per Annum - - . - 5,000 0 Oo 
Jewel Office, for Plate, &amp;c. - - - - - - - 4,230 0 0 
Prince Charles of Denmark, on 4,000 1. per Annum - - - - - 18,824 13 13 
Contingencies of divers Natures, per Eftimation == __ - - - - 20,000 0 o 
For Aggregate Fund, being the Surplus of the Civil Lift Funds, 4zno 1720 - - - 102,682 7 114 
Penfions payable at the Poft Office, by Grants from his Majefty - - - 2,875 0 oO 
640,230 5 11} 
To be deduéted for Remains in the Exchequer, and in the Hands of publick Receivers at Lady- 
day 1723, including 30,o00/. for Three Months, then due out of the Aggregate Fund - - 85,051 9 3% 
Remains - = = 555,178 16 73 


Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the faid Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to take his Majefty’s moft gracious Meffage into 
Confideration. 


And then the Hovufe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercuri, 12° die Fulit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 

a Committee of the whole Houfe, to take into Con- 
fideration his Majeity’s moft gracious Meffage of Yei- 
terday. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. . 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker relumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Levidond and 
Mr. Benuet : 

' Mr. Speaker, 

We are commanded by the Lords to acquaint this 
Houfe, That their Lordfhips defire a prefent Conference 
with this Houle, in the Painted Chamber, upon the 
Subject-matter of the Bill, inticuled, An A&amp;é for raifing 
Money upon the Eftates of the late Sud Governor, De- 
puty Governor, Directors, Cafhier, Deputy Cafhier, and 
Accountant, of the South Sea Company, and of FoAn 
Ayflabie Kiguire, and likewile of Faies Craggs fenior, 

VoL. XIX. 


W. Lowndes. 

vith Fuly 1721. 
Efquire, deceafed, towards making good the great Lofs 
and Damage fuftained by the faid Company; and for dif- 
abling fuch of the faid Perfons as are living to hold aay 
Office or Place of Truft under the Crown, or to fit or 
vote in Parliament, for the future; and for other Purpofes 
in the faid Act expreffed. And alfo, 

The Lords have paSed a Biil, intiruled, An A@ for 
Sale of Part of the Eftate of Edward Nedham Gentle- 
man, in the County of Leicefer, for Payment of Debts 
charged thereupon; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned: To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

Refolved, That this Houfe do agree to meet the Lords 
at a prefent Conference, as their Lordthips do defire. 

Then the Meffengers were called in again; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them, That the Houle had confidered 
that Part of their Meffage which relates to the Confer- 
ence: And that this Houie doth agree to meet the Lords 
at a prefent Conference, as their Lordthips do defire. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wortley, Mr. Sloper, Lord Mle 
worth, Mr. Horatio Walpole, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Kel/all, 
Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Godfrey, Matter of the Rolls, Mr. 
Serjeant Pengelly, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Abe, Mr. 
Hungerford, Sir Robert Furneffe, Mr. Strickland, Lord 
Stanhope, Lord Hinchinbrooke, Mr. Weft, Sir Fohn Ho- 
bart, Mr. Mecr, Mr. Milner, Mr. Gydbon, Mr. Boateler, 
Mr. Weftern, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Bacon, Lord Carpenter, 
Lord Wm. Powlet, do manage the faid Conference. 

And the Managers went to the Conference. 

And, being returned ; 

Mr. Sicper reported, That the Managers had met the 
Lords at the Conference; and that it was managed, on the 
Part of the Lords, by the Lord Prefident: Who ac- 
quainted them, That, in order to preferye that good Cor- 
refpondence which is always {fo neceffary to be kept u 
between both Houfes, efpecially at this time, when a Bill 
is depending defore their Lordthips, very muca concera- 
ing the Peace and Safety of his Majeity’s Goverament, 


7x and 








630 


and the Juftice due to his Subjects ; their Lordfhips have 
defired this Coaference, to acquaint the Commons, That 
the Lords having entered upon the Confideration of the 
Bill, inticuled, An At for raifing Money upon the Eftates 
of the lace Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, 
Cafhier, Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South 
Sea Company, and of ‘Fchu Aiflabie Efquire, and likewife 
of ‘Fomes Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, towards making 
good the great Lofs and Damage futtained by the faid 
Company ; and for difabling fuch of the faid Perfons as 
are living to hold any Office or Place of Truft under 
the Crown, or to fit or vote in Parliament, for the future; 
and for other Purpoies in the faid Act exprefied ; and 
having read the fame a Firft and Second time 3 and com- 
mitted it; and the Matters of Fat fuggefted in the 
{aid Bill, as the Ground and Foundation upon which it 
feems to have proceeded in the Houfe of Commons, fo 
far as the fame relates to the faid Joh» Aifabie, and to the 
{aid ‘James Craggs, not appearing fufficiently before the 
Lords ; 

Their Lordfhips have defired this Conference, that they 
may have the Affiftance of the Commons, in order to 
have the State of the faid Matters of Fact more fully 
laid before their Lordfhips. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion To-morrow Morning. , 

The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of Se- 

recy, of the Fifth of Fune laft, be taken into Confide- 
ration upon this Day Month. 


Ordered, That the laft Report from the Committee of 
Secrecy be taken into Confideration upon this Day Month. 

Ordered, That the Bill to prevent the bringing in the 
Infection by the clandeftine Running of Goods, be read 
a Second time To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 13° die Fulii ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A 
for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Edward Nedham 
Gentleman, in the County of Leiceffer, for Payment of 
Debts charged thereupon; and for other Purpoles therein 
mentioned ; was read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill to prevent the bringing in the Infection by the 
clandeftine Running of Goods, was, according to Order, 
read a Second time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houte. | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
"night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the faid Bill. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into Confideration the Report of the Conference Yefterday 
with the Lords. 

Refolued, That fuch Members of this Houfe as were 
the Committee of Secrecy, be appointed a Committee 
to ftate the Matters of Fact on which thofe Parts of the 
Sill for Relief of the South Sea Company were grounded, 
which relate to Fohn Aiflabie Efquirc, and the late Fames 
Craggs fenior Efguire, deceafed, ih order to be delivered to 
the Lords ataConference; orany Three of them: And they 


Journals of the Houfe'of Commons. 


A.1721. 


are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber: And have Leave to fit during the Sitting 
of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 14° Fuli; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for explaining, and making more effectual, the 
feveral Acts concerning Bankrupts, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm, 
Powlet, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Weftfaling, Sir Wis. Thompfon, Mr. Morice, 
Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Dockmixigue, Sir Na- 
thanael Gould, Mr. Lordon, Mr. Smith, Mr. Stanhope, 
Mr. Kelfall, Mr. Thompfon, Sir Robert Gordon, Mr. Ba- 
lie, Mr. Haldane, Mr. Pelham, Sir Charles Turner, Mr. 
Foley, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Plumtre,’Mr. 
Treby, Colonel Grahme, Sit Wm. Humphreys; and all the 
Merchants of the Houte; And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee appointed to 
ftace the Matters of Faét on which thofe Parts of the 
Bill for Relief of the South Sea Company were grounded, 
which relate to ohn Aiflabie Eiquire, and the late Fames 
Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, in order to be deli- 
vered to the Lords at a Conference, the State of the faid 
Matters of Fact; which he read in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and agreed unto by the Houfe; and is as fol- 
loweth; vz. 


Your Lordfhips having defired, at a Cenference, that 
the Commons would acquaint your Lordthips with the 
Matters of Faé&amp; upon which the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for raifing Money upon the Eftates of the late Sub Go- 
vernor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cafhier, Deputy 
Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Company, 
and of Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, and likewife of ‘fanes 
Craygs fenior, Eiquire, deceafed, towards making good 
the great Lofs and Damage fuftained by the faid Com- 
pany ; and for difabling fuch of the faid Perfons as are 
living to hold any Office or Place of Truft under the 
Crown, or to fit or vote in Parliament, for the future ; 
and for other Purpofes in the faid Act expreffed ; fo far 
as the fame relates to the faid Fohn Aiflabie, and to the 
{aid ‘ames Craggs ; was grounded ; 

The Commons have commanded us to acquaint your 
Lordthips, That the faid Matters of Faét, fo fuggelted 
in the faid Bill, are relative to the Matters of Faét fug- 
gefted in the former Part of the Preamble of the Bill; 
and will be explained thereby: And; for your Lordfhips 
farther Satisfaction, we are commanded by the Commons 
to acquaint your Lordfhips, That the Bill, fo far as it 
relates to the faid ohn Aiflabie, befides the Notoriety of 
Facts, was grounded as well upon Proof, as the Confeffion 
of Mr. Aiflabie. ; 

As to the Confeffion of Mr. Aiflabie, we are com- 
manded by, the Commons to affirm, in their Names, to 
your Lordfhips, That Mr. Aifladie did, in his Place, 
confefs, That, upon the Third and Nineteenth Days of 
December 1719, 22,000 1. South Sea Stock was bought by 
Mr. Robert Knight, late Cafhier of the South Sea Com- 
pany, for him the faid Mr. Aiflabie: And Mr. Aiflabie 
delivered in to the Commons a Paper, of the Hand- 
writing of Mr. Kuizht, containing Part of an Account, 
in the Words following; viz. 


December 





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— 


December 3. | To South Sea Stock bought 


1g. | Bought more — 
To = per Cent. paid Samuel Strode on 
To 4 Part, 217 10 loft, as above 
24th. | To Cath paid back — 


December 10. 


19. 


Received in Bank-notes 
Received more, in full 





We are alfo commanded to acquaint your Lordfhips, 
That the Commons havirg received Information, That 
Mr. Francis Hawes, One of -the late Directors of the 
South Sea Company, had negociated very large Sums for 
M:. Aifabie; and had Dealings, for a confiderable Time 
paft, in South Sea Stock, with the faid Mr. Aiflabie, and 
that an Account thereof was kept in a Book, of which 
Mr. Aiflabie had a Duplicate ; which Accounts were con- 
tinued in that Book till fome time in November laft ; the 
Commons did, on the Seventh Day of March lait, order 
that the faid Book fhould be laid before them the next 
Morning ; at the Making of which Order, Mr. Aiflabie was 
prefent, in his Place; and did not object or offer any thing 
to the Houfe, that the fame could not be complied with; 
but the next Day, Mr. Aifadie, attending in his Place, to 
make his Defence to the feveral Matters objected to him, 
an Obedience to that Order being required, Mr. Aifladie 
declared, That Mr. Hawes, if called in, would tell the 
Houle, That Mr. Hawes, with his own Hands, commit- 
ted the faid Book to the Fire: Upon which, Mr. Hawes, 
being called in, and examined, faid, That the faid Book 
was, in the Beginning of November laft, upon Mr. 
Aifiabie’s preffing Inftances, delivered up, by him, to 
Mr. Aijfebie; and the fame Book, and alfo the faid Du- 
plicate thereof, kept by Mr. Aiflabie, were both then 
burnt together, Part by Mr. Afladie, and Part by him- 
felf, at Mr. Aifadic’s Inftance ; and that the Propofal for 
burning them came from Mr. Aifabie: And Hawes far- 
ther faid, That he had not any Duplicate, or Entry, of 
what was contained in the faid Book. 

We are further commanded to acquaint your Lord- 
fhips, That, upon the Twentieth of Famuary 1719, the 
Commons refolved, That their Houle would, upon the 
Twenty-fecond of that Month, refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider of that Part of 
his Majefty’s Speech which related to the publick Debts ; 
which the Houfe did accordingly: And that afterwards, 
on the Twenty-feventh of Fanuary, the Houfe again re- 
folved itfelf into the faid Committee ; and the Committee 
did then receive Propofals from the South Sea Company 
for paying the publick Debts: 

As for Proof; the feveral Perfons following ; viz. 
Mr. Robert Surman, Mr. Francis Hawes, Mr. Matthew 
Wymondefold, Thomas Weddell E{quire, Sir Theodore Fanfen, 
Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Webfter, Mr. Robert Knight, 
Sir Fohn Feliowes, Sir John Bluat, Mr. Fohn Falconbridge, 
Eamund Waller Etquire, Mr. Edward Gibbon, and Mr. 
Charles ‘Foye; were examined, and did, in the Opinion of 
the Commons, make out the Allegations in the faid Bill, 
relating to the faid Mr. Aiflabie. 

The Commons have alfo commanded us to acquaint 
your Lordfhips, That the {aid Bill, fo far as the fame re- 
lates to the {aid ‘Fumes Craggs, befides the Notoriety of 
Facts, was grounded upon Proof: And that Mr. Robert 
Surman, Sir Fohu Blunt, Mr. Charles Foye, Mr. facod 
Sawbridge, Sir George Cafwall, Mr. Fames Greminer, 

Ar. Matthew Wymondefold, and Mr. Thomas Herne, did, 
in the Opinion of the Commons, make out the Allega- 
tions in the faid Bill, which relate to the said James 
Cragegs. 

Ordered, That the faid State of the Matters of Fa&amp;t be 
delivered to the Lords at a Conference. 


BY 


~ 


— 
ae 











_ — | 10,000 123 12,300 
— — | 12,000 126% 15,180 
ome — | 22,000 — 27 10 
-- — —_ — 108 15 
— _ — _ 183 15 
27,800 
— 12,300 
i ie 15,500 
—— 27,800 














Refolved, That.a Conference be defired with the Lords 
upon the Subject-matter of the laft Conference, 

Ordered, That Mr. Clayton do go to the Lords, and de- 
fire the faid Conference. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; 


Mr. Clayton reported to the Houfe, That he having, 
according to Order, been at the Lords, to defire a Con- 
ference upon the Subject-matter of the laft Conference ; 
they do agree to a Conference; and appoint the fame 
prefently, in the Painted Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Committee who drew up the faid 
State, do manage the Conference. 

And they went accordingly. 

And, being returned 5 

Mr. Clayton reported, That the Managers had been at 
the Conference, and given the Lords the Stateof the 
Matters of Faét, on which thofe Parts of the Bill for Re- 
lief of the South Sea Company were grounded, which re- 
late to Fohu Aiflabie Efquire, and the late Fames Crages 
fenior, Efquire, deceafed. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Cominittee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of his Majetty’s moft gracious Meffage of the 
Eleventh Inftant, the Refolution which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the {fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; vz. 

Refalved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That his Majefty be enabled to raife any Sum, not exceed- 
ing Five hundred thoufand Pounds, to difcharge the Ar- 
rears and Debts due and owing, upon the Civil Lift, to 
his Servants, and others, by fettling a yearly Fund, for 
Payment of Annuities, after the Rate of Five Pounds per 
Cent. per Annum, out of the Civil Lift Revenues, till the 
fame fhall be, redeemed by the Crown; ‘and that his Ma- 
jefty, his Heirs or Succeifors, be enabled to make good, 
for the Ufes of the Civil Government, all fuch Money as, 
from time to time, fhall have been paid thereupon, by 
caufing a Deduétion, not exceeding Twelve Pence in the 
Pound, to be made out of Salaries, Wages, Penfions, 
or other Payments from the Crown; and the annual 
Overplus of fuch Deduction, after the Payiment of In- 
tereft, at the Rate of Five Pounds per Centum per Anum, 
to be applied annually, to fink the Principal of the laid 
‘Debt. ‘ 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
leaving out the Word ** Twelve,” and inferting the 
Word * Six,” inftead thereof : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word * Twelve” 
ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

§ Mr. § loper, 
"2 Mr. Cocks : 


Tellers for the Noes j Lord Wm. Powlett, 
aa - “ 99 


Tellers for the Yeas 


i 83. 
Mr. Pulteney: { Eom 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Refelved, That the Word * Six” be inferted, inftead 

of the Word = Twelve.” 


Another 








632 


Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Refolution, by leaving out, at the End thereof, thefe 
Words; “ and the annval Overplus of fuch Deduction, 
“ after the Payment of Intereft, at the Rate of Five 
“ Pounds per Cent. per Anim to be applied annually, to 
* Gnk che Principal of the faid Debt :” 

Aad the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
apreed unto by the Houle. 


” Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That his Ma- 
jefty be enabled to raife any Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thoufand Pounds, to difcharge the Arrears and 
Debts due andowing, upon the Civil Litt, to his Servants, 
and others, by fettling a yeaily Fund for Payment of An- 
nuities, after the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent, per Annum 
out of the Civil Lift Revenues, until the fame fhall be 
redeemed by the Crown, and that his Majetty, his Heirs 
or Succeffcrs, be enabled to make good, for the Utes of 
the Civil Government, all fuch Moncy as, from time to 
time, fhall have been paid thereupon, by caufing a De- 
duction, not exceeding Six Pence in the Pound, to be 
made out of Salaries, Wages, Pentions, or oiher Pay- 
ments, from the Crown. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Walpele, and Mr. Lownds, do prepare, and 
bringin, the fame. 


And then the Floufe adjourned till Monduy Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 17° die Fulit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

_ for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Eaward Nedham 
Gentleman, in the County of Leice/er, for Payment of 
Debts charged thereupon; and for other Purpoies therein 
mentioned; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Nedle, 
Mr. Bramfton, Sir Fokn Bland, Mr. Gay, Mr. Lewis, 
Sir Cherles Wager, Mr. Conduit, Sit Roger Bradfbaigh, 
Mr. Everfield, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Bridyflock, Mr. Allafon, 
Mr. Celmady, Mr. Moor, Mr. Whitchcott, Mr. Mey- 
rick, Mr. Kvnajion, Mr. Gregcry, Mr. Plumtre, Mr. 
ivindfor, Mx. barrer, Mr. Hillerjden, Mr. Pugh, Sir Na- 
shanael Gould, Nir. Harvey, Mr. Duncomb, General Roffe, 
Lord Wm, Powlet, Mr. Elford, Mr. Neville, Mr. Write, 
Mr. Bredrick, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Reynell, Mr. 
Waipole, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Archer, Mr. Huvgerford, Mr. 
Shuttleworth, Mr. Bruere, Sir Facob Aftley, Mr Hardre/fs, 
Mr. Edwards; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Lincoln and Leicefer: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Brizgfock reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Bill trom the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Sale of the Eitate late of Richard Gwyn Gentleman, in 
the County of Brecon, for Payment of Debts; and for the 
Settling of an Eftate, in the County of Carmarthen, to cer- 
tain Purpoles therein mentioned, was committed; That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
civen their Contents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had directed him 
to report the Sill to the Houfe, withoutany Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Lowzds prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for raiinga Sum, not exceeding Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds, by charging Annuities, at the Rate of 
Five Pounds per Cent. per Aanum, on the Civil Litt Re- 


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A. 573}. 


venues; and for enabling his Majefty, his Heirs or Suc. 
ceffors, by caufing fuch Deduétion cto be imade, as is 
therein mentioned, to make good, co the Civil Lilt, the 
Payment which fhali have been made upon the taid An- 
nuities: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr, 
Lightboun : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do defire this Houfe will give Leave to 
George Builie Efquire, Richard Edgcumbe Etqguire, Wil- 
dam Lownds Efquire, Charles Stansope Etquire, Henry 
Kelfall Efguire, William Clayton Efquire, Richard Hamp- 
den Eiquire, George Delavail Eiquire, Sit Robert Furnefe 
Baronet, and Ed card Wortley Eiquire, Members of this 
Houfe, to attend their Lordthips, in order to be exa- 
mined, as Witneffes, on behalf of Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, 
before the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill, inticuled, An Aét for raifing Meney upon the 
Fitates of the late Sus Governor, Deputy Governor, 
Directors, Cafhier, Deputy Cathier, and Accountant, of 
the South Sea Company; and of Feh» d-flabie Efquire ; and 
likewife of Fames Cragg; tenior, Liquire, deceafed, towards 
making good the great Lofs and Damage fuitained by 
the faid Company; and for ditabling fuch of the faid 
Perfons as are living to hold any Ovfice or Place of 
Truft under the Crown, or to fit or vore in Parliament, 
for the future; and fcr other Purpofes in the faid A&amp; 
exprefied ; ftands committed, 

And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will fend an Anfwer to the 
faid Metfage, by Meffengers of their own. 

And the Meffengers were called in again; and Mr, 
Speaker acquainted them therewith. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to fearch 
Precedents, in relation to the faid Mefiage : 

And it is referred to Mr. Prodcrick, Mr. Nevill, Lord 
Hinchingbrocke, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Ere, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir David Dalrymple, 
Mr. White, Mr. Lownds, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Tredy, Mir. Kel- 
fall, Mr. Pluntre, Mr. Gregory, Sir Thomas Littleton, 
Lord Finch, Lord Wm Powlett, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Wade. 
Mr. Walpole, Sir Geo. Oxenden, Mr. Weft, General Roff?, 
Mr. Noble, Mr. Negus, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Banks, Lord 
Carpenier, Mr. Windham, Sir Charles Turaer, Mr, Gyb- 
bon, Mr. Pulteney, Sir Fo. Rufhout, Mr. Wizdfor, Sir 
Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Oxflow; or any Five of them: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Lord William Powlet reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the ingrofied Bill from the Lords intituled, 
An Act for explaining, and making more effeétual, the 
feveral Aéts concerning Bankrupts, was committed, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame to the Houie, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bull in at the Clerk’s 


Table. 


Sir Nathanael Gould reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill’ to explain and amend the A&amp;, paffed in 
the Twelfth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Act for repairing the Highway or Road from the 
Stones End, in the Parifh otf St. Leonard, Shoreditch, 
in the County of Adddlefex, to the furthermoft Part of 
the Northern Road, in the Parith of Endfeild, in the fame 
County, next to the Parifh of Chefbunt, in the County or 
Fiertford, was commitu«d, ‘ihat the Commitee had 
gone through the Bill, ana had made fome Amendmenis 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houle: And he read the fame in his Ylave; aad 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 

read 














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read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 

and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereunto, with fome 

Amendments to One of them, agreed unto by the 
Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 

grofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 18° die Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lightboun and Mr. 
Edwards: 
"Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords defire, That a Letter from Fchn Aiflabie 
Efquire to Mr. Wymondfold, dated the Firlt of March 
1719, brought before this Houfe, and ordered to lie upon 
the Table, may be laid before their Lordfhips. And allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and de- 
termine, the Debts due to the Army, without any Amend- 
ment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew, 


The Houfe proceeded to take the Firft Part of the 
faid Meffage into Confideration : 

And the Houfe taking notice, That there is no fuch 
Letter before the Houle, as is mentioned in the faid 
Meffage; but the Houfe being acquainted, That fuch a 
Letter was delivered in to the late Committee of Secrecy, 
and is in the Hands of the Chairman of the faid Committee; 

Ordered, That the Clerk who attended the faid Com- 
mittee do attend the Lords with the faid Letter. 

Ordered, That the Lords be acquainted, That there is 
‘no fuch Letter before this Houfe as 1s mentioned in their 
Lordfhips Meffage,; but the Houfe being informed, 
That fuch a Letter was produced to a Committee of this 
Houfe, they have ordered the Clerk who attended the 
faid Committee to attend the Lords with the faid Letter. 

And then the Meffengers were called in again; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith. 


The Lord Hinchingbrooke reported from the Commit- 
tee appointed to fearch Precedents in relation to the 
Meffage fent from the Lords Yefterday, defiring Leave 
might be given to George Bailie E{quire, and feveral others, 
Members of this Houfe, therein mentioned, to attend their 
Lordfhips, in order to be examined as Witneffes, as is 
therein mentioned, That the Committee, having fearched 
the Journals of the Houfe, had found feveral Precedents ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and 
he read the faid Report in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; 
and is as followeth; vz. 


That the Committee appointed to fearch Precedents 
in relation to the Meflage tent from the Lords the 
17th Inftant, defiring, That this Houfe will give 
Leave to George Baillie Efquire, and feveral otker 

* Members therein named, to attend their Lordhhips, 
in order to be examined, as Witneffes, on behalf of 
Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, before the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill, therein mentioned, 
ftands committed, having fearched the Journals of 
this Houfe, do find the following Precedents; 
ViZ. 

4° Martii 1717. A Meffage was fent from the Lords, 

by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. Fellows, to acquaint this Houfe, 
That their Lordfhips having under their Confideration 
the Bill for vefting the forfeited Eftates in Great Britain 
and Jreland in Truftees, to be fold, for the Ufe of the 
Publick, they do defire, That this Houfe will give Leave, 
that fuch of the Commiffioners of Inquiry, who are 
Members of this Houfe, as alfo Sir David Dalrymple, his 
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Majefty’s Advocate General of Scotland, may attend their 
Houle on Thur/day Morning next. 

The Houle proceeded to take into Confideration the 
faid Meffage; and refolved to fend an Anfwer thereto by 
Meflengers of their own: And, 

Afterwards refolved to take the faid Mefiage into fur- 
ther Confideration next Morning. And then, 

5° Martti, Upon Confideration of the faid Meffage, a 
Committee was appointed to fearch Precedents with re- 
lation thereto: And, 

The next Day, 6° Marti, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Duchy reported from the faid Committee, ‘That the 
had fearched the Journals of the Houfe ; and had direGted 
him to report what they had found therein; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afierwardsdelivered the Report 
in at the Table: And, 

The faid Report was ordered to be taken into Con§- 
deration the next Morning. 

The Committee do not find, that the faid Report was 
then confidered: But, , 

Upen the 21ft of March 1717, the faid Report was or- 
dered to be entered in the Journal of this Houfe; which 
is done accordingly. 

That, upon infpeéting the faid Journal, and other 
Journals of the Houfe, the Committee do find the follow- 
ing Precedents in relation to * * Meffages of the like Na- 
ture with the prefent Meffage; viz. 

2d and 4th of March, 1° Edw. Viti. 

That Mr. Comptroller fhould require, That if Necef- 
fity require to have fome Lords come down, thar, 
upon a further Suit, they mav come down to the Houfe, 
to fatisfy this Houle for the Evidence againft the Admiral 
upon his Attainder, 

2oth of March, 18° Fac. Im, 

A Meffage was tent from the Lords, defiring to exa- 
mine, upon Oath, divers Gentlemen of Quality, particu- 
larly Sir George Haflings and Sir Richard Young; that 
they had no Intention to violate the Privileges of this 
Houfe; but defired thefe, and any other, though of this 
Houfe, whofe Teftimony fhould be needful, may, by 
private Motion. come to them, without further Mcfiage, 
' This to be done as private Men, voluntarily, 

Sir George Haftings and Sir Richard Young offer volun- 
tarily to do this. 

Leave for Sir George Haftixgs and Sir Richard Young to 
go as private Men, and voluntarily of themfelves. 

26. Februarii, 1° Wiilielmi &amp; Marie. 

Sir Chriftopher Mufgrave informing the Houfe, That 
he was, by Order from the Lords, fummoned to be fworn 
at the Bar of the Ffoufe of Lords; and that their Lord- 
fhips defired, That this Houfe wauld give him Leave foto 
be; and defiring to have the Directions of the Houfe 
therein; 

Refolved, That Sir Chriflopher Mujgrave have Leave 
to go, and be {worn accordingly. 

15 Fauuary, 1° Willielai &amp; Marie. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Sir ‘Yohn Kay, and Mr. Edward Mozn- 
tague, have Leave to attend the Houfe of Lords, as 
Witneffes upon the Bill for fettling a Maintenance oa 
the Children of Sidney Wortley, alias Mountague Esquire, 
in cafe his Wife furvive him. 

5 February, 3° Willtelmi &amp; Maria. 

Sir JFefeph Tredenham reported a Conference had with 
the Lords, upon the Subject-marter of the Lords Amend, 
ments to the Bill, fent up by the Commons, intituled, An 
additional Act forappoiating and enabling Commiffioners 
to examine, take, and ftate, the publick Accounts of the 
Kingdom: And, amongit the Reafons offered by the 
Lords, it is reported in the Words following; viz. 

«© The Lords do agree, That in the A&amp;t, pafied in the 
¢ :gth ot King Charles the Second, for taking Accounts, 
“© the Commiffioners, thereby conftituted, were named by 
“© che Commons; and the Lords did agree tq it, both be- . 
© caufe they approved of the Number and Quality of 
*¢ the Perfons; and becaufe, they being not Members of 
“© the Houle of Commons, they might always Qe {ent for, 


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634 
at the Pleafure of the Lords, to explain any Matters 
relating to thofe Accounts : But the Lords having now 
had Experience by the laft Act, which conftituted no 
Commiffioners but only fuch as were of the Houfe of 
Commons, that their Lordfhips cannot have tholfe Com- 
miffioners at any time before them, to anfwer fuch 
Queftions, or explain fuch Doubts, as their Lordfhips 
may have Occafion to inquire into; or even to inti- 
mate fuch Points as ieem to have been omitted either in 
the Accounts, or the Obfervations made thereupon ; 
is One very great Reafon why the Lords haye found it 
neceffary to name fuch in this Bill as their Lordthips 
may, from time to time, receive Informations from ; 
without which, their Lordfhips examining into the 
¢ Accounts will prove defective and dilatory :” 

And, atter Confideration of the faid Report; and feve- 
ral Conferences, and free Conferences, had with the 
Lords; 

Upon Seturday the 13th of February aforefaid, in the 
Report of the free Conferences, it was, amongft other 
Things, reported, as delivered by the Lords thereat, 
‘© That the Lords had experienced by the laft Act, 
That the Inquiry their Lordfhips are directed to take 
by this Act are defective and dilatory, for want of Com- 
miffioners that can attend them, and areable to explain 
fuch Things as they may have Occafion to inquire 
into: And it cannot be imagined, that ever they can 
have that Satisfaction by writing to them, which they 
may arrive at by perfonal Examination : 

And, in another Part of the faid Keport, their Lord- 
fhips fay, ‘* That it is but reafonable they lhikewife fhould 
** name fuch Commiffioners as they may have Authority 
* to call upon; for the Commons will hardly allow them 
« Authority to fend for the Members of the Houle of 
‘* Commons.” 

8 December, 8° Willielmi, 

A Meffage was feat from the Lords, by Mr. Juftice 
Eyre, and Mr. Baron Powis: That there being Occafion 
to examine the Lord Cutts, and Mr. Vernon, Members of 
this Houfe, in relation to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
attaint Sir Fohm Fenwick Baronet of High Treafon; the 
Lords defire, That they may appear in the Houfe of 
Lords, when fuch Occafion fhall requi.e. 

Ordered, That the Lord Cutts, and Mr. Vernon, have 
Leave to appear at the Houfe of Lords, as their Lord- 
fhips do defire. 


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A Meffage was fent from the Lords, by Mr. Rogers 
and Mr. Helferd; defiring, That William Lownds Efquire, 
a Member of this Houfe, might have Leave to attend 
the Committee of the Houfe of Lords, to whom the 
Bill, intituled, An Act for Relief of Merchants, Import- 
ers of Tobacco and Wine, concerned in Bonds given for 
Part of the Duties on the fame, ftood committed. 

The Houfe retolved to fend an Anfwer by Meffengers 
of their own. 

And afterwards the Houfe took into Confideration the 
faid Meffage : . 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That William Lownds Efquire, a Member of this 
Houfe, have Leave to attend the Committee of the 
Houfe of Lords, to whom the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Relief of Merchants, Importers of Tobacco and 
Wine, concerned in Bonds given for Part of the Duties 
on the fame, was committed ; 

It paffed in the Negative: 

And it was ordered, That a Conference fhould be 
defired with the Lords, upon the Subject-matter of the 
iaid Meffage. 

And a Committee was appointed to draw up Reafons, 
to be offered to the Lords at the faid Conference. 

The Committee do find, in the faid Report of Prece- 
dents, entered in the faid Journal of the 21ft of Merih 
1717, divers other Precedents of Meflages, fent from 
the Lords, defiring Leave to be given to Members of 
this Houle to attend their Lordthips upon other cifferent 
Occafions, not mentioning Bilis; upon fome of which, 





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Leave was given; and,.upon others, Leave was denied, 
af SPR by the faid Journal, to which the Committee 
refer. 

Aad the Committee find the following Precedents fince 
that time; viz. 

9° Maii, 1720. 

A Meffage was fent from the Lords, by Mr. Orlebar 
and Mr. Godfrey; defiring, That this Houfe will give 
Leave to Sir Thomas Fohnfon, a Member of this Houfe 
to attend their Lordfhips, in order to be examined as - 
Witnels for the Bill, intituled, An Act for making the 
River Weaver navigable from Winsford Bridge to Frod- 
Joam Bridge, in the County of Cheffer, 

Refolved, That Sir Thomas Fohnfon-have Leave to at- 
tend the Lords, as is defired by their Lordfhips, if he 
thinks fir. 

1° Funii, 1720. 

A Meffage was fent from the Lords, by Mr. Mellar 
and Mr. Lighiboun; defiring, That this Houte will give 
Leave to Edward Minfoull Efquire, a Member-of this 
Houfe, to come to a Committee of the Lords, to whom 
the Petition of Dominick Donnelly, in relation to the Stop- 
ping of Dagenham Breach, ftands referred, in order to be 
examined at that Committee. 

Refolved, That Edward Minfbull Efquire have Leave 
to goto the faid Committee of Lords, as is defired by 
the Lords, if he thinks fir. 

18 February 1720. 

A Meffage was fent from the Lords, by Mr. Holford 
and Mr. Lovibond, to acquaint this Houfe, That their 
Lordfhips, intending to take-into Confideration, on Mon- 
day next, fome Matters in relation to a Tryal, at the laft 
Affizes at Hereford, touching the Prefentation to the 
Vicarage of Leominfter, defire, That Sir George Cafwell, 
a Member of this Houfe, may have Leave to attend the 
— of Lords, to declare his Knowlege concerning the 

ame, : 

Ordered, That Sir George Cafwall have Leave to attend 
the Lords, as is defired by their Lordthips, if he thinks 

t. 
22° Februarii 1720. 

A Meffage was fent from the Lords, by Mr. Bennett 
and Mr. Godfrey, to acquaint this Houfe, That their 
Lordthips, having appointed to take into Confideration, 
on Saturday next, fome Matters relating to a Tryal, at 
the laft Affizes at Hereford, touching the Prefentation to 
the Vicarage of Leominfter, do defire, That Sir Richard 
Fowler Baronet, Thomas Lewis Etquire, and Edward 
Winuington Fefferys Bi{quire, Members of this Houle, 
may have Leave to attend the Houfe of Lords, to declare 
their Knowlege concerning the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Sir Richard Fowler Baronet, 
Thomas Lewis Efquire, and Edward Winnington Fefferys 
Efquire, have Leave to attend the Lords, as is defired 
by their Lordfhips, if they think fic. 


Refilved, That George Bailie Efquire, Richard Edg- 
cumbe "{quire, William Lownds Etquire, Charles Stane 
hope Equire, Henry Kelfall Efquire, Wiliam Clayton 
Efquire, Richard Hampden Eiquire, George Delevall 
Efgquire, Sir Rodert Furneffe Baronet, and Edward lWort- 
ley Efquire, Members of this Houfe, have Leave to at- 
tend the Lords, in order to be examined concerning that 
Part of the Bill, mentioned in their Lordthips Meffage of 

_ the 17th Inftant, which relates to ‘Yohn Arflabie Eiquire, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Lords, to ac- 
quaint them, That this Houfe has given Leave to George 
Bailie Etquire, Richard Edgcumbe Etquire, William 
Lownds Efquire, Charles Stanhope Efquire, Heary Kelfall 
Efquire, William Clayton Efquire, Richard Hampden 
Efquire, George Delavall Efquire, Sir Robert Furneffe-Baro- 
net, and Edward Wortley Efquire, Members of this Houfe, 
to attend their Lordfhips, in order to be examined con- 
cerning that Part of. the Bill, mentioned in their Lord- 
fhips Meffage of the 17th inftant, which relates to Fam 
Aiflabie Etquire, if they think fr. 

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7 Geo. I. 


Ordered, That the Lord Hinchingbrocke do carry the 
faid Mefiage. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for explaining, and making more effectual, the feveral 
Aéts concerning Bankrupts, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlet do carry the’ 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend the Aé&amp;, of 
the Twelfth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intiruled, 
An A&amp; for repairing the Highway or Road from the 
Stones End, in the Parifh of Saint Leonard Shoreditch, in 
the County of Middlefex, to the furthermoft Part of the 
Northern Road in the Parifh of Endfield, in the fame 
County, next to the Parith of Chefount, in the County of 
Hertford, was read the Third time. 

Refoived, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé to explain and amend the Aét, paffed in the 
Twelfth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
A&amp; for repairing the Highway or Road from the Stones 
End, in the Parith of St. Leonard Shoreditch, in the County 
of Middlefex, to the furthermoft Part of the Northern 
Road, in the Parifh of Eafield, in the fame County, next 
to the Parith of-Chefbunt, in the County of Hertford. 

Ordered, That Sir Nathanael Gould do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for raifing a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds, by charging Annuities, at the Rate of 
Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum on the Civil Lift Reve- 
nues; and for enabling his Majeity, his Heirs or Succef- 
fors, by caufing fuch Deduétion to be made as is therein 
mentioned, to make good to the Civil Lift the Payment 
which fhall have been made upon the faid Annuities; was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the faid Bill. : 


A Petition of the Governors, and Court of Directors, 
of the Loudon Affurance, in behalf of themfelves, and 
the faid Corporation, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Corporation, being efta- 
blithed by his Majefty’s Letters Patent, in purfuance of 
an Aét of Parliament paffed the laft Seflions for that Pur- 
pofe, have paid the Sum of One hundred and eleven 
thoufand Two hundred and Fifty Pounds; and depofited 
a Security for Thirty-eight thoufand Seven hundred and 
Fifty Pounds, in Part of Three hundred thoufand Pounds, 
which they were obliged to advance, without Intereft, for 
the Ufe of his Majeity’s Civil Government: The Peti- 
tioners were defirous, and have attempted, to raife the 
remaining Sum, but withcut Succefs; and it is utterly 
impoffible for them to make any further Payment, and, 
by a Bill, now depending in this Houfe, for raifing a 
Sum, not exceeding Five hundred thoufand Pounds, by 
charging Annuities, at the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. 
per Annum, on the Civil Lift Revenues, there is a Claufe 
to appropriate any further Payments that fhall be made 
by the faid Corporation: And praying Relief in the Pre- 
mifes. 

And Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the 
Houfe, That, A pplication having been made to his Majefty 
in relation to the Matter aforefaid, his Majefiy has been 
pleafed to command him to acquaint this Houfe, That 
his Majefty has no Objection to the giving the Relief 


defired, if the Houfe of Commons think it for the Ad- ° 


vantage of the Publick. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for raifing a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds, by charging Annuities, at the Rate of 


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635 
Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum, on the Civil Lift Re- 
venues; and for enabling his Majefty, his Heirs or Suc- 
ceffors, by caufing fuch Deduction to be made as is there- 
in mentioned, to make good to the Civil Lift the Pay- 
ment which fhall have been made upon the faid Annui- 
ties; is Committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftrution to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to relieve the Petitioners, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. 


A Petition of the Governors, and Court of Directors, 
of the Royal Exchange Affurance, in behalf of themfelves, 
and the faid Corporation, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Corporation, being 
eftablifhed by his Majefty’s Letters Patents, in purfuance 
of an Act of Parliament paffed the laft Seffions for that 
Purpofe, have paid the Sum of One hundred and eleven 
thoufand Two hundred and Fifty Pounds, and depofited a 
Security for Thirty-eight thoufand Seven hundred and 
Fifty Pounds, in Part of Three hundred thoufand Pounds, 
which they are obliged to advance, without Intereft, for 
the Ute of his Majefty’s Civil Government: The Peti- 
tioners were defirous, and have attempted, to raife the 
remaining Sum, but without Succefs; and, by the Bill, 
now depending in this Houfe, for raifing a Sum, not 
exceeding Five hundred thoufand Pounds, by charging 
Annuities, at the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum 
on the Civil Litt Revenues, ec, there is a Claufe to ap- 
propriate any farther Payments that fhall be made by the 
{aid Corporation: And praying Relief in the Premiies. 

And Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the 
Houte, That, Application-having been made to his Ma- 
jefty, in relation to the Matter aforefaid, his Majefty 
has been pleafed to command him to acquaint this Houle, 
That his Majefty has no Objection to the giving the Re- 
lief defired, if the Houfe of Commons think it for the 
Advantage of the Publick. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe to 
whom the Bill for raring a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thoufand Pounds, by charging Annuities, at the 
Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum, on the Civil 
Lift Revenues; and for enabling his Majetty, bis Heirs or 
Succeffers, by caufing fuch Dedudtion to be made as is 
therein mentioned, to make good to the Civil Liit the 
Payment which fhall have been made upon the faid An- 
nuities ; is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to relieve the Petitioners, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





_ Mercurii, 19° die Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


\ N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of the Eitate late of Richard Gwyn Gentle- 
man, in the County of Brecon, for Payment of Debts ; 


and for the Settling of an Eftate, in the County of Car- 


marthen, to certain Purpofes therein mentioned; was read 
the Third time. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brig/tock do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houle, upon the Biil for raifing 
a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred thouiand Pounds, by 
charging Annuities, at the Rate of Five Pounds per 
Cent, per Annum, on the Civil Lift Revenues; and for 
enabling his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, by caufing 
fuch Deduction to be made as is therein mentioned, ta 


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636 


make good to the Civil Lift the Payment which fhall have 
been made upon the faid Annuities. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had dire&amp;ted him ta report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame, 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Deddin 
Braddiil E{quire, a Member of this Houfe, was, upon 
Monday \aft, affaulted near his own Houfe, and his Gun 
taken from him, by ane Fohw Peckover, and Two other 
Perfons unknown, in Breach of the Privilege of this 
Houle; : 

Ordered, That the faid Foim Peckover be, for his 
faid Breach of Privilege, taken into the Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Marn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Sfovis, 20° die Fulii; 


Annq 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 





PRAYERS. 


/ R. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
M Committee of the whole Houle, to whom the 
Bill for raifing a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred thou- 
fand Pounds, by charging Annuities, at the Rate of Five 
Pounds per Cent. per Annum, on the Civil Lift Revenues; 
and for enabling his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, by 
caufing fuch Deduction to be made as is therein men- 
tioned, to make good to the Civil Lift the Payment which 
fhall have been made upon the faid Annuities; was com- 
mitted; the Amendments which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place , 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments, were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereypan, 
with Amendments to fome of them, agreed unto by 
the Houle. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
paying One hundred ninety-one thoufand Twenty-eight 
Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Six Pence Halfpeny, Defi- 
ciencies due to the Eaft India Company, at Michaelmas 
1719: 

t hed the fame was twice read, with Blanks; which were 
filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erolied, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to prevent the bringing in the Infection by the 
clandeftine Running of Goods : 

A Petition of feveral Merchants and Traders living in 
and about the City of Lendon, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubicribed, in behalf of themfelves, and others was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
by a Bill, now depending in this Houfe, to prevent the 
bringing in the Infection by the clandeftine Running of 
Goods, it enacts, That if any foreign Brandy, Arrack, 
Kum, Strong Waters, er Spirits, fhall, after a certain 
‘Time limited, be imported in any Ships or Veffels, of 
the Burthen or Tons to be fixed, the Ship or Veffel, as 
well as the faid Brandy, &amp;c. or the Value thereof, is to 
be forfeited; and if the Matter, or Perfon taking Charge, 
of the Ship, fhall permit any Goods to be unfhipped, 
without the Prefence of an Officer, the faid Ship, with 


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A. 1721. 


her Tackle, €c. fhall be forfeited, the Officers of Cuf. 
toms and Excife are to ftop Horfes or Carriages, by 
Night, or by Day, and to fearch for Brandy, and other 
foreign Goods; which, without producing a Certificate 
of the Duties being paid, the faid Horfes, Carriages, &amp;e, 
are {ubject to the Penalties in the faid Bill: Thefe, with 
divers other Hardfhips contained in the faid Bill, will dif- 
courage any Perfon from entering into Trade for the fu- 
ture: Ana praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againft 
the faid Bull. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
faderation of the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom 
the Bill to prevent the bringing in the Infection by the 
clandeftine Running of Goods, is committed: And that 
the Petitioners be heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, be- 
fore the Committee, if they think fit. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill: 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-inorrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Veneris, 21° die Fuli; 


Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 





PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for raifing a Sum, not exceeding 
Five hundred thoufand Pounds, by charging An- 
nuities, at the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum, 
on the Civil Lift Revenues; and for enabling his Ma- 
jefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, by caufing fuch Dedué@tion 
to be made as is therein mentioned, to make good to 
the Civil Lift the Payment which fhall have been made 
upon the faid Annuities; was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 12. L. 17. To leave out “ Parliament,” and 
infert ** the Crown:” 

sind the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended 
at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for raifing a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds, by charging Annuities, at the Rate of 
Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum, upon the Civil Lift 
Revenues, till redeemed by the Crown; and for enabling 
his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, by caufing fuch 
Deduétion to be made as is therein mentioned, to make 
good to the Civil Lift the Payment which fhall have 
been made upon the faid Annuities; and for barrowing 
Money upon certain Lottery Tickets; and for difcharging 
the Corporations for Affurances of Part of the Money 
which they were obliged to pay to his Majefty; and for 
making good a Deficiency to the Ea/t India Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to pre- 


vent the bringing in the Infection by the clandeftine Run- 
ning of Goods 


Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Sandys took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. : 

Mr. Sandys reported from the Committee, That the 
Merchants and Traders living in and about the City of 
Londgn were heard ypon their Petition referred to the 
Committee; and that the Committee had made a Pro- 
grefs in the Bill; and had direéted him to move, That 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, This this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfeif into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bull, 


And 





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7 Geo. I. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 22° die Fulit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

HE Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf in- 

to a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill 
to prevent the bringing in the Infection by the clandef- 
tine Running of Goods. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Sandys took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Sazdys reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 

Lightboun:  . 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to explain and amend the Ad, of the Twelfth Year of her 
Jate Majetty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing the 
Highway or Road from the Stones End, in the Parifh of 
St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middle/ex, to the 
furthermoft Part of the Northern Road, in the Parifh of 
Endfield, in the fame County, next to the Parith of Che/bunt, 
in the County ef Hertford, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 24° die Fulit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Noble reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aét for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Edward Nedham 
Gentleman, in the County of Leicefer, for Payment of 
Debts charged thereupon ; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; was committed; That they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confents 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered ‘the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


The Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Noble do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed to the 
fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Sandys, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to pre- 
vent the bringing in the Infection by the clandeftine Run- 
ning of Goods was committed, the Amendments which they 
had direéted him to report tothe Houfe; and he read the 
{fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Table : Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And other Amend- 
ments were made by the Houfe to the Bill. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill with the Amendments, be ingrofled ; 

‘he Houte divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

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Ordered, That Mr. 7; reby, Mr. Conduit, Mr. Feffops 
Mr. Archer, Mr. Plumtre, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Sir Facob 
Afiley, Mr. Wylde, Sir Charles Turner, be added to the 
Committee appointed to draw up an Addrefs, to be pre- 
fented to his Majefty, reprefenting to his Majefty the State 
of the publick Credit of this Kingdom. 


Mr. Bond, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Colonel Cadogan : 


7 Mr. Gedfrey, 
Tellers for theNoes, } Mr. Hungerford : 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. ' 





Martis, 25° die Fulit; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


A’ ingroffed Bill to prevent the bringing in the In- 
fection by the clandeftine Running of Goods, was 
read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 4. L. *. After « belonging,” to infert “ to ;” 
and after “* belong,” to infert ‘* to :” 

Prefs 8. L. 13. To leave out “ Native,” and infert 
“© Britifh :” 

Prefs 10. L. laft, The fame Amendment. 

And the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to prevent the bringing in the Infection by the 
clandeftine Running of Goods. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sandys do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire*their Concurrence, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Newport, in the County of Southampton, 
in the room of Sir Tri/tram Dillington Baronet, deceafed. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Borret and Mr, 
Conway: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for raifing Money upon the Eftates of the late Sub Go- 
vernor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cafhier, Deputy 
Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Company ; and 
of Fobn Aiflabie Efquire; and likewife of ‘/ames Cragegs 
fenior, deceafed ; towards making good the great Lofs 
and Damage fuftained by the faid Company ; and for dif- 
abling fuch of the faid Perfons as are living to hold any 
Office or Place of Truft under the Crown, or to fit or vote 
in Parliament, for the future; and for other Purpofes in 
the faid Act expreffed; with fome Amendments: To 
which Amendments the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Amendments 
into Confideration : 

And the fame, being read, are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 11. L. 8. Leave out “ Third,” and infert 
“ Twentieth ;” and, in the fame Line, leave out “ 4x- 
“ guft, and infert. “ September :” 

Prefs 24. L. 36, 37. Leave out “ fuch Eftate, real 
“ or perfonal, fo conveyed, or dilpofed of,” and infert 
“© all fuch perfonal Eftate, abfolutely fold, or difpofed of, 
“ bona fide, for a good and valuable Contideration, be- 
“&lt; tween the faid Firft Day of June and Fifth Day of ¥a- 
“ yuary One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty :” 

Prefs 50. L. 35. After “any,” infert © in :” 

Prefs: 54. L. 16. Leave out “ Geneal,” and infert 
«¢ General.” 


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_ The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That Mr. Clayton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from the 
Committee, to whom it was referred to draw up an Ad- 
drefs, to be prefented to his Majefty, reprefenting to his 
Majefty the State of the publick Credit of this Kingdom ; 
and to lay before his Majefty the feveral Refolutions of 
this Houfe, relating thereto; That they had drawn up an 
Addrefs pecan dy which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the fame in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the faid Addrefs was twice read; and upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe; and 
is as follows ; viz. 


Moft gracious Sovereign, : 
E, your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affem- 

bled, being fenfibly affected with the Mifery and Calami- 
ties that have befallen great Numbers of your Majefty’s 
faithful Subjects, occafioned by the heavy Loffes they 
have fuftained from the fatal Execution of the late South 
Sea Scheme; and taking into our ferious Confideration 
the low State of publick and private Credit, which it 
feems impoffible to us fhould ever revive, under the pre- 
fent uncertain and unfettled Pofture of Affairs; have 
come to feveral Refolutions; which we humbly beg Leave 
to lay before your Majefty ; and are as follow : 
Mercurii, 3° die Maii 1721. 
* Refolved, That, for the Re-eftablifhing of publick 
Credit, Relief be given to the South Sea Company, 
** with regard to the Payment of the Four millions One 
“¢ hundred and fifty-fix thoufand Three hundred and.Six 
** Pounds Four Shillings and Eleven Pence, and the Four 
‘© and Half Years Purchafe, and one Year’s Purchafe, 
upon feveral Annuities, and other National Debts; the 
* faid Company giving fuch Confideration to the Publick, 
‘¢ and fuch further Relief to the feveral Proprietors, and 
“ Perfons concerned in Intereft with the faid Company, as 
“this Houfe fhall think proper.” 
' Venenis, 9° die Funii 1721. 

“ Refolved, That, for the re-eftablifhing of publick 
“« Credit, and quieting the Minds of his Majefty’s Sub- 
“6 jects, the feveral Properties and Interefts, now depend- 
“&lt; ing, and concerned with the South Sea. Company, be af- 
“* certained and fettled. ; 

“ Refolved, That, in order to put an end to all Dif- 
‘© putes between the South Sea Company and the Proprie- 
** tors. of the redeemable Funds fubfcribed into the faid 
“ Company; and for the further Relief of the faid Pro- 
‘* prietors, and the Proprietors of the Second, Third, and 
‘¢ Fourth, Money Subfcriptions, who have now Stock 
** allowed them, at the Rate of Four hundred per Cent. 
“¢ with the laft Mid/ummer Dividend of Ten per Cent. in 
** Stock ; an Addition, after the Rate of Thirty-three 
“* Pounds Six Shillingsand Eight Pence Stock, uponevery 
** hundred Pounds Stock already allowed, be given bythe 
‘¢ South Sea Company to the Proprietors of the faid re- 
*¢ deemable Funds, and to the Proprietors of the Second, 
“© Third, and Fourth, Money Subfcriptions. 

“© Refolwed, That, the Sum of Four millions One hun- 
*« dred fifty-fix thoufand Three hundred Forty-one 
*¢ Pounds, with the Four Years and Half, and One Year’s 
«« Purchafe, payable to the Publick by the South Sea Com- 
‘“¢ pany, be remitted; fo as, from. the 24th of une 
‘** 1722, Two millions of the Capital Stock of the faid 
‘** Company be reduced and annihilated; and a propor- 
*‘ tionable Part of their Annuity, or yearly Fund, in 
‘ setpeey of the faid Two millions, from that time, 
““ ceafe. 

© Refolved, That the Second Subfcription of the Irre- 
“« deemables, as well the long Annuities, as the Annuities 


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_“ of Nine per Cent. Prize Lottery Tickets, and Blank 


“* Lottery Tickets, be made equal to the Firft Subicrip- 
*¢ tion of the like Annuities, and ‘Tickets, by an Additio 
“ of Stock at One hundred and Fifty per Cent. 
“ Refolved, That all the Capital South Sea Stock be- 
*« longing to the Company, in their own Kight, which, 
* after the propofed Diftribution made, fhall remain un- 
“ difpofed of, be divided among all the Proprietors of 
** the faid Company, in proportion to their feveral and 
‘© refpective Interefts therein ; and that Credit be given 
“* them for the fame, in the Books of the faid Com- 


—_ i eaadiess 
Martis, 13° die Funii 1721. 

“ Refolved, That fuch Perfons as have borrowed Mo- 
“ ney from the South Sea Company upon South Sea 
*¢ Stock, actually transferred and pledged at the time of 
“ Borrowing, to or for the Ufe of the faid Company, 
“ fhall, upon Payment of Ten per Cent. upon the re- 
«&lt; fpective Sums fo borrowed, at a time or times to be 
« limited, and not otherwife, be difcharged from all 
“ further Demands of the faid Company, in refpeéct of 
«© the Monies fo borrowed; and that all the Stock fo 
“ transferred and pledged, together with all Dividends 
« and Profits thereto belonging, refpectively, be abfo- 
“¢ lutely vefted in the faid Company. 

“ Refolved, That fuch Perfons as have borrowed Mo- 
“ ney from the South Sea Company upon Subfcription 
«“ Receipts, actually pledged to the faid Company at the 
“ time of Borrowing, fhall, upon Payment of Ten per 
“ Cent. upon the refpective Sums fo borrowed, at a 
“ time or times to be limited, and not otherwife, be 
“© difcharged from all further Demands, in refpect of the 
“¢ Monies fo borrowed ,; and that all the Subfcription 
“ Receipts fo pledged, together with all Dividends and 
“ Profits thereunto belonging, be abfolutely vefted in the 
“ {aid Company.” 

Mercurii, 5° die Fulit 17214. 

“ Refolved, That all Contraéts for the Sale or Purchafe 
“ of Subfcriptions, or Stock, of the South Sea Company, 
“¢ or any other Company or Corporation, or pretended 
“© Company or Corporation, which fhall be unperformed, 
“&lt; or not compounded, on or before the T wenty-ninth Day 
“© of September next, be entered in Books, to be kept for 
“© that Purpofe, by the refpeétive Companies or Corpora- 
“ tions, before the Firft Day of November next, or elfe to 
“© be void ; and that fuch Entries fhall exprefs for whofe 
“* Ufe and Benefit fuch Contracts were made. 

“© Refolved, That no fpecial Bail be required in any 
« Action brought, or to be brought, upon any Contract 
«© made fince the Firft Day of December 1719, and before 
“ the Firft Day of December 1720, for the Sale or Pur- 
“¢ chafe of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the South Sea 
“* Company, or any other Company or Corporation, or 
“ pretended Company or Corporation. 

* Refolved, That no Execution be awarded upon any 
« Judgment obtained, or to be obtained, in any Action 
“ brought or to be brought, upon any Contract for the 
“© Sale or Purchafe of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the 
“ South Sea Company, or any other Company or Cor- 
“« poration, or pretended Company or Corporation, un- 
“ til the End of the Seffion of Parliament which fhall be 
“ next after the Twenty-ninth Day of September next. 

“© Refolved, That alt Contracts for the Sale or Purchafe 
“ of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the South Sea Company; 
“or any other Company or Corporation, which fhall be 
“ unperformed, or not compounded, on or before the 
“ Twenty-ninth Day of September next, where the Seller, 
“: or the Perfon on whofe behalf {uch Contraé&amp;t was made, 
“¢ was not, at the time of fuch Contract, or within a 
“‘ time to be limited, actually poffeffed of, or intitled 
“ to, fuch Subfcription, or Stock, fhall be declared null 
“© and void.” 

When we firft entered upon the Confideration of this 
extenfive and perplexed Affair, we thought it moft ad- 
vifeable to leave every Man’s Property to be determined 
by due Courfe of Law; and were of Opinion, That no 

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Relicf or Abatement could properly be prefcribed, or 
ven, but from the South Sea Company : But the Difcon- 
‘nts of the People daily increafing, and the uncertain and 
doubtful vents that threatened very great and valuable 
Properties, creating fuch infinite Anxieties and Diffatisfac- 
ion, as had a moft fatal and general Influenee upon all 
publick and private Credit, the Interpofition of Parlia- 
ment became unavoidable ; and we found ourfelvés under 
a Neceffity of refuming the Confideration of this nice 
and intricate Matter; and to endeavour to remove, as 
far as poffible, the chief and gréateft Inconveniencies: 
The great Difficulty in remedying thefe Mifchiefs 
feemed to arife from the feveral contending Interefts, en- 
aged in the South Sea Company, which made it impoffi- 
ble to give Relief to fome, but at the Expence of others : 
And, as all the new Proprietors, as well thofe concerned 
in the publick Funds, as the other Adventurers, were 
equally impofed upon by the Artifices of the late Directors, 
and equally drawn in by their own too great Credulity, 
and Defire of Gain; to have difcharged any particular Set, 
had been not only an Injuftice to the reft, but, by diffolv- 
ing the whole Syftem, had involved them in utter Ruin; 
_which made a Diftribution of Loffes; and fome Abate- 
ment to all, abfolutely neceffary: It was indeed very 
much to be wifhed, that fuch Eafe could have been given 
to the Proprietors of the publick Debts, as would have 
made their Property as valuable to them as they had en- 
joyed it for many Years: But, as they had voluntarily 
confented to take Stock, at fome Rate or other, even at 
the time when they faw the Stock raifed to the higheft 
Pitch; the giving Stock at one and the fame Piice to 
them, and all others that were moft immediately concern- 
ed, makes the Provifion as juft and equitable as the Nature 
of the Thing will admit; it being impracticable fo far to 
reconcile the different Interefts in this general Concern, as 
to make the Conditions of thofe equal, that had engaged 
themfelves at different Rates, and upon unequal Terms: 
The great and principal Mifchiefs arofe from feveral 
concurring Circumttances ; from the hard Terms of moft 


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of the Proprietors, occafioned by the high Prices at: 


which they had purchafed Stock ; or the excefiive Rates, 
at which as well the Proprietors of publick Debts, as the 
Money Subfcribers, had obliged themfelves to take Stock j 
from the Demand of above Seven millions payable to the 
Publick, which could only be raifed out of the Properties 
of thofe that were already too great Sufferers, and which 
rendered the Company incapable of giving them any fur- 
ther Eafe or Relief; from the Difputes and Contefts at 
Law, which were preparing to be carried on; not only be- 
tween the Company and the Subfcribers of the redeemable 
Funds, but between infinite Numbers of private Perfons 
engaged: in Contracts for the Sale and Purchafe of Stock, 
and Subfcriptions; from the Impoffibility of the Money 
Subfcribers making any further Payments; fromthe 
great Lofs the Company had fuftained, by the late Di- 
rectors having lent‘out above Eleven millions of the Com- 
pany’s Money, without any, or without fufficient, Secu- 
rity; and from the very little Profpect of recovering any 
confiderable Part thereof, without which it was impoffible 
for the‘ Company to comply with the Demand of the Pub- 
lick, but at the infinite Expence, and infupportable Lofs, 
of al? their Adventurers; which muft have proved de- 
ftruétive to the Trade and Credit of the Kingdom. 

Thefe Confiderations induced us to come to the fore- 
going Refolutions; being, as we conceive, the moft proper 
Means to enable the Company to give Relief to fuch of 
their Proprietors as moft wanted and deferved it; to put 
an End to all Difputes at Law; and to fix, fettle, and 
afcertain, the feveral Properties and Interefts of all Per- 
fons concerned with the South Sea Company; to deliver 
infinite Numbers of your Majefty’s good Subjects from 
the Apprehenfion of vexatious Law-fuits and Profecu- 
tions; and from the further Demand of fuch exceffive 
Sums of Money as muft fink and deprefs all publick and 
private Credit. 


And, as the gteateft Mifchiefs, which we now fo juftly 
complain of, have arifen from the unwarrantable Meilods 
ufed by the late Direétors of the South Sea Company; in 
felling, and difpofing of, fuch Part of their increaied Capi- 
tal Stock as belonged to the Company ; to remove juch 
a Foundation of Stock-jobbing; and to prevent thé like 
fatal Confequences for the future, we thought it neceflary 
to take care, that all the increafed Capital Stock belonging 
to the Company; which, after the propofed Diftribution ° 
is made, fhall remain undifpofed of; be divided among 
all the Proprietors of the faid Company; in proportion 
to their feveral and refpective Intereits. 

_ Thefe Refolutions, if paffed into a Law, and duly put 
in Execution, we humbly hope, will tend very much to 
the Re-eftablifhing of publick Credit ; to the Quieting 
of the Minds of your Majefty’s Subjeéts ; and contributé 
to the Eafe and Relief of great Numbers, though not 
fufficient to give Satisfaction to, or repair the Loffes of, 
all that are unhappily involved in the prefent Calamity. 

But, as the ancient Ufage, and eftablithed Rules, of Par- 
liament, make it impra¢ticable for us to prepare Bills for 
the Royal Affent, during the prefent Seffion ef Parlia- 
ment, for fome of the turpofes contained in our Refolu- 
tions; we have humbly prefumed to lay the fame before 
your Majefty, for your Royal Confideration ; not doubt- 
ing but that your Majefty will, out of your great Wit- 
dom, and accuftomed Grace and Goodnefs to your Peo- 
ple, as foon as the publick and private Bills, now depend. 
ing in Parliament, fhall be difpatched, give us an early 
Opportunity of perfecting this great and neceffary Work. 


Refolved, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his Ma- 
jefty by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 
know his Majefty’s Pleafure, when he will be attended 
by this Houte. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 26° die Fulit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

Meffage from the Lords, by Mr.° Borret and Mr} 
Conway : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for raifing a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred thoufand’ 
Pounds, by charging’ Annuities, at the Rate of Five’ 
Pounds per Centum per Annum, upon the Civil Lift Re- 
venues, till redeemed by the Crown; and for enabling 
his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, by caufing fuch a 
Deduction to be made, as therein is mentioned, to make 
good to the Civil Lift the Payments which fhall have been 
made upon the faid Annuities ; and for borrowing Money 
upon certain Lottery Tickets; ard for difcharging the 
Corporations for Affurances of Part of the Money which 
they’were obliged to pay to his Majefty; and for making 
good a Deficiency to the Eaf India Company ; without 
any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, ‘That he hav- 
ing humbly waited on his Majefty, to know when he 
would be attended by this Houle; his Majefty had been 
pleafed to appoint this Afternoon, at Two of the Clock, 
at his Palace of Sé. James. : 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Fridzy Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Veneris, 











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Veneris, 28° die Fulit ; 
Anno 7° Georgii ‘Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did, on 
J Wednefday \aft, attend his Majefty with their Ad- 
drefs : To which his Majefty was pleafed to give this moft 
gracious Aniwer ; 


Gentlemen, 
I HAVE fuch an intire Confidence in this Parliament’s 
Duty and Affection to me, and their Zeal for the pub- 
lick Service, that I fhall very readily comply with what 
you defire; and will foon give you an Opportunity of 
doing what you propofe for fettling and eftablifhing the 
Credit and Quiet of the Kingdom. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Conway: 

Mr. Speaker, 

We are commanded by the Lords to acquaint this 
Houfe, That his Majefty hath been pleafed to fend a Bill, 
intituled, An Aét for the King’s moft gracious, general 
and free, Pardon; which the Lords have humbly accept- 
ed and paffed ; and now fend it down to this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Bill was once read : 
And, the Bill being figned by his Majefty, all the 
Aembers of the Houfe fat uncovered while the Bill was 
reading. 
Mr. Speaker read the Title of the Bill to the Houfe. 


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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and. acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 29° die Fulii; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

A Gas from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander fon, 
Gentleman Uhher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this Honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houte of Peers: Where his Majefty was pleafed 
are the Royal Affent to feveral publick and private 

ills. 

And afterwards the Lord Chancellor, by his Majefty’s 
Command, faid; 

My Lords and Gentlemen, 

His Majefty’s Royal Will and Pleafure is, That this 
Parliament be prorogued to Monday the Thirty-firft Day 
of Fuly inftant; to be then here held: And this Parlia- 
ment is accordingly prorogued to Monday the Thirty-firft 
Day of 7uly inftant. 











Luna, 31° Fuli; 
Anno 7° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sanderfon, 
Gentleman Ubher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
tend his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend his Majefty. 
And, being returned : 


A Bill for the better eftablifhment of publick Credit 
by preventing, for the future, the infamous Practice of 
Stock-jobbing, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Religion do 
fit every Tuefday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances do 
fit every Thurfday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Courts of 
Juftice do fit every Saturday in the Afternoon, in the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Trade do fit 
every Friday inthe Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges and Eleétions 
be appointed, of Mr. Hampden, Lord Wm. Powlett, 
Mr. Neville; Mr. Wylde, Mr. Wyndbam, Mr. Weft, Mr. 
Maynard, Six Robert Corbett, Colonel Long, Mr. Sandys 
Mr. Edgcumbe, Mr. Lownds, Sir Charles Wager, Mr. 


London, Mr. Morice, Mr. Gybbon, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, 
Mr. Reynell, Sir Robert Pollock, Mr. Travers, Sir Samuel 
Lennard, Mr. Feffop, Lord Morpeth, Mr. Cowper, Mr. 
Duncomb, Mr. Afhe, Mr. Windfor, Sir Fobn Phillips, Mr. 
Lewis, Mr. Philpot, Colonel Bladen, Lord Hinchingbrooke, 
Mr. Bruere, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Northey, Mr. Bankes, 
Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Calmady, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Na- 
thanael Gould, Mr. Archer, Mr. Earl, Sir Fobn Rufhout, 
Mr. Wallis, Sit Thomas Fobufon, Mr. Pigott, Sir Thomas 
Croffe, Mr. Difton, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Rudge, Sir Fobn 
Eyles, Sir Fobn Ward, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Burridge, Mr. 
Shepheard, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. 
Tuffnel, Mr. Briftow, Sir Fobn Whitwronge, General 
Wade, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Thomas Read, Sir Gilbert 
Heathcote, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Baylie, Sir John Anftruther, 
Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Brudenell, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Kelfall, 
Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Bond, Mr. Moodie: And they are to 
meet on this Day Sevennight at Five a Clock in the Af- 
ternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and to fit every Wed- 
nefday, Friday, and Monday, in the Afternoon: And all that 
come are to have Voices: And they are to take into Confi- 
deration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come in queftion, 
touching Returns, Ele¢tions, and Privileges; and to proceed 
upon Double Returns, in the Firit Place; and to report 
their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereupon, to the 
Houfe, from time to time: And all Perfons that will quef- 
tion Returns, are to do it in Fourteen Days next, and fo 
within Fourteen Days next after any new Return fhall be 
brought in: And the Committee are to have Power to fend. 
for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information : 
And all Members who are returned for Two or more 
Places are to make their Election by this Day Sevennight 
for which of the Places they will ferve, provided there be 
no Queftion upon the Return for that Place: And if any 
thing fhall come in queftion, touching the Return, 
Election, or Matter of Privilege, of any Member, he is 
to withdraw, during the Time the Matter is in Debate : 

And 





7 GEO. I. 


And-that all Members returned upon Double Returns do 
withdraw till their Returns be determined. 


Refolved, That no Peer of this Realm hath any Right 
to give his Vote in the Election of any Member to ferve 
in Parliament. 

Refolved, That where the Houfe thall judge any Peti- 
tion, touching Eleétions, to be frivolous and vexatious, 
the Houfe will order Satisfaction to be made to the Per- 
fon petitioned againtt. 

Refolved, That in cafe it hall appear any Perfon hath 

rocured himfelf to be elected or returned a Member of 
this Houfe, or endeavoured fo to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt Practices, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Perfon. 


Refolved, That if it fhall appear, that any Perfon hath 
been tampering with any Wirnets, in relpe&amp; of his Evi- 
dence to be given to this Houfe, or any Committee there- 
of; or directly, or indireétly, hath endeavoured to deter 
or hinder any Perfon from appea.ing, or giving Evi- 
dence; the fame is declared to be a High Crime and Mif- 
demeanor; and this Houfe will proceed with the utinoft 
Severity againft {uch Offender. 

Refolved, That if it fhall appear, that any Perfon hath 
given falfe Evidence, in any Caie, before the Houle, or 
any Committee thereof, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Offender. 


Refolved, That it is a high Infringement of the Li- 
berties and Privileges of the Commons ot Great Britain, 
for any Lord of Parliament, or any Lord Lieutenant of any 
County, to concern themfelves in the Elections of Mem- 
bers to ferve for the Commons in Parliament. 


Ordered, T hat the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe 
do, from time to time, take into his Cuftody any Stranger 
or Strangers, that he fhall fee, or be informed of to be, in 
the Houfe or Gallery, while the Houfe, or any Com- 
mittee of the whole rloufe, is fitting; and that no Per- 
fon, fo taken into Cuftody, be difcharged out of Cuftody, 
without the fpecial Order of the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Back-door of the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber be locked up every Morning at the Sitting of the 
Houfe, and the Key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked 
up by him; and that he do not prefume to deliver the 
fame to any Perfon whatfoever, without Order of the 
Houfe; and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take care to clear the Speaker’s Chamber every 
Day before the Door is locked up. 

Ordered, That no Member of this Houfe do prefume 
to bring any Stranger or Strangers into the Houfe, or Gal- 
lery thereof, while the Houfe is fitting. 


Ordered, That the Conftables, and other Officers, of 
Middlejex and Weftminfter, do take care, that, from 
Ten of the Clock in the Morning to Four in the After- 
noon, during this Seffion of Parhament, the Paffages 
through the Streets between Temple-bar and Weftminjter- 
hall (hall be kept free and open ; and that no Obitruction 
be made by Cars, Drays, Carts, or otherwife, to hinder 
the Paffage of the Members to and from this Houfe: 
And that the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe do 
give Notice of this Order to the Officers aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the Conftables in waiting do take care 
there be no Gaming, or other Diforders, in Wefminfter- 
hall, or the Paffages leading to the Houfe, during the 
Sitting of Parliament; and that there be no Annoyance 
by Chairmen, Footmen, or otherwife, therein, or there- 
abouts. 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the High 
Bailiff of Weftminfter, and that he do fee the fame put in 
Execution. 


Ordered, That no Footmen be permitted to be within 
the Lobby of the Houfe, or upon the Stairs leading 
thereto. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Vou. XIX, ; 


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Houfe do take into his Cuftody fuch Footmen as fhall 
prefume to difobey the Orders of the Houfe. ~ 

Ordered, That no fuch Footmen be difcharged out of 
his Cuftody, but by the fpecial Order of the Houtfe. 


_ Ordered, That the Votes of this Houfe be printed, be- 
ing firft perufed by Mr. Speaker; and that he do appoint 
the Printing thereof: And that no Perfon, but fuch as he 
fhall appoint, prefume to print the fame. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That when the Houfe attended 


his Majefty, in the Houfe of Peers, his Majelty was 
pleafed to fay ; 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 
I Have ordered my Lord Chancellor to deliver to you, 
in my ‘Name and Words, the Caufes of my caliing 


you together fo fuddenly, and at this Seafon of the 
ear, 


And that the Lord Chancellor thereupon acquai 
both Houles, ‘hat he had received a Speech dom bis 
Majcity from the Throne; which the Lord Chancellor 
read; and of which Mr. Speaker faid he had, to prevent 
any Mittakes, obtained a Copy: Which he read to the 
Houle; and is as followeth; v7. 

My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


TH E Occaficn of my calling you together again fo 

fuddenly, is to give you an Opportunity of refuming 

the Confideration of the State of publick Credit. r 
Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

The Progrefs that you made in this Affair, during the 


laft Seffion, has laid fuch a Foundation of this neceflary 


rea- 
fonably to be hoped for, at this prefent Conjuncture, . 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 

_I muft recommend to you all poffible Difpatch; and 
am perfuaded, that, at this Seafon of the Year, your Deli- 
berations will be confined to what is abfolutely neceflary 
upon this extraordinary Occafion. ; 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will immediately refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to take 
into Confideration his Majefty’s mott gracious Speech. 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s Speech be referred to the 
faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had direéted 
rite to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning 


A Petition of James Loftau was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read;  fetting forth, That he was born out 
of his Majeity’s Dominions, profeffing the Proteftant 
Religion 5. and hath given Teftimony of his Loyalty and 
Fidelity to his Majefty: And praying Leave to bring in 
a Bill for his Naturalization. " 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Mr. London and Mr. Gybdon do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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642 
Martis, 1° die Augufli; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Loadon prefented to the Houfe, according to 
M Order, a Bill to naturalize James Loffan : And the 


{ame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


_Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was refer- 
red to confider of his Majefty’s Speech to both Hovfes 
of Parliament Yefterday, the Refolutions they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the faid 
Refolutions in his Place ; and afterwards delivered them 
in at the Table: Where the fame were read ;. and are as 
follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, for the Re-eftablifhing of publick Credit, Relief be 
given to the South Sea Company with Regard to the Pay- 
ment of the Four millions One hundred and fifty- fix thou- 
fand.Three hundred and Six Pounds Four Shillings and 
Eleven Pence; and the Four and Half Years Purchafe, 
and One Year’s Purchafe, upen feveral Annuities, and 
other National Debts ; the faid Company giving fuch Con- 
fideration to the Publick,: and fuch further Relief to the 
feveral Proprietors, and Perfons concerned in Intereft with 
the faid Company, as this Houfe fhall think proper. 

Refolved, ‘Vhat it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, for the Re-eftablifhing of publick Credit, and 
quieting the Minds of his Majefty’s Subjects, the feveral 
Properties and Incerefts now depending, and concerned 
with the South Sea Company, be afcertained and fettled. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, in order to put an End to all Difputes between the 
South Sea Company and the Proprietors of the redeema- 
ble Funds fubicribed in to the faid Company ; and for the 
further Relief of the faid Proprietors, and the Proprietors 
of the Second, Third, and Fourth, Money Subfcriptions, 
who have now Stock allowed them at the Rate of Four 
hundred p r Cent. with the laft Mid/ummer’s Dividend of 
Ten per Cent. in Stock; an Addition, after the Rate 
of Thirty-three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence 
Stock, upon every Hundred Pounds Stock already al- 
lowed, be given, by the South Sea Company, to the Pro- 
prietors of the faid redeemable Funds, and to the Propri- 
etors of the Second, Third, and Fourth, Money Sub- 
{criptions. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Four millions One hundred fifty-fix 
thoufand Three hundred Forty-one Pounds, with the 
Four Years and Half, and One Year’s, Purchafe, payable 
to the Publick by the South Sea Company, be remitted ; 
fo as, from the Twenty-fourth of Fume 1722, Two mil- 
lions of the Capital Stock of the faid Company be reduced 
and annihilated; and a proportionable Part of their An- 
nuity, or yearly Fund, in refpect of the faid Two millions, 
from that time, ceafe. | 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Second Subfcription of the Irredeemables, as 
well the long Annuities as the Annuities of Nine per 
Cent. Prize Lottery Tickets, and Blank Lottery Tickets, 
be made equal to the Firft Subfcription of the like An- 
nuities and Tickets, by an Addition of Stock at One 
hundred and Fifty per Cent. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all the Capital South Sea Stock belonging to the 
Company in their own Right, which, after the propofed 
Diftribution made, fhall remain undifpofed of, be divided 
among all the Proprietors of the faid Company, in Pro- 
portion to their feveral and — Interefts therein ; 
and that Credit be given them for the fame, in the Books 
of the faid Company. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fuch Perfons as have borrowed Money from the 
South Sea Company, upon South Sea Stock actually tranf- 
ferred and pledged at the time of Borrowing, to or for the 


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Ufe of the faid Company, fhall, upon Payment of Ten 
per Cent. upon the refpective Sums fo borrowed, at a 
time or times to be limited, and not otherwife, be dif. 
charged from all further Demands of the faid Company 
in refpect of the Monies fo borrowed ; and that all the 
Stock fo transferred and pledged, together with all Divi. 
dends and Profits thereto belonging refpedtively, be ab- 
folutely vefted in the faid Company. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That fuch Perfons as have borrowed Money from the 
South Sea Company, upon Subicription Receipts aztually 
pledged to the faid Company at the Time of Borrowine 
ihall, upon Payment of ‘Ven per Cent. upon the refpective 
Sums fo borrowed, at a time or times to be limited, and 
not otherwife, be difcharged from all further Demands 
in refpect of the Monies fo borrowed ; and that all the 
Subfcription Receipts fo pledged, together with all Divi- 
dends and Profits thereunto belonging, be abfolutely vet. 
ed in the faid Company. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That all Contraéts for the Sale or Purchafe of Subferip- 
tions, or Stock, in the South Sea Company, or any other 
Company or Corporation, or pretended Company or 
Corporation, which fhall be unperformed, or not com- 
pounded, on or before the Twenty-ninth Day of Septem. 
ber next, be entered in Books to be kept for that Purpofe 
by the refpective Companies or Corporations, before 
the Firft Day of November next, or elfe to be void; and 
that fuch Entries fhall exprefs for whofe Ufe and Benefit 
fuch Contracts were made. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Cormmittee 
That no fpecial Bail be required in any Aion brdwalit. 
or to be brought, upon any Contract made fince the Firft 
Day of December 1719, and before the Firft Day of De- 
cember 1720, for the Sale or Purchafe of any Sub{cription 
or Stock of the South Sea Company, or any other Coin 
pany or Corporation, or pretended Company or Corpo- 
ration. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That no Execution be awarded upon any Judgment eg 
tained, or to be obtained, in any Aétion brought, or to 
be brought, upon any Contract for the Sale or Purchafe 
of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the South Sea Company 
or any other Company or Corporation, or pretended 
Company or Corporation, until the End of the Seffion of 
Parliament which fhall be next after the Twenty-ninth 
Day of September next. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commi 
That all Contraéts for the Sate or Purchafe of a 
fcription, or Stock, of the South Sea Company, or any 
other Company or Corporation, which fhall be unper- 
formed, or not compounded, on or before the Twenty- 
ninth Day of September next, where the Seller, or the Per- 
fon on whofe behalf fuch Contract was made, was not, at 
the time of fuch Contract, or within a time to be limited 
actually poffeffed of, or intitled to, fuch Subfcription ie 
Stock, fhall be declared null and void. : 

_ The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Walpole, 
and Mr. Lownds, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 2° die Augufti ; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
b ares Loftau took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization, 
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A Bill to naturalize James Loftau, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. London, 
Mr. Feffop, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Reynell, Lord Wm. Pow- 
lett, Mr. Earl, Sir Fohn Phillips, Mr. Windfor, Sit Fchn 
Jennings, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Thompfon, Colonel Bladen, 
Colonel Blackefton, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Bruere, Mr. Cal- 
mady, Mr. Ah, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Mo- 
rice, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Gybbon, Sir Robert Pol- 
lock, Mr. Traverfe, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Morpeth, 
Mr. Cowper, Mr. Duncomb, Mr. Philpot, Lord Hinching- 
brooke, Sir Charles Wager, Mr. Northey, Mr. Banks, Mr. 
Dockininique, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Nathanael Gould, Mr. 
Archer, Sir Fohn Rufbout, Mr Wallis. Mr. Piggott, Sir 
Thomas Croffe, Mr. Difton, Mr. Lownds, Mr. Boteler, 
Mr. Rudge, Sir Fohn Eyles, Sir tohn Ward, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Pel- 
ham, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Briflow, Sir Fohn 
Whitewrong, General Wade, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir 
Thomas Read, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Bailie, Mr. Cockburn, 
Mr. Brudenell, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Keljall, Mr. Pulteney, 
Mr. Weft, Mr. Bond, Mr. Moody: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. ; 


Mr. Lownds prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for making feveral Provifions to reitore the 
publick Credit, which fuffers by the Frauds and Miima- 
nagements of the late South Sea Directors, and others : 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 3° die Augufti; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


QRaered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing a Commiffioner to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Diftric&amp;t of the Boroughs of Air, Jr- 
vine, Rothefay, Inverary, and Campbeltoun, in the room 
of Thomas Kennedy Efquire, now One of the Barons of his 
Majefty’s Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 


Mr. London reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to naturalize Fames Loftau, was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that they had direéted him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Croud of People 
were got together, in a tumultuous and riotous Manner, 
in the Lobby, and Paflages to this Houfe , 

Ordered, That the Juftices of Peace for the City of 


Weftminfter do immediately attend this Houfe, and bring 
the Conftables with them. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the County of Brecon, in the room of Sir Ed- 
ward Williams Knight, deceafed. 


A Petition and Reprefentation of the Proprietors of 
the redeemable Funds, on the Behalf of themtelves, and 
all others pretended to be taken into the South Sea Com- 
pany, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth That, in purfuance of the Refolutions of this Houfe, 
whereby their Rights are exprefly referred to the Decifion 
of the Law; and the Claule in the ingrafting Aé&amp;, 
paffed the laft Seffions, whereby the fame Kights are re- 


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ferved to them, in cafe the Law fhould determine in their 
Favour; the Petitioners have commenced feveral Suits 
againtt the Suuth Sea Company, in order to try the Vaii- 
dity of their pretended Subfcriptions, that it might appear 
whether the Petitioners Debts are, or are not, legally 
taken in by that Company ; but they did not make ufe 
of that Method, till they had firft tried whether any Re- 
lief could be obtained from that Company ; and, before 
the Commencement of any Suit, they prefented a Memo- 
rial to the prefent Directors, whereby they propofed to 
come to a final Agreement with the Company, upon any 
equal and reafonable Terms; but that Company never 
returned any Anfwer to their Memorial; though, at the 
fame time, they took into Confideration the Cates of the 
other Contra‘tors, and came to a Refolution to dilcharce 
the Money Subfcribers from all their fubfequent Payments 

they not-only refufed to releafe the Petitioners from any 
Part of their fuppofed Contraét, but, at the fame time, 
made their Cafe worfe than it was before, by releafing 
the others: They are fenfible of the Miferies and Cala- 
mities brought upon this Nation by the fatal Execution 
of the Seuth Sea Scheme; and the Difficulties this Houle 
has met with, in their Endeavours to revive the low Strate 
of publick and private Credit; and they cannot, without 
the greateft Grief and Concern, obferve, that the late 
Refolutions of this Houfe in relation to them, and the 
Bill brought in thereupon, will fubject them to oreater 
Lofs than any other of their Fellow Sufferers; for, al- 
though the propofed Reduction of the Petizioners Sub- 
icriptions to 300°. per Cent. may feem to place them upon 
a Level with the other Contractors, that their Subferip- 
tions are equally binding with the others; yet that Re- 
duétion is vaftly difproportionate, as is rather a Lofs than 
any Relief, becaufe that Reduction, being extended to 
all the Sufferers equally, will fo far depreciate the Value 
of the South Sea Stock, that what Stock they are now 
to have, in purfuance of that Reduétion, will not be of 
any greater real Value than what they were to have had 
before: But, in regard that the Petitioners have paid down 
the whole 400/. for which it is pretended they con- 
tracted ; whereas none of the Money Subfcribers have 
paid down above One Half, and fome of them not 
One Quarter, of that Money; and as the Lofs arifes 
from the Difproportion of the Money they have feverally 
paid down for the Value of Stock ; it will follow, that 
the Loffes of the feveral Sufferers ought to be eftimated 
in proportion to the Money they have paid down, for 
which they are obliged to take Stock: That, in order to 
reduce ‘them, and their Money Subfcribers, to a jut 
Equality, it would be -neceffary to give back the Peti- 
tioners jths, or One Half, of their Debts pretended to 
be fubfcribed ; and oblige them to take Stock only, for 
the Remainder, at the fame Price with thofe Sub{cribers: 
Neither is their Cafe any better, if compared with that 
of the long Annuitants, even thofe who fubfcribed in 
fome time after, and in the fame manner with the Peti- 
tioners ; thofe Creditors will have 1,153/. 65. 8d. in 
Stock for 1004. per Anaum, for which they paid the 
Government none above 1,600/.; That they, for the like 
Annuity, paid the Government full 2,000 /. will, on the 
Foot of the prefent Reduction, have only 7331. 65. 8 d. 
in Stock ; which is 420 /. lefs Stock than thofe Annuitants 
are to have; and, according to the prefent Rate of Stock, 
amounts to the Lofs of above 50/. in every 100/. lent by 
the Petitioners to the Government: That the Lofs upon 
the redeemable Debts fuppofed to be fubfcribed will 
amount to near Nine millions, and will be fo much got 
clear by the South Sea Companyfrom the Petitioners; and is 
mare than fufficient to indemnify the Company from the 
Lofs they will fuftain by their late Directors: And they ob- 
ferve, That,.according to the prefent Scheme, the Relief 
intended to be given to all the other Sufferers will, in a 
great meafure, be made up at the fole Expence of them; 
and the giving Stock, at one and the fame Price, to them, 
and all others, will not render the intended ProviSon equal, 
ro the Petitioners, with any the other Sufferers ; sitleke 
either great Part of the Petitioners Debts were to be re- 


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leafed from the Company, and they were to take Stock 
only for the Remainder, or to brave the fame Proportion 
of Stock for their whole Debts as the long Annuitants 
are to have: The Firft Method would put them upon the 
fame Foot with the Money Subfcribers; and the other 

would raife them to an Equality with thofe long Annut- 
~ tants: And whether any other Provifion than this can be 
juit and equitable to the Petitioners ; amongft whom are 
great Numbers of Widows and Orphans, and Feme Co- 
yerts, whofe whole Fortunes and Settlements are thus 
unhappily involved. in the South Sea Company, who, 
without Relief. will become defticute of a Subfiftence : 
And praying, That either their Rights may, according 
to the Refolutions of this Houfe the laft Seffions, be left 
to the Determination of the Law or to grant them fuch 
Relief or Compenfation towards their great Lofles, as to 
put them, in fome meafure, upon an Equality with the 
other Sufferers by the South Sea Scheme ; and, for that 
Purpofe, to be heard, by themfelves, or Countel, againtt 
the faid Bill 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for making feveral Provifions to reftore the pub- 
lick Credit, which fuffers by the Frauds and Miimanage- 
ments of the late South Sea Directors, and others, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Juftices of the 
Peace for the City of Wetminfter attended, according to 
Order 3 

Ordered, That the faid Juftices of the Peace do go 
forthwith, and difperfe the riotous Croud inthe Lobby, 
and Paffages leading to this Houfe; and take care to 
prevent any fuch Riots for the time to come. 

The faid Juftices of the Peace were called in: And 
being at the Bar, Mr. Speaker acquainted them, That the 
Houfe was informed, That there was a great Croud of 
riotous People in the Lobby, and Paflages leading to this 
Houle: And that he was commanded by the Houle to 
dire&amp;t them, the faid Juftices, to go forthwith, and dif- 
perfe the faid riotous Croud ; and to take care to prevent 
_ the like Riots for the future. 

' A Motion being made, and the 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 


Queftion being put, 


Tellers for the Yeas,} 1% Trey: i 78. 
Tellers for thNoe s, } “a rig Mead, t 29. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


And then the Houfe accordingly adjourned till To- 
morrow Morning, Nine of the Clock, 





Feneris, 4° die Augufi; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing James Loffau, was 
read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Fames Lofau. 


Ordered, That Mr. London do catry the Bill to the 
Lords, and delire their Concurrence. 


The Houle, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houle, upon the Bill for 
making feveral Provifions to reftore the publick Credit, 


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which fuffers by the Frauds and Mifmanagements of the 
late South Sea Directors, and others. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. ° 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 5° die Augufii; 


Oo ee . 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 

Committee of the whole Houle, to whom the Bill 
for making feveral Provifions to reftore the publick Cre- 
dit, which fuffers by the Frauds and Mifmanagements of 
the late South Sea Direétors, and others, was committed, 
the Amendments which the. Committee had made, and 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Quetftion feve- 
rally putthereupon, with Amendments to feveral of them, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
the Abatement, made by the Aét, to any Perfon who 
hath borrowed Money upon Stock, or Subfcriptions, fhall 
not be deemed to extend to any Money borrowed by 
Brokers, or any Perfon ufually ating as a Broker; for 
Brokerage, to his or their own Uje, or upon their own 
Account; but all Brokers, or Perfons acting as fuch, as 
aforefaid, thall repay to the South Sea Company all Mo- 
ney by them borrowed for their own Ufe, or upon their 
own Account : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read : 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be 
made Part of the Bill; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
That fuch Borrowers of Money on Stock, who, by other 
Perfons, transferred or adjufted Stock for the Money 
borrowed, fhall be intitled to the Abatement : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be 
brought up; 

It pafled in the Negative. 

an Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Fol. 6. L. 19. After “ notwithftanding,” to infert 
“¢ and any Doubt or Queftion touching or concerning the 
“¢ Validity of the Subicriptions of the faid redeemable 
‘© Debts and Annuities in any-wife- notwithftanding :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended 
accordingly. 
~ cage Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Bill ; 

Fol. 11. L. 14. After the Word “ void,” to infert 
thefe Words, ‘* with refpect to fo much only of the faid 
** Stock, or Subfcription, as the Seller, or the Perfon 
** upon whofe Account fuch Sale was made, was nox 
** poffeffed of, or intitled to, as aforefaid :” 


And the Queftion being put, That thefe Words be in- 
ferted ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas,} Br. SemRe, 36. 


Tellers 


Mr. North: 


8 GEo. I, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Mr. Szndys, 8 
Mr. Douglas ; _— 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 7° die Augufti; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS, 


N ingroffed Bill for making feveral Provifions to re- 

 ftore the publick Credit, which fuffers by the Frauds 
and Mifmanagemients of the late South Sea Directors, and 
others, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 6. L.. 28. Leave out ** fame ;” and, after ‘* Pro- 
** prietors,” infert * of the faid redeemable Debts and 
*¢ Annuities :” 

Prefs 7. L. 23. After * refpectively,” infert ** not- 
*¢ withftanding :” 

L. 28. After ‘‘ was,” infert ‘‘and;” and, 
after ‘* notwithftanding,” leave out ‘‘ and :” 
L.. 31. Leave out ‘ notwithftanding,” and in- 
fert ** and ;” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe : And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for making feveral Provifions to reftore the pub- 
Jick Credit, which fuffers by the Frauds and Mifmanage- 
ments of the late Directors of the South Sea Company, 
and others, 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Zdur/day Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 


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Fovis, 10° die Augufli ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hy/ferd, and Ma 
Edwards: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A 


for making feveral Provifions to reftore the publick Cre- 


dit; which fuffers by the Frauds and Mif{manayements of 
the late Directors of the South Sea Company, and others; 
without any Amendment. . And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 


for naturalizing Femes Loftau, without any Amendment. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew, 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sanderfon, 

Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe ta attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers: Where his Majefty was pleafed ta 
give the Royal Affent to One publick, and One private, 
Bill: 

And his Majefty was afterwards pleafed to fay ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 

I Have given Direction to my Lord Chancellor to deli- 
ver to you, in my Name and Words, what I think 
proper to fay to you on this Occafion. 

And the Lord Chancellor thereupon acquainted both 
Houfes, That he had received, from his Majcfty’s Hands, 
from the Throne, his Majefty’s Speech to both Houfes 
of Parliament; which he read. 

And then the Lord Chancellor, by his Majefty’s Com- 
mand, faid; 

My Lords and Gentlemen, ; 

T is his Majefty’s Royal Will and Pleafure, That this 

Parliament be prorogued to Thurfday the Nineteenth 
Day of Oéfeber next, to be then here held: And this Par- 


liament is accordingly prorogued to Turfacy the Nine- 
teenth Day of OZ7okr next. 





~~ 





By the KING, 
A PROCLAMATION, 
GEORGE R. 

7 X THEREAS the prefent Parliament ftands pro- 

rogued ta Thurfday the Nineteenth Day of Offo- 
ber next: We, by the Advice of our Privy Council, do 
iffue this our Royal Proclamation; hereby deciaring our 
Will and Pleafure to be, That the faid Parliament fhal}, 
on the faid Nineteenth Day of Ofoder next, be held, 
and fit, for the Difpatch of weighty and important Af- 


fairs: And the Lords Spiritual and Temporal; and the 
Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, and the Commiffioners 
of Shires and Burghs, of the Houfe of Commons; are 
hereby required and commanded to give their Attendance 
accordingly, at Weftminfier, on the faid Nineteenth Day 
of Oéober next. 

Givén at our Court at Kenfington, the Twenty-fourth 

Day of Auguft, in the Eighth Year of our Reign. 


GOD fave the Kina, 





° ° . . 
Fovis 19 die Ofobris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


Meffage from his Majetty, by Sir William Sauder- 
Jon, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands th's honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 


Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houle, went up, 
to attend his Majetty. 


And, being returned ; 

A Biil for the more effectual Prefervation of the Game, 
was read the Firft time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Hovfe had attended 
his Majetty, in the Houfe of Peers; And that his. Ma- 
jetty was pleafed to fay ; 

VoL. XIX, 


My Lords and Gentlemen, | 

Have ordered my Lord Chancellor to deliver to you, 

in my Name and Words, the Caufes of your meeting 
at this time in Parliameat. 


And that the Lord Chancellor thereupon acquainted 
both Houfes, That he had received a Speech trom his 
Majefty; which the Lord Chancellor read ; and of which 


_ Mr. Speaker faid he had, to prevént any Mi‘%take, ob- 


tained a Copy: Which he read to the Houfe; ard is as 
followeth; viz. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 
I Acquainted you, when we parted laft, with our having 
renewed ali our Treaties of Commerce with Spain; fince 
which, Peace is happily reftored in the North, by the 
Conclufion of the Treaty becween the Czar and the King 
of Sweden; and, by that which I have made with the 
Mors, a great Number of my Subjeéts are delivered 
fram Slavery; and all fuch of them as trade to thofe Parts 
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646 


of the World are, for the future, fecured from falling 
under that dreadful Calamity. 

In this Situation of Affairs, we fhould be extremely 
wanting to ourfelves, if we negleéted to improve the fa- 
vourablé Opportunity, which this general Tranquillity 
gives us, of extending our Commerce, upon which the 
Riches and Grandeur of this Nation chiefly depend: It 
is very obvious, that nothing would more conduce to the 
obtaining fo publick a Good, than to make the Exporta- 
tion of our own Manufactures, and the Importation of 
the Commodities ufed in the Manufacturing of them, as 
practicable and eafy as may be: By this means the Balance 
of Trade may be preferved in our Favour, our Naviga- 
tion increafed, and greater Numbers of our Poor em- 
ployed : 

I muft therefore recommend it to you, Gentlemen of 
the Houfe of Commons, to confider how far the Duties 
upon thefe Branches may be taken off, and replaced, with- 
out any Violation of publick Faith, or laying any new 
Burthen upon my People; and I promife my'e!f, that, by 
a due Confideration ot this Matter, the Produce of thote 
Duties, compared with the infinite Advantages that will 
accrue te the Kingdom by their being taken off, will be 
found fo inconfiderable as to leave little room for any Dif- 
ficulties or Objections. 

The fupplying ourfelves with Naval Stores upon Terms 
the moft eafy, and leaft precarious, feems highly to de- 
ferve the Care and Attention of Parliament: Our Planta- 
tions in America naturally abound with moft of the pro- 
per Materials for this neceffary and effential Part of our 
Trade, and maritime Strength; and if, by due Encou- 
ragement, we could be furnifhed from thence with thofe 
Naval Stores which we are now obliged to purchafe and 
bring from foreign Countries, it would not only greatly 
contribute to the Riches, Influence, and Power, of this 
Nation; but, by employing our own Colonies in this ufe- 
ful and advantageous Service, divert them from fetting 
up, and carrying on, Manufactures which directly inter- 
fere with thofe of Great Britain. 

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

Tt will be a great Pleafure to me, if, in raifing the Sup- 
plies of this Year, it may be fo ordered, that my People 
may reap fome immediate Benefit from the prefent Cir- 
cumftances of Affairs abroad: I have ordered Eftimates 
to be prepared for the Service of -the enfuing Year; and 
likewife an Account of the Debts of the Navy to be laid 
before you: You cannot but be fenfible of the ill Con- 
fequences that arife from fuch a large Debt remaining un- 
provided for; and that, as long as the Navy and Victu- 
aling Bills are at a very high Difcount, they do not only 
affeét all other publick Credit, but greatly increafe the 
Charge and Expence of the current Service: It is there- 
fore very much to be wifhed, that you could find a 
Method of difcharging this Part of the National Debt, 
which, of all others, is the moft heavy and burthenfome ; 
and, by that means, have it in your Power to eafe your 
Country of fome Part of the Taxes, which, from an ab- 
folute Neceflity they have been obliged to pay. 

My Lords and Gentlemen, 

The unfpeakable Mifery and Defolation that has, of 
Jate, raged in fome Parts of Europe, cannot but be a fuf- 
ficient Warning to us to ufe all poffible Precautions to pre- 
vent the Contagion from being brought in among us; 
or, if thefe Kingdoms fhould be vifited with fuch a fatal 
Calamity, to be in a Condition, with the Blefling of God, 
to flop its further Progrefs: And, as all other Provifions 
will be altogether vain and fruitlefs, if the abominable 
Practice of Running of Goods be not, at once, totally 
fupprefied, 1 moft earneftly recommend to you to let 
no other Confideration ftand in Competition with a due 
Care of preferving fo many Thoufand Lives. 

The feveral Affairs which 1 have mentioned to you 
being of the higheft and moft immediate Concern to the 
whole Kingdom, | doubt not but you will enter into the 
Confideration of them with that Temper, Unanimity, 
and Difpatch, that the Neceflity and Importance of them 
require, | : 


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Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to his Majefty, to return him the 
Thanks of this Houfe for his moft gracious Speech from 
the Throne: To congratulate his Majefty upon the happy 
Eftablithment of a general Tranquillity throughout £y- 
rope: To exprefs the grateful Senfe of this Houfe of his 
Majefty’s paternal and affectionate Concern for the Wel- 
fare and Profperity of this Kingdom, in recommending 
to our Care and Confideration the Extending of our Trade, 
the Improving and Exporting of our own Manufactures, 
the importing Naval Stores from his Majefty’s Colonies 
and Plantations in America, and in procuring the Redemp- 
tion of his captive Subjects: And to affure his Majefty, 
That we will chearfully raife the Supplies neceffary for the 
Service of the enfuing Year; and endeavour to find out 
Means for difcharging fuch Part of the National Debt as 
is moft grievous and burthenfome, in fuch a manner as 
may enable us to comply with his Majefty’s earneft Defires 
to fee the Country eafed of fome Part of the Taxes, 
which, from an abfolute Neceflity, they have been obliged 
to pay: And that we will not be wanting in our utmoft 
Endeavours to prevent the Contagion from being brought 
into thefle Kingdoms; or, in cafe we fhould be vifited 
with fuch a fatal Calamity, to do all that is poffible to flop 
its further Progrefs. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up 
an Addrefs, to be prefented to his Majefty, upon the faid 
Refolution : 

And it is referred to Sir Geo. Oxenden, Mr. Talbot, 
Lord Hinchinbrook, Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Yonge, Lord 
Tyrconnel, Mr. Comptroiler, Mr. Attorney General, Sir 
John Rufbout, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. North, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Shippen, Sir Tho. Pengelly, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Chancellor 
of Exchequer, Mr. Freman, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Treby, 
Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Weft, Mr. Baily, Mr. Windsor, 
Colonel Berkley, Mr. Edgeomb, Mr. London, Mr. Kelfal; 
or any Five of them: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech be 
referred to the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Religion do 
fit every Tuefday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances do 
fit every Turfday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Courts of 
Juftice do fit every Saturday in the Afternoon, in the. 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Trade do fit 
every Friday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges and Elections 
be appointed, of Mr. Hampden, Mr. Bond, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. London, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Cbet- 
wynd, Sir Nath. Mead, Mr. Treby, Sit Wm. Humfries, 
Mr. Heyfham, Sir Fobn Rufoout, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Walpole, 
General Pepper, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Talbot, 
Mr. Fuller, Lord Wm. Powlet, Sir Richard Fowler, Sir 
Cha. Turner, Mr. Comptroller, Colonel Loag, Mr. Ser- 
jeant Birch, Lord Hinchinbrook, Mr. Clayton, Lord yr- 
connel, Mr. Freman, Mr. Onflow, Colonel Bladen, Mr. 
Hutchefon, Sir Gilbert Hethcote, Sir Wilfrid Lawfon, Sir 
Edward Defbovery, Sir Tho. Scawen, Sir Fifber Tench, 
Mr. Berkley, Sir Geo. Oxenden, Mr. Edgcomb, Mr. Gre- 
gory, Mr. Windfor, Sir Sam. Lennard, Sir Robert Da- 
vers, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Guybbon, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. 
Offiey, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Campbell, Sir Fobn Fennings, 
Mr. Bacon, Mr. Newland, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Knight, 
Mr. Kelfall, Mr. Lowther, Lord Molefworth, Sir Ifaae 
Rebow, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Moore, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Af, 
Mr. Gwyn, Colonel Negus, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Chancellor 
of Exchequer, Brigadier Stanwyx, Lord Londonderry, 
Mr. Smith, Sir Wm, Scawen, Mr. Difton, Mr. Harvey, 
Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Bateman: And they are to meet upon 
Monday Fortnight, at Five of the Clock, in the Afternoon, 

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8 GEo. I. 


in the Speaker’s Chamber; and to fit every Wednefday, 
Friday and Monday, in the Afternoon: And all that 
come are to have Voices: And they are to take into 
Confideration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come in 
queftion, touching Returns, Elections, and Privileges; 
and to proceed upon Double Returns in the Firft Place ; 
and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions there- 
upon, to the Houfe, from time totime: And all Perfons 
that will queftion Returns are to do it in Fourteen 
Days next, and fo within Fourteen Days next after any 
new Return fhall be brought in: And the Committee 
are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers and Re- 
cords, for their Information: And all Members who are 
returned for Two or more Places, are to make their 
Election by this Day Sevennight, for which of the Places 
they will ferve; provided there be no Queftion upon the 
Return for that Place: And if any. thing thall come in 
queftion touching the Return, Election, or Matter of 
Privilege, of any Member, he is to withdraw during the 
time the Matter is in Debate: And that all Members 
returned upon Double Returns do withdraw till their Re- 
turns are determined. 

Refolved, That no Peer of this Realm hath any Right 
to give his Vote in the Election of any Member to ferve 
in Parliament. 

Refolved, That where the Houfe fhall judge any Peti- 
tion touching Elections to be frivolous and vexatious, the 
Houfe will order Satisfaction to be made to the Perfon 
petitioned againtt. 

Refolved, That in cafe it fhall appear any Perfon hath 
procured himfelf to be elected or returned a Member of 
this Houfe, or endeavoured fo to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt Practices, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Perfon. 


Refolved, That if it thall appear, that any Perfon hath 
been tampering with any Witnefs, in refpect to his Evi- 
dence to be given to this Houfe, or any Committee 
thereof; or, direétly or indireétly, hath endeavoured to 
deter or hinder any Perfon from appearing, or giving 
Evidence the fame is declared to be a high Crime and 
Mifdemeanor ; and this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Offender. 

Refolved, That if it fhall appear, that any Perfon hath 
given falfe Evidence, in any Cafe, before the Houfe, or 
any Committee thereof, this Houfe will proceed with the 
utmoft Severity againft fuch Offender. 


Refolved, That it is a high Infringement of the Liber- 
ties and Privileges of the Commons of Great Britain, for 
any Lord of Parliament, or any Lord Lieutenant of any 
County, to concern themfelves in the Elections of Mem- 
bers to ferve for the Commons in Parliament, 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do, from time to time; take into his Cuftody 
any Stranger or Strangers that he fhall fee, or be in- 
formed of to be, in the Houfe or Gallery, while the 
Houfe, or any Committee of the whole Houfe, is fit- 
ting: And that no Perfon, fo taken into Cuftody, be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody, without the fpecial Order of the 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the Back-door of the Speaker’s Chamber 
be locked up every Morning, at the Sitting of the Houfe ; 
and the Key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked up by 
him; and that he co not prefume to deliver the fame to 
any Perfon whatfoever, without Order of the Houfe: 
And that the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe do 
take care to clear the Speaker’s Chamber every Day be- 
fore the Door is locked up. 

Ordered, That no Member of this Houfe do prefume 
to bring any Stranger or Strangers into the Houfe, or 
Gallery thereof, while the Houfe is fitting. 


Ordered, That the Conftables, and other Officers, of 
Middlefex and Wefiminfter, do take care, that, from Ten 
of the Clock in the Morning to Four in the Afternoon, 
during this Se‘Tion of Parliament, the Pafflages through 
the Streets between Temple-bar and Weftminfter-ball be 


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kept free and open; and that no Obftruction be made 
by Cars, Drays, Carts, or otherwiie, to hinder the Paflage 
of the Members to and from this Houfe: And that the 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe do give Notice of 
this Order to the Officers aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the Conftables in Waiting do take care 
there be no Gaming, or other Diforders, in Wetminfler- 
ball, or the Paffages leading to the Houfe, during the 
Sitting of Parliament; and that there be no Annoyance 
by Chairmen, Footmen, or otherwife, therein, or there- 
abouts. 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the High 
Bailiff of Wefminfter, and that he do fee the fame put in 
Execution. 

Ordered, That no Footmen be permitted to be within 
the Lobby of the Houfe, or upon the Stairs leading 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, do take into his Cuftody fuch Footmen as fhall 
prefume to difobey the Orders of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That no fuch Footmen be difcharged out of 
Cuftody, but by the fpecial Order of the Houle. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Tewk/bury, in the County of Gloucefter, in 
in the room of the Right honourable Nicholas Lechmere 
Efquire, now Lord Lechmere, called up to the Houle of 
Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of New Woodjteck, in the County of Oxen, 
in the room of Sir Thomas Wheat Baronet, deceafed. » 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of St. Jves, in the County of Coriell, in 
the room of Sir John Hobart Baronet; who, fince his 
Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
One of the Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make ouc a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, in 
the room of the Right honourable Sir George Byng Knight 
and Baronet, now Lord Vifcount Torrington, called up to 
the Houte of Peers. 


Ordered, That the Votes of this Houfe be printed, be- 
ing firft perufed by Mr. Speaker: And that he do appoint 
the Printing thereof: And that no Perfon, but fuch as he 
fhall appoint, prefume to print the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 20° die Odtobris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
IR George Oxenden reported from the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to draw up an Addrefs to. be 
prefented to his Majefty upon the Refolution of Yefter- 
day, That they had drawn up an Addrefs accordingly ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houle; 
and he read the fame in his Place, and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 


Moft gracious Sovereign, 
W E, your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjeats, the 
Commons «f Great Britain in Parliament afflembied, 
beg Leave to return your Majefty our unfeigned Thanks 


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for your Majefty’s moft gracious Speech from. the 
Throne. 

We congratulate your Majefty upon the Succefs that 
has attended your unwearied Application for reftoring 
Tranquillity to Europe; for fecuring our Commerce by 
Treaties; and for releafing great Numbers of your Sub- 
jects from Slavery among the Moors, and for delivering 
the trading Part of the Nation from the Apprehenfions 
of the like Calamity for the future: Which are fo many 
Inftances of your Majefty’s Goodnefs, in which all your 
Subjects are fo nearly concerned, that we are no lefs 
bound by Intereft, than led by Inclination and Duty, moft 
thankfully to acknowlege thefe happy Effects of your Ma- 
jefty’s Care for your People. : 

Your Majefty’s recommending to us to improve the ge- 
neral Tranquillity abroad, towards extending and enlarg- 
ing our Commerce, is an additional Proof how much 
your Majefty has the real Intereit of Great Britain at 
Heart, in all your Counfels and Undertakings. 

Your Commons are throughly fenfible, That our 
Poor cannot be fufficiently employed, nor the Balance of 
Trade be long preferved in our Favour, while fuch Du- 
ties are continued as either clog the Exportation of our 
own Manufactures, or render the Manutacturing of them 
at home lefs eafy and practicable: And they will moft 
chearfully apply themfelves to confider how far fuch Du- 
ties can be taken off and replaced, without laying any new 
Burthen on your People, or violating the publick Faith ; 
having great Reafon to promife themtelves, that the free 
Circulation of Trade, which muft naturally fucceed, upon 
the taking off this Preffure, will, in a fhort Space of 
time, compenfate any Diminution of the Cuftoms, which 
this Alreration may occafion for the prefent. 

And fince the Trade, Navigation, and Safety, of this 
Nation, muft remain, in fome meature, precarious, as long 
as we are under the Neceffity of purchafing and importing 
all our Naval Stores from foreign Countries; your Ma- 
jefty’s moft faithful Commons will do their utmoft En- 
deavours, that this important and beneficial Branch of 
Trade may be fupplied from your Majefty’s Plantations 
in America; and thereby divert our Colonies from fetting 
up Manufactures, which direétly interfere with thofe of 
their Mother Country. : 

Your Majefty’s tender Concern to have the Supplies of 
this Seffion fo ordered, that your Subjeéts may be among 

‘the earlieft in reaping the happy Efte&amp;s of the gereral 
Tranquillity abroad, cannot fail of exciting in your faith- 
ful Commons a Defire of making fuitable Returns, by 

roceeding, with all Alacrity, to grant the neceflary Sup- 
plies for the current Service of the Year, and for dif- 
charging the heavy Debt of the Navy : And we find our- 
felves engaged, by all the Ties of Duty And Intereft, to 
fecond your Majetty’s provident Intentions for fupprefling 
the infamous and pernicious Practice of running Goods; 
which, befides that it defrau.!s the publick Revenues, and 
dilcourages the honeft Trader, may, at this Junéture, en- 
danger the Health and Lives of many Thoufands of your 
Majefty’s innocent Subjects. 

The feveral Points which your Majefty has been gra- 
cioufly pleafed to recommend to us, carry in them fuch 
evident Marks of your Majeft’s paternal and moft 
affectionate Concern for your People, and are of fuch laft- 
ing Confequence to the Welfare and Safety of this Nation, 
that we fhould be inexcufable, if we did not, by a ready 
Concurrence on our Parts, do all in our Power to render 
thefe your Maj: fty’s moft gracious Purpofes effectual; and 
proceed in the Confideration of them with fuch Temper, 
Unanimity, and Difpatch, as may fully anfwer your Ma- 
jefty’s Expectations, and defeat the Defigas of thofe wha 
hope for any other Concentions amongft us, but of Zeal 
and Affection towards your Majefty’s Sacred Perfon, and 
Government. 


The faid Addrefs being read a Second. time; 
Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Houfe doth 


agree with the Committee in the faid Addrefs to be pre- 
fented to his Majetty. 


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Refelved, That the faid. Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majetty by the whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
his Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council do humbly 


know his Majefty’s Pleature, when he will be attended by 
this Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 21° die O&amp;obris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Compiroller acquainted the Houfe, That he 

having waited upon his Majefty, humbly to know 

when he will be attended by this Houte, his Majefty has 

been pleafed to appoint this Afternoon, at Two of the 
Clock, at his Palace of St. James. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, take into Confideration his Majefty’s moft gra- 
cious Speech to both Houfes of Parliament. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 23° die O&amp;obris; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of Augufte Tabuteau and Fofeph Murat was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That they are Proteftants ; but were born out of his Ma- 
jefty’s Allegiance; and have given good Teftimony of 
their Loyalty to his Majefty, and his Government: And 
praying, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
their Naturalization. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 


Sail and Mr. Conduit do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe did, on Satur- 
day latt, attend his Majefty with their Addrefs : To which 
his Majefty was pleafed to give this moft gracious 
Anfwer; 
I Return you my Thanks for this dutiful and Joyal Ad- 

drefs; and for the Affurances you give me of going 
through the weighty Affairs now before you with Una- 
nimity and Difpatci ? And I promife myfelf, from your 
experienced Zea! and Application, that my good Withes 
for the Welfare and Profperity of my People will be ren- 
dered effectual. 

The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take 
into Confideration his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament : 

And the fame was again read by Mr. Speaker: 

And a Motion being made for a Supply to be graned 
to his Majetty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of that Motion. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 


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Martis, 24° die O&amp;obris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. London prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Augufte Tabutecu and 
Fofeph Murat: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Order of the Day being read, forthe Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Motion made Yefterday for a Supply to be 
granted to his Majefty; ' 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament be referred to the faid. Com- 
mittee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houle will pieafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 25° die O&amp;fobris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Ugufte Tabuteau and Fofeph Murat took the Oaths ap- 
pointed, in Order to their Naturalization, 


A Bill for naturalizing Augufte Tabuteau and Fofeph 
Murat, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. London, 
Mr. Hungerford, Lord Wm. Powlet, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, 
Mr. Mafon, Mr. Medlicot, Mr. Freman, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Guidot, Mr. Noble, Mr. Weftphaling, Mr. Hitch, 
Mr. 4fh, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Windbam, Mr. Weft, Sir Cha. 
Turner, Mr. Campbell, Colonel Negus, Mr. White, Mr. 
Pelham, Mr. Edgcomb, Mr. Treby, Sir Facob Aftley, Mr. 
Foley, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Feffries: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
ele&amp;ting a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Tregony, in the County of Cornwall, in the 
room of Daniel Pulteney Efquire,; who, fince his Eleétion 
for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of One of 
the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High 
Admiral of Great Britain. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Heydon, in the County of York, in the 
room of Hugh Cholmley Efquire; who, fince his Ele&amp;tion 
for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of One of 
the Commiffioners for victualing his Majefty’s Navy. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houle, to whom it was refer- 
red to confider of the Motion for a Supply to be granted 
to his Majefty, That they had come to a Refolution; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards decli- 

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vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Supply be granted to his Majefty. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time; 

Refclved, Nemine contradicente, That the Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, ‘That a’ 
Supply be granted to his Majefty. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe of 
the Deficiencies of the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Year 1720. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Ordinary of the Navy 
for the Year 1722, with the Half-pay of the Officers of 
the Navy, and Marines, be laid before this Houte. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge for Guards, 
Garifons, and Land Forces, for the Year 1722, be laid 
before this Houtfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance for Land Service for the Year 1722 be laid 
before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Debt of the Navy, 
to Chrifimas 1721, be laid before this Houle. 

Ordered, That a Lift of the Regimental and Warrant 
Officers thatare to be in Half-pay for the Year 1722 be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Orde: ed, That 2n Account be laid before this Houfe, 
how the Money granted for extraordinary Repairs of the 
Navy, in the Seffion of Parliament which began the 


. Eighth Day of December 1720, has been laid out. 


Ordered, hat aa Eftimace of what will be farther ne- 
ceffary for extraordinary Repairs of the Navy for the 
Year 1722, be laid before this Houfe. °° 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
how the Money given for the Service of the:Year 1721 
hath been difpofed of; diftinguifhed under the feveral: 
Heads 

Ordered, That an Account’be laid before this Houfe of 

all Ships in Sea-pay, which havé been employed in the 
Year 1721; in what Stations; with the feveral Comple- 
ments, or Number of Men borne or muttered in the {aid 
Ships. ; 
Ordered, That an Account be Jaid before this Houfe, 
fhewing the Monies arifen at or before Michaelmas 
laft patt ; as well of or for the Excefs or Surplus of the 
Fund commonly called the Aggregate Fund, as of or for 
the Excefs or Surplus of the Fund commoaly called the 
South Sea Fund; as alfo of or for the Excefs or Surplus 
of the Fund commonly called the General Fund. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate be laid before this Houfe of 
the Charge of providing Peft-houtes, and other Conve- 
niencies, in order to prevent the fpreading of Infedction, 
in cafe it fhould pleafe Almighty God to vifit this Nation 
with the Peftilence. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate be laid before this Houfe 
of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hoipital 
for the Year 1722. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate be laid before this Houfe 
of the Services incurred, and not provided for by Par- 
liament. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Direc- 
tions to the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe the 
faid feveral Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be preiented to his Ma- 
jefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his Ma- 
jefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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650 


Fovis, 26° die Ofobris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

HE Hovfe being iriformed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door ; 

They were called in; and prefented to the Houfe cheir 
Return to this Houfe, with the Accounts of prohibited 
Eaft India Goods, and Naval Stores, from Michaelmas 
1720 to Michaelmas 1721, in purfuance of Claufes in fe- 
veral Aéts of Parliament. 

And then the Commiffioners withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read ; and are 
as follow; viz: 

An Account of prohibited Eaft India Goods remainin 
in the Warehoufes at St. Hellens at Michaelmas 1720; wit 
what has been brought in fince that time; what exported ; 
as allo, what remained at Michaelmas 1721: And alfo, 

An Account of prohibited Eaf India Goods remaining 
in the Warehoufes at Leadenhall at Michaelmas 1720; 
with what has been brought in fince that time; what ex- 
ported; as allo, what remained at Michaelmas 1721: And 
alfo, 

An Account of prohibited Eaf# India Goods remaining 
in his Majefty’s Warehoufe in the Port of London at Mi- 
chaelmas 1720; With what has been brought in fince that 
time; what exported; as alfo, what remained at Michael- 
mas 1721: And alfo, , 

An Account of prohibited Zaft India Goods remaining 
in the refpective Warehoufes in the Out-ports at Michael- 
mas 1720; what brought in fince that time ; what export- 
ed; as alfo, what remained at Michaelmas 1721: And 
alfo, 

An Account of Naval Stores imported from Rufia 
into the Port of London from Michaelmas 1720 to Mi- 
chaclmas 1721: And alfo, 

An Account of Naval Stores imported from Rufia 
into the Ports commonly called the Out-ports from 
Michaelmas 1720 to Michaelmas 1721. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The fajd Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleafed to give Direc- 


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tion, That an Account of what is due, on Debentures, 
to the Sufferers at the Ifands of Nevis and Sz. Chriftc 
phers, made out by the Commiffioners of Trade and 
Plantations, purfuant to Acts of Parliament in their be- 
half, together with the Intereft that will be due on the 
faid Debentures at Chrifimas 1721; may be laid before 
this Houfe. , 
» Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleated to give Li- 
rections to the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe, 
an Account what has been done in relation to the dif- 
pofing, for the Benefit of the Publick, of that Part of 
the Ifland of Saint Chriftopher’s which was yielded by 
France to Great Britain by the Treaty of Ut echt. 
Ordered, That the faid Addreffes be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houle as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their Ad- 
drefs of Yeiterday, That his Majefty would be gracioufly 
pleated to give Directions to the proper Officers to lay 
before this Houfe, the Accounts, Lift, and Eftimates, 
therein mentioned, having been prefented to his Majetty, 
his Majefty had been pleafed to give Directions accord- 


ingly. 


Sir Fohn Feunings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addreis to his Majefty, an Eftimate of the Repairs 
of the Navy, exclufive of the Wear and Tear, and Or- 
dinary, for the Year 1721: And alfo, 

Extra’ Charges for the Year 1721: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Debt of his Majeity’s Navy, as it 
ftood on 3oth of September 1721: And alfo, 

Ordinary Eftimate of his Majefty’s Navy for the Year 
1722: 

And the Titles of the faid Account and Eftimates. 
were read. 

The Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, as it 
ftood on the 30th of September 1721, is contained in 
the annexed Sheet of Paper. 

Ordered, That the faid Account, and Eftimates do lie 
upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 
Houfe. 

The other Eftimates, and Account, are bound up with 

the other Papers of this Seffion. 


Navy 





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Navy Office, 18th i AN Eftimate of the Debt of his Majefty’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter mentioned, as it ftood 


Oftober 1721. on the 30th September 1721. 


Heads of the Naval Eftimates. 





Wear and Tear; Ordinary and Extraordinary Repairs: 


Due to pay off, and difcharge, all the Bills entered on 
the Courfe of the Navy, for Stores, &amp;c. fupplied for 
the Service thereof, including the Premium: of Naval 
Stores imported from the Plantations 

For the Freight of Tenders; as alfo for Stores delivered 
into his Majefty’s feveral Yarcs; for which no Bills 
were made out on the aforefaid 30th September ‘78h : 
as alfo to feveral Bills of Exchange 

To his Majefty’s Yards and Rope-yards, for the Ordi_ 
nary and Extraordinary thereof 

For Half-pay to the Sea Officers, according to an Efta- 
blifhmen: made by his Majefty in Council, on that be 
half 


-— ii = 


_— 


ee 








Seamens Wages: 


Due to pay the Men unpaid on the Books of Ships paid 
off fince the Revolution; which, per Eftimate, may 
require the Sum of 

To Ships in Sea-pay on the abovefaid 30th September 
1721 

To / and pay off, , all the Bills ‘entered i in Courfe 
for Pilotage, Surgeons Neceffaries, Bounties to Widows 
and Orphans of Men flain at Sea, &amp;c. on the Head of 
Seamens Wages 














— —, —— 


Victualing Debt, as per an Eftimate received from 
thofe Commiffioners : 


Due for fhort Allowance to the Companies of his Majel: 


ty’s Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off — 


For Bills on their Courfe ; and alfo Bills of Exchange from 
foreign Parts; and for neceffary and extra-neceflary 
Money, and Wages. to Officers, Workmen, and La- 
bourers, employed at the feveral Ports, &amp;e. 


Sick and Wounded: The Debt of that Office, as per 
an Eftimate received from thofe Commiffioners; 
Vie 


Due for the Quarters and Cure of fick and wounded Sea- 
men fent afhore from his Majefty’s Fleet; and the 
Contingencies relating to the faid Service 


Total — 











Particulars 
- Total. 
BeforethisReign. | Since this Reign. 
| tei ee &gt; i 5s a. 1 pie 
_—~.o 5715351 5 act 
4617 8 18,769 16 8 4 916,233 12 4 
nt ead ex 297,503 0 Oo 
2,108 oO Oo 25,994 12 4 : 
67,114 16 3 16,058 17. 7 7 
~~ = &lt;&lt; 5572348 0 0 | 
+ 645,559 13 10 
—_ — — 5038 © oJ 
81,819 18 5 8,830 6 3) 
r 451,381 5 10 
225 5 7 360,514 56 7 4 
—_— — — 12,689 10 5 12,689 10 5 
151,705 17 11 | 1,874,158 4 6 | 2,025,864 2 5 








The Total amounts to the Sum of Two millions Twenty-five 
thoufand Eight hundred Sixty-four Pounds Two Shillings 


and Five Pence. 


4 Tho. Swanton, . 
Tho. Colby, 


. Fawler, 


. Acworth, T. Holmes, 
R. Barton, 


W, Cleviand. 


Memorandum : 








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8 GeEo.I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


General ills prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addrefs to his Majefty, Eftimate of the Charge of 
tlie Office of Ordnance for the Year 1722, for Land 
Service : 


And the Title thereof was read. 
The faid Eftimate is as followeth; viz, 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance for the Year 1 722. 


For LAND SERVICE. 


Ordinary of the Office, comprifing Salaries, Rents, Repairs of Store-houfes, Bar- 
racks, Platforms, Carriages, Stores for Garifons, and other incident Charges 
Annapolis, Placentia, and North Bri- 


Eftablifhments at Mahone, Gibraltar, 
tain 
Pay for an Engi 


neer at South Carolina 


Flanders, Spain, and-on feveral Expeditions 


Extraordinaries, on Account of Land Service 1722. 


Te 50 Beds, complete, for the Garifon at Gibraltar 
Bediteads, Tables, Forms, with Freight 
Mahone 
Towards carrying on the ) Gibraltar 
Fortifications at --- ) Annapolis 
Placentia 


Extraordinaries on Account of Sea Service 1722. 


For Saltpetre — ona nite 


Towards rebuilding the Gun-houfes at Chatham and Plymouth 
Towards re-cafting Brafs Ordnance for Three Firft Rates Iron Ordnance, 


Ship-carriages, &amp;&amp;c. — pom 


Half-pay of the Officers who have ferved well in the Trains of Artillery in 














Exceedings, by his Majefty’s Order in the Year 1721; for which, as yet, no 


Money has been allowed by Parliament 


_ Tore-implace 1,500 Barrels of Powder delivered the Emperor of Morocco 


from Gibraltar with Frieght 


Pay for an Engineer fent to South Carolina above what 
Year 


Cha. Wills, M. Richards, Fohn Armftrong, T. White. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the 
Table, to be peruled by the Members of the Houfe. 


Mr. Treby prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to his Majefty, Lift of the reduced Officers of 
his Majefty’s Land Forcesand Marines, intitled to receive 
Half-pay in Great Britain; with an Eftimate of the Charge 
thereof for the Year 1722: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, and 
other his Majefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, for 
the Year 1722: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in 
the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the Year 
1722: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Charge of the Out-penfioners of 
Chelfea Hofpital for the Year 1722: And alfo, 


Vor. XIX. 8 D 


L. ofl, 
38,835 7 6 
— ““- 9.962 3. 
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50,125 1 3 
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An Eftimate of the extraordinary Expence of his Ma- 
jefty’s Land iorces, and for Provifions, not provided for 
by Parliament: And alfo, 

An Account of feveral Sums remaining due to 
Clothiers : ; 

And the Titles of the faid Lift, Eftimates, and Ac- 
count, were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Lift, Eftimates, and Account, 
do lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of 
the Houfe. ’ 

The faid Lift of the reduced Officers of his Majefty’s 
Land Forces, and Marines, intitled to receive Half- 
pay in Great Britain, is bound up with the other Pa- 
pers of this Seffion. 


And the other Eftimates are as follow; viz. 


ESTIMATE 








654 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 24. 1721, 


E* TIMATE of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, and other his Majefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, 
for the Year 1722. 















































Pay of the Troops 
Numbers. and Regiments Total. 
for 365 Days. 
l, Ge }. 5S. de 
fFirft Troop of Guards - - - ir — 16,546 13 4 
Second ditto - - - - 3r — 16,546 13 4 
Third ditto - - - - i: — 16,546 13 4 
‘ Fourth ditto - - - - rr me 16,546 13 4 
f ] Firft Troop of Grenadier Guards - - 176 — 19,743 3 4 
, Horle. 4 second ditto - - - - #197 — 10,870 18 4 
Royal Regiment of Guards - - 310 — 25,644 5 10 
Lord Cobham’s Regiment - - 22 — 24,823 © 10 
Lord Londonderry’s Regiment - - 196 — 16,875 3 4 
| Major General Wade's - - - 196 — 16,875 3 4 
o— . 2,074 172,018 8 ~ 
¢ Royal Regiment of Dragoons . - 207 — 12,020 13 4 
Colonel Campdell’s Regiment - - 207 — 12,020 13 4 
Lord Carpenter’s - . - 207 — '12,020 13 4 
— : Earl of Stair’s - - - 207 — 12,020 13 4 
Fagoons-&lt; Colonel Kerr’s . - - - 207 — 12,020 13 4 
Major General Evans's - - - 207 — 12,020 13 4 
Brigadier Gore’s . - - 207 — 12,020 13 4 
| Brigadier Honywood’s - . - 207 — 12,020 13 4 
1,656 96,165 6 3 
fFirft Regiment of Guards - - 1,669 — 44,934 10 IO 
Second ditto - - - 1,072 — | 29,212 3 4 
Third ditto - - - - 1,072 — 29,212 3 4 
Colonel Kirk’s Regiment - - " 36° 10,502 17 6 
Lieutenant General Wills’s . - - 445 — 10,502 17 6 
Colonel Cadogan’s - - - 445 — 10,502 17 6 
Foot j Colonel Cholmley’s - - - - 445 — 10,502 17 6 
* \ Colonel Harrifon’s - - - 445 — 10,502 17 6 
Brigadier Groves’s - - - - 445 — 10,502 17 6 
Colonel Montague’s - - - 445 — 10,502 17. 6 
Lieutenant General Macartney’s - - «= 10,502 17 6. 
Major General Sadine’s - - - 445 — 10,502 17 6 
Colonel Clayton’s - - - - 445 — 10,502 17. 6 
| Brigadier Stanwix’s - - - 445 — 10,502 17 6 
. — 8,708 218,890 10 oO 
Invalid. nse Fielding’ s Regiment a &lt; - 534 — 9,906 14 2 
25 Independent Companies ditto - - 1,325 — 22,584 7 6 
1,859 32,491 1 8 
Staff Offi edie a 
a cers - . - &lt; . sI 
rad a | Garon with Fire and Candle - - - - Ps a + 2 
&gt;" (Contingencies upon Account - - - -} 10,000 0 Oo 
48,367 6 8 
An additional Expence towards maintaining and fecuring Peace 
in the Highlands ~ - - : ° 1,000 0 O 
Total 568,932 13 4 











Whitehall, 26 
Of. 1721. Geo. Treby. 


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8GEO.I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons, _ 655 


ESRMATE of the Charge of his Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibraltar, for the 
































Year 1722. 
Pay of the Regi. 
Numbers. ments, &amp;c. for Total. 
365 Days. 
In the PLANTATIONS. 1. $s. -d, H a .@ 
Colonel Lucas’s Regiment - - - 435 -- 9:775 18 4 | 
Colonel Phillips’s - - - - 434 -- 9,830 13 4 
Four Independent Companies of Foot at New York - - 445 - - 73141 16 8 
One Company at Bermudas - - - 57 == 1,003 15 0 
Two Companies at Jamaica - - - 224 - - 3,653 0 10 
One Company in the Ifland of Providence - - 12 -- 1,821 19 2 
One Company at Carolina - - - Ig -- 3,071 7 6 
— 1,822 6,298 10 
Garifons at Annapolis Royal and Placentia “ ?* Fe oe oe ae ee ee 5 ‘ 
In MINORCA. 
Colonel Fames Otway’s Regiment - - - 565 ~.- 12,814 10 10 
Colonel Cofby’s - - - - 565 - .- 12,814 10 10 
Brigadier Biffer’s - - - - 565 - - 12,814 10 10 
Colonel Charles Otway’s - - - - 565 - - 12,814 10 10 
- —&lt; 2,260 515258 2 4 
Officers of the Garifon, Se. - - - - - -- +- -- 6,154 16 3 
InGIBRALTAR. 
Major General Pearce’s Regiment - ~ - 488 - - 11,877 14 2 
Colonel Egerton’s - - - - 488 - - 11,877 14 2 
Colonel Cotton’s - - - - 488 - - 11,877 14 2 
= —— 15464 35,633 2 6 
Officers of the Garifon, &amp;c. - - - - - - -- 2+ se 3.749 12 “3t 
5546 
Provifions for Colonel Piillips’ Regiment, in Garifon at Annapolis Royal 
and Placentia; deducting 4d. per Diem, out of the Subfiftence of each 
Non-commiffion Officer, and Private Man, towards that Expence, re- 
mains to be borne by the Government - ‘ y 1,558 171 
Provifions for the Three Regiments in Garifon at Gibraltar — - 13,55 95 15,110 6 6 
Total - - - + --+] 150,743 13 4% 
Whitehall, 26 
Oéfober 1721. Geo. Treby. 


A N ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital for the Year 1722. 
x 

















Per Diem. For 365 Days. 
. . ee i. 5. 
2,458 Out Penfioners ftanding at prefent upon the Books of the Hofpital, at 5 d. 
per Diem each - - - - - - 51 4 2 18,691 0 10 
100 Letter-men, at 12 4. per Diem each - - - oe hy. @ 1,825 0 0 
56 4 2 20,516 © 10 
From which deduct the Sum of .4,5007. which, by Eftimation, may be ‘applicable towards 
defraying this Expence out of the Poundage of the Forces for the Year 1722 - - 4,500 0 O 
Remains to be granted, upon Account, for the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital for the 
Year 1722 - - - - - - - - 16,016 0 10 . 
Whitehall, 26 
Otober 1721. ; Geo. Treby. 


ESTIMATE 








656 — Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.1721, 


E STIMATE of the extraordinary Expence of his Majefty’s Land Forces, and for Provifions, not provided 


for by Parliament. 

































































For the Difference of Pay between the Englifh and Irifo Eftablifhments for the Regiments of | - £. 
Major General Sadine, and Colonel Lanoe, from the 25th of December 1720 to the 2yth of 
September 1721 2,966 14 9 
For the Exceedings of the Expence for Provifions for the Garifon of Gibraltar beyond the Supply 
voted by Parliament to the 24th of December 1721, as followeth; vz. 
The feveral Payments made to Mr. Mifing, the Contractor, upon the Liftsof 1 5s. d. 
Men victualed from the 1ft of Fume 4715 to the 19th of March 1720, 
amount to 85,587 18 8 
From the rgth of March 1720 to the 25th December 1721, is Ten Months 
at 28 Days to the Month; which, computed at the Rate of 1,220/. per 
Month, will amount to 12,200 O O 
For the Lofs of Two Provifion Ships; which, by the Terms of Mr. Mifing’s 
Contraét, is to be borne by the Publick 53073 3-41 
' 102,861 I 9 
Dedué&amp; the Amount of the Supply granted by Parliament for this Service, 
from the 1ft Fune 1715 to 24th of December -1721 90,586 12 6 
Remains as an Extra’ Expence on this Head of Service, to 24th of eae 
1721, upon Account 12,274 9 3 
Whitehall, 26 O@. 1721 Total — | 15,241 3 3 
Geo. Treby. 


* 


AN Account of feveral Sums remaining due to the Clothiers hereafter mentioned, upon Affigaments payable out 
of the Off-reckonings of the following Regiments, being for the net Off-reckonings of the Men difbanded the 
23th of November 1717. 



































Full Amount of the ke 
Off- reckoningsef the aoe “—_ thereat 
difbanded Men from es M ar rigs sa . 
Clothiers Names. Regiments. the 23 November 1717 wei p ads Ph at * Remains due, 
to the Determination a + wa 
of their Aflignments, ere 
{ Lg 8 Rh £ . he 
Henry Cornifh ai — | Royal Horfe Guards | 1,475 8 6 189 2 4 1,286 6 2 
Edmund Stroudwick — | Jrwyn — — 903 8 2 189 2 4 714. 5 10 
Fohn Heylin — SS hoe ns aie oz 4 °9 126 1 7 476 3 2 
Cry  — 168 15 11 26 3 9 42 14 4 
Samuel Green — — | Royal Dragoons —_ 403 3 11 87 14 11 315 9 oO 
Thomas Agnew — —| Stair’s — — 352 8 8 87 14 11 264 13 9 
Fames Powell — — | Evans — — 353 17 8 87 14 II 266 2 9 
WilliamWilfn —  —| Munden oo _ 488 15 4 87 14 11 40l O 5 
Hen, Emmet and Fohn London \ Bowles _ os 488 15 4 87 14 11 401 0 5 
Honywod  — — 488 15 4 87 14 11 401 0 5 
Robert Man and Wm. Day | Ger — a 488 15 4 87 14 11 40l O 5 
Macariny — — 776 7 0 192 0 9 584 6 3 
6,990 15 I! 1,436 13 oO. 53554 2 01 





I do hereby certify, That it appears, by the Entries in the Books of the Right honourable the Earl of Lincoln's 
Office, that the foregoing Sum of 5,554/. 25. 11d. remains due to the Clothiers above-mentioned, according to 
their refpective Affignments. 


ae Geo. Treby. 
Whitehall, 26° OGfober 1721. 


Mr. Frecker, from the Treafury, prefented to the Offober 1721; and the Parts thereof remaining unfa- 
Houle, purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, an Ac-  tisfied : 
count fhewing how the Money given for the Service And the Title thereof was read. 
of the Year 1721 hath been dilpofed of;  diftin- And the faid Account is contained in the following 
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Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf, into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





V eneris, 27 die Oétobris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


7 R. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That theit 
M Addrefies, of Yeflerday, That his Majefty would 
be gracioufly pieafed to give Dire€tions, That an Account 
of what is due on Debentures to the Sufferers of the Iflands 
of Nevis and St. Gbrijiopher’s, together with Intereft that 
wili be due upon the faid Debentures at Chrifmas 1721; 
and alfo an Account of what has been done in relation to 
the Difpofing, forthe Benefit of the Publick, of that Part 
cf the Ifland of St.. Chrifopber’s which was yielded by 
France to Great Britain, might be laid before this Houfe,; 
had been prefented to his Majefty ; and that his Majefty 
had commanded him to acquaint the Houfe, That he 
will give Directions for the faid Accounts to be laid 
before this Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Reverend Doctor Sanders be defired 
to preach before this Houfe. at St. Margaret’s, Wefimin- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





A.1721. 


ficate of the principal Sum unpaid on the Duties of 
Malt, &amp;c. Aunc 1720: And alfo, 

An Account of the Income of thé General Fund of 
424,849/. 65. 10; of a Peny per Annum for the Year 
ended at Michaelmas 1721; and the Deficiency thereupon. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Certificate and Account 
were read. 

And they are as follow ; viz. 

The faid Certificate. 
r¥*Hefe are to certify, That thete is 
4 remaining unpaid of the prin- 
cipal Monies lent upon the Act of 
Parliament granting the Duties upon 
Malt, Mum, Cyder; and Perry, from 
the 23th Day of une 1720 to the 
I, 24th Day of Fune 1721, the Sum of 
120,000 Principal. One hundred and twenty thoufand 





5,000 Int. Pounds, by feveral Orders, in the 
Names of Fobn Plumiree Efquire, 
125,000 and the Right honourable Rodert 


Walpole Efquire, without Intereft, 
dated the rith of Fuly 1720; fince 
which time, very few of the faid 
Orders have been brought here to 
fhew when the Intereft on them fhall 
commence: But, if the Warrants on 
the faid Orders, for Intereft, bear 
Date in Fuly and Auguft 1720, as 
fome have appeared to be, then, by 
Eftimation, the Intereft may amount 
to 5,000 /. or thereabouts. 








fter, upon Friday the Eighth Day of December next; Note, Every Weck Money is paid Halifax. 
being appointed, by his Majefty’s Royal Prociamation, into the Exchequer, towards dif- 
fora Day of -Fafting and Humiliation: And that Mr. charging this Regifter. 
Sandys and Mr. Denton to acquaint him therewith. prnees 26 Oftober 17216 
xam. 
Mr. Frecker, from the Treafury, prefented to the per M. Frecker. ; 
Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, a Certi- 27 Ofober 1721, 
The faid Account of the Income of the General Fund. i. 5s. de 
At the Quarter ended at Chrijimas 1720 — cole shen 133,791 14 8 
Lady day 1721 — — — 148,916 oO 10 
Midjumuzer 1721 aniees Bis Aa 160,754 15 7 
Michaelmas 1721 — sai aa 169,854 1 11f 
L, sd. 613,316 13 1 
Complement to 724,849 6 10; per Annum oe _~ ~ 111,532 13 gf 
M. Frecker. 27 Offober 1721. 724,849 


Ordered, That the faid Certificate and Account do fie 


upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 
Houte. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Debt of his Ma- 
jefty’s Navy, as it ftood on the 30th of September 1721, 
be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfeif into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Matter to them referred; 
and had directed him to move, That they may have Leave 
to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houle, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majeity, That he-will be gracioufly pleated to give Di- 


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rections, That an Account be laid before this Houfe of 
all Money granted by Parliament, for the Service of the 
Navy, from the Firft Day of Fanuary 1710; and how 
far the faid Money has been iffued for that Purpofe; and 
what the Excefs of the Expence, above the Provifion 
made by Parliament, has every Year amounted to; and 
what were the Caufes of fuch Excefs. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Tuefdey Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 31° die O&amp;obris ; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS, 

Petition of Feane Coltee du Carel, Charles Fofeph 

Guillaumots de la Bergerie, and ‘Jobu Martin Steke- 
lin, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; fetting forth, 
That they are Proteftants ; but were born out of his Ma- 
jefty’s Allegiance: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for their Naturalization. 


Ordered, 





8Gero.I. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 659 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Godfrey, and Sir Fohn Philips, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
‘for the Borough of Midbarft, in the County of Sufex, 
in the room of Wm. Knight Efquire, deceafed. 


A Petition of the Feoffees of the Jaft Will and Tefta- 
ment of Yobu Marfbal, deceafed, and of the Reétor, 
and principal Inhabitants, of the Parith of Chrift Church, 
in the County of Surrey, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
feribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That, by an Act of Parliament, 6° et 7° Will- 
elmi Iii, to enable the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh to 
make Rates for raifing a Maintenance for a Minifter; and 
to impower the Truftees of the Will of the faid Fabn 
Marfoaill to employ Money for finifhing the faid Church ; 
it was Enaéted, That all fuch Monies as the faid Truftees 
had in their Hands fhould be Jaid out in completing the 
faid Church, and other neceflary Works thereto belong- 
ing; and that, in lieu of the faid Truftees purchafing 
601. per Annum out of the Rents and Profits of Lands, 
for Endowment of the Church, which would not raife 
fuch a Fund ina very long time, the Minifter and Church- 
wardens, and principal Inhabitants, fhould yearly rate and 
tax the Parifh with 60/. per Annum, and no more; but 
fuch Affeffiment not to exceed 3d. inthe Pound: That the 
Money in the Truftees Hands was all laid out, the 60 /. 
per Anuum raifed and paid, till within Three Years patt ; 
but the Inhabitants are fo poor, and the Rents fo low, 
that the Rate aforefaid will not raife the 60 /. per dnnum: 
That the Feoffees have ftrictly performed all the Tefta- 
tor’s Charities; fave only that, by his Will, he directed, 
That the Rents and Profits of his Eftate, not otherwife 
difpofed of, fhould be for ever difpofed in buying Impro- 
priate Redtories to his Feoffees, and their Heirs, for con- 
tinuing the fincere preaching God’s Word in this Land 
for ever: That the Truilees have now in their Hands 
above 2,600 /. arifen by the undi/pofed Rents and Profits ; 
which, they conceive, will be more than fufficient to re- 
build the Church, and enlarge the Church-yard,; the 
Church being very ruinous, and the Church-yard not fuf- 
ficient to bury their Dead; and hope it will be thought as 
great a Benefaction in the pious Defign of the Teftator, 
the Firft Founder of the faid Church, to have it rebuilt, 
and the Church-yard enlarged, out of the Truft-money, 
than otherwile to difpofe of the fame; the Parifhioners 
being willing to make good the 60/. per Annum to their 
Recier, provided their Rate do not excced 6d. in the 
Pound for any one Year: And praying, That Leave be 
given to bring in a Bill for new building the faid Church, 
and enlarging the Church-yard. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 


the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as ‘it fhall ap-- 


pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Lade, Mr. Cowper, Sir Fobn 
Philips, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Pelbam, Mr: Bond, Lord Wm. 
Powlet, Mr. Heyfbam, Mr. Broderick, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. 
Clayton, Colonel Bladen, Sir Fohn Bland, Mr. Palmer, 
Mr. Sandys, General /Vade, Mr. Doddington, Sir Facob 
Afiley, Sit Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Majfon, Mr. Af, Sir Tho. 
Fobnfon, Sir Tho. Scawen, Sit Wm. Daines, Mr. Bur- 
ridge, Mr. Godfry, Mr. Gay, Mr. Yonge; and all the 
Members that ferve for the County of Surrey: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perions, 
Papers, and Records. 


Mr. London reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing dugufle Tabuteau and Fofeph Mu- 
rat, was committed, That they had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 


any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 


Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Sir Fobn Fennings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addrefs to his Majefty, an Account of all his Ma- 
jefty’s Ships in Sea-pay, which have been employed this 
Year; with their Stations, and Number of Men: 

And the ‘Title thereof was read. 

Orderea, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table; 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. | 


The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Guards and Garifons, and other his Majeity’s Land 
Forces in Great Britain, for the Year 1722, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of his Ma- 
jefty’s Forces in the Plantations, Minorca, and Gibrattar, 
for the Year 1722, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the extraordinary Ex- 
pence of his Majefty’s Land Forces, and for Provifions 
not provided for by Parliament, be referred to the faid 
Com mittee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Out 
Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital for the Year 1722 be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of feveral Sums remaining 
due to Clothiers be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Lift of the reduced Officers of his 
Majefty’s Land Forces, and Marines, intitled to receive 
Halt-pay in Great Britain, with an Eftimate of the Charge 
thereof for the Year 1722, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes go forth. 


; General Wade, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Jct Samuel Lennard + 


i 112. 
Tellers for the Noes, } my oar 


t 40. 
- So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Houte refolved itfelfinto the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 


Oraerec, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Téur/fday Morn- 
ing next, ‘refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houle, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majefty. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs, of Friday laft, That his Majetty would be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to give Directions, That aa Account be 
laid before the Houfe of all Money granted by Parlia- 
ment, for the Service of the Navy, from the Firit of Fa- 
nuary 1710; and how far the faid Money has been iffued 
for that Purpofe ; and what the Excefs of the Expence, 
above the Provifion made by Parliament, has every Year 
amounted to; and what were the Caufes of fuch Excefs; 
had been prefented to his Majefty; and that his Majefty 
had commanded him to acquaint the Houfe, That he 
will give Dire¢tions for the faid Account to be laid be- 
fore this Houle 


“And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 
Mercurii, 











660 


Mercurii, 1° die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Augufe Tabateau 
and Fofeph Murat, was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, an Act for naturalizing Augufte Tabuteau and Fofeph 
Murat. 
Ordered, That Mr. London do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay an Account before this Houte of the Duties payable 
on the Exportation of the feveral Manufactures of this 
Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do lay 

an Account before this Houfe of the Duties payable on 
the feveral Goods imported, and liable to be manufac- 
tured. 
Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
Jay an Account before this Houfe of the Amount of the 
Duties on Englifb Manufaétures exported, by an annual 
Medium of Seven Years, from Chriftmas 1712 to Chrifi- 
mas 1719. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay an Account before this Houfe of the Quantities of 
Allum, Lead, Lead-ore, Tin, Leather tanned, Copperas, 
Coals, Wool-cards, Lapis Calaminaris, Skins of all 
Sorts, Glue, Coney-hair or Wool-hair of all Sorts, Horfes, 
and Litharge of Lead, exported; with the Amount of 
the Cuftoms payable at Exportation, by an annual Me- 
dium of Seven Years, from Chriftmas 1712 to Chrifimas 


1719. 
" Could That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 


AN Eftimate of the Debt for Tranfport Service, to the 31ft of December 1721. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A724. 


lay an Account before this Houfe of the Materials for 
Dyeing imported and exported, by a Medium of Seven 
Years, from Chrifimas 1712 to Chriftmas 17195 with the 
Duties, Drawbacks, and net Produce. 

Ordered, That the Commifiioners cf the Cuftoms dy 
lay an Account before this Houfe of the Quantity of raw 
Silk imported and exported, with the Duties, Drawbacks 
and net Produce, by a Medium of Seven Years, from 
Chriftmas 1712 to Ciriftinas 1719. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay an Account before this Houfe of the Quantity of Silk 
thrown, imported and exported, with the Duties, Draw- 
backs, and net Produce, by a Medium of Seven Years 
from Chrifimas 1712 to Chriftmas 1719. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay an Account before this Houfe of the Quantity of Bri- 
tifh wrought Silk exported, by a Medium of Seven Years 
from Chrifimas 1712 to Chriftmas 1719. : 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay an Account before this Houfe of the grofs and net 
Produce of the Duties on Pepper, from Chriftmas 1712 
to Chrifimas 1719. 

Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay an Account before this Houfe, how the faid feveral 
Duties are appropriated. 


The Houfe being informed, That Sir Thomas. Colby, 
One of the Commiffioners of the Navy, attended at the 
Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, purfuant to their Addrefs to his Majefty, an Efti- 
mate of the Debt for Traniport Service, to the 31 ft of 
December 1721. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Eftimate was read, 

The faid Eftimate is as followeth; viz. 























For Freight of Ships employed on the Expedition under the Command of the A atv 
Right honourable the Lord Vifcourit Cobham, and in tran{porting the Dutch 
Forces back to Holland, and for other Traniport Services - o— es 25,321 19 5 
Salaries to Clerks, Rent of the Office, and of Warehoufes,. Stationary-ware, 
and other Contingencies - - - . - - - — 213 6 3 
Remaining in the Hands of the Right honourable Richard Hamden Efquire, i &amp;) &amp; 2 25,535 5 8 
late Treafurer of his Majefty’s Navy - - - - . 715 8 
Remaining in the Hands of the Right honourable the Lord Vifcount Torring- 
ton, Treafurer of his Majefty’s Navy ~ “ ~ ~ ~ ‘ 432 10 23 
“a 440 5 102 
The Debt on the goth of Sept. 1721 ito —_ — — 25,094 19 9: 
Whereunto is added the Increafe of the abovefaid Debt, computed to the . 
gift of December 17213 viz. ae 
Intereft of the Tranfport Bills - - - - ‘ - a - 316 10 Oo 
Salaries to Clerks, Rent of the Office, &amp;e. - - - - 120 15 O 
For tranfporting 250 Recruits to Minorca - vs “ a 530 0 Oo 
997 5 0 
Total + ek -| 26,062 4 9g: 
F. Fawler. Tho. Colby. Ken. Edisbury. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the 
Refolutions they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are 
as follow ; viz. 

1. Refolved, That itis the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Seven Thoufand Men be allowed for the Sea Service 
for the Year 1722, beginning from the Firft Day of 7a- 


BUATY 1721. 


2. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four Pound per Man per 
Month, be allowed for maintaining the faid Seven thou- 
fand Men for Thirteen Months ; including the Ordnance 
for Sea Service. 

3. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That 4 Sum, not exceeding One million, be granted to 
his Majefty, towards difcharging the Debt of the Navy 
at Michaelmas 1721. 

4. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Number of effective Men to be provided for 
Guards and Garifons in Great Britain, and for Ferfey and 
Guernfey, for the Year 1722, be, including One thou- 
fand Eight hundred Fifty-nine Inavalids, Fourteen thou- 

Saad 











8 Geo. I. 


fand ‘EFwo hundred Ninety-four Men, Commiffion and 
Non-commiffion Officers included. . 

5. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 568,932/. 135. 44. be 
granted to his Majefty, for defraying the Charge of the 
faid 14,294 effective Men, for Guards, Garifons, and 
other his Majefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, Guern- 
fey, and Ferfey, for the Year 1722. 

6. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 150,743 /. 135. 4:4. be 
granted to his Majefty, for maintaining his Majefty’s 
Forces and Garifons in the Plantations, Minorca, arid 
Gibraltar, and for Provifions for the Garifons at Anna- 
polis Royal, Placentia, and Gibraltar, for the Year 1722. 

7. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 89,000 /. be granted to his 
Majeity, wpon Account, to reduced Officers of his Ma- 
jefty’s Land Forces, and Marines. 

8. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 15,000/. be granted to his 
Majelty, upon Account, for Out Penfioners of Chelfea 
Hofpital, for the Year 1722. 

- .g. Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 20,795 /. 6 5. 2d. be granted 
to his Majefty, for defraying feveral extraordinary Ex- 
pences for the Service of his Majefty’s Land Forces, and 
for Provifions; and to fatisfy feveral Clothiers Affign- 
ments, not provided for by Parliament. 

The Firft Three of the faid Refolutions, being feve- 
rally read a Secu:.d time, were, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

The Fourth Refolution being read a Second time; viz. 
That the Number of effective Men to be provided for 
Guards and Garifons in Great Britain, and for Ferfey and 
Guernfey, for the Year 1722, be, including One thou- 
fand Eight hundred Fifty-nine Invalids, Fourteen thou- 
fand Two hundred Ninety-four Men, Commiflion and 
Non-commiffion Officers included ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Refolution be re-committed ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Ent Sole Bertie, 
Tellers for the Noes, pri Kden” 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the faid Refolution was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the FHoufe. 

The reft of the faid Reiolutions, being feverally read a 
Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 


Refelved,; That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


} 40. 


99. 


Ordered, That Mr. Halfey,. Sir Tho. Crofs, Mr. Ro- 
berts, Mr. London, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Noble, Mr. Freman, 
Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Philpot, Mr. Rowney, be added 
to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the Feoffees 
of the laft Will and Teftament of Fobs Marfhall, de- 
ceafed, is referred. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





ovis, 2°. die~ Novembris ; 
“Anno 8 Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Godfry prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing eane Caltee du Ca- 


rel, Charles Guillaumott de la Bergerie, and Fohn Mari 
Vor. XIX. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


—66t 


Stekelin: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the annual net Pro- 
duce, for Five Years ending at Chri/tmas laft, of the Du- 
ties and Impofitions granted fince the 25th December 
1688, on Goods and Merchandize imported from the 
Eaft Indies, which were not payable before that time, and 
which are now payable, 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majetty, That he will be gracioutly pleated to direct 
the proper Officers to lay before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count to what Utes,-and for how much, the feveral 
Branches of the Cuttoms refpectively, exclufive of the 
Civil Lift, ftood engaged at Michaelmas 1720; and how 
much the annual Intereit payable upon the fame amounted 
unto 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houle as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of what Mace, Cloves, 
= Nutmegs have been imported in Five Years laft 
pa e 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majeity ; 

Ordered, That the Ordinary Eftimate of his Majeity’s 
Navy for the Year 1722, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance for the Year 1722, for Land Service, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Certificate of the principal Sum 
unpaid on the Duties upon Malt, &amp;c, duno 1720, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the F{timate of the Debt for Tranfport 
Service, to the gift of December 1721, be referred to the 
faid Committee. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Commirtee, That the 
had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had direéted 
ot to report, when the Houle will pleafe to receive the 
ame, 

Ordered, That the Report be received To morrow 
Morning. ’ 

_ Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a ommittee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majelty. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 3° die Novembris; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS, 
Hane Coltee du Carel, Charles FJoferh Guillaumett de 


la Bergerie, and John Martin Stekelin, took the Oaths 
appointed, in order to their Naturalization. 


A Bill for naturalizing Feane Coltee dx Carel, Charles 
Jofeph Guillaumott de la Bergerie, and Ffohn Martin Steke~ 
lin, was read a Second time. 


8 F Refa.ved, 


ot 
acne 











662 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. God- 
frey, Mr. England, Mr. Hexham, Mr. Plumtree, Mr. 


Chamberlain, Sir Wm. Dains, Sar Robert Davers, Mr. 
Burridge,. Mr. Morrice, Mr. Braddyl, Mr. Monroe, 


Mr. Britif, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Chrifp, Mr. Ingram, 
Mr. Bond, Mr. Heath, Mr. Offiey, Mr. Ellis, Mr. 
Grahm, Mr. Noble, Mr. Weft. Mr. Farrer, Mr. Carter, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Eversfield, Mr. Knight, 
Mr. Mafon, Mr. Rowney, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Booth, Mr. 
London, Mr. Townfend, Mr. Hucks, Mr. Evelyn: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Secretary to the 
Truftees for topping Dagenham Breach attended at the 
Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to an A&amp; of Parliament for that Purpofe, 
Account of the Treafurer to the Truftees for Dagenham 
Breach, from Michaelmas 1720 to Michaelmas 1721. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, 
the Refolutions they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; which he read in his Place, and afterwards deli- 
vered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; 
and are as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 218,799/. 45. 7d. be granted 
to his Majefty for the Ordinary of the Navy for the Year 
1722, including Half-pay to Sea Officers. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 25,094/. 195. gid. be 
granted to his Majefy, for difcharging the Debt for 
Tranfport Service, to the 29th Day of September 1721. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred Twenty-five 
thoufand Pounds, be granted to his Majefty, to difcharge 
Principal and Intereft unfatisfied on the Regifter for the 
Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, which were 
granted for the Service of the Year 1720. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding 73,709/. 65. 113.d. be granted 
to his Majefty, for the Charge of the Office of Ordnance 
for Land Service, for the Year 1722. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to his Majefty, towards fupplying his Ma- 
jefty’s Stores with Saltpetre, and rebuilding the Gun- 
wharfs at Chatham and Plymouth, and for other extraordi- 
nary Services to be performed by the Office of Ordnance 
for the Year 1722. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum. not exceeding 5,407 /. 55. be granted to 
his Majefty, for defraying feveral extraordinary Expences 
of the Office of Ordnance for Land Service, for the Year 
1721, not provided tor by Parliament. 

The faid Retolutions, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majeity. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Ferrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had direéted 
him to repost, when the Houfe wiil pleafe to receive the 
fame, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A721. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was di- 
rected by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refclved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday Morn~ 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That their Ad- 
drefs, of Yefterday, That his Majefty would be gracioufly 
pleafed to give Directions, That an Account to what 
Ufes, and for how much the feveral Branches of the 
Cuftoms refpectively, exclufive of the Civil Lift, ftood 
engaged at Michaelmas 1720; and how much the annual 
Intereft payable upon the fame amounted unto; had been 
prefented to his Majefty; and that his Majefty had com- 
manded him to acquaint the Houfe, That his Majefty will 
give Directions, That the faid Account fhall be laid be- 
fore this Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 4° die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Farrer reported from the Committee of the 
i whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majefty, the Refolution they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 
the Sum of Two Shillings in the Pound, and no more, 
be raifed, in the Year 1722, upon Lands, Tenements, 
Hereditaments, Penfions, Offices, and perfonal Eftates, 
in that Part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and 
the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and that a proportion- 
able Cefs, according to the Ninth Article of the Treaty 
for the Union, be laid upon that Part of Great Britain 
called Scotland. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, That the Houle do agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That, towards raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefly, the Sum of Two Shil- 
lings in the Pound, and no more, be raifed, in the Year 
1722, upon Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Penfions, 
Offices, and perfonal Eftates, in that Part of Great Bri- 
tain called England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick 
upon Tweed, and that a proportionable Cefs, according to 
the Ninth Article of the Treaty for the Union, be laid 
upon that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolution: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. 
Lowndes, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 6° die Novembris; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom 
M the Petition of the Feoffees of the laft Will and 
Teftament of Fohn Marfball, deceafed, and of the Reétor, 

and 





8 Geo. I. 


and principal Inhabitants, of the Parith of Chrift Charch, 
in the County of Sarrey, was referred, the Matter, as it ap- 
peared tothem ; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth ; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and find, 

That, by an A&amp; of Parliament, paffed in the 6th and 
th Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King William 
the I!Id, for the enabling the Inhabitants of the faid Parith 
to make Rates for raifing a Maintenance for a good and 
able Minifter ; and forthe impowering the Truftees of the 
Will of the faid Fohn Marfhall, deceated, to employ Mo- 
nies for the finifhing the faid Parifh Church ; all fuch Mo- 
ney as had been raifed out of the Lands vefted in the faid 
Truftees, under the Will of the faid Fohn Marfbal, and 
then remaining in their Hands, was, by the faid Act, 
directed to be laid out in the completing the faid Church, 
by building a Steeple, putting up a Clock and Bells for 
the fame, and in other neceffary Works; and that, in 
Lieu and Recompence of the faid Feoffees purchafing an 
Eftate of 60/. per Annum for the Endowment of the faid 
Church, which, by the Will of the faid Fohn Marfbal, 
was to be purchafed out of the Profits arifing out of 
Lands not thereby otherwife difpofed of, the Minifter 
and the Churchwardens of the faid Parifh, for the Time 
being, together with Ten or more of the fubftantial Houf- 
holders, were, by the faid Aét, impowered to rate and 
affefs, by anequal Pound rate, not exceeding Three Pence 
inthe Pound, the yearly Sum of 60/. and no more, upon 
the Inhabitants, and Occupiers of Eftates, within the faid 
Parifh, liable to the Poors Rates, for an additional Main- 
tenance for the Minifter ; which was conftantly raifed, and 
paid accordingly, till within about Three Years laft paft; 
wherein there could not be railed, by the faid Rate, more 
than 35/. one Year with another. 

That it appeared to the Committee, The faid Parith 
Church, which has been built 50 Years and upwards, 
ftanding under-ground, anda flight Brick Building, is now 
in a very decaying Condition, both withinfide and with- 
out; and that the Church-yard, which is but fmall, by 
reafon of the great Increafe of the Inhabitants fince the 
faid Church was built, and the frequent Burial of their 
Dead, is become uncapable to receive and cover their 
Dead; and that the Ground lies now almoft as high as 
the Windows of the faid Church; which being a marfhy 
Ground, the Graves both within and without the faid 
Church are filled with Water as foon as they are dug. 

That the Will of the faid ohn Marfball, dated the 
aif of Augu/t 1627, was produced to the Committee ; 
whereby he directed, in the laft Place, thus; That the 
Rents and Profits of his Eftate, not otherwife difpofed of, 
fhould be, for ever after, difpofed of by his Feoffees, 
their Heirs and Affigns, for and towards buying in of 
Reétories Impropriate to them, their Heirs and Affigns, 
for the Maintenance and. Continuance of the fincere 
Preaching of God’s moft holy Word in this Land for 
ever: Which, the Committee find, is the only Bequeft, 
or Charity, ‘not purfued, and unperformed, according to 
the Directions of the faid Will. 

That it appeared to the Committee, The prefent Feof- 
fees have now aSum of 2,600/. and upwards, remaining 
in their Hands; which they who attended the Commit- 
tee, are willing and defirous may be applied towards re- 
building the faid Church, and making the fame more 
commodious; and for enlarging the Church yard, if they 
may be impowered fo to do; they hoping it will be as 
great a Benefaction, in the pious and charitable Defign of 
the faid Fohn Marfhall the Teftator, who was the Firit 
Founder of the faid Church, to have the faid Church re- 
built, in regard it is fo old and ruinous ; and the Church- 
yard enlarged ; which the Inhabitants are no-ways Capa- 
ble of doing; out of the Truft-money; as to difpole of 
the fame in fuch manner as aforefaid: And, 

The Petitioners, the principal Inhabitants of the faid 

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Parifh, who alfo attended the faid Committee, are defirous 
and willing to make good the 60/. per Aunxm to the 
prefent Rector, and his Succeffors, in fuch manner as js 
prefcribed by the faid A‘t of the 6th and 7th Years of his 
{aid late Majetty King Williaa ; provided fuch Rate do 
not exceed the Rate of 6d. in the Pound for any One 
Year; and thar the Inhabitants be not chargeable with 
fuch new Building of the Church, or Ealargement of, or 
purchafing, a new Church yard. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
impowering the Feoffees umder the Will of Fohn Mar- 
foall, decealed, to difpofe of the Money in their Hands 
for the Rebuilding of the Parith Church of Chri/t Church, 
in the County of Surrey; and to enablethe Churchwardens 
and Inhabitants of the faid Parifh to make Rates for the 
Maintenance of a good and able Minifter: And that Mr. 
Lade and Mr. Haljey do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of George Read Efquire was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, at the laft Elec- 
tion of a Burgefs to Parliament for T ewwk/bury, in Glon= 
cefterfoire, the Lord Vifcount Gage, and the Petitioner, 
ftood Candidates: That Edward Leight and Edward 
Clifftoa, Bailiffs of the faid Borough, who prefided there, 
allowed feveral illegal Voters to poll for the Lord Gage, 
and refufed feveral legal Voters to poll for the Petitioner; 
and great Tumults and Diforders were committed by the 
Agents of the Lord Gege; whereby many others of the 
Petitioner’s Voters were hindered; which Tumults might 
have been prevented by the faid Bailiff’, but they refuled 
todo it; and have unduly recurned the Lord Gage: And 
praying Relief in the Premifes. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eleétions: 
And that they do examine the Matter thereof; and 
report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 


Houfe. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a 
Land Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year 1722: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 7° die Novembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Gedfrey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing Fearne Coltee du Carel, 
Charles Fofeph Guillaumoti de la Bergerie, and John Mar- 
tin Stekelin, was committed, That they had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had dire€ted him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of Wm. Glanvill Efquire was prefented to 
the Houfe. 

And the fame relating to Fein Walter Efquire, a Mem- 
ber of the Houfe; who not being in the Houte ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until Mr. Walter do come into the Houfe ; 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Walter do attend this 
Houle, in lis Place, upon this Day Sevennight. 


The Houfe being acquainted, That Mr. Chocke, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, puriuant to their Addrefs to, his Majeity, an Ac- 
count of what is due on Debentures to the Sufferers of 


tie 











664 
the Ifland of Nevis and St. Chriftopher’s, made out by the 
Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations, puriuant to 
Aéts of Parliament in their behalf; with the Intereft that 
will be due on the faid Debentures at Chrifimas 1721. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read: 

And the faid Account is as followeth; “ = 

bs — eral 

995301 16 oO 


To principal Money 
To Seven Years Intereft, from 25th 
December 1714 to the 25th of De- 
cember 1721, at 6/. per Cent. 


41,730 19 1% 





141,093 15 I¢ 





Exchequer, 7th Nevemler 1721. 
Alexander Chocke. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


A Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land 
Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year 1722, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houle adjourned till To morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine a Clock. ° 








Mercurii, 8° die Novembris ; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Merchants, and others, concerned in 
A the Making and Curing of Red Herrings, in the 
‘Yown of Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth; That the 
Petitioners did, in the Jaft Seffion of Parliament, petition 
this Houfe; fetting forth the Hardthips and Inconvenien- 
ces they lie under, as the Law now itands, in relation to 
Red-herrings confumed at home, by being obliged to cure 
them with Salt which has paid the Duty ; and the Houfe, 
being fatisfied of the fame, came to the following Refolu- 
tion; viz. * That the taking off the Duties upon all Salt 
“¢ ufed in Curing and Making of Red-herrings, and, in- 
** ftead thereof, laying a proportionble Duty upon all Red- 
«¢ herrings confumed at home only, will be of Service to 
«¢ the Makers of Red-herrings, and no Prejudice to the 
« Revenue;” but, the Seffion being at that time fo far 
advanced, the Petitioners could not then obtain fuch Re- 
lief as they hoped for: And praying, That the Houle will 
take their Cale into Confideration, and give them fuch 
Relief in the Premifes as the Houfe fhall think fic. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider furrher 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Mayjetty. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Balam. Infpeétor 
General of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, the Return of the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, 
with the Accounts following ; viz. 

An Account of the Duties payable on the Exportation 
of the feveral Manufactures of this Kingdom : 

An Account of the Duties payable on the feveral Goods 
imported, and liable to be manufactured: 

An Account of the Amount of the Duties on Engii/h 
Manufactures exported, by an annual Medium of Seven 
Years, from Chvijtmas 1712 to Chrijtmas 1719: 

An Account of the Quantities of Allum, Lead, Lead- 
ore, Tin, Leather, Leather tanned, Copperas, Coals, 


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A. 1724, 


Wool-cards, Lepts Caleminaris, Skins of all Sorts, Glue, 
Coney-hair or Wool-hair of all Sorts, Horfes, and Li- 
tharge of Lead, exported; with the Cuftoms payable at 
Exportation ; by an annual Medium of Seven Years, from 
Chriftmas 1712 to Chriftmas 1719: 

An Account of the Materials for Dyeing imported and 
exported, by a Medium of Seven Years, from Chri/tmas 
1712 to Chrifimas 1719; with the Duties, Drawbacks, 
and net Produce: , 

An Account of the Quantity of raw Silk imported 
and exported; with the Duties, Drawbacks, and net Pro- 
duce; by a Medium of Seven Years, from Chriftmas 
1712 to Cirifimas 1719: 

An Account of the Quantity of thrown Silk, imported 
and exported ; with the Duties, Drawbacks, and net Pro- 
duce; by a Medium of Seven Years from Chriftmas 1712 
to Chrifimas 1719: 

An Account of the Quantity of Briti wrought Silk 
exported, by a Medium of Seven Years, from Chri/tmas 
1712 to Chrifimas 1719: ye oa 

An Account of the grofs and net Produce of the Duties 
on Pepper, from Chrifimas 1712 to Chriffmas171g: * 

And the faid Commiffioners, by their faid Return, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That, as to the Appropriations of 
the feveral Duties, the Officers are preparing the fame, 


_which, as foon as finifhed, will alfo be laid before the 


Houfe. 

And the faid Mr. Balam withdrew. 

The faid Return, containing the Titles of the faid Ac- 
counts, was read. ; 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Biil to 
enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit Commerce with 
any Country, as he fhall think neceffary, in order to pre- 
vent the Contagion being brought into this Kingdom: 
And that Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Attorney General, 
and Mr. Walpole, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for granting 
an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land Tax to be raifed in 
Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1722, is com- 
mitted,- That they have Power to receive’ a Claufe of 
Credit. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houle, upon the faid Bill. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 


refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Joris, 9° die Novembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Hofiers, Wool-combers, Worfted- 
. 3 &gt; 
yarn-makers, Framework-knitters, Spinners, Dou- 
. blers, 





8 Geo. I. 


blers, and Throwfters, within the Borough of Leicefer, 
in behalf of themielves, and ma y Thoulands of Fami- 
lies, depending on the Woollen Manufactory there, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That by 
the great Diligence and Induftry of the Petitioners, the 
Manufacture of Hofe, and Worfted-yarn Hole, hath, for 
fome Years paft, been very much increafed: That, by a 
modeft Computation, there is not lefs than Twenty-five 
thoufand Tods of Wool annually wrought up there ; 
the Workmanbhip of which, through the various Hands 
it paffes, amounts, at leaft, to 100,000/.; and is the moit 
confiderable, if not the only, Manufacture amongtt them: 
But the Petitioners labour under great Difficulties and 
Difadvantagys, by reafon of the great Duties on Soap, 
Candles, and Dye-ftuff,; which not only exceed all other 
Duties, but alio their Parifh levies, which, by reafon of 
a numerous Poor, are feldom lels than 4s. per Pound 
Rent: That this Manufacture, by the pernicious Practice 
of exporting our Wool, is now got into France, Ger- 
many, and Holland, who not only ferve themfeives, but 
foreign Markets, with large Quantities of Hole; who 
can make them ‘at One 3d Part of the Wages cheaper 
than the Petitioners: And praying the Confideration of 
the Houfe therein. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
Bill for granting an Aid to his Majeity, by a Land Tax, 
to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 
1722. 

‘ae Speaker left the Chair. 

Mtr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morniag, 
refolve itfelf into a Commirtee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 10° die Novembris; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Jeane Coltee du Carel, 
Charles Fofep.Guillaumett de la Bergerie, and Fobn 
Martin Stekelin, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Yeane Coltee du Carel, Charles 
Fofeph Guillaumott de la Bergerie, and obs Martin 
Stekelin. 

Ordered, That Mr. Godfrey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and delfire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Wheat Baronet was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That * * * * 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of 
the Committee of Privileges and: Elections; and that 
they do examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, 
with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houle; 

The Houte divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

. Mr, Weft, 
Tellers for the Yeas,} Sir Sa fal ry eB 
Mr. Fames Bertie, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Fai 4. Dateveie: 
So it was refolyed in the Affirmative. 


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665 

Mr. Pelbam prefented to the Houf, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit 
Commerce with any Country, as he fhall think neceffary, 
in order to prevent the Contagion being brought into this 
K:ngdom: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firlt ume. 

Refeived, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Crdcred, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Minday Morning next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Barnflaple in the County of Devon in 
the room of Yobn Baffet Efquire, deceafed, 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 


to confider further of the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jetty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houle, to confider further of the Bill for granting 
an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land Tax, to be raifed in 
Great Briain, for the Service of the Year 1722. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
menis thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


Morning next. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Mexzday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 13° aie Novembris; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721, 
PRAYERS. | 


Petition of Thomas Pattinfon, of the City of Carlifle, 

in the County of Cumberland, Gentleman, on bee 
halt of himfelf, and of Fobn Hicks, and Henry Orme, 
Gentiemen, of the faid City, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the River Eden is capable 
of being made navigable for Boats, Barges, and other 
Veffels, for many Miles; and, from feveral Creeks within 
the Port of Carlifle to Bank-end; the Making whereof 
navigable will very much improve large Tracts of Ground 
lying upon the faid River, which, for want of Coals for 
Burning of Lime, are, at prefent, walte and uncultivated ; 
the Poor will be thcreby employed; an Increafe of Sea- 
men, and a general Good to that Part of the Country, 
will enfue: And praying, That Leave be given to 
bring in a Bill for making the faid River navigable to_ 
Bank-end atorefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof ;; and report the fame, as it hall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Lord Morpeth, Mr. Bromiey, Mr. 
Lawfon, Mr. Lowther, General Stanwix, Mr. Bere, Sir 
Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Smith, Lord Firmanagh, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Colonel Grabme, Sir Tao. Lee, Mr Sandys, 
Mr. Bateman, Mr. Leigh, Sir Fodu Paillips, Mr. Agh- 
onby, Sir Wilfr. Lawfn, Mr. Guybdon, Mr. Tredy, 
Sir Richard Sandford, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Onflow, Sir 
Hen. Afourfot, Mr. Conyers, Sir Rich. How, Mr. Godfrey, 
Mr. Britiffe, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Hevlham, Mr. Eve- 
hyn, Mr. Bacon; and all the Members that terve for the 
Counties of Cumberland, Weftmoreland, York, and Lan- 

8G Cajier: 








cafler: Andthey are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 


Clock, in the Speaker's Chamber: And have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Recores. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Capital Burgeffes, Afiftan-s, 
and Merchants, Dyers, Serge-makers, and other I raders 
in the Woollen Manufactures, within the Town and Bo- 
rough of Tiverton, and Parts adjacent, in the County of 
Devon, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thouland of 
Families, depending thereon, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fecting torch, That the great Daties on Wool 
and Tallow imported from Jre/and, and on Dye-ftuffs 
and Oil from Abroid, and the prefent heavy Taxes on 
Soap and Candles, are fo prejudicial to Trade, that the 
Dealers therein are rendered incapable of going to foreign 
Markets fo cheap as their Neighbours, which is evident 
by the great Decay of the Woollen Manufadctury of this 
Kingdom; whereby vaft Numbers of the Poor are de- 
prived of their daily Labour and Bread, to their Families 
utier Ruin: And praying fuch Redrefs therein, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do Jie upon the T able. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Common Council, princi- 
pal Merchants and Traders, of the City of Exon, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fecting forth, That 
the chief Support of that Country is the Woollen Manu- 
facture, priacipally carried on with Jrif Wool; which, 
on Exportation for England, pays a high Duty of 154. 
tor every Kighteen Found-weight; and 4!d. more is re- 
quired, and paid to the Lord Lieutenant, for Licence to 
export it; fo that the French run Wool from Ireland 
20 per Cent. cheaper than the Britif Manufacturer can 
have it; by which means, they have not only fupplied 
their own Nation, but feveral other foreign Countries, 
with Woollen Goods, at a lower Price than the Engli/b 
poflibly can, efpecially confidering the great Duties on 
Soap and Candles, Oil, and Dye-ftuffs; vaft Quantities 
of which are neceffarily ufed in the Manufacturing and 
Dreffing of Wool, and Woollen Goods: And praying, 
That fuch Duties may be taken off as may tend to encou- 
rage the Woollen Manufacture, and benefit the nume- 
rous poor Labourers therein. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of 
the Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers, and Sheermen, 
within the City of Exon, and others concerned in the 
Woollen Manufacture, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Woollen Manutactury 
has been exceedingly decaying for many Years paft; occa- 
fioned, as they conceive, by reafon that the Traders 
therein have been incapable to difpote their Goods in fo- 
reign Markets to very little, if any, Advantage; they 
having been fupplied by the French on cheaper Terms, as 
is very obvious; for, fince the French have been vifited 
with the Peitilence, their Commerce hath had a Stop, 
and our Woollen Trade is greatly revived; fo that the 
Decay of our Trade feems, to the Petitioners, to be in- 
tirely owing to the high Duties payable on the feveral 
Commodities ufed in manufacturing the fame; and, parti- 
cularly, the Duty on Wool imported from Ireland tor 
England; which is near 20 per Cent. dearer to his Majefty’s 
Subjects than to Foreigners, who have it without paying 
any fuch Duty; and alfo the Duties on Soap, Candles, 
Oil, and Dye-ftuff, made ufe of in the Dreffing and Ma- 
nufacturing of Woollen Goods; fo that, by reafon of fuch 
Duties, Foreigners can fell their Goods much cheaper than 
the Petitioners; whereby our Trade is in Danger of being 
intirely loft: And praying the Houfe to take effectual 
Methods to retrieve the fame, and relieve the Petitioners 
in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


; A Petition of Benedifius Detelef von Thienen, was pre- 
seated to the Moute, and read; fetting forth, That he was 
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bern out of his Majefty’s Allegiance; but always pro- 
feffed the Proteftant Religion; and has given good Tefti- 
mony of his Affection to his Majefty, and this Kingdom; 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
tor his Naturalization. ve 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the‘faid Petition: And that the 
Lord William Powlett, and Mr. Molyneux, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Truflees appointed to put in Execu- 
tion an Act, paffed in the Tenth Year of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing the Highways between Kilburn 
Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and Sparrow’s-bern, 
in the County of Hertford, whoie Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That feveral Tolls were granted, and made payable, 
by the faid Act, for the Term of 21 Years; and that the 
faid Highways were then {fo ruinous, that the Petitioners 
were under a Neceffity of borrowing a confiderable Sum 
on the Credit of the faid Act, to make the fame paflable: 
That the Sum of 4,000/. or thereabouts, is now due on 
the Credit of the faid Tolls, befides what has been paid 
for Intereft, and towards other neceffary Difburfements, 
has been laid out in repairing the faid Highways; yet 
fome Parts thereof are in a bad Condition in the Winter- 
feaion: And praying, That Leave be given to bring ina 
Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by faid 
former Act, tor fo long time, and in fuch manner, as 
the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the M:tter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houle. . 

And it is referred to Mr, Phi/pot, Mr. Bertie, Sir 
R'chard Fowler, Mr. Conduit, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Grove, 
Colonel Bladen, Mr. Bere, Mr. Whitchcote, Mr. Weft- 
faling, Colonel Berkley, Mr. Sandys, Lord Wm. Powlet, 
Mr. Malyneux,.Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Difton, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Conyers, Sit Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Monrce, 
Mr. Godfrey, Lora Carpenter, Sir John Phillips, Mr. 
Drake, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Walpole, Sir Richard Grofvenor, 
Mr. Noble, Mr, Freman; and all the Members that ferve 
for the Counties of Middlefex, Hertford, and Bucks: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Per- 
fans, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates of the Town of Elgin, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, in behalf of them- 
felves, and other Inhabitants of the faid Town, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the faid Town now labours under the Burthen of heavy 
Debts, which were greatly increafed by the Contributions 
they were obliged to make during the late unnatural Re- 
bellion, and feveral publick Works, tending to the Be- 
nefit of the faid Town, remain unfinifhed; which Debts 
the Petitioners are not able to pay, nor to complete the 
faid Works, for want of a fufficient Revenue for that 
‘Purpole: Befides, the Harbour of Loffe, lying but a fmall 
Diftance from the faid Town, and belonging to it, is ina 
very ruinous Condition; and, if not repaired, will be of 
manifeft Prejudice of all fuch as trade in the Murray Firth, 
as well as to the faid Town: Therefore, for paying the 
faid Debts, completing the publick Works, and repair- 
ing the faid Harbour, the Petitioners pray, That Leave 
be given to bring in a Bill for laying fuch a Duty on every 
Scots Pint of Ale, or Beer, brewed tor Sale, or fold, withia 
the faid Town, as the Houfe fhall think fic. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matrer thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Colonel Campbell, Sir Robert Gor- 
don, Mr. Steuart, Lord Wm. Powlet, Wir. Bailie, Co- 
lonel Stephens, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Low- 
ther, Sir Tho. Foknfon, Sir Rich. Fowler, Mr. Mon- 

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roe, Mr. Campbell, Mr: Walpole, Mr. Bacon, Sir Richard 


Steel, Mr. Conduit, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Corbet, Mr. Bate-- 


man, Mr. Abercrombie, Sir Hen. Afbburft, Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Forbes, Sir Robert Poilock, Mr. Travers, Mr. Weftfaling, 
Mr. Noble, Mr. Difton, Sir Wilfr. Lawfon; and all the 
Members that ferve for North Britain: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker*s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
Jay before this Houfe, an Account of the Quantities of 
Britifo Suuffs, mixed with Silk, exported, by a Medium 
of Seven Years, from Corifimas i712 ta Chrifimas 1719. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land Tax to be 
railed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year'1722, 
was committed, the Amendments they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, with Amendaients to Ore of them, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Weanefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Bill to enable his Majefty effectually 
to prohibit Commerce with any Country, as he fhall think 
neceflary, in order to prevent the Contagion being 
brought into this Kingdom, be read a Second time To- 
morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Martis, 14° die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
QC Ruereds That all Committees be revived. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters: And that Mr. Treby, 
and Colonel Cadogan, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Fobn Walter Efquire attending in his Place, according 
to Order ; . 

The Petition of Wm. Glanvill Efquire was read, fetting 
forth, That the faid Mr. Walter had, as far as in him lies, 
by Writing under his Hand, waved all Privilege of Par- 
liament; and thereupon the Petitioner had commenced 
Adtions at Law againft him, on feveral Notes given by 
the faid Mr, Walter: And praying, That he might not 
re-aflume his Privilege ; 

Whereupon the faid Mr. Walter declared, That he did 
not infift on his Privilege in the Actions brought againft 
him by the Petitioner, 


A Bill to enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit 
Commerce with any Country, as he fhall think neceflary, 
in order to prevent the Contagion being brought into this 
Kingdom, was, according to Order, read a Second 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to 2 Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Fridzy Morn- 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whale 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


The Lord William Powlett prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Benedtéfus De- 
telef von Thienen: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Aad then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 15° die Novembris; 


| Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721, 
PRAYERS. 


Pemdiétus Detel-f von Fhienen took the Oaths appointed, 
in order to his Naturalization. 


A Bill for naturalizing Benediffus Detelef von Thienen 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlet, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Merryl, Lord Morpeth, Sir 
Tho. ‘fobnfon, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Vaughan, Brigadier 
Stanwix, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Lomax, Mr. Hanbury, Mr. 
Heathcot, Mr. Bond, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Law/fon, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Noble, Mr. Monroe, Lord 
Gage, Sir Samuel Lennard, Sir Gilbert Heathcot, Mr. 
Freman, Sit Richard Goff, Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Earle, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Smith: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five aClock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Fobn Oxenford, 
from the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the 
Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe the Commiffioners Return to feveral Orders of the 
Firft and 2d Inftant, with Two Accounts; One, of 
the Appropriations of feveral Duties contained in the Ac- 
counts laid before this Houfe the Eighth Inftant; and the 
other, an Account of Cloves, Mace, and Nutmegs, im- 
ported in Five Years, from Chriffmas 1715 to Michaelmas 
1720: 

And the faid Commiffioners, by the faid Return, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That, in Obedience to their Order of 
the 2d Inftant, requiring an Account of the annual 
net Produce of the Duties on Eaf India Goods for Five 
Years ending at Chrifimas laft, they had given imme- 
diate Directions to the proper Officers to prepare the faid 
Account; who have, in Anfwer, certified, That they 
find it a very difficult Work, by reafon that Eaf India 
Goods are exported promifcuoufly with all other Goods, 
in the fame Certificates and Cocquets; but that they 
hoped to perfect the fame within Fourteen Days; and, as 
foon as the faid Account is finifhed, the fame will be laid 
before this Houfe. 

And then the faid Mr. Oxenford withdrew, 

The faid Return, and the Titles of the faid Accounts, 
were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seflion. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Thomas 
Hayes junior hath delivered a Declaration in Ejectment 
to Wm, Page, a Tenant to Thomas Brampfton Kiquire, a 
Member of this Houle, upon the Demife of Tho. 
Hayes fenior, and Frances his Wife, wherein Hadley Doy- 
ley Gentleman is Attorney; in Breach of the Privilege of 
this Houfe; 

Crdered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the faid 

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Complaint; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houle. 


The Lord Morpeth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Peti:ion of Thomas Pattinfon, of the City of 
Carlifle, in the County of Cumberland, Gentieman, on the 
behalf of himfelf, and of Jobs Hicks and Henry Orme 
“Gentlemen, of the faid City, was referred, the Matter, as 
it appeared to them; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

The Committee find, by the Journal of the Heufe, 
That, on the 13th Day of Fane laft, a Petition was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, from the faid 740. Pattinfon, on be- 
half of himfelt, and the fame Perfons; and read; pray- 
ing, as by their Petition they now pray, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill to make the River Eden navi- 
gable to Bank end, in the County of Cumberland, which 
Petition was referred to a Committee, to examine thie 
Matter thereof; and to report the fame, as it fhould ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

That, on the 16th of the fame June, a Report was made 
upon that Petition, and entered on the Journal; when it 
was reported, That the River Edew was capable of being 
inade navigable for Boats, Barges, and other Veffels, for 
many Miles, and from feveral Creeks within the Poit of 
Carlifle to Bank-end; and that the making that River na- 
vigable would- very much improve large Tracts of 
Ground adjoining to the faid River, which, for want of 
Coals to burn Lime, Jay intirely wafte and uncultivated : 
And that the making the faid River navigable, would not 
oaly be an Employment for the Poor, and Increafe of 
Seamen, but would be a general Good to that Part of the 
Kingdom: And, upon that Report being read, Leave 
was given to bring in a Bill to make the faid River Eden 
navigable to Bank-end, in the faid County: But a Bill was 
not brought in, purfuant to the Order of the Houle; the 
Petitioners believing, that there would not be time to pafs 
the Bill during that Seffion of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making the River Edex, in the County of Cumberland, 
navigable to Bank-end, in the fame County: And that 
the Lord Morpeth, Mr. James Lowther, Mr. Aglionby, 
Sir Wilfrid Lawfon, Mr. Law/on, and Brigadier Svan- 
wicks, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Colonel Campdell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Magiltrates of the Town of 
Elgin, whofe Names are thereunto fub{cribed, in behalf of 
themfelves, and the other Inhabitants of the faid Town, 
was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the faid Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

That, to prove the Matters contained in the Petition, 
Two Witneffes were produced, and examined; viz. 

Mr. Geo. Cummin, Mr. Alexander Brodie: Who teftified, 
That the Debt upon the faid Town was great; and much 
increafed by what was contributed there in neceffary Ex- 
pences, during the time of the unnatural Rebellion in 
Scotland: And they faid further, That feveral publick 
Works had been begun for the Service, and general Good, 
of the faid Town; but ftill remained unfinifhed, for want 
of a fufficient Supply of Money to complete the fame: 

They alfo acquainted the Committee, That the Har- 
bour of Lofie, which belongs to the faid Town, lies in fo 
ruinous a Condition, that che putting the fame into Re- 
pair, and making it commodious, and keeping ic fo, will 
coft a very confiderable Sum of Money. 

That it appeared to the Committee, the faid Town, 
their prefent Revenue being but imall, are not able to dif- 
charge the Debts now upon the faid Town, complete 
their publick Works, and repair the faid Harbour, or to 
make it commodious, although fo neceffary for carrying 


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on Trade and Navigation, without fome other Provifion 
tor that Purpofe,. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for lay- 
ing a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth Part of a 
Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale, or Beer, that 
fhall be brewed for Sale, or fold, within the Town of Ej. 
gin, and Privileges thereof, for prying the Debts of the 
faid Town, for finifhing the publick Works there, and 
for repairing the Harbour of L-ffe near the faid Town: 
And that Colonel Campbell, and Mr. Brodie, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. . 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fub{cribed, Owners and Proprietors of fundry of the 
redeemable Debts, who are allowed Stock tor the fame in 
the South Sea Company’s Books, in behalf of themfelves, 
and others, was offered to the Houfe: 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Petition be 
brought up; 

The Houfe divided. 

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The Yeas go forth. 

. Sir Fifoer Tench, 

Tellers for the Yeas,} gi Nath. Gold : 
. Mr. Wm. Chetwynd, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. ptoae? wt 4 ; 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houte, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply g:anted to his 
Majefty. 

Mr, Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair; 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolucions; which they had direéted 
Pos to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 

ame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refulve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majelty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 16° die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721, 


PRAYERS. 
HE Lord William Powlett reperted from the 
I Committee, to whom the Bill for naturalizing Be- 
nediftus Detelef von Thienen, was committed, That they 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And ‘he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
Orderea, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty, the Refolutions they had di- 
rectcd him to report to the Houje; and he read the 
fame in his Place; aad afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Refoiutions were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 

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the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, which, 
by former Acts of Parliament, have Continuance to the 
a4th Day of June 1722, be further continued, and 
charged, upon all Malt which fhall be made, and all 
Mum which fhall be made or imported, and all Cyder 
and Perry which fhall be made for Sa’e within the King- 
dom of Great Britain, from the 23d Day of Fune 1722 
to the 24th Day of June 1723. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in the 
Curing and Making of Red-herrings, and, inftead thereof, 
laying a proportionable Duty upon all ‘Red-herrings 
confumed at home only; will be of Service to the 
Makers and Curers of Red-herrings, and no Prejudice 
to the Revenue. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty be laid upon all Red-herrings confumed at 
home. 

Refoloed, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Duty be Twenty Pence per Thoufand upon 
the faid Red-herrings. 

-Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Duty upon Red-herrings be continued as 
long as the Duties upon Salt have Continuance by any 
Aé or Aéts of Parliament now in Force. 

‘The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second time, 
were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, pur- 
fuant to the faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Farrer, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney Gene- 
ral, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Townfend, and Mr. England, do prepare, and bring 

in, the faid Bill or Bills. 


The Lord Morpeth prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for making the River Eden navigable be- 
tween Ellen-fcot and Bank-end, in the County of Cumber- 
land: And the fame was received. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty by 
a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year 1722, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A@ for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land 
Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, tor the Service of the 
Year 1722. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer.do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned ull To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 17° adie Novembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Benediétus Detelef 
von Thienen, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for maturalizing Benedifius Detelef von 
Thienen. 

Ordered, That the Lord William Powlett do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for making the River Eden navigable, between 
Ellen foot and Bank-end, in the County of Cumberland, was 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Lade prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for impowering the Feoffees under the Will of 
John Marfbail, deceaied, to dilpofe of the Money in 
their Hands for the Rebuilding of the Parifh Church of 
Chrift Church, in the County of Surry; and to enable the 
Churchwardens and Inhabitants of the iaid Parifh to 
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make Rates for: the Maintenance of a good and able Mi- 
nifter : And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of Excife do lay 
before this Howfe, an Account of the net Produce of 
the Duties upon Soap and Candles, from Lady-day 1719 
to Lady-day laft; and alfo an Account how the faid 


Duties ftand appropriated. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
giving furtherEncouragementfor the Importation of Naval 
Stores: And that Mr. Fohx Chetwynd, Mr. Yonge, Mr. 
Bladen, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Moor, and Mr. 
Heyfham, do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Timber. W0d, 
and Lumber, imported into this Kingdom froin Chriftmas 
1712 to Chrifimas 1720; diftinguifhing from what Places 
the faid Timber, Wood, and Lumber, have been im- 
ported; and what Duties are payable thereupon. 

Ordered, That the-Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Iron imported 
into this Kingdom from Chriftmas 1712 to Chriftmas 
1720; diftinguifhing from what Places the faid Iron hath 
been imported; and what Duties are payable thereupon. 

‘Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Hemp imported 
into this Kingdom, from Chriftmas 1712 to Chrifimas 
1720; diftinguifhing: from what Places the faid Hemp 
hath been imported; and what Duties are payable there- 
upon. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jetty. 

‘ 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into 2 Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon.the Bill to enable his Maijetty effec- 
tually to prohibit Commerce with any Country, as he 
fhall think neceffary, in order te prevent the Contagion 
being brought into: this Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

Mr. Sandys took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Sandys reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received. To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 18°. die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


MTR. Treby prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters: And the fame’ was received; and read the Firft 
time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Hovfe being informed, That Mr. Oxenferd, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the 
Door; : 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, an Account fhewing the Quantity of Britifh 

8 H Stuffs, 








FO 


Stuffs, mixed with Silk, exported, by a Medium of Se- 
ven Years, from Chrifimas 1712 to Chrifimas 1719. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, 
Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1722: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Colonel Campéell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scot, 
or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots 
Pint of Ale, or Beer, that fhall be brewed tor Sale, vended, 
or tapped, within the Town of Evgin, and Privileges 
thereot, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town; 
and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned: And the 
{ame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Serge-makers, Weavers, 
Wool-combers, and other Perfons concerned in the Wool- 
len Manufaéture, within the Borough of Honitex, in the 
County of Devon, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; 
fetting forth, That the Cheapnefs of the feveral Materials 
in the feveral Kinds of Manufactures is the greateft En- 
couragement to the Dealers therein: That the Imposta- 
tion of Jrife Wool into. thefe Parts would be of great 
Benefit to their Woollen Trade: Fhat the now Duties, 
and other Impofitions, on the {aid Wool imported, is 
highly prejudicial to the Woollen Trade; and has been 
One great Caufe of the running great Quantities of Wool 


to France: And praying the Confideration of the Houte’ 


in the Premifes. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sandys, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Hovie,-to whom the Bill to 
enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit Commerce with 
any Country, as he fhall think neceffary, in order to pre- 
vent the Contagion being brought into this Kingdom, 
was committed, the Amendments they had directed him to 
report to the Houie; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the tame were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Quettion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houie. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till A¢ondey Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 20° die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAVERS, 
Petition of Lucas Steinman was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That he is a Pro- 
teftant; and has given good Teitimony of his Duty and 
Affeéticn te his Majefty, and this Kingdom, but was 
born out of his Majeity’s: Allegiance: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill tor h.s Na- 
turalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Peuion: And that Sit 
Thomas Foehrfon, and Mr. Aglicuby, do prepare, amt bring 
in, the fame. , 


Mr. Pdilpoti reported from the Committee, to v.hom 


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the Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in Execution 
an Act, pafled in the ienth Year of her late Majetty’s 
Reign, for repairing the Highway between Kilburn Biidse 
in the Couniy of Middlesex, and Sparrows-hern, in the 
County of Hertford, was referred, That they had exa- 
mined the Matter therecf ; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his lace; and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read: and is 
as followeth; viz. : 

That, by the faid Act, paffed in the 10th Year of her 
late Majefty’s Reign, feveral Tolls were laid on Coaches 
Carts, Carriages, and Cattle, for repairing the faid High. 
ways; which Tolls were to be collected for the Term of 
One-and-twenty Years. 

That the Committee find, upon Examination of Wit- 
nefies, William Bucknall Eiquire, and Mr. Francis Peters 
That, the Roads being fo very bad at the time of pafling 
the faid Act, the Truttees were neceffitated to borrow 
Money for an immediate Supply, as by the faid A&amp; 
they were impowered to do, to put the fame into fuch 
Repair, as that Paflengers might travel in the Winter- 
feaion without Danger; and the Truftees have fince bor- 
rowed a further Sum of Money on the Credit of the {aid 
Toll; fo there is now owing the Sum of 4,042/. prin- 
cipal Money, befides the Sum of 347 /. for the Interett 
of the faid Sum fo borrowed. 

That it appeared to the Committee, That the yearly 

Income of the faid Tolls amounts to. about 501/. one Year 
with another, clear of all Charges; which, after Payment of 
the Intereit of the faid principal Sum fo borrowed, and 
now owing, there will remain only 299/. per Anum to- 
wards dilcharging the faid Debt: 
- That, there being but Eleven Years and a Half to 
come of the Term granted by the faid A@, the Money 
arifing by the aid Toll during that time will fearce repay 
the Money borrowed; fo the Truttees, during the Re- 
mainder ot the faid Term, will be prevented from laying, 
out any thing in amending the faid Roads; and the keep. 
ing them in fuch Repair as they now are will amount to 
about 300/. per dunum, one Year with another, while the 
prefent Act continues in Force. | 

Ordered, ‘hat Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
continuing an Act, paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign 
of ter late Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for repairing the 
Highway between a certain Place called Kilburn Bridge, in 
the County of Middlefex, and Sparrows-bern, in the 
County of Hertford; and for making the faid A&amp; more 
efiectual: And that Mr. Péilpots and Mr. Bertie do pre- 


pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the 3d Year of his 
pretent Majelty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing 
the Highways from feveral Places therein mentioned, lead- 
ing towards Highgate Gatehoufe, and Hampftead, in the 
County of Middlefex , and tor ele&amp;ing Truftees for keep- 
ing up a fufficient Number for the repairing the Higi- 
ways upon the Roads from Hizhgate Gatehoule to Bariet 
Biockhoufe, and alfo the Highways between Kilbura 
Bridge and Sparrows-hern, in the County of Hertford: 
And that Mr. Bertie and Mr. Pailpot do prepare, aad 
bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 


better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, was 
read a Second time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refelved, That the Bill be commutted to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 
— Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thayday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. ) 


An ingroffed Bill to enable his Majefty effe@tually to 
prohibit Commerce with ariy Country, as he fhall tain‘ 
neceflary, in order to prevent the Contagion b .nsbrought 
into this Kingdom, was read the Third tum: ql x4 


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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be an Act to enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit 


Commerce, for the Space of One Year, with any Coun-. 


try that is, or fhall be, infected with the Plague... -»: 
Ordered, That Mr.- Sandys do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. - "i 


The Order of the Day being read ; : ; 
Refolved, That this Houte will, upon this Day Seven- 


night, refolve itf-lf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 


to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned tilk To-morrow Morn- 


ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 21° die Novembris; 
~ Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. . 
IR Thomas Fohnfon prefented to the Houfe, accord- 


ing to Order, a Bill for the naturalizing Lucas Stein- - 


man: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. - 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of feveral Deputy Lieutenants, and Juttices 
of the Peace, of the feveral,Counties. of Effex and Mid- 
alefex, and other Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabi- 


tants, of the faid Counties, living in the Towns and Pa-. 


rifhes lying in or near the Highways leading from the 
Stones End of White Chappel, in the County of Middle- 
fex, to the Town of Rumford, and to the furthermoft 
End of the Parith of Woodford, being the Epping Road, 
in the County of Efex; and alfo of feveral Grafiers, 
Farmers, Stage Coachmen, Carriers, Waggoners, Hig- 
lers, and others, who frequent and pafs the faid High- 
ways; whofe Names are thereunto fub{cribed; was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the faid 
Highways are, by reafon of the many heavy Loads, and 
Carriages of Goods, and the great Number of Stage and 


Hackney Coaches, Paflengers, and Droves of Cattle,. 


pafling through the fame, become fo very ruinous and 
bad, that, in the Winter-feafon, it is dangerous for all 
Perfons to pafs through them; notwithftanding the Inha- 
bitants have, from time to time been at great Expence in 
repairing the taid Highways, they are not able to amend, 


and keep the fame in Repair, without the Aid of an A&amp;. 


of Parliament: And praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring ina Bill fcr repairing and amending the High- 
ways from the Stones End at White Chappel to the Towa 
of Rumford, and to the furthermoft End of the Parith 
of Wcodford, leading to Epping, in the County of Effex. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 

_ Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Lovwndes, Lord 
Hm. Powlet, Mr. Lawfon,-Lerd Morpeth, Mr. York, 
Mr. Serjeant Mead, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Townjhend, Lord 
Chetwynd, Mr. Convers, Mr. Heath, Mir. Hillerfden, Sir 
chn Rufoout, Six Gilbert Heathcot, Mr Nebie, Sir Tho. 
Fohufon, Mr. Wortley, Sir- Wiifr. Lawfon, Mr. Heath- 
cote, Mr. Ward, Mr. Duncemb, Sir Tho. Scawen, Mr. 
Sandys, Mir. Wentworth, Mr. Gybben, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Mick'ethwait, Sir John Eyles, Sir Wm. Dains, Mr. Lon- 


den, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Lowther, Mr. | 


Bertie, Mr. Ellis; and all that ferve for. Middlefex and 
Effex, Cambridge, Lertfard, Sujgolk, Norfolk, and Lon- 
da: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to 
fend tor Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Bertie prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill to and explain amend an Act, pafled-in the Third 


671 


Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing the 
Highways from feveral Places therein mentioned, leading 
towards /7ighgate Gatehoule, and Hampftead, in the County 
of Middlefex: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft time. ' 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Samuel Palmer was prefented to the 
Houle, and read ;-fetting forth, That he conftantly pro- 
feffed the Proteftant Religion; and has given good Tetti- 
mony of his Duty and Affection to his Majefty, and: 
Great Britain, but that he was born out of his Majefty’s 
Allegiance: And praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
— and Mr. Camptell do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. : 


A Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cy- 
der, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1722, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committeed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Commitee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine a Clock. 





Mercurii, 22° die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


Ucas Steinman took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


A Bill for naturalizing Lucas Steinman, was read a Se- 
cond time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Tho. 
Fohnfon, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Half-y, Mr. Lade, Mr. Hey- 
Joam, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Broderick, Mr. 
Gybbon, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr, 
Smith, Mr. Oxflow, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Wind- 
Jor, Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Minfbull, Mr. Erle, Mr. 
Majon, Mr. Morrice, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Conduit, Mr. 
Dijftox,. General Stanwix, Mr. Weft, Mr. Vaughan: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of all Beaver- {kins im- 
ported into this Kingdom from Michaelmas 1715 to Mi- 
chaclmas 1720; and what have been exported in the fame 
time; together with the Duties: aad Drawbacks there- 
upon, 


A Bill for impowering the Feoffees under the Will of 
Fohn Marfball, deceaied, to difpote of the Money in their 
Hands for the Rebuilding of the Parifh Church of Chriff 
Church, in the County of Sarry; and to enable the 
Churchwardens and Inhabitants of the faid Parifh to make 
Rates for the Maintenance.of a good and able Minifter ; 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lade, 
Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Farrer, Mr Hillerfden, Sir Tho. Fohn- 
fon, Sit Fiber Tench, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Pelham, Sir Tho. 
Hanmer, Mr. Freman, Mr, Gevyan, Mr. Travers, Mr. 
Serjeant Atead, Mr. Weftfalivg, Cotonel Grahine, Sir The. 
Scawea, Sir Gilbert Hea:hcot, Mz. Broderick, Mr. On- 
Jiow, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Foha Ward, Mr. Butler, Lord 
Wm. Powlet, Mr. Conyers, Sir Rich, How, Sir Tho. 
Croffe, Sir Key, Mr. Noble, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. 


Clark, 


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672 
Clark, Mr.‘Heathcote, Mt. Bromley, Mr: Gay, Mr. Bi/s, 
Mr. ‘London, Sir ‘Sam. Lennard; and all the Members 
that ferve' for the County of Surrey, and the City of Lon- 


don:° And ‘they are ‘to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


_ A Bill for laying a Duty of Two Peny Scots, or One- 
fixth Part’ of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of 
Ale, or Beer, that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended, -or 
tapped; within the Town of Elgin, and Privileges there- 
of, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town; and 
for other the Purpofes therein mentioned; was read a Se- 
cond time. ‘| : 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Colonel Camp- 
bell, ‘Mr: ' Brodie, Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Stuart, Mr. 
Farrer,’ Mr. Pulteny, Sir ‘fohn Cotton, Sir Fohn Hobart, 
Mr: Difton, Sir Cha. Turner, Sir Fohn Ward, Mr. Hutch- 
infon, Mr. Erle, Mr. Harvey, Sir Wm. Gordon, Mr. 
Shippen, Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
Windjor, Sir Robert Gordon, General Rofe, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Bateman, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. 
Clayton, Mr. Bond, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Dockmimique, 
Mr. Serjeant Mead, Mr. Lade, Mr. Gwydot, Mr. Tra- 
vers, Mr. Hern, Sir Fifber Tench ; and all the Members 
that ferve for North Britain: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. John Chetwynd prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Naval Stores: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Tuefday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Favis, 23° die Novembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

_ PRayveERs. 

HE Houfe being informed, That fome of the 
Commiffioners of Excife attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, their Return to the Order of the Houfe, of the 
17th Inftant: And, 

An Account of the net Produce on the Duties on 
Soap from Midfummer 1719 to Midfummer 1721: And 
allio, 

An Account how the faid Duties ftand appropriated : 
Alfo,  — ; 

* An Account of the net Produce of the Duties on Can 
dles from Midfummer 1719 to Midfummer 1721: And 
alfo, 

An Account how the faid Duties ftand appropriated. 

And the faid Commiffioners, by their faid Return, ac- 


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A. 1721, 


quainted. the Houfe, That it-would be very. difficult, and 
require. much Time, to prepare an Account of the faid 
Duties to Lady-day, in regard their Accounts are not made 
up Quarterly, but annual Accounts ending at Midfummer, 
and. they. prefuming, that an Account of thé faid Duties 
from Midfummer. 1719.10. Midfummer 1721 might an- 
{wer the Intention of the Houfe, they had prepared, and 
delivered in, the faid Accounts accordingly. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Return, and alfo the Titles of the faid 
Accounts, were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie. upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are.bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


Mr. Walpole prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for.taking off the. Duty upon all Salt ufed in 
the Curing and Making of Red-herrings; and, inftead 
thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all Red-her- 
rings confumed at home on]y: And the fame was received ; 
and read the. Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refoive itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to enable 
the Commiffioners appointed to examine, ftate, and deter- 
mine, the Debts due to the Army, to ftate and allow to 
the Lord Carpenter his Pay as Lieutenant General of her 
late Majefty’s Forces in Spaiz during the Year 1710. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Treby took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Zreby reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Sir Fohn Fennings prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addrefs to his Majefty, an Account of Money 
granted for the Service of the Navy, and how much has 
been received by the Treafurers thereof, from the Firft 
of Fanuary 1710 to the 3eth of September 1721; as alfo 
the annual Increafe of the Debt of the Navy, as it ftood 


‘at the Periods of Time therein mentioned; as alfo the 


Caufes thereof: __ 
And the Title of the faid Account was read. 
The faid Account is as followeth; viz. 


Short iffued of the 
































Received by theTrea- Exceeding the Mo- 
For what Year. Bult pens graced. furers of the Navy.| Money granted. ney granted, 
171 | 2,096,000 0 Oo | 2,067,654-1 Oo 28,345 19 0 
1712 | 2,156,000 © O | 1,901,806 14 7 2543193 5 5 
1713. | 1,171,879 6 o 981,632 0 5%] 190,247 5 64 if. 
1714 | 1,042,700 O 3 | 1,045,700 0 3 _-—_—- = 3,000 
1715 1,112,948 O11 1,112,948 O11 —_—_—_- — 
1716 958,472 19 6 958,472 19. 6 coi tts cena 
1717 | 925,918 16 9g | 925,911 16 9, — . edie ane 
1718 884,174 14 II $84,174 14 11 —_— — 
1719 968,032 17 63 962,844 16 33 5,188 1 33 
1720 | 1,342,102 17 54% | 1,234,358 9 4 107,744 8 1} 
1721 763,249 14 © | 671,436.41 6%] 91,813 12. 53 
135421472 7 48 [12,746,939 15 68 | 677,532 11 gt 
Deduct _— _ 3,000 0 O 
Total of the Money fhort iffued, to the goth September 1721, of what has been 
granted by Parliament for the Service of the Navy, amounts to — 674,532 11 9f 


2 





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On the 30th of September4 1717 





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The net Debt of the Navy, as it ftood at the feveral 
Periods of Time under-mentioned ; viz. 


l. Sot he 
1711 800,961 2 2 
On the 3oth of Stent} 1712 1,427,549 19 It 
1713 752,388 3 10 
1714 1,100,040 &amp; 11; 
1715 696,671 2 4 


1716 1,043,236 19 9+ 
764,088 3 11 

1718 1,072,696 10 4% 

1719 | 154715343 7 5 

1720 1,503,687 13 5% 

‘On the 30th of September -- 1721 1,641,937 17 8% 

The Caufes of the faid Debt are ; viz. 

The Money fhort, iffued for the Service of the Navy, 
of what was granted by Parliament. 

The further Caufe of the annual Debt arifes from a 
greater Number of Seamen being annually employed 
more-than any Provifion was made for in Parliament; an 
Account of which has yearly been laid before the ho- 





nourable Houfe of Commons. 


Tho. Swanton, Fa. Ackworth, 
R. Burton, TI. Holmes, 
}. Fawler, Tho. Colby. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





V eneris, 24° die Novembris ; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


f{ R. Mafon prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Samuel Palmer: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Philpot prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bull for continuing an A@, paffed in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of her late Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp; for repairing the Highway between a certain Place 
called Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and 
Sparrows-hern, in the County of Hertford; and for 
making the faid A&amp; more effe€tual: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other ; 


Inhabitants, in and about the Town of Northampton, and 
in and about the feveral Parifhes of Church Brampton, 
Chappel Brampton, Spratton, Creaton Magna, Creaton Par- 
va, Guilfborow, Hollowell, Nortoft, Thurnby, Cole Afhby, 
Welford, Navefby, Maidwell, Kelmarfo, Oxendon Magna, 
and Bowden Parva, in the County of Northampton, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the greateft Part of the Roads from Brampton Bridge, 
through Thurnby, to Welford Bridge, in the County of 
Northampton; and alfo the great Poft Road from a Place 
called Morter-pit-hill, through Maidwell, to Chain Bridge, 
leading into Market Harborough, in Leicefterfhire, by 


-reafon of the heavy Carriages of Goods, and the many 


Paffengers, and Droves of Cattle, paffing through the 
faid Roads, the fame are become almoft impaffable for 
Seven Months in the Year ;' and, by the Laws now in 
Force, cannot be repaired: And praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring ina Bill for ereéting Turnpikes 
upon the faid Roads, for the repairing the fame. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 


Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 


Vou. XIX. 


/3 

And it is referred to Mr. Carter, Sir Wim. Hum- 
fries, “Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Fennings, Sir Roger 
Bradfhaw, General Rofe, Mr. Wefifaling, Mr. Pulteny, 
Mr. Philpot, Mr. Conyers, Sir Nathanael Gould, Mr. Heati- 
cote, Mr. Edwards, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Coffin, Sir Ri- 
chard Fowler, Lord Firmanagh, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Gre- 
gory, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. Noble, Mr. Serjeant Rey- 
nolds, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Gutdot, Mr. 
Mafon, Mr. Lade, Mr. Travers, Mr. Denton, Mr. Clay- 
ton, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Hillerf- 
den, Mr. Britiff, Mr. Erle, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Snell, 
Mr. Sandys, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr. Duncomb, Mr. Foley ; 
and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of North- 
ampton, Leicefter, Nottingham, Derby, and York : And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleated to give Di- 
rections, That an Account be laid before this Houfe of 
all Timber-planks, Wood, and Lumber, delivered into 
the feveral Yards, for the Ufe of his Majefty’s Navy, - 
from Chrifimas 1712 to Chrifimas 1720; diftinguifhing 
the Prices and Sorts, and the Countries from whence they 
were brought. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his 
Majefty, That he will be gracioufly pleated to give Di- 
rections, That the Report made by the Commiffioners of 
the Cuftoms to the Lords of his Majefty’s Treafury, re- 
lating to the making the River Edeu navigable, may be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Addreffes be prefented to his 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of his 
Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council. 


The Houfe being moved, That fuch Part of the Aé&amp;, 
of the Sixth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
A&amp;t for Relief of infolvent Debtors; and for the more 
ealy Difcharge of Bankrupts out of Execution, after their 
Certificates allowed ; as relates to the Oath to be taken 
by Sheriffs and Gaolers; might be read; 

The fame was read accordingly : 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being pur, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to explain the faid 
Oath, fo far as the fame relates to the Marfnal of the 
King’s Bench, and the Warden of the Fleet, Prifons ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


A Bill for making the River Eden navigable between 
Ellea-foct and Bank-end, in the County of Cumberland, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Mor- 
peth, Earl of Hertford, Mr. Lawfon, Lord Hinchinbrook, 
Lord Wm, Powlet, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Carter, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Honywood, Mr. Delaval, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mi. Fennyngs, Mr. Mafon, Sir Wilfred Lawjoa, 
Mr. Heybam, Mr. Conyers, Sir Fohn Rufbout, General 
Stanwix, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. 
Moiuroe, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Stanhope, 
Mr. Hutchinfon, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Walpole; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Cumberland, Weft - 
moreland, York, and Lancafter: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Cleck, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Treby, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for pu- 
nifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters, was committed, 
the Amendments they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one, 
as far as Claufe A ; and the fame were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 


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Then Claufe A was read a Second time, to enable the 
Commiffioners appointed to ftate the Accounts of the 
Debts of the Army to allow to the Lord Carpenter his 
Pay, as Lieutenant General of her late Majefty’s Forces 
in Spain, during the Campaiga inthe Yearr710: 

And a Motion being made, and the Quettion being 
put, That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in the 
jaid Amendment ; 

The Houle divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

hes 
II. 


Teer he Yn 


Tellers for the Noes, } — — 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lightboun and 
Mr. Borret: 

Mr: Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Benedictus Detelef von Thienen, with fome 
Amendments: To which the Lords defire the Concur- 
rence of this Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Augufte Tabuteau and Fafeph Murat, with 
fome Amendments: To which the. Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Hovfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the. Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Feane Coltce du Carel, Charles Fofepb Guil- 
Jaumot dela Bergerie, and John Martin Stekelen, with fome 
Amendments: To which the Lords defire the Concur- 
rence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That George Read Efquire be at Liberty to 
withdraw his Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Tewkefbury, in the County 
of Gloucefter. 

Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Elec- 
tions be difcharged from proceeding upon the faid Peti- 
tion. 


The Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


And then. the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 27° die Novembris ; 


" ” . 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Samuel Palmer took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Juftices of the Peace, Al- 
dermen, and Burgeffes, of the Borough and Town of 
Taunton, in the County of Somerfet ; and of the Clothiers, 
Serge-makers, Dyers, Fullers, and other priacipal Inha- 
bitants, of the faid Borough and Towh, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, for many Years 
jaft paft, the Woollen Manufactures, which are the only 
Support of the Petitioners, and the adjacent. Country, 
have laboured under great Difficulties, by reafon of the 
heavy Duties on Soap, and on Importation of Oil, and 
Dye-ituffs, ufed in the faid Manufactures: And praying 
the Houle to take effectual. Meafures for relieving their 
diftreffed Trade. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Workmen, and poor Labourers, of 


the feveral Traders and Manpfacturers in the City of Wor- 
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cefter, in behalf of themfelves, and all the poor Workmen 
and Labourers in the Kingdom of England, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Taxes 
upon Soap and Candles has fo much opprefied the Cloth- 
ing-trade of the faid City, that the major Part of the 
Manufaéturers are become chargeable to their refpective 
Parifhes, One-third Part of their time being fpent b 
Candle-light: And praying the Relief of the Houfe in the 
Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Mayor, capital Burgeffes, Freemen, 
and principal Inhabitants, of the Borough of Camelford, 
in the County of Coruwall; and of the principal Mae 
chants and Traders within the faid Borough, and Places 
adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fettin 
forth, That their chief Support is the Woollen Manufac- 
ture, carried on by Jrifo Wool tranfported to Biddeford ; 
but, of late, little or none has been tranfported thither ; 
for want whereof, a Third-part of their Spinners lie unem- 
ployed ; which is occafioned by the Duty payable on Ex. 
portation of /rifb Wool for England; to fave which Duty, 
it is evident the Jri have run vaft Quantities of their 
Wool to France; whereby the French are enabled to under- 
fell the Petitioners in foreign Markets ; efpecially confi- 
dering the great Duties now upon Oil, Soap, Candles, and 
Dye-ituffs ufed in Woollen Goods: And praying, That 
the faid Duties may be taken off ; or fuch Means found 
out, as the Houfe fhall think moit proper for the Eafe 
and Relief of the Petitioners. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Thomas Fchnfon reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for naturalizing Lucas Steinman, was com- 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found. the fame to be true; and that they had 
direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Bill to explain and amend an Aé, paffed in the 
Third Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing 
the Highways, from feveral Places therein mentioned, 
leading towards Highgate Gatehoufe, and Hempftead, in 
the County of Middlefex, was read a Second time. 

Refalued, That the Bill be committed to: Mr. Bertie, 
Mr. Devereux, Mr. Moor, Sir Robert-Davers, Mr. Far- 
rer, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Bramgfton, Mr. Nodke, 
Mr. Sandys, Mr. Lade, Lord Firmanagh, Mr. Windfor, 
Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Suell, Mr. Willoughby, Me. Eyton, 
Mr. Foley, Sir Wm, Daines, Mr. Parret, Mr. Lowther, 
Sir Fohn Eden, Mr. Treby, Mr. Hacks, Mr. Plumtree, 
Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Micklethwaite,, Mr. Gregory, Mr. 
Rowney, Mr. Smithfon, Sir Richard Goff; and all the 
Members that ferve for the Counties of Middlefex, Hert- 
ford, Northampton, Lincoln, and York: And they. are to 


meet this Afternodn, at Five aClock, in the 
Chamber, = 


A Petition of the Merchants of Whitehaven trading to 
and from Virginia and Meryland, was, prefented to: the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the high Duties on 
‘Fobacco have occafioned many Frauds by unfair Weigh- 
ing at Importation, and Relanding again. after Exporta- 
tion from the Ifle of Man, and by Dutch Smugglers; te 
the utter Ruin of the fair Trader, and Sinking of ‘the 
Revenue: And praying, That Provifioa may be made. 
to prevent fuch ill Praétices for the future: 

Ordered, That faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, that their Ad- 
dreffes, of Friday laft, That.an Account of all. Timber- 
planks, Wood, and Lumber, delivered into his Majefty’s 
Yards, for the Ufe of his Majefty’s Navy; and that the 
Report of the Commiffioners of the Cuitoms.to the Lords 
of his Majefty’s Treafury, relating to the making the 
River Eden navigable; might be laid before this Houfe ; 


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had been prefented to his Majefty ; and that his Majefty 
had been pleaied to command him to acquaint this Houfe, 
That he would give the neceffary Direétions, That the faid 
Accounts fhould be laid before this Houfe. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aét for naturalizing Benediftus Detelef von T hienen: 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol-‘ 
low; viz. 

Prefs i. L. 1. Leave out “ fheweth,” and infert 
«¢ fhew:” 

Line 6. After ‘+ Holfein,” infert ** and Me- 
“&lt; Jufine Baronels of Scheulenbourg, Daughter of Frederick 
“ Agatz Baron of Scheulenbourg, by Margaret Gertrude 
‘© his Wife, born at Hehlen, in Brunfwick Wolfenbuttel, in 
“ Germany ;” and, in the fame Line, leave out * hath,” 
ard infért ‘* have :” | 

L. 7. Leave out * hath,” and infert “ have:” 

L. 8. Leave out * his,” and infert ** their :” 

L. 17. After “* von Thienen,” infert ** and 
“ Melufine Baronefs of Scheulenbourg;” and, in the fame 
Line, leave out ** he is,” and infert ‘* they are:” 

L. 18. Leave out ** a:” 

L. ig. Leave out “ Subjeét,” and infert 
s¢ Subjects :” 

L. 20. Leave out ‘ he,” and infert ‘* they :” 

L. 23. Leave out “ he,” and infert * they ;” 
and, in the fame Line, leave out “ a:” , 

L. 24. Leave out ‘ Subjeét,” and infert 
« Subjects :” 

L. 27. After “ von Thienen,” infert ‘* and 
“© Melufine Baronefs 6f Scheulenbourg :” 

~  L, 28. Leave out * he is,” and infert “* they 
“ are:” 

L. 38. Leave out “his,” and infert * their,” 
and, in the famie Line, leave out * Heir,” and infert 
“ Heirs :” 

L. laft, Leave out ‘* his,” and infert ‘their :” 

Prefs 2. L. 5th, Leave out * him,” and infert 
*¢ them :” 

L. 8. Leave out * he,” and infert ‘ they :” 

L. 14. Leave out “ he,” and infert ‘* they :” 

L. 20. Leave out ** a;” and, in the fame 
Line, leave out ‘¢ Subject,” and infert “ Subjects :” 
L. 28. After ** von Thienen,” infert “ and 
“© Melufine Baronefs of Scheulendourg, or either of them :” 

L. 34. Leave out “ himfelf,” and infert 
«¢ themfelves :” 

L. 35. Leave out * him,’ 
‘s them, or either of them: 

To the Title of the Bill, at the End, add ‘‘ and Me- 
“ Jufine Baronels of Scheulenbourg.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Lord Wm. Powlett do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe-hath 
agreed to the faid Amendments, 


? 


and infert ** for 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; for naturalizing. Feane Coltee du Carel, Charles 
Fofeph Guillaumot de la Bergerie, and John Martin Ste- 
kelen: | 

And the faid Amendments were-read; and are as fol- 
low; Vz. obi! »'s 

Prefs 1. L. 12. After France, infere “ Sophia Char- 
‘© Joste Countels of Leinfler, in: the Kingdom of Ireland, 
“ Daughter of Francis Erncft Count Platen, by Clara 
“ Elizabeth his Wife, born at Ofrabrug, in Germany :” 

I. 13. Leave out “ and?” _ =. 

L. 14. After ‘* Stekelin,” infert “ and Sophia 
“ Charlotte Countels of Leinjfter':” 

L. 26. Leave out * and:” 

L. 27. After “* Stekelin,” infert ‘ and Sophia 
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L. laft, Leave out the Firft **and;” and, after 
‘© Stekelin,” infert ** and Sophia Charlotte Countels of 
“© Leinfter :” 

Prefs 2. L. 21. Leave out * and:” 

L. 32. After ‘* Stekelin,” infert * and Sophia 
“¢ Charlotte Countefs of Leinffer :” 

L. 42. Leave out “ and :” 

L. laft, After * Stekelin,” infert * and Sophia 
“&lt; Charlotte Countefs of Leinfter :” aman 

To the Title of the Bill, Leave out from ‘ du Carel,” in 
the Second Line, to the End of the Title, and infert 
*¢ and others.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houie. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pulteny do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


A Bill for taking off the Duty upon alt Salt ufed in the 
Curing and Making of Red-herrings; and, inftéad thereof, 
laying a proportionable Duty upon all Red-herrings con- 
fumed at home only; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majetty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day 
Morning next, refolve itftlf into the faid Committee of 
the whole Houte. ,; 

TheOrder of the Day being read, for the Houle to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1722; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, Fhat they have Power to receive a Claufe, for 
raifing the Money to-be granted by the faid Bill, by way 
of a Lottery. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
transferring the Deficiency of the Malt-duty, granted 
from Midfummer 1720 to Midfummer 1721, to the Regi- 
fter of the Land-tax, granted for the Service of the Year 
1722. 

’ Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for Re- 
lief of fuch Perfons, whofe Bills, Tickets, or Orders, have 
been loft, burnt, or deftroyed. : 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to recéive a Claule to 
oblige the Makers of Mum, and the Firft Buyers and Re- 
tailers of Cyder and Perry, to make Entries, and to pay 
the Duties granted thereupon. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for Re- 
lief of fuch Perfons, who, through Inadvertency, have 
omitted to infett in the Indentures, or Contraéts, the 
Sums given, or contracted for, with Apprentices. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Clautes, for the more effectual Suppreffing of private Lot- 
teries. 

Then the Honfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committée, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and that the Com- 


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mittee had direéted him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 28° die Novembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Hovwfe being informed, That Mr. Frecker, 
from the Treafury, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, a Copy of the Report from the Commiffioners of 
the Cuftoms to the Lords Commiffioners of his Majefty’s 
Treafury, relating to Coals carried from Ellen-foot to 
Bank-end on the. River Eden, Duty-free. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Report was read, 

The faid Report is as followeth; viz. 


May it pleafe your Lordfhips, 

]X Obedience to your Commands, fignified to us by One 

of your Lordfhips Secretaries, on the annexed Petition 
of Thomas Pattinfon of Carlifle, in behalf of himfelf, ohn 
Hicks, and Henry Orme; praying, in regard it will be for 
the general good of the whole Country, and only for the 
Improvement of their Lands, That your Lordfhips will 
pleafe to give them Leave to apply to Parliament for Li- 
berty to carry Coals and Lime from Allen-foct to Bank- 
end, in the River Eden, without being Subject to the Pay- 
ment of Duty for the fame; your Lordfhips directing us 
to report a State of the Cafe, with our Opinion ; 

We humbly report, That, by Law, all Coals thipped, 
or water-borne in order to be fhipped, or laid on board 

any Ship or Veffel, to be carried by 
g &amp; 10 W. Ill. cap. 13. Seas and which fhall be carried by 

Seon Sea, in any Ship or Veffel, from any 

. . Port or Place within this Kingdom ,; 
and which fhall be imported, brought, or landed, in any 
other Port or Place within the fame Kingdom; being moft 
ufually fold by the Chalder; are liable to the Payment of 
5s. for every Chalder, Wincheffer Meafure; and for 
fuch Coals as are «tually fold by Weight, 35. 44. for 
every Ton to confift of 20 C. Weight. 

We further report, That we have, on this Occafion, 
confulted the proper Officers of the Cuftoms; who have 
certified us, That Ellen-foot, the Place where the Coals 
are propofed to be fhipped, is about five Leagues out at 
Sea, Southward from the Mouth of the River Eden, in the 
County of Cumberland, by which the Coals are liable to 
the aforefaid Duties: The faid Officers have alfo certified 
us, That there are great Traéts of Land adjoining to the 
faid River Eden, which lie uncultivated for want of Coals 
and Lime: 

That before the Laws which charge the Duty upon 
Coals water-borne, it was ufual to carry Coals from fe- 
veral Places in the Bay or Firth of Eden, to feveral Places 
up that River: Bur there are fome inland Collieries, from 
whence Coals are now brought by Land, at l¢fs Expence 
than the Duty: Therefore no Coals have been carried up 
that River, as formerly, fince the Duty was charged; nor 
is there any Expeétation there ever will during the Con- 
tinuance thereof : 

For which Reafons we have no Objeéction to the Peti- 
tioners applying to Parliament to be excufed from Pay- 
ment of the faid Duty, in this particular Cafe, for fuch 
Coals as are to be put on board any Veffel or Boat at E/- 
len-foct, and landed at any Place in the faid River Eden 
lying to the Northward of Ellen-foot, provided the Owner 
or Matter of every Boat or Vefiel carrying fuch Coals do 


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firft enter into Bond, with fufficient Sureties, at leaft 
once a Year, with a general Condition, That all fuch 
Coals as he fhall take on board his Veffel or Boat, by vir- 
tue of aSufferance from the proper Officers, fhall be landed 
in fome Place in the River Eden, lying to the Northward 
of Ellen-foot, and bring a Return, figned by the proper 
Officer, That fuch Coals were there duly landed; the 
Perfons refpectively concerned paying, tor each Bond, 
One Shilling, and no more, befides the Stamp-duties , 
and to the Officers granting the Sufferance and Re- 
turn, for each Loading, the Sum of 4d.: to be 
diftributred in fuch manner as the Commiffioners of 
the Cuftoms, now, and for the Time being, fhall think 
roper. 

All which is humbly: fubmitted to your Lordfhips Con- 

fideration. 
Robert Baylis, 


Cuftom-houfe, London, Walter Yonge, 
23d November 1721. F. Stanley, 
7. Pulteney, 
T. Walker. 


A true Copy: Examined by Mark Frecker. 
28th November 171. 


Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
the River Eden navigable between Ellen-foot and Bank- 
end, in the County of Cumberland, is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, purfuant 
to the faid Report. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 

Borrett : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a Land Tax, to 
be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 
1722, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Soap-boilers, Retailers of Soap, Li- 
nen-drapers, Oil-makers, and Baltick Traders, in North 
Britain, fub{fcribing in Name and Behalf of themfelves, 
and great Numbers of others, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Duties upon 
Soap fromthe 24th of Fune 1714, to the 24 of Fune 
1721, have produced but 6,876 /. 35. 444.; yet the im- 
pofing it, has deftroyed all the Soap-works, which were 
in a flourifhing State before thofe Duties; and they have 
leffened the Trade of the Retailers, and heightened the 
Price of Linen Cloth, to the Prejudice of the Dealers in 
it: That the Trade of making Fifh-oil is thereby much 
difcouraged, and the Returns from the Baltick leffened, 
for want of the ufual Confumption of Pot-afhes and 
Clapboards: Befides, thefe high Duties tempt evil Perfons 
to run Soap; to which it is peculiarly adapted, as being 
put up in imall portable Cafks, and free from being da- 
maged or embezzled; to which Liquors, and other Com- 
modities, are liable: And this Duty, though but little in 
its Produce, is alfo a moft heavy Tax upon all Perfons 
and Families of inferior Rank: And praying, That the 
Prejudices arifing to Trade, and this Nation, by the Du- 
ties on Soap, may be taken into Confideration. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Carter reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other Inhabi- 
tants, in and about the Town of Northampton, and in and 
about the Parith of Brampton, and feveral other Parithes, 
in the County of Northampton, was referred, the Matter, 
as it appeared to them; and which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Keport in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame wag read; and is as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 


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That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and, ‘upon the Evidence of Zbomas Iftead Efquire, and Mr. 
Nathanuel Patridge, it appeared, That the greateft Part 
of the Highways leading from- Brampton Bridge, in the 
Parifh of Brampton, in the County of Northampton, 
through Thurnby, to a Bridge called Welford Bridge, in 
the faid County; as alfo, the great Poft Road from a 
Place called Morter-pit-bill, in the Parifh of Prsford, in 
the faid County, through the Parifhes of Maidweil, Kel- 
marfo, and Oxenden Magna, to a Bridge called Cdain 
Bridge, leading into Market Harborow, in the County of 
Leicefter; are fo very ruinous, and almoft impaffable, for 
Six or Seven Months in the Year, that it is dangerous for 
all Perfons, Cattle, and Carriages, to pafs through the 
fame; notwi:hftanding the feveral Parifhes have done 
their Days Work; and the Juftices of Peace have granted 
feveral extraordinary Levies towards repairing the faid 
Roads; yet the fame cannot be effected by the I.aws now 
in force; and that they believe Five Shillings in the Pound 
will not be fufficient to repair them: 


And Mr. Patridge further faid, That he has feen. . 


Twelve Horfes in a Team employed to draw a Cart 
through the faid Roads; and fometimes the People have 
been forced to dig them out. 

And the Committee were well fatisfied, That the faid 
Roads are in a very bad Condition. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending the Highways leading from Brampton Bridge, 
in the Parith of Brampton, in the County of Northampton, 
through the Parith of Thurnby, to a Bridge called Wel- 
ford Bridge, in the faid County; and alfo, from a Place 
called Morter-pitt-bill, in the Parith of Pisford, through 
the Parifhes of Maidwel!, Kelmafh, and Oxenden Magna, 
being the great Poft Road, to the Bridge called Chain 
Bridge, leading into Market Harborough, in the County 
of Leicefer: And that Mr. Carter and Mr. Noble do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for the Naturalizing of Samuel Palmer, was read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ma/on, 
Lord Hinchinbrook, Mr. Pbilpot, Mr. Plumer, Mr. 
Treby, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Bond, Mr. Walpole, Sir T: bo. 
Lee, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Campbell, Lord Wm. Powlet, Sit 
Robert Pollock, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Mickle- 
thwaite, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Guidot, Mr. 
Carter, Mr. Heyfoam, General Wade, Sir Robert Davers, 
General Stanwix, Mr. Merryll, Mr. Honywood, Lord Carpén- 
ter, Mr. Britiff, Mr. Noble, Mr. Gregory, Mr, Foley, Mr. 
Chetwynd: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 
_ of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for continuing an A&amp;, pafied in the Tenth Year 
of the Reign of her late Majefty, intituled, An Act for 
repairing the Highway between a certain Place called 
Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and Spar- 
rows-bern, in the County of Hertford; and for making 
the faid Act more effectual; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Philpot, 
Mr. Plumtree, Sir Robert Furnefs, Mr. Noble, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Duckminique, Mr. 
Plumer, Mr. Edgcomb, Sit Robert Davers, Mr. Hunger- 
ford, Mr. Grove, Mr. Ah, Mr. Bond, Mr. Gregory, 
General Wade, Mr. Foley, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Treby, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Guybbon, Mr. Lawfon, 
Mr. Chetwynd; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Middlefex, Bucks, and Bedford: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being moved, That feveral Claufes in the 
A&amp;, paffed the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An 
A&amp; for making feveral Provifions to reftore the publick 
Credit, which fuffers by the Frauds and Mifmanage- 
ments of the late Directors of the Soush Sea Company, 

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and others; which relate to the Regiftering of Contracts * 
might be read; 

The fame were read accordingly : 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Directors and Managers of the feveral 
Companies and Corporations, or pretended Companies and 
Corporations, before whom any Contraéts were appointed 
to be regiftered by virtue of the faid Aét, do lay before 
the Houte, an Account of the feveral Contracts regiftered 
in their Books; diftinguifhing the Names of the Perfons 
contracting, and the Sums contracted for ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


An ingroffed Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters; was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill, . 
by leaving out the laft Claufe in the Bill, which is as fol- 
loweth; wiz. 

‘** And whereas, by an Aét, made in the Third Year 
of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for ap- 
pointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and deter- 
mine, the Debts due to the Army, it was, amongft other 
Things, enacted, That the Commiffioners anpointed 
by the faid Act fhould ftate, determine, and certify, 
the Accounts of, and the Debts due to, the General 
Officers of the Army who ferved Abroad in the late 
War, during the time of their actual Service, to com- 
plete the full Pay of, and Forage for, their refpective 
Services, according to the Commiffions they then had: 
And whereas the Right honourable George Lord Car- 
‘* penter of the Kingdom of Ireland was, by her late 
‘© Majefty’s Commiffion, bearing Date the Firft Day of 

January 1709, appointed Lieutenant General; and 
did accordingly ferve in Spain, as fuch, during all the 
Campaign in the Year 17103 yet it has fo happened, 
o&gt; that the faid Lord Carpenter has been allowed, tor {uch 
‘* Service, only as Major General, from the Firft Day of 

January 1709 to the 24th Day of June 1710, inclufive: 
Be it therefore enatted, by the Authority aforefaid, 
That the Commiffioners appointed by an Act, made in 
the Seventh Year of his prefent Majeity’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for appointing Commiffioners to exa- 
mine, ftate, and determine, the Debts due to the Ar- 
my, or any Four or more of them, upon due Proof 
made, be authorized to allow to the faid George Lord 
Carpenter his Increafe of Pay, and all utual Allow- 
aa as Lieutenant General, during the Time afore- 
“© faid ;” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe ftand 
Part of the Bill ; 

It pafled in the Negative. 

Whereupon the Claufe was cut off from the Bill at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Refolued, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act far punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freby do carry the Bill to the 


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The Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill for giving further Encourage- 
ment for the Importation of Naval Stores, be read a Se- 
cond time upon Tbur/day Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 29° die Novembris; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Lucas Steinman, was 
[ \ read the Third time. 
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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that,the Title be, 
An Aé for naturalizing Lucas Steinman. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Fohnfon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome Perfons from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the 
Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, according to Order, the faid Commiffioners 
Returns to the Order of the 2d and 22d of November in- 
ftant; viz. the net Produce, for Five Years, of the Duties 
and Impofitions granted fince the 25th of December 1688, 
on Goods and Merchandize imported from the Eaf In- 
dies, from Chriftmas 1715 to Chrifimas 1720: And alfo, 

An Account of Beaver-fkins imported and exported, for 
Five Years, from Chriftmas 1715 to Chrifimas 17203; with 
the Duties and Drawbacks thereupon. 

And then they withdrew. 

The Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
. to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion. 


The Hou‘ proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; for naturalizing dugufe Tabuteau and Fofeph 
Murat : . 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as 
follow; viz. 

Prefs 1. L. 5. Leave out ‘* and:” 

L.7. After ** France,” infert ** Phillip David 
“© Camp, Son of Fohn Camp, by Maria Sophia his Wife, 
“ born at Cologn, in Gerisany, Fobn Boifier, Son of 
*¢ Wm. Boiffer, by Elizabeth his Wife, born in Geneva; 
“¢ and Ga/pard Sellon, Son of Fobn Sellon, by Frances his 
*¢ Wife, born in Geneva:” 

L. 18. Leave out the Firft ‘* and,” and, 
after ‘* Murat,” infert * Phillip David Camp, Fobn 
“© Boifier, and Ga/pard Sellon :” 

L. 29. Leave out “ and:” 

| L. 30. After ** Murat,” infert Phillip 
© vid Camp, Fobn Boiffer, and Gafpard Selion:” 

Prefs 2. L. 15. Leave out ** and :” 

L. 16. After * Murat,” infert ** Pdillip Da- 
* vid Camp, Fobn Boiffer, and Gafpard Sellon:” 

L. 29. Leave out “ and;” and, after ** Mu- 
“ rat,” infert * Phillip David Camp, Fobn Boiffer, and 
© Gafpard Sellon :” 

L. 30. Before ‘‘ either,” infert ‘ any or :” 

L. 35. After ‘* themfelves,” inferc “ or 


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“ any:” 
L. 37. Before the Firft * or,” infert * or 
« any:” 

In the Title of the Bill, leave out “‘ and;” and, at the 
End, add “ and others.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Sir Tho. Fobnfon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majefty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee 
of the whole Houle, to whom the Bill fur continuing the 
Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service 


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of the Year 1722, is committed, That they have Power to 
receive a Claufe for the due charging and difcharging the 
Money upon the feveral Tickets remaining in the Exche- 
quer, belonging to the Lottery, which was granted for 
the Service of the Year 1721, 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had di- 
rected him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Wrt for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Minebead, in the County of Sumer/et, in 
the room of Fames Milner, Efquire, deceafed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Juvis, 30° die Novembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Portreeve, Freeholders, and Woollen 
Manufacturers, of tite Borough of Abéburten, in 
the County of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Traders in the Woollen 
Manufactures have, in great meafure, quitted their 
Trades, by reafon they are uncapable of difpofing their 
Goods in foreign Markets, to any tolerable Advantage : 
the fame having been fupplied by the French on cheaper 
Terms; which, the Petitioners conceive, is intirely owing 
to the high Duties payable on the feveral Commodities ufed 
in manufacturing the fame; and efpeciaily the Duty on 
Irifp Wool, which is near 20 per Cené. dearer to his Majelty’s 
Subjects than the French; and alfo the Duties on Soap, 
Candles, Oil, and Dye-ftuffs, ufed in Cleanfing of 
Wool, and Woollen Goods; by means whereof, the faid. 
Trade is in great Danger of being loft: And praying the 
Houfe to apply fome proper Remedy for retrieving the 
faid Trade. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Ma/on reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing Samuel Palmer, was committed, 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and, 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of the Mercers, and other fair Traders in 
the Silk and Worfted Manufactures, in and about London, 
was préefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners have great Stores of the Manu- 
factures of this Kingdom in their Hands; and have, by 
their Stocks, and Credit, hitherto, to the utmoft of their 
Power, fupported the Manufacturers; but, by the vat 
Quantities of Indian prohibited wrought Goods, clan- 
deftinely run, and difperied over the Kingdom, thofe 
Manufactures remain unfold, their Trade is ruined, and 
the Support-the Poor received from them is at an End: 
And praying, That the Houfe will make the Prohibition 
of the faid Laff India Goods more effectual, or grant 
them fuch other Relief as to the Houle tha. feem meet : 
And alfo, 

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A Petition of the Silk-weavers in and about London, 
in behalf of themfelves, and Trade, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
were ufed to employ many Thoufands of poor Families in 
the Winding, Weaving, and Dreffing, of Silks, the Return 
of Woollen and other Manufactures exported to Turkey 
and Italy: That, by the clandeftine Importation of fo- 
reign-wrought Silks, but more efpecially by the Running, 
and almoft univerfal Wearing, of prohibited Zaft India 
wrought Silks, the Petitioners Trade is fo far decreated, 
that they are no longer able to fubfift the Poor; by reafon 
whereo', many Thoufand of them, the Number daily 
increafing, will be reduced to extreme Want, and become 
an infupportable Burthen to their Parifhes ; and his Ma- 
jefty’s Cuftoms, and Excife, very much leffened; and the 
Silk Manufactures, by which an immentfe Treafure is faved 
to this Kingdom, is in the utmoft Danger of being loft : 
And praying, That their deplorable Condition may be con- 
fidered, and the Prohibition of the faid Eaf India Silks 
made more effectual. 

Whereupon the Act of the mith and rath Year of 
King William the Third, intituled, An Act for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging the Manu- 
factures of this Kingdom, was read. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making the faid Act more effectual: And that Mr. Hey- 
foam, Sir Fobn Ward, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Recorder of 
London, Mr. Snell, Colonel Berkley, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Yonge, and Sir Tho. Hales, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, of the City of Worcefer, in Council affembled, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Houle now having under Confideration the Duties 
on Soap and Candles, as the Petitioners are informed, 
‘which are too fenfible a Burthen upon the Cloathing-trade; 
and, particularly, the poorer Sort; they pray the Relief 
of the Houfe in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for giving further Encouragement for the Im- 
portation of Naval Stores was, according to Order, read 
a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whele 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for amending the Highways leading from 
Brampton Bridge, near Church Brampton, in the County of 
Northampion, through the Parith of T/urnby, to a Bridge, 
called Welford Bridge, in the Parifh of Welford, in the 
faid County; and alfo the great Poft Road from a Place 
called Morter-pit-bill, in the Parifh of Pisford, in the 
faid County of Northampton, through the Towns and Pa- 
rifhes of Maidwell, Kelmafb, and Oxendon Magna, toa Bridge 
called Chain Bridge, leading into Market Harborough, 
in the County of Leicefler: And the fame was received. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in 
the Curing and Making of Red-herrings; and, inftead 
thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all Red-her- 
rings confursed at home only; __ 

A Claufe in the A&amp;, of the Firft Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for raifing Nine hundred and 
ten thoufand Pounds, for publick Services, by Sale of 
Annuities, after the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per 
Annum, redeemable by Parliament; and to authorize a 
Treaty concerning private Rights claimed by the Pro- 

rietors of the Sugar-houfes in Scotland, relating to the 
faid Sugar-houfes; was read. 





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Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
obliging the Proprietors of the Four Sugar houfes in 
Scotland to pay the like Duties of Cuftom, and Excife, as 
others his Majetty’s Subjects are liable to pay, in Confi- 
deration of the faid Proprietors being releated of fuch 
Claims and Demands as the Crown might have upon 
them, for Payment of the Duties of Cuftom, and Excite, 
tor the time pait. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for bet- 
ter fecuring the Duty upon Salt delivered in Scotland for 
Curing of Fith. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr, Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfle will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, Vhat the Report be received upon Wednefday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houle adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 1° die Decembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


. PRAYERS. 


Petition of thé Dyers of Silk in and about the Cities 

of London and Weftminfter, in bebal! of themfelves, 

and many Thoufands of others, of this Kingdom, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, 
by reafon of the high Duties upon Soap, and no Draw- 
back allowed thereon, the Petitioners are the greateft 
Sufferers of any his Majelty’s Subjects; to the Impove- 
rifhment of their Families, and many Thoulands of the 
Poor depending on them; and alfo, by reafon of the run- 
ning, and wearing, prohibited wrought Silks: And 
praying, That the Duties on Soap may be taken off; or a 
Drawback allowed, equal to the Woollen Manu- 
factures. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Coventry, was preiented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Duty en Soap and 
Candles has proved a mighty Difcouragement to Induftry, 
and lies hard on the poorer Sort of Manufacturers; which 
is conceived to be the common Cafe of all the trading Ci- 
ties and Towns in this Kingdom; And praying fuch Re- 
lief as to the Houfe fhail feem mect. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Clothiers, Weavers, Combers, 
Chandlers, Prefiers, and Dyers, of the City of Coventry, 
in behalf of themfelves, and Thoufands depending on 
them, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fettine 
forth, That amongft the many Difficulties they have to 
ftruggle with, in their decaying Trades, the Duties on 
Soap and Candles are not the leaft: That the Houfe has 
always had a tender Regard to their Country, and the 
Manufactures thereof: And praying fuch Relief in the 
Premifes, asthe Neceffities of the Poor may be fuftained 
and Induftry rewarded. ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for. amending the Highways leading from 
Brampton Bridge, near Church Brampton, in the County 
of Northampton, through the Parith ot Thurnby, to a 
Bridge called Welford Bridge, in the Parith of Weiford, 
in the faid County; and allo the great Poft- Road trom a 


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Place called Morter-pitt-bill, in the Parith of Pisford, in 
the faid County of Northampton, through the Towns and 
Parifhes of Maidwell, Kelmarfo, and Oxendon Magna, to 
a Bridge called Chain Bridge, leading into Market Harbo- 
rough, in the County of Leicefter; was read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingrofied Bill for the Naturalizing of Samuel Palmer, 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for the Naturalizing of Samuel Palmer. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ma/en do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubferibed, Inhabitants in the Town and Parith of 
Bufbey, in the County of Hertford, on the behalf of 
themfelves, and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid 
Parifh, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That in the roth of Queen Anne an A pafied, for 
repairing the Highways between Kilburn Bridge, 1n Mid- 
dlefex, and Sparrows-bern, in Hertfordfoire, and Two 
Turnpikes were fet up; one at Kilburn Bridge, the other 
at Sparrows-bern; which laft has put the Petitioners to 
great Expence and Inconvenience, in refpect of their 
Common upon Bufbey Heath, and by paffing and repaffing 
to and from the faid ‘Town and Common; though the Road 
on the Common, fo far as it is in Hertfordfbire, has been 
conftantly repaired by the faid Town: That there being 
a Bill brought into this Houfe for continuing and making 
the faid Act more effectual, the Petitioners are advited there 
are therein, and in the faid former Aét, feveral Claufes 
which have been, and may be, prejudicial to them: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by Counfel, before 
the faid Bill do pals. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, if they think fit: 

And that Sir Fobn Eden, Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. York, 
Mr. Sandys, Mr. Forefter, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
Banks, Mr. Cocks, Mr. Walter, Mr. Mountague, 
Mr. Brampfton, Mr. Waleot, Mr. Meyrick, Colonel 
Scott, Mr. Piggott, Mr. Hitch, Lord Wm. Powlett, Sir 
Tho. ‘fohnfon, Colonel Berkley, Mr. Bray, be added to 
the faid Committee. 


A Petition of the Carriers and Waggoners, who carry 
Goods for Hire, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
on behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the Owners and 
Proprietors of the travelling Waggons of this Kingdom, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting forth, 
That, by an A&amp; of Parliament, 6° Georgii Regis, for 
making more effectual feveral Acts for repairing and 
amending the Highways of this Kingdom, no travelling 
Waggon for Hire, having the Wheels bound with Streaks, 
or Tire, of a lefs Breadth than Two Inches and an 
Half, when worn, or being fet, and faftened on, with 
Rofe-headed Nails, fhould go, or be drawn, with 
more than Three Horfes, under certain Penalties in 
the faid A&amp;t: That the Petitioners caufed their Wheels 
to be made accordingly; and hoped they fhould have had 
the Benefit of wearing out the fame, without being put 
to the Expence of to/. once in Ten or 12 Weeks, to 
new-tire their Wheels; but they are advifed, the Words 
‘¢ when worn” intend, that the Streaks, or Tire, fhall be 
of the Breadth of Two Inches and an Halt, when worn 
out: That many vagrant and idle Perfons take Advan- 
tage of the Petitioners, it che Streaks of their Wheels are 
worn ever fo little within the Breadth of Two Inches and 
an Half, by taking off One or more of their Horfes, and 
detaining them until they have extorted confiderable Sums 
from the Petitioners; and make it their Bufineds to follow 
and meet the Petitioners, tor that Purpofe; fo that they 
muft be forced to lay down their Employments; 50/. 


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per Annum will not keep the Wheels of One Waggon in 
fuch Repair: And praying Relief in the Premifes, that fuch 
Vagrants may be fupprefied, and the Land-owners of the 
feveral Parifhes, through which the Petitioners pafs, be 
only impowered to diftrain for the Penalties incurred by 
the faid Act. 

Ordered, That, the faid Petition be réferred to the Con. 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Bertie, Sir Fobn Hobart, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Carter, Mr. Weffaling, Mr. 
Onflaw, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Smith, Mr. Conduit, Mr. Ba- 
con, Sir Nathanael Gold, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Plumtree, 
Brigadier Sutton, Mr.- Butler, Mr. Brudenell, Mr. Tonge, 
Mr. Pbilpet, Mr. Banks, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Piggott, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Freman, Mr. Cocks 
Sir Yobn Phillips, Mr. Sandys, Colonel Bladen, Mr. 
Farrer, Colonel Fane, Mr Majon, Mr. Plumer, Sir 
Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Smelt, Mr. Hungerford, 
Mr. Whitchcot, Mr. Difton, Sir Kich. Fowler, Mr. 
Lade, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Snell, Mr. Britiffe: And all 
that come are to have Voices: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; 
And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clothiers, and Tradef- 
men, of the County of Gloucefter, who have Goods car- 
ried in Waggons to and from the City of London, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubicribed, on behalf of themfelves, 
and others, was prelented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That, by an Aét, paffed in the 6th Year of 
his Majefty’s Reign, for making more effectual feveral 
Acts, pafied for repairing the Highways of this Kingdom, 
the Waggoners are bound to keep the Streaks, or Tire, of 
their Wheels, at the full Breadth of Two Inches and an 
Half: That, if the faid Act is continued in Force, the 
Petitioners conceive, as they have been obliged to ad- 
vance near One-fifth Pare for Carriage, the Summer 
paft, the Price of Carriage, the Wintér enfuing, mutt be 
greatly augmented; fo that the Gentlemen, as well as the 
trading Part of the Country, will extremely fuffer there- 


by: And praying the Relief of the Lloufe in the Pre- 
mifes. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Carriers and Waggoners, who carry Goods for Hire, 
whole Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf of 
themfelves, and the reft of the Owners and Proprietors of 
the travelling Waggons of this Kingdom, is referred. 


A Petition of the common Carriers by Waggons, from 
the Counties of York, Nottingham, Lincoln, Derby, Staf- 
ford, Leicefter, Northampton, and other Counties adjoin- 
ing, to and from the Cities of London and Weftminfter, 
for Hire, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by a 
late Act of Parliament, no travelling Waggon for Hire, 
having the Wheels bound with Streaks, or Tire, of a lefs 
Breadth than Two Inches and an Half, when worn, or 
being fet on or faftened with Rofe-headed Nails, fhould be 
drawn with morethan Three Horfes; and the Petitioners 
made new Wheels accordingly: But, to their great Sur- 
prize, they are frequently tet upon by feveral loofe idle 
Perfons, that make it their whole Bufinefs to attend the 
publick Roads, and ftop all Waggons, and meafure their. 
Tire; which, if worn never fo little lefs than Two Inches 
and an Half, which is foon ground away on the Edges 
in rocky Roads, or, by any. Accident, a {mall Piece hap- 
pens to be broke out of the Tire in One fmall Place only, 
yet they feize One or more of the Petitioners Horfes, and 
carry the Owners betore a Juftice of Peace, and levy the 
Penalty ; molt Juftices being of Opinion the Tire ought, 
by the faid Act, to be Two Inches and an Half broad, 
when worn out; which the Petitioness apprehend to mean, 


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when firft worn; for fhould the Tire be Two Inches and 
Half broad, when worn out, the Horles allowed by the 
faid Act would not beable todraw an empty Waggonin dirty 
Roads; or elfe thofe Vagrants force the Petitioners toa pri- 
vate Compofition; andoften others of the fame Gang feize 
the very fame Waggon, and bring the Owner to a new 
Compofition, in going but a Mite further, to the Ruin of 
many of the Petitioners; who muft be forced to give 
over carrying for Hire, or elie muft take double Prices : 
And praying the Houle to take their Cafe into Confidera- 
tion; and relieve them, as fhall be thought meet. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideraticn of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Carriers and Waggoners who carry Goods for Hire, 
awvhofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf of them- 
{:lves, and the reft of the Owners and Proprietors of the 
travelling Waggons of this Kingdom, is referred. 


Mr. Campbel reported fgom the Committee, to whom 
the Eill for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale, 
or Beer, that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended, or tapped, 
within the Town of Elgin, and Privileges thereof, for 
paying the publick Debts of the faid Town; and for 
other the Purpofes therein mentioned ; was committed ; 
That they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the faid Amendments, were once read 
throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with Amend- 
ments to One of them, agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
eroiled. 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for impowering the Feoffees under the Will of Fohn 
Marfoall, deceafed, to difpofe of the Money in their 
Hands for the Rebuilding of the Parifh Church of Chrift 
Church, in the County of Surrey; and to enable the 
Churchwardens and Inhabitants of the faid Parifh to 

_make Rates for the Maintenance of a good and able Mi- 
nifter; was committed; That they had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed ‘unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the grofs and net 
Produce of the Duties charged upon every Species of 
Dyeing-goods imported, with the feveral Drawbacks, al- 
Jowable on the Exportation of any of them, refpectively ; 
and what Duties do remain upon each Species of the faid 
Dyeing-goods, after the Allowance of fuch Drawbacks. 


The Orders of the Day being read, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houte, to confider further of Ways and Means for 


raifing the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for conti- 
nuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for 
the Service of the Year 1722. | 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refurmed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 

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had made a further Progrefs in the Bill, and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to cunfider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That Lord Berrington, Mr. Cartwright, 
Mr. Knight, Mr. Bifs, Mr. Northey, Lord Firmanagh, 
Mr, Pulteney, Mr. Allifon, be added to the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the feveral Deputy Lieutenants, 
and Juftices of the Peace, of the feveral Counties. of 
Effex and Middlefex, and other Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
and Inhabitants, of the faid Counties, is referred. 


And then the Houte adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 4° die Decembris ; 


&gt;? * . 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Burgefies, and Commonalty, 

of the City of Bri/tol, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read ; fetting forth, hatthe jaid City is very much 
increafed of late Years in its Trade and Inhabitants; fo 
that the Tolzey, or Exchange where Merchants meet, 
is become too narrow; and it being moltly an open 
Street, and very little Shelter from the Weather, the 
Health of thofe that retort thither, is often impaired : 
That the Petitioners have found out a convenient Piece of 
Ground, near the faid Tolzey, for building an Exchange, 
whereon are fome old Houtes; and have treated with 
the Owners thereof; fome of whom are Infants, fome 
Feoffees, in Truft for charitable Ufes; and fome Part 
entailed: That it is impracticable to carry on the faid De- 
fign, without the Affittance of Parliament: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Billto enable the 
Owners of the jaid Ground, and Houies, to contract 
with the Petitioners for the fame, in order to build an 
I’xchange thereupon. 

A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, Affiftants, and 
Commonalty, of the Society of Merchants Adventurers 
within the City of Bri/fol, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the ufual Place of the 
Traders meeting there to negotiate Bufinefs, is fo an- 
noyed by Coaches and Carts, being in the open Street, : 
and alfo fo pernicious to their Healths, that many refrain 
coming thither; to the Dilcouragement of Trade: That 
the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Commonalty, have pitched 
upon a proper Piece of Ground for erecting an Exchange , 
which Undertaking will remove all the faid Inconvenien- 
ces, and be a Means of increafing the Trade and Navi- 
gation of the faid City, and his Majefty’s Cuftoms: And 
praying the Houfe to enable the Mayor, Burgeffes, and 
Commonalty, of Briftel, to purchale the faid Piece of 
Ground, for the Purpofe aforedaid. 

A Petition ef the principal Inhabitants and Traders in 
the City of Ariffol, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; fetting forth, That, for want of an Exchange in the 
faid City, the Petitioners are forced to meet every Day, 
for the Difpatch of Bufineis, in an open Street, very much 
expofed to the Wind and Weather; to the great Prejudice 
of Trade, and their Healths: That this Inconvenience 
being felt more and more, as Trade and the Inhabitants 
increafe there, the Neceffity of building an Exchange 
hath feveral times, as well by the Grand Jury, as other- 
wife, been reprefented to the Mayor and Aldermen of the 
faid City; who have taken the iaid Matter into Confidera- 
tion; and have found out a Piece of Ground very pro- 
per and convenient tor that Purpoje; but fome Difficulties 
arifing, in making a good Title to Part of the faid 
Ground, the fame cannot be got over without the A ffitt- 
ance of this Houle: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for removing the Difficulties that 
hinder fo good a Defign. 


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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Commonalty, of the 
City of Briftol, to build an Exchange there, for the Con- 
veniency of the Merchants and Traders of the faid City : 
And that Sir Wm. Daines, and Colonel Earl, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes 
of Horn Church, and South Weale, in the County of Effex, 
whofe Names are thereunto fub{cribed, in behalf of them- 
felves, and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That there is a Petition before the Houfe for repairing 
the Highways from the Stones End at White Chappell to 
the Town of Rumford, in the County of Efex; which 
Petition is referred to a Committee: That the publick 
Road leading from Rumford, through the faid Parifhes, 
to a Place called Shenfield, in the faid County, is become 
fo much out of Repair, that it cannot be effectually 
amended by the Laws nowin Force: And praying, That 
the Road to be amended from the Stones End at White 
Chappel may extend beyond Rumfcrd, to Shenfield, in the 
County of Efex. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Conimittee, to whom the Petition of the 
Deputy Lieutenants, and Juftices of the Peace, of the 
feveral Counties of Effex and Middlefex,; and other Gen- 
tlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the faid Coun- 
ties, living in the Towns and Parifhes lying in or near 
the Highways leading from the Stones End of White 
Chappel, in the County of Middlefex, to the Town of 
Runford, and to the furthermoft End of the Parith of 
Woodford, being the Epping Road, in the County of Effex; 
and alfo of feveral Grafiers, Farmers, Stage Coachmen, 
Carriers," Waggoners, Higlers, and others, who fre- 


quent and pafs the faid Highways; is referred. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet, and Mr. 
Godfrey: 

- Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
uniting and confolidating the Parifh Churches of Sty- 
pul, alias Steeple, and Twynham, within the Ifle of Pur- 
beck, in the County of Dorfet: To which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


~The faid Bill was read the Firft time; and ordered to 
be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, and Capital Burgeffes, and 
the reft of the Inhabitants, of the Borough of Bridport, 
in the County of Dorfet, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Haven of the faid Bo- 
rough was heretofore a Port-of great Trade; but, by rea- 
fon of a great Sicknefs, which formerly fwept away the 
ereateft Part of the Inhabitants of the faid Town, the faid 
Haven was choaked with Sand, and the Piers ruined; by 
reafon whereof, there is now no Security for Ships that 
happen to be driven into the faid Harbour; which yearly 
occafions many Shipwrecks, that may be prevented by 
rebuilding the faid Haven and Piers, and by making a 
Sluice to {cour the fame: And praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for reftoring and rebuilding the 
faid Haven and Piers there; and making a Sluice. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Dewey Bulki.y, and Mr. Walter, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, 
principal Merchants, and other Tracers and Inhabitants, 
of the City of Briffel, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the Duties upon Soap and 
Candles are univerfally burthenfome, but elpecially to the 
poorer Sort of People, and, particularly, vatt Numbers 


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employed in the. Woollen Manufacture: And praying, 
That the faid Duties may be taken off. , 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Weavers, Drugget- 
makers, Serge-makers, Wool-combers, and other Traders 
in the Woollen Manufactures, within the City of Briftol, 
and Liberties thereof, in behalf of themfelves, and others 
concerned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That the heavy Duties upon Soap and Candles 
are found to be very grievous, efpecially to the poor Ma- 
nufacturers in the Woollen Trade, whofe Families have 
thereby been reduced to extreme Poverty: That the re- 
moving this Preffure would not only be a great Eafe to all 
concerned in the Woollen-trade, but be very agreeable 
to the whole Kingdom: And praying the Confideration 
of the Houfe in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hugh Walla&amp;, of Inglifioun, Efguire, 
and Hugh Wallace Eiquire, his Son, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read ; fetting forth, That they, with others 
have an Intereft in a Bond and Infeoffment upon the 
Eftate of James late Earl of Linlithgow, who was at- 
tainted of High Treafon by an A&amp; paffed in the Firft 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign ; and that the faid Bond and 
Infeoffment is of long Standing, and was recorded in 
Scotland; and that the faid other Perfons have made their 
Claims before the Commiffioners for forfeited Eftates, and 
have the fame allowed ; but, the Petitioners not appre- 
hending, that it was neceflary for them to enter a feparate 
Claim for their Intereft in the faid Bond, the faid Com. 
miffioners made fome Doubt, whether they are fufficiently 
impowered to determine the Petitioners Intereft upon the 
Claims entered before them by the other Parties con- 
cerned: And praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bili for explaining the faid Doubs ; and for impower- 
ing the faidCommiffionersand Truftees to determine upon 
the Petitioners Intereft in the faid Bond and Infeoffment 
already entered before them. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Abercrombie, and Sir Fames Campbell, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. ; 


An ingroffed Bill for impowering the Feoffees under 
the Will of Yon Marfball, deceafed, to difpofe of the 
Money in their Hands for the Rebuilding of the Parith 
Church of Chri/t Church, in the County of Surrey ; and to 
enable the Churchwardens and Inhabitants of the {aid 
Parifh to make Rates for the Maintenance of a good and 
able Minifter there ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; for impowering the Feoffees under the Will 
of Fohn Marfball, deceafed, to difpofe of the Money in 
their Hands for the Rebuilding of the Parifh Church of 
Chrift Church, in the County of Surrey; and to enable 
the Churchwardens and Inhabitants of the faid Parith to 
make Rates for the Maintenance of a good and able Mi- 
nifter there. iF 

Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Oxenford, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door ; 

He wascalled in; and, at the Bar, prefentedto the Houfe, 
the Commiffioners Return to feveral Orders of the Houfe, 
of the 17th of the laft Month: With, 

An Account of all Timber, Wood, and Lumber, im- 
ported from Chrifimas 1712 to Chrifimas 1720; diftin- 
guifhing from what Places imported, and what Duties 
are payable thereon: And, 

An Account of all Hemp imported within the fame 
time, from what Places, and what Duties are payable 
thereupon: 


Aad 





8 GEo. I. 


And the faid Commiffioners, by their faid Return, far- 
ther acquainted the Houte, that the Account of Iron im- 
ported is preparing; and, as foon as finifhed, will be laid 
before the Houfe. 

And then he withdrew. 

The faid Retura, and the Titles of the faid Accounts, 
were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houle. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Rejolved, Tirat this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven~ 
night, refolve itfeif into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefdey Morn. 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houle, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, tor the Service of the Year 1722. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the faid Committee, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houtfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon this Day 


Sevennight. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 5° die Decembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill for laying a Duty of Two Penies 

Scots, or One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon 

every Scots Pint of Ale, or Beer, that fhall be brewed for 

Sale, vended, or tapped, within the Town ‘of Elgin, 

and Privileges thereof, for paying the publick Debts of 

the faid Town; and for other the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bul do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One- 
fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upcn every Scots Pint of 
Ale, or Beer, that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended, or 
tapped, within the Town of Elgin, and Privileges there- 
of, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town ; and 
for other the Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Colonel Campéell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of Yefterday, made upon the 
Petition of the Bailiffs, and Capital Burgeffes, and the reit 
ot the Inhabitants, of the Borough of Bridport, in the 
County of Dorfet, for Leave to bring in a Bill for reftor- 
ing and rebuilding the Haven and Port belonging to the 
faid Borough; and making a Sluice there ; be difcharged. 

Ordered, Tha: the {aid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Sir Dewey Bulkley, Mr. Walter, 
Lord Morpeth, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Cater, Lord W/m. Pow- 
let, Lord Naffau Powlet, Colonel Monroe, Mr. conduit, 
Mr, Noble, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Gregory, Sir Tho. Litile- 
ton, Sir Fobn Rufoout, Mr. Hillerfdon, Mr. Farrer, Sir 
Robert Corbet, Mr. Godfrey, Sir Robert Worfley, Mir. 
Briftow, Mr. Medlicet, Mr. Bond, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Mer- 


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ryl, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. 
Corbet, Mr. Campbel, Mr. Bertie; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Dor/et and Wilts: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five aClock, in the Speak- 


er’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Pa- 
pers, and Records. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do, 
upon Thurfday Morning next, attend the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for making the River Eden navigable be- 
tween Ellen-foot and Bank-end, in the County of Cumber- 
land, is committed, 


A Petition of Willizm Mafon, and many Inhabitants 
of the Parifhes of St. Mary Matfellon, alias White Chappel, 
Stepney, alias Stelonheath, St. Fohn Wapping, and the 
Hamlet of Spittieficlds, on the behalf of themielvesy and 
feveral other Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That there is a 
Highway juft at the Stones End, in the Parith of /7hize 
Chappell, called Dirty, alias Brick, Lane, of about 440 Feet 
in Length, leading from the Hamlets of Spittlefelds to 
the faid feveral Parifhes, which hath always been repaired 
by the Surveyors of the Highways of fome of thofe Pa- 
rifhes: That the faid Lane is ina very ruinous Condition, 
occafioned by the Narrownefs thereof, and the great Num- 
ber of Carriages that mutt pafs through it; and though 
great Sums of Money have been laid out in repairing 
thereof, unlefs it be widened, it is almoft impoffible to 
make the fame paflable: And praying, That the faid 
Lane may be widened and repaired by the Commiffioners 
for the Repairing of the Road from the Stones End at 
White Chappel, aud to the furthermoft End of the Parifh 
of Rumford, in the County of Effex. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Deputy Lieutenants, and Juftices of the Peace, of the 
feveral Counties of Effex and Middlefex, and other Gen- 
tlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the faid Coun- 
ties, living in the ‘owns and Parifhes lying in or near the 
Highways leading from the Stones End of White Chap- 


. pell, in the County of Middlefex, to the Town of Rum- 


ford, and tothe furthermoft End of the Parith of Wcod- 
ford, being the Epping Road, in the County of Effex; 
and alfo of feveral Grafiers, Farmers, Stage Coachmen, 
Carriers, Waggoners, ' Higlers, and others, who fre- 
quent and pafs the faid Highways, is referred. 


A Petition of the Weavers, Drugget-makers, Serge- 
makers, Stuff-makers, and other Traders in the Woolien 
Manufactures, in Barton Regis, in the County of Glox- 
cefter, and Parts adjacent, in behalf of themielves, and 
vaft Numbers of People depending thereon, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; jetting forth, That the Duties 
on Soap and Candles have very much impoverifhed the 
Traders in the Woollen Manufactures ; and is very griev- 
ous to the whole Nation: And praying the Confideration 
of the Houfe in the Premiles. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lic upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mafter.Coopers, and Journeymen, 
Inhabitants of the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of 
Devon, was preiented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Importation of Cafks from Holland, Flan- 
ders, and other Places, hath, for fome time pait, been 
made ufe of with Intent to conceal the infamous Practice 
of bringing prohibited Goods into thefe Kingdoms, by 
inclofing in them {mall Veffels of Brandy, Flanders Lace, 
Tea, and other valuable Goods; to the Prejudice of his 
Majefty’s Revenues, and Impoverifhment of the Peti- 
tioners, by the After-ule of fuch vaft Quantities of foreign 
Cafks: And praying, That fome effectual Vieans may be 
taken to prevent fuch fraudulent Practices for the fu- 
ture. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sit Thomas Wheat Baronet be at Liberty 
to withdraw his Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
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tion and Return for the Borough of Woodftock, in the ham, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Butler, be added to the Com- 


County of Oxon. vis : 

Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges and Flec- 
tions be difcharged from proceeding upon the faid Peu- 
tion. 


ABill for amending the Highways leading from Bramp- 
ton Bridge, near Church Brampton, jn the County of North- 
ampton, through the Parifh of Thornby, to a Bridge 
called Welford Bridge, in the Parifh of Welford, in the 
faid County; and alfo the great Poft Road from a Place 
called Morter-pitt-kill, in the Parifh of Pisford, in the 
faid County of Northampton, through the Towns and 
Parithes of Maidwell, Kelmarfo, and Oxendon Magna, to 
a Bridge called Chain Bridge, leading into Market Harbo- 
reugh, in the County of Leicefler; was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Carter, 
Sir Hen. Houghton, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Aiflaby, Mr. Butler, 
Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, General Roffé, Mr. Bramfton, Mr. 
P usatree. Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Sioper, Mr. Noble, Lord 
Wm. Poswlet, Sir Samuel Lennard, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Philpett, 
Colonel Bladen, Mr. Bigg, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Walter, Mr. 
Rewney, Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Mr. Gwydott, Mr. Smith, 
Mr. Meer, Mr. Conyers, Sir Rob. Furneffe, Sir Natha- 
rael Gold, Mr. Becon, Mr. Windfor, Sir fames Campbel, 
Mr. Lowther; and ail the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Northampton, Leicefter, Nottingham, and York: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at F ive a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Rebert Dalrymple Efquire, on behalf of 
the Right honourable James Earl of Wemys, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, in 
the Year 1714, 6,962 Buthels of Salt were fhipped at a 
Creek belonging to the faid Earl, called The Methill, Part 
of the Port of Kirceldie, on board Four different Ships, 
and exported beyond Sea; and the Earl’s Agents gave 
Bonds for the Duty: That, the faid Earl having, for 
many Years before the Union, a Privilege of exporting 
all Commodities from the faidCreek Duty-free, his Agents 
did not apprehend there was any Neceffity for any formal 
Entry of any Salt exported from the faid Creek: That, 
upon Application to the Commiffioners for the Salt-duties 
in Scotland for Debentures for the faid Salt, to anfwer the 
faid Bonds, the Commiffioners refufed to make out the 
fame, by reafon the faid Salt was not entered and certi- 
fied in fuch time and manner as the Law direéts; al- 
though the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland, upon 
Evamination of the Matter, were fatisfied that the Salt 
in queftion was actually exported beyond Sea : And pray- 
ing, That the faid Earl may be relieved in the Premifes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Cor- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Haldane, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, 
Mr. Pelham, Mr. Fergufon, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Noble, 
Mr. Forefter, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Butler, Mr. 
Windfor, Sir Nath. Gould, Mr. Lewis, Mt. Farrer, Sir 
John Rufbout, General Ros, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Elis, 
Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Carter, Sir Robert Pollock, Mr. 
Freman, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Erle, Colonel Bladen, Sir Wm, 
Dains, Mr. Conduit, Lord Carpenter; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for North Britain: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five.a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whele Houte, 


upon the Bill for giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Naval Stores. 


Ordered, That Mr. Freman, Sir Tho. Sebright, Mr. 
Suell, Mr. Cocks, Mr. Lomax, Mr. Rowuey, Mr. Hey- 


mittee, to whom the Bill for continuing an Aét, patied in 
the Tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty, for 
repairing the Highways between Ki/oura Bridge and Spar- 
rows-hein, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 6° die Decembris; 


. 4 y 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. , 
PRAYERS. 


R. Bertie reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to explain and amend an A, paffed in the 
Third Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, for re. 
pairing the Highways from feveral Places therein men- 
tioned, leading towards Highgate Gatehoufe, and Hamp. 
fread, in the County of Middlefex, was committed, That 
they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houle; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delived the Bill 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fail Amendments were once read throughout; and then 
a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, with an Amendment to One of them 
agreed unto by the Houfe. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for 
the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Burghs of Hadington, Fedburgh, Dunbar, North 
Barwick, and Lauder, in the room of Sir David Dalrym- 
ple, of Hailes, Baronet, deceafed. 


Mr. Haldane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Robert Dalrymple Efquire, on behalf of the 
Right honourable Fames;Earl of Wemys, was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them; and which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houle, have examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and find, 

That, in the Months of May, Fune, Auguft, and Sep- 
tember, 1714, 6,962 Bubhels of Salt were fhipped at a 
Creek belonging to the faid Earl, called The Methill, 
which Creek is Part of the Port of Kircaldie; and that 
the faid Salt was put on board Four different Ships ; and, 
being exported to Parts beyond Sea, the faid Earl’s Agents 
gave Bonds for the Duty thereof : 

That, the faid Earl having, for many Years before the 
Union, a Privilege of exporting all Commodities of the 
Growth, Produét, and Manufacture, of Scotland, from 
the faid Creek of Methill, Duty-free; the faid Earl’s 
Agents apprehended there was no Neceffity for any formal 
Entry of any Salt exported from the faid Creek beyond 
the Seas: 

That upon making Application to the Commiffioners 
of the Salt-duty in Scotland for Debentures for the Salt fo 
exported, to anfwer the Bonds. which were given for the 
Duty of the faid Salt, the Commiffioners refufed to make 
out the Debentures fo demanded, by reafon the faid Salt 
was not entered and certified in fuch time, ‘and in fuch 
manner, as the Law direéts. 

That it appeared to the faid Committee, That the faid 
6,962 Bufhels of Salt was, in Four Parcels, and at dif- 
ferent times, actually, and dona fide, exported to Parts be- 
yond ‘the Seas; and although the fame was fo exported, 
yet, the fame not being certified in due Form, the faid 
Earl canngt be relieved in the Premiles, as the Law now 


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ftands, without fome Provifion be made for that Pur- 
ofe. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Fable. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in the Curing and 
Making of Red-herrings ; and, inftead thereof, laying a 

roportionable Duty upon all Red-herrings confumed at 
loom only ; was committed; the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill; and he read the fame 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
all Owners of fuch Salt as fhall be loft, after the Duty 
paid, in any of the Ports, Harbours, or Rivers, of this 
Realm, by Storms, or Rages of the Tides, or otherwife, 
fhall, upon Proof to be made thereof, be intitled to fuch 
Certificate and Privilege, in all refpects, as any Owners 
of the like Salt loft at Sea: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and 

Mr. Lightboun: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have commanded us to acquaint this Houfe, 
That their Lordthips defire this Houfe will give Leave, 
That Mr. Serjeant Pengelly and Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, 
Members of this Houfe, may attend the Lords Commit- 
tee for Privileges, in order to their giving Evidence be- 
fore the faid Committee, in relation to a Petition of Ri- 
chard Minfbull Efquire, touching the Privilege of the 
Earl of Briftoll, referred to the Confideration of that Com- 
mittee. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Meffengers be called in again, and 
acquainted, That this Houfe will fend an Anfwer to the 
Lords by Meffengers of their own. 

And the Meffengers were called in again; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them therewith. 

Ordered, That the faid Meffage be taken into Confide- 
ration To-morrow Morning. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty ; , 

Ordered, That the Account of the Duties payable on 
the Exportation of the feveral Manufactures of this King- 
dom, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Duties payable on 
foreign Commodities brought in to be manufaétured in 
this Kingdom, as alfo the Duties on Materials for Dyeing, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Amount of the Du- 
ties on Engli/fob Manufactures exported, be referred to the 
faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Quantities of Allum, 
Lead, Lead-ore, Tin, Leather tanned, &amp;c. exported, 


with the Amount of the Cuftoms, by an annual Medium . 


of Seven Years, from Chrifimas 1712, to Chrifimas 1719, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Materials for Dye- 
ing imported and exported, by a Medium of Seven 
Years, from Chrifimas 1712, to Chrifimas 171g; with 
the Duties, Drawbacks, and net Produce; be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Quantity of raw 
Silk imported and exported; with the Duties, Drawbacks, 
and net Produce; by a Medium of Seven Years, from 

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Chriftmas 1712 to Chriftmas 1719; be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Quantity of Silk 
thrown, imported and exported ; with the Duties, Draw- 
backs, and net Produce; by a Medium of Seven Years, 
from Chrifimas 1712 to Chriftmas 1719 ; be referred to 
the faid Committee. ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Quantity of Exglifh 
wrought Silk exported, by a Medium of Seven Years, 
from Chriftmas 1712 to Chrifimas 1719, be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Appropriations of 
the feveral Duties contained in the Accounts laid before 
this Houfe, purfuant to the Orders of the Firft of No- 
vember \aft, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Hemp imported for 
Eight Years, with the Amount of the Duties, from Chrift- 
mas ¥712 to Chriftmas 1720, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account fhewing the Quantity of 
Timber imported in Eight Years; diitinguifhing from 
what Countries ; with the Amount of the Duties arifing 
thereon ; from Chriftmas 1712 to Chrifimas 1720; be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and 
Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred ; and had direéted him to move, That they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe; to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing,. Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 7° die Decembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of divers Gentlemen and Tradefmen inha- 
biting in the Borough and Liberty of Sz. Albans, 
in the County of Hertford, and in the County of Bed- 
ford, who have Goods carried to and from London, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the great Road leading through St. Albans, and fome Part 
of Bedfordfbire, hath been lately infefted by Robert Cuth- 
bert, Tho. Edwards, and other Informers, who, under 
Pretence of putting the Law in Execution againit Wag- | 
goners travelling with Wheels of lefs than Two Inches 
and an Half broad in their Streaks, or Tire, have unlaw- 
fully feized their Horfes. and extorted divers Sums of 
Money from the Waggoners, although their Wheels, when 
worn, have been more than T'wo Inches and an Half broad, 
as has been proved before fome Juftices of the Peace; 
by which Seizures the Petitioners are very much incom- 
moded, and Trade much hindered: And praying fome 
f{peedy Remedy for preventing the faid Mifchiefs. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report from the Committee, to whom the Peti- 
tion of the Carriers and Wageoners who carry Goods for 
Hire, whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, on behalf 
of themfelves, and the reft of the Owners and Proprietors 


of the travelling Waggons of this Kingdom, -is referred, 
be received. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates and Town Council of 
the City of Glafcow, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the vaft Quantities of foreign 
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Linen imported into, and ufed in, Britain, have greatly 
leflened the Confumption of our own Linen at home; 
and is one of the Caufes of their Decay, and the Want of 
employing their Poor therein: That the Drawback allowed 
upon Exportation of foreign Linen has encouraged the 
Exportation to the Plantations, lowered the Price of our 
own, and rendered it almoft impracticable to. export it 
thither; which, with the high Duty of 3d. per Yard 
upon all Linen printed, ftained, or painted, in Great Bri- 
tain, and the Duty upon Soap, has finifhed their Trade 
in the Linen Manufacture, which is the ancient Staple 
Manufacture of North Britain, as the Woollen Manu- 
facture is of South Britain: That, fince his Majefty, in 
his Speech, has recommended to the Houfe the Encou- 
ragement of the Britifo Manufactures, the Petitioners pray 
the Confideration of the Houfe, fo that the faid Duties 
of 3d. per Yard, and upon Soap, may be taken off; and 
ozherwile to redrefs the Grievances of the Linen Manu- 
facture in Scotland, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provoft, Magiftrates, and Common 
Council, of the Burgh of Kirkcaldie, in the County of 
Fife, North Britcin, for themfelves, and in Name of 
many Thoufands in the faid Town, and adjacent County, 
concerned in the Making of, and trading in, Linen, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Linen Manufactures in Scotland is the main Support 
of their common People; which is fallen under great 
Decay of late, by reafon of the heavy Duty of 3 d. per 
Yard on their printed, ftained, or painted, Linen, which 
is generally of fo fmall a Value as from Six Pence to Ten 
Pence per Yard: That the evident Grievance of this Duty, 
and the Benefit that will accrue to the Nation, and the 
Revenue, by taking off this Duty, will more than fuffi- 
ciently balance the inconfiderable produce thereof, by the 
Increafe of Trade, and Employment of the Poor; and, 
as the Woollen Manufactures in Exgland pay no Duty, it 
feems agreeable to an equal Encouragement of Trade in 
all Parts of the United Kingdom ftipulated by the Treaty 
of Union, that their Linen Manufacture fhould be alfo free 
from Duty: And praying, That the State of their Linen 
Manufacture may be taken into Confideration, and the 
faid Duty of 3d. per Yard taken off. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Weavers, and other Dealers in Linen 
Manufactures, in and about the City of Gla/cow, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That 
the great Quantities of foreign Linen imported, and the 
Drawback allowed upon exporting the fame, has very 
much leffened the Price and Confumption of the Scotch 
Linen Manufacture; but that which has principally af- 
fected them, is the high Duty of 3 d. per Yard upon all 
ftamped, ftained, or printed, Linen, although the prime 
Coft is but from 6d. to 10 d. per Yard, and is above 
30 /. per Cent. ad valorem, and alfo the Duty upon Soap, 
which is the chief Ingredient that brings their Linen to 
Perfection, more proper than any other to receive and 
retain the Impreffion, and Colours ftamped upon it; fo 
that, by the Decay of Trade therein, many Thoufands 
of poor People are reduced to extreme Poverty, for want 
of Employment; and the Linen Manufacture, which was 
the Staple Commodity of Scotland, is likely to be utterly 
loft to them: And praying, That the Scotch Linen Ma- 
nufactures may be free from Duty, as well as all other 
Staple Manufactures of Britain, and the Petitioners put 
upon an equal Footing. 

Ordered, ‘Uhat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Calthrop Long, alias Parker, Efquire, 
and ‘fobn Harrington Efquire, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read, fetting forth, That Sir Robert Vyner, deceafed, 
was, in his Life-time, intitled to an Annuity of 25,003 /. 
9s. 44. granted to him, and his Heirs, by King Charles 
the II*, payable out of the Hereditary Excife, and Sir 
Robert, in Marcé 1678, affigned 841 per Annum, Part 


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thereof, to Tho. Long, and his Heirs, who foon after 
died ; and the faid 84 1. per Annum, came to Robert Long 
his Brother; who, by Deed, affigned the fame to Mr. 
Bere, One * Laughton, deceafed, the Petitioner Long, and 
Wm. Webb, in Truft for Robert Long, during his Life ; 
and afterwards, for fuch charitable Ufes as the faid Truf- 
tees fhould think fit; with Power for the Survivors to 
choofe others, in cafe of Death: That Robert Long died, 
and alfo Wm. Webb, and Laughton, and the Petitioner 
Long chofe the Petitioner Hurrington a Truftee, by Deed, 
in 1679, in the room of Wm. Webb, deceafed; but Mr. 
Bere, now a Member of this Houfe, hath got all the 
Writings and Securities relating to the faid Annuity of 84 /. 
per Annum, and hath received it ever fince; whereupon an 
Information was exhibited, by the Attorney General, in 
Chancery, at the Relation of the Petitioners, againft Mr. 
Bere, to call him to an Account, and execute the Truft 
retating to the faid Charity; but he infifts upon his Pri- 
vilege of Parliament: And praying, That the Petitioners 
may be at Liberty to proceed againit Mr. Bere in the faid 
Caufe, he being only a Truftee. 

To which Petition the faid Mr. Bere was heard in his 
Place; and declared, That he neither does, nor ever did, 
infift upon his Privilege in that Caufe. 


Mr. Tufnell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Deputy Lieutenants, and Juftices 
of the Peace, oi the feveral Counties of Efex and Mid- 

lefex ; and other Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabi- 
tants, of the faid Counties, living in the Towns and Pa- 
rifhes lying in or near the Highways leading from the 
Stones End of White Chappel, in the County of Middle- 
fex, to the Town of Rumford, and to the furthermoft End 
of the Parifh of Woodford, being the Epping Road, in the 
County of Effex; and aifo of feveral Grafiers, Farmers, 
Stage Coachmen, Carriers, Waggoners, Higlers, and 
others, who frequent and pafs the faid Highways; and 
alfo the Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the Pa- 
rifhes of Horn Church and South Weale, in the County 
of Effex, and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid Pa- 
rifhes; and the Petition of William Majfon, and many of 
the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of St. Mary Matfellon and 
Stepney, St. Fohn Wapping, and the Hamlet of Spittlefields; 
were referred; the Matter, as it appeared to the Com- 
mittee ; and which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

That the Committee find, by the Journal of the Houfe, 
That, on the 5th of Fume lait, the faid Petition of the 
Deputy Lieutenants, and others, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and tead; praying, as, by the faid Petition, they 
now pray, That Leave might be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and amending the Highways or Roads lead- 
ing from the Stones End at White Chappel, in the County 
of Middlefex, to the Town of Rumford, and to the fur- 
thermoft Part of the Parith of Woodford, in the County 
of Effex; which Petition was referred to a Committee, 
to examine the Matter-thereof; and to report the fame, 
as it fhould appear to them, to the Houfe: : 

That, on the 13th of the fame Fune, a Report was 
made upon that Petition ; and then re-committed to the 
faid Committee; when it was ordered, That they fhould 
examine what Eftates were {pecially charged for repairing. 
any Part of the faid Highways: 

And, on the 7th of uly, the Committee made a Re- 
port, on the Re-commitment; whereby, upon Exami- 
nation of the feveral Surveyors of the Highways for the 
Hamlets of the Parithes of Stepney, White Chappell, Bow, 
and Bromley, it was reported, That there was ulually le- 
vied, in the faid Hamlets and Parifhes, about 400 /. per 
Annum, which has been laid out in repairing the Roads 
from the Stones End in White Chappell to Bow Bridge ; 
but that your Committee could not be very particular, by 
reafon the feveral Surveyors could not produce any Books 
by which they collected fuch Sums; or to fhew how, or 
in what manner, they charged the Inhabitants; but faid, 

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That the Monéy was levied difcretionary, what they 
could get of each Inhabitant towards the faid Repairs ; 
and that they have no certain Rule to govern themfelves 
by, in collecting the Money for the faid Repairs : 

And, upon the Examination of Nicholas Buckeridge 
Clerk, the Committee found, That there were Lands, 
amounting to near 1,000 /. per Annum, late Parcel of the 
Poffeffions of the Abbot of Stratford, in Effex, liable to 
the Repair of Bow Bridge and Channelfea Bridge, and all 
the Road and Caufeways between thofe Two Bridges : 
That the faid Mr. Buckeridge is One of the Owners and 
Proprietors of thofe Lands ; and produced Three Agree- 
" ments between the Owners of the faid Abbey-lands, and 
Perions by them employed as Undertakers to repair the 
faid Bridges and Road; by which it appeared, That, by 
the Firft Agreement, the faid Road, and Caufeways be- 
tween the faid Bridges, were repaired for Seven Years, 
commencing from the Sixth Day of May 1695, for 80/. 
per Annum: 

And, by another Agreement, the faid Highways and 
Caufeways were only repaired for Five Years, commence- 
ing from the 29th of September 1702, for 86/. 145. 6d. 
per Annum: 

_ And, by a Third Agreement, the Bridge commonly 
called Channelfea Bridge was to be gravelled, and the 
Highways and Cauieways, Pofts and Rails, between the 
faid Bridge and Bow Bridge, were to be amended, and 
kept in Repair, for Eleven Years, commencing at M4- 
thaelmas 1708, for 94/1. 25. 10d. per Annum: 

And, upon the Examination of Mr. Prefton, another 
of the Owners of the faid Abbey-lands, it appeared, That, 
in the Year 1718, the Abbey-land-owners laid. out 126 /. 
75. 8d. in repairing Channelfea Bridge, and the Roads 
between that and Bow Bridge, and, in the Year 1719, 
129 /. 155. 2d. in repairing the faid Road and Bridges. 

It further appeared to the Committee, That there were 
‘Three other Bridges on the fame Road, between Bow and 
Stratford: That Two of the faid Bridges are, Peg/hold 
Bridge; the other, Saint Michal’s Bridge: That they are 
repaired by the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of 
London, by reafon of the Tenure of fome Mills and 
Lands near adjoining to the fame Road: 

And, upon the Examination of Mr. Garbrand, Clerk 
of the Bridge-houfe, it appeared, That the Mayor and 
Commonalty of the City of London have, for feveral 
Years laft paft, repaired the faid Two Bridges; and have 
Mills and Lands adjoining to the faid-Road; but in 
what manner the fame are liable to the faid Repairs, the 
faid Mr. Garbrand knew not. 

It alfo further appeared, That there was another Bridge 
on the fame Road, called St. Thomas of Acre’s Bridge, 
which hath been conftantly repaired at the fole Cofts and 
Charges of the Owners of other Mills and Lands adjoin- 
ing to the faid Road, which are now in the Tenure of 
Tho. Chambers E{quire, who is Owner thereof : 

And, upon Examination of the Stewards and Agent 
of the faid Mr. Chambers, .... owned, That the faid Mr. 
Chambers was Owner of the faid Mills and Lands; and 
that both he, and his Father, Sir Tho. Chambers, had 
ufed to repair that Bridge: 

And, upon a Survey made by Mr. Wykes and Mr. 
Coker, it appeared, That the Road from the Stones End 
in A’ bite Chappel to Bow Bridge, which is in Length about 
Two Miles and Eighteen Rods, if the Gravel is laid Three 
Foot deep, and Thirty Foot wide, it will coft, to put 
that Road in Repair, 3,000 /. and Five or 600/. per An- 
num to keep it in Repair, when it is amended : 

That, to amend the Road from Bow Bridge to Strat- 
ford, would coft about 1,000/.; and that the Charge to 
keep it in Repair afterwards, would, in their Judgment, 
amount to, at leaft, 1507. per Annum: 

And, upon that Report, Leave was given to bring in 
a Bill for repairing the Highways from the Stones End, 
in White Chappell, in the County of Middlefex, to Rum- 
ford, and to the further End of the Parifh of Woodford in 
the County of Afex; but a Bill was not brought in, pur- 
fuant to the Order of the Houfe, the Petitioners -appre- 


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herding, that there would not be timé to pafs the Bill 
during that Seffion of Parliament. 

And your Committee alfo further find, upon Exami- 
nation of feveral of the Officers and Inhabitants of the 
Parifhes of White Chappel and Stepney, and tlie feveral 
Hamlets thereto belonging; and alfo of the Officers :n4 
Inhabitants of Bow and Bromiley, attending on behalf of 
themfelves, and other the chief Inhabitants; That they 
are willing and defirous, that a yearly Sum fhould be paid 
towards a Turnpike, for repairing the Road leading into 
Effex, in lieu of their Statute-work to be done on the faid 
High Road: And alfo feveral of the Land-owners, attend- 
ing your Committee, on behalf of themfelves, and other 
the Land-owners between Bow and Stratford, who, by 
the Tenure of the faid Lands, are obliged to the Repair 
of all the Road and Caufeways between Bow Bridge and 
Channelfea Bridge, in the County of Effex, did declare, 
That they were willing to pay a certain Sum yearly to the 
Truftees to be appointed in an Aét for repairing the Road 
from White Chappel to the feveral Places in Effex, to be 
excufed amending, and keeping that Part of the faid 
Road in Repair, which, by the Tenure of the faid Lands, 
they were obliged to do: 

And your Committee, purfuant to your Order of the 
4th Inftant, have examined into the Allegations of the 
Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of 
Horn Church and South Weale, in the County of Effex, 


and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes; and, 


upon examining feveral of the Surveyors of the faid Pa- 
rifhes, find, That the publick Road leading from the 
Town of Rumford, through the Parifhes of Horn Church 
and South Weale, to Shenjfield, in the faid County, is be- 
come fo much out of Repair, that the fame cannot be 
amended by the Laws now in Force. 

And it further appeared, upon the Examination of the 
faid feveral Surveyors, That the faid T'wo Parifhes have 
conftantly done their Statute-work ; and that a Rate of 
4d. and 5d. in the Pound hath, for many Years patt, 
been colleéted of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes ; 
yet the fame has proved ineffectual ; and that a Rate of 
6d. in the Pound will not amend, and keep the faid 
Roads in Repair. 

And your Committee, upon taking into their Confi- 
deration the Petition of Wm. Ma/cn, and many of the In- 
habitants of the Parifhes of St. Mary Matfellon, alias 
White Chappe!, Stepney, alias Stebonheath, St. Fobn Wap- 
ping, and the Hamlet of Spitélefelds, on behalf of them- 
felvés, and feveral other Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes, 
find that the Lane called Brick-lane, alias Dirty-lane, is not 
within the Compafs of the intended Turnpike far repair- 
ing the Road leading into Effex, but that the faid Lane 
leads to Spittlefields; and the Widening thereof will be 
of great Advantage and Benefit to the faid Inhabitants ; 
but that the fame ought to be done at their own Charge 
and Expence. 

And your Committee are of Opinion, That the in- 
tended Turnpike for repairing the Road from White 
Chappel aforefaid fhould extend to Shenfield, in the County 
of Effex. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for re- 
pairing the Highways from the Stones End at White 
Chappel Church; in the County of Middlefex, to Shen- 
field, and to the furthermoft Part of the Parith of Wood- 
ford, \eading to the Town of Epping, in the County of 
Effee: And that Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Conyers, the Lord Fer- 
managh, and Mr. Serjeant Mead, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Sir Dewey Bulkley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Bailiff, and Capital Burgefies, 
and the reft of the Inhabitants, of the Borough of Brid- 
port, in the County of Dorfet, was referred, the Matter, 
as it appeared to them; and which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s ‘Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; vz, 


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That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 

Houfe, praceeded to examine the Allegations con- 
tained in the faid Petition : 

And the Charter granted to the faid Borough by Queen 
Elizabeth, in the Eighteenth Year of her Reign, was 
produced to the faid Committee. 

That it appeared to the Committee, The Port of the 
faid Borough was heretofore a Place of great Trade and 
Commerce. 

That Fobn Thomas, an Engineer, being examined, 
faid, That the faid Haven, having been neglected, is 
choaked up with Sands, and the Piers thereof much ruined; 
by reafon whereof, there is not at this time, any Secu- 
rity for Ships; but the Haven is capable of being im- 
proved, and made very commodious for Shipping. 

That Mr. Andrew Way, being examined by the Com- 
mittee, faid, That feveral Ships had, by Strefs of Wea- 
ther, been fhipwrecked. 

That it appeared to the faid Committee, That, if the 
faid Haven and Piers were reftored and rebuilt, and a 
Sluice made to cleanfe and fcour the fame, it would pre- 
vent Shipwrecks for the future; and be a Means to revive 
the ancient [rade of the faid Borough, greatly augment 
his Majefty’s Cuftoms, and much increafe the yearly Va- 
lue of Lands adjacent to the faid Borough, and preferve 
the Lives of many of his Majefty’s Subjects. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
reftoring and rebuilding the Haven and Piers of Bridport, 
in the County of Dorfet; and for making a Sluice there : 
And that Sir Dewey Bulkley, and Mr. Peter Walter, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an A&amp;, paffed 
in the Third Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, for 
repairing the Highways from feveral Places therein men- 
tioned, leading towards Highgate Gate-houfe, and Hamp- 
ftead, in the County of Middlefex, was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the 
Third Year of his prefent Majeity’s Reign, for repairing 
the Highways, from feveral Places therein mentioned, 
leading towards Highgate Gatchoufe, and Hamftead, in 
the County of Middle/ex. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bertie do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander- 

fon, Gentleman Ubher of the Black Rod : 
Mr, Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers. 

And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That he, with the Houfe, had 
attended his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers: And that 
his Majefty had been pleafed to give the Royal Affent 
to One publick, and to Three private Bills following ; 
Viz. 

An Aéct for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by a 
Land Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year 1722: 

An Aét for naturalizing Benediffus Detelef von Thienen, 
and Melufine Baronefs of Schoulenbourg : 

An Act for naturalizing Jeanne Coltee du Carel, and 
others : 

An A&amp;ct for naturalizing Augufle Tabuteau, Fofeph 
Murat, and others. 


The Order of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the Confideration of the Meffage from 
the Lords, Yefterday, relating to Mr. Serjeant Pengelly 
and Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, Members of this Houfe, be 
adjourned till Saturday Morning next. 


A Petition being offered to the Houfe ; fetting forth, 


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That Sir Wm. Folliffe having, by due Courfe of Law, 
had Judgment for the Recovery of certain Lands in the 
Poffeffion of Fofiah Difton Efquire, a Member: of this 
Houfe, the faid Mr. Diffon brought a Writ of Error, re- 
turnable in Parliament ; and thereby continues himfelf 
in the Poffeffion of the faid Lands; and now refufes to 
affign Errors; but infifts on his Privilege ; although he 
has alfo exhibited his Bill in Chancery, in relation to the, 
faid Lands ; 

And the faid Mr. Difton being in the Houfe, and de- 
claring, That he neither did, nor would, infift on his Pri- 
vilege ; no Queftion was put for the bringing up the 
faid Petition. 


And then the Houfe adjourned. till Saturday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 9° die Decembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A for uniting and confolidating the Parifh Churches 
of Stypul, alias Steeple, and Twyneham, within the Ifle of 
Purbeck, in the County of Dorfet, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Henry 
Houghton, Lord Wm. Powlet, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. 
Bond, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Micklethwait, General Pepper, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Colonel Grabme, Mr. Plumtree, Mr. Afbe, 
Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Burridge, Sir 
Fobn Philips, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Lade, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. 
Yonge, Mr. Freman, Mr. Delavall, Mr. Smith, Mr. Ma- 
fon, Mr. Erle, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Cater, Mr. Dockminique, 
Mr. Walpole; and all the Members that ferve for the 
County of Dorfet: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the incorporate Companies of Sheermen, 
Dyers, and Stuff-weavers, in the Borough of Kirkby 
Kendal, in the County of Weffmorland, on behalf of 
themfelves, and many Thoufands of poor People em- 
ployed in Spinning of Woollen-yarn, in divers Towns 
adjacent, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That formerly the Petitioners were capable of keep- 
ing up the Price of Wool, and maintaining their Fami- 
lies ; but the Demand for the Woollen Manufaétures is 
very much leffened, of late Years, by the great Ufe of 
Paper Hangings, as they conceive: And praying Relief 
in the Matter, in fuch manner as the Houfe fhall think 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Chriftopher Schele, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That he is a Proteftant, 
but born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance : And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for his Natu- 
ralization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Fohn Chetwynd, and Sir Henry Houghton, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Tufnell prefented.to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for repairing the Highways from the Stones 
End at White Chappel Church, in the County of Middle- 
Jex, to Shenfield, and to the furthermoft Part of the Pa- 
rifh of Woodford, leading to the Town of Epping, in the 
County of Effex: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
the Reverend Doétor Sanders, for the Sermon by him 
preached Yefterday, before this Houfe, at St. Margaret’s, 











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Weftminfter: And that he be defired to print the fame: And 
that Mr. Sandys and Mr. Denton do acquaint him therewith. 


Mr. Abercrombie prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to impower the Commiffioners and Truttees 
for the forfeited Eftates to give fuch Relief to Hugh 
Wallace of Ingieftoun, Efquire, and Hugh Wallace, his 
Son, in relation to their Part in an heritable Bond, and 
Infeoffment, upon the Eftate of ames late Karl of Linlith- 
pow, attainted of High Treafon, as they have given to 
other Claimants upon the faid Bond: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty ; ee 

Ordered, That the Account of Beaver-fkins imported 
and exported from Chriftmas 1715 to Chriftmas1720; with 
the Duties and Drawbacks thereupon; be referred to the 
faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Cloves, Mace, and Nut- 
megs, imported in Five Years, from Chrifimas 1715 to 
Chriftmas 1720, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the grofs and net Pro- 
duce of the Duties on Pepper, from Chriftmas 1712 to 
Chriftmas 1719, be referred to the faid-Committee. 

Then thé Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. , _ 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred ; and had directed him to move, That they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; ; 

Ordered, That the Meffage from the Lords, relating 
to Mr. Serjeant Pengelly and Mr. Serjeant Reynolds, be 
taken into Confideration upon Tue/day Morning next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Clark, Lord Firmanagh, Colonel 
Cadogan, Sir Rich. Fowler, Mr. Weftfaling, Sir Roger 
Bradfhaigh, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Lewis, 
Mr. Britiff, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Heathot, Mr. 
Mafon, Sir Humphry Brigs, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Lord 
Fa. Cavendifh, Mr. Offley, Mr. Forefter, be added to the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for amending the High- 
ways leading from Brampton Bridge, near Church Bramp- 
ton, in the County of Northampton, to a Bridge called 
Chain Bridge, leading into Market Harborough, in the 
County of Leicefer, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 11° die Decembris; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Provoft, Magiftrates, and Common 
Council, of the Burgh of Perth, in North Bri- 

tain, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands, in 
the faid Town and County, concerned about making of, 
and trading in, Linen, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Manufacture of Linen in 
Scotland, made out of their own Materials, is the only 
Staple Commodity of that Nation, and ufed to maintain 


their Poor: But it is fallen into great Decay; partly be- 
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caufe they muft bury their Dead in Woollen; and partly 
becaufe the Trade of dyeing Scots Linen, by Printing, 
Painting, and Staining thereof, is almoft loft, by reafon 
of the Duty of 3d. per Yard laid thereupon; which is 
upwards of Thirty per Cent. under which it cannot ftand : 
That, by the Treaty of Union, all the Parts of the 
United Kingdom are to be under the fame Encouragements 
of Trade; and, the Exglifo Wool Manufacturer being 
liable to no Duty, they conceive, that Scotch Linen ought 
likewife to be free from Duty; otherwife it will fenfibly af- 
fect England, by obliging the Scots to ufe fuch Woollens as 
they can make themtelves; the Exzg/i/2 Woollen Manufac- 
tures, which they confume, farexcceding the Value of Scots 
Linen fent to England: And praying the Houle to take 
their Cafe, in relation to the Linen Manufactures, into Con- 
fideration ; fo that the Duties thereupon may be taken off, 
and that Trade may have all due Encouragement. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Lerkley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Carriers and Waggoners who 
carry Goods for Hire, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, on behalf of themfelves, and the reft of the 
Owners and Proprietors of the travelling Waggons of 
this Kingdom, was referred; and to whom the Petitions 
of the Carriers of York, Noetiingham, Lincoln, Derby, 
Stafford, Leicefter, Northempion, and other Counties ad- 
joining; and alfo che Petition of the Gentlemen, Clothiers, 
and Tradefmen, of the County of Gloucefter, who have 
Goods carried to and from London, were likewile referred ; 
That the Committee had confidered the Matter of the 
faid Petitions ; and had directed him to report the Mat- 
ter, as it appeared to them, to the Hgufe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 


That the Committee took the faid feveral Petitions into 
Confideration; and examined the fevera! Perfons fol- 
lowing : 

Feremiah Alder; Who faid, That though the Streak, 
or Tire, of the Wheels to Waggons, were, when at firft 
made, Two Inches and Three Quarters and Half Quar- 
ter, they will be worn, in Ten Weeks time, within Two 
Inches and an Half: 

That Thomas Randal] took off the Examinant’s Horfes, 
becaufe he would not drink at his Houfe, and made hiin 
pay 55,3 notwithftanding the Tire, when fet on, was ra- 
ther wider than the Act of the 5th of his prefent Ma- 
jefty prefcribes : 

That Three Men, that were difcharged at the laft Affizes 
at Oxford, took off the Examinant’s Horfes, and made hin 
pay Three Guineas : 

That one Fohn Bradley, in Oxfordfhire, took the Exa- - 
minant’s Horfes off, and made him pay Five Guineas: 

“ That one Thomas Morris took off the Examinant’s 
Horfes, as he was travelling through Berkfire, and obliged 
the Examinant to pay him 3/. 35.3; faying, The Exa- 
minant muft not take it ill, for he had bought a Houfe, 
and he muft raife Money of the Waggoners to pay for it: 

That, at another Time, the faid Morris took off the 
Examinant’s Horfes, and made an Agreement with the 
Examinant for redeeming them for Seven Pounds; faying, 
It was. hard upon the Examinant; but he muft raife Mo- 
ney among the Waggoners, in order to buy a Piece of 
Land to his Houfe; notwithftanding the Examinant’s 
Tire to his Wheels were juft within the Breadth of Two 
Inches and an Half. 

Thomas Filkin {aid, That the Tire of the Wheels to his 
Waggon were, at firft, made more than Two Inches and 
an Half in Breadth; and that, near the Beginning of 
Ofober laft, at Redburn, a Waggon belonging to the 
Examinant was ftopped by one Fenathan Shelnock, and 
one Ibo. Edwards; the former faid to be a Bailiff in Wef- 
minfter, and the other a {worn Attorney; the faid Perfons 
pretending, that the Wheels were bound with Streaks, or 
Tire, narrower than the A&amp; of the sth of his prefent 

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Majefty prefcribes: And that, notwithftanding there was 
an Affidavit made, That the Tires of all the Wheels be- 
longing to the faid Waggon were Two Inches and an 
Half, except One Tire on the near Wheel behind ; 
which is conftantly more worn than any other, by 
dragging down Hills, which wanted fcarce the Breadth 
of a Barley-corn of its full Breadth; the faid Perfons took 
off Three of the Examinant’s Horfes, and made it coft 
him 20/. before he could have the fame Horfes again, 
which the Examinant complied with; being obliged and 
bound in a Bond of 1,000/. Penalty, to keep his Stage 
at acertain Time: That the faid Shelnock, upon this Ex- 
aminant’s paying him the 20/. promifed he would not 
give him any further Difturbance, till the faid Tire was 
worn out : 

That the Examinant further faid, That he has been 
forced to pay the like Sort of Perfons 40/. fince Michael- 
mas \att. 

Fobn Seafon faid, That the Tire of the Wheels to his 
Waggon have been conftantly made, and fet on, fince the 
faid Act of the 5th of his prefent Majefty, of the 
Breadth of Two Inches Three Quarters; but that, in 
about Two Months time, they will be worn down under 
Two Inches : 

That the Examinant has paid to one Morris, of Wick- 
bam, Half a Guinea per Annum, not to be molefted: 
And that he has never been ftopped by any Perfons but 
fuch Informers. 

William Henly faid, That the faid Morris has taken 
Three Horfes from him, on Pretence the Tire of his 
Wheels were not Two Inches and an Half, as the afore- 
mentioned Act direéts; and made the Examinant pay 
him 10/7; although the Tire of his Wheels, when fet on, 
was Two Inches and Three Quarters, and only One Tire 
of ~ near Wheel behind, under Two Inches and an 
Half. 

Stephen Goodall faid, That when the Tire of his Wheels 
were firft fet on, they were Two Inches and Three Quar- 
ters wide; and that, not long afterwards, he was ftopped 
at Hockley by Tho. Edwards, and * Cuthbert; and was 
obliged to come to a Compofition with them for Four 
Guineas, not to be interrupted in his Journey: And the 
‘Examinant afking the faid Perfons, Who they were? Ed- 
wards faid, He was an Attorney; and Cuthbert faid, He 
was a Clergyman. 

That, upon the whole Matter, the Committee were of 
Opinion, That the Petitioners have fully proved the Alle- 
gations in their Petitions, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to al- 
ter, explain, and amend, an AQ, paffed in the Fifth Year 
of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for 
making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repair- 
ing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom: And 
that Colonel Berkley, Lord Wm. Powlet, Lord Grimjton, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Brudenel, Mr. Banks, Mr. Guydot,. and 
Mr. Lowndes, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of what Duties are pay- 


able upon Apples and Pears imported; and how much- 


the faid Duties have produced for Seven Years laft paft, 
diftinguifhing each Year. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Per- 
ry, for the Service of the Year 1722, was committed, 
the Amendments which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with 
Amendments to fome of them, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That the 
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further time allowed for tranfmitting into the Exchequer, 
attefted Duplicates of the Books of the Names of the 
Perfons who had purchated, or obtained Annuities at the 
Exchequer : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Ma- 
jefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 
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Martis, 12° die Decembris ; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721, 

PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Bailiffs, the Gentlemen of the Com- 

mon Council, and other the principal Inhabitants, 
of the anciept Corporation of Scardoreugh, in the County 
of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting 
forth, That they have the moft commodious Situation of 
all the Northern Ports, capable of making a fafe and fe- 
cure Harbour for Veffels of all Dimenfions; which, by: 
ftormy Weather, are too often forced into Tismouth, or 
fome other Port, or Place, where they feldom. efcape 
Shipwreck: And this new-intended Harbour will pre- 
vent; as alfo be a great Advantage to Navigation in ge- 
neral, and the Coal-trade in particular, by reducing the 
Prices at London: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Biil for enlarging the prefent Harbour 
at Scarborough, by laying fuch Duties as are ufually granted 
in like Cafes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Hungerford, 
Sir Hen. Houghton, Mr. Ingram, Mr. Comyers, Mr. Far- 
rer, Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. Moor, Sir Roger Brad- 
foaigh, Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. 
Hutchinfon, Colonel Grabme, General Pepper, Sir Rich. 
How, Mr. Ellis, Brigadier Stanwix, Sir Robert. Davers, 
Mr. Bertie, Mr. Fanffen, Mr. Medlycot, Sir Phil. 
Parker, Sir Wilfred Lawfon, Mr. Treby, Mr. Foley, 
Mr. Wallis, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Afp, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. 
Carter,, Mr. Snell, Mr. Earl, Mr. Cartwright, Sir Dewey 
Bulkley, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Leigh; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for North Britain; and for the Counties of 
York and Northumberland; and for the Cinque Ports; and 
all the Merchants of the Houfe: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


Mr. Fobn Chetwynd prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Chriftopber Schele: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bil] be read a Second time. 


The Lord Morpeth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for making the River Eden navigable be- 
tween Ellen-foot and Bank-end, in the County ot Cumber- 
land, was committed, That the Committee had made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where-the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one; 

I and, 











8 Geo. I. 


and, ppon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


Sir Dewey Bulkley prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for reftoring and rebuilding the Haven 
and Piers of Bridport, in the County of Dorfet, and for 
making a Sluice there: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Philpot reported from the Committee to whom 
the Bill for continuing an Aéct, pafied in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of her late Majefty, intituled, An Act 
for repairing the Highway between a certain Place called 
Kilburn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and Spar- 
row’s-hern, in the County of Hertford, and for making 


the faid Act more effectual ; was committed; That the - 


Committee had confidered the Petition of the Inhabitants 
of the Town and Parifh of Bufhy; and had heard the 
Petitioners Counfel ; and have added a Claule to the Sa- 
tisfaction of all Parties concerned ; and alfo had made fe- 
veral other Amendments to the Bill; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, with an Amendment to One of 
them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
all Cofts and Charges of procuring and paffing this pre- 
fent Act of Parliament fhall be difcharged out of the 
Money collected by virtue of the former Act: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


An ingroffed Bill for taking off the Duty upon all Salt 
ufed in the Curing and Making of Red-herrings ; and, in- 
ftead thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all Red- 
herrings confumed at home only; was read the Third 
time. ) 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in 
the Curing of Red-herrings ; and laying a proportionable 
Duty upon all Red-herrings confumed at home only; and 
for afcertaining the Cuftoms, and Excife, payable for the 
Sugar-houfes in Scotland, and for making an Allowance 
for Salt loft in any Harbour or River of this Realm; and 
for the better fecuring the Duties on Salt delivered in 
Scotland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for giving further Encouragement 
for the Importation of Naval Stores. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 13° die Decembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


Ctritepter Schele took the Oaths 


é to appointed, in order 
to his Naturalization. : 


A Petition of the Matter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of 
the Company of Silk-throwfters, in behalf of themfelyes, 


Journals of the Houfe ef Commons. 


6Qt 
and the Commonalty of the faid Company, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Law for 
preventing the Wearing of wrought Silks, Bengals, and 
StuffS mixed with Silk, or Herba, of the Manufacture 
of Perfia, China, or Eaft India, is ineffectual: And pray- 
ing, That the Petitioners may be relieved, in fuch man- 
ner as the Houfe fhall. think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for making more effectual an Act, made in 
the Eleventh and Twelfth Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An A&amp; for 
the more effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging 
the Manufactures of this Kingdom, be brought in. 


Mr. Hey/ham prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for making more effectual an AG, made in 
the Eleventh and Twelfth Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for 
the more effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging 
the Manufactures of this Kingdom: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firit time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for the Naturalizing of Chriftopher Schele, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Chetwynd, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Conduit, Mr. Crifp, Mr. Lade, Sir 
John Eyles, Mr. Micklethwait, Mr. Plumiree, Lord 
Morpeth, Mr. Walter, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Godfrey, Mr, 
Clayton, Mr. Dockminique, Sir Tho. Crofs, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr, Yonge, Mr. Freman, Mr. Cater, Mr. Comptroller, 
Mr. Af, Mr. Roberts, General Rofs, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
Moor, Mr. Noble, Mr, Rudge, Sic Fobu Ward, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Treby, Mr. Forrefter, Mr. Clark, Mr. Hal- 
fey, Colonel Berkley: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


Ordered, ‘That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms da 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the Quantities and 
net Duties arifing upon the Importation of the Drugs 
called Rhubarb, Scammony, and Opium, in the Years 
1684, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688, and alfo inthe Years 
1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720; diftinguifhing the 
Quantities and Duties of every Year refpectively. 


A Bill for repairing the Highways from the Stones 
End at White Chappel Church, in the County of Middle- 
fex, to Shenfield, and to the furthermoft Part of the Parith 
of Woodford, \eading to the Town of Epping, in the 
County of Effex, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Tufnell, 
Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Honywood, Sir Nath. Gould, Mr. 
White, Mr. Bradyll, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hutchefon, Lord 
Barrington, Sir Gilbert Heathcot, Mr. Yonge, Sir Fobn 
Eyles, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Cater, Mr. North, Mr. Serjeant 
Mead, Sir Fokn Phillips, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Hopkins, 
Mr. Lade, Mr. Moor, Sir Fifher Tench, Mr. Guybbon, Mr. 
Heathcot, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Noble, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Conyers, Sir Robert Furneffe, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Feffop, Mr. Foley, Sir Robert Davers, Mr, Philpot, 
Mr. Ma/on; and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Middlefex, Effex, Cambridge, Suffolk, Norfolk, 
and for the City of London: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Fiye a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolyed itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the faid Committee, That 
they had come to feveral Refolutions; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Howyfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame, 


Ordered, 








692. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the 
Comunittee had direéted him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 14° die Decembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

Petition of the Provoft, Bailiffs, and Common 
Council, of the Burgh of Aberdeen, in North Bri- 
tain, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands in the 
faid Burgh and County, concerned about, making of, 
and trading in, Linen, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That the Linen Manufacture is the 
only Staple Commodity of Scot/and, made out of their own 
Materials; and ufed to employ and maintain their Poor : 
But the fame is fallen into great Decay, and leffened in 
the Confumption thereof ; not only becaufe they are ob- 
liged to bury in Linen; but, by the Duty of 3d. per 
Yard, laid on their printed, ftained, or painted, Linen 
Cloth, from 6 d. to 10 d. per Yard, which is chiefly ufed ; 
and the Duty on Soap made ufe of in Whitening thereof , 
the Manufacture is, in a manner, loft: And praying the 
Confideration of the Houfe in the Premifes, fo as the faid 
Duties may be taken off, and the Petitioners thereby re- 

lieved. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. fohn Chetwynd reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for naturalizing Chriftopber Schele, was com- 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had direécted 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Carter reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for amending the Highways leading from Brampton 
Bridge near Church Brampton, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, through the Parifh of Thornby, to a Bridge called 
Welford Bridge, in the Parifh of Welford, in the faid 
County and alfo the great Poft Road from a Place 
called Morter-pit-bill, in the Parifh of Pisford, in the 
faid County of Northampton, through the Towns and Pa- 
rifhes of Maidwell, Kelmarfo, and Oxendon Magna, toa 
Bridge called Chain Bridge, leading into Market Harbo- 
rough, in the County of Leicefter ; was committed ; That 
they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the faid Amendments were once read: — 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Confideration of the faid Report be ad- 
journed till Saturday Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Windfor, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Law/on : i 23. 
Mr. Carter, 

Tellers for the Noes, j Mr. Banks : t 96. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally ‘put thereupon, 
with Amendments to fome of them, agreed unto by the 


House. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


AT721. 


And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. r 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Petition of the People called Quakers, on behalf of 
fuch of their Friends who fcruple the Form of folemn 
Affirmation, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That many of their Friends do confcienti- 
oufly fcruple the prefent Form of folemn Affirmation; 
whereby they have fallen under great Sufferings, by Im- 
prifonment, or Lofs of their Properties; they not being 
able to anfwer in Courts of Equity, take Probates of 
Wills, prove Debts on Commiflions of Bankruptcy, 
verify their Entries on the Leather or Candle Aéts, take 
up their Freedoms, be admitted to poll for their Free- 
holds, give Evidence for others, nor to declare their Fi- 
delity to the prefent Government ; all which they con- 
ceive to be Hardfhips: And praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring ina Bill for granting them fuch a Form 
of Affirmation as may remove the Difficulties they now 
lie under. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Fobn Ward, Mr. Heyfham, the Lord Wm. Powlet, Mr. 
Lawfon, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Fames Lowther, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refolutions they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Report in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Refolutions were 
read; and areas follow; viz. 

1. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the making the Exportation of our own Manu- 
factures, and the Importation of the Commodities ufed 
in the Manufacturing of them, more eafy and practicable, 
will greatly conduce to the Inlargement of the Commerce 
of Great Britain. 

2. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Allowance be paid upon the Exportation of alt 
Stuffs, made in Great Britain, of Silk only, reckoning 
Sixteen Ounces to the Pound-weight. 

3. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
-That the Allowance upon the Exportation of the faid 
Stuffs, made in Great Britain, of Silk only, be after the 
Rate of Three Shillings per Pound-weight. 

4. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Allowance be paid upon the Exportation of all 
Silks, and Ribbons, made in Great Britain, of Silk mixed 
with Gold or Silver. 

5 Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Allowance upon the Exportation of the faid 
Silks, and Ribbons, made in Great Britain, of Silk mix- 
ed with Gold or Silver, be after the Rate of Four Shil- 
ings per Pound-weight. 

6. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Allowance be paid upon the Exportation of Silk 
Stockings, Silk Gloves, Fringes, Laces, ftitching and 
fewing Silk, made in Great Britain. 

7. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Allowance upon the Exportation of Silk Stock- 
ings, Silk Gloves, Fringes, Laces, ftitching and fewing 
Silk, made in Great Britain, be after the Rate of One 
Shilling and Three Pence per Pound-weight. 

8, Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Allowance be made upon the Exportation of 
all Stuffs, made in Great Britain, of Silk and Grogram- 
yarn. 

g. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Allowance upon the faid Stuffs, made of 
Silk and Grogram-yarn, be after the Rate of Might Pence 
per Pound weight. 

10. Refalved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

That an Allowance be made upon the Exportation of alk 
Stuffs, 











§ GEO. I. 


Stuffs, made in Great Britain, of Silk mixed with Incle or 
Cotton. 

11. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Allowance for Stuffs, made in Great Britain, 
of Silk mixed with Incle or Cotton, be after the Rate of 
One Shilling per Pound-weight. | 

12. Refzived, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Allowance be made upon the Exportation of all 
Stuffs, made in Great Britain, of Silk and Worfted. 

13. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Allowance upon all Stuffs, made in Great 
Britain, of Silk and Worlted, be after the Rate of Six 
Pence per Pound-weight. oes 

14. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Allowances do centinue for the Space of 
Three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next 
Seffion of Parliament. \ 

15. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties payable upon the Exportation of the 
Britifo ManufaCtures herein after-mentioned ; that is to 
fay, Apothecary and Confectionary Wares, Aqua-vite ; 
Ale, Beer, or Mum; Bags, Books, Maps, and Pictures, 
Brafs and Copper wrought, Bridles, Buttons of all Sorts, 
Bricks, Coaches and Chariots, Cordage, Earthen-ware, 
Glafs for Windows, Drinking-glaffes, and Bottles of all 
Sorts, Gloves, plain Leather, Gunpowder, Haber- 
dafhery-ware, Hair-cloth, Harnefs for Coaches, Hollftets, 
Blowing-horns, fmall Lanthorn-leaves, Powder-horns, 
Horfe-litters and Sedans, Horfe-collars, Hoops for Bar- 
rels, Iron wrought, and Clock-work, Iron Ordnance, Lace 
of Gold and Silver, Leather wrought, Lime, Nails, 
Oker, Parchment, Pafte-boards, Pewter, Rape-cakes, 


Saddles great and Small, Saddle-trees, Scabbards for . 


Swords, Shovels, fhod and unfhod, Soap, hard Soap, 
Starch, Sugar refined, Silk wrought, Tobacco-pipes, 
Virginals, Watches; Wax, Bees and Sealing; white 
Woollen Cloths, Yarn, Grogram, Upholders-ware, and 
Perriwigs ; be taken off. ts Fy ' 

16. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties payable upon the Importation of the fe- 
veral Materials ufed in Dyeing, hereafter mentioned ; 
that is to fay, Agarifk, Allum, Annotto, Antimonium 
crudum, Aqua-fortis, Argol, Arfenick, Bay-berries, 
Brazil Wood, Braziletto Wood, Cochineal, Copperas of 
all Sorts, Crema Tartar, Fuftick, Gauls, Gum Arabick, 
or Seneca, Indico of all Sorts, Iffinglafs, Litmus, Log- 
wood, Madder of all Sorts, Madder-roots, Nicaraqua- 
wood, Orchal, Orchelia, Pomgranate-peels, Redwood, 
Sal Flower, Sal Armoniack, Sal Gem, Sal Petre, Sapan- 
wood, Saunders, Red Shumack, Sticklack, Tornfall, Va- 
lonia, and Verdigreafe, be taken off, | 

17. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fuch of the faid Materials ufed in Dyeing as fhall 
hereafter be imported free of Duty, and fhall afterwards 
be exported, be charged with a Duty equal to the Dif- 
ference between the prefent Duty and the prefent Draw- 
back. 

18. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Ten Pence, Part of the Duty payable for each 
Beaver-fkin imported, be taken off. 

19. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That upon the Exportation of Beaver-fkins a Drawback 
of Three Pence per Skin be allowed, and no more. 

20. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties payable upon Pepper imported, and en- 
tered for Home-confumption, be reduced to Four Pence 
per Pound-weight over and above the Half Subfidy. 

21. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties payable upon the Importation of Hemp 
into Great Britain, from the Briti/b Plantations in America, 
be taken off. . 

22. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties payable upon the Importation of all Tim- 
ber, Wood, and Lumber, excepting Mafts, Oak, Afh, 
Beach, and Elm, imported into Great Britain, from the 
Britifo Plantations in America, be taken off. 

' Vor. XIX. 


~ Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


The firft Fourteen of the faid Refolutions, being fe- 
verally read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

The 15th Refolution being read a Second time ; 

' Refolved, That the faid Refolution be re-committed to 
the faid Committee. 

The 16th Refolution being read a Second tine; 

Refolved, That the faid Reiolution be re-committed to 
the faid Committee. 

The 17th Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, That the faid RefoJution be re-committed to 
the faid Committee. 

The 18th, 19th, 2oth, and 21th, Refolutions, being | 
feverally read a Second time, were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle. 

The laft of the faid Refolutions, being read a Second 
time &gt; ° 

Refolved, That the faid Refolution be re-committed to 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion to the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for giving further En- 
couragement for the Importation of Naval Scores, is com- 
mitted, That they do receive a Claufe, purfuant to the 
laft Refolution agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, upon the 
Refidue of the faid Refolutions agreed unto by the Houfe: 
And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Wa'pole, Sir Nathanael Gould, 
Mr. Crip, Mr. Docminique, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Heyfbant, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Lade, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Chetwynd, 
Mr. Lowndes, and Mr. Kel/al, do prepare, and bring in, 
the faid Bill, or Bills. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, upon the Billfor giving further Encouragement for 
the Importation of Naval Stores, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-motrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 45° die Decembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, and Commonalty, 
A of the City of Norwich, in Common Council 
affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That a confiderable Branch of their Trade con- 
fifted in Making of Stuffs proper for Hanging of Rooms; 
whereby great Numbers of their Poor were employed ; 
but, of late Years, printed, painted, ftained, and other 
Papers, are ufed in their ftead, to the very great Leffen- 
ing of the Stutf-trade, and Ruin of the Poor: And 
praying the Relief of the Houfe, That Paper Hangings 
may be fuppreffed. 


Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Stuff-weavers, Dyers, Wool- 
combers, &amp;c. of the Borough of Kidderminfter, in the 
County of Worcefter, in behalt of themielves, and Thou- 
fands employed by them, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners being truly 
fenfible how nearly at Heart the Houfe has the reviving 
the Woollen Manufactures of this Nation; they humbly 
reprefent, That the Ufe of Paper Hangings, of late Years 
fo generally worn hath greatly prejudiced feveral Branches 
of the Woollen Manutactory ; to the [mpoverifhment of 
the Petitioners, and ftarving the Poor: And praying fuch 
Redrefs in their Grievances as the Houfe fhall think 
proper. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the Quantities of the 
§ O° Drugs, 








694 


Colonel Berkley prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the 
Fifth Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
A&amp; for making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for 
repairing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. ~ 


A Petition of Richard Lord Vifcount Dillon, in the 
Kingdom of Jreland, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That, by Fine and Conveyance in 
1688, divers Manors and Lands in the Counties of Mayo, 
Rofcommon, and Weftmeath, in Ireland, were fettled upon 
the Petitioner’s Father and Mother for their Lives; 
Remainder to the Petitioner, and his Heirs Male; Re- 
mainder to Arthur Dillon, his Uncle, and his Heirs Male ; 


Remainder to Luke Dillon, another Uncle, and his Heirs . 


Male; and the Petitioner’s Father, Henry Lord Dillon, de- 
ceafed,was thereby impowered to fell or mortgage any Part 
of the Premiffes, in Weftmeath, to difcharge Incumbrances 
that mightaffect the fettled Premifies ; with Power for the 
Petitioner to make a Settlement upon his Wife, when he 
fhould be in Poffeffion of the Eftate: That, by Act of 
Parliament, paffed 2° Aune, for Sale of Part of the Eftate 
of the faid Lord Diélon, for Payment of his Debts, the 
faid fettled Premiffes were vefted in Truftees, difcharged 
of all Eftates for Life in Tail, and other Incumbrances in 
Truft, by Mortgage, Sale, or otherwife, to raife Money 
to pay all the Debts, to which the faid Eftate is liable ; 
in which Aét there 1s a Saving Claufe to the Queen, and 
all other Perfons, except the faid Heury Lord Dillon, and 
all others, to whom the Premiffes were, by particular 
Name, limited, by the faid Settlement, all fuch Right 
and Title as they then had to any the Premiffes: That the 
{aid Arthur and Luke Dillon were attainted for High 
Treafon, on Account of the late Rebellion in Ireland, 
whereby their Remainders became forfeited, and vefted in 
the Crown: And although the Lands intended to be fold 
were, by the faid Act, vetted in Truftees, in Fee-fim- 
ple, difcharged of all Remainders; ‘yet, by reafon of 
the faid Saving Claufe to the Crown, all Perfons have 
been difcouraged to purchafe under the faid A&amp;t; and 
the Incumbrances ftill remain, and, by Intereft, increafe, 
to the Prejudice of all Parties concerned: That the Pe- 
titioner is defirous to make a Settlement upon his Wife, 
according to the Power given him by the faid Settlement; 
but is advifed he cannot legally do it, becaufe the Free- 
hold and Inheritance of the greateft Part of the Premiffes 
is in feveral Perfons by Mortgages in Fee, made before 
the Settlement ; and the other Part is in his Mother, for 
Life; fo that he is difabled to make any Provifion for his 
Wife, and is in Danger of being foreclofed of his Equity 
of Redemption by the Mortgagees: That the faid Re- 
mainders, now vefted in the Crown, are fo remote, as 
not likely ever to take Effect in Pofleffion ; his Majefty 
is pleafed that the faid former A&amp;t may be made effec- 
tual: And praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill to explain and amend the faid Act, by exprefly 
difcharging the faid Lands vefted in the Truftees, as 
aforefaid, of and from the faid Remainders vetted in the 
Crown; and to make fuch Provifion for his Wife as the 
Houfe fhall think fit. 

Whereupon Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, 
That the Contents of the faid Petition had been laid be- 
fore his Majefty; and that his Majefty had commanded 
him to acquaint this Houfe, That his Majefty has no Ob- 
jection to the bringing in fuch a Bill, for the Relief of the 
Petitioner, as this Houfe fhall think proper. 





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Drugs called Rhubarb, Scamony, and Opium, that 
were exported by Certificate in the Years 1684, 1685, 
1686, 1687, and 1688; and alfo inthe Years 1716, 1717, 
1718, 1719, and 1720; and what Sums of Money 
were drawn back upon that Account each Year, re- 
{pectively. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Carter, Lord Londonderry, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Hutchefon,: Mr. Walpole, 
General Lumley, Lord Tyrconnel, Mr. -Guidot, Mr. 
Lowndes, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Clayton, 
Mr. Sloper, Sir Hen. Afbhurft, Mr. Ah, Mr. Pelham, 
Mr. Ward, General Wade, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. 
Halfey, Mr. Recorder, Mr. Lade, Mr. Bateman, 
Mr. London, Mr. Diflon, Colonel Carpenter, Genera] 
Rofs, Mr. Chancellor of Exchequer, Colonel Bladen, 
Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Edgcombd, Brigadier 
Ferrers, Mr. Shippen, Colonel Berkley, Mr. Clark: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of divers Gentlemen, Freeholders, and In- 
habitants of the City and Liberty of Weftminffer, and 
Parts adjacent, in behalf of themielves, and others the 
Inhabitants of the faid Places, and the Publick, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by 
reafon of the great Increafe of the Inhabitants in thole 
Parts, an eafier Communication is become neceflary with 
the Counties of Surry, Kent, Sujfex, and other Parts adja- 
cent to Weftminfter, on the other Side of the Thames ; over 
which there is no Bridge; between London and Kingften 
which is very inconvenient ; the Carriage of Perfons and 
Provifions, by Ferries, over the faid River, being uncer- 
tain, and hazardous, and fometimes impracticable, fora 
long time together; all which Inconveniences would be 
rentedied, by erecting a Bridge over the faid River at 
Vauxhall or Lambeth: And praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of aCommittee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Pulteny, Matter of the Rolls, 
Mr. Pelham, Mr. Sloper, Lord Tyrconnel, Mr. Compt- 
roller, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. 
Kelfail, Sir Robert Rich, Mr. Walpcle, Mr. Walter, Sir 
Wm. Thompfon, Sir Fifber Tench, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. 
Hanbury, Sir Wm. Monfon, Mr. Onflow, Colonel Car- 
penter, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Ward, Mr. Halley, Mr. Mickle- 
thwait, Mr. Godfrey, Colonel Bladen, Sir Fon Ward, Lord 
Carpenter, Mr. Guybbon, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Mountagu, Mr. 
Windfor, Mr. Freman, Sir Richard Goff, General Wills, 
Mr. Rudge, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Bateman, Sir Tho. 
Fohnfon, Sit Rich. Steel, Mr. Clark, Mr, Sandys, Mr. D. 
Pulteny, Brigadier Windfor, Colonel Berkley, Sir Robert 
Davers, Mr. Lade, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Mafon, Mr. 
Windbam, Sir Cha. Turner, Mr. Moor, Sir Nicholas 
Carew, Mr. Difton, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Tho. Croffe, 
Mr. Chancellor of Exchequer, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Hutche- 

Jon; and all the Members that ferve for the Counties of 
Middlefex, Surry, Southampton, Suffex, and Kent; and for 
the City of London: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speake~’s Chamber: And 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of divers Gentlemen, Freeholders, and In- 
habitants, of the Counties of Kent, Suflex, Surry, and 
Southampton, as well in behalf of themfelves, and many 
others of the faid Counties, as in behalf of the Publick, 
was prefented ‘to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the great Increafe of Buildings and Inhabitants, in 
and about the Cities of London and Weftminfier, require a 
much greater Communication with the faid Counties than 
formerly ; which cannot be had but by crofling the River 


. Thames; and which is dangerous and impracticable in 


Frofts, or tempeftuous Weather, by reafon there is no 
Bridge between London and Kingffon, and it would be a 


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ereat Benefit to the publick, if a Bridge over the faid 
River was erected at Vauxhall or Lambeth: And praying, 
— Leave may be given to bring ina Bill for that Pur- 
ofe. ' 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
divers Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the 
City and Liberty of We/minjfter, and Parts adjacent, in 
behalf of themfelves, and others the Inhabitants of the 
faid Places, and the Publick, is referred. 


Sir Fohn Ward prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for granting the People called Quakers {uch 
Form of Affirmation or Declaration as may remove the 
Difficulties which many of them lie under: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Leave be given ,to bring in a Bill for 
the more effeciual preventing the clandeftine Running of 
Goods; and for the preventing the bringing in the Con- 
tagion thereby: And that Mr. Walpole, Mr. Yonge, and 
Mr, Lowaudes, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the Duties on Malt, 
Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year 
1722, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 31. L. 30. After “* thereby,” infert ‘* autho- 
«© rized to take; and which Certificate he or they are 
“© hereby :” - 

Prefs 33. L. 35. Leave out ‘* Advowfons, Recto- 
t© ries, Prefentations to Livings :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, 
Cyder, and Perry, to raife Money, by way of a Lottery, 
for the Service of the Year 1722; and for transferring 
the Deficiencies of a late Malt A&amp;, to the Land Tax for 
the faid Year; and for giving Time for inferting the 
Money given with Apprentices in their Indentures; and 
touching loft Bills, Tickets, or Orders ; and for exchang- 
ing the Tickets in the Exchequer for Certificates; and 
for fuppreffing Lotteries denominated Sales, and other 
private Lotteries; and for enlarging the ‘Time for the 
Accountant General of the Bank of England to return 
Duplicates of Annuities into the Exchequer. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, This this Houfe will, upon Weduefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf ‘into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


_And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 16 die Decembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the City 
of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That, Time out of mind, there hath been 
within the faid City a free Market for Butter; which, by 


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the Care of the Petitioners, and their Predeceffors, in ap- 
pointing Officers to infpect the regular Manner of packing 
and weighing the Butter, gained a great Reputation both 
at home and abroad ; but fince many Abufes are daily 
practifed by Farmers of Dairies, and other.Traders in 
Burter, and by Factors buying up the fame before it is 
brought to Market to be fearched and weighed; whereby 
it has loft its former Reputation: And praying, That 
Leave be given to bring.in a Bill for making the Street 
called Micklegate, where the faid Market ufed to be kept, 
a free Market for Butter; and for better regulating the 
Abufes in weighing, and falfe packing, of Butter. 
Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Jenkins, and Sir William Robinfon, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. v4 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Chriftopher Schele 
was read the Third time. ° 
Refolved, That the Billdo pafs: And that the Title b 
An Act for naturalizing Chri/topher Schele. nary 

Ordered, That Mr. Fohn Chetwynd do carry the Bill to 


- the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Mr. Earl prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill to enable the Mayor, Burgefies, and Commonalty 
of the City of Briftol, to build an I.xchange there, for 
the Conveniency of the Merchants and Traders of the 
faid City: And the fame was received; and read; and 
by Leave of the Houfe, withdrawn. : 


_, A Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty, of 
the Town and Port of Haftings, in the County of Suffex 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That 
the Petitioners having read the Votes of this Houfe, of 
the 16th of November laft, with their Refolutions therein 
relating to, Red-herrings; and having alfo perufed a Bill 
ordered to be brought in thereupon; do find, that. the 
Cafe with relation to White-herrings «is the fame with 
Red-herrings: And praying, That a Claufe may be in- 
ferted in the faid Bill, for the Eafe of the Petitioners, 
and others concerned in the White-herring Fifhery; or . 
that another Bill may be brought in to that Effect. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who are- 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifine the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. . : 
Ordered, That the Commiffioners for the Salt-duties do 
attend the faid Committee upon Monday Morning next, 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That, although 
the Writ for electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Borough of Minehead, in the County 
of Somerfet, in the room of. Fames Milner Efquire, de- 
ceafed, iffued long fince; yet the fame is not delivered 
to the Sheriff of the faid County ; 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Robert Brifcoe, the Meffenger at- 


tending the Great Seal, do attend this Houfe upon Mon- 
day Morning next. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, in and about the Borrough of Tewk/bury, and 
the feveral Parifhes of Afchurch, Overbury, Beckford, 
Great Wafbborn, Little Wafoborn, Alderton, Winchcomb, 
Toddington, Didbrooke, Stanway, Bredon, and Kemmerton, 
in the Counties of Gloucefter and Worcefter, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the erecting 
a Turnpike for repairing the Highways through the feve- 
ral Parifhes aforetaid from the End of Barton-ftreet, in 
Tewk/bury, to Cofcomb-gate, on the Top of Stanway-hill, is 
very neceffary; the Roads being almoft impaffable, and 
the Parifhes not able to repair the fame: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for erecting 
Two Turnpikes, One at Barton-/reet End, the other at 
Cofcomb-gate, on the Top of Stasway-hill aforelaid, 


Ordered, 








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Ordered, That the faid Petition, be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And.that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to the Lord Gage, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Carter, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Sir Fohn Rufbout, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Ri- 
chard How, Sir Fames Campbell, Sir Wm. Robinfon, Mr. 
Micklethwait, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Walter, 
Mr. Hevfoam, Mr. Lawfon, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Cater, Sir 
Wm. Humfreys, Colonel Carpentier, Lord Carpenter, Mr. 
Conduit, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Noble, Sir Tho. Hales, 
Mr. Bertie, Mr. Butler, Mr. Archer, Sir Richard Fow- 
ler, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Snell, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Foley, 
Mr. Pitt; and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Gloucefter, Hereford, and Worcefer: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Fi¥e a Clock, in’ the 
Speaker’s Chamber. : 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, Searchers, Affift- 
ants, and Commonalty, of the Corporation of Cutlers in 
Hellamfbire, in the Weft Riding of the County of York, 
whofe Namesare thereunto fubfcribed, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of Workmen and Traders 
in the Iron Manufacture, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That * * #* * 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of aCommittee: And that they do examine the 

fatter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe. 

And it is referred to Mr. Feffop, Sir Wm. Rodinfon, 

Sir Win. Lowther, Mr. Walter, Mr. Carter, Sir Gilbert 
Heathect, Mr. Piumtree, Mr. Gregory, Mr. York, Mr. 
White, Mr. Gybbon, Colonel Cadogan, Lord Carpenier, 
Colonel Carpenter, Mr. Heathcot, Sir Hen. Houghton, 
Sir Barnham Ryder, Mr. Oaflow, Sir Tho. Colepepper, and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of York, 
Nottingham, Dery, and Lincoln: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Bill to impower the Commiffioners and Truftees for 
the forfeited Eftates to give fuch Relief to Hugh Wallace, 
ot Ingleftoun, Efquire, and Hugh Wallace his Son, in 
relation to their Partin an heritable Bond and Infeoffment 
upon the Eftate of Fameslate Earl of Linlithgow, attainted 
of High Treafon, as they have given to other Claimants 
upon the faid Bond, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Aber- 
crombie, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Fames Camp- 
bell, Lord Gage, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Bond, Mr. Pitt, Co- 
lonel Scott, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Cartwright, 
Mr. Smith, Sir Tho. Hales, Colonel Cadogan, General 
Roffe, Colonel Douglas, Sir Rich. Fowler, Mr. Clayton, 
Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Feffop; and all the Members that ferve 
for North Britain: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for making the River Eden navigable 
between Ellen-foot and Bank-end, in the County of Cumber- 
land, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for making the River Eden navigable to Bank- 
end, in the County of Cumberland. 

Ordered, That the Lord Morpeth do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for amending the Highways leading 
from Brampton Bridge, near Church Brampton, in the 
County of Northampton, through the Parifh of Thornby, 
to a Bridge called Welford Bridge, in the Parith of Wel- 
ford, in the faid County ; and alfo the great Poft Road 
from a Place called Morter-p:t-hill, in the Parith of Pi/- 
ford, in the faid County of Northampton, through the 
‘Towns and Parifhes of Maidzwell, Kelmarfh, and Oxenden 
Magna, to a Bridge called Cacia Bridge, leading into 


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Market Harborough, in the County of Leicefer, was read 
the Third time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Bill, That One of the Turnpikes to be fet: 
up in or upon the Road fhall be placed on the North Side 
of a Bridge called Pisford Bridge, and as near that Bridge 
as may be: 

And the faid Claufe was thrice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to 
be made Part of the Bill. 

Rejolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for the amending the Highways leading from 
Brampton Bridge, near Church Brampton, in the County of 
Northampton, through the Parifh of Tiornby, to a Bridge 
called Welford Bridge, in the Parifh of Welferd, in the 
faid County ; and alfo the great Poft Road from a Place 
called Morter-pit-hill, in the Parith of Pisford, in the faid 
County, through the Towns and Parifhes of Brixworth, 
Lamport, Maidwell, Kelmarjo, and Oxenden Magna, to a 
Bridge called Chain Bridge, leading into Market Harbo- 
rough, inthe County of Leicefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Carter do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for giving further Encouragement 
for the Importation of Naval Stores. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Luna, 18° die Decembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


R, Farrer reported from the Committee, to whom 

the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 

A&amp; for uniting and confolidating the Parifh Churches of 
Stypul, alias Steeple, and Twyneham, within the Ifle of 


* Purbeck, inthe County of Dorfet, was committed, That 


they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had dire&amp;ted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

The faid Bill was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Thomp/on reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Bailiffs, the Gentlemen of the Com- 
mon Council, and other the principal Inhabitants, of the 
ancient Corporation. of Scarborough, in the County of 
York, was referred, That they had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had dire&amp;ed him to report the 


fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 


the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; vz. 

That the Committee, to whom the Confideration of 
the faid Petition was referred, purfuant to the Order 
of this Houfe, proceeded to examine the Matter 
thereof: And, 

Mr. ohn Lazingby, being examined by the faid Com- 
mittee, faid, That he has lived at Scarborough feveral Years; 
and that he believed the Harbour of Scarborough is capa- 
ble of being made a very commodious one for all light 
or loaden Ships ufing the Coaft-trade ; but, for want of 
an additional new Pier, the Ships lying in the prefent 
Harbour are often broke loofe by the Violence and Surge 
of the Sea; and are very much damaged, and fometimes 

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S GEo. I. 


lot; by whofe Evidence it appeared, That the Harbour 
is not large enough for the Ships of the faid Town that 
ufually ride therein. 

William Otbie, a Pilot, being examined, faid, He 
was born at Scarborough ; and confirmed what Mr. La- 
zingby had betore faid: And further informed the Com- 
mittee, That there is a Rock calied Ram/dale Scar, which 
makes the Entrance into the faid Harbour very dangerous 
to Strangers; and that many Ships have been loft thereby : 
But the Examinant jaid, If a new Pier was erected upon 
that Rock, as is intended, it will prevent all the Mif- 
chief that has happened. 

Robert Allifon, wio had been a Mafter of a Ship for 
Fiiteen Years, taid, That he is very well acquainted with 
Scar borough:‘Harbour ; and that if the fame was enlarged, 
as propoied, it would be a great Advantage to Navigation 
in general, and a Benefit to the Coal-trade in particular; 
and be a fate Retreat ior all Spips in time of War, or 
bad Weather. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Pier and Harbour of Scarborough, in the 
County of York: and that Mr. Hyngerford and Mr. 
Thompjon do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Lord Gage reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petiuon of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, in and about the Borough of Tewk/bury, and 
the feveral Parithes of Ajchurch, Overbury, Beckford, 
Great Wejoiorn, Little Wafoburn, Aiderton, and divers 
other Parifhes, in the Counties of Gloucefter and Worcefter, 
was referred, That they had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had directed him co report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the rioufe 5 and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
loweth; viz. 

That the Committee, to whom the Confideration of 
the faid Petition was referred, have, purfuant to the 
Order of this Houfe, examined the Macter thereof: 

That, upon the kKxamination of Fo/epb ‘Fones and 
Thomas Smithjon, it appeared to the Committee, That 
the Highways through the feveral Parifhes aforefaid, from 
the End of Barton-/treet, to Cofcombe-gate, on the Top 
of Stanway-bill, are fo very bad in the Winter-time, that 
they are almoft impaffable, and enough to {tie Man 
and Horfe; and that Waggons cannot travel through the 
faid Roads in the Summer-time: 

That the feveral Parifhes have done their Statute- 
works ; and believe they are utterly unable to repair the 
faid Roads. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Highways from the End of Barton Street, in 
Tewk/bury, to Cofcombe-gate, on the Top of Stanway-bill, 
in the County of Gloucefter: And that the Lord Gage, 
and Mr. Molyneux, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Convention of Royal Burghs of Scot- 
land, now met at Edinburgh, was pre{&lt;nted to the Houle, 
and read ; fetting forth, That the Dury of 3d: per Yard 
upon all Scotch Linen printed, ftained, or painted, is very 
grievous to the poorer Sort of People; and was chiefly 
their Employ ; who now are ready to ftarve for want of 
Work, though the Linen fo ufed is but from 6d. to 104. 
per Yard: That the Linen Manufacture is the only Staple 
Commodity of Scotland, and of the greateft Confequence 
to North Britein, and their Poor chiefly depend upon 
it: And praying, That the faid Duty of 34. per Yard 
may be taken oif. 

Orcered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Foba Fuller Efquire was pre‘ented to 
the Eloule, and read; fetting forth, That, he having 
5001. per Annum Annouitiesy the South Sea Company had 
ejandeftinely poffefled themtelves of the fame; and that 
he hadexhibited his Bill in the Court of Exchequer, againft 
the faid Company, and others, in order to recover the 
faid Annuities; but, by an Act, of the laft Seffion of Par- 

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liament, for making Provifions to reftore the publick 
Credit, he is prevented from proceeding in his Caufe, 
notwithftanding his Bill was filed above Four Months be- 
fore the faid Seffion: And praying, That his Cafe may 
be taken into Confideration ; And that he may be at Li- 
berty to proceed in the faid Court. 
Refolved, That the Petition be rejected. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of che Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Orford, in the County of Suffolk, in 
the room of Sir Edward Turner Knight, deceafed. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Robert Brifcoe, 
Meffenger to the Great Seal, attended, accordine to 
Order ; ss 

Fie was called in; and examined touching the Mifcar- 
riage of the Writ for electing a Burgefs to ferve in this 
pretent Parliament for the Borough of Ménebead, in the 
County of Somerfet, in the room of James Milner Efguire, 
deceafed ; and faid, That he delivered the Writ to Mr. 
Thomas Parker on the Thirtieth of NovewLer laft; and 
produced a Receipt from the faid Mr. Parker for the 
fame: 

Which Receipt (whereby the faid Mr. Parker promifed 
to deliver the Writ to the Sheriff with all convenient 
Speed) was read; 

And the Houfe being acquainted, That the faid Mr. 
Parker was at the Door; 

He was called in; and examined; and acknowleged 
the receiving the Writ from Mr. Bri/coe: And faid, 
That he delivered it to one Fobn Fox, on the Firk 
Day of December inktant; who promuled to deliver it to 
the Sheriff; but that he had no: feen, nor heard from, 
the faid Yobn Fox fince. 

And then the faid Mr. Parker withdrew. 

_ Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Complaint be ad- 
journed until Tharjday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Robert Brifcoe do attend 
this Houfe upon Thur/day Morning next. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Mr. Thomas Parker do attend 
this Houfe upon Thur/day Morning next. 

Ordered, That the faid Yobn Fox do attend this Houfe 
upon Thurfday Morning next. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
better fecuring the Freedom of Ele&amp;tions of Members to 
ferve in Parliament: And that Mr. Robert Pitt and Mr. 
Hutchejon do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
veft the Ground, Wharf, and Quay, called Wool Quay, 
in the Parifh of 4/-Saints, Barking, in the City of Lox- 
don, with the Buildings and Warehoufes thereupon, in 
Truftees, for his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, for 
ever; iubject to Agreements made, on his behalf, 
with the Wardens and Affiftants of the Free-fchool in 
Seavenoak: And that Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Farrer do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account of the net Produce of 
the Duties upon French Brandies imported from Chrifimas 
1717 to Cbrifimas 1720. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Excife do lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of the net Produce of the 
Duties upon French Brandies from Chriftimas 1717 to 
Chrifimas 1720. 


The Order of the Day, for the Houfe to refolve it- 
felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifiag the Supply granted 
to his Majefty, being read ; 

Ordered, That his Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houtes of Parliament, at the Beyzinning of this Sef- 
fiona, be referred to the faid Comautice. 


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698 


Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr.Farrer reported from the faid Committee, That they 
had come to feverai Refolutions ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Ferrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had direéted him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Hovfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Martis, 19° die Decembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

/2 R. Fenkins prefented to the Houfe, according to 

/% Order, a Bill for the better preventing Abufes 
committed in Weighing and Packing of Butter in the 
City of York: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firit time. | 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Lord Gage prefented to the Houfe according 
to Order, a Bill for repairing the Highways leading from 
the End of Barton-freet, in the Borough of Tewk/ury, 
to Cofcomb gate, on the Top of Stanway-bill, in the 
County of Gloucefier: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for reftoring and rebuilding the Haven and 
Piers of Bridport, in the County of Dorfet; and for 
making a Sluice there; was read a Second time. 

Refo.ved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Dewey 
Bulkley, Mr. Duncomb, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Heyfoam, 
Mr. Conyers, General Pepper, Lord Naffaw Powlet, Co- 
lonel Bladen, Mr. Grove, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Monroe, Mr. 
Walter, Mr. Molyneux, Sir Rich. Steel, Sit Robert Rich, 
Sir Wim. Daines, Mr. Erle, Mr. Yonge, Colonel Vance, 
Mr. Clayton, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Walpole, Colonel Berkley, Mr. 
Fennings, Sir Robert Pollock, Sir Tho. Littleton, 
Mr. Pelham, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Pulteny, 
Sir Hen. Houghton, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Sir Rich. How, 
Mr. Rudge, Sir Phil. Parker, Sir Hump. Briggs, Colonel 
Cadogan, Sir Arthur Owen, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr. Grey, 
Mr. Treby, Colonel Carpenter, Mr. Freman, Lord Lon- 
donderry, General Wills, Mr. De Grey, Mr. Nevill, and 
all the Members that ferve for the Counties of Dor/ét, 
Sou'hampton, and Wilts: And they are to meet this Af- 
terncon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to veit the Ground, Wharf, and Quay, called 
Weoll Quay, in the Parifh of All Saints, Barking, in the 
City of London, with the Buildings and Warehoufes there- 
upon, in Truftees, for his Majefty, bis Heirs and Suc- 
ceffors, for ever ; fubject to an Agreement made, on his 
Majefty’s behalf, with the Wardens and Affiftants of the 
Free-fchool in Seavenoak: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firtt time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Carter reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Richard Lord Vifcount Dillon of the 
Kingdom of Jreland was referred, That they had exa- 


A. 1721, 


mined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had dire&amp;ted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame, was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion ; and it appeared to the Committee, 

That, by Fines, and other Conveyances, levied and 
executed in the Year 1688, divers Manors, Lands, Te- 
nements, and Hereditaments, in the feveral Counties of 
Mayo, Rofcommon, and Weftmeath, in the Kingdom of 
Ireland, were, upon the Marriage of the Petitioner’s Fa- 
ther and Mother, the late Lord Vifcount and Vifcountefs 
Dillon, fettled upon them for Life; Remainder to the 
Petitioner, now Lord Vifcount Dion, for Life, without 
Impeachment of Waite; with Remainder to his Firft 
and other Sons ; Remainder to Arthur Dillon Efquire, the 
Petitioner’s Uncle; with like Remainder, in Tail Male, to 
his Firft, and other Sons fucceflively,; Remainder to Luke 
Dillon, another Uncle of the faid Petitioner’s, for Life; 
with the like Remainders, in Tail Male fuccefiively, to his 
Firft, and other Sons; with other Remainders over: 

That the faid late Lord Vifcount Dillon, Father to the 
Petitioner the prefent Lord Vifcount Dillon, had a Power, 
by the faid Settlement, with the Confent of Frances Coun- 
tefs of Zyrconnel, to tell or mortgage all or any of the 
Lands in the County of Weffmeath, towards difcharging 
the Incumbrances affecting the Lands comprifed in the 
faid Settlement; with Power to the Petitioner, the prefent 
Lord Dillon, when he fhould be Tenant of the Freeho!d 
in Poffefion, to limit any Part of the Premiffes, as he 
fhould be feifed of, to any Woman as he fhould marry; 
fo asthe fame did not exceed the Value of One-third 
Part of the faid Eftate : 

That the Petitioner produced to the Committee an A@ 
of Parliament, paffed in the 2d Year of the Reign of the 
late Queen, for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Henry late 
Lord Viicount Dillon, for Payment of his Debts; and 
for fe tling an Equivalent, in other Part of his Eftate, on 
the Viicountefs his Wife, for her Jointure; whereby it 
appeared, That the teveral Landsin the faid A@ men- 
tioned were vefted in the Truftees therein named, in Fee- 
fimple, diicharged of all Eftates for Life in Tail, and 
other Incumbrances whatfoever; upon Truft, thar they, 
and the Survivor of them, with the Confent of Henry 
Lord Vifcount Dillon, his Executors and Adminiftrators, 
and not otherwife, fhould, by Leafing, Mortgaging or 
abfolute Sale, thereof, with the Rents and Profits in the 
mean time, difcharge all the Debts which the Premiffes in 
the faid Settlement mentioned were liable to, or fo much 
thereof as the Lands thereby vefted would fatisfy; with 
a Saving to the Queen, her Heirs and Succeffors, and 
all and every other Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Poli- 
tick and Corporate (except the faid Henry Lord Dillon, 
and all others to whom the Premiffes were, by particular 
Name, limited for Life, in Tail Male, or in Fee, or for 
any other Eftate, by the faid Settlement), All fuch Right, 
Eftate, Title, and Intereft, as they, or any of them, then 
had in, to, or out of, the Premiffes. 

That it alfo appeared to the Committee, That the faid 
Arthur and Luke Dillon, the Petitioner’s Uncles, to whom 
the Remainders for Lite were feverally limited by the faid 
Settlement, were attainted for High Treafon, on account 
of the late Rebellion in Jre/and; by means whereof their 
faid Remainders became forfeited to, and vefted in, the 
Crown ; and though, by the jaid Act, the Lands intended 
to be fold were veited in the Truftees, in Fee-fimple, dif- 
charged of all Remainders, yet, there being a Saving 
therein of the Crown’s Right, as aforefaid, all Perfons 
have been difcouraged from becoming Purchafers under 
the faid A&amp;t, by reafon the Remainders are fo vetted in 
the Crown; and the faid Truftees have not been able to 
difcharge the faid Incumbrances, which are thereby much 
increafed; to the manifeit Prejudice of thofe interefted ia 
the Premiffes : 


That 











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That the prefent Lord Dillon is defirous to fettle Part 
- of the Premiffes on the Vifcountefs his Wife, for her Join- 
ture, according to the Power referved to him by the faid 
Settlement: But it appearing, that, in Strictnefs, he can- 
not legally execute fuch a Power, the actual Freehold and 
Inheritance of the greateft Part of the Premiffes being in 
feveral Perfons, by virtue of Mortgages in Fee, made 
before the faid Settlement; and the actual Freehold of 
other Part thereof is in the prefent Lord Dillon’s Mo- 
ther, by the faid former A&amp;t; fo that he is difabied to 
make any effectual Provifion for the Vifcountefs his Wile, 
and is in Danger of being foreclofed of his Equity of the 
Premiffes, 

That the Committee find the Remainder now vefted in 
the Crown is very remote, and not likely ever to take 
Effect in Poffeffion; and that it will be for the Benefit of 
all Parties concerned, that the faid Debts fhould be paid 
off; and the fad former Act of Parliament rendered ef- 
fectual, by exprefly: difcharging the Lands, intended by 
the faid Aét to be fold, from the faid Remainders now 
vefted in the Crown. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Relief of Richard Lord Vifcount Dilion in the King- 
dom of Jreland: And that Mr. Carter, the Lord Gage, 
and Mr. Ma/on, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for making more effectual an AG, made in the 
Eleventh and Twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King William the Third, intituled, An Aét for the more 
effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging the Manu- 
facturers of this Kingdom, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday the 
Tenth Day of Fanuary next, refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Conway and Mr. 
Edwards: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit Commerce, 
for the Space of One Year, with any Country that is, or 
fha'l be, infected with the Plague, with fome Amendments: 
To which Amendments the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houte. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Bill for granting the People called Quakers fuch 
Form of Affirmation, or Declaration, as may remove the 
Difficulties which many of them lie under, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobz 
Ward, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Shippen, Mr. 
Moor, Lord Gage, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Grimfton, Colonel Grahme, Mr. Heyfham, Lord Wm. 
Powlet, Mr. Halfey, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. 
Cater, Mr. Walter, Sir Robert Corbet, Mr. Denton, Mr. 
Chancellor of Exchequer, Sir Tho. Croff, Mr. Ma/on, 
Sir Dewey Bulkley, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Briflow, Sir Tfaac 
Rebow, Mr. Hillerfden, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Mr. Serjeant 
Birch, Mr. Guidot, Mr. Serjeant Mead, Mr. Cockburn, 
Mr. Walpole, General Wade, Mr. Corbet, Lord Morpeth, 
Mr. Godfrey, Sir Robert Clark, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. 
Whitchcot, Sir Fokn Hobart, Sit Wm. Daines, Mr. Har- 
rifon, Lord Hinchinbrook, Mr. Recorder, Lord Mole/- 
worth, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Dockminique: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Houfe be called over upon Tuefday 
the Ninth Day of Fanuary next. 

Ordered, That tuch Members of this Houfe as hall 
not then attend, be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant 
at Arms attending this Houfe. 

A. Motion being made, and the Queftion being pur, 


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That Mr. Speaker do write circular Letters to the feveral 
Sheriffs of the Counties of Great Britain, tor fummoning 
the Members to attend the Service of the Houfe upon 
Tuefday the Ninth Day of Fanuary next; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, j — toe . 


Nao. 9 Mr. Cockburn, ” 
Tellers for the Noes, ro Chacepad { 97. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted 
to his Majefty, the Refolutions which they had directed 
him to report to the Houte; and he read the tame in his 
Piace; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Retolutions were read; 
and are as tolloweth; viz. 

ift, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in the 
Curing and Making of White-herrings; and, inttead 
thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all White- 
herrings confumed at home only; will be of Service to 
the Makers and Curers of White-herrings, and no Preju- 
dice to the Kevenue. 

2. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty be laid upon ali Waite-herrings confumed 
at home. 

3. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Duty be Three Shillings and Four Pence 
on each. Barrel containing Thirty-two Gallons; and fo in 
proportion on every Cafk containing a greater or lefler 
Quantity. 

4. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Duty upon White-herrings be continued as 
long as the Duties upon Salt have Continuance by any Act 
or Acts of Parliament now in Force. 

5th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, ihat the feveral Subfidies or Duties now payable on 
Goods and Merchandizes of the Produét or Manufacture 
of Great Britain, exported, except Allum, Lead, Lead- 
ore, Tin, Leather tanned, Copperas, Coals, Wool-cards, 
White Woollen Cioths, Lapis Calaminaris, Skins of all 
Sorts, Glue, Coney-hair or Wool, Hares-wool, Hair of 
all Sorts, Horfes, and Litharge of Lead, be taken off. 

6. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties payable on the Importation of the feveral 
Materials ufed in Dyeing hereafter mentioned; that is to 
fay, Agarick, Annotto, Antimonium crudum, Aqua 
fortis, Argol, Arfnick, Bay-berries, Brazil-wood, Brazil+ 
letto-wood, Cochineal, Feachia, Crema Tartar, Futtick, 
Galls, Gum Arabick or Seneca, Indigo of all Sorts, Ifing- 
glafs, Litmus, Logwood, Madder of all Sorts, Madder- 
roots, Nicaraqua-wood, Orchall, Orchelia, Pomyranate- 
peels, Red-wood, Safflower, Sal Armoniack, Sai Gem, 
Sapan-wood, Saunders, Red Shumack, Stricklack, Torn- 
fall, Valonia, and Vercegreafe; be taken off. 

7. Refilved, What it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fuch of the faid Materials ufed in Dyeing, as fhall 
hereafter be imported free of Duty, and fhall afterwards 
be exported, be charg-d with a Duty equal to the Differ- 
ence between the preient Duty and the prefeat Draw- 
back. 

8. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties upon Mace imported be reduced to Three 
Shillings per Pound Weight. 

g. Refo.ved. ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties vpon Cloves imported be reduced to 
Two Shillings per Pound Weight. 

10. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commic- 
tee, That the Duties upon Nutmegs imported be reduced 
to One Shilling and Six Pence per Pound Weighr. 

11. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That the Duties payable upon the Importation of 
all Timber, Wood, and Lumber, excepting Mails, Yards, 

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and Boltfprits, imported into-Great Britain from the 
Britifh Plantations in America, be taken of. 

The Firft Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made therein, by 
inferting, after the Firft Word ‘* Herrings,” thele Words, 
“© in that Part of Great Britain called England :” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
faid Refolution, by leaving out ** at home only,” and, 
inftead thereof, to infert ** in that Part of Great Britain 
** called England :” 

_ And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Then another Amendment was propofed to be made to 
the fiid Refolution, by inferting, atter the laft Word 
** Herrings,” thefe Words, ‘* in England :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Refo'ved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, That the take- 
ing off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in the Curing and 
Making of White-herrings in that Part of Great Britain 
called England, and, inttead thereof, laying a propor- 
tionable Duty upon all White-herrings confumed in that 
Part of Great Britaia called England; wiil be of Service 
to the Makers and Curers of White-herrings in Englend, 
and no Prejudice to the Revenue. 

The Second Refolution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, by 
leaving out, at the End thereof, the Words ‘* at hom-,” 
and adding the Words “in that Part of Great Britain 
“© called England:” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, ‘That a Duty 
be laid upon all Whice-herrings confumed in that Part of 
Great Britain calied England. 

The 3c, 4th, 5th, 6th, th, 8th, gth, and rorh, 
Refolutions, being feverally read a Second time, were, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto 
by the Houle. 

The laft Refoiution being read a Second time; 

An Amendment was propoied to be made therein, by 
inferting, after the Word ‘* Boltfprits,” thefe Words, 
“© for which Premiums are already allowed :” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Refolved, Vhat the Houfe doth agrée with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amenuc', That the Du- 
ties payable upon the Importation of all Timber, Weod, 
and Lumber, excepting Mafts, Yards, and Boltfpriis, 
for which Premiums are already allowed, imported into 
Great Britain from the Briti/b Plantations in America, be 
taken off. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the Four Firft 
of the faid Refolutions agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Daniel Pulteny, 
Mr. Gybbon, Sir Foba Norris, and Mr. Lowndes, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for giving further 
Encouragement for the Importation of Naval Stores, is 
committed, That they do receive a Claufe purfuant to 
the lait of the faid Refolutions. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen 
who are to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, or Bills, upon 
the Refolutions agreed to by the Houfe upon Thur/day 
laft, ‘That they do prepare and infert Claufes in the 
faid Bill, or bil's, purfuant to the Refidue of the faid Re- 
jolutions this Day agreed to by the Houfe. 

The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Rejolved, That this Houle will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for giving further Encouragement for the Im- 
portation of Naval Stores, 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Mercurii, 20° die Decembris ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS, 

Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the Caftle 
A of Chefer, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufands. more in the feveral Gaols of this Kingdom, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, Chat 
as the late Act for Relief of poor Prifoners did provide 
againft Extortions; yet, not looking fo far back as to 
fuch who had given their Creditors Securities by Mort- 
gages and Bonds, as foon as the Limitation of the Time 
and Sum appointed by the faid Act was known, the Gaols 
were crouded (though the Creditors had the Prifoners All), 
and where they ftill remain; who, had they their Li- 
berty, could provide for their Families, which are now 
kept by their refpective Parifhes: And praying, That the 
Houle will relieve them out of their mierable Circum- 
ftances, in fuch manner as fhall be thought meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the Nortb- 
gate, being the Gaol for the City of Chefer, in behalf of 
themlelves, and many Thoufands more in the {feveral 
Gaols of this Kingdom, was preifented to the Houfe, and 

ead; fetting forth, That, by their Confinement, and the 
Mileries they fuffer, many of them perifh for Want; who 
ar. o.able to fatisty their Creditors, though they are willing 
to dehsir up their All; and this Houte having, in for- 
mer Sefficns, given Leave to bring in a Bill for the Re- 
liet of infolvent Debtors, yet the fame hath hitherto 
proved ineitectual: The Petitioners therefore pray the 
Houle to rake their deplorable Cafe into Confideration, 
and relieve them as the Houle fhall think Ge. 

Oraered, Lihat the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A P»tition of the poor infolvent Debtors in the Caftle 
Prifun tor the County of Glowefer, was prefented to the 
Houic, and read; fetting iorth, That the Petitioners are 
clofely cunfiucd oa the common Side of the faid Prifon, 
and have fcarce Room to lie down; whereby, and for 
want or Subfiftence, their Fatality increafes: And praying, 
‘That che Houfe will grant them fome Relief in their un- 
happy Cir. umftances. 

Oraeved, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Deputy Recorder, Juftices 
of ‘he Peace, Aldermen, and Inhabitants, of the Borough 
o! Colchefter, in the County of Effex, on behalf of them- 
felves, and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid Town, 
was * *x* %* * 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confide- 
ration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for repairing 
the Highways from the Stones End at White Chappell 
Church, in the County of Middiefex, to Shenfield, and 
to the furthermoft Part of the Parifh of Woodford, \ead- 
ing to the Town of Epping, in the County of Efex, is 
committed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments, made by the Lords, 
to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;é to enable his Majefty effec- 
tually to prohibit Commerce, for the Space of One Year, 
with any Country that is, or fhall be, infected with the 
Plague, be now taken into Confideration : 

The faid Amendments were read; and are as follow ; 
ViZ. 

Prefs 2. L. 5. Leave out-from ** times” to * under,” 
in the roth Line of the fame Prefs; and, inftead thereof, 
infert ** before or until the Five-and-twentieth Day of 
“© March which fhall be in the Year of our Lord One 
‘¢ thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-three, as fhall be 
‘* {pecified in fuch Proclamation or Proclamations :” 

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' Prefs 2. L. 40. Leave out from “ times” to “ un- 
%¢ der,” in the 2d Line of the 3d Preis; and, inftead 
thereo‘, infert ‘* before or until the {aid Twenty-tifth 
“ Day of March One thoufand Seven hundred and 
*¢ Twenty-three, as thall be {pecified in fuch Proclamation 
* or Proclamations :” 

At the End of the Bill, add Claufe marked X ; 

Which Claufe is as followeth ; 

« And be it further Enacted, by the Authority afore- 
*¢ faid, That an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of his 
‘© prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for repeal- 
** ing an Act, made in the Ninth Year of her late Ma- 
“ jefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Aét to oblige Ships 
“ coming from Places intected more effectually to per- 
** form their Quarantine; and for the better preventing 
*¢ the Plague being brought from foreign Parts into Great 
“ Britain or Irelazd, or Mes of Guernfey, Ferfey, Alder- 
«© vey, Sark, or Man, and to hinder the Spreading of 
“¢ Infection; or any thing therein contained; fhall not 
continue in Force any longer than until the faid Twenty- 
fifth Day of Merch One thoufand Seven hundred 
Twenty-three; any thing in the faid Act contained to 
* the contrary in any-wife notwithftanding :” 

To the Title of the Bill, add “ and for fhortening the 

Continuance of an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of 
his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aé for repealing 
«© an Act, made in the Ninth Year of her late Majelty 
«© Queen dene, intituled, An Aét to oblige Ships coming 
trom Places infected more effectually to perform their 
“¢ Quarantine; and for the better preventing the Plague 
** being brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain 
&lt;¢or Ireland, or Mfles of Guernjey, Ferfey, Alderney, 
«“ Sak, or Man, and to hinder the Spreading of In- 
“ fection.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. ; 

Oréered, That Mr. Pelham do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the faid Amendments, 


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The Lord Gage prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Second Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled, An Aét tor Sale of Part of the Eftate of 
Henry Lord Vifcount Dilion, in the Kingdom of Iredaud ; 
and for fettling an Equivalent, in other Part of his Eftate, 
on the Vifcountefs his Wife, for her Jointure; and to en- 
able Richard now Lord Viicount Dillon, in the faid King- 
* dom, to make Provifion for the Vilcountefs his Wite: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a Second time upon 
Juefday the Ninth Day of Fanuary next. 


A Billto explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the Fifth 
Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act 
for making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for re- 
pairing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, 
was read a Second time : 

And the Quettion 
mitted; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


being put, That the Bill be com 


_ The Houfe being informed, That fome Perfons from 
the Cuftom-houfe attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe the Commiffioners Returns to the feveral Orders 
of the Firlt, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, and 
Eighteenth, Inftant; with the feveral Accounts thereby 
ordered to be laid before this Houle; viz. 

An Account of the grols and net Produce of the Du- 
ties charged upon every Species of Dyeing goods im- 
ported in Engli/o-built Shipping, from the Place of their 
Growth; with the feveral Drawbacks allowable on the 
Exportation of any of them; and what Duties do remain 

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upon each Species of the faid Dyeing-goods, after the 
Allowance of fuch Drawbacks: And alfo, 

An Account of Rhubarb, Scammony, and Opium, 
imported and exported; with the Duties and Drawbacks 5 
from Chrijimas 1715 to Chriftmas 1720: And alfo, 

An Account ot Apples and Pears imported from Chrift- 
mas 1713 to the 12th of December 172135 with the 
Amount of the Daties: And allo, 

An Account ot Frevck Brandy imported in Three 
Years, from Chriffmas 1717 to Chriftmas 4720; with the 
Produce of the Duties thereon: 

And the faid Commiffioners, by One of their faid Re- 
turns, acquainted the Eioufe, That the Patent Officers at 
the Bench had certified to them, That they are not able 
to draw out the Quantities of Scammony, Opium, and 
Rhubarb, imported and exported in the Years 16084, 
1685, 1686, 1687, and 1688, their Books of Enirics, 
from which fuch Accounts can only be drawn, being re- 
turned into the Remembrancer’s Office in the Exchequer 
many Years ago. 

The Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 


- to be peruied by the Members of the Houle. 


The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion, 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing an Ad, paffed in the 
Tenth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, tor repairing 
the Highways between Kilburn Bridge, in the County of 
Middiefex, and Sparrows-hern, in the County of Hertford, 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for continuing an Act, paffed in the Tenth Year 
of the Reign of her late Majefty, intituled, An AQ for 
reparing the Highway between a certain Place called Kit- 
burn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and Sparrows. 
hern, inthe County of Hertford; and for making the 
faid A&amp;t more effectual. 

Ordered, That Mr. Phi/pot do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read, 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Monday the 
Eighth Day of Yexuary next, refolve ittelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houle, to confider further of the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday the 
Eighth Day of anuary next, refolve itlelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majetty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, upon 
the Bill for giving furcher Encouragement for the Im- 
portation of Naval Scores. 


Ordered, That Mr. Conyers; Lord Chetwynd, Mr. 
Haljey, Sir Tho. Littleton, Mr. Bertie, Colonel Cadogan, 
Sir Rich. How, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Lit- 
tleton, Sir Tho. ‘fohnfon, Mr. I'veman, Sir Gilbert Heath- 
cote, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Foley, be added 
to the Committee, to whom the Bill for repairing the 
Highways from the Stones End at White Chappel Church, 
in the County of Middlefex, to Shenfield, and to the tur- 
thermoft Part of the Parith of Woodford, leading to the 
Town of Epping, in the County of Effex, is commit- 
ted. : 
And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 

ing, Nine of the Ciock. 


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‘Fovis, 21° die Decembris 5 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 

OReered, That the Lord Marquis of Hartington do 

carry the Bill, intituled An Aé to enable his Ma- 
jetty effetually to prohibit Commerce, for the Space of 
One Year, with any Country that is, or fhall be, infected 
with the Plague, to the Lords, and acquaint them, That 
this Houfe hath agreed to the Amendments, made by their 
Lordhhips, to the faid bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Conway and Mr. 
Edwards : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords Have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac for 
fectling the Eftate of Yohn Addifon Efquire, a Lunatick, 
for Payment of his Debts: To which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houie. 

And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, an Account of 
Surpluffes, ftated at Michaelmas 1721: 
And the Title thereof was read. 
Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Account is ound up with the other Papers 
of this Seffion. 


A Petition of the Bailiff, approved Men, and Bur- 
cefies, and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Ando- 
ver, in the County of Southampton, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Trade of that 
populous Borough confifts chiefly in the Woollen Manu- 
facture ; which though at prefent in a languifhing Con- 
dition in thofe Parts, is, for the moft part, the only Sub- 
fiftence of their numerous Poor: That the Woollen Ma- 
nufaéture is deeply affected with the heavy Duties on Soap 
and Candles; the poor Workmen difcouraged by that 
on Candles; the Mafters by both; though chiefly by 
that on Soap, neceffarily made ufe of in their Trade in 
great Quantities: That not only they of the Petitioners 
more immediately concerned in the Woollen Manufaure, 
and their Dependents, but the reft of the Petitioners, not 
fo, are greatly fenfible of the Weight of thofe Taxes: 
And praying, That the Duties on Soap and Candles and 
the Burthen of them, may be leffened. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of his Majefty’s 
Cuftoms do lay before this Houie, an Account, fhewing 
what Duties are payable for Battery imported, and what 
Duties are payable upon the Importation of Metal pre- 
pared; and how the faid Duties are computed. 


The Order of the Day being read, for refuming the 
Matter of the Complaint, touching the Mifcarriage of 
the Writ for electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Borough of Minehead, in the County 
of Somerfet, in the room of Fames Milner Efquire, de- 
ceafed ; 

The Houfe called upon the Serjeant at Arms to give 
an Account whether John Fox did attend, purfuant to the 
Order of the Houfe : 

And the Serjeant’s Meflenger, being called in, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That he had endeavoured to ferve 
the faid ‘fohn Fex with the Order for his Attendance this 
Day; but that he could not find him; and was informed, 
That the faid ohn Fox was in the Country. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Matter be adjourned until Thurfday the Eleventh Day of 
January next. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Robert Brifece do attend this 
Houle upon Thurfday the Eleventh Day of Fannary 
Dext, 


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Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Parker do attend this 
Houfe upon Tiurfday the Eleventh Day of Fanuary, 
next. 

Ordered, That Fehn Fox do attend this Houfe upon 
Thurfday the Eleventh Day of Fanuary next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, upon 
the Bill for giving further Encouragement for the Im- 
portation of Naval Stores; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for the 
better preferving white Pine-trees in his Majefty’s Planta- 
tions in America. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit. 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, 
for the better Making of Tar in his Majefty’s Plantations 
in America. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 
as Speaker left the Chair. 

tr. John Chetwynd took the Chair of the Commit 
ey Speaker refumed the Chair. pap i 
r. Fohn Chetwynd reported from the Committee, Th 
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they had made fome Progrefs in the faid Bill; and had 
directed him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 

Refclved, That this Houle will, To-morrow Morning 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. , 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Cozway and Mr 

Edwards: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
pia of ~~ a ane their Quarters; with fome 

mendments: To which Am 3 
the Concurrence of this Saat rere 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. ee 





Veneris, 22° die Decembris; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, A : 
i ? ? A 
A for felling the Eftate of ohn Addifon Famie “ 
Lunatick, for Payment of his Debts, was read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Capital Burgeffes ‘ 
fiftants, of the Borough of J; aR and of = 
makers, and other Dealers in the Woollen Manufactures 
within the faid Borough, and Parts adjacent, in the 
County of Devon, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, Thatthe chief Trade of that _ 
and of the County of Devon, confifts in the making for 
Exportation, feveral Sorts of Woollen Goods ; whereb 
many Thoufands of Poor are employed, and wholly fub- 
fifted: That the Exporters of the Woollen Manufacture 
have, of late, met with fuch Difcouragement in the 
Markets abroad, that their Trade hath funk; occafioned 
from the Burthen of the Duties thofe Goods bear before 
their Exportation: That the Duty of Alnage is a very 
great Burthen to the Woollen Trade, and no-ways bene- 
ficial but to the Alnagers themfelves: And praying 
That the Exportation of the Woollen Manufactures may 
be encouraged. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of the Quantities of Rhu- 
barb and Scammony imported in the Years 1698, 1699, 
1700, 1701, and 1702, and the Duties paid thereon, as 
likewife the Quantities exported, and the Drawbacks paid 
thereon, in the fame Years, refpectively. 


Sir ¥ohn Ward reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for granting the People called Quakers fuch Form 
of Affirmation, or Declaration,as may remove the Difficul- 
ties which many of them lie under, was, committed, That 
they had made feveral Amendments to the Bill; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the faid Amendments in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, aad Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were once read throughout; 
and then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to prevent the clandeftine Running of Goods, 
and the Danger of Infection thereby: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Bill to veft the Ground, Wharf, 
and Quay, called Weel Quay, in the Parifh of Al? Saiats, 
Barking, in the City of London, with the Buildings and 
Warehoufes thereupon, in Truftees, for his Majefty, his 
Heirs and Succefiors for ever, fubje&amp; to an Agreement 
made, on his Majefty’s behalf, with the Wardens and Af- 
iiftants of the Free-fchool in Sevenoak, be now read a Se- 
cond time. 

The faid Bill was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lowndes, 
Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Moor, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Conduit, Mr. Afbe, Mr. Hutchefon, 
Mr. Walpole, Sir Wim, St. Quintin, Mr. Hanbury, Mr. 
Dockminique, Mr. Shippen, Sir Fohn Fennings, Mr. Tra- 
vers, Mr. Ferrer, Colonel Middletcn, Mr. Stewart, Mr. 
Serjeant Pengelly, Mr. Onfow, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Hey- 
foam, Six Fohn Norris, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Clayton, Mr. 
Majfon, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Difton, Mr. Lade, Mr. 
Halfey, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Earl; and all the Meimbers that ferve for the 
Counties of Kent, Middlefex, and the City of London: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for giving further Encouragement for the Impor- 
tation of Naval Stores. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Fohkn Chetwynd took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Yohn Chetwynd reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wedne/day 
the Tenth Day of Fanuary next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday the Eighth 


Day of Fanuary next, Nine of the Clock in the 
Morning. ‘ 


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793. 
Luna, 8° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAWERS. 


HE Eloufe being informed, That fome Perfons 
from the Commiffioners of Cuftoms attended at the 
Door 3 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to . 
the Houfe, an Account of the Duties that are payableoa . 
Battery, and Metal prepared, and how they are com- 
puted: And allo, 

An Account, of Rhubarb and Scammony imported 
and exported from Cirijimas 1697 to Chrijimas 1702; 
with the Duties and Drawbacks. 

The Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, Vhat the jaid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Accounts are bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. ret 


A Petition of the Gentlemen Adventurers, Copper and 
Tin Miners, in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf of 
themfelves, and. many Thoufands employed therein, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the 
Arts of making Copper from Englifo Ores, and Brafs of 
Englifo Copper, and Lapis Calaminaris, have been, for 
feveral Years, carried on in this Kingdom, to the great 
Advantage thereof; efpecially by employing many 
Thoufand Families in raifing and digging Copper Ores ; 
which, being frequently mixed in the fame Mines with 
Tin, is a great Encouragement to the Miners to fearch 
for Tin Ores; and, were it not for fuch Copper Ores, fe- 
veral very confiderable Tin mines would not bear the Ex- 
pence of working: That, by means of the Cheapnefs of 
Copper and Brais in foreign Parts, and the Importations 
thereof, thofe Manufactures in Great Britain are in great 
Danger of being loft, to the irreparable Damage of the 
Tin-mines alfo: And praying, That fuch Duties may be 
laid on foreign imported Copper and Brafs, as may pre- 
ferve the making and manufacturing the fame in this 
Nation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to confider further of Ways and Means, for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen Adventurers, Copper 
and Tin Miners, in the Counties of Devon and Cornwal, 
on behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands therein 
concerned, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; fetting 
forth, That the Arts of making Copper from Engli/s 
Ores, and Brats of Exglifb Copper, and Lapis Calaminaris, 
have been, for feveral Years, carried on in this Kingdom, 
to the very great Advantage thereof, by empleying many 
Thoufand Families in digging and raifing Copper Ores ; 
which, being frequently mixed in the fame Mines with 
Tin, is a great Encouragement to the Miners to fearch 
for Tin Ores; but, by means of the Cheapnefs of Cop- 
per and Brafs in foreign Parts, and the Importations 
thereof, thofe Manufactures in Great Britain are in Danger 
of being loft: And praying, That fuch Duties may be 
laid on foreign imported Copper and Brafs, as may pre- 
ferve the making and manufacturing the fame to this 
Nation. 

Ordered, That #he faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houte, who. 
are to confider further of Ways and Means for raliing the 
Supply granted to his Majetty. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto jubfcribed, Traders in, and Manufacturers of, Copper 


. and Brais, on behalf of themielves, and many Thoujands 


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employed therein, was prefented to the [foufe, and, read ; 
fetting forth, That, by great Charge and Induttry, many 
Copper-mines have been found out in Great Britain, the 
Working of which continues to be carried on, and con- 
verting it into Brafs; whereby many Thoufands are em- 
ployed: That, to the Prejudice of our Manufactures, 
greater Quantities than formerly of black Kettles, and 
Brafs Plates called Latten, continue-to be imported at a 
lower Duty than Battery, when they are equal in Value 
and Goodnefs to Battery ; all which tends very much to 
the Decay of our-own Trade, and leffening the Employ- 
ment of our Poor: And praying, That a farther Duty 
be laid on Copper and Brafs imported; and that black 
Kettles called Metal prepared, and Brafs Plates called 
Latten, may pay the fame Duty, on Importation, as 
Battery. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 


Supply granted to his Majefty. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for felling the Eftate of ‘fohn Addifon Efquire, a L.una- 
tick, for Payment of his Debts, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wright- 
fon, Mr. Gwyn, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral, Mr. Anftis, Mr. Heyfoam, Sir Richard Lane, Sir 
Richard Howe, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Ward, Mr. Hungerford, 
Colonel Carpenter, Sir Fames Campbell, Sit Robert Gordon, 
Mr. Moody, Mr. Abercrombiz, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Conyers, 
Colonel Bladen, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Gedfrey, Mr. Windjor, 
Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Moor, Sir Fra. Leicefter, 
Mr. Willoughby, Lord Finch, Sir Roger Braidfbaigh, Sir 
John Hobart, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Earl, Sir Fohn Ward, 
Sir Arth. Owen, Mr. Brace, Colonel Blakefton, Sir H’m., 
Humfreys, Admiral Delaval, Mr. -Lutwich, Mr. Mey- 
rick, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Gregory; and all the Members that 
ferve for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, and 
York; And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Fohn Thomas and Fohn Floyde, Confta- 
bles of the Borough of Minehead, in the County of So- 
merjet, was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting 
forth, That they are the proper Officers to whom the Pre- 
cept for electing Burgeties to ferve in Parliament for the 
faid Borough ought to be delivered, and to whom the 
Execution of fuch Precept doth belong ; but that, at the 
late Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the 
faid Borough, the High Sheriff caufed the Precept to be 
delivered to John Vicary and Fofeph Sherry ; and hath ac- 
cepted a Return from them ; and tranfmitted the fame to 
the Clerk of the Crown; in Defiance of the Refolution of 
this Houte, of the Thirteenth of June 1717; and did re- 
fufe to accept a Return from the Petitioners, though ten- 
dered to him by One of the Petitioners in Perion: And 
praying the Houfe to take the Premifes into Confidera- 
tion, and give fuch Relief as they fhall think proper. 

The Journal of the Houfe, of the faid Thirteenth Day 
of Fune 1717, relating to the Right of returning Mem- 
bers to ferve in Parliament for the faid Borough, was 
read. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Houfe To morrow Morning with the Return of a Burgefs 
to ferve in Parliament for the Borough of Minehead, in the 
County of Somerfet, in the room of ‘famies Milner Efquire, 
deceaied. 

The Houfe being informed, That Yehn Thomas and 


Fohy Floyde, the Petitioners, were attending at the Door: 


with the Return by them tendered to the High Sheriff of 
the County of Somerset ; 

Ordered, ‘That ‘ohn Themas and Fehn Fleyde, Contta- 
bles of the Borough of Minehead, in the County of So+ 
merjet, do attend this floufe To morrow Morning wiih 


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the Return which was tendered by them to the High 
Sherif of the taid County. 

The Orders of the Day being read ; ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon /Vednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve ‘itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve irfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Hoofe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majelty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 9° die fanuarit ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Ear! prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 

der, a Bill to enable the Mayor, Burgetles, and 

Commonalty, of the City of Briffol, to build an Exchange 

there, for the Conveniency of the Merchants and Traders 

of the faid City: And the fame was received; and read 

the Firtt time. | 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Fohn Pond, Leffee of the Toll, or 
W heelage, of Loudon Bridge, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; fetting forth, ‘hat the Petitioner hath paid a 
very large Fine to the City of London, for the Leafe of the 
Toll, or Wheelage, of London Bridge; wherein is a Re- 
mainder of about Twenty Years to come; and whereon a 
very confiderable annual Rent is referved, to be paid by 
him, towards the Support and Repair of the faid Bridge: 
That if a Bridge fhould be built over the River of Thames, 

“about Vauxhall or Lambeth, great Part of the Profits 
arifing from the faid Toll, or W heelage, will neceflarily be 
diverted; to the great Diminution of the annual Income 
neceflary for the Repairs of London Bridge; to the un- 
avoidable Ruin of the Petitioner, and his numerous Fa- 
mily: And praying to be heard, by his Counfel, before 
the Committee, to whom the Petition for building the faid 
Bridge is referred. ' 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom.the Petition of the 
Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the City and 
Liberty of Wefiminfter, and Parts adjacent, in behalf of 
themfelves and others, the Inhabitants of the faid Places, ’ 
and the Publick, is referred. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


A Bill for the better preventing Abufes committed ia 
Weighing and Packing of Butter, in the City of York, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Fenkyns, 
Sir Wm. Robinfon, sit Fobn Ward, Mr. Recorder, Mr. 
Micklethwaite, Mr. Walpole, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Youze, 
Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. Earl, Sir Wm. Daines, Mr. Allanjon, 
Sir Wm St. Quintin, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Mefon, Mr. Hun- 
gerford, Mr. Heyfoam, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Serjeant 
Pengelly, Mr. Conyers, Colonel Scott; and all the Mem- 
bers that ferve for the County of York: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


A Petition of the Merchants trading to his Majefty’s 
Plantations in America was pielented ta the Houfe, and 
read; tetting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, 
that a Claute is brought in, to be added to the Biil for 
the further gncouraging the Importation of Naval Stores. 

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from the faid Plantations, relating to Tar made therein : 
And praying, That they may be heard upon the Subject- 
matter of the faid Claufe, before the Bill be paffed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom the Bill for giving further Encouragement for 
the Importation of Naval Stores, was committed, fhall be 
received: And that the Petitioners be then heard, if they 
think fit. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Navy, or fome 
of them, do attend this Houfe To-morrow Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting the People called 
Quakers {uch Form of Affirmation, or Dectaration, as 
may remove the Difficulties which many of them lie under, 
was read a Third time. 

Refolved, Thatthe Bilt do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for granting the People called Quakers fuch Form 
of Affirmation, or Declaration, as may remove the Dith- 
culties which many of them lie under. 

Ordered, That Sir ohn Ward do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill to prevent the clandeftine Running of Goods, 
and the Danger of Infection thereby, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houle be adjourned till 
this Day Fortnight. 


Ordered, That the Bill to explain and amend an Ad, 
made in the Second Year of the Reign of her Jate Ma- 
jefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for Sale of Part of 
the Eftate of Henry Lord Vifcount Dillon, in the King- 
dom of Ireland; and for fettling an Equivalent, in other 
Part of his Eftate, on the Vifcountefs his Wife, for her 
Jointure ; and to enable Richard now Lord Vifcaunt Dil- 
lon, in the faid Kingdom, to make Provifion for the Vif- 
countefs his Wife, be read a Second time upon Monday 
the Twenty-fecond Day of Sanuary inftant. 


The Clerk of the Crpwn attending, according to Or- 
der, with the Return of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Borough of Minebead, in the County of 
Somerfet, in the room of James Milner, Efquire, de- 

ceafed ; 

The faid Return was read; which was figned by fe- 
veral of the Burgeffes of the faid Borough: 

And alfo the Precept of the Sheriff, direéted to the 
Burgeffes and Electors of the faid Borough of Minebead, 
was read; but there was not any Indorfement on the 
Back of the faid Precept: 

And Fohn Thomas and Fobn Floyd, Conftables of the 
-faid Borough, were calied ins and examined. 

And then they withdrew. 

And a Witnefs was examined : Who delivered in the 
Court-rolls of the Manor and Borough of Minehead, at 
a Court held Offober the Nineteenth 1721; where the 
Conftables for the faid Borough were appointed : 

And fo much of the faid Ralls as related to the Ap- 
pointing of Conftables was read : 

And then Fobn Thomas and Fobn Floyd, Conftables of 
the faid Borough, were called in; and, at the Bar, de- 
livered in the Indenture of Return, which was, by them, 
tendered to the High Sheriff of the County of Somer/et, 
after the late Election of a Burgefs to ferve'in this preient 
Parliament for the faid Borough. 

And then they withdrew. 

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And the faid Indenture was read : 

And the Refolution of the Houfe, of the Thirteenth 
of Fune 1717, by which it was refolved, That the Con- 
ftables of Minebead are the proper Officers to whom the 
Precept for electing Burgeffes to ferve in Parliament for 
the faid Borough ought to be delivered, and to whom 
the Execution of. fuch Precept doth belang, was read. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do take off 
from the File the Indenture figned by Fobm Vicary and 
Tyeph Sherry, and other Burgeffes of the Borough of 
Minebead, in the County of Somerfet, the fame not 
being figned by the Conftables of the faid Borough. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do receive, and 
annex to the Writ for the Electing of a Burgefs for the 
faid Borough, the Indenture delivered into this Houfe 
by the Conftables of the faid Borough, which was figned 
by them, and tendered to the High Sheriff of the County 
of Somerfer, 

And he annexed the fame aceordingly. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That John Vicary and Fofeph Sherry, having prefumed to 
aét as the Returning Officer at the late Election of a Bur- 
gels to ferve in Parliament for the Borough of Minehead, 
in the County of Somer/et, in Defiance of the Refolution 
of this Houte, are guilty of a High Crime and Mifde- 
meanor 5 ’ 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, i a &lt;n 


t 72: 
Mr. Yonge, 

Tellers for the Noes, } ir bataies t 64. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

_ Ordered, That the faid Fohn Vicary be, for his faid Of- 
fence, taken into the Cuitody of the Serjeant at Arms at- 
tending this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Fofepb Sherry be, for his faid 
Offence, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms 
attending this Houfe, 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Confideration of the Petition ot obs 
Thomas and Fobn Floyd, Conftables of the Borough of 
Minehead, in the County of Somerfer, be adjourned till 
this Day Fortnight; 

The Houfe divided, 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 4 aoe reared i 66. 

Mr. North, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Fonathan Cope: i 50. 

So it was refalved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Henry Strode, Efquire, late High Sheriff 
for the County of Somerfet, do attend this Houfe upon 
this Day Fortnight. 3 

Ordered, That Mr. * Day, late Under Sheriff of the 
County of Somerfet, do attend this Houfe upon this Day - 
Fortnight, 

Ordered, That William Blake Efquire do attend this 
Houle upon this Day Fortnight. 

Ordered, That Sir Richard Lane Knight be at Liberty 
to petition this Houfe, in relation to the late Election of 
a Burges to ferve in this prefent Parliament for tne Borough 
of Minebead, within Fourteen Days next, if he think 
fit. 


Ordered, That Sir fobn Ward, Sir Tho. Scowen, Mr. 
Chifwell, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Diften, Mr. Mo ice, Mr. 
Burridge, Sir [aac Rebow, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Went- 
worth, Lord Molefworth, Mr. Wrightfon, Sir Fobn Eden, 
Mr. Smith, Mr. Allifon, Mr. Banks, Mr. Shippen, be 
added to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Matter, Wardens, Searchers, Affiftants, and Commonalty, 


_of the Corporation of Cutlers, in Hallampbire, in the Welt 


Riding of the County of York, is referred. 


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Mercurii, 10° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. * 


PRAYERS. 
HE Lord William Powlett reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for reftoring and rebuild- 
ing the Haven and Piers of Bridport, in the County of 
Dorfet ; and for making a Sluice there; was committed; 
That the Commitee had made feveral Amendments to the 
Bill; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the faid Amendments in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Secoud time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Hovfe being informed, That Mr. Wyvell, from 
the Commiffioners of Excife, attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of the net Produce of the Excife-duties 
upon French Brandies, from Chrifimas 1717 to Chrifimas 
1720. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, That Henry 
Fidgeon, Servant to William Hucks Efquire, a Member 
of this Houfe, had been arrefted by obn Smith, Bailiff, 
at the Suit of Richard Bustteridge, in Breach of the Pri- 
vilege of this Houfe ; 

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Pri- 
vileges and Elections, to examine the Matter of the faid 
Complaint: And that they do report the iame, with 
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr, 
Conway: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
‘enable Elizabeth and Margaret Newton, \nfants, during 
their Infancy, with Confent of Truftees, to grant, and fill 
up, Leafes of Part of the Eftate late of Yobn Newton 
Eiquire, their Father, deceafed: To which the Lords de- 
-fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Lucas Steinman, with (ome Amendments: 
To which Amendments the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, the Tradefmen, and 
other the Inhabitants, of the ancient Town of Stockport, 
in the County Palatine of Chefer, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the River Duna, 
in the Weft Riding of Yerk/bire, which runs from Shef- 
fie'd, by Rotheram, to Doncafler, and from thence to 
King tone upon Hull, is already navigable, except in dry 
Seafons of the Year, up to Doncafler; and capable of 
being made navigable to Rotheram, and from thence to 
Sh field: That the perfeéting the Navigation of the faid 
River to Doncafter, and continuing the fame up to Shef- 
field, will be highly advantageous to thofe Parts of Che/hire 
and Laacafbire, by making a Communication between the 
Kaftern and Weftern Seas: And praying, That Leave 
u.gy be given to bring in a Bill for perfecting the fame. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Matter, Wardens, 
Searchers, Affiftants, and Commonalty, of the Corpo- 
ration of Cutlers, in Hallamfbire, in the Welt Riding of 
the County of York, is referred. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for thé 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters: 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 1. Line 7. After ** Foot,” infert “ confiftine of 
** Twelve thoufand Four hundred and Thirty-four ef- 
** fective Men, Commiffion and Non-commiffion Of- 
“* ficers included; and Eighteen hundred and Sixty In- 
** valids, Commiffion and Non-commiffion Officers in- 
‘* cluded ; now employed in his Majefty’s Service in 
“* Great Britain, and the Iflands of Ferfey and Guern- 


ce Jy a 
Line 8. Leave out from ‘* Kingdom” to 
** and,” in the roth Line: 

Prefs 3. Line 15, 16. Leave out ‘* where the Offence 
** may be punifhed by Death :” , 

Prefs 26. Line 24, Leave out from ** Cafhiering” to 
*« Provided,” in the goth Line of the fame Prefs : 

Prefs 27. Line 3. Leave out from ** Tryal” to 
“© and,” in the 18th Line: 

Line 23. Leave out from “ Offender” to 
“‘ every,” in the 27th Line of that Prefs. 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tredy do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and acquaint them, That this Heufe hath agreed to the 
faid Amendments, 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentleméh 
who are to prepare, and bring in, the Bill for the better 
fecuring the Freedom of Elections of Members to ferve 
in Parliament, That they do prepare a Claufe, or Claufes, 
for explaining, amending, agd making more effectual, the 
Act of the Ninth Year of her late Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled; An Act for fecuring the Freedom of Parliaments, 
by the further qualifying the Members to fit in the Houfe 
of Commons. : 


Mr. Abercromby reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to impower the Commiffioners and Truftees 
for the forfeited Eftates to give fuch Relief to Hugh Wal- 
lace, of Ingleftoun, Efquire, and Hugh Wallace his Son, in 
relation to their Part in’an heretable Bond, and Infeoff- 
ment, upon the Eftate of Fames late Earl of Linlithgow, 
attainted of High Treafon, as they have given to other 
Claimants upon the faid Bond, was committed, That they 
had made fome Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direGted him to report to the Houle; and he read the 
faid Amendments 1n his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s ‘l'able: Where 
the faid Amendments were once read throughout; and 
then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Que- 
ftion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
tefolve itfelf into aCommittee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for railing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty ; : 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. - 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ’ 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had-direéted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


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Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That the Com- 
mittee had directed him to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
railing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, ‘To-morrow Morn- 
ing refolve itfelf inco a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for making more effectual an A&amp;t, made in 
the Eleventh and Twellth Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Aé for 
the more effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging 
the Manufactures of this Kingdom. 


Mr. Fobn Chetwynd reported from the Committee of 
the whole Houle, to whom the Bill for giving turther 
Encouragement for the Importation of Naval Stores, was 
committed, the Amendments they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the faid Amendments 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 

And the Petitioners on the Petition of the Merchants 
trading to his Majefty’s Plantations in America, who were 
ordered to be heard on the faid Report; and alfo the 
Commiffioners of the Navy, who were ordered to aitend ; 
were called in: 

And the faid Amendments were read a Firft time: 

And the Petition of the Merchants trading to his Ma- 
jefty’s Plantations in America was read : 

And the Petitioners were heard in relation to a Claufe 
added to the faid Bill, by the Committee, concerning Tar : 

And the Commiffioners of the Navy were alfo heard, 
touching the faid Claufe: 

And teveral Perfons were examined, as well on the 
Part of the Petitioners, as on the Commiffioners of the 
Navy. 

And then the Petitioners, and the Commiffioners of the 
Navy, withdrew. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned till Tuefday Morning next. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


And then the Honfe adjourned till Tomorrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 11° die Januari; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. ) 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Elizabeth and Margaret Newton, Infants, 
during their Infancy, with Confent of Truftees, to grant, 
and fill up, Leafes of Part of the Eftate late of ‘fobn New- 
ton Efquire, their Father, deceafed, was read the Firft 


time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Strode, County Clerk to the late 
High Sheriff of the County of Somerfet, do attend this 
Houfe upon Tue/day Sevennight. 


A Petition of Fobn Voufden, and Elizabeth his Wife, 
and Philip Philipfon, and Mary. his’ Wife, in behalf of 


themfelves, and of Two other furviving Sifters, who 


were the Daugthers of Francis Addifon Efquire, by Mar- 


garet his Wife, deceafed, and of the Heirs of fuch Daugh- 
ters-of the faid Francis Addifon as are dead, was prefented 
to the’ Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, by a Bill, 
now depending, intituled, An Act for felling the Eftate 


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of Fobn’ Addifon Efquire, a Lunatick, for Payment of his 
Debts, there is no Provifion made to fave the Petitioners 
Right tathe Remainder of the faid Eftate, according to 
the Limitations of the Marriage Articles;-notwithftanding 
a Deed of Feoffment was executed, with Livery and Seifin, 
whereby the Eftate of the faid Francis was fettled on 
Truftees, for the Ufes therein mentioned; and tg the Ufe 
of the Iffue of that Marriage, in Tail Male fucceffively ; 
Remainder to the Utes of the Daughters, and their Heirs, 
as Tenants in common: Thar the faid Bill was brought 
without the Privity or Confent of the Petitioners, or their 
Sifters: And praying to be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the ingrofied Bill 
trom the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for felling the Eftate 
of John Addifon Efquire, a Lunatick, for Payment of his 
Debts, is committed : And that the Petitioners be heard, 


by their Ccunfel, before the faid Committee, if they think 
fit. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellowes and Mr. 
Lovibcud: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
veft f'wo Fourth-parts of a Fee-farm Rent of Eighty- 
two Pounds Eight Shillings and Two Pence iffuing out 
of the Manor ot Kingfwood, in the County of Wilis, of 
which ‘lwo Fourth-parts the Lord Vifcount Harcourt is 
feiled in Fee, in Truttees, to the like Ufes as a Meffuage, 
and Lands, called ‘fobnfon’s Farm, in the Parifhes of 
Stanton Harcourt, and Sou:bly, or One of them, in the 
County of Oxon, were devifed by Dame Elizabeth Har- 
court, Widow, decealed ; and, in lieu thereof, for vefting 
the jaid Premififcs, called Jobnfon’s Farm, in the faid Lord 
Vifcount Harcourt, and his Heirs: To which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. And alfo, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making the River Eden navigable to Bank-end, ‘in 
the County of Cumberland, without any Amendment. 
And alfo, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for naturalizing Samuel Palmer, without any Amendment. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to explain and amend the Act, pafied in the Third Year 
of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing the High- 
ways from feveral Places therein mentioned, leading to- 
wards Highgate Gatehoule, and Hampstead, in the County 
of Middiefex, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One-fixth 
Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale, 
or Beer, that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended, or tapped, 
within the Town of Elgin, and Privileges thereof, for 
paying the publick Debts of the faid Town ; and for other 
the Purpofes therein menuoned; without any Amend- 
ment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in the Curing 
of Red-herrings; and laying a proportionable Duty upon 
all Red-herrings confumed at home only; and for aicer- 
taining the Cuftoms and Excife payable for the Sugar- 
houfes in Scotland ; and for making an Allowance for Salt 
Joft in any Harbour or River of this Realm ; and for the 
better fecuring the Duties on Salt delivered in Scotland 
without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to veft Two Fourth:parts of a Fee-farm Rent of Eighty- 
two Pounds Eight Shillings and Two Pence ifluing out of 
the Manor of King/wood, in the County of Wilts, of 
which Two Fourth-parts the Lord Vilcount Harcourt is 
feifed in Fee, in Truftees, to the like Ufes as a Mefluage, 
and Lands, called ‘fobnjon’s Farm, in the Parifhes of 
Stanton Harcourt, and Southly, or One of them, in the 
County of Oxen, were devifed by Dame Elizabeth Har- 


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court, Widow, deceafed ; and, in lieu thereof, for vetting 
the faid Premiffes, called Fobafon’s Farm, in the faid Lord 
Vifcount Harcourt, and his Heirs; was read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Hutchefon prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed 
in the Curing and Making of White-herrings; and, in- 
ftead thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all White- 
herrings confumed at home only: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft time. 

Refolued, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do lay 
before this Houfe, an Account of what Duties are payable 
for Copper imported from Sweeden or Barbary; with the 
Amount of the faid Duties for Four Years laft paft, end- 
ing at Chrifimias 1721. 


Mr. Pulteny reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of divers Gentlemen, Freeholders, and In- 
habitants, of the City and Liberty of Weftminfler, and 
Parts adjacent, in behalf of themfelves, and others the 
Inhabitants of the faid Places, and of the Publick; and 
alfo the Petition of divers Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
Inhabitants, of the Counties of Kent, Sujfex, Surrey, and 
Southampton, as well in behalf of themfelves, and many 
others of the faid Counties, as in behalf of the Publick; 
in relation to the building a Bridge over the River of 
‘Thames; were referred; and to whom the Petition of 
Fobn Pond, Leffee of the Toll, or Wheelage, of London 
Bridge, was likewife referred; the Matter as it appeared 
to them; and which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Report in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That, upon Examination of the Matter of the faid Pe- 

titions, the Committee received the following Evi- 
dence, viz. 

Mr. Green faid, That the Number of Inhabitants and 
Buildings in and about the City of Weftminfier, and Parts 
adjacent, are, of Jate Years, very much increafed; and 
that fuch a Bridge as is defired, is become abfolutely ne- 
ceffary ; and will be not only a great Advantage to the 
faid City, and adjacent Parts, but alfo to the neighbouring 
Counties. 

Sir Fam. Thornbill faid, That he has meafured and bored 
the River where the Bridge defired is propofed to be 
built; viz. from a Place at Lambeth called 7be Prince’s 
W aft, directly crofs, to a Place juft above Peterborough-boufe; 
and finds the fame to be Seven hundred and Forty Feet; 
and that the Ground is very firm, and will make a good 
Foundation; and it is very practicable to make a good 
Bridge there, without caufing any Overflowing, or di- 
verting or altering the prefent Current, of the River, and 
without prejudicing or hindering the Navigation thereof; 
and that a Bridge where defired will be of great Advantage 
to the Publick. 

Mr. Rowley, who meafured and bored the River with 
Sir James Thornhill, confirmed his Evidence. 

Mr. Grey faid, That a Wcoden Bridge where propofed 
could in no fort prejudice the Navigation of the River, 
nor occafion any Overflowing: That Boats of all Sorts 
could go up and down as well then as they can now, either 
with or againft Tide; and that the Fall of Water would 
not be an Inch at the loweft Ebb. 

Colonel Armftrong faid, That a Wooden Bridge will 
caufe no Rife or Fall of the River, nor in the leaft pre- 
judice the Navigation. 

That Mr. Pond, whofe Petition of the Toll, or Wheel- 
age, of London Bridge, was referred to your Committee, 
produced a Leafe which he had from the City of London, 
in which more than Twenty Years were yet to come, at 
the annual Rent ot Four hundred and Fifty Pounds; and 
alleged, I hat, in cafe a Bridge was built at Lambeth, the fame 


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might prejudice him in his faid Property near One-third, 
and for which he paid a Fine of Eleven hundred Pounds, 

It alfo appeared to the Committee, That diverfe Per- 
fons who have Poffeffions adjacent, which may be necef- 
fary for making convenient Ways and Paffages to and 
from the faid Bridge, are confenting to part with their In- 
terefts, having reafonable Satisfaction; and no Perfons 
having any fuch adjacent Lands, appeared to oppofe 
the fame. 

And the Committee do find, That a Bridge where pro- 
poled is very practicable, and abfolutely neceflary ; and 
that convenient Ways and Paflages may be made to and 
from the fame, by which the City and Liberties of We/- 
minfter, and all Parts. adjacent, and the feveral Counties 
before-named, may be better fupplied and accommo- 
dated; and that fuch a Bridge as is propofed may be 
built and preferved by a reafonable Tall, and will-be of 
great Advantage to the Publick. 

Mr. Pettyward appeared for himfelf, and others con- 
cerned in the Ferry boats at Putney; and faid, That he 
was a Proprietor of Two Parts in Four of the faid Ferry ; 
and has made, for One Share, One hundred Forty- 
fix Pounds per Annum; but, take one Year with an- 
other, it amounted to about One hundred Pounds’ per 
Annum : 

And, being afked, Whether the Increafe of the Buildings 
was not the Occafion of the Increafe of the Profits of his 
Ferry, he did acknowlege, that it was; and that the Share 
that came to him from his Father was lett out at Leafe for 
Twenty Pounds a Year; which Leafe expired about Se- 
ven Years ago: That, about a Year ago, he would have 
bought in the Two other Shares, and was willing to have 
given Two thoufand Five hundred Pounds for them. 

And it appeared to the Committee, That there is one 
Bennett Hamond Gotobed, another Proprietor, whofe 
Truftees have lett a Leafe of his Fourth Part for Fifty 
Pounds a Year; and has nothing elfe to live upon. 

Mr. Molineux, Secretary to his Royal Highnefs the 
Prince of Wales, acquainted the Houfe, That he had, at 
the Inftance of the Committee, defired his Royal High- 
nefs’s Leave, that one End of the Bridge intended to be 
erected might be fet upon a Piece of Wafte-ground which 
is Part of his Royal Highnefs’s Poffeffions, as being Par- 
cel of his Duchy of Cornwall; and that he had received 
his Royal Highnefs’s Commands to acquaint this Houfe, 
That his Royal Highnefs has no Objection to the erecting 
a Bridge in the Place where it is defired : 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Report be re-committed ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
building a Bridge crofs the River Téames from a Place 
called The Prix :e’sWajfb, in the Parith of Lambeth, in the 
County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, next Peterborough- 
houfe, in the Parith of Saint Margare’, Weftminfter, in the 
County of Middlefex: And that Mr. Pulteney and Mr. 
Molineux do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted 
to his Majefty, the Refolution they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties chargeable upon the Importation and Ex- 
portation of feveral Goods and Merchandizes, :purfuant to 
the Refolutions cf this Houfe, of the Fourteenth and 
Nineteenth of December laft, be appropriated and appli- 
cable to the fame Ufes, and in fuch Proportion, as near as 
may be, as the Duties to be taken off by the fame Refo- 
lutions are appropriated and applicable. 

The faid Refolution, being read a Second time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered; 





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Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill or Bills 
purfuant to the Refolutions of this Houfe of the Four- 
teenth and Nineteenth of December laft, That they do 
prepare, and bring into the faid Bill or Bills a Claute or 
Claufes purfuant to the faid Refolutions. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. 
Godfrey : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t for 
Sale of Part of Sir John Wentworth’s Eftate, towards 
raifing Part of the Sum of Ten thoufand Pounds, for the 
Purpofes therein mentioned : ‘To which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refumed the further Confideration of the 
Matter of the Mifcarriage of the Writ for the electing a 
Burcefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the Borough 
of Minebead, in the County of Somerfet : 

And fobn Fox attending, according to Order ; 

He was called in; and examined. 

And then he withdrew. 
 Refolved, That Fobn Fox, being employed to carry the 
Writ for the late Ele€tion of a Burgefs to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Minehead to the High Sheriff 
of the County of Somerfet, has been guilty of a Breach of 
Truft, in delivering the fame to a Candidate. 

Ordered, That the faid Yobn Fox be, for his faid Of 
fence, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms at- 
tending this Houfe. 

Mr. Robert Brifcoe attending, according to Order ; 

He was called in; and examined. : 

And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Mifcar- 
riage of the Writ for the late EleCtionof a Burgefs to ferve 
in this prefent Parliament for the Borough of Minehead, 
in ‘the County of Somerfet, be adjourned till this Day 
Sevennight. 

Ordered, That Fobn Wills, Efquire, of Lincoln’s Inn, 
do attend this Houfe upon this Day Sevennight. 

Ordered, That Sir Richard Lane Knight do attend this 
Houfe upon this Day Sevennight. ‘ 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for making more effectual an A&amp;é&amp;, made in 
the Eleventh and Twelfth Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for 
the more effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging 
the Manufactures of this Kingdom. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 12° die Fanuarit; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of Part of Sir Fohn Wentworth’s Ettate, 
towards raifing Part of the Sum of Ten thoufand Pounds, 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Firft 
time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of Alexander Hamilton, Agent for and on 
behalf of Alexander, ‘fobn, Margaret, Ifabella, and 
James, Mackdenalas, all Infants under the Age of One- 
and-twenty Years, the Children of Fames Mackdonald, 
deceafed, Brother of the Jate Sir Donald Mackdenald, was 
prefented to the Houfetand read; fetting forth, That 
Sir Donald Mackdouaid, the infants Uncle, having been 

Vou. XIX. 


709 


unhappily engaged in the late Rebellion in i715, hé 
was, amongft others, attainted of High Treafon, if he 
did not furrender himfelf before the laft Day of Fune 1716: 
That, being extremely ill in his Health, he died while 
he was on the Road, in order to furrender himfelf at the 
Place appointed; however, being adjudged to be attainted, 
his Eftate is become forfeited, and vefted in the Commif- 
fioners for the forfeited Eftates: That, the Petitioners 
faid Uncle being atrainted, and their Father, who, in 
feveral Inftances, hath fhewn his Zeal for his prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Intereft, being dead, their Family are reduced to 
very low Circumftances; and, being educated in the 
Proteftant Religion, they are now without any Support : 
And praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for making Provifion for the faid Infant Children, 
out of their faid Uncle’s Eftate. ; 

Mr. Comptroller acquainted the Houfe, That the faid 
Petition had been laid before his Majefty ; and that his 
Majefty had been pleafed to command him to acquaint 
this Houfe, That he hath no Objection to the bringing 
in, and paffing, fuch a Bill as is defired, if the Houte, 
in other refpects, fhall think it fit. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Yames Campbell, Mr. Serjeant 
Birch, Mr. Monro, Mr. Treby, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. 
Heyfoam, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Baylie, Sir 
Hen. Hoghton, Mr. Feffop, Mr. Bertie, Sir Rod. Davers, 
Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Mafon, Sir Tho. Hanmer, Lord 
Molefworth, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Guidott, Mr. 
Meyrick, Mr. Yonge, Sic Heu. Bunbury, Mr. Freman, Sir 
John Phillips, Mr. Sandys; and all the Members that 
ferve for North Britain: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber : And 
they have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing hext, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to prevent the clandeftine Running 
of Goods, and the Danger of Infection thereby. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Account of Surpluffes at Michael- 
mas 1721 be referred to the faid Committee. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That the 


-had come to a Refolution; which they had direéted 


him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

_Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 


ing next, ‘refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole | 


‘ Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 


Majefty. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 

Lightbourn : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, iatituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting Part of the Eftate of Sir Kalph Milbank Baronet 
in Truttees, to be fold, for performing his Father’s Will, 
and an Agreement made with his Brother and Sifters: To 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the MeSengers withdrew. 


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710 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill, intituled, An Ac for the 
more effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging the 
Manufactures of this Kingdom. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Sandys took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Sandys reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





‘Sabbati, 13° die Fanuarit; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Merchants importing of Drugs, and 
Druggitts, of the City of London, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Importa- 
tion of Drugs is fo much difcouraged by high Duties, 
that many Species, and fufficient Quantities, are wanting ; 
which occafions ill Practices in the Compofition of Me- 
dicines ; and will be fatal to us, if vifited by the Plague, 
as is unhappily experienced in a neighbouring Nation: 
That if the high Duties are leffened, and Liberty of Im- 
portation granted, the Kingdom would foon be plenti- 
fully fupplied with Drugs, the Revenue increafed, and 
Smuggling difcouraged: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who are 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


A Petition of the Merchants and Traders in Brafs and 
Copper of the City of London, and Parts adjacent, in be- 
half of themfelves, and many Thoufands of others con- 
cerned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners find fundry Petitions are pre- 
fented ; praying, That fuch Duties may be laid on Copper 
and Brafs imported, as may preferve the making and ma- 
nufaéturing the fame to this Nation: That, as the Duties 
ftand at prefent on feveral Species of Brafs, they are, ina 
manner, wholly difcouraged from being imported ; and, 
upon the other Sorts of Brafs and Copper, the Duties are 
fo high already, that it lays the Traders and Workmen 
of this Nation under very great Streights and Difficulties 
in carrying on their faid Trades: And praying, That no 
farther Duty may be laid on Copper or Brats imported ; 
and that the Petitioners may be heard, by their Counfel. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to confider of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
eranted to his Majefty: And that the Petitioners be 
heard before the faid Committee, by their Counfel, if 
they think fit. 


A Petition of the Woollen Stuff Weavers in the ancient 
Town of Amblefide, in the County of Weftmorland, on 
behalf of themfelves, and many others, and many Hun- 
dreds of poor Families employed in Spinning of Woollen- 
yarn, in the Town, and Country adjacent, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners have, for many Years, employed themfelves in 
manufacturing Woollen-ftuffs, and maintained their Fa- 
milies comfortably ; and have contributed to keep up a 
Market for Wool, to the Advantage of the Landholders 
in their Neighbourhood ; That the faid Employments are 
very much diminifhed, and the Price of Wool fallen, to 
the great Lofs of the Farmers and Landholders ; occa- 
fioned by the great Increafe of the Ufe of painted Paper 
for Hangings: And praying, That the Ufe of painted 
Paper may be prohibited. 


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4.1721, 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Maiter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of 
the Corporation of Silk-weavers in the City of Canterbury, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fettine forth 
That the Petitioners have hitherto employed great Num. 
bers of poor Families in winding, dyeing, and weaving, 
great Sagmntinies of Silk, the Return of our Woollen 
Goods rom Turky and Italy; but, by the clandeftine 
Running in, and general Ufe and Wear, of Eajt- India 
prohibited wrought Goods, the Petitioners have great 
Stocks of the faid Manufaétures unfold; and the Silk 
Manufactory of this Kingdom is in Danger of being loft: 
And praying, That the Prohibition of Ea/f-India Goods 
may be made more effectual. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom the Bill for making more effe€tual an Act, made 
in the Eleventh and Twelfth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the more effectual employing the Poor, by encourage- 
ing the Manufactures of this Kingdom, was committed, 
be received. 


A Petition of the Virginia Merchants trading from the 
Port of Lancafter was prefented'to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the Frauds daily committed (and 
not poffible to be prevented, whilft the Duties continue 
fo high) have fo much reduced the Price of Tobacco, 
that it is now generally fold for lefs than the Duty; which 
make all fair Trade impraéticable, and obliges the Mer- 
chants to burn their Tobaccoes, and take the Allowance 
from the Government, to the great Prejudice of his Ma- 
jefty’s Revenues: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and others, Mer- 
chants, Traders to Virginia, from the Port of Liverpoole, 
in the County Palatine of Lancafter, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; fetting forth, That the high Cuftom on 
Tobacco for the Home-confumption hath, by many Years 
Experience, been found much more than it can well bear ; 
but a far greater Difcouragement is now fallen upon us, 
from a collufive Method ufed in Gla/cow, ow weighing 
and paffing their Tobacco there at Importation ; fo that 
they can afford to fell it for lefs than the Duty would 
amount to, if duly weighed and charged at the Impor- 
tation; fo that, if that beneficial Branch of our Trade be 
not preferved, it will be in Danger of being loft: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the City 
of Brificl, concerned in the Importation of Tobacco 
from Virginia, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That, for fome Years paft, great Quantities 
of Tobacco have been brought from North Britain, and 
fold at a lower Price than is confiftent with the Payment 
of his Majefty’s Duties, and other neceffary Charges of 
Importation ; to the great Lofs and Detriment of the fair 
Traders : And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting Part of the Eftate of Sir Ralph Milbank Ba- 
ronet in Truftees, to be fold, for performing his Father’s 
Will, and an Agreement made with his Brother and 
Sifters, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Walpole prefeated to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures 
of this Kingdom ; and for taking off feveral Duties on 
Merchandizes exported; and for reducing the Duties 
upon Beaver-fkins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs, 
imported: And the fame yils received; and read the 


Firft time. 
Refolved, 





be 


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Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill to enable the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Common- 
alty, of the City of Briffol, to build an Exchange there, 
for the Conveniency of the Merchants and Traders of the 
faid City, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Earl, 
Sir W/m. Daines, Lord Barrington, Sir Fames Campbell, 
Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Lewis, Sir Tho. 
Fobnfon, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. White, Mr. Gybdon, Mr. 
Burridge, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Farrer, Sir Fohn Cope, Mr. 
Hampden, Sir Robert Davers, Sir Tho. Crofs, Sir Roger 
Bradjbaigh, Mr. Feffop, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Weftfaling, 
Sir Richard Fowler, Mr. Butler, Mr. Travers, Mr. 
Medlycott, Mr. Conduit, Mr. Ward, Mr. Campbell, Sir 
Dewey Bulkley, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Afb, Colonel Leigh, 
‘Mr. Briffow; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Gloucefter, Somerfet, and Wilts: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr.. 


Edwards. 
Mr. Speaker, : 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
vefting the Eftate late of Fobn Price, of Pilleth, in the 
County of Radnor, Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, to be 
fold, for Payment of the feveral Portions and Legacies 
charged thereupon: To which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew:! 


A Bill for taking off the Duty upon Salt ufed in the 
Curing and Making of White Herrings; and, inftead 
thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all White 
Herrings confumed at home only; was read aSecond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 
~ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refo- 
lution they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the fame in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred eleven thou- 
fand Five hundred Thirty-two Pounds, Thirteen Shillings 
Nine Pence and One Fifth-part of a Peny, be granted 
to his Majefty, for making good the Deficiency of the 
General Fund of Seven hundred twenty-four thoufand 
Eight hundred Forty-nine Pounds Six Shillings Ten 
Pence and One Fifth-part of a Peny per Annum for the 
Year ended at Michaelmas 1721. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, That the Houfe do agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That a Sum, not exceeding 
One hundred eleven thoufand Five hundred Thirty-two 
Pounds Thirteen Shillings Nine Pence and One Fifth- 
part of a Peny, be granted to his Majefty, for making 
good the Deficiency of the General Fund of Seven hun- 
dred twenty-four thoufand Eight hundred Forty-nine 
Pounds Six Shillings Ten Pence and One Fifth-part 
of a Peny per Annum for the Year ended at Michaelmas 
1721. 


Mr. Sandys, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
making more effectual an Act, made in the Eleventh 
and Twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
William the Third, intituled, An A&amp;ét for the more effec- 
tual employing the Poor, by encouraging the Manufac- 


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tures of this Kingdom, was committed, the Amendments 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
{aid Amendments were once read throughout; and then 
a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. : 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


Ordered, That Mr. Halfey, Mr. Hucks, Mr. Lade, Mr. 
Bertie, Sir Fifoer Tench, Sir Tho. Crofs, Mr. Heyfham, 
Mr. Godfrey, be added to the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
felling the Eftate of ohn Addifon Efquire, 4 Lunatick, 
for Payment of his Debts, is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 15° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
A for vefting the Eftate late of Fobn Price, of Pelleth, 
in the County of Radnor, Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, 
to be fold, for Payment of the feveral Portions and Le- 
gacies charged thereupon, was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to veft Two Fourth-parts of a Fee-farm Rent of Eighty- 
two Pounds Eight Shillings and Two Pence iffuing out 
of the Manor of King/wood, in the County of Wilts, of 
which Two Fourth-parts the Lord Vifcount Harcourt is 
feifed in Fee, in Truftees, to the like Ufes as a Meffu- 
age, and Lands, called Fobn/on’s Farm, in the Parithes 
of Stanton Harcourt, and Southly, or One of them, in the 
County of Oxon, were devifed by Dame Elizabeth Har- 
court, Widow, deceafed ; and, in lieu thereof, for veftin 
the faid Premiffes, called ‘fohn/fon’s Farm, in the faid Lond 
Vifcount Harcourt, and his Heirs; was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hunger- 
ford, Mr. Moor, Mr. Noble, Mr. Treby, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Wyndham, Sir Wm. Humfreys, Colonel Scott, 
Mr. Lade, Dr. Clarke, Lord Barrymore, Mr. Sandys, 
Mr. Plummer, Mr. Hutchefon, Mr. Ward, Mr. Walter, Mr. 
Thompfon, Mr. Plumpire, Mr. Aiflabie, Mr. Hopkins, 
Mr. Gregory, Colonel Vanfe, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Micklethwaite, 
Mr. Serjeant Mead, Mr. Travers, Mr. Bankes, Mr. 
Philpott, Mr. Talbott, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. 
Evelyn, Sir Hungerford Hofkyns, Mr. Majon, Mr. Pal- 
mer, Mr. Gwyn, Mr. Freman, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. 
Medlycot, Sir Robert Clarke, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Treva- 
nion, Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Sir Fohn Ward, Sir Fuftinian 
Ifbam, Mr. Recorder of London, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. Gybbon; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Oxford, Berks, and Wilts: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Elizabeth and Margaret Newton, Infants, dur- 
ing their Infancy, with Confent of Truftees, to grant, 
and fill up, Leafes of Part of the Eftate late of Jokn 
Newton Efquire, their Father, deceafed, was read a Se- 
cond time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Treby, 
Lord Gage, Mr. Gybbon, Sir Dewey Bulkley, Mr. Earl, 
Mr. Monree, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. eg 

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712 


Lord Londonderry, Mr. Noble, Mr. Sandys, Mr. &lt;Aber- 
crombie, Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, Sir Hen. Hoghton, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Mr. Fergufon, Mr. Afbe, Mr. Douglas, 
Mr. Edgcumb, Sir Robert Pollock, Mr. Chetwynd, Lord 
Morpeth, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Cockburn, Colonel Scott, Mr. 
Wyndbam, Mr. Freman, Mr. Hutchefon, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. 
Hexfoam, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Walter, Mr. Clay- 
ton, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Moor, 
Mr. Serjeant Pengelly, Sir Wm. Pole, Sir ‘fohn Ward, Mr. 
Wrightfon , and all the Members that ferve for the Coun- 
ties of Devon and Cornwall: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


- Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, who are to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 
to whom the Petition of the Gentlemen Adventurers, 
Copper and Tin Miners, in the Counties of Cornwall and 
Devon, on behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands 
employed therein; and alfo the Petition of the Gentle- 
men Adventurers, Copper and Tin Miners, in the Coun- 
ties of Devon and Cornwall, on behalf of themfelves, and 
many Thoufands concerned therein; and alfo the Peti- 
tion of feveral Perfons, Traders in, and Manufacturers 
of, Copper and Brafs That the faid Petiti- 
oners be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, if they think fit, at the fame time as the Peti- 
tioners upon the Petition of the Merchants, and T'raders 
in Brafs and Copper, of the City of Londow, and Parts 
adjacent, in behalf of themfelves, and many Thoufands 
of others concerned, are to be heard, by their Counfel. 


The Houfe being moved, That fome Claufes in the Act 
of the Seventh Year of his Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé&amp;t for repealing an Act, made in the Ninth Year of 
the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An 
Ac to oblige Ships coming from Places infected more 
effectually to perform their Quarantine ; and for the bet- 
ter preventing the Plague being brought from foreign 
Parts into Great Britain or Ireland, or the Iles of Guern- 
fey, Ferfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man; and to hinder the 
Spreading of Infection; might be read: 

The fame were read accordingly. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal fo much 
of the faid Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of his pre- 
fent Majefty’s Reign, as gives a Power to remove to a 
Ship-lazaret, or Peft-houfe, any Perfon whatfoever in- 
fected with the Plague, or healthy Perfons, out of an in- 
fected family, from their Habitations ; and alfo fo much 
of the faid Act as gives Power for the drawing Lines 
round any City, Town, or Place, infected; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ie json ; 


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So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Hutchefon, Mi. Freeman, Mr. Hey- 
foam, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. 
Bertie, Sir Thomas Crofs, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, and Mr. 


Recorder of London, do prepare, and bring in, the faid 
Bill. 


Tellers for the Noes,$ Mr. Yonge: 


- The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into.a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif-. 
ing the Supply granted to his Majeity. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 16° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill to impower the Commiffioners and 
Truftees for the forfeited Eftates to give fuch Re- 
lief to Hugh Wallace, of Ingleftoun, Efquire, and Hugh 
Wallace his Son, in relation to their Part in an heretable 
Bond and Infeoffment upon the Eftate of Fames late Earl 
of Linlithgow, attainted of High Treafon, as they have 
given to other Claimants upon the faid Bond, was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to impower the Commiffioners and Truftees. 
for the forfeited Eftates to give fuch Relief to Hugh Wal.- 
lace, of Ingleffoun, Efquire, and Hugh Wallace his Son, 
in relation to their Part in an heretable Bond and Infeoff- 
ment upon the Eftate of Fames late Earl of Linlithgow, 
attainted of High Treafon, as they have given to other 
Claimants upon the faid Bond. 

Ordered, That Mr. Abercrombie do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Chocke, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account to what Ufes, and for how much, the 
feveral Branches of the Cuftoms refpectively, exclufive 
of the Civil Lift, ftood engaged at Michaelmas 1720; 
and how much the annual Intereft payable upon the fame 
amounted to. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


A Petition of the Brafiers, together with the Mayor, 
Recorder, Aldermen, Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of St. Albans, in 
the County of Hertford, in behalf of themf{elves, and many 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners find, that fundry Petitions are pre- 
fented, praying, That a farther Duty may be laid on Cop- 
per, or Brafs, imported; which, if granted, will tend to 
the Ruin of the Brafiers, and all Artificers in Braifs; by 
reafon that the Englif Brafs is not made fo good and fer- 
viceable as the foreign is; neither can any good Work be 
made therewith: And praying, That no further Duties 
may be laid on Brafs and Copper; bur that Part of the 
high Duties already laid thereupon may be taken off. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


A Petition of Fames Girardot was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner 
was born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance ; but hath con- 
ftantly profeffed the true Proteftant Religion; and given 
Teftimony thereof, and of his Loyalty and Affection to 
his Majefty, and Good of the Kingdom of Great Bri- 
taizn: And praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of che faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Abercrombie, aud Colonel Scot, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Mr. Molyneux prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Princes Waft, in the 
Parifh of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to the oppo- 
fite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parifh of 
Saint Margaret, Weftminfter, in the County of Middle- 
fex: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second tiine. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holjcrd and Mr, 
Lightboun : 
4 Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for continuing an Act, paffed in the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty, intituled, An Act for re- 
pairing the Highway between a certain Place called Ki/- 
burn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and Sparrows- 
bern, in the County of Hertford; and for making the 
faid A&amp;t more effectual; without any Amendment, 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Waipole reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to veft the Ground, Wharf, and Quay called 
Wool Quay, in the Parifh of All Saints, Barking, in the 
City otf Loxdon, with the Buildings and Warehoufes 
thereupon, in Truftees, for his Majefty, his Heirs and 
Succeffors for ever ; fubject to an Agreement, made on 
his Majefty’s behalf, with the Wardens and Affiftants of 
the Free-fchool in Sevenoaks ; was committed; That the 
Corporation of the School at Sevenoaks had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had made feveral Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the fame in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 


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Ordered, That the Bill, 


with the Ainendinents, be 
ingrofied. 


ait linistawia 


Mr. Robert Pitt, according to Order, prefented to the 
Houte, a Bill for better fecuring the Freedom of ! Sections 
of Members to ferve for the Commons in Parliament ; 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Rejclved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a Second time upon this 
Day Sevennight. ; 


The Orders of the Day being read , 

The Houfe refumed the further Confideration of the 
Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Naval Stores, was committed : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, .to 
the faid Bill, were feverally read a Second time : 

And feveral of the faid Amendments were, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, difagreed with, and 
the reft agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

; And other Amendments were made by the Houfe ta 
the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurjdey Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to prevent the clandeftine Running 
of Goods; and the Danger of Infection thereby. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Taq-morraw Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurit, 17° die Funuarit; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Petition of the Magiftrates and Inhabitants of the 
_ City of Dunkeld, in the County of Perth, for 
themfelves, and in the Names of feveral Hundreds of 
People living in and about the faid City, was prefented to 
the Houie, and read; fetting forth, That the Manufac- 
turing of Linen Cloth, of their own Produét, is the only 
ftaple Commodity in Sestland, their Woollen Manufac- 
turies being intirely funk, by the Importation and Wearing 
of Englifo Woollen Manufacturies fince the Union: That 
the Manufacturing of Linen Cloth is fo univerfal, that 
there is fcarce any Part of North Britain that does not, in 
fome meafure, depend upon thjs Trade; and it is the 
main Work wherein the common People are employed, 
and enabled to maintain themfelves: That the faid Manu- 
facture is under great Decay; occafioned by the great 
Duty that is laid thereon; and that the Dyeing of Scots 
Linen is generally difufed , whereby many Thoufands of 
poor People mult inevitably ftarve, or beg, fhould they 
be deprived of the Means of their Subtiftence by this Ma- 
nufacture : And praying, That the great Duties on Linen 
may be taken off, and the faid Manufacture encouraged. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


An ingroffed Bill for reftoring and rebuilding the Haven 
and Piers of Rridport, in the County of Dorfet; and for 
making a Sluice there; was read the Third time. 

An ingrofied Claufe was offered, as a Rider, to be 
added to the Bill, for referving to the Lords of the feveral 
Manors of Symouds-bury, Burton, and Bothenbkampton, 
all fuch Rights of Fifhing and Fowling, and all Wrecks 
at Sea, and all other Royalties and Franchifes, within 
the Precinéts of the fame Manors, as the feveral Lords of 
the faid Manors had before the Paffing of this At; fo 
that the Harbour, and other Purpofes by this Act intend. 
ed, be not defeated, or obftructed : 

Ana 








716 


And the faid Claufe was thrice read; and upon the 
Queftion. put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte to 
be made Part of the Bill. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for reftoring and rebuilding the Haven and 
Piers of Bridport, in the County of Dorfet ; and for mak- 
ing a Sluice there. ‘ 

Ordered, That Sir Dewy Bulkley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Hungerford prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, ‘a Bill for enlarging the Harbour and Pier of Scar- 
borough, in the County ot York: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and’read. the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Briti/b Merchants trading to Portugal 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That it hath been ufual for the faid Merchants to pay, 
for Relief of fhipwrecked Mariners, and others, Briti/b 
Subjects, in Diftrefs, in the faid Kingdom of Portugal ; 
and for Maintaining of a Minilter there; and for other 
pious and charitable Ufes ; certain fimall Sums ypon the 
Valuation of their Goods in the Cuftom-houfe at Li/lon ; 
and on Sale of all Goods that pay no Duty; or on fuch 
Goods as pay Duties in Specie; which Sums have been 
calleéted, and diftributed, from time to time, to the 
Ufes aforefaid, according to the Directions of the Conful 
General, and the Majority of the Briti/o Merchants, re- 
fiding in Portugal: That feveral Perfons have, of late 
Years, evaded the faid Payments, by configning their 
Goods and Merchandizes to Foreigners; to the great 
Difcouragement of the Britife Merchants: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for better 
collecting the Sums ufually paid by the Merchants trad- 
ing to Portugal, for Relief of fhipwrecked Mariners, and 
diftreffed Perfons, his Majefty’s Subjects there. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Sir Yobn Ward, Mr. Hevyham, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Chetioynd, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. 
Byng, Mr. Earl, Sir Tho. Fobnfon, Mr. Afhe, Mr. Chif- 
well, Mr. Palmer, Sir Nath. Gould, Mr. Huxzgerford, 
Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Delaval, Mr. 
Sandys, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Conduit, Colonel Bladen, 
Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Conyers, Sir Tho. Palmer, Mr. 
Gybbon, Sir Wm. Pcle, Mr. Moore, Mr. Hutchefon, 
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Hopkins, . Sir Fokn Norris, Mr. Ellys, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Difton, Mr. Burridge, and 
all the Members that ferve for the City of London; and 
for the Sea-ports ; and all the Merchants of the Houfe : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber : And have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morping 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for taking off the Duty upon all Salt uted 
in the Curing and Making of White-herrings; and, in- 
ftead thereot, laying a proportionable Duty upon all 
White-herrings coniumed at home only. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to coniider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Mr, Speaker left the Chair. . 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they - 


had made a further Progrefs in the Matter to them re- 
ferred ; and had directed hima to move, That they may 
haye Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, Thas this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 


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M1721, 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif. 
ing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine-of the Clock. 





Joris, 18° die Fanuarit ; 
Anno. 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

for Sale of Part of Sir ‘foha Wentworth’s Ezate, 

towards raifing Part of the Sum of Ten thoufand Pounds, 

for. the Purpoies therein mentioned, was read a Second 
tline. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed ta Mr. Wrighz- 
fon, Mr. Thompfon, Sir Roger Bradaigh, Sir Tho. Fobn- 
fon, Lord Marquis of Hartington, Colonel Grakme, Sir 
Tho. Lee, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Bacon, Sir 
Arth. Qwen, Mr. Hampden, Mr. Delavall, Mr. Guyn, 
Lord Fames Cavendifh, Lord Molefworth, Mir. Earl, My. 
Medlycot, Sir Richard Sandford, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Moun- 
tague, Lord Barrington, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Lade, Mr. Fef- 
lop, Sir Fames Campbell, Mr. Haftinftyles, Sir Fifer 
Tench, Mr. Hev/ham, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Camip- 
bell, Mr. Douglas, Sir Jobu Eden, Lord Gage; and all 
the Members that ferve for the County of York: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Reverend Dottor Marfball the 
younger be defired to preach before this Houfe at Saiat 
Margaret, Weftminfter, wpon the Thirtieth Day of ‘fa- 
nuary inftant: And that Mr. Farrer and Mr. Biff do ac- 
quaint him therewith. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for veiting Part of the Eftate of Sir Ralph Milbank Ba- 
ronet in Truftees, to be fold, for performing his Father's 
Will, and an Agreement made with his Brother and 
Sifters, was read a Second time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bankes, 
Mr. Delaval, Mr. Honywood, Mir. Walter, Mr. Yorke, 
Mr. Aiflabie, Six Arth. Owen, Mr. Bynge, Sir Tho. 
Fobnfon, Sir Roger Hill, Mr. Campodell, Mr. MGickle- 
thwaite, Mr. Smith, Sir Edward Erniey, Mr. Brampjton, 
Mr. Thompfen, Sir Fran. Whitchcot, Sir Dewey Bulkley, 
Colonel Blakefton, Sir Tho. Lyttelton, Mr. Conduit, Mr. 
Sandys, Sir John Eden, Mr. Diftcn, Mr. Wrighifon, Sir 
Fames Campbell, Mr. Medlycot, Mr. Douglas, Sir Roger 
Bradfoaigh, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Wincfor, Mr. Pitt, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Baylie, Lord Gage, 
Mr. Abercrombie, 2nd all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of York and Durbam: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Cuftom-houfe attended at the Door; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account of Copper unwrought imported from 
Sweeden and Barbary, with the Account of the Dutics 
from Chrifimas 1716 to Chriflmas 1720. 

And then he withdrew. 

The Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is bound yp with the other Papers 

of this Seftion. 


Mr. Hutchefon prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repealing fo much of an Act, pafied in 
the Seventh Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for repealing an A&amp;t, made in the Ninth 

I Year 





8 Geo. I. 


Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, 
intituled, An Act to oblige Ships, coming from 
Places infected, more effectually to perform their Qua- 
rantine; and for the better preventing the Plague 
being brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain 
or Ireland, or the Ifles of Guernfey, ‘Ferfey, Alderney, 
Sark, or Man; and to hinder the Spreading of In- 
fection; as gives Power to remove to a Ship-lazaret, 
or Peft-houfe, any Perion whatfoevet, infected with the 
Plague; or healthy Perfons, out of an infected Family, 
from their Habitations; and alfo fo much of the faid Act 
as gives Power for the drawing Lines round any City, 
Town, or Place, infected: and the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


_ The Houfe being informed, That the Sheriffs of the 
City of London attended at the Door; 

They were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe a Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons, of the City of London, in Common-council 
affembled. 

And then they withdrew. : 

The faid Petition was read; fetting forth, That, 


whereas a Bill is depending for building a Bridge crofs the” 


River Thames, that fuch Bridge, if erected, will prove in- 
confiftent with, and deftructive of, the Rights, Properties, 
Privileges, and Franchifes, of this City; will be a great 
Prejudice to London Bridge; and to the Navigation of 
the River Thames, fo as to render it dangerous, if not 
impracticable; and the fame will greatly affect the Trade 
of the City in general, and the Properties of many pri- 
vate Perfons and Families in particular: And praying, 
That they may be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid 
Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames from a Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the Pa- 
rifh of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite 
Shore next Peterborough-bouje, in the Parith of Saint Mar- 
garet, Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex, be reada 
Second time: And that the Petitioners be then heard, by 
their Counfel, if they think fir. ' 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second time upon 
this Day Sevennight. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners for the Bill be then 
heard, by their Counfel, if they think fit. 


A Petition of the Adventurers and Undertakers whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That the Petitioners had, 
with much Pains, and no fmall Expence, found a way 
whereby great Quantities of good and wholfome Water 
may be brought from that Part of the River of Dhames 
which lies between Chel/ea and the Neat-houfes, without 
damaging the Navigation of the faid River: And praying, 
That if the faid Undertaking fhall appear to be uieful and 
necefflary for the Inhabitants of the City of Weftminfter, 
and Parts adjacent, that Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill to incorporate the Petitioners, and others, the Ad- 
venturers; and for granting unto them neceffary Powers 
for effecting the faid Undertaking. thon 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fanie, with their Opi- 
nion thereupon; to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Wortley, Mr. Hutchefon, 
Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Moor, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Conduit, 
Colonel Bladen, Mr. London, Lord Molefworth, Mr. 
Yonge, Mr. Walter, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Walpole, Gene- 
ral Pepper, Lord Hinchinbroke, Colonel Negus, Mr. 
Smith, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Medlycot, Lord 
Fitz Williams, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Sandys, Sir Tho. 
Lyttelton, Lord Gage, Mr. Carter, Mr. Weft, Sir Tho. 
Croje, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Briflow, Sir Rob. Rich, Mr. 
Willoughby, Mr. Manfell, Colonel Cadogan, Colonel 

Vou. XIX. 


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Blakefton, Mi. Hanbury, Mr. Wallis; and all the Mem- 
bers for the County of Middlefzx : And they are to meet 


this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber: And have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houle refumed the further Confideration of the 
Matter of the Mifcarriage of the Writ for the Election 
of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
Borough of Minehead, in the County of Somer/et: 

And Fohn Wills, of Lincoln’s Inn, Efquire, attending, 
according to Orders 

He was called in; and examiined. 

And then he withdrew. 

_ And Sir Richard Lane alfo attending, according to 
Order ; 

He was alfo called ins and examined: 

And then he withdrew. 

A Motion being made, That Fobn Wills Efquire is 
guilty of a Crime, in having caufed the Writ for the late 
Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Minehead, in the County of Somerfet, to be de- 
livered to a Candidate; 

And the previous Queftion being put, That that Que- 
ftion be now put; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion beirig put, That John Wills 
Efquire is guilty of a Crime, in having caufed the Writ 
for the late Eleétion of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Minehead, in the County of Somerfet, to 
be delivered to a Candidate ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

_ A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Sir Richard Lane Knight being a Candidate at the 
late Election of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Minebead, in the County 
of Somerfet, is guilty of a Crime, in receiving and 
detaining the Writ directed to the Sheriff for the faid 
Election ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. | 

= Sit Hugh Ackland, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Sir Yobn Hind Cotton j t 716 
Tellers for the Noes, | Mn Mock: t 110. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill to prevent the clandeftine 
Running of Goods; and the Danger of Infection 
thereby. 


And then the Houfe adjourned ti!l To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





V eneris, 19° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 172f. 

PRAYERS. 

CNIR Fames Campbell reported from the Committee, to 

whom the Petition of Alexander Hamilton, Agent for 
and on behalf of Alexander, Fobn, Margaret, I/abel, and 
Janet, Mackdonalds, all Infants, under the Age of Fifteen 
Years, the Children of ames Mackdonald, deceafed, 
Brother of the late Sir Donald Mackdona'd was referred, 
the Matter, as it appeared to them ; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and 
is as follows; wiz. 

That the faid Infants are the Children of the faid Zames 
Mackdonald, deceated, who was the Brother of that the 
{aid late Sir Donald Mackdonald;, and*that the late Sir 

8 U Donald 








715 


onald Mackdonald was, by Act.of Parliament, declared 
to be attainted of High Treafon, in cafe he fhould not 
render himfelf to One of. his Majefty’s Juftices of the 
Peace on or before the laft Day of Fune 1716: 

That the faid late Sir Donald, being extremely ill in his 
Health, was thereby difabled from perfonally turrender- 
ing himfelf, according to the Words of the faid Act 
of Parliament; but that he did all in his Power to 
fhew his Intention of making fuch Surrender of himfelf; 
and that he died while he was on his Road to the Place 
appointed for his Surrender. ° 

The Committee do further find, That the faid late Sir 
Donald Mackdonald has fince been adjudged to be attainted 
of High Treafon: 

That the Followers of the faid late Sir Donald, by his 
Orders, delivered up-their Arms to the faid Colonel C/ay- 
ton; and took the Oaths to his Majefty : 

That the faid Fames Mackdonald, the Father of the faid 
Infants, in the Year 1718, when fome Spaniards landed 
in Scotland, and joined with feveral of his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects, then in Rebellion againft his Majefty, not only re- 
fufed to join in the faid Rebellion, though threatened with 
Fire and Sword by Campbell of Glenderule, and Keb Roy, 
who were the Mefiengers fent by the late Earl of Seaforth, 
and others, who then commanded the Rebels; but alfo, 
the faid James, by his Perfuafions, and other Methods, 
prevented h’s Relations, and the Inhabitants of that Coun- 
try where the Eftate of the late Sir Donald lies, from 
joining in the faid Rebellion; and that the faid Fames 
likewite tcok effeétual Care to fecure the Ferry-boats em- 
ployed between that Country and the Continent; fo as 
the People of that Country were prevented from joining 
the faid Rebels. 

The Committee do further find, That Arms and Am- 
munition were offered to the faid Fames, and the Tenants, 
and others, of the faid Country, where the faid late Sir 
Donala’s Eftate lies; but the faid fames abfolutely refufed 
to accept thereof, notwithftanding fuch Threatenings as 
aforefaid: 

That the faid Infants are educated in the Proteftant Re- 
ligion; and are now in very low and miferable Circum- 
{tances. 

And, laftly, It appears to this Committee, That the 
faid Fames Mackdonald, deceafed, the Father of the faid 
Infants, would have fucceeded, as Heir Male to the 
Eftate of the faid late Sir Donald Mackdonald, in cafe he 
had not been attainted; there being no iffue Male living, 
ot the Body of the faid late Sir Donald Mackdonald, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable his Majefty to make fuch Provifions as his Majefty 
fha!! think fit for the Children of fames Mackdonald, de- 
ceafed, out of the Eftate of the late Sir Donald Mack- 
donald, their Uncle, which was forfeited to his Majefty 
for High Treafon: And that Sir Fames Campbell, and 
Coionel Douglafs, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Eftate late of Yobm Price, of Pelleth, in 
the County of Radnor, Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, 
to be fold, for Payment of the feveral Portions and Le- 
gacies charged thereupon, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lewis, 
Mr. Hanbury, Sir Arth. Owen, Sir Richard Fowler, 
Mr. Farrer, Mr. Lade, Mr. Earl, Sic Win. Humfreyes, 
Lord Gage, Mr. Philpot, Mr. Foley, Mr. Weftfaling, Mr. 
Onflow, Mr. North, Brigadier Ferrers, Mr, Cartwright, 
Mr. Sicper, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Harrifon, Mr. Wyndham, 
Mr. Zravers, Mr. Becon, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Wylde, Mr. 
Chetwynd, Mr. Treby, Mr. Carter, Mr. Freman, Sir 
Giibert Hearbcote, Colonel Grabme, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. 
Gybton, Sir Cha. Turner, Lord Molefworth, Mr. T homp- 
jon, Sit Wm. Pole, Sir Edward Ernley, Lord Barring- 
ton; and all the Members that ferve for South Wales: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon at Five a Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. . 





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An ingrofied Bill to veft-the G:ound, Wharf, and 
Quay called Wool Quay, in the Parifh of AY Saints, 
Barking, in the City of London, with the Buildings and 
Warehoufes thereupon, in Truftees, for his Majefty, his 
Heirs and Succeffors for ever; fubjeé&amp;t to an Agreement 
made, on his Majefty’s behalf, with the Wardens and Af- 
fiftants of the Free-fchool in Sevenoek, was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to veft the Ground, Wharf, and Quay call. 
ed Wool- Quay, in the Parifh of 4 Saints, Barking, in 
the City of London, with the Buildings and Warehoufes 
thereupon, in Truftees, for his Majefty, his Heirs and 
Succeffors for ever; fubject to an Agreement made, on 
his Majefty’s behalf, with the Wardens and Affiftants of 
the Free-fchool in Sevenoaks, in the County of Kent. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for making more effectual an A, 
made in the Eleventh and Twelfth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King Wiliiam the Third, intituled, An 
Act for the more effectual employing the Poor, by en- 
couraging the Manufactures of this Kingdom, was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for making more effectual an Act, made in the 
Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of bis late Ma- 
jefty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for the 
more effectual employing the Poor, by encouraging the 
Manufactures of this Kingdom. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sandys do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and deiire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of fundry the Inhabitants of the Borough 
of Southwark, and Places adjacent, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many others, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners are at pre- 
fent, and fora long time have been, poflefied of very 
valuable Eftates in and about the Borough of Southwark; 
and, for the Conveniency of their Trades, have expended, 
and laid out, vaft Sums of Money, for the Improvement 
thereof: That fhould the Bill, now depending, for ereét- 
ing a Bridge over the River Thames trom Prince’s Waft, 
in Lambeth, to the Shore next Peterborough boufe, pals 
into a Law, it will be very prejudicial to the Petitioners, 
not only by carrying the Trade into another County, but 
will be a Leffening to the Value of their prefent Eftates, 
and increafe the Number of their Poor: And praying to 
be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called Zhe Prince’s Waft, in the 
Parith of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the op- 
pofite Shore, next Peterbcrough-boufe, in the Parith of 
Saint Margaret, Wefiminfier, in the County of Middle- 
Jex, be read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be 
then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if 
they think fit. : 

A Petition of the feveral Owners and Occupiers of 
Houles fituate upon London Bridge, in behalf of them- 
felves, and the Publick, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; fetting forth, That fhould a Bridge be built over 
the River of Thames, froma Place called The Prince’s 
Wajt, in the Parith of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, 
to the oppofite Shore, next Peterdorcugh-houfe, it will be 
very pernicious, if not entirely deitructive, to the private 
Interefts of the Petitioners, in regard to their Eftates, 
Trades, and Employments, by rendering them inca- 
pable of paying their Rents ; and the Reyenue employed 
for the Support and Maintenance of Lendon Bridge will 
be greatly impaired, and, for want of neceffary Repairs, 
foon brought to Decay: And praying, That they may be 
heard, by their Counel, againft the taid Bill. 

Ordered, 





» Geo. I. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a, Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the Pa- 
rith of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite 
Shore, next Peterborough-boufe, in the Parifh of Saint 
Margeret, Wefiminfter, in the County of Middlefex, be 
read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be then 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if they 
think fit. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for taking off the Duty upon all Salt 
ufed in the Curing and Making of White-herrings ; and, 
inftead thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all 
White-herrings confumed at home only. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into. a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Mr. Farrer alfo acquainted the Houfe, That he was di- 
rected by the Commitiee to move, That they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lovibond and 

Mr. Conway: 
Mr. Speaker, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for granting the People called Quakers fuch Form of Af- 
firmation, or Declaration, as may remove the Difficulties 
which many of them lie under, without any Amend- 
ment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 20° die Fanuarii; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Petition of feveral Merchants, whofe Names are 

\ thereunto fubfcribed, trading to the Dominions of 
the Emperor of Morocco, in behalf of themfelves, and 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting 
forth, That fundry Petitions have been prefented, pray- 
ing, That fuch further Duties may be laid on foreign 
Copper and Brafs imported, as may preferve the making 
and manufacturing the fame to this Nation: That the 
Petitioners export great Quantities of Woollen Goods ; 
and, in return, have large Quantities of Copper; and 
fhould a further Duty be charged thereon, it would 
amount to a Prohibition; and thereby greatly leffen the 
Exports of the Britifo Manufactures: And praying, 
That no farther Duty may be laid on Barbary Copper; 


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or that they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Commitice of the whole Houfe, who are 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to his Majefty: And that the Petitioners be 
heard, by their Countel, before the faid Committee, if 
they think fit. 


A Petition of feveral Clockmakers, Watchmakers, 
Buttonmakers, and others, Workers in Metal prepared, 
black and bright Brais Latten, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubicribed, in behalf of themfelves, and many 
Thoufand of Perfons concerned therein, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That they find fun- 
dry Petitions have been prelented, That a further Duty 
be laid on Copper and Brafs imported; and alfo, that 
Metal prepared, and Brafs Plates called Latten, may pay 
the fame Duty, on Importation, as Battery: That as 
Metal piepared, and Latten, are the principal Commo- 
dities which the Petitioners ule to work upon, without 
which it is impoffible for them to carry on their feveral 
Trades: And praying, That no farther Duty be laid on 
Brats called Metal prepared, and Latten, imported; and 
that they may be heard, by their Counte!, againft the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Mayefty: And that the Petitioners 
be heard, by their Counfel, before the faia Committee, if 
they think fir. 


A Petition of the Merchan‘s and Brafiers of the City 
of Norwich, and County of Norfolk, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many others, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That feveral Petitions have been pre- 
fented, praying, That farther Duties may be laid on 
Copper and Brafs imported; fo as to pfeferve the 
making and manufacturing the fame to this Nation; 
which, if granted, will tend to the Ruin of the Trade of 
all Artificers working in Brafs: And praying, That no 
farther Duty may be laid on foreign Brafs imported; but 
that Part of the high Duties which are thereon, may 
be taken off. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, and 
Burgeffes, of the Corporation of Wigan, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, and of the ancient Body of Brafiers, 
Artificers, and Workers in Brafs, within the faid Corpora- 
tion, in behalf of themfelves, and Multitudes of Families, 
in the faid Corporation, and Neighbourhood, employed 
by them in the faid Manufacture, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That fundry Petitions 
have been prefented, and I¢ndeavours ufed, that a farther 
Duty may be Jaid on foreign Brafs imported: That, in cafe 
a farther Duty be laid, it mult neceflarily amount to a total 
Prohibition of the faid Commodity ; and the utter Ruin 
of the Petitioners, their Families, and all thofe Numbers 
of People employed under them: And praying, That no 
higher Duty may be laid on foreign Brafs imported. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majefty. 


A Petition of the Brafiers, together with the Mayor, 
and feveral of the Aldermen, of Shrew/bury, on behalf 
of themfelves, and many others, was prelented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That fundry Petitions 
have been prefented, praying, That a farther Duty may 

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be laid on Copper and Brafs imported; which, if 
granted, will tend to the Ruin of the Brafiers, and all 
Artificers in Brafs ; by reafon the Englifh is not made fo 
good and ferviceable as the foreign is: And praying, 
That no farther Duty may be laid on Brafs and 
Copper. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- . 


mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majelty. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgeffes, and 
Brafiers, of the Town of Derby, in behalf of themfelves, 
and many others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth, That fundry Petitions have been prefented, 
praying, That fuch farther Duties may be laid on Copper 
and Brafs imported, as may preferve the making and 
manufacturing the fame to this Nation; which if grant- 
ed, it will tend to the Ruin of the Brafiers, and Workers 
in Brafs, by reafon they cannot make fo good Work of 
Englifo Brafs, and neither is it fo ferviceable as the foreign : 
And praying, That no higher Duty may be laid on Cop- 
per, or Brafs, imported; but that Part of the high Du- 
ties that are already laid may be taken off. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, who are to confider further 
of Ways and Means for saifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty, 


A Petition of feveral Juftices of the Peace, Deputy 
Lieutenants, and other Inhabitants, refiding within the 
Tower Hamlets, and Liberties thereof, on behalf of them- 
felves, and others the Inhabitants there, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, notwith- 
ftanding feveral Acts of Parliament have been made for 
regulating the Scavengers, in keeping clean the paved 
Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and narrow Paffages: and the 
preventing keeping of Hogs within the faid Streets, and 
Places contiguous, throwing the Entrai!s and Blood of any 
Bealts, Fow!s, or Fifth, into fuch Lanes, &amp;c. where 
they lie, and corrupt, and ftop up, the Common Sewers ; 
which may prove the Occafion of contagious Diftempers, 
if not timely prevented; and, for want of Encourage- 
ment to the Informers, prevents feveral Profecutions, 
which would otherwife be put in Execution: And pray- 
ing, That a Bill may be brought in for the better Regu- 
lation of the Scavengers, and fuppreffing all Annoy- 
ances. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Farrer and Mr. Bertie do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Mr. Abercrombie prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the Naturalizing of fames Girardot: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Yenkins reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for the better preventing Abufes committed in Weigh- 
ing and Packing of Butter in the City of York, was com- 
mitted, That they had made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with 
Amendments to jome of them, agreed unto by the 
Foute. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofizd. 


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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
fupplying the Records of the Commifiary Court of Aber- 
deen, burnt or loft in the late Fire there, And that Mr. 
Pringle and Colonel Middleton, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of Sir Richard Lane Knight was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That at the late 
Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the Bo- 
rough of Minebead, in the County of Somerfet, the ho- 
nourable Robert Manfell E{quire, and the Petitioner, ftood 
Candidates : That the faid Mr. Man/ell, together with Fobn 
Thomas, and Fobn Floyd, pretended Conttables for the {aid 
Borough, Fofeph Alway and other his Agents, did bribe 
a great Number of the Electors to vote tor him the faid 
Mr. Manfill; and declared, That the faid Mr. Manfell 
fhould be returned, right or wrong: That, upon a fair 
Majority of legal Votes, the Right of Election belonged 
to the Petitioner; and he ought to have been returned 
accordingly: And praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, of Privileges and Elections: And that they do 
examine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with 
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Sir Richard Lane Knight do attend 
this Houfe upon Tuefday Morning next , 

And the previous Queftion being put, That that Que- 
ftion be now put; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


A Bill for repealing fo much of an Act, paffed in the 
Seventh Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aét for repealing an Aé&amp;t, made in the Ninth Year of 
the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, 
An Aé to oblige Ships coming irom Places infected 
more effectually to perform their Quarantine; and for 
the better preventing the: Plague being brought from 
foreign Parts into Great Britain or Ireland, or the Ifles 
of Guernfey, Ferfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man; and to 
hinder the Spreading of Infection; as gives Power to 
remove to a Ship-lazaret, or Peft-houle, any Perfon 
whatfoever, infected with the Plague; or healthy Per- 
fons, out of an infected Family, from their Habitations; 
and alfo fo much of the faid A&amp; as gives Power for 
the drawing Lines round any City, Town, or Place, in- 
feéted ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refolutions which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the faid Refolutions in his Place ; and afterwards de- 
livered them in at the Clerk’s Table: Where they were 
read; and are as follow; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much Money as, at Lady-dey 1722, fhall be or 
remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer of the Fund com- 
monly called the Sinking Fund, fhall be forthwith applied 
towards the difcharging and cancelling the Exchequer 
Bills, amounting toOne million, which, by virtue of an Aét 
of the Sixth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, were created to 
be lent to the South Sea Company; and which were lent 
accordingly. ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, after fuch Application of the Money of the Sinking 
Fund which will remain in the Exchequer at Lady-day 
1722, the South Sea Company fhall be diicharged of the 

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Obligation of circulating any Exchequer Bills, purfuant 
to the Acts of the Sixth and Seventh Years of his Ma- 
jefty’s Reign; and that further Time be given to the 
South Sea Company for Repayment of the principal 
Sum of One million lent to that Company, at any time 
on or before the Seventh Day of Fune 1723, upon Con- 
dition the faid Company pay for the fame an Intereft after 
the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum, from Lady- 
day 1722 until the a¢tual Repayment of the Principal. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his Majefty, 
a Power be given to the Commiffioners of his Majefty’s 
Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, to 
make forth, or caufe to be made forth, at the Exche- 
quer, any Number of new Exchequer Bills ; fo as the 

rincipal Sums to be contained therein do not, in the 
Whole, exceed One million. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That 
the faid Million to be repaid by the South Sea Company, 
on or before the faid Seventh Day of une 1723, fhall, upon 
the Repayment thereof, be applied to cancel and difcharge 
the faid new Exchequer Bills, now to be made forth. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Commiffioners of his Majefty’s Treafury, or the 
High Treafurer for the Time being, on his Majefty’s be- 
half, be enabled to contraét with any Perfon or Perfons, 
Body or Bodies Politick or Coporate, for circulating as 
well the new Bills for One million, now to be made forth, 
as alfo fo many of the Exchequer Bills which were made 
forth by virtue of the faid Two Acts of Parliament, to the 
Amount of One million Nine hundred nineteen thoufand 
Nine hundred and Twelve Pounds Ten Shillings, or 
thereabouts, as fhall remain after the Application of the 
Monies of the faid Sinking Fund, purfuant to the Refo- 
lution above-mentioned; fuch Perfon or Perfons, Body 
or Bodies Politick or Corporate, undertaking to circulate 
the fame at a Rate not exceeding Three Pounds per Cent. 
per Annum, for Premium and Intereft, fo long as all the 
Bills, fo to be circulated, fhall exceed One million; and 
a Rate, not exceeding One per Cent. per Annum, from the 
time that all the Exchequer Bills, fo to be circulated, fhall 
be reduced to any Sum, not exceeding One million in the 
Whole; and that fuch Contract may be made to endure 
for fuch time as fhall be agreed by the Contractors. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Intereft payable by the South Sea Company for 
the faid Million which was lent them, to be computed 
after the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per- Annum, as 
aforefaid, be made a Fund, or Security, fo long as fuch 
Intereft fhall be payable, for cr towards the anfwering of 
the faid Allowance, not exceeding Three Pounds per Cent. 
per Annum, to the faid Undertakers; and that the Monies 
hereafter to come in upon the Sinking Fund fhall be a 
Fund, or Security, for anfwering fo much as, together 
with the faid Intereft, payable by the South Sea Company, 
fhall make up the faid Allowance, not exceeding the faid 
Rate of Three Pounds per Cent. per Annum; and for 
anfwering the faid Allowance, not exceeding the Rate of 
One Pound per Cent. per Annum, to fuch Undertakers. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the faid 
Refolutions: And that Mr. Farrer, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Lowndes, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to prevent the clandeftine Running of Goods, 
and the Danger of Infection thereby ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
preventing the Running of f/anders Lace.. 


Vou. XIX. 


ant 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had direéted 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 


Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 22° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS, 


nie Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration 
the Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for naturalizing Lucas Steinman: 
And the faid Amendments were read; and are as fol- 
low; viz. . E 
Prefs 1. Line 1. Leave out “ befeecheth,” and infert 
“ befeech : , 
Line 6. After ‘* Holfein” infert “ Paul Kra- 
“¢ ger, Son of Fobn Kruger, by Cornelia his Wife, born 
‘ at Hambrough,; and Henry Boon, Son of Fohn Boon, 
by Elizabeth his Wife, born at Rotterdam, in Hol- 
“¢ Jand :” 
Line 8. Leave out 
“ their :” 
- Line 16. After “ Steinman,” infert “ Paul 
“&lt; Kruger and Fohn Boon ;” and, in the fame Line, leave 
out “ is, and infert “ are:” 
Line 19. Leave out “ a;” and, in the fame - 
Line, leave out ‘ Subject,” and infert “ Subjects :” 
_ Line 20. Leave out “ he is,” and infert 
“© they are :” 
Line 24. Leave out “ he,” and _ infert 
“ they;” and, in the fame Line, leave out “ was,” 


ce and infert “* were ;” and, before “ natural,” leave out 
(&lt;4 . 
a: 


Lal 


tal 


¢ 


“ his,” and infert 


_ Line 25. Leave out “ Subject,” and infert 
*¢ Subjects :” 
Line 28. After “* Steinman,” infert “ Paul Kru- 
“¢ ger and Henry Boon ;” and, in the fame Line, leave 
out ‘ is,” and infert “ are:” 
Line laft, Leave out.“ his,” and infert 
“« their ;” and leave out “ Heir,” and infert “ Heirs ;” 
after “‘ to,” leave out “ his,” and infert “ their :” 
Prefs 2. Line 5. Leave out.“ him,” and _ infert 
“¢ them :” 
Line 8. 
“ they s” 
Line 14. Leave out “ he,” and_ infert 
“ they ;” and, after ‘ Steinman,” infert ‘* Paul Kruger 
“ and Heury Boon:” 
Line 20. Leave out “ a;” 


Leave out “ he,” and infert 


and, in the fame 


Line, leave out “ Subject,” and infert “ Subjects :” 


Line 27. After “ Steinman,” infert * Paul 
“ Kruger and Henry Boon, or any or either of them :” 

Line 33. Leave out “ himfelf,” and infert 
“ themfelves : 

Line 34. Leave out “ him,” and_ infert 
“ them, or any or either :” 

To the Title of the Bill, add Paul Kruger and 
“¢ Henry Boon.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Fokn{on do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordfhips. 

Sir 








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Sir Hames Campbell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enable his Majefty to make fuch Provi- 
fions as his Majefty fhall think fit for the Children of Fames 
Mackdonald, deceafed, out of the Eftate of the late Sir 
Donald Mackdonald, their Uncle, which was forfeited to 
his Majefty for High Treafon: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Sir Fohn Ward reported from the Conimittee to 
whom the Petition of the Briti/ Merchants trading to 
Portugal, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; 
and which they had direéted hitn to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the fame Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the.Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read ; and is as follows, viz. 

That the Committee, purfuant to the Order of the 
Houfe, have examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion ; and find the fame to be as followeth ; wz. 

Wiliam Poyntz Efquire, Merchant, faid, That he re- 
fided in Portugal many Years, and was Conful General 
there from March 1715 to June 1719; during which 
time, and many Years before, feveral ufual Coilections 
were made, and paid, by the Briti/h Merchants refiding 
at Li/bon, and other Ports and Places in the Dominions 
of the King of Portugal, for Payment of a Minifter 
for Divine Service; a Judge Confervator, Lawyers, and 
Solicitors, for the Maintenance of their National Privi- 
leges; and efpecially for the Relief of fhipwrecked Ma- 
yiners, and others, taken Prifoners in time of War; which 
have amounted to from 100 to upwards of 400 Men per 
Annum for many Years paft; befides for many other 
charitable Diftributions for the Relief of many diftreffed 
Britifh Subjects refiding in Portugal: 

That many Irifob Roman Catholick Merchants, and 
others, have evaded Payment of thefe neceffary Collec- 
tions for want of a due Power to oblige them to it; 
though, at the fame time, they infift on enjoying all the 
National Privileges as Briti/o Merchants; whereby the 
chief Burthen lies on fome few of the Merchants, who 
are well difpofed to pay the faid Collections; to their 
very great Prejudice : 

That the Method hitherto ufed for raifing the faid Col- 
lections, has been at the Rate of Four Reas per Mil, on 
the Valuation of their Goods in the Cuftom-houfes of 
Portugal; and Four Reas per Mil, on the Sale of fuch 
Goods as pay no Duty to the King of Portugal, or fuch 
as pay Duties in Specie; by which means a Thoufand or 
1,200/. per Annum has been ufually collected for the Pur- 
pofes aforefaid; but has been very much leffened of late 
Years by the Refufal of feveral Perfons to pay the fame, 
as aforefaid ; and, by the Scheme following, now pro- 
pofed, the former Collection will be reduced upwards of 
One Fourth-part; and all the Merchants trading to Portu- 
gal will bear an equal Proportion : 

And further faid, That the Dutch, and other Nations 
do oblige the Britifh Subjeéts refiding in Portugal to pay 
Contribution for all Merchandize which they import from 
Holland, and other Countries, refpectively, by inferting it 
in their Bills of Lading. 

Mr. James Holland, Charles Savage junior, and Henry 
Samuel Eyre, all Merchants, who lived at Lifbon many 
Years, confirmed what Mr. Poyntz faid to be true. 


The Scheme referred to in the Report. 
Reas, 
One P*. of long Bay, valued in the Cuftom- 
houfe in Portugal at Twenty Mil-reas, pays 
at prefént at the Rate of Four Reas per Mil, 


amounts to — —_— — — 80 
Whereas, if pays fingle Freight at the Rate of 
Eight Ryals, each Ryal at 48 Reas, is 384 Reas; 
which, at 15 per Cent. is —_ _ wm... §7 
So that it appears, by the new Regulation, each 
leng Bay will pay, lefs — —_ — 23 
- es tae” 





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Reas. 
One P*. of Colchefter Bay, now valued at 15 Mil- 
reas, now pays, at Four Reas per Mil, is — 60 
Whereas, by this new Regulation, it pays 15 per 
Cent. on the Freight, at Six Ryals 288, amounts 
to 


Lefs — 18 
One P*. of Cloth, now valued at, one with ieee 
other, at Twenty Mil-reas, at Four Reas per Mil, 
is — _ — _ — — 80 
According to this new Regulation, it will pay 15 
per Cent, on the Freight of Six Ryals, or 288 
Reas _ ~ = —_ ~~ 42 
—nieny 
Lefs — 38 


ey 
One P+. of fmall Good, as long Ells, Crapes, ri 
Shalloons, Says, &amp;%c. one with another, valued 
at Seven Mill Five hundred Reas, pays Four per 
Mil, is —_ — — 





ae — 30 

Whereas, paying fingle Freight, at + Ryals per . 
Ps, is 72 Reas; at 15 per Cent. is — om 10 
Lefs —- 20 





One Ton of wheat, fuppofe fold at 280 Reas 
per Alquir, pays, at Four Reas per Mil-reas — 112 
By the Method now propofed — 100 
Lefs — 12 


SN 


One Ton of Fifh, of 19 Quintals, if fold for 
Three Mil-reas per Quintal, now pays, at Four 
Reas per Mil-reas om — 228 


By the Method now propofed, will pay but 200 


Leis 28 





Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
more equal paying, and better collecting, certain {mall 
Sums for Relief of fhipwrecked Mariners, and diftreffed 
Perfons, his Majefty’s Subjects, in the Kingdom of Por- 
tugal ; and for other pious and charitable Purpofes, ufually 
contributed to by the Merchants trading to thatKingdom: 
And that Sir Yohn Ward, and Mr. Fohn Chetwynd, de 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


- Mr. Tufnell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing the Highways from the Stones End, 
in White Chappell Church, in the County of Middlefex, 
to Shenfield, and to the furthermoft Part of the Parith of 
Woodford, \eading to the Town of Epping, in the County 
of Effex, was committed, That they had made feveral 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Amendments 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confider- 
ation To-morrow Morning. : 


Mr. Earl reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill to enable the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Commonalty, of 
the City of Briftol, to build an Exchange there, for the 
Conveniency of the Merchants and Traders of the faid 
City, was committed, That they had made feveral Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Amendments in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the faid Amendments were once. 
read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one ; 
and, upon the a feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


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An ingroffed Bill for giving further Encouragement 
for the Importation of Naval Stores, was read the Third 
time. de, toni 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Raval Stores ; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned. : * 

Ordered, That Mr. Fohn Chetwynd do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Sir Richard Lane do attend this Houfe 
To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That Fohn Thomas and Fohn Floyd, Conftables 
of the Borough of Minehead, in the County of Somerfet, 
do attend this Houfe To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend this 
Houfe To-morrow Morning with the Return of a Burgefs 
for the faid Borough of Minehead, and with the Precept, 
iffued by the Sheriff of the County of Somerfet, for the 
faid Eleétion, annexed to the faid Return. 

Ordered, That * Prowle do attend this Houfe To- 
‘morrow Morning. 


A Petition of the Prefident, Treafurer, and Governors, 
appointed for the Management of the Affairs of the Ho- 
{pital of Saint Thomas the Apoftle, in Southwark, in Ge- 
feral Court affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That the faid Hofpital is appropri- 
ated for the Relief of poor, fick, lame, and difeafed, 
Perfors: That there have been annually, for fome Years 
aft, under the Care of the faid Hofpital, about Five 
shoufand poor miferable Objects; many of whom were 
Seamen and Soldiers; and have received their Cures in 
the faid Hofpital: That the whole annual Value and Re- 
venue of the faid Hofpital does not exceed Three thou- 
fand Five hundred Pounds; and lies in Southwark, Lon- 
don, and Wapping, on the Bank of the River of Thames ; 
and upon the Bank of the fame River, at Alvethly, in 
Effex: That if the Bill, now depending, for building a 
Bridge crofs the River of Thames, fhould pafs, the faid 
Hofpital’s Eftate will be in Danger of being overfiown, 
and drowned ; and great Numbers of neceffitous and mi- 
ferable People will, by fuch Leffening of the Revenues 
of the faid Hofpital, be deprived of the Benefit of fo 
ufeful a Charity: And praying, That they may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the 
Parifh of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the oppo- 
fite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parifh of Saint 
Margaret, Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex, be 
read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be then 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if they think 
fit. 


A Petition of Fohn Watfon, Fohn Hill, Fohn Fenkins, 

Ward Smith, George Moncke, and ohn le Clerc de Virley, 
in behalf of themielves, and the reft of the Proprietors 
of the Water-works at London Bridge, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That, fhould a Bridge 
be built crofs the River of Thames, from Peterborough- 
houfe to Lambeth, it will tend greatly to the Deftruction 
of the faid Waterworks; and thereby render the Peti- 
tioners incapable of fupplying the City with Water; to 
the great Prejudice of the Inhabitants, and the Ruin of 
the Petitioners: And praying, That they may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the iaid Bill. 
'” Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Wa/t, in the 
Parifh of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the oppo- 
fite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parith of Saint 
Margaret, Wefiminfter, in the County of Middlefex, be 
read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be then 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if they think 
fit. ‘ ‘ 


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A Petition of the Bailiff, Burgeffes, and Commonalty, 
of the Borough of Tewk/bury, in the County of Gloucefer, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read ; fetting forth, Ther 
the laying a farther Duty on Battery-metal prepared, or 
black Latten, will effectually prevent the Importation 
thereof; and all the Braziers in Great Britain will have no 
other Market to buy their Goods at, but only of the 
Engl Kettlemakers at Briffol, and at what Price they 
pleafe ; when they can never make Englifh Kettles fo good 
as the Flemifh, by reafon the Englifb Metal is not fo good ; 
and that for the fake of enriching a few Men only, the 
whole Nation fhould be lofers : And praying Relief, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
afe to confider further of Ways and Means for railing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


ABill for the Encouragementof the Silk Manufa@tures 
of this Kingdom ; and for taking off feveral Duties on 
Merchandizes exported; and for reducing the Duties 
upon Beaver-fkins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and N utmegs, 
imported ; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

A Bill to explain and amend an Aé&amp;t, miade in the Second 
Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, in- 
tituled, An Aét for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Henry 
Lord Vifeount Dillon in the Kingdom of Ireland ; and for 
fettling an Equivalent, in other Part of his Eftate, on the 
Vifcountefs his Wife, for her Jointure ; and to enable 
Richard now Lord Vifcount Dillon in the faid Kingdom to 
make Provifion for the Vifcountefs his Wife ; was reada 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Gage, 
Mr. Carter, Lord Carpenter, Colonel Carpenter, Mr. 
Stritkland, Mr. Wylde, Mr. Lowndes, Sir Fohn Eyles, 
General Wade, Mr. Guidot, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. San- 
dys, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Walpole, Sir Tho. Fohnfon, Mr. 
Earl, Colonel Cadogan, General Rofé, Sir Tho. Hanmer, 
Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Mr. 
Yorke, Mr. Medlycot, Sir Fames Campbell, Lord Mor- 
peth, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brodrick, Sir Charles T; urner, Mr. 
Hutchefon, Mr. Douglas, Colonel Campbell, Mr. North, 
Mr. Difton, Mr. Neble, Mr. Travers, Mr. Crifp, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Chetwynd, General Lumley, Mr. Ducane, 
Mr. Campbell: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the 
Supply granted to his Majefty, being read; 

Ordered, That the Account of what is due on the De- 
bentures to the Sufferers at the Iflands of Nevis and Saint 
Chriftopher’s, made out by the Commiffioners of Trade 
and Plantations, purfuant to Acts of Parliament in that 
behalf; with the Intereft that will be due on the faid De- 
bentures at Chrifimas 172%; be referted to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolutions which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/fday next, 
at Twelve of the Clock, ref!--= ir! into a Committee 


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of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for taking off the Duty 
upon all Salt ufed in'the Curing and Making of White- 


herrings; and, inftead thereof, laying a proportionable 
Duty upon all White-herrings confumed at home only. 


The Order for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his Majetty, 
being read ; ; 

Ordered, That the Account fhewing how the Money 
given for the Service of the Year 172 hath been dif- 
pofed of; diftinguifhed under the feveral Heads ; until 
the Twenty-fixth Day of Ofoder 1721 and the Parts 
thereof remaining unfatisfied; be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for repealing fo much of an 
Aé&amp;, paffed in the Seventh Year of his prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for repealing an Aét, made in 
the Ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled, An A&amp; to oblige Ships coming from 
Places infeéted, more effectually to perform their Qua- 
rantine; and for the better preventing the Plague being 
brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain or Ireland, 
or the Ifles of Guernjey, Ferfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man; 
and to hinder the Spreading of Infection ; as gives Power 
to remove to a Ship-lazaret, or Peft-houfe, any Perifon 
whatfoever infected with the Plague ; or healthy Perfons, 
out of an infected Family, from their Habitations ; and 
alfo fo much of the faid A&amp; as gives Power for the draw- 
ing Lines round any City, Town, or Place, infected ; 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

The Houfe being informed, That there was a Diffe- 
rence, who fhould take the Chair of the Committee ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutchefon do take the Chair of the 
Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Hutchefon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hutche/on reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 23° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


ba? Girardot took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


Mr. Treby reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Elizabeth and Margaret Newton, Infants, during 
their Minority, with Confent of Truftees, to grant, and 
fill up, Leafes of Part of the Eftate late of ohn Newtcn 
Efquire, theic Father, deceafed, was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Conients to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee, and that the Committee had directed 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend. 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


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The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill for repair- 
ing the Highways from the Stones End at White Chappel 
Church, in the County of Middlefex to Shenfield, and to 
the furthermoft Part of the Parifh of Woodford, leading 
to the Town of Epping, in the County of Effex, was com- 
mitted : 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee, to 
the Bill, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, agreed 
unto by the Houle. i 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


eroffed. 


Mr. Hungerford reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
veft Two Fourth Parts of a Fee-farm Rent of Eighty- 
two Pounds Fight Shillings and Two Pence, iffuing out 
of the Manor of King/wood, in the County of Wilts, of 
which Two Fourth-parts the Lord Vifcount Harcourt is 
feifed in Fee, in Trutitees, to the like Ufes as a Meffuace, 
and Lands, called ‘fohnjon’s Farm, in the Parifhes of 
Stanton Harcourt and Southly, or One of them, in the 
County of Oxon, were devifed by Dame Elizabeth Har- 
court, Widow, deceafed ; and, in lieu thereof, for veft- 
ing the faid Premiffes, called Fohnfon’s Farm, in the faid 
Lord Vifcount Harcourt, and his Heirs; -was committed: 
That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confents to the Bill, to the SatisfaStion of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had direéted 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Bailiffs, Bur- 
geffes, and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Abing- 
ton, in the County erks, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; ifetting -crth, That the Petitioners are in- 
formed, a Bill is depending for building a Bridge over the 
River of Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Waft 
in Lambeth, to a Place a little above Peterborough-hou a 
which, if granted, great Mifchiefs and Inconveniencies 
will neceffarily arife to the Petitioners; and will deftroy 
the Trade which they have fo long fucceffively carried 
on with the City of London; and Thoufands of People 
os cen be reduced to Ruin and Want, if fuch 

ridge be built: And praying to be heard i " 
fel, againft the faid Bill = lal. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie u 
until the Bill for building a Bridge che the Wa ee 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the 
Parifh of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to the Oppo- 
fite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parith of Saint 
Margaret, Wefiminfter, in the County of Middlefex, be 
read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be then 


heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. ; 
ne ! g e faid Bill, if they 


A Petition of feveral Watermen and Lightermen, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented ‘to the. 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners find 
a Bill is brought in for building a Bridge crofs the River 
Thames from Lambeth to Peterborough-houfe; which 
if the fame fhould be built in the Place intended, will be 
very prejudicial to, if not the utter Ruin of, great Numbers 
of Families, whofe fole Livelihood depends on the faid 


- Bufinefs of Watermen and Lightermen ; and will hinder 


the Navigation of the faidRiver: And prayin 
may be heard, by their Counfel, PAR png ‘aid Bill. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Woft, in. the 
Parith of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to the oppo- 
fite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Patith of 
Saint Margaret, Wefiminfter, in the County of Middle- 
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then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if they 
think fit. 


A Petition of divers Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, Tenants to the Right honourable Henry 
Lord Vifcount St. Fohn, Baron of Batterfea, on behalf 
of themfelves, and other Landholders in the faid Parifh 
of Batterfea, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fet- 
ting forth, That there are great Quantities of Marfh, 
Meadow, and Garden Ground, lying next the River of 
Thames, in the faid Parith of Batterfea, which are fre- 
quently overflowed by the River Thames, notwithftand- 
ing the Wail or Bank there ; and which is maintained at 
ereat Expence: That, fhould the Bridge intended to be 
built crofs the River of Thames, from Lambeth, to Peter- 
borouch Houfe take Effect, the faid Bridge will caufe the 
River Thames to rife much higher, to the great Damage 
of the faid Landholders: And praying, That they may 
be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called Prince’s Waft, in the Parifh 
of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to the oppofite 
Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parifh of Saint 
Margaret, Weftminfier, in the County of Middlejex, be 
read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be then 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if they think 
fic. 


A Petition of the Parifhioners and Inhabitants of the 
Parithes of Breeden, Eckington, Overbury, and of feveral 
other Parifhes, Townthips, and Villages, in the County 
ot Worcefter ; and of Kemmerton, in the County of G/cu- 
ccfer; was prefented to the Houfe, and read, fetting 
forth, That the Petitioners being informed, That a Bill 
hath been lately read, for repairing the Road leading from 
Tewk/bury, in the County of Gloucefter, unto Co/coomb- 
gate, from the Eaft Part of Tewk/bury, through feveral 
wealthy Parifhes and Places, and contains, in Length, at 
leaft Eight Miles, in the Midft and Depth of the Vale of 
Evefham: That, by the faid Bill, feveral Stops and Turn- 
pikes are intended to be made, and fet up, in the Town 
of Breedon, and in feveral Parts of the Roads leading 
Northward from the faid Town of Tewk/bury, and in 
other Places unconcerned with the faid Road intended to 
be repaired by fuch Bill; whereby the Petitioners will 
not only be ftopped and barred from paffing to and from 
Tewk/bury , but alfo Kindered, upon their common Occa- 
fions, to pafs from one Village to another; they lying 
at a great Diftance from the faid Town, who are to have 
the Benefit thereof; and they being obliged to keep their 
Roads in Repair themfelves: And praying to be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for repairing the Highways leading from 
the End of Barton-ftreet, in the Borough of Tewk/bury, 
to Cofcomb-gate, on the Top of Stanway-hill, in the 
County of Gloucefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Parifhioners and Inhabitants of the 
feveral Parifhes of Parfhore, Eckington, Birlingham, Com- 
berton, Wick, Elmley Caftle, Cropthorne, Charlton, Flad- 
bury, Bifbampton, on behalf of themfelves, and feveral 
other Parifhes, Townfhips, and Villages, within the 
County of Worcefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; fetting forth, That a Bill having been lately read, 
for repairing the Road leading from Tewk/bury to Stan- 
way-hill, being the London Road, from the Eaft Part of 
Tewk/bury; that, by the faid Bill, feveral Stops and 
Turnpikes are intended to be made, and fet up, in feve- 
ral Places in the Town and Parifh of Breedon, in the 
County of Glouceffer ; whereby not only the Petitioners, 
but all that Part of the Country, will be barred and 
{topped from paffing to and from Tewk/bury, and from 
thence to Gloucefter, Brijtol, and other Parts, on their 


neceffary and lawful Occafions; cr elle be obliged to pay 
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jex, be read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be 


725 
Money to repair the faid Road; which the Petitioners 
have no Benefit of, nor any-ways affects them: And 
praying, That they may be heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for repairing the Highways leading from the 
End of Barton-ftreet, in the Borough of Tewk/bury, to 
Cofcomb-gate, on the Top of Stanway-hill, in the County 
of Gloucefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Merchants of the City of Briffol 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; fetting forth, That 
the Importation o¢ Brafs and Copper, which is chiefly pur- 
chafed by the Product of our Plantations, very much con- 
tributes to the rendering all Sorts of Brafs and Copper 
Manufactures to foreign Markets on eafy Terms; to the 
Benefit of our Trade and Navigation, and the Employ- 
ment of many Hundreds of Poor: That, fhould a far- 
ther Duty be laid on all Brafs, &amp;?c. that may be imported, 
the Petitioners will not be able to fupply the Markets 
abroad on as eafy Terms as the Dutch, and other neigh- 
bouring Nations: And praying, That no farther Duties 
may be laid upon Brafs, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who 
are to confider farther of Ways and Means for raifing the 


Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of the Supply granted to his Majefty, the Refolu- 
tion which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the fame in his Place ; and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred forty-one thou- 
fand Ninety-three Pounds Fifteen Shillings and One Peny 
Farthing, be granted to his Majefty, to difcharge the 
Principal and Intereft upon the Debentures which were 
granted to the Sufferers at Nevis and St. Chriftopher’s. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second time ; 

Refolved, That the Houte do agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, That a Sum, not exceed- 
ing One hundred forty-one thoufand Ninety-three Pounds 
Fifteen Shillings and One Peny Farthing, be granted to 
his Majefty, to difcharge the Principal and Intereft upon 
the Debentures which were granted to the Sufferers at 
Nevis and Sz. Chriftopher’s. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houtfe be adjourned till 
this Day Fortnight. 


The Houfe refumed the further Confideration of the 
Petition of Fohn Thomas and Fohn Floyd, Conftables of 
the Borough of Minehead, in the County of Somerfet : 

And the Serjeant at Arms being called upon to give 
an Account of what he had done in relation to the tum- 
moning Henry Stroude Efquire, late High Sheriff of the 
County of Somerfet ; 

The Meffenger-gave an Account, That he found the 
faid Mr. Stroude in Bed, and very infirm; and that he 
was a very ancient Man ; and, by reafon of his Age and 
Infirmity, not able to travel, 

Then Mr. Stroude, County Clerk to the late High 
Sheriff of the County of Somerfer, was called in; aad 
examined. 

And then he withdrew. 

Then Mr. * Day, Under Sheriff to the late High 
Sheriff of the County of Somer/et, was called in; and exa- 
mined: And he delivered in the Receipt by him taken for 
the Precept which he delivered to Fosn Vicary'and Fofeph 
Sherry, as Returning Officers tor the Borough of Minehead. 

And then he withdrew. 

Then John Thomas and Fohn Fliey2, Conftables of the 
Borough of Minehead, were severally called in, and exa- 
mined. 


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And, being withdrawn ; 

Part of the Aét, made in the Seventh and Eighth Years 
of the Reign of the late King William the ‘Third, int- 
tuled, An Aét for the further regulating EleCions of 
Members to ferve in Parliament; and for the preventing 
irrecular Proceedings of Sheriffs, and other Officers, 1n 
the ‘cleating and returning fiich Members; was read. 

Refolved, That * Dey, late Under Sheriff of the 
County of Somerfét; having delivered the Sheriff's Pre- 
cept for electing a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the 
Borough of Minehead to Fohn Vicary and Fofeph Sherry, 
Two of the Burgefles of the faid Borough, but not Con- 
ftables thereof, is guilty of a Breach of Truft, and Con- 
tempt of the Authority of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid * Day be, for his faid Offence, 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this Houfe. 


The Bilt for better fecuring the Freedom of Ele¢tions 
of Members to ferve for the Commons in Parliament, was 
read a Second time. 

Refalved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houite. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve irfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


And-then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 24° die Januari; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
|R. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
i Order, a Bill for regulating the Scavengers, and 
fuppreffing Annoyances, within the Tower Hamlets; and 
the eafier profecuting Offenders, in relation thereunto: 


And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of chun Pond, Leffee of the Toll, or 
Wheelage, of Loncon Bridge, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner hath 
paid a very large Fine to the City of London for a Leafe 
of the Toll, or Wheelage, of London Bridge; wherein 
is a Remainder of about Twenty Years to come; and a 
confiderable annual Rent is referved to be paid by him 
towards the Support and Repair of the faid Bridge: That 
fhould a Bridge be built crofs the Thames from Lambeth 
to Peterborough-houfe, great Part, of the Profits arifing 
from the faid Toll would neceffarily be diverted; to the 
oreat Diminution of the annual Income neceffary for the 
Repair of London Bridge ; and to the unavoidable Ruin of 
the Petitioner, and his numerous Family: And praying, 
That he may be heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the 
Parith of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to the op- 
pofite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parith of 
Saint Margaret, Wefiminfler, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, be read a Second time: And that the Petitioner 
be then heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if 
he think fir. 


A Petition of feveral Bargemen and Watermen of 
Kingfton, Richmond, Mortlack, Barnes, Putuey, Wandf- 
worth, and Batterfea, in the County of Surry; and alfo of 
Twittenham, Wleworth, Brentford, Chifwick, Hamerfmith, 
Fuiham, and Chelfea, in the County of Middlefex; upon 
theRiver T/aimes; in behalf of themielves, and many Thou- 
{ands of others; was prefented to the Houle, and read; fet- 
ting forth, That a Bill being now depending for erecting a 
Bridge over the jaid River, atornearVauxhail; that, fhould 


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fuch Bridge be ereéted, it will occafion the Ruino 
Thouland Families ; and be pernicious to the Navigation 
of the faid River, as well as a Detriment to the Trade 
of the Cities of London and Wefiminfter: And praying 
to be heard by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge ¢rofs the River of 
Thames froma Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the 
Parifh of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, to the op- 
pofite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parith of 
Saint Margaret, Weftminfter, in the County of Middle. 
Jex, be read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be 


then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if 
they think fit. 


f many 


Mr. Pringle prefented to the Houfe, according to Or. 
der, a Bill for fupplying the Records of the Commifty 
Court of Aberdeen, burnt or loft in the Fire there: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Mayor, Burgeffes, and 
Commonalty, of the City of Briftol, to build an Exchange 
there, for the Conveniency of the Merchants and Traders 
of the faid City, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act to enable the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Common- 
alty, of the City of Brifto/, to build an Exchange there, 
for the Conveniency of the Merchants and Traders of 
that City. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ler] do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Fohn Ward prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for more equal paying, and better collecting, 
certain {mall Sums therein mentioned, for Relief of thip- 
wrecked Mariners, and diftreffed Perfons, his Majefty’s 
Subjects, in the Kingdom of Portugal; and for other 
pious and charitable Purpofes, ufually contributed to by 
the Merchants trading to Portugal: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for naturalizing James Girardot, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Aber- 
crombie, Mr. Earl, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Med- 
lycot, Mr. Freman, Mr. Wylde, Sir Tho. ‘Fohnfon, Mr. 
Deckiminique, Mr. Bond, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Stewart, 
Mr. North, Mr. Bramjfton, Mr. Manfell, Mr. Bacon, 
Sir Fames Campbell, Colonel Scott, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. 
Godfrey, Mr. Pringle, Colonel Middleton, Sir Wm. 
Daines, Colonel Berkley, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Mr. Pitt, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Lord Grimfton, Mr. Guidott, Mr. Sloper, 
Sir Robert Davers: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Prefident, Treafurer, and Gover- 
nors, of Saint Bartholomew’s Hofpital, near Weft Smith- 
field, London, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
fetting forth, That the greateft Part of the Revenue of 
the faid Hofpital arifeth out of the Rents of Houfes fituate 
in and about Weft Smithfield, and elfewhere, in the faid 
City ; all which will neceffarily be impaired in their Value, 
if the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the’ River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Waff, in the 
Parith of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the oppo- 
fite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parifh of 
Saint Margaret, Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex, 
fhould pais: And praying, That they may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, before the fame 
do pafs. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table until 
the faid Bill be read a Second time; and that the Peti- 
tioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill, if they think fit; 


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The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas,4 


Mr. Recorder of London, : 
Mr. Onflow: ts : 

Tellers for the Noes, } oo Panne: f 89. 

-So it paffed in the Negative. 

The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
‘refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in the 
Curing and Making of White-herrings; and, inftead 
thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all White- 
herrings confumed at home only ; 

Ordered, shat it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, to impower the Barons of the Exchequer in Scot- 
land to make-out Certificates for fuch Tobacco-as was 
exported in Veffels under the Burthen of Twenty Tons, 
between the Twenty-feventh of March 1710 and the 
Seventh of May following. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Clautes, for the Relief of the Proprietors of refined Salt, 
in relation to Salt to be delivered to the Fifhery Duty- 
free. 

And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid-Com- 
mittee. | 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Ir. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, when 
the Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill to prevent the clan- 
deftine Running of Goods, and the Danger of Infection 
thereby. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday next, at 
Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for re- 
pealing fo much of an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of 
his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for re- 
pealing an Aét, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of 
her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act to oblige 
Ships, coming from Places infected, more effectually to 
perform their Quarantine ; and for the better preventing 
the Plague being brought from foreign Parts into Great 
Britain or Ireland, or the Iles of Guernfey, Ferfey, Alder- 
nev, Sark, or Man; and to hinder the Spreading of In- 
fection; as gives Power to remove to a Ship-lazaret, or 
Peft-houfe, any Perfon whatfoever, infected with the 
Plague; or healthy Perfons, out of an infected Family, 
from their Habitations; and alfo fo much of the faid Act 
as gives Power for the drawing Lines round any City, 
Town, or Place, infected. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 25° die fanuarii ; 
Anno 8° Georgit Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

to veft Two Fourth parts of a Fee-farm Rent of 
Eighty-two Pounds Eight Shillings and Two Pence iffuing 
cut of the Manor of Kingfwoed, in the County of Wilts, 
of which Two Fourth-parts the Lord Vifcount Harcourt is 


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feifed in Fee, in Truftees, to the like Ufes as a Mefiuage, 
and Lands, called Fohnfon’s Farm, in the Parifhes of 
Stanton Harcourt, and Southly, or One of them, in the 
County of Oxcn, were devifed by Dame Elizabeth Har- 
court, Widow, deceafed; and, in licu thereof, for velting 
the faid Premifes, called ‘Yobnfon’s Farm, in the faid Lord 
Vifcount Harcourt, and his Heirs; was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, ‘That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Lord Molefworth reported from the Committee, 
to whomthe Petition of the Adventurers and Undertakers, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, relating to fupply- 
ing the City of Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Wa- 
ter, was referred, the Matter, as it appeared to them; 
and which the Committee had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as follows; viz. 

That the Cornmittee have examined the Matter of the 

{aid Petition; and find the fame to be as followeth; 
Vid. 

Mr. Watts faid, That the Land from the River Thames 
to Oliver’s Mount, which they propofe to make ufe of, 
was Sir Richard Grofvenor’s, except crofling the Road, 
= that he had agreed with Sir Richard Grofvencr 
or it. 

Mr. Yames Scanlan, Mathematician, faid, That he had 
furveyed and levelled the Ground; and that, with Engines 
working by the Reflux of the Tide, they can raife any 
Quantity of Water to the Height propofed, without any 
Prejudice at all to the Navigation of the River: 

That they propofed to make one large Refervoir, ‘of 
about Ten Acres, to hold from Five to Ten Foot Depth 
of Water, according tothe different Changes of the 
Tide; and that they can inlarge the fame to 30 or 40 
Acres, if neceffary: 

That the Back-water makes no Banks in the River; 
becaufe the Water falls into it in the fame Plane with the 
Chanel at Low-water, and in the fame Place where there 
is, at prefent, a Drain of the Marfhes into the faid 
River. 

That, upon the whole Matter, the Committee do find, 
That there is, at prefent, a great Scarcity of Water in 
that Part of Weftminfter; and are of Opinion, That the 
propofed Undertaking is practicable, and will do no man- 
ner of Prejudice to the Navigation of the River; and 
may, if perfected, be of great Ufe and Benefit to the 
Publick. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better fupplying the City and Liberties of Weftminfter, 
and Parts adjacent, with frefh Water: And that the Lord 
Molefworth, and Mr. Fohn Chetwynd, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in the Curing and 


Making of White-herrings,; and, infteed thereof, laying 


a proportionable Duty upon all White-herrings confumed 
at home only; was committed; the Amendments they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the fame in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. - 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled. 


A Petition of Samuel Cowden, Leffee of the Market of 
Queen Hith, and feveral of the Inhabitants, in and near the 
faid Market, in behalf of themfelves, and the reftof the 
Inhabitants thereabouts, was prefented to the Houte, and 

read; 











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read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner Samuel Cowden 
is Leffee of the faid Market, and Tolls thereof, under the 
City of London; for which he pays a confiderable annual 
Rent; and the other Petitioners do rent Wharfs, Yards, 
and Store-houfes, for Landing and Houfing of Grain, and 
other Commodities for Supply of the City; and by that 
means, maintain themfelves, and Families, and Multitudes 
of poor People employed by them: That, fhould the 
Bridge intended to be built from Lambeth to Peterborough- 
houfe....+ not only the large Weft Country Barges will, 
from the manifeftDangerin paffing fuch Bridge, difcontinue 
coming to the faid Market, but the Petitioners, and their 
Families, will be utterly ruined; and the faid Market in 
Danger of being overflowed; and praying, that they 
may be heard, by their Counfel, againft che faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of 
Thames, from a Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the 
Parith of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the op- 
pofite Shore, next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parith of 
Saint Margaret, Weftminfter, in the County of Middle- 
fex, be read a Second time: And that the Petitioners be 
then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, if 
they think fit. 


The Order of the Day, for the Second Reading the 
Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River of Thames, 
from a Place called The Prince’s Waft, in the Parith of 
Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, 
next Peterborough-houfe, in the Parith of Saint Margaret, 
Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex, being read ; 

The Counfel for the Petitioners againft the Bill, and 
alfo the Counfel for the Bill, were called in ; 

And the Bill was read a Second time: 

And the feveral Petitions, which were ordered to lie 
upon the Table until the faid Bill fhould be read a Second 
time, were read : 

And the Counfel for the City of London were heard, 
and examined feveral Witnefies, as to the Prejudice of 
the Navigation of the River Thames, if the Bill fhould 

afs. 

And then the Counfel were direéted to withdraw. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Hearing of the Counfel, upon the Peti- 
tion of the City of London againft the Bill for building a 
Bridge crofs the River of Thames, from a Place called 
The Princes Waft, in the Parith of Lambeth, in the 
County of Surry, to the oppofite Shore, next Peter- 
borough-houfe, in the Parifh of Saint Margaret, W eft- 
minfter, in the County of Middlefex, be adjourned till 
Monday Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 


Mr. Tufnell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Burridge: 


Mr. Biff, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Micklethwaite: 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 26° die Fanuarit ; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N inroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 

to enable Elizabeth and Margaret Newton, Infants, 

during their Minority, with Confent of Truftees, to grant, 

and fill up, Leafes of Part of the Eftate late of Fohn New- 

bon Efquire, their Father, deceafed, was read the Third 
time. 


Refolwed, That the Bill do pafs, 


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Ordered, That Mr. Treby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Lightboun and 
Mr. Conway: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for reftoring and rebuilding the Haven and Piers of Brid- 
port, in the County of Dorfet; and for making a Sluic 
there; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Bill to enable his Majefty to make fuch Provifions as 
his Majetty fhall think fit for the Children of Fames Mack- 
donald, deceafed, out of the Eftate of the late Sir Donald 
Mackdonald, their Uncle, which was forfeited to his Ma- 
jetty for High Treafon, was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgeffes, 
of the Borough of Evefbam, in the County of Worcefter, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That a Bill having been lately read for repairing the Road 
leading from Tewk/bury, in the County of Gloucefter, unto 
Stanway-hill Gate, being London Road, from the Eaft 
Part of Tewk/bury,;, that, by the faid Bill, feveral Stops 
and Turnpikes are intended to be made, and fet up, in fe- 
veral Places in the Town and Parifh of Breedon, in the 
County of Worcefter; which is a very great Road, lead- 
ing Northward, from the faid ‘Town of Tew/Rbury, into 
and through Worceferfoire, Warwickfbire, and many 
other Places, remote, and altogether unconcerned with 
the faid Road intended to be repaired; whereby not only 
the Petitioners, but all that Part of the Country, will be 
barred and ftopped from paffing to and from Tewk/bury 
Northward, and alfo Southward, to Gloucefter, Briftol 
and other Parts, on their neceffary and lawful Occafions; 
or elfe be obliged to pay Money to repair the faid Road; 
which the Petitioners have no Benefit of, nor any- ways af. 
fects them: And praying, That they may be heard by 
their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the Bill for repairing the Highways leading from the 
End of Barton-freet, in the Borough of 7; ewk/bury, to 
Cofcomb-gate, on the Top of Stanway-hill, in the County 
of Gloucefter, be read a Second time. 


A Petition of the Brafiers and Inhabitants of the Town 
of Hartford, in behalf of themfelves, and many others con- 
cerned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fettin 
forth, That feveral Petitions have been prefented, de- 
firing, That a greater Duty may be laid on all foreign 
Copper and Brafs, imported; which if granted, it will 
certainly be a very grievous Burthen on the Brafiers, and 
Artificers in Brafs, who have already found, to their great 
Prejudice, that the Workmen cannot perfeét a good Piece 
of Work on Englifh Brafs like unto foreign; and will 
alfo be a Tax on all People who ufe Copper and Brafs 
Wares : And praying, That there may be no further Duties 
laid on Copper and Brafs ; but that Part of the high Du- 
ties already laid on may be taken off. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, who are 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to his Majefty. 


Mr. Abercrombie reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for naturalizing Yames Girardot, was one 
mitted, That they had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had directed 


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him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Banks reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for velting Part of the Eftate of Sir Ra/ph Milbank, Ba- 
ronet, in Truftees, to be fold, for performing his Father’s 
Will, and an Agreement made with his Brother and Sifters, 
was committed, That they had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill to the Houtfe, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 


The Houfe being moved, That a Claufe in the Statute 
of 23 K. Hen. VIII. intituled, An Aé for Obligations 
to be taken by Two Chief Juftices, the Mayor of the 
Staple, and the Recorder of London, might be read; 

The fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
fupplying fome Defects in the faid Statute: And that Mr. 
Farrer and Mr. Conyers do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for taking off the Duty upon all Salt 
ufed in the Curing and Making of White-herrings; and, 
inftead thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all 
White-herrings confumed at home only; was read the 
Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for taking off the Duty upon all Salt ufed in 
the Curing and Making of White-herrings; and, inftead 
thereof, laying a proportionable Duty upon all White- 
herrings confumed at home osly; and for making an Al- 
lowance for Tobacco exported from Scot/and in the time 
therein mentioned ; and for giving further Relief to the 
Refiners of Rock-falt. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf mto a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for repealing 
fo much of an Aét, paffed in the Seventh Year of his 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for repealing 
an Aét, made in the Ninth. Year of the Reign of her late 
Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Aé&amp; to oblige Ships 
coming from Places infected, more effectually to perform 
their Quarantine; and for the better preventing the Plague 
being brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain or 
Jreland, or the Ifles of Guernfey, Ferfey, Aldernev, Sark, 
or Man; and to hinder the Spreading of Infection; as 
gives Power to remove to a Ship-lazaret, or Pcft-houfe, 
any Perfon whatfoever infected with the Plague; or healthy 
Perfons, out of an infected Family, from their Habita- 
tions; and alfo fo much of the faid A&amp; as gives Power 
for the drawing Lines round any City, Town, or Place, 
infected. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Hutchefon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hutchefon reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the Encouragement of the Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom ; and for taking off feve- 
ral Duties on Merchandizes exported; and for reducing 
the Duties upon Beaver-fkins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, 
and Nutmegs, imported. 

Vor. XIX. 


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into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to con der furcher 
of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majetty ; 

Ordered, That an Account fhewing how the Money 
given for the Service of the Year 1721, hath been difnofed 
of; diftinguifhed under the fever2l Heads; until the 
Twenty-fixth of Ofober 1721; and the Yarts theteof re- 
maining unfatisfied; be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Apples and Pears im- 
ported from Chriftmes 1713 to the Twelfth of December 
17213; with the Amount of the Duties; be referred to ihe 
faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Ferrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had heard Counfel upon the feveral Petitions of the Gen- 
tlemen Adventurers, Copper and Tin Miners, in Corn- 
wall and Devonfbire; and of the Traders in, and Manu- 
facturers of, Copper and Brafs; but that no Counfel 
appeared on behalf of the Petitioners, in the feveral Pe- 
titions prefented to the Houfe, and referred to the faid 
Committee, againft laying a‘ farther Duty on Battery- 
metal prepared, and Black Latten, imported; and that 
the Committee had come to feveral Refolutions; which 
they had direéted him to report, when the Houfe will 
pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thur/day 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 27° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


QReuered, That the Bill for enlarging the Harbour and 
Piers. of Scarborough, in the County of York, be 
read a Second time upon Wednefday Morning next. 


Mr. Wright/cn reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill frorn the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Sale of Part of Sir Fobn Wentworih’s Eftate, towards 
raifing Part of the Sum of Ten thoufand Pounds, for 
the Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, That they 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Lewis reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vefting the Eftate late of James Price, of Pilleth, in the 
County of Raduor, Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, to 
be fold, for Payment of feveral Portions and Legacies 
charged thereupon, was committed, That they had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfation of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had directed him to re- 
port the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Ordered, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms do 
lay before this Houfe, an Account fhewing what Quan- 
tities of Battery-metal prepared, and Black Latten, have 
been imported into this Kingdom for Ten Years pait, 
commencing from Chrifimas 1710; diftinguifhing each 
Year; together with an Account what Duties have been 

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paid on the Importation, the Drawbacks on Exportation, 
and the net Duties thereof, refpectively. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for vefting Part of the Eftate of Sir Ralph Milbank, Ba- 
ronet, in Truftees, to be fold, for performing his Father’s 
Will, and an Agreement made with his Brother and Sifters, 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. - 

Ordered, That Mr. Banks do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Merchants, 
of Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, being 
Owners of Ships trading between Newcaftle and Leidon, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; fetting forth, 
That whereas a Bill is depending for enlarging the Pier 
and Harbour of Scarborough; by which a Duty is in- 
tended to be laid on all Coals laden at Newcaftle, Sun- 
derland, &amp;c.; to the great Difcouragement of the Coal- 
trade,which is already very much burthened by many Pay- 
ments; in Confideration whereof, and for that alfo the 
Haven afid Piers of the faid Port have been, with vaft 
Expence, at all times, repaired from Duties payable by 
Ships entering the faid Port only: And praying, That 
the Duties may be limited to fuch Ships only as fhall enter 
the faid Harbour. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for enlarging the Harbour and Piers of Scar- 
borough, in the County of York, be read a Second time. 


A Bill for fupplying the Records of the Commiffary 
Court of Aberdeen, burnt or loft in the Fire there, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bil! be committed to Colonel Mid- 
dleton, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Pel- 
ham, Mr. Treby, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Moody, Mr. Pringle, 
Mr. Weftfaling, Mr. Kelfall; Mr. Yonge, Mr. Earl, 
Mr. Lewis, Mr..Dockminique, Mr. Frankland, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Stewart, Colonel Cadogan, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Merryll, Mr. Wyndbam, Mr. Camp- 
bell, Mr. Micklethwaite, Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Heathcote, 
Mr. Plumptre, General Rofé, Sir Rebert Davers, Mr. 
Carter, Mr. Delaval, Mr. Monroe, Sir Tho. Hanmer, 
Mr. Hutchefon, Lord Grimfton, Mr. Noble, Mr. Bankes, 
Mr. Smith; and all the Members that ferve for North 
Britain: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


Mr. Hutchefox, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
repealing fo much of an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year 
of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for 
repealing an Act, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign 
of her late Majefty Queen. 4mze, intituled, An Act to 
oblige Ships coming from Places infected, more effectually 
to perform their oc ag and for the better preventing 
the Plague being brought from foreign Parts into Great 
Britain or Ireland, or the Iftes of Guernfey, Ferfey, Alder- 
ney, Sark, or Man; and to hinder the fpreading Infection ; 
as gives Power to remove to a Ship-lazaret, or Peit- 
houfe, any Perfon whatfoever infected with the Plague ; 
or healthy Perfons, out of an infeéted Family, from their 
Habitations ; and alfo fo much of the faid Act as gives 
Power for the drawing Lines round any City, Town, or 
Place, infeéted ; was committed ; the Amendments the 
Committee had made to the Bill; and which they had 
directed him to: report to the Houfe; and he read the 
faid Amendments im his-Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the faid Amendments were once read throughout; and 
then a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied.. 


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A.1721. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to contider further of the 
Bill to prevent the clandeftine running ct Goods, and 
the Danger of Infection thereby. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had direfted 
him to move, ‘That they may have Leave to fit again. 


Refolved, That this Houtfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 


ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the {aid Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pitt, Lord Londonderry, Brigadier 
Ferrers, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Mource, Mr. Plummer, 
Mr. Bertie, Mr. Shippen, Mr. Wrightfon, Mr. Sloper, 
Mr: Conduit, Lord Hinchinbrcke; Mr. Campbell, Mr. Tre- 
vanion, be added to the Committee, to whom the Bill 
to explain and amend an Aét; made in the Second Year 
of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, 
An A&amp; for Sale of Part of the Eftate of Henry Lord Vif- 
count Dillon, in the Kingdom of Ireland; and for fettling 
an Equivalent, in other Part of his Eftate, on the Vifcoun- 
tefs his Wife, tor her Jointure ; and to enable Richard now 
Lord Vifcount Dil/on, in the faid Kingdom, to make Pro- 
vifion for the Vifcounteis his Wife; is committed. 


And then the Houfe adjourned tilt Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 29° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Petition of Agata Drtimmond was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read: fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner is a Perfon born out of his Majefty’s Allegiance; 
but prefeffeth the Proteftant Religion ; and hath given 
Teftimony of her loyal Affection to his Majefty, and the 
Good of the Kingdom of Great Britain: And praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for her Na- 
turalization. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And thax 


Mr. Daniel Pulteney and Mr. Bayley do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will not receive any more. 
private Bufinefs during this Seffion of Parliament. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for paying off, and cancelling, One million 
of Exchequer Bills; and to give Eafe to the South Sea 
Company, in refpeéct of its prefent Obligation to circu- 
late, or contribute towards circulating, Exchequer Bills; 
and to give further Time to that Company for Repay- 
ment of One million, which was lent to them ; and for 
iffaing a further Sum in new Exchequer Bills, towards his 
Majeity’s Supply, to be difcharged and cancelled when 
the faid Company fhall repay the Million owing by them, 
and that the Exchequer Bills, which are to continue, may 
be circulated at eafy and moderate Rates: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


An ingroffed Bill for repealing fo much of an Ad, paffed 
in the Seventh Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Act for repealing an Aét, made in the Ninth 
Year of the Reign of 1 her late Majefty Queen Anne, inti- 
tuled, An Act to oblige Ships coming from Places infected, 
more effectually to perform their Quarantine; and for 
the better preventing the Plague being brought from 
foreign Parts into Great Britain or Ireland, or the Ifles 
of Guernfey, Ferfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man; and to 
hinder the Spreading of Infection; as. gives Power to 

I remove 





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remove to a Ship-lazaret, or Peft-houfe, any Perfon 
whatfoever infected with the Plague; or healthy Per- 
fons, out of an infected Family, from their Habitations; 
and alfo fo much of the faid Act as gives Power for the 
drawing Lines round any City, Town, or Place, in- 
fected ; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repealing fuch Claufes in the Act, paffed 
in the Seventh Year of his Majefty’s Reign, relating to 
Quarantine, and the Plague, as gives Power to remove 
Perfons from their Habitations, or make Lines about 
Places infected. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutchefon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral of the Proprietors, Land-owners 
Occupiers of Lands, and Inhabitants, in the Level of 
Bermondfey, Rotherbith, and Deptford, in behalf of them- 
felves, and many Thoufands of others interefted and in- 
habiting in the faid Level, was prefented to the Houfe; 
and read; fetting forth, That, fince the ftopping Dagenham 
Breach, the Tide has flowed higher than formerly ; and 
frequently overflows the Banks ; to the Prejudice of the 
Petitioners : That they apprehend, if any Bridge be built 
in or near the Place propofed, by a Bill now depending, 
it will occafion a yet greater Rife of the Tides; the leaft 
Increafe of which muft be fatal and deftructive to the 
Poffeffions and Properties of the Petitioners in the faid 
Level, even from Batterfey, Weft, to Deptford, Katt: 
And praying, That they may be heard, by their Coun- 
fel, againft the faid Bill: 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table: 
And that the Petitioners be heard againft. the Bill for 
building a Bridge crofs the River of Thames from a Place 
called Te Prince’s Waft, in the Parith of Lambeth, in the 
County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, next Peterborcugh- 
Doufe, in the Parifh of Saint Margaret, Weftminfter, in the 
County of Middlefex, by their Counfel, if they think fit, 
at the fame time that the Counfel for the City of London, 
and for the other Petitioners, againft the faid Bill, are 
heard. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the further 
Hearing of Counfel for the City of London againft the 
faid Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the further Hearing of Counfel againft the faid 
Bill be adjourned till Thurfday Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. ios 

Coe GS , : 

Tellers for the Yeas, ti? Herne &amp; t 89. 

Mr. Ingram, 7 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. oa ‘ 107. 

So it paffed in the Negative : Sat ee oa 

Then the Counfel againft and for the faid Bill were 
called in: And feveral other ,Witneffes were examined, 
as to the Prejudice of the Navigation of the River of 
Thames, if the Bill fhould pafs. 

And then the Counfel were direted to withdraw. __ 

Ordered, That the further Hearing of Counfel upon 
the Petition of the City of Londen againit the Bill for 
building a Bridge crofs the River of Thames, from a 
Place called The Prince’s aff, in the Parifh of Lambeth, 
in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, next 
Peterborough-houfe, in the Parith of St. Margaret; Weji- 
minfter, in the County of Middlefex, be adjourned tlt 
‘To-morrow Sevennight. 


The other Order of the Day being read, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday next, 
at Twelve of the Clock, and nothing to intervene, re- 
folve itfelf into a Comfnittee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for better fecuring the Freedom of Elections of 
Members to ferve for the Commons in Parliament. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till W’ednefday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


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Mercurii, 31° de Fanuarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. sl 
N ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of Part of Sir John Wentwerth’s Eftate; 


towards raifing Part of the Sum of Ten thoufand Pounds, 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wright/on do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Lord Molefworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for the better fupplying the City and 
Liberties of Weftiinfter, and Parts adjacent, with Wa- 
ter: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Seccnd time. 


Mr. Daniel Pultcney prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Agata Drummond: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Recovery of Penalties upon Pe:tons who fhall 
deftroy the Game: And that Mr. Hungerford, and Mr. 
Heatkcote do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


_ A Bill for regulating the Scavengers, and fuppreffing 
Annoyances, within the Tower Hamlets ; and the eafier 
profecuting Offenders in relation thereunto; was read a 
Second time. eee | 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Freman, 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Knight, Sir Fifher Tench, Mr. Heyfham, 
Lord Gage, Sir. Fuftinian Tham, Sir Fobn Eyles, Mr. 
Lade, Sir Tho. Clarke, Sir Wm. Humfreys, Mi. Conyers, 
Mr. Pelham, Mr. Sloper, .Mr. Hutchefon, Colonel Cado- 
gan, Wir. Rowney, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Bankes, Mr. 
Bertie, Mr. Farrer, Lord Morpeth, Lord Grimfton, Mr. 
Hungerford, Mr. Herne, Mr. Wrightfon, Sir Robert Clark, 
Mr. Plummer, Mr. Plumptre, Sir Charles Turner,. Mr. 
Stanhope, Mr. Walpole, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Bacen, 
Mr. Britiffe, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
Harvey, General Pepper, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. 
Heathcote, Mr. Pulteney, Sir Robert Davers, Mr. Hop- 
kins, Mr. Heath; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Mfiddlefex, Effex, Hertford, and Surrey; and 
for the City of London: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, That 
Perfons paying a Scavenger’s Rate only fhall not there- 
by obtain a legal Seztlement. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe oblig- 
ing all Perfons that occupy any Lands m any Parifh to 
pay towards the Scavenger’s Rates. 


Ordered, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
the Reverend Doétor Marfball, for the Sermon by him 
preached before this Houfe Yefterday, at St. Margaret’s, 
Weftminfter ; and that he be defired to print the fame: 
And that Mr. Ferrer and Mr. Bife do acquaint him 
therewith. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Natives of the IMand of Ferfey, 
but at prefent refiding in London, in behalf of themfelves, 
and the whole Number of Inhabitants of the faid Ifland, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That 
the Inhabitants of the faid Ifand, and of Guern/ey, Al- 
derney, and Sark, have had divers large Privileges and Im- 
munities granted and confirmed to them by fundry Char- 
ters under the Great Seal, as well as by A&amp; of Parlia- 
ment; One of which Privileges is, to be exempt from 


paying 








732 Jou 


paying Cuftoms, Subfidies, cr Duties, on the imperting 
hither any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, of the 
Growth, Produce, and Manufacture, of the faid Iflands : 
That, in confequence of thofe Privileges, no Officers of 
Cuftoms are eftablifhed in the faid Ifland; and, alchough 
the Commiffioners of Cuftoms obtained Two feveral Or- 
ders of Council in 1708, yet, wpon the faid Inhabitants 
reprefencing their Privileges, her late Majefty was pleated 
to repeal the faid Two Orders, and all former Orders, in 
relation to Officers of the Cuftoms in the faid Iflands: 
That her faid Majefty did, by that laft Order, give fome 
Powers and Authorities to an Officer of the Cuftoms 
there, relating to Prize Goods, during the Continuance 
of that War, and no longer: That, as there are not 
Cuftom-houfe Officers eftablifhed in the faid Iflands, the 
Parliament have thought fit, from time to time, to entruft 
the granting Licences, making Certificates, and other 
ordinary Matters, with the refpeétive Governors, Lieu- 
tenant or Deputy Governors, in the faid Ifands: That, 
by a Bill, depending, for the Encouragement of the Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom, feveral Allowances are 
directed to be paid to the Exporter of the Briti/b Silk 
Stuffs, upon Security being given, that fuch Goods fhall 
not be relanded in Great Britain; which Securities are to 
be diicharged for fuch of the faid Goods as fhall be en- 
tered for the IMand of Ferfey, by a Certificate figned by 
the proper Officer or Officers of Cuftoms there: That 
that Part of the faid Bill, which requires the Cera#ficates 
to be figned by an Officer of the Cuftoms, will, if it 
paffes into a Law, greatly afieét and prejudice the Inha- 
bitants of the faid Iflands, by laying them under the 
Misfortune either of not having the taid Allowances on 
Exportation, or elfe of having Offices of the Cuftoms 
eftablifhed amongft them, in breach of their Privileges ; 
whereas, if that Part of the faid Bill were amended, and 
the Certificates to difcharge the faid Securities directed to 
be figned by the refpective Governors, &amp;c. it will be a 
great Eafe and Benefit to the Inhabitants there: And 
praying to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of 
the faid Committee of the whole Houle ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Governor and 
Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the 
South Seas, and other Parts of America; and for encourage- 
ing the Fifhery; was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
fetting forth the great Loffes the faid Company have fuf- 
tained upon Pretence of Stock held for feveral Perfons, 
and by the Additions made to the Firft and Second Mo- 
ney Subfcriptions, and the Subtractions from the Third 
and Fourth Money Subifcriptions, and that the fame may 
be taken into Confideration, and the Company be aided 
and affifted to detect fuch notorious and fcandalous Prac- 
tices; and to compel all Perfons, who have received any 
of the Company’s Money on Account of Difference, or 
that have been concerned, as aforefaid, in the Four Mo- 
ney Subfcriptions, to the Prejudice of the Company, to 
make full Satisfaction and Reititution to the injured Pro- 
prietors, and to refund the Benefit and Advantage they 
have made thereby. 

Ordered, That the faid Petitton do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for paying off, and cancelling, One million of 
Exchequer Bills; and to give Eate to the South Sea Com- 
pany in refpect of its prefent Obligation to circulate, or 
contribute towards circulating, Exchequer Bills; and to 
give further Time to that Company for Repayment of 
One million, which was lent to them; and for iffuing a 
further Sum in new Exchequer Bills, towards his Ma- 
jefty’s Supply, to be difcharged and cancelled when the 
jaid Company fhall repay the Million owing by them ; 
and that the Ixchequer Bills which are to continue may 
be circulated at eafy and moderate Rates; was read a 
Second time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to enable his Majefty to make fuch 
Provifion as his Majefty fhall think fit for the Children 
of Fames Mackdonald, deceafed, out of the Eftate of the 
late Sir Donald Mackdonald, their Uncle, which was for- 
feited to his Majefty for High Treafon. 


Refolued, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the Encouragement of the Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom ; and for taking off fe- 
veral Duties on Merchandizes exported; and for reduc- 
ing the Duties upon Beaver-fkins, Pepper, Mace, 
Cloves, and Nutmegs, imported. 


Ordered, That the Bill for enlarging the Harbour and 
Piers of Scarborough, in the County of York, be read a 
Second time upon Taefday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 1° die Februari; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


Y, ua Drummond took the Oaths appointed, in order 
to her Naturalization. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Borret and Mr. 
Conway : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
inclofing Glaftonbury Commons, in the County of Somer- 
fet: Towhich the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for elect- 
ing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
Borough of Chipping Wycombe, in the County of Bucks, 
in the room of Sir Fohn Wittewronge Baronet, deceafed. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing the Highways from the 
Stones End at White Chappell Church, in the County of 
Middlefex, to Shenfield, and to the furthermoft Part of the 
Parifh of Woodford, leading to the Town of Epping, in 
the County of Effex, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; vez. 

Prefs « L. * After “ Wykes,” to infert “ Sprig 
“ Manefty :” 

Prefs 6. L. * Before ‘ Firft,” to infert “* Twenty :” 

L. * To leave out “ for,” and infert 
&lt;&lt; from :” 
L. * To infert “ any:” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And. 
the Bull was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refelved, Vhat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing the Highways from the Stones 
End at White Chappell Church, in the County of Middle- 
fex, to Shenfield, and to the furthermoft Part of the Pa- 
rifh of Woodford, leading to the Town of Epping, in the 
County of Effex. ; 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Tufnell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

A Motion 





8 Geo. L.. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Orders or the Day be now read ; 
It paffed in the Negative. 


Sir Fobn Cope Baronet, a Member of this Houfe, having 
charged Mr. Baron Page with endeavouring to corrupt the 
Borough of Banbury, in the County of Oxon, for the en- 
fuing Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the 
faid Borough ; 

Ordered, That the Matter of the faid Charge be heard 
at = Bat of this Houfe the Thirteenth Day of February 
inftant. 


The Houfe being informed, That a Perfon from the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms attending at the Door ; 

He was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, an Account fhewing what Quantities of Battery 
Metal prepared, and Black Latten, have been imported 
for Ten Years laft, commencing from Chriffmas 1710; 
diftinguifhing each Year; together with an Account 
what Duties have been paid on the Importation, the 
Drawbacks on Exportation, and the net Duties thereof, 
refpectively. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

Tie faid Account is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upen the Bill for better fecuring the Freedom of 
Eleétions of Members to ferve for the Commons in Par- 
liament. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Robert Pitt took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Robert Pitt reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to recetve the fame. 

Orderea, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Report of the Refolutions of the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted 
to his Majefty, be received upon Saturday Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill to prevent the clandeftine 
Running of Goods, and the Danger of Infection thereby. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 2° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Hungerford, according to Order, prefented to 
the Houfe a Bill for the better Recovery of the 
Penalties inflicted upon Perfons who deftroy the Game: 


And the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Mr. Farrer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for fupplying fome Defeéts in the Statute, of 
the Twenty-third of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, 
An Aét for Obligations to be taken by Two Chief Jut- 
tices, the Mayor of the Staple, and the Recorder of Lon- 
don: And the fame was received;. and read the Firft 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

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733 


_ An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t for 
inclofing Glaftonbury Commons, in the County of Sem-rfet, 
was read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 

A Bill for the more equal paying, and better collecting, 
certain {mall Sums, therein mentioned, for Relief of fhip- 
wrecked Mariners, and diftreffed Perfons, his Majefty’s 
Subjects, in the Kingdom of Portugal, and for other pious 
and charitable Purpotes, ufually contributed to by the Mer- 
chants trading to Portugal; was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That'the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn Ward, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Comptroller, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, - 
Mr. Godfrey, Mr. Hey/ham, General Pepper, Mr. Yonge, Mr. 
Plumptre, Mr. Sandys, Lord Chetwynd, Mr. Onflow, 
Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Crifpe, Six Fohn Cope, Sir John Ho- 
bart, Colonel Bladen, Mr. Walpole, Mr. T ownjfend, Mr. 
Stanbope, Mr. Bracebridge, Sir Roger Bradhaw, Mr. 
Dackminique, Mr. Morice, Sir Nath. Gould, Mr. Aber 
crombie, Mr. Conyers, Lord Molefworth, Sir Cha. Tur- 
ner, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Sir onathan Cope, Mr. 
Lowndes, Sir Robert Davers, Sir Adolphus Oughton, Mr. 
Conduit, and all the Merchants of the Houfe: And they 


are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


A Bill for naturalizing Agatha Drummond, was read a 
Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Danie/ 
Pulteney, Sit ames Campbell, Mr. Abercrombie, Me. 
Sandys, Mr. Walpole, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Sir Gilbert 
Heathcote, Mr. Goafrey, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Sloper, - 
Mr. Brudenell, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Chet- 
wynd, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Wm. Pulteney, Mr. Forbes, 
Mr, Douglas, Colonel Carpenter, Mr. Moor, Colonel 
Grabme, Mr. Earl, Mr. Dockminique, Mr. Lewis, Mr. 
Farrer, Mr. Smelt, Lord Molefworth, Sir Roger Brad- 
foaigh, Mr. Baylie, Colonel Middleton, Colonel Kerr 
Sir Ado!pbus Oughton, Mr. Pelbam, Mtr. Duncomb : 


And they are to meet this Afternaon, at Five a Clock, j 
the Speaker’s Chamber. pasts 


An ingroffed Bill for naturaltizin Gi 
read the Third time. ee ee 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Ti 
be, An Act for naturalizing Fames Girardot. hey 
Ordered, That Mr. Abercrombie do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. : 


The Lord Gage reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Second Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Aune, intituled, An Act for Sale of Part of the Eftate of 
Henry Lord Vifcount Dillon in the Kingdom of Ireland; 
and for fettling an Equivalent, in other Part of his Eftate, 
on the Vifcountefs his Wife, for her Jointure; and to en- 
able Richard now Lord Viscount Dillon in the faid King- 
dom, to make Provifion for the Vifcountefs his Wife ; 
was committed; That it appeared to the Committee 
That the Standing Orders of the Houfe, relating to No- 
tices to be given in Ireland, before any private Bill con- 
cerning Eftates there be brought into this Houfe, had 
been complied with; and that the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had made feveral Amendments 
to the Bill, which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place; and after- 


. wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 


Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


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734 


Ordered, That the Complaint. made Yefterday, by Sir 
Yobn Cope Baronet, a Member of this Houfe, againft Mr. 
‘ Baron Page, be by him put into Writing, and delivered 
to the Clerk of this Houfe: And that a Copy of the faid 
Charge be delivered to Mr. Baron Page. 
‘Sir Fobn Cope accordingly delivered the faid Charge, in 
Writing, to the Clerk of this Houfe: Which is as fol- 
lows; viz. 


Hat Mr. Baron Page hath endeavoured to corrupt the 
Borough of Banbury, in the County of Oxon, for 
the enfuing Fleétion of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament 


for the faid Borough. 
FJ. Cope. 


‘Ordered, That Sir ¥chn Cope Baronet, and Mr. Baron 
Page, be heard, at the Bar of this Houfe, by their Coun- 
fel, upon the Matter of the faid Charge, if they think 
fit. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, who were to confider 
further of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted 
to his Majefty, the Refolutions which they had directed 
him to report to the Houle; and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Report in at the 
Table: Where the faid Refolutions were read; and are 
as follow; viz. 

itt, Refilved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, for the better encouraging and fupporting the Cop- 
per and Brafs Manufactures of this Kingdom, a further 
Duty be laid upon Metal prepared, and Black Latten, 
and raw Copper, imported, except raw Copper from 
Eaft India. 

_ 2d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid further Duty upon Importation of Metal 
prepared be fuch as fhall make the prefent Duty thereon 
equal to the Duty on foreign Battery imported. 

3d, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid further Duty upon Importation of Black 
Latten be Ten Shillings and Seven Pence per Hundred 
Weight. 

4th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That the faid further Duty upon raw Copper im- 
ported, except from Eaft India, be Seven Shillings per 
Hundred Weight. 

sth, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That the faid farther Duties upon Metal prepared, 
Black Latten, and raw Copper, imported, except raw 
Copper trom Eaf India, be granted to his Majetty for 
the Term of Three Years, to commence trom the 
Twenty-fifth Day of March 1722. 

6th, Refo'ved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That the Sum of Fifty-fix thoufand Eight hundred 
Seventy-two Pounds Thirteen Shillings Three Pence and 
One-fourth Fifth Part of a Peny, granted for the Service 
of the Year 1721, exceeding the Services voted or enacted 
for the Service of taat Year, be applied towards making 
good the Supply granted to his Majefty in this Seffion of 

arliament. 

7th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That, for raifing the Sum, not exceeding Ore hundred 
forty-one thoufand Ninety-three Pounds Fifteen Shillings 
and One Peny Farthing, Part of the Supply granted to 
his Majefty, for difcharging the Principal and Intereft on 
the Debentures which were granted to the Sufferers at 
Nevis and Saint Chrifopber’s, an Annuity, after the Rate 
of Four Pounds. per Cent. per Annum, be charged on 
the Fund commonly called the General Fund, redeem- 
able by Parliament. 

8th, Refolved, ‘Vhat it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That, initead of the Duty ad valorem, now payable 
for Pictures imported, fuch Pictures be charged with cer- 
tain Duties, according to the following Dimenfions; that 
is to fay, For every Picture of Four Feet fquare, or up- 
wards, the Sum of Three Pounds; for every Pidture of 
Two Feet fquare, and under Four Feet fquare, the Sum 


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of Forty Shillings; and, for every Picture under Two 
Feet fquare, Twenty Shillings. Oa} 3 

gth, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That, towards raifing the Supply granted to his 
Majefty, a farther Duty be laid upon all Apples imported 
into Great Britain. 

roth, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That the faid further Duty upon Apples imported 
be after the Rate.of Two Shillings per Buthel. . 

11th, Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That the faid further Duty upon Apples imported 
be gtanted to his Majefty for the Term of Three Years, 
and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament. 

The Firft of the faid Refolutions being read a Second 
time 5 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in the 
faid Refolution, That, for the better encouraging and 
fupporting the Copper and Brafs Manufactures of this 
Kingdom, a farther Duty be laid upon all Metal pre- 
pared, and Black Latten, and raw Copper, imported, 
except raw Copper from Eaf India ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes go forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } et mane 


i 72- 
Mr. Sandys 

ious I DSs 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Pigatt: i 101. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

The Second of the faid Refolutions being read a Second 
time; . 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in the 
faid Refolution, That the faid further Duty upon Im- 
portation of Metal prepared be fuch as fhall make the 


prefent Duty thercon equal tothe Dury on foreign Battery 
imported ; 


It paffed in the Negative. 
The Third of the faid Refolutions being read a Second 
time 5 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in 
the faid Refolution, ‘That the faid further Duty upon Lm- 
portation of Black Latten be Ten Shillings and Seven 
Pence per Hundred Weight ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The Fourth of the faid Refolutions being read a Se- 
cond time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houle do agree with the Committee in 
the faid Refolution, That the faid further Duty upon raw 
Copper imported, except from Eaft India, be Seven Shil- 
lings per Hundred Weight; 

It paffled in the Negative. 

The Filth of the faid Refolutions being read a Second 
time ; ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in the 
faid Refolution, That the faid further Duties upon Metal 
prepared, Black Latten, and raw Copper, imported, ex- 
cept raw Copper from Eaf India, be granted to his Ma- 
jefty for’ the Term of Three Years, to commence ‘from 

the Twenty-fifth Day of March 1722 ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

The reft of the faid Refolutions, being feverally read 
a Second time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, ‘agreed unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That it bean Inftruction to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bi.l for paying off, and 
cancelling, One million of Exchequer Bills; and to give 
Eafe to the’ South Sea Company in refpect of its prefent 
Obligation to circulate, or contribute toward circulating, 
Exchequer Bills; and to give further time to that Com- 
pany for Repayment of One million which was lent to 
them; and tor iffuing a further Sum in new Exchequer 


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Bills, towards his Majefty’s Supply, to be difcharged and 
cancelled when the jaid Company fhall repay the Million 
owing by them; and that the Exchequer Bills which are 
to continue, may be circulated at eafy and moderate 
Rates, That they have Power to receive Claufes, purfu- 
ant to the faid Refolutions agreed unto by the Houle. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Hovfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill for Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures 
of this Kingdom; and for taking off feveral Duties on 
Merchandizes exported; and for reducing the Duties 
upon Beaver-{kins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs, 
imported, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Clauie, That 
the Two Corporations for Affurances, or either of them, 
upon any Action, or Suit, brought againft them; upon 
their Policies of Affurance, may be ltable only to fingle 
Damages, and full Cofts of Suit, as is provided in the 
Cafe of other Corporations. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, That 
all Beaver-fkins, and other Furs, of the Produdt of any 
of the Britifh Plantations in America, Afia, or Africa, be 
imported directly from thence into this Kingdom. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfeif into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed him 
to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That all Committees be adjourned. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 3° die Februarit; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PrayeERSs. 


QRaeced, That all Committees be revived. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting the Eftate late of Fames Price, of Pilletb, in 
‘the County of Radnor, Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, 
‘to be fold, for Payment of feveral Portions, and Legacies 
charged thereupon, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lewis do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Fobn Fox, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms attending this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioner was ordered 
into Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, for delivering the 
Writ for the late Election for the Borough of Minehead 
to a Candidate, inftead of the Sheriff: That the Petitioner 
is a poor Man, and is heartily forry that he fhould lie un- 
der the Difpleafure of the Houfe; doth acknowlege his 
Offence; and will take care never to offend for the future: 
And praying, That he may be difcharged out of Cuftody, 
paying his Fees. 

Ordered, That the faid Fob Fox be brought to the Bar 
of this Houfe upon Monday Morning next, in order to 
his being difcharged out of Cuftody. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the Bill for the Encoufagement of the Silk Manufactures 


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of this Kingdom; and for taking off feveral Duties on 
Merchandizes exported; and for reducing the Doties upon 
Beaver-{kins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs, 
imported, . 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. arrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleaie to receive the fame. 


_ Ordered, That the Report be received upon Weduefdey 
Morning next. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to enable 
his Majefty to make fuch Provifion as his Majefty fhall 
think fit, for the Children of Fames Mackdonald, deceafed, 
out of the Eftare of the late Sir Donald Mackdonald their 
Uncle, | which was forfeited to his Majefty for High 
Treafon. | 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Fames Campbell took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Fames Campbell reported from the Committers, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made fome 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wednefday 
Morning next. ; 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
Ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee ot the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill to prevent the 
clandeftine Running of Goods, and the Danger of In- 
fection thereby. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 5° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


“Obn Fox, in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attend- 

ing this Houfe, was, according to Order, brought 
to the Bar: Where he, upon his Knees, received a Re- 
primand from Mr. Speaker, and was difcharged out of 
Cuftody, paying his Fees. | 


A Petition of Fobn Wicker Efquire was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; fewting forth, * * * * 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bil! for regulating the Scavengers, and 
fuppreffing Annoyances, within the Tower Hamlets; and 
the eafier profecuting Offenders, in relation thereunto; is 
committed: And that the Petitioner be heard before the 
faid Committee, by his Counfel, if he thinks fit. 


A Bill for the better Recovery of the Penalties inflicted 
upon Perfons who deftroy the Game, was read a Second 
‘time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hunger- 
ford, Mr. Butler, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Pelbam, Sir Robert Corbett, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Freman, 
“Mr. Herne, Sir Phil. Parker, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Harvey, 
Mr. Edgcumb, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Treby, 
Lord Chetwynd, General Roffe, Sir Robert Devers, Mr. 
Heyfham, Lord Molefworth, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. 
Smith, Mr. Corbett, Mr. Boteler, Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, 
* Sir Hen. Houghton, Mr. Difton, Mr. Plummer, Sir Nath. 
Gould, Sit Fobn Ward, Sir Wm. Monfon, Sir Robert 
Gordon: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five 

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A Bill for the better fupplying the City and Liberty of 
Wefiminfter, and Parts adjacent, with Water, was read a 
Second time. ' 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Molef- 
worth, Sir Tho. Crofe, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Pulteney, 
Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Hutchefon,” Mr. Farrer, Mr. 
Crifpe, Mr. Treby, Lord Gage, Mr. Yonge, Lord Stan- 
hope, Sir Tho. Hales, Mr. Hexham, Mr. Pelbam, Lord 
Morpeth, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Wortley, Lord Carpenter, 
Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Freman, Mr. Weft, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Manfell, Sir ‘fobn Curfon, Colonet Bladen, Mr. Car- 
ter, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Breftow, Colonel Fane, Mr. Wil- 
lougbby, Sir Adokpbus Oughton, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. 
Cartwright, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Smith, Mr. Philpot, Mr. 
Conduit, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Shippen, 
Sir Fran. Whitchcote, Mr. Walter, Mc. Hucks, Mr. De- 
Jaune, Mr. Travers, Lord Hinchinbroke, Mr. Serjeant 
Mead, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Windfor, Lord Fitz Williams, 
Mr. Moor, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Blakeflon, Sir The. 
Lyttelton, Mr. Hanbury, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. 
Ward, Major General Pepper, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Medly- 
cot, Colonel Vane, Mr. Negus, Mr. Difton, Mr. Hop- 
kins, Mr. Turner, Mr. Monroe, Sir Nath. Gould, Mr. 
Plummer, Sir Fobn Eyles, and all the Members that ferve 
for the County of Middlefex: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for regulating the Scavengers, and fuppreffing 
Annoyances, within the Tower Hamlets; and the eafier 
profecuting Offenders, in relation thereunto, is committed ; 
That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, for 
regulating the Scavengers, and for cleanfing the Streets, 
in the Borough of Ss, Albans, in the County of Hert- 
ford; 

It paffed in the Negative. 


Mr. Daniel Pulteney reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for naturalizing Agatha Drummond, was 
committed, That they had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and had dire¢ted 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for paying off, and cancelling, One million of 
Exchequer Bills; and to give Eafe to the South Sea Com- 
pany, in refpect of its prefent Obligation to circulate, or 
contribute towards circulating, Exchequer Bills; and to 
give further time to that Company for Repayment of One 
million which was lent to them; and for iffuing a further 
Sum, in new Exchequer Bills, towards his Majefty’s Supply, 
to be difcharged and cancelled when the faid Company 
fhall repay the Million owing by them; and that the Ex- 
chequer Bills which are to continue, may be circulated at 
eafy and moderate Rates; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive 2 Claufe to enable 
the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury to raife Money, 
by Tallies of Pro, or otherwife; or by Sale of Annuities, 
at the Rate of Five Pounds per Cent. per Annum; being 
Part of the Five hundred thoufand Pounds granted laft 
Seffion of Parliament, for the Ufe of his Majefty’s Civil 
Lift; towards raifing the Sum of One hundred two 
thoufand Six hundred Eighty-two Pounds Seven Shil- 
lings and Eleven Pence Three Farthings, to make guod 
fo much Money as at Michaelmas 1720 was due to the 
Fund commonly called the Sinking Fund, arifing from 
the Overplus, or the Civil Lift Fund; and to be applied 
towards cancelling the Million of Exchequer Bills by this 
Act directed to be cancelled, and difcharged, out of the 
Sinking Fund. 

Ordered, That the Account of feveral Surpluffes ftated 


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at Michaelmas 1720 be referred to the faid Committee of 
the whole Houfe. 

Ordered. That the Account of the Surpluffes ftated at 
Michaelmas 1721 be referred to the faid Committee of the 
whole Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of Appro« 
priation. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commir- 
tee, “That they have Power to receive a Claufe to enable 
his Majefty to difpofe of fo much of the Sum of Ninetye 
fuur thoufand Five hundred Pounds, given for Half-pay 
for the Year 1721, as fhall be more than fufficient to pay 
the Half-pay Officers, to fuch Officers as have been 
maimed in the Service, or, by their long Services, may 
be proper Objects of his Majefty’s Compatffion; or to the 
Widows and Children of juch Officers. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tburfday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clack. 





Martis, 6° die Februari; 
‘Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Act, made 
A in the Second Year of the Reign of her late Ma- 
jelty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ac tor Sale of Part of 
the Eftate of Henry Lord Vifcount Dillon in the Kingdom 
of Ireland; and for fettling an Equivalent, in other Pare 
of his Eftate, on the Vifcountefs his Wife, for her Jointurz; 
and to enable Richard now Lord Vifcount Dilion in the 
faid Kingdom to make Provifion for the Vilcounteis his 
Wife ; was read the Third time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to explain and amend an A&amp;, made in the 
Second Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 
Anne, intituled, An Aét tor Sale of Part of the Eftate of 
Henry Lord Vifcount Dillon in the Kingdom of Ireland ; 
and tor fettling an Equivalent, in other Part of his Eflate, 
on the Vifcountefs his Wife, for her Jointure; and to 
make Provifion for Bridget Vifcountefs Dillon, Wife of 
Richard now Lord Vifcount Dillon. 

Ordered, That the Lord Gage do carry the Bill to the 
Losds, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better preventing Abufes 
committed in Weighing and Packing of Butter in the 
City of York, was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 3. Line 29. After “ Pence,” to infert “and, in 
*¢ Default of Payment thereof, upon Demand :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for the better preventing Abufes committed in 
Weighing and Packing of Butter in the City of Zork. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fenkyns do. carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


sie er 
An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for inclofing Glaftenbury Commons, in the County of 

Somerfet, was read a Secand time. 
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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wm. 
Powlet, Mr. Pelbam, Colonel Peirfe, Mr. Wilmer, Mr. 
Freman, Sir Ifaac Rebow, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Harrifon, 
Mr. Sandys, Sir Arth. Owen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr. Northey, Mr. Heyfham, Mr. Herne, 
Sir Win. Monfon, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. 
Walpole, Wir. Pulteney, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Futche/oa, 
Lord Sonds, Colonel Cadogan, Mr. Recorder of Londen, 
Mr. Earl, Lord Carpenter, Lord Harry Powleti, Mir. 
Brodrick, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Monroe, Sir Adolphis 
Oughton, Sir Tho. Samwell, Mr. Yonge, Lord Gage, Mr. 
Bond, Mr. Majfon, Mr. Farrer; and all the Members 
that ferve for the Counties of Somerfet, Devon, and 
Cornwall: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for fupplying fome Defeéts in the Statute, of the 
Twenty-third of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, An 
A&amp;é&amp; for Obligations to be taken by ‘Two Chief Juttices, 
the Mayor of the Staple, and the Recorder of Londen, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Pelbam, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Lewides, Mr. Maynard, 
Sir Tho. Croffe, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Herne, Mi. 
Serjeant Birch, Sir Tho. Lee, Sir Hum. Mackworth, Sir 
Tho. Clarke, Mr. Recorder, Mr. Wyndbaw, Mr. Butler, 
Mr. Naylor, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Travers, 
Mr. Brudenell, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Sandys, Sir Robert 
Clarke, Lord Morpeth, Sir Robert Corbett, Sir Fobn Eyles, 
Mr. ‘Feffop, Colonel Grabme, Mr. Bayley, Mr. Thom/on, 
Mr. Hutchefon, Sir Fobn Curzon, and all the Gentlemen 
of the Long Robe: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Agatha Drummond, 
was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Ac for naturalizing Agatha Drummond. 

Ordered, That Mr. Daniel Pulteney do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Fohn Eyles prefented to the Houfe, a Report of the 
Truftees, in whom the Eftates of the late South Sea Di- 
rectors, and of Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, and of James Craggs 
fenior, Efquire, are vefted. 

The Title of the faid Report was read. 

The faid ‘Report is as follows; viz. 


To the honourable the Houfe of Commons. 

He Truftees appointed by an Act of Parliament, 
made in the Seventh Year of his prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for raifing Money upon 
the Eftates of the late Sub Governor, Deputy Go- 
vernor, Direétors, Cafhier, Deputy Cafhier, and 
Accountant, of the South Sea Company; and of 
Fobn Aiflabie E{quire ; and likewife of ames Craggs 
fenior, Efquire, deceafed ; towards making good 
the great Lofs and Damage fuftained by the faid 
Company ; and for difabling fuch of the faid Per- 
fons as are living to hold any Office, or Place of 
Truft, under the Crown, or to fit or vote in Parlia- 


ment, for the future; and for other Purpofes in — 


the faid Ac expreffed; humbly crave Leave to 
lay before this honourable Houfe the following Ac- 
count of the Effects of their Doings and Proceedings 
hitherto, in the Execution of the Trufts repofed in 
them. 

The faid Truftees, as foon after the paffing the afore- 
mentioned Act as they conveniently could, by reafon of 
the Abjfence of the Barons of his Majefty’s Court of Ex- 
chequer, who were upon their refpective Circuits; vz.on 
the Twenty-third Day of Auguff 1721; met together; 
and, before Mr. Baron Mountague, took the Oath pre- 
’ fcribed for their refpective Qualifications ; after which, 
having agreed to fix their publick Office at the South Sea 
Houtie, in Broad-fiveet,.London, as being the moft con- 

vehient Place for the Difpatch of Bufinefs; of which they 
ae te 8» 6 ; 


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gave publick Notice in the Gazette; they met at the faid 
Office the fame Day, and proceeded immediately upon 
Bufineis ; and fat from Day to Day, that the feveral Per- 
fons, whoie Eftates are, by ak afore-mentioned AG, vefted 
in the Truftees, might have all Opportunities of delivering 
up their Deeds, Books, Accounts, Papers, and Writings, 
within the Time limited by the faid A&amp;t; which was ac- 
cording!y done by all of them, Mr. Redert Knight only 
excepted; and they were feverally fworn to the Truth of 
fuch Delivery, as the faid A&amp; direéts. 

They beg Leave further to take Notice, That the 
Daughters and Adminiftratrixes of the late ‘Zames Craggs 
fenior, Efquire, did, on the ‘I'wenty-third Day of Decem- 
ber lait, deiiver to them, upon Oath, Two Inventories, 
or Accounts, of the, faid James Craggs’ Eftate ; the one 
of them being an Account of the faid Eftate, as it 
ftood on the Firft Day of December 1719; and the 
other being an Account of the faid Eftate, as it ftood at 
the time of the Deceafe of the faid Fames Craggs : 

That John Aiflabie, Efquire, did likewife, on the 
Twenty-fifth Day of December lait, deliver to them, upon 
Oath, Two Inventories, or Accounts, of his Ettate; 
the one of them being an Account of his Eftate, as it 
ftocd. on the Firft Day of Ofober 1718 ; and the other 
being an Account of his Eftate, as it ftood on the Firit 
of Fune 1720: 

That they have alfo fecured, and got into their Pof- 
feffion, fome Writings concerning Mr. Redert Knighz’s 
real Eftate, which-were in his late Dwelling-houfe in 
London. 

The faid Truftees alfo crave Leave to acquaint this 
honourable Houfe, That all the Perfons required by the 
Act, except Sir Fabn Blunt, Fokn Turner Efguire, Kobert 
Knight Efquire, and Fobu Grigsby, have, refpectively, 
exhibited to them, upon Oath, Accounts of Ooch Parts 
of their perfonal Eftates as have been, by them, or by 
their Order, difpofed of fince the Firft Day of Fuxe 1720, 
to the Day of their exhibiting fuch Accounts; and alfo 
of the Debts by them paid; and of the perifhable Goods 
difpofed of fince the Firft Day of Fune, to the time of their 
giving fuch Account. 

They beg Leave to take Notice, That, immediately 
upon the Receipt of the above-mentioned Deéds, Books, 
Accounts, Papers, Writings, and Inventories, fuch 
Bonds, Bills, and Cafh, and other Notes, as were con- 
tained among them, were put into the Hands of the 
Cafhier cf the South Sea Company, in order to his get- 
ting in the Monies then due; or which .fhould, from 
time to time, grow due upon them; and that the Refidue 
of fuch Deeds, Books, Accounts, Papers, Writings, and 
Inventories, were reterred to the proper Officers, by them 
to be carefully perufed and examuned, in order to afpeedy 
and ftriét Inquiry into the refpective Eftates in them 
vetted. 

The Time limited by the Act for the Entering of Claims 
on the faid Etates, by or for Perfons refiding in Great Bri- 
tain, being expired, the faid Truftees beg Leave to in- 
form this honourable Houfe, That there have been en- 
tered, before them, One thoufand and Thirty-one Claims 
on the faid Eftates, which are of different. Natures : 

That, by the Infpection hitherto made, many of thefe 
are, on Account of Agreements, {et forth as entered into 
fince the Firft Day of une 1720, , by the Perfons.whole 
Eftates are vefted in the faid Truftees, for the Purchafe of 
Lands at exorbitant Prices; many others on Account of 


_ Monies paid to the .faid Perfons for South Sea and other 


Stocks, and Subfcriptions, purchafed; others for Leates 
and Grants made by them out of their Eftates; iome for 
Monies by them already paid, but paid fince tue Fitth 
Day of Fanuary; others for Annuities, Rent-charges, 
Tythes, Sc. wherewith their Eitates are chargeable; fome 
for Monies due on.Mortgages on the Ettates fo pur- 
chafed, or agreed for, as atorefaid, others for Goods fold 
and delivered, and Work done; cthers on Account of 
Partnerfhips, in which the late Directors, or fome of 
them, were concerned; many others on their Mar- 
riage Settlements; and feveral for Eftates and Interefts 

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738 


wherein they were only Truftees for the Claim- 
ants : 

And here the faid Truftees, forefeeing great Difficulties 
likely to enfue, in relation to the many Claims entered on 
Account of Purchafes of Lands at exorbitant Prices, on 
fome of which great Sums of Money have already been, and 
on fome others, no Money yet, paid; and alfo on Account 
of Claims of Eftates in Partnerfhip with the late Directors ; 
which, as they have many {mall Debts ftanding out, and 
open Accounts depending, both here and beyond the 
Seas, it may be thought more expedient to compound ; 
as likewife in relation to Claims of mere Trufts ; which 
the faid Truftees humbly conceive, upon Hearing, and 
Allowing, might properly be re-vefted in the late Direc- 
tors, &amp;fc.; the Truftees moft humbly beg Leave to re- 
prefent thefe feveral Matters to this honourable Houfe ; 
jubmitting the fame to your Honours Confideration. 

As there were great Numbers of Contracts for the Sale 
of South Sea Stock, and Subfcriptions, made by the late 
Direétors, and others, whofe Eftates are vefted in the Truf- 
tees, which were nor executed, either in the Whole, or in 
Part; the faid Truftees thought it their Duty to caufe a 
diligent Infpection to be made of the printed Copies of 
the Inventories delivered by the faid Perfons, the Origi- 
nals not being in their Poffeffion, and of the Accounts 
by them delivered to the Truftees; and to regifter, pur- 
fuant to the Aét of Parliament, all fuch Contratts as they 
could get any Information of. 

As to the fecuring, and taking into their Poffeffion, the 
Eftates in them vetted by the Act; the faid Truftees 
humbly beg Leave to fay, That they have taken all con- 
venient Care to put fuch Goods and Chattels, and Parts 
of the perional Eftates, of the above-mentioned Perfons, 
as have come to their Knowlege, into the Poffeffion and 
Cuftody of proper Agents, till fuch Parts as they are en- 
trufted with can be fold: 

They have alfo caufed the faid Goods, &amp;c. to be care- 
fully inventoried, and appraifed, in order to difpofe there- 
of, purfuant to the Act, with all convenient Speed. 

As to the real Eftates they have, purfuant to the Ad, 
appointed Stewards and Receivers of and for fuch Parts 
thereof as have come to their Knowlege; with Powers 
and Inftructions, as far as they were enabled by the A&amp; 
of Parliament, to the faid Stewards and Receivers, to 
take Poffeffion of the faid Eftates, receive the Profits 
thereof, and Account for the fame; and to do all things 
for the good Management of the faid Eftates; and alfo 
inquire into their refpective Natures and Values, in or- 
der to have the fame fold in the beft manner, purfuant to 
the faid Act of Parliament: 

But, inafmuch as the faid Truftees have not yet been 
able to get the faid Eftates furveyed, and the Time li- 
mited for foreign Claims is not yet expired; nor the 
Claims which are now entered, yet heard and determined; 
the faid Truftees cannot, at prefent, make any certain 
Computation of what the faid real Eftates may be worth, 
or what the clear Produce thereof may be. 

They crave Leave further to reprefent to this honour- 
able Houfe, That they have found the Powers they are 
‘by the Act entrufted with, in fome refpects, deficient: 

And they muft, in all Humility, acknowlege his Ma- 
jefty’s great Goodnefs, in giving Directions for the fe- 
curing, in Holland, the Effects and Monies belonging to 
the late Direétors, and others, whofe Eftates are, by the 
Aé, vefted in the faid Truitees ; in purfuance whereof, 
feveral Effects have accordingly been fecured by his Ma- 
jefty’s Agent there; who has fince given them Informa- 
tion thereof: Whereupon proper Orders have been dif- 
patched for the getting in the fame. 

Fobn Eyles, 

John Rudge, 
Mat. Laut, 
Roger Hudfon, 
john Lade, 
Richard Hopkins, 
Tho. Croffe, 

G. Roberts. 


South Sea Houfe, 
Broad-ftreet, February the 6th, 1721. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





4. 17921. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


Mr. Robert Pitt, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
better fecuring the Freedom of Ele¢tions of Members to 
ferve for the Commons in Parliament, was committed, the 
Amendments they had made to the Bill, and which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
faid Amendments in his Place; andafterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Amendments were once read throughout; and then 
a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, for pre- 
venting, for the future, Freeholders and Electors in Scot- 
land from electing, feparately, Members to ferve in Par- 
liament for that Part of Great Britain, and certifying fuch 
Election to the Sheriff or other returning Officer, con- 
trary to the true Meaning of the Laws now in being for 
regulating the Elections of Members to ferve in Parlia- 
ment for Scotland: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of the 
Bill. 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read , 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned till 
this Day Fortnight. 


Ordered, That the Bill for enlarging the Harbour and 
Piers of Scarborough, in the County of York, be read a 
Second time upon this Day Sevennight. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 7° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
IR Fobn Ward reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for more equal paying, and better 
collecting, certain fmall Sums therein mentioned, for Re- 
lief of fhipwrecked Mariners, and diftreffed Perfons, his 
Majefty’s Subjects, in the Kingdom of Portugal; and 
for other pious and charitable Purpofes, ufually contri- 
buted to by the Merchants trading to Portugal, was 
committed ; That they had made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the faid Amendments in his Place; 
and afterwards 'delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better fecuring the Freedom 
of Eleétions of Members to ferve for the Commons in 
Parliament, was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the ‘Title be, 
An Aé&amp; for the better fecuring the Freedom of Eleétions 
of Members to ferve for the Commons in Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Pitt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Bill for fupplying fome Defects in the 
i Statute, 





8 GEO. f. 


tatute, of the Twenty-third of King Henry the Eighth, 
intituled, An A&amp; for Obligations to be taken by Two 
Chief Juftices, the Mayor of the Staple, and the Re- 
corder of London, is committed, That they have Power 
to receive a Claufe to extend the Provifion made by the 
Act, of the Twenty-ninth Year of King Charles the Se- 
cond, intituled, An Aé&amp; for Prevention of Frauds and 
Injuries, for entering the Time of figning Judgments to 
the Courts of Seffions in Coynties Palatine, and to the 
Courts of Great Seffions in the Principality of Wales. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Truftees, in whom 
the Eftates of the late South Sea Directors, and of Fobu 
Aiflabie Efquire, and of Fames Craggs fenior, Efquire, 
are vefted, be taken into Confideration upon friday 
Morning next. 


Sir ‘fames Campbell, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to enable his Majefty to make fuch Provifion as his 
Majefty fhall think fit for the Children of James Mackdo- 
nald, deceafed, out of the Eftate of the late Sir Donald 
Mackdonald, their Uncle, which was forfeited to his Ma- 
jefty for High Treafon, was committed, the Amend- 
ments they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and 
he read the faid Amendments in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one ; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houtfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures of this King- 
dom ; and for taking off feveral Duties on Merchandizes 
exported ; and for reducing the Duties upon Beaver-fkins, 
Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs, imported ; was 
committed ; the Amendments which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the faid Amend- 
ments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Amendments were once read throughout ; and then 
a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queition 
feverally put thereupon, with Amendments to feme of 
them, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
the Corporation called the Royal Exchange Affurance, 
nor the Corporation called the London Affurance, fhall be 
liable to pay more than fingle Damages, and full Cofts 
of Suit, in fuch Cafes where the faid Corporations are re- 
fpectively obliged, by the Act paffed in the Sixth Year 
of his Majefty’s Reign, relating to the faid Corporations, 
to pay double Damages, befides full Cofts of Suit : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks; which 
were filled up: 7 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part 
of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
againft paying Fees on Quarantine: 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be 
brought up to the Table ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And another Amendment was made by the Houfe, to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Bill to prevent the 
clandeftine Running of Goods, and the Danger of In- 
fection thereby. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bridges, Colonel Weft, Mr. Lewis, 
Sit Harry Afbburh, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Wortley, Mr. 
Pitt, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Dan. Harvey, Mr. Foley, Mafter 
of the Rolls, Mr. Ward, be added to the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for fupplying fome Defects in the Statute, 
of the Twenty-third of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; for Obligations to be taken by Two Chicf 


Juftices, the Mayor of the Staple, and the Recorder of 
Lendon, 1s coramitted. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


— 


Fovis, 8° die Februarii ; 
es, 3° ° 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Lord Molefwerth reported from the Com- 

mittee, to whom the Bill for the better fupplying 
the City and Liberty of Veftminfter, and Parts adjacent, 
with Water, was committed, That the Committee had 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the faid 
Amendments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the faid Amendments were once read throughout ; and 
then a Second time, one by one ; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That no- 
thing in the Aét fhould extend to prejudice, or take 
away, any Right, Property, or Jurifdiction, of the City 
of London, to, in, and upon, the River of Thames; 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 





A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiceocks and Mr. 
Bennet: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;. 
for the amending the Highways leading from Brampton 
Bridge, near Church Brampton, in the County of Norihamp- 
ton, through the Parifh of Thornby, to a Bridge called 
Welford Bridge, in the Parifh of /elford, in the faid 
County; and alfo the great Poft Road from a Place 
called Morter-pitt-hill, in the Parith of Pisford, in the 
faid County, through the Towns and Parifhes of Brix- 
worth, Lamport, Maidwell, Keimarfh, and Oxenden 
Magna, to a Bridge called Chain Bridge, leading into 
Market Iarborough, in the Couaty of Leicefer ; without 
any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committec, to whom 
the Bill for fupplying the Records of the Commiffary 
Court of Aberdeen, burnt or loft in the Fite there, was 
committed, That the Committee had made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houle ; and he read the faid Amendments 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, one of them was difagreed with, 
and the reft were agreed unto, by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That all 
Extracts to be delivered into the Clerk’s Office, in Obe- 
dience to this Aét, which have been produced in any Pro- 
cefs before the Lords of Seffion, or any other Court‘in 
Scotland, or made publick, otherwife than by having been 
regiftered in the Commiffary Court Books of Averdeen, fhall 
be deemed fufficient to fatisfy the Production, in any Ac- 
tion of Improbation, againft fuch Writs, which have been 

burnt 











740 


~ burnt or loft in the Commiffary Clerk’s Office, without 
Prejudice to the Perfons bringing or profecuting fuch 
Aétion of Improbation to infift upon fuch Grounds and 
Reafons as were competent againft the principal Writ- 
ings themfelves, or upon fuch Forgeries or Falfhoods as 
iniay be committed on the faid Extracts fince the fame 
were given out of the faid Office ; and for fupplying, as 
far as may be,. the Lofs of fuch Writings as were never 
otherwife made publick, but by having been regiftered in 
the faid Clerk’s Office : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill to enable his Majefty 
to make fuch Provifion as his Majefty fhall think fit for 
the Children of Fames Mackdonald, deceafed, out of the 
Eftate of the late. Sir Denxald Mackdonald their Uncle, 
which was forfeited to his Majefty for High Treafon, be 
read the Third time To-morrow Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for more equal paying, and better 
collecting, certain fmall Sums, therein mentioned, for 
Relief of fhipwrecked Mariners, and diftreffed Perfons, 
his Majefty’s Subjects, in the Kingdom of Portugal; and 
for other pious and charitable Purpofes, ufually contri- 
buted to by the Merchants trading to Portugal, was read 
the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aét for more equal paying and better collecting, cer- 
tain {mall Sums therein mentioned, for Relief of fhip- 
wrecked Mariners, and diftreffed Perfons, his Majefty’s 
Subjects, in the Kingdom of Portugal, and for other 
pious and charitable Purpofes, ufually contributed to by 
the Merchants trading to Portugal. 

Ordered, That Sir ‘fohn Ward do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in 2 Bill for 
preventing Frauds in Transferring of Shares in the Ca- 
pital Stock of any Company or Companies eftablifhed by 
Aé of Parliament: And that Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Hun- 
gerford do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Farrer, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
paying off, and cancelling, One million of Exchequer 
Bills; and to give Eafe to the South Sea Company in re- 
{pect of its prefent Obligation to circulate, or contribute 
toward circulating, Exchequer Bills; and to give further 
Time to that Company for Repayment of One million, 
which was lent to them; and for iffuing a further Sum, 
in new Exchequer Bills, towards his Majefty’s Supply, 
to be difcharged, and cancelled, when the faid Company 
fhall repay the Million owing by them; and that the Ex- 
chequer Bills which are to continue, may be circulated at 
eafy and moderate Rates ; was committed ; the Amend- 
ments which they had directed him to report to the Houfe,; 
and he read the faid Amendments in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout ; and then a Second time, one by one, 
as far as Claufe F, for altering the Duty on Piétures im- 
ported; and the fame were, with Amendments to fome 
of them, agreed unto by the Houfe, 

Then a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the further Confideration of the Report be 
adjourned ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then Claufe F being read a Second time. 

And the Queftion Seite put, That the Houfe do 
agree with the Commmittee in the faid Amendment ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


41721. 


A Ctaufe being offered, to be added to the Bill, for 
enabling the Seuth Sea Company to pay their Debts by 
difpofing of their Effects , 

And the Queftion being put, That the Claufe be now 
brought up; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Po gs &lt;A vent : ; 

Tellers for theNoes, } Calontl Colas 

S6 it paffed in the Negative. 

And iome Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. a 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


ba 


76. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Bennet : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting in Truftees the Reverfion, Freehold, and Inhe- 
ritance, of Part of the Eftate late of Sir Wiliam Davie 
Baronet, deceafed, expectant on a Term of Five hundred 
Years, to be fold, for Payment of his Daughters Por- 
tions, and Legacies: To which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence ot this Hoyfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Sir Thomas Croffe have Leave to make 
a Motion, it being after Five of the Clock. 

And he moved accordingly, That Leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to enable the South Sea Company to dif- 
pofe of the Effects in their Hands, by way of Lottery, 
or Subfcription, in order to pay the Debts» of the faid 
Company. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to en- 
able the South Sea Company to difpofe of the Effects in 
their Hands, by way of Lottery, or Subfcription, in or- 
der to pay the Debts of the faid Company : And that Sir 
Thomas Groffe, and General Roffe, do prepare, and -bring 
in, the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 9° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
\. for vefting in Truftees the Reverfion, Freehold, and 
Inheritance, of Part of the Eftate late of Sir Wiliam Davie 
Baronet, deceafed, expectant on a Term of Five hundred 
Years, to be fold, for Payment of his Daughters Por- 
tions, and Legacies, was read the Firit time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for the better fupply- 
ing the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, and Parts adja- 
cent, with Water, be now read the Third time. 

The faid Bill was accordingly read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill, 
by adding, .at the End thereof, thefe Words, ‘ Never- 
“ thelefs it fhall be lawful, as there fhall be Occafion, for 
‘ effecting the Purpofes of this A&amp;t, to cut and dig the 
“Bank or Wall of the River of Themes, within the Li- 
* mits aforefaid, without forfeiting or paying any thing 
** for the fame :” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for the better fupplying the City and Liberty of 
Weftminfer, and Parts adjacent, with Water. 


wv 


wv” 


Ordered, 





8 Geo. I. 


Ordered, That the Lord Molefworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Lowndes, according to Order, prefented to the 
Houfe a Bill to prevent the Mifchiefs by forging Powers 
to transfer fuch Stocks or Dividends as are therein men- 
tioned ; or by fraudulently perfonating the true Owners 
thereof: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of divers Merchants, and others, trading to 
feveral Parts of the Weft Indies, and our Northern Colonies, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; fetting forth, That, 
for feveral Years paft, many of his Majefty’s Subjects, 
turning Pirates, have committed continual Robberies on 
the Britifb Trade in the Weft and Eaft Indies ; fo as the {aid 
Britifo Trade hath already fuftained greater Loffes by the 
faid Pirates than.were fuffered during the late I’rench Wars: 
That, notwithftanding his Majefty’s moft gracious Par- 
don to fuch of the faid Pirates as would accept thereof ; 
yet the faid Pirates do increafe, and gather Strength, 
daily; and they commit Murders and Villainies to fuch 
as fall into their Hands: That, unlefs fome more effec- 
tual Remedies be taken, or more fufficient Force be ¢m- 
ployed, in reducing the faid Pirates, than hath hitherto 
been, the Weftern Navigation muft be unavoidably ruined: 
And praying Relief. 

A Petition of the Merchants, and others, Traders of the 
City of Briffol, was prefented to the Houle, and read; 
fetting forth, That, notwithftanding the Endeavours that 
have been ufed to fupprefs the Pirates, they increafe daily, 
and commit unheard-of Cruelties; and ftudy how to tor- 
ture; force his Majefty’s Subjeé&amp;ts with them; burn, plun- 
der, and deftroy, almoft all Ships they meet with: And 
praying Relief. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in for the more effec- 
tual Suppreffing of Piracy, upon the Debate of the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Committee be, appointed to prepare, 
and bring in, the faid Bill: 

And it is referred to Mr. Earl, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 
Mr. Yonge, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. 
Godfiey, Mr. Hutchefon, Sir Cha, Turner, Sir Cha, Wa- 
ger, Sir Fohn Norris, Mr. Meyrick, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Lowndes, Mr. Sloper, Lord Stanhope, Mr. Heyfbam, 
Mr. Dan. Pulteney, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Morice, Mr. Moor, Mr. Herne, Sir Robert Davers, 
Lord Gage, Mr. Merryl, Mr. Fennyus, Mr. Comptroller, 
Mr. Stanhope, Lord Londonderry, Sir Tho. Croffe, Sir 
fames Campell, Sir Richard Goffe, Sir Wm. St. Quintin, 
Mr. Monro, Lord Hinchinbroke, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ma- 
fon; orany Three of them: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report of the Truftees in whom the 
Eftates of the late South Sea Directors, and of Fohn Aif- 
labie Efquire, and of Yames Craggs fenior, Efquire, are 
vetted, be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill to prevent the Clandeftine 


Running of Goods, and the Danger of Infection 


thereby. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable his Majefty to make fuch 
Provifion as his Majefty fhall think fit for the Children of 
James Mackdoneld, deceafed, out of the Eftate of the 
late Sir Donald Mackdonxald, their Uncle, which was for- 
feited to his Majetty for High Treafon, was read the Third 
time. ' 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to enable his Majetty to make fuch Provifion 
as his Majefty fhall think fit for the Children of Fames 

fackdonald, deceafed, out of the Eftate of the late Sir 
Donald Mackdonald, their Uncle, which was forfeited to 
his Majefty for High Treafon. be 

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Ordered, That Sir Fames Campbell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Motn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 10° die Februarii; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Hungerford teported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for the better Recovery of the Pe- 


nalties inflicted upon Perfons who deftroy the Game, was 
committed, That they had made fome Amendmenis there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Amendments in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second time, one by one, 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed 
unto by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled. 


An ingtoffed Bill for the Encouragement of the Silk 
Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for taking off feve- 
ral Duties on Merchandizes exported; and for reducing 
the Duties upon Beaver-fkins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and 
Nutmegs, imported; was read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the Encouragement of the Silk Manu- 
factures of this Kingdom; and for taking off {feveral 
Duties on Merchandizes exported; and for reducing the 
Duties upon Beaver-fkins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and 
Nutmegs, imported; and for Importation of all Furs of 
the Product of the Brit Plantations into this Kingdom 
only; and that the Two Corporations of Affurance, on 
any Suits brought on their Policies, fhall be liable only 
to fingle Damages, and Cofts of Suit. 


Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Borret and Mr. 
Conway : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, to raife Money, by way of a Lottery, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year 1722; and for transferring the Defi- 
ciencies of a late Malt Act to the Land Tax for the faid 
Year; and for giving Time for inferting the Money given 
with Apprentices in their Indentures ; and touching loft 
Bills, Tickets, or Orders ; and for exchanging the Tickets 
in the Exchequer for Certificates; and for fuppreffing 
Lotteries denominated Sales, and other private Lotteries ; 
and for enlarging the Time for the Accouncani General 
of the Bank of England to return Duplicates of Annuities 
into the Exchequer; without any Amendment. And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repealing fuch Claufes in the Aét, paffed in the Se- 
venth Year of his Majefty’s Reign, relating to Quaran- 
tine, and the Plague, as gives Power to remove Perfons 
from their Habitations, or to make Lines about Places 
infected, without any Amendment. And allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Commonalty, of the 
City of Briffol, to build an Exchange there, for the Con- 
veniency of the Merchants and Traders of that City, with- 
out any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, inticuled, An A&amp;t 
to impower the Commiffioners and Truftees for the for- 
feited Eftates to give fuch Relief to Hugh Wallace, of 
Tngleftoun, Efquire, and Hugh Wallace, his Son, in re- 
lation to their Part of an heretable Bond, and Infeoff- 


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ment, upon the F ftate of James late Earl of Linlithgow, at- 
tainted for High Treafon, as they have given to other 
Claimants upon the faid Bond, without any Amendment. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Chriffopher Schele, without any Amend- 
ment. And alfo, ‘ 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for giving further Encouragement for the Importation of 
Naval Stores ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; 
without any Amendment, 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Sir Thomas Crofe prefented to the Eloufe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enable the South Sea Company to difpofe 
of the Effeéts in their Hands, by way of Lottery, or Sub- 
{cription, in order to pay the Debts of the faid Company: 
Ant the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill to prevent Mitchiefs by forging Powers to tranf- 
fer fuch Scocks, or Dividends, as are therein mentioned ; 
or by fraudulently perfonating the true Owners thereof, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refclved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon tle faid Bill. 


The Orders of the Day being read; ' 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration th 
Report of the Truftees in whom the Eftates of the late 
Scuth Sea Directors, and of Fohn Aiflabie Efquire, and 
of James Craggs fenior Efquire, are vefted: 

And the fame was read. 

Ordered, That the Particulars or Inventories of the 
Eftates and Effects of the late Sub Governor, Deputy 
Governor, Direftors, Deputy Cafhier, and Accountant, 
of the South Sea Company, delivered by the Barons of 
his Majefly’s Court of Exchequer, or fome of them, to 
the Speaker of this Houle, and by him laid before this 
Houle, be delivered, by the Clerk of this Houfe, to the 
Lord Chief Baron of the faid Court of Exchequer, who 
fnali give a Receipt for the fame : And that Mr. Speaker 
do fignify the Pleafure of this Houle, That the faid Lord 
Chief Baron, or Barons, or any Two or more of them, 
do examine, upon Oath, the faid late Sub Governor, 
Deputy Governor, Directors, Deputy Cafhier, and Ac- 
countant, of the South Séa Company, refpectively, con- 
cerning any Concealment, Omiffion, or Falfity, in the 
faid refpective Particulars or Inventories, or concerning 
any Alterations in their refpective Eftates, fince the giv- 
ing in the faid Inventories, upon fuch Interrogatories as 
the faid Barons fhall think meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to pro- 
long the Time for hearing and determining Claims before 
the Truftees in whom the Eftates of the late South Sca 
Direftors, and of Fohn Aifabie Efquire, and of ames 
Cragys \enior, Efquire, are velted, and to enable the faid 
Truftees to compound any Partnerships wherein the faid 
late Directors, or any of them, were concerned with 
others; and to affign over fuch Trufts wherein the faid 
Jate Directors were concerned as Truftees only: And that 
Sir John Eyles, Mr. Lade, Sir Taomas Croffe, and Mr. 
iVcrd, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve iticif into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the Bill to prevent the 
clandeftine Running of Goods, and the Danger of In- 
tection thereby. 


And then the Hou‘e adjourned till AdZoaday Morne 
ing, Nise cf the Clock. 





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4A. 1721, 


Lune, 12° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for fupplying the Records of the 
Commiflary Court of Aberdeen, burnt or loft in 
the Fire there, was read the Third time: 

And fome Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Ac for fupplying the Records of the Commiffary 
Court of Aberdeen, burnt or loft in the Fire there. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pringle docarry the Bill-to the Lords, 
and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Lords, to put 
their Lordfhips in mind of the Bill for making more 
effectual an Aét, made in the Eleventh and Twelfth 
Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the 
Third, intituled, An Act for the more effectual employ- 
ing the Poor, by encouraging the Manufactures of this 
Kindom. 

, Ordered, That Mr. Hutchefon do carry the faid Mef- 
age. 


A Bill to enable the South Sea Company to difpofe of 
the Effects in their Hands, by way of Lottery, or Sub- 
{cription, in order to pay the Debts of the faid Company, 
was read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Commitiee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bull. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Edwards: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for more equal paying, and better collecting, certain {mall 
Sums, therein mentioned, for Relief of thipwrecked Ma- 
riners, and diftreffed Perfons, his Majefty’s Subjects, in 
the Kingdom of Portugal, and for other pious and cha- 
ritable Purpofes, ufually contributed to by the Merchants 
trading to Portugal, without any Amendment. 


eeeeeeee 


A Meflage from his Majeity, by Sir William Sanderfon, 
Gentleman Ubher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 


Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers. 


And, being returned; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That he, with the Houfe, had 
attended his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers; and that 
his Majefty had been pleafed to give the Royal Afient 
to the feveral publick and private Bills following ; viz. 

An Ac for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum 
Cyder, and Perry, to raife Money, by way of a Lottery, 
for the Service of the Year 17223 and for transferring 
the Deficiencies of a late Malt AG to the Land Tax for 
the faid Year; and for giving Time for inferting the 
Money given with Apprentices in their Indentures; and 
touching loft Bills, Tickets, or Orders ; and for exchang- 
ing the Tickets in the Exchequer for Certificates; and 
for fuppreffing Lotteries denominated Sales, and other pri- 
vate Lotteries; and for enlarging the Time for the Ac- 
countant General of the Bank of England to return Du.- 
plicates of Annuities into the Exchequer: 

An A&amp; for taking off the Duty upon all Sale ufed in 
the Curing of Red- herrings; and laying a proportionable 
Duty upon all Red-herrings confumed at home only ; and 

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for afcertaining the Cuftom and Excife payable for the 
Sugar-houfes in Scotland; and for making an Allowance 
for Salt loft in any Harbour or River of this Realm; and 
for the better fecuring the Duties on Sale delivered in 
Scotland: 

An AG for the punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and*their Quarters ; 

An A&amp; to enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit 
Commerce, for the Space of One Year, with any Coun- 
try that is, or fhall be, infected with the Plague; and for 
fhortening the Continuance of an Act, paffed in the Se- 
venth Year of his Majelty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for 
repealing an AC, made in the Ninth Year of her late 
Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ad to oblige Ships 
coming from Places infected more effectually to perform 
their Quarantine; and for the better preventing the Plague 
being brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain or 
Ireland, or the les of Guernfey, Ferfey, Alderney, Sark, 
or Man, and to hinder the Spreading of Infeétion : 

An Aét for repealing fuch Clauf:s in the Act, paffed in 
the Seventh Year of his Majelty’s Reign, relating to Qua- 
rantine, and the Plague, as give Power to remove Per- 
fons from their Habitations, or to make Lines about 
Places infected : 

An Act for giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Naval Stores; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned : 

An Aé for granting the People called Quakers fuch 
Forms of Affirmation, or Declaration, as may remove 
the Difficulties which many of them lie under : 

An Aét for the more equal paying, and better collect- 
ing, certain {mall Sums, therein mentioned, for Relief of 
fhipwrecked Mariners, and diftrefled Perfons, his Ma- 
jfty’s Subjects, in the Kingdom of Portugal; and for 
other pious and charitable Purpofes, ufually contributed to 
by the Merchants trading to Portugal: 

An Aéct for reftoring and rebuilding the Haven and 
Piers of Bridport, in the County of Dorfet; and for 
makiag a Sluice there : 

An Aét for the amending the Highways leading from 
Brempten Bridge, neat Church Brampton, in the County of 
Northampton, through the Parifh of Thornby, to a Bridge 
called Welford Bridge, in the Parifh of Welford, in the 
faid County; and allo the great Poft Road from a Place 
called Mortar-pitt-bill, in the Parith of Pisford, in the 
faid County, through the Towns and Parifhes of Brix- 
worth, Lamport, Maidwell, Kélmarfb, and Oxendon Mag- 
na, to a Bridge called Chain Bridge, leading into Market 
Harborough, in the County of Leicefter : 

An Aét to explain and amend the Act, paffed in the 
Third Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing 
the Highway from feveral Places therein mentioned, 
leading towards Highgate Gatehoufe, and Hampftead, in 
the County of Adidalefex. 

An A&amp; for continuing an Ad, paffed in the Tenth 
Year of her late Majefty, intituled, an Act for repair- 
ing the Highway between a certain Place called Kil- 
burn Bridge, in the County of Middlefex, and Sparrows- 
bern, in the County of Hertford; and for making the 
{aid Act more effectual : 

An A&amp; for laying a Duty of Two Penies Scots, or 
One-fixth Part of a Peny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint 
of Ale, or Beer, that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended, 
or tapped, within the Town of Elgin, and Privileges 
thereof, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town; 
and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Aé&amp; for making the River Eden navigable to 
Bank-end, in the County ot Cumberland: 

An A&amp; to velit Two Fourth-parts of a Fee-farm Rent 
of Eighty-two Pounds Eight Shillings and Two Pence 
ifuing out of the Manor of King/wood, in the County of 
Wilts, of which Two Fourth parts the Lord Viicount 
Harcourt is feifed in Fee, in Truttees, to the like Ufes as 
a Meffuage, and Lands, called Fobnfon’s Farm, in the 
Parith of Stanton Harcourt, and Southly, or One of them, 
in the County of Oxon, were deviled by Dame Elizabeth 
Harcourt, Widow, deceafed; and, in lieu thereof, for 


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vefting the faid Premifivs, called Fcbnfon’s Farm, in the 
faid Lord Vifcount Harcourt, and his Heirs : 

An A&amp;é to enable the Mayor, Burgefics, and Common. 
alty, of the City of Brifiol, to build an Exchange there, 
for the Conveniency of the Merchants and Traders of 
that City : 

An A&amp; for Sale of Part of Sir Fobn Wentworth’s 
Eftate, towards raifing Part of the Sum of Ten thoufand 
Pounds, ‘for the Purpofes therein mentioned ; 

An Act for vefting Part of the Eftate of Sir Ralph 
Milbank Baronet in Truftees, to be fold, for performing 
his Father’s Will, and an Agreement made with his Bio- 
ther and Sifters : 

An Act for uniting and confolidating the Parith 
Churches of Stypul, alias Steeple, and Twynebam, within 
the Ifle of Purbeck, in the County of Dorfet : 

An A&amp; to enable Eiizabeth and Margaret Newton, In- 
fants, during their Minority, with Confent of Truftees, 
to grant, and fill up, Leafes of Part of the Eftate late 
of Fobn Newton Efquire, their Father, doceated : 

An Aé for vetting the Eftate late of ‘fames Price, of 
Pilleth, in the County of Radnor, E‘quire, deceafid, in 
Truftees, to be fold, tor Payment ot feveral Portions and 
Legacies charged thereon: 

An Act to impower the Commiffioners and Truftees 
for the forfeited Eftates to give fuch Relief to Hugh Wale 
lace, of Inglefoun, Efquire, and Hugh Wallace bis Son, 
in relation to their Part in an herecable Bond and Iafeoff- 
ment upon the Eftate of Fames late Earl of Linlithgow, 
attainted for High Treafon, as they have given to other 
Claimants upon the faid Bond: 

An Act for naturalizing Samuel Palmer : 

An A&amp; for naturalizing Lucas Steiaman, Paul Kruger, 
and Heury Boon: 

An Act for naturalizing Chriftopher Schele. 


An ingroffed Bill for paying off, and cancelling, One 
million of Exchequer Bills; and to give Eafe to the South 
Sea Company, in refpect to its prefent Obligation to cir- 
culate, or contribute towards circulating, Exchequer Bills; 
and to give further Time to that Company for Repay- 
ment of One million, which was lent to them; and for 
iffuing a further Sum in new Exchequer Bills, towards his 
Majetty’s Supply, to be difcharged, and cancelled, when 
the faid Company fhall repay the Million owing by them; 
and that the Exchequer Bills which are to continue, may 
be circulated at ealy and moderate Rates; was read the 
Third time. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill, 
Prefs 35. L. 47. after * Two,” to infert “ or after- 
“¢ wards” 

And the fame was upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Hloufe: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill do pafs: and that the Title 
be, An Act for paying off, and cancelling, One million 
of Exchequer Bills; and to give Eafe to the South SeaComs 
pany, in refpect to its prefent Obligation to circulate, or 
contribute towards circulating, Exchequer Bills; and ta 
give further Time to that Company for Repayment of One 
million, which was ient to them; and for iffuing a fur- 
ther Sum in new Exchequer Bills, towards his Majetty’s 
Supply, to be difctiarged, and cancelled, when the faid 
Company fhall repay the Million owing by them; and 
that the Exchequer Bills which are to continue, may be 
circulated at ealy and moderate Rates; and for appropr« 
ating the Supplies granted to his Maje(ty in this Seflion of 
Parliament; and for Relief of the Sufferers at Nevis and 
Saint Chriflopber’s, by an Invafion of the Freach in the 
lace War; and for laying a further Duty on Apples im- 
ported ; and for afc:rtaining the Duties on Pictures im- 
ported. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry: the Bill to che 
Lords, and delire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Moufe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 


ing 











744, 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houte, upon the Bill to prevent the Mifchiefs by forging 
Powers to transfer fuch Stocks, or Dividends, as are there- 
in mentioned; or by fraudulently perfonating the true 
Owners thereof. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday Morn- 
ing next,refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill to prevent the clandeftine 
Running of Goods, and the Danger of Infection thereby. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 13° die Februari; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

for vefting in Truftees the Reverfion, Freehold, 
and Inheritance, of Part of the Ettate late of Sir Wil- 
liam Davie Baronet, deceafed, expectant on a Term of 
Five hundred Years, to be fold, for Payment of his 
Daughters Portions, and Legacies, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Merryll, 
Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Farrer, Mtr. Lowndes, Mr. Wylde, 
Mr. Yorke, Sir Hen. Afbhurff, Colonel Scott, Mr. Ed- 
wards, Mr. Sandys, Sir Wm. Pole, Colonel Vanjfe, Mr. 
Brudenell, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Anftis, Mr. Duncomb, Mr. 
Hungerford, Lord Carpenter, Mr. Denton, Sir Fohn fen- 
nings, Mr. Coppleftone, General Wade, Sir Adolphus Ough- 
ton, Mr. Bond, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Yonge, 
Mr. Earle, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Treby, Mr. Ward, 
Sir Robert Pollock, Sir Roger Bradfbaigh, Mr. Noble, 
Mr. Fefferyes, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Dockminque, Mr. Butler, 
Mr. Cowper, Mr. Carter, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Travers, Mr. 
Herne, Mr. Thompfon, Mr. Mafon, Mr. Weffaling, 
Mr. Chamberlain; and all the Members that ferve for the 
Counties of Devon and Cornwall: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber. 


Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for fupplying fome Defects in the Statute, of the 
Twenty-third of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, An 
Act for Obligations to be taken by Two Chief Juftices, 
the Mayor of the Staple, and the Recorder of London, 
was Committed, That they had made feveral Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houle; and he read the Amendments in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied, 


An ingroffed Bill for the better Recovery of the Penal- 
ties inflicted upon Perfons who deftroy the Game, was 
read the Third time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better Recovery of the Penalties in- 
flicted upon Perfons who deftroy the Game. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Sandys reported from the Committe¢, to whom 


the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for . 


inclofing G/aftonbury Commons, in the County of Somer- 
fet, was committed, That they had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confents to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 


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mittee had dire&amp;ted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, 


without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 


Sir Fohn Cope Baronet, a Member of this Houfe, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That, in relation to the Matter of 
the Charge againft Mr. Baron Page, appointed to be heard 
this Day, he was informed, That fome of his Evidences 
had been tampered with; and that there was one Mr. Gre- 
gory at the Door, who could give the Houfe an Account 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Mr. Gregory be called in. 

Mr. Gregory was called in; and examined. 

And then he withdrew. 

After which, the Houfe being moved, That the Mat- 
ter of the faid Charge might be referred to the Confidera- 
tion of aCommittee ; 

The Order of the Day, for the Hearing of the Mat- 
ter of the faid Charge at the Bar of this Houfe this Day, 
being read ; : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Hearing of the 
Matter of the faid Charge at the Bar of this Houfe be 
difcharged ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. 

Mr. Szell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Bathurft : i 135. 
; Sir Charles Turner, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Briffow : t 173. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being propof- 
ed, That the Witneffes to be examined in the Matter of 
this Charge be examined at the Bar of this Houfe, in the 
moft folemn manner ; 

_ An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Quef- 
tion, by leaving out the Words “ at the Bar of this 
** Houfe :” 

And the Queftion being put, that the W 
Part of the Section 3 dion hae! cs 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the previous Queftion being put, That the fai 
Queftion propofed, That the Witneltes to be sort. 
in the Matter of this Charge be examined at the Bar 
of this Houfe, in the moft folemn manner, be now put ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Noes go forth. 

_§ Mr. Drake, 
Tellers for the Yeas,} Mr. Chifzwell : i 142. 
Mr. Tredy, 

ima: for the Noes, } Mr. D av af ; i 144. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Counfel for’Mr. Baron Page was called in: 

And the Charge of Sir ohn Cope againft Mr. Baron 
Page was read. 

The Mayor of Banbury, in the County of Oxford, and 
other Witneffes, were called in; and examined by Sir 
Fohn Cope. 

Then the Counfel for Mr. Baron Page were heard: 

And a Witnefs for Mr. Baron Page being called in to 
be examined ; 

The Counfel were direéted to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the further Hearing the Matter of the 
faid Charge be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 

And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 

ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 14° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

R. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he did, on 

Monday, purfuant to the Order of Saturday latt, 

fign Four Papers, One to be delivered tothe Lord Chief 

Baron, and the others to each Baron of the Court of 

Exchequer, 





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Exchequer, fignifying the Pleafure of this Houfe in rela- 
tion to the Examination of the late Sub Governor, De- 
puty Governor, Directors, Deputy Cafhier, and Account- 
ant, of the South Sea Company, on their refpective In- 
ventories; and that he delivered the faid Papers to the 
Clerk of this Houfe, to deliver to the {aid Barons; and 
that the Clerk had acquainted him, That he did, on 
Monday in the Evening, deliver One of the faid Significa- 
tions to the Lord Chief Baron, another to Mr. Baron 
Price, and another to Sir Fames Mountague ; and that he 
left the other at Sir Francis Page’s Chamber in Serjeant’s 
Inn, in Fleetftreet, with his Clerk there; and that the 
Lord Chief Baron had, purfuant to the faid Order, ap- 
pointed to receive the Particulars or Inventories therein 
mentioned, this Morning at Nine of the Clock; and 
that the Clerk had delivered them this Morning, accord- 
ingly; and has his Lordfhip’s Receipt for the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for inclofing Glaftonbury Commons, in the County of 
Somerfet, was read the Third time: 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sandys do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for fupplying fome Defects in the 
Statute, of the Twenty-third of King Henry the Eighth, 
intituled, An Act for Obligations to be taken by Two 
Chief Juftices, the Mayor of the Staple, and the Re- 
corder ot London, was read the Third time. 

_ An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Bill; 
Prefs * L. * To leave out “ as has been ufuai :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houle: And the Bill was amended at 
the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for fupplying fome Defects in the Statute, of the 
Twenty-third of King Henry the Eighth, intituled, An 
Act for Obligations to be taken by ['wo Chiet Juftices, 
the Mayor of the Staple, and the Recorder of Londoi; 
and for fetting down the Time of figning Judgments in 
the Principality of Wales, and Counties Palatine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Fobn Eyles prefented to the Houfe; actording to 
Order, a Bill for prolonging the Time for determining 
Claims before the Truftees, in whom the Eftates of the 
late South Sea Directors, and of Fobn Aflabie Efquire, 
and likewife of Fames Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, 
are vefted; and for other Purpofes thercin mentioned: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to prevent the 
Mitchiefs by forging Powers to transfer fuch Stocks, or to 
receive fuch Annuities, or Dividends, as are therein men- 
tioned; or by fraudulently perfonating the true Owners 
thereof; is committed; That they have Power to receive 
a Claufe for rectifying Errors and Miftakes in the Dupli- 
cates and Inftruments whereupon the Capital Stock of the 
South Sea Company, and the Annuity thereupon, has 
beeir increafed. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe proceeded in the further Hearing of the 
Matter of the Charge againft Mr. Baron Page: 

And the Counfel for Mr. Baron Page were called in: 

And feveral Witnefies were feverally called in; and 
examined, 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Counfei for Mr. Baron Page fummed up the 
Evidence for him. 

Afterwards Sir Fohn Cope called in, and examined, fe- 


veral Witnefles, to fupport the Credit of One of the 


Vor. XIX. 


Witneffes that had been examined on his behalf, and 
againft the Credit of fome of the Witneffes examined oni 
behalf of Mr. Baron Page. 

And then the Counfel withdrew. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put; 
That it appears to this Houfe, That Sir ohn Cope Baro- 
net, a Member of this Houfe, hath made good his 
Charge againft Sir Francis Page, One of the Barons of 
his Majefty’s Court of Exchequer 5 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth, 


Tellers for the Yeas, } — Pa ae hte i 


7 Sir’ Adolphus Oughton 
Tellers for the Noes, } Lord Wm. Pewee: ° 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


| 7 
is, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to enable the South Sea Company 
to difpofe of the Effects in their Hands, by way of Lot- 


tery, or Subfcription, in order to pay the Debts of the 
faid Company, : 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow: Morn- 
ing, refolve ittelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill to prevent the Mifchiefs by forging Powers 
to transfer fuch Stocks, or Dividends, as are therein men- 


tioned; or by fraudulently perfonating the true Owners 
thereof. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, relolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill to prevent the clandeftine 
Running of Goods, and the Danger of Infection thereby. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Jovis, 15° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721, 

PRAYERS, 

Mefflage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and 
Mr. Kynajfton: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill; intituled, An A@ 
to veft the Ground, Wharf, and Quay, called Wool 
Quay, in the Parifh of All Saints, Barking, in the City 
ot London, with the Buildings and Warehoufes there- 
upon, in Truftees, for his Majefty, his Heirs and Suc- 
ceflors, for ever; fubjeét to an Agreement made, on his 
Majefty’s behalf, with the Wardens and Affiftants of the 
Free-{chool in Sevenoake, in the County of Kent, without 
any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing the Highways from the Stones End at White 
Chappel Church, in the County of Middlefex, to Shenjfield, 
and to the furthermoft Part of the Parifh of Woodford, 
leading to the Town of Epping, in the County of Effex, 
without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to explain and amend an Act, made in the Second Year 
of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne; intituled, 
An Aé tor Sale of Part of the Eftate of Henry Lord Vif- 
count Dillon in the Kingdom of Ireland; and for fettling 
an Equivalent, in other Part of his Eftate, on the Vifcount- 
efs his Wife, for her Jointure; and to make a Provifion 
for Bridget Vifcountefs Dillon, Wife of Richard now Lord 
Vifcount Dillon; without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for naturalizing Agatha Drummond, without any Amend- 
ment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing James Girardot, with fome Amendments: 
To which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


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Sir Fobn Norris, according to Order, prefented to the 
Houfe, a Bill for the more effectual Suppreffing of Piracy: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Bill for prolonging the Time for determining Claims 
before the Truftees, in whom the Eftates of the late South 
Sea Direétors, and of Fobn Aiflabie Efquire, and likewife 
of Fames Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, are vefted; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was read a Se- 
Cond time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobm 
Eyles, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Naylor, Lord Morpeth, Sir 
Barnbam Rider; Mr. Gibbon, Mr. Knight, Mr. Herne, 
Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Fefferyes, General Rofe, Mr. Ser- 
jeant Birch, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Aiflabie, Mr. Brisiffe, Mr. 
Walpole, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Feffop, Sir Richard Goffe, 
Mr. : Roberts, Mr. Rudge, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. 
Lade, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Cart- 
wright, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Bacon, Mr.’ Plummer, Mr. 
Rowney, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Difton, Mr. Heath, Mr. Har- 
rifon: And all that come are to have Voices: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Hovfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to prevent the Mifchiefs by forging Powers to 
transfer fuch Stocks, or Dividends, as are therein men- 
tioned ; or by fraudulently perfonating the true Owners 

ereof ; 

K, Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe to pre- 
vent any Perfons being admitted into the General Courts 
of any of the Corporations mentioned in the Bill, who 
have no Right to vote or ballot in the faid General 
urts. 
Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. ; 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Farrer reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 

ort, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 


Morning. 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill to prevent 
the clandeftine Running of Goods, and the Danger of 
Infeétion thereby. : 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and had directed 
him to move, That they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 16° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
Bill for the more effectual Supprefling of Piracy, was 


read a Second time. 
-Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 





Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1721. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Farver, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
prevent the Mifchiefs by forging Powers to transfer fuch 
Stocks, or Dividends, as are therein mentioned; or by 
fraudulently perfonating the true Owners thereof; was 
committed; the Amendments they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the {aid Amendments in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; for naturalizing James Girardot: 

And the fame were read ; and are as follow; viz. 

Prefs 1. L. 1. Leave out “ fheweth,” and infert 
“© fhew :” 

L. 6. After * France,’ infert ** and 
‘* Paul Amfinck, Son of Paul Amfinck, by Chriftiana his 
‘© Wife, born at Hamburgh, in Germany;” and, in the 
fame Line, leave out ** hath,” and infert “ have:” 

L. 8. Leave out “ his,” and infert ** their ;”? 

L. 17. After ‘* Girardot,” infert * and 
“© Paul Amfinck;” and, in the fame Line, leave out 
** he is,” and infert ‘* they are:” 

L. 21. Leave out ‘* a,” and, inftead of 
“© Subjeét,” infert ** Subjects :” 

L. 22. Leave out “ he,” and infert ¢€ they :” 

L. 25. Leave out ‘ he,” and infert ** they :” 

L. 26. Leave out “ a;” and, inftead of 
“© Subject,” infert ‘* Subjects :” 

L. 29. After ‘* Girardot,” infert * and Payl 
6° Amfinck :” 


L. 30. Leave out * he is,” and infert « they 
99 


‘© are: 
L. 40. Leave out ‘* his,” and infert * their:?? 
L. 41. Leave out ‘ Heir,” and infert 
Heirs ;” and leave out ‘* his,” and infert ‘ their:” 
Prefs 2, L. 4. Leave out “ him,” and infert 
** them :” 
L. 7. Leave out “ he hath,” and infert 
* they have :” 
L. 13. Leave out * he,” and infert * they :”” 
L. 19. Leave out “ a:” 
L. 20. Leave out ‘ Subject,” and infere 
“© Subjects :” 
L. 27. After ‘* Girardot,” infert ** and Paul 
** Amfinck, or either of them :” 
L. 32. Leave out *“ himfelf,” and infert 
© themfelves:” 
L. 33. Leave out ‘* him,” and infert “ them, 
*¢ or either of them:” 
To the Title of the Bill, add ‘* and Paul Amfinck.” 
The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed unto by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That Mr. Abercrombie do carry the*Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordhhips. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to enable the South Sea Company to difpofe of the 
Effects in their Hands, by way of Lottery, or Subfcrip- 
tion, in order to pay the Debts of the faid Company; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Committee, That 
they have Power to receive a Claufe to explain a Claufe in 

4 an 





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an Aét, paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, 
An Aé for making feveral Provifions to reftore the pub- 
lick Credit, which fuffers by the Frauds and Mifmanage- 
ments of the late Directors of the South Sea Company, 
and others; fo far as the fame relates to fpecial Bail being 
required in any Action brought upon any Contract made 
fince the Firft Day of December One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Nineteen, and before the Firft Day of December 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty, for the Sale or 
‘Purchafe of any Subfcription, or Stock, of the South Sea 
Company, or any other Company or Corporation what- 
foever; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe for en- 
larging the Time for paying Five Pounds per Cent. to the 
Scuth Sea Company by fuch Borrowers as have neglected 
to pay the fame before the Twenty-fifth Day of Decem- 
ber \att. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfeif into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

Sir Thomas Croffe took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Thomas Croffe reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made fome Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. . 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 17° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf 

into a Committee of the whole Houfe to confider 
further of the Bill to prevent the clandeftine Running of 
Goods, and the Danger of Infection thereby. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Yonge reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 19° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 

PRAYERS. 

Mefiage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Fellows: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better preventing Abufes committed in Weigh- 
ing and Packing of Butter, in the City of York, without 
any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable his Majefty to make fuch Provifions as is therein 
mentioned, for the Children of James Mackdonald, de- 
ceafed, out of the Eftate of the late Sir Donald Mackdo- 
nald, their Uncle, which was forfeited to his Majefty for 
High Treafon, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 


747 
for Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures of this 
Kingdom; and for taking off feveral Duties on Mer- 
chandizes exported; and for reducing the Duties upon 
Beaver-fkins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs, im- 
ported ; and for importaticn of all Furs, of the Produé&amp; 
of the Sritife Plantations, into this Kingdom only; and 
that the Two Corporations of Affurance, on any Suits, 
brought on their Policies, fhall be liable only to fingle Da- 
mages, and Cofts of Suit; without any Amendment. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intitu'led, An A&amp; 
for taking off the Duties upon all Salt ufed in Curing and 
Making of White-herrings, and, inftead thereof, laying 
a proportionable Duty upon all White-herrings confumed 
at home only; and for making an Allowance for Tobacco 
exported from Scotland in the time therein mentioned; 
and for giving further Relief to the Refiners of Rock- 
falt; without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for better fupplying the City and Liberty of Wefminfter, 
and Parts adjacent, with Water, with fome Améndments: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. 


And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for the better iupplying the City and Liberty of 
Wefiminjier, and Parts adjacent, with Water: 

And the fame were read; and are as follow; viz. 

2 Prefs, 20 L. After ** Succeflors,” infert “ or any 
“s Five, or more of them:” 

25 L. After * forfeit,” infert “to the faid 
“© Commiffioners, and their Succeffors :” 

7 Prefs, 26 L. After ‘* Reiervatory,” infert ** or Re- 
“© fervatories :” 

27 L. After ** at,” infert ** or near.” 

_ The faid pg being feverally read a Second 
time, were, upon the Queftion feveral ' 
agreed unto se! the Howie 1S ee 

Ordered, That the Lord Molefworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordthips, 


Mr. Lade reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for prolonging the Time for determining Claims before 
the Truftees, in whom the Eftates of the late South Sea 
Directors, and of Fobn diflabie Efguire, and likewife of 
James Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, are vefted; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was committed ; 
That they had made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and 
he reac the faid Amendments in his Place; and dfterwards 
rose e the Bill, and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 

able. 


Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confidera- 
tion To-morrow Morning, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for the more effectual Suppreffing of Piracy; 

And the Houfe being moved, That the Ninth Section 
of the Act, paffed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of her 


late Majefty Queen Anne, for the Encouragement of the 
Trade to America, might be read ; 


The fame was read accordingly: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
That they have Power to receive a Claufe to repeal a 
Claufe in the Act, of the Sixth Year of her late Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for the Encouragement of the 
Trade to America, which relates to the impreffing Mari- 
ners, or other Perfons, in Ameri.a ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pur, 
That it be an InftruGtion to the iaid Committee, That 


they 








748 


they have Power to receive a Claufe, declaring fuch Ships 
as fhall be found in the Limits of Trade granted to the 
South Sea and Eajft India Companies, to be Traders 
there ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. | , 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Daniel Pulteney took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Daniel Pulteney reported from the Committee, 
That they had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and had 
direéted him to move, That they may have Leave to fit 
again. 
T Rejalued, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into aCommittee of the whole Houfe, to con- 
fider further of the faid Bill. 


Sir Thomas Croffe, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
enable the South Sea Company to difpofe of the. Effects in 
their Hands, by way of Lottery, or Subfcription, in order 


to pay the Debts of the faid Company, was committed ; ° 


the Amendments which the Committee had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his 
Piace; and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amend- 
ments, were once read throughout; and then a Second 
time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houte. 

A Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, That 
Purchafers of the South Sea Company’s Annuities, payable 
at the Exchequer, fhall enjoy the fame; and, if pur- 
chafed by any Body Politick or Corporate, that they may 
unite fuch Capital, fo created, to the then Capital Stock 
of the Company fo purchafing the fame; and that the 
Purchafers of the faid Annuities may raife Money, by 
taking in Subfcriptions for Sale of the Capital Stock ; and 
that the Capital Stock, Annuities, and Shares, fhall be 
deemed perfonal Eftates, and free from Taxes; and be 
transferrable, and difpofed of by Will; but that the Perfons 
employed for making an Agreement for Sale of the faid 
Annuities, fhall not be difabled, for that Caufe, to ferve 
as Members of Parliament; nor the Perfons intitled to 
Stock, purfuant to fuch Agreement, be liable to Bankrupt- 
cy; or the Stock to any foreign Attachment, by the 
Cuftom of London, or otherwife,; but, upon Repayment, 
by Parliament, of the Capital Stock, the Annuities to 
ceafe ; and that, after Redemption of the Annuities, the 
feveral Duties applicable by the Act fhall be underftood 
to be redeemed by Parliament ; and fhall not be applied 
to any Ufe without Authority of Parliament: 

The faid Claufe was once read with Blanks: 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe upon the Claufe; 

Ordered, ‘That the Debate be adjourned till Wedne/day 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Martis, 20° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Yonge reported from the Committee, to whom 

the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 

A&amp; for vefting in Truftees the Reverfion, Freehold, and 
Inheritance, of Part of the Eftate late of Sir William 
Davie Baronet, deceafed, expectant ona Term of Five hun- 
dred Years, to be fold, for Payment of his Daughters 
Portions, and Legacies, was committed, That they had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill; and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 





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mittee ; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the. Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


An ingroffed Bill to prevent the Mifchiefs by forging 
Powers to transfer fuch Stocks, or to receive fuch Annui- 
ties, or Dividends, as are therein mentioned ; or by frau- 
dulently perfonating the true Owners thereof; was read 
the Third time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp; to prevent the Mifchiefs by forging Powers to 
transfer fuch Stocks, or to receive fuch Annuities, or Di- 
vidends, as are therein mentioned; or by fraudulently 
perfonating the true Owners thereof; and to rectify 
Miftakes of the late Managers for taking Subfcriptions for 
increafing the Capital Stock of the South Sea Company ; 
and in the Inftruments founded thereupon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Farrer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Wrightfon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, iniiculed, An A&amp; 
for felling the Eftate of ohn Addifon Efquire, a Luna- 
tick, for Payment of his Debts, was committed, That 
they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confents to the Bill, to the Satisfation of the 
Committee, except Yohn Voufden, and others, who peti- 
tioned againft the Bill; whofe Petition was referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee; and whofe Counfel 
the Committee had heard; and that the Committee con- 
ceived, that thePetitionersIntereft is fufficiently fecured,and 
provided for, by the Bill; and had direéted him to report 
the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table, 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third time upon 
Thurfday Morning next. 


Mr. Yonge, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
prevent the clandeftine Running of Goods, and the 
Danger of Infection thereby, was committed, the Amend- 
ments the Committee had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the faid Amendments in his Place - 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, and Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the faid Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by 
one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
= _ Amendment to One of them, agreed unto by the 

oufe. 


And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Fellowes and Mr. 
Kynafton: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for paying off, and cancelling, One million of Exchequer 
Bills; and to give Eafe to the South Sea Company, in re- 
fpect of its prefent Obligation to circulate, or contribute 
towards circulating, Exchequer Bills; and to give further 
Time to that Company for Repayment of One million, 
which was lent to them; and for iffuing a further Sum, 
in new Exchequer Bills, towards his Majefty’s Supply ; 
to be difcharged, and cancelled, when the faid Company 
fhall repay the Million owing by them; and that the Ex- 
chequer Bills which are to continue, may be circulated at 
eafy and moderate Rates; and for appropriating the Sup- 
plies granted to his Majefty in this Seffion of Parlia- 
ment; and for Relief of the Sufferers at Nevis and St. 
Chriftopher’s, by an Invafion of the French, in the late 
War; and for laying a further Duty on Apples imported ; 
and for afcertaining the Duties on Pictures imported ; 
without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 


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for the better Recovery of the Penalties inflicted upon 
Perfons who deftroy the Game, with an Amendment: 
To which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to naturalize fohn Blydeftein: To which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded, according to Order, to take 
into Confideration the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for prolonging the Time for determining 
Claims before the Truftees, in whom the Eftates of the 
late South Sea Directors, and of John Aiflabie Efquire, and 
likewife of ‘ames Craggs fenior, Efquire, deceafed, are 
vefted ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; was 
committed : 

And the Amendments made by the Committee, to the 
Bill, were once read throughout, and then a Second time, 
one by one; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That the 
faid Truftees may take South Sea Stock in Payment from 
Purchalers of any of the Eftates of the late Sub Gover- 
nor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cafhier, Deputy 
Cafhier, and Accountant, of the South Sea Company, 
vefted in the faid Truftees : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with a Blank; which 
was filled up: 

And then the Claufe was amended; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
That no fpecial Bail fhall be required in any Action 
brought, or to be brought, upon any Contract made, or 
entered into, fince the Firft Day of December 1719, and 
before the Firft Day of December 1720, for Sale or Pur- 
chafe of Stock, or Subfcription Receipts, in any Com- 
pany, or Corporation : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; and amended : 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
pat, That the Claufe be made Part of the Bill, 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas go forth. , 

Tellers for the Yeas,} sie fiber 


b 14 
Tellers for the Noes, ei. Piles f 41. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
for allowing Intereft to the late Directors of the South 
Sea Company, from the time of delivering up their 
Effects : 

And the faid Claufe was brought up; and once read : 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To-mor- 
row Morning. , 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houte, to confider further of the Bill for the more effectual 


Suppreffing of Piracy. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Vou. XIX. 


149 
Mercurii, 21° die Februarii ; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 
N ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to naturalize Fobn Bhydejtcin, was read the Firft 
time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second time. 


A Petition of fuch of the Directors of the South Sea 
Company as are not appointed Truftees by the late Act of 
Parliament to receive, and difpofe of, the Effects of the 
late Directors, and others, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; fetting forth, That the Petitioners found the 
Affairs of the faid Company in fuch a State and Condi- 
tion, as the fame has required their whole Time and Care, 
and will continue fo to do: That, by the late Act for 
raifing-Money on the Eftates of the late Sub Governor, 
&amp;e. and of Fobn Aiflabie and James Craggs Efquires, the 
prefent Sub Governor, Deputy Governor, and Seven 
other of the prefent Directors, are nominated Truftees, 
for Difcovery and Difpofal of the faid Eftates: And the 
Approbation of the Proceedings of the faid Truftees ; 
and the giving Orders and Inftructions therein; and the 
fettling, adjufting, and determining, with the faid Yoln 
Aiflabie, and the Reprefentatives of the faid James Craggs, 
the Value of their Eiftates; is, by the faid Aa, re- 
ferred to the Court of Directors ; which will create more 
Bufinefs than they can well undergo, without neglecting 
the other Affairs of the faid Company: That the Peti- 
tioners have no Realon to doubt the Care and Fidelity of 
the faid Truftees; and the Court of Direétors having no 
Powers given them by the faid A&amp; to examine, and se 
themfelves of, the Matter depending before the faid 
Truftees ; and are not enabled, effectually, to judge or 
controul the fame; that, if no fuch Refort to the Court 
of Directors be required, it will facilitate and expedite 
the Proceedings of the faid Trutt, and give the Petitioners 
more Liberty to attend the Affairs of the faid Company: 
And praying, That the Court of Directors may be: dif- 
charged from giving any Approbation of the Truftees 
Proceedings, or any Orders or Inftruétions therein; and 
the fettling and determining the Value of the faid Eftate:. 

Refolved, That the faid Petition be reieéted. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendment, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for the better Recovery of the Penalties inflicted 
upon Perfons who deftroy the Game: 

And the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Prefs « Line 27. To Leave out “ within One Kalendar 
“© Month,” and, inftead thereof, infert ** before the End 
“ of the next Term.” 

The faid Amendment being read a Second time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed unto by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hungerford do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the Amendment made by their Lordthips. 


The Orders of the Day being read , * 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Debate upon the 
Claute offered, to be added to the Bill, to enable the 
South Sea Company to difpofe of the Effeéts in their 
Hands, by way of Lottery, or Subfcription, in order 
to pay the Debts of the faid Company : 

And the Claufe offered, to be added to the Bill, on 
Monday \aft, and then once read, was read a Second 
time ; and the Blanks left therein were filled up; and the 
Claufe amended : 

And then the fame was, upon the Queition put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houle to be made Part of the 
Bull. 

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759° 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for Relief of Perfons intended to have the Benefit of a 
late Act touching the Payment of .a Moiety of Ten per 
Cent. for Money borrowed of the South Sea Company: 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks, 
which were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of 
the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered, to be added to the Bill, 
for limiting the Time for taking in Contributions, if the 
South Sea Company raife the Money for Payment of their 
Debts, by way of Lottery : 

And the faid Claufe was twice read; with aBlank; which 
was filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe to be made Part of 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


Ordered, That the Debate upon the Claufe offered 
Yefterday, to be added to the Bill for prolonging the Time 
for determining Claims before the Truftees, in whom the 
Eftates of the late South Sea Directors, and of Fobn 
Aiflabie Ffquire, and likewife of James Craggs fenior, 
Efquire, deceafed, are vefted; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; be further adjourned till To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Fovis, 22° die Februarit; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A to naturalize Fobn Blydeftein, was read a Second 
time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Norvis, Sir Tho. Foknfon, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Godfrey, Mr. 
Smithfon, Mr. Herne, Colonel Lee, Mr. Cartwright, 
Mr. Harrijfon, Mr. Kelfall, Mr. Foley, Mr. Wrightfon, 
Mr. Wallis, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Micklethbwaite, Mr. 
Serjeant Birch, Sir Fobnu Cope, Mr. Briftow, Mr. North, 
Mr. Hucks, Mr. Lade, Sir Hen. Afbburft, Mr. Bridges, 
Sir Orl. Bridgman, Mr. Walpole, Sir Facob Aftley, Sir 
Cha. Wager, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Hexyfoam, Mtr. Earl, 
Mr. Burridge, Sir Roger Bradfaigh, Sir Wm. Daines, 
Mr. Newland, Mr. Chifwell, Mr. Wylde, Lord Gage, 
Sir Richard Gough, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Clayton, Sir Fobn 
Ward, Mr. Mafon, Sir Richard Steel, General Pepper, 
Mr. Sandys, Mr. Gybbon, Mr. Noble, Mr. Knight, Mr. 
Morice, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Heathcote: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to prevent the clandeftine Running 
of Goods, and the Danger of Infection thereby, was read 
the Third time. g¢ 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé to prevent the clandeftine Running of Goods, 
and the Danger of Infection thereby, and to prevent Ships 
breaking their Quarantine; and to fubject Copper-ore, of 
the Produétion of the Britifh Plantations, to fuch Regu- 
lations as other enumerated Commodities of the like Pro- 
duction are fubject. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yonge do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Debate upon a 
Claufe offered, on Tue/day laft, to be added to the Bill for 
prolonging the Time for determining Claims before the 

‘ruftees, in whom the Eftates of the late South Sea Di- 


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A.1721. 


rectors, and of Yoba Aiflcbie Eiquire, and likewife of 
James Craggs ienior, Efquire, deceafed, are vefted; and 
tor other Purpoies therein mentioned : 

And the iame was read.a Second time, with.Blanks ; 
which were filled up: 

And then the Claufe was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to. be made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
That the Plate, Furniture, and Houfhold Goods, of the 
late Directors, Cafhier, and Accountant, may be fold, 
and difpofed of, by the Truftees, in fuch manner as they 
fhall think fit; fo as the fame be not fold for lefs than 
the feveral Appraifements do amount to: 

And the faid Claufe was once read : , 

Then the Claufe in the Act, 7° King George, for felling 
their Goods by Auction, was read: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Claufe now offered, to be made Part of the Bill, 
be read a Second time; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
That if the Heirs and Adminiftrators of ames Crages 
fhall pay, or fecure, to the South Sea Company, fo much 
as fhall appear by the Accounts by them delivered in, on 
Oath, to the Truftees, the faid Fames Craggs died poffefied 
of, or intitled to, at the time of his Deceafe, more than 
he was worth on the Firft Day of December 1719 , and 
alfo give Security to pay what more, if any, fhall be ad- 
judged to be due, or belong, to the South Sea Compa- 
ny, from the faid Eftate, in fuch manner as is direéted ; 
that then the Truftees fhall convey and affign all the reft 
of the Eftate of the faid ames Craggs to his Heirs and 
Adminiftrators refpectively, as for the Eftate claimed to 
belong to the faid ames Craggs on the Firft Day of De= 
cember 1719: . 

And the faid Claufe was once read: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Claufe be read a Second time ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houfe to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; for felling the Eftate of ‘Zohn Addifon 
Efquire, a Lunatick, for Payment of his Debts, be read 
the Third time To-morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Bill for the more effectual Supprei- 
fing of Piracy. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 





Veneris, 23° die Februarii ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting in Truftees the Reverfion, Freehold, 
and Inheritance, of Part of the Eftate of Sir William Da- 
vie Baronet, deceafed, expectant on a Term of Five hun- 
dred Years, to be fold, for Payment of his Daughters 
Portions, and Legacies, was read the Third time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Mr. Yonge do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Godfrey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; to 
naturalize Zohn Blydefein, was committed, That they had 

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examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had dircéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


Mr. Wefffaling, from the Commiffioners for examining 
and determining the Debts due to the Army, prefented to 
the Houle a Report from the faid Commiffioners : 

And the Title thereof was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers 

of this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the South Sea Company to 
difpofe ot the Effects in their Hands, by way of Lottery, 
or Subfcription, in order to pay the Debts of the faid 
Company, was read the Third time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the Bill; viz. 

Prefs 3. L.21. To leave out thefe Words, “ General 
** Court of the faid;” and, inftead thereof, infert * faid 
© South Sea:” 

L. 22. To leave out thefe Words, “the 
** Power to that Court given by this Act;” and inftead 
thereof, infert ‘* any Refolution or Refolutions of their 
‘© General Court :” 

Prefs 4. L.. 1. To leave out thefe Words, ** fuch Ge- 
“© neral Court ;” and infert, inftead thereof, ** the laid 
*“ Company :” 

Prefs 5. L. » After ‘* Company,” infert ‘‘ fhall :” 

Prefs 5. L. ult. and Pr. 6. L.1. To leave our thefe 
Words, ‘confirm and approve;” leave out , ‘* faid 
** Agreement;” and, inftead thereof, infert thefe Words, 
** Sale of the fame:” 

L. 33. After the Word “ Parts,” infert * of 
*¢ the faid Annuities:” 

Prefs 14. Line 2. To leave out ‘after deducting,” 
and infert ‘*‘ exclufive of :” 

L. « To leave out ‘* faid laft,” and infert 
*© before”; and, after “ Act « « « 

Prefs 15. L. 4. After the Word “One,” infert thefe 
Words, ** then fuch Perfon or Perfons :” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable the South Sea.Company to dilpofe 
of the Effects. in their Hands, by way of Lottery, or 
Subicription; or to fell Part of their Fund, or Annuity, 
payable at the Exchequer, in order to pay the Debts 
of the faid Company; and for Relief of fuch who are 
intended to have the Benefit of a late. Act, touching Pay- 
ment of Ten per Cent, therein mentioned. 

Ordered, ‘That Sir Thomas Croffe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Hiccocks and Mr. 
Fellowes : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for pre- 
venting Delays in the Execution of the Truft repofed in 
the Governors of the Hofpital of King Fames, founded 
in Charter-boufe, at the Charges of Thomas Sutton 
Efquire, for the Benefit of the faid Hofpital: To which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houle. And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for fupplying fome Defects in the Statute, of the Twenty- 
third of King Heary the Eighth, intituled, An Act for 
Obligations to be taken by Two Chiet Juftices, the 
Mayor of the Staple, and the Recorder of London; and 
for tetting down the Time of figning Judgments in the 
Principality of Hales, and Counties Palatine; without any 
Amendment. : 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


751 

Aningroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for preventing Delays in the K-xecution of the Trufts re- 
pofed in the Governors of the Hofpital of King Fames, 
founded in Charter-houfe, at the Charges of Thomas Sut- 
ton Efquire, for the Benefit of the taid Hofpital, was 
read a Firft time. 

Refelved, Vhat the Bill be read a Second time. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Ordered, That the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, ia- 
tituled, An Act for felling the Eiftate of Foba Adddifon 
Efquire, a Lunatick, for Payment of his Debts, be read 


the Third time upon Monday Morning next. 


Rejolved, That this Houle will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill for the more effectual Supprefling of 
Piracy. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Sabbati, 24° die Februarii; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 
N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to naturalize Fobn Blyd-fteing was read the Thid 
time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Mr. Godfrey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for prolonging the Times for deter- 
mining Claims before the Truftees, in whom the Eftates of 
the late South Sea Directors, and of Feba Ajflabie Etquire, 
and likewife of ‘fames Craggs Senior, Elquire, deceafed, 
are vefted; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was read the Third time. 

An Amendment was propcfed to be made to the Bill; 

Prefs 7. L. 13. After ** any,” to infert * thing in :” 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the Houfe: And the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé for prolonging the Times for determining Claims 
before. the Truftees, in whom the Eltates of the lace 
South Sea Directors, and of Fobn Aiflabie Etquire, and 
likewife of James Craggs fenior Efquire, decealed, are 
vefted; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 

Ordered, That Mr. Lade do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and defire their Concurrence. ’ 

The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houle, to confider further of che 
Bijl for the more effectual Suppreffing of Piracy. 

Mr. Speaker lett the Chair. 

Mr. Daniel Pulieney wok the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Daniel Pulteney reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to 
report,, when the Houfe will pleaie to receive the fame, 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report be reccived upon Monday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Mondey Mora- 
ing, Nine of the Clock. 


Lune, 








754 


Lune, 26° die Februarii; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 

N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A for felling the Eftate of Fobn Addifon Eiquire, a 
Lunatick, for Payment of his Debts, was, according to 
Order, read the Third time: 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill do pafs; 
It paffed in the Negative. 


Mr. Daniel Pulteney, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom the 
Bill for the more effectual Suppreffing of Piracy, was 
committed, the Amendments which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the faid Amend- 
ments in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bull, 
and Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
faid Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second time, one by one; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, with Amendments to fome of them, 
agreed unto by the Houte. 

And other Amendments were made by the Houle to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Huiford, and Mr. 
Livibond : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for fupplying the Records of the Commiffary Court of 
Aberdeen, burnt or loft in the late Fire there, without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Nine of the Clock, 





Martis, 27° die Februarii ; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS 
N ingroffed Bill for the more effectual Suppreffing of 
Piracy, was read the Third time. 
Rejolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that che Title be, 
An A&amp; for the more effectual Suppreffing of Piracy. 
Ordered, That Mr. Daniel Pulteney do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords intituled, An A&amp; 
for preventing Delays in the Execution of the Truft re- 
pofed in the Governors of the Hofpital of King Famvs, 
founded in Charter-boufe, at the Charges of Thomas Sut- 
ton Efquire, for the Benefit of the faid Hofpital, was 
read a Second time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Baylie, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. 
Hutchefon, Lord Molefworth, Sir ohn Fennings, 
Mr. Shippen, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Serjeant Birch, Mr, 
Gybbon, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Stanbope, Mr. Chetwynd, 
Dr. Clarke, Mr. Wentworth, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Wylde, 
Sir Fobn Norris, Mr. Pulteney, Sir Cha. Wager, Mr. 
Philpot, Mr. Difton, Mr. Rudge, Sir Richard Gough, 
Mr. Merryll, Mr. Manjfell, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Bruer, Sir 
Fobn Philpot, Mr. Windfor, Mr. Treby, Mr. Earle; 
and all the Members that ferve tor the City of London, 
and County of Middlefex: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five a Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 2 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons, 


4.1721, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Lune, 5° die Marti; 


Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Convers reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bitl from the Lords intituled, An 
Act for preventing Delays in the Execution of the Truft re- 
poled in the Governors of the Hofpital of King Fames, 
founded in Charter-houfe, at the Charges of Thomas Sutton 
Efquire, for the Benefit of the faid Hoipital, was commit- 
ted, That they had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame.to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confents to the Bili, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had directed him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Mr. Comptroller informed the Houfe, That his Ma- 
jefty, who is one of the Governors of the faid Hofpital, 
having been acquainted with the Contents of this Bill, had 
commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, That he had no 
Objection to ic. ' 

The Bill was read the Third time, 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Conyers do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houle hath agreed 
to the fame, withour any Amendment. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, Nine of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 7° die Marti; 
Anno 8° Georgii Regis, 1721. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Bennet and Mr. 
Godfrey: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé 
to enable the South Sea Company to difpofe of the Effects 
in their Hands, by way of Lottery, or Subfcription, or 
to fell Part of their Fund, or Annuity, payable at the 
Exchequer, in order to pay the Debts of the faid Com- 
pany; and for Relief of fuch who were intended to have 
the Benefit of a late Act, touching Payment of Ten per 
Centum, therein mentioned ; whithout: any Amendment. 
And alfo, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to prevent the clandeftine Running of Goods, and the 
Danger of Infection thereby , and to prevent Ships break- 
ing their Quarantine; and to fubject Copper-ore, of the 
Production of the Brith Plantations, to {uch Regulations 
as other enumerated Commodities of the like Production 
are fubjett, without any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to prevent Mifchiefs, by forging Powers to transfer fuch 
Stocks, or to receive fuch Annuities, or Dividends, as are 
therein mentioned, or by fraudulently perfonating the 
true Owners thereof; and to rectify Miflakes of the late 
Managers for taking Subfcriptions for increafing the Ca- 
pital Stock of the South Sea Company ; and in the Inftru- 
ments founded thereupon; withouc any Amendment. 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intitule?, An A&amp; 
for prolonging the Times for hearing and determining 
Claims before the Truftees, in whom the Eftates of the 
late South Sea Directors, and of Fobu Aiflabie Eiquire, 
and lik-wile of James Craggs Efquire, dccraled, .are 

vetted ; 




















8 GEo. I. 


vefted ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; with- 
out any Amendment. And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for the more effectual Suppreffing of Piracy, without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Weftfaling, from the Commiffioners for examining 
and determining the Debts due to the Army, prefented to 
the Houfe a Report of the Army Debts. 

The Title of the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report. do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Report is bound up with the other Papers of 

this Seffion. 


A Meffage from his Majefty, by Sir William Sander- 
fon, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
his Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


753 


attend his Majefty in the Houfe of Peers: Where his 
Majefty was pleafed to give the Royal Affent to feveral 
publick and private Bills : 

And his Majeity was afterwards pleafed to fay ; 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 
I Have ordered my Lord Chancellor to declare to you, 
in my Name and Words, the Reafons of my coming 
this Day to Parliament. 


And thereupon the Lord Chancellor acquainted both 
Houfes, That he had received from his Majefty’s Hands, 
from the Throne,*his Majefty’s Speech to both Houfes of 
Parliament: Which he read : 

And then the Lord Chancellor, by his Majefty’s Com- 
mand, faid ; 

My Lords, and Gentlemen, 

It is his Majefty’s Royal Pleafure, That this Parliament 
be prorogued to Thurfday the Fifteenth Day of this in- 
ftant March: And this Parliament is accordingly pro- 
rogued to Thurfday the Fifteenth Day of this inftant 
March. 





By the KING. 
A PROCLAMATION, 


For diffolving this prefent Parliament, and declaring 
the fpeedy calling another. 


GEORGE R. 
Wy Hereas we have thought fit, by and with the Advice 
; of our Privy Council, to diffolve this prefent Par- 
liament, which now ftands prorogued to Tur/day the Fif- 
teenth Day of this inftant March: We do, for that End, 
publifh this our Royal Proclamation ; and do hereby dif- 
folve the faid Parliament accordingly: And the Lords 


Vou. XIX. 


Spiritual and Temporal; and the Knights, Citizens, and 
Burgeffes, and Commifiioners for Shires and Burghs, of the 
Houfe of Commons; are difcharged from their Meeting on 
T burfday the faid Fifteenth Day of this inftant March: And 
we, being refolved to meet our People, and have their Ad- 
vice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all our lovy- 
ing Subjects, that we will fpeedily call a new Parliament. 
Given at our Court at St. Yames’s, the Tenth Day 
of this inftant March, in the Eighth Year of our 
Reign. 


GOD fave the Kino. 





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